In the screen adaptation of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Helen Fielding's international best-selling phenomenon, documentary filmmaker (and real-life inspiration for the character Shazzer) Sharon Maguire has managed a rare feat - a film as captivating as the novel. Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a pretty and neurotic .. Read more
| Starring | Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones |
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| Director | Sharon Maguire |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Bridget Jones's Diary author Helen Fielding is single again after separating from her longtime partner, according to a new report. The writer has parted ways with The Simpsons scriptwriter Kevin Curran, her partner of 10 years and the father of her two children, reports the Daily Express newspaper. Fielding, who is worth an estimated £20 million, penned the chart-topping books Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason that spawned the hit films starring Renee Zellweger... Read more
Hit movie Bridget Jones's Diary is to be made into a musical. The 2001 film, starring Renee Zellweger, grossed £188 million worldwide, while the 2004 sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, raked in £175 million. And the writer of the original novels, Helen Fielding, is hoping to cash in further on the franchise with an all-singing all-dancing stage production. She tells The Times, "I've been doing it (writing) for two years, and writing the songs." Read more
Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant greeted fans at the premiere of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason last night. The glitzy screening in London's Leicester Square attracted a host of other stars, including Grant's latest squeeze, Jemima Khan. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason follows the hugely successful Bridget Jones' Diary. Zellweger told reporters that she was very excited to be back in England for the premiere and would consider making a third Bridget Jones film. "It would be fun,"... Read more
Having to pile on the pounds again to reprise her role as Bridget Jones in the new sequel to 2001's Brit-flick chick-lit hit Bridget Jones' Diary was not the biggest problem Renee Zellweger faced in transforming herself back into the ditzy diarist. The Texan star has admitted that she struggled to recover Bridget's lispy British accent. "The dialect, boy, that I had to pay a lot of attention to. It was like starting over again. I was more terrified of it because it was something that... Read more
A Los Angeles judge has ordered Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger to turn over her diary as part of an ongoing insurance battle over her hit movie Cinderella Man. The star requested a £2 million payment from film insurance bosses after her co-star Russell Crowe suffered a dislocated shoulder and delayed filming on the 2005 picture by seven weeks. However, executives at the insurance company claim Zellweger is not party to the £4.1 million which has already paid out as a result of the Read more
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