Emma Thompson


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BirthPlace
04/14/1959
London, England
  • Burton and Bonham Carter an item
    By: Kit Bowen October 26, 2001 2:12pm EST
    Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter are a couple
  • Thompson to raise awareness of HIV, AIDS
    By: Guylaine Cadorette May 30, 2001 10:13am EST
    Emma Thompson wants to use her celebrity status to help raise awareness of HIV and AIDS in Africa. The British actress plans to take one year off to travel with her partner, Greg Wise, and their 17-month-old daughter on behalf of the charity Action Aid. Thompson told the Daily Mail that she will "talk to women and orphans and try to spread the message about AIDS to inform people of the risks," Reuters reports. The actress plans to start her trip by the end of the year.
  • CHANNEL SURFER: It's Charlton Heston Week!
    By: Steve Harper March 19, 2001 11:50am EST
    HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1, 2000 -- As the countdown to the season premiere of "Nash Bridges" continues, TV is pretty much just phoning it in until the start of the new fall season. How bad is it? Well, A&E’s venerable "Biography" series is running a full week of shows dedicated to Adam West and the actors who played villains on "Batman" in the 1960s. Oh, and there’s also a weeklong, four-hours-per-night "The Facts of Life" endurance test on Nick at Nite. Let us be the first to say finally! Hey, rememb
  • TV STUFF: 'Sabrina' Pulls a Trick
    By: Joal Ryan March 19, 2001 11:50am EST
    SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 6, 2000 -- It's official: "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" has given the broomstick to ABC. The kid-friendly sitcom, starring Melissa Joan Hart, is bolting the alphabet for the kid-friendly climes of the WB, it was confirmed Wednesday. The actually kinda-watchable "Sabrina" premiered on ABC in 1996. It leaves on its own terms -- and then some. Producers got a two-year deal from the WB. ABC was said to be "on the fence" about bringing the show back for a fifth season. The