Entertainment Live: Tributes to Victoria Wood

Summary

News and updates for 20 April 2016
Comedian Victoria Wood dies aged 62
Aniston named 'world's most beautiful woman'
Radio 1 to play more music from the UK
Dame Judi Dench to appear on Countryfile
Phillip Schofield to make Joseph return

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Victoria Wood 'a huge loss', says Esther Rantzenpublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
One of Victoria Wood's early breaks came when she appeared on BBC One's That's Life! in 1976.
Esther Rantzen, the show's long-time presenter, has been sharing her memories.
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She once said about me, 'I don't know why they go on about her teeth - have you seen her dresses?', which I thought was quite fair.
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She did a one-woman show for Childline where I felt hugely privileged to interview her and she told the story of her life with such wit. She just held us all enchanted for a whole evening.
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I think she is one of our greatest comic writers and performers, but she could also deal with serious issue as well, and she's a huge loss.
Film stars pay tribute to Victoria Woodpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
Film stars Richard E Grant and Minnie Driver have joined the chorus of tributes to Victoria Wood on Twitter.
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Victoria Wood's brother pays tributepublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
Victoria Wood's brother Chris said her death "has robbed us of one of the brightest talents of our generation".
Victoria Wood's best bits sharedpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
Many of those paying tribute to Victoria Wood have shared their favourite clips.
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John Cleese: Victoria Wood a 'superlative performer'published at 16:20 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
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More tributes paid to 'wonderful' Woodpublished at 16:15 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
Actors, broadcasters and musicians have also been remembering Wood, a much-loved member of the entertainment community.
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BBC director general pays tribute to Victoria Woodpublished at 16:08 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
Tony Hall, the BBC's director general, has paid the following tribute to Victoria Wood:
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Victoria Wood was a woman with a stunning array of talents - a comedian, singer, songwriter, actress and director. People identified with her warmth and great charm.
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She brought people from all walks of life together and made them laugh and cry. She will be greatly missed and our thoughts are with her friends and family.
Victoria Wood 'an inspiration', says Jennifer Saunderspublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
Absolutely Fabulous creator Jennifer Saunders has added her voice to the huge number of tweets marking the death of Victoria Wood at the age of 62.
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Comedians pay tribute to 'icon' Woodpublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
Wood's fellow comedians have been quick to mark her passing on social media.
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Victoria Wood's awards and honourspublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
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Wood received a Bafta TV award for her As Seen On... series in 1985 and won another three years later for An Audience with Victoria Wood.
Bafta recognised her again in 2007 for Housewife 49, which won her a best actress prize and was also named best single drama.
Bafta also gave her a special award in 2005.
Wood was made an OBE in 1997 and a CBE in 2008.
Prime Minister pays tribute to 'national treasure' Woodpublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
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Gervais remembers 'brilliant' Woodpublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
Comedian Ricky Gervais was among the first to pay tribute to Victoria Wood on Twitter.
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Victoria Wood - publicist statementpublished at 15:34 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
Victoria Wood's death was announced by her publicist Neil Reading.
Here is his statement in full.
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Victoria Wood has sadly passed away, after a short but brave battle with cancer.
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The multi Bafta award-winning writer, director, actor and comedian died peacefully at her north London home with family this morning. She was 62.
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The family ask for privacy at this very sad time.
Victoria Wood's life in comedypublished at 15:25 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
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Victoria Wood began her career on ITV talent show New Faces before becoming a household name with her BBC sketch show Victoria Wood As Seen On TV.
She went on to create the sitcom Dinnerladies and the West End musical Acorn Antiques.
Victoria Wood dies aged 62published at 15:16 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
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Comedian Victoria Wood has died aged 62 after a short battle with cancer, her publicist has said.
'Kubrick-annotated' Clockwork Orange script up for auctionpublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
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Calling all droogs - put down your moloko, as here's something to interessovat you. It's time for you to stick your hand in your carman, gather up your pretty polly, brosay caution to the wind and bid for a zammechat piece of A Clockwork Orange history.
A script for the controversial film version of Anthony Burgess's book, believed to be annotated by director Stanley Kubrick, has been put up for auction.
The film, of course, was famously difficult to see in the UK for years, after Kubrick withdrew it a few months after its initial 1971 release due to claims it was linked to copycat violence.
Covering the first half of the screenplay, the script contains written notes and instructions that experts have matched to Kubrick's handwriting.
It goes under the hammer at Sworders auction house in Essex next Tuesday.
Oh, and appy polly loggies to non-speakers of Nadsat, the language created by Orange's author Anthony Burgess, for that earlier introduction. We didn't mean to make you feel gloopy.
Liverpool Everyman to have first resident company in 25 yearspublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
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In the '70s and '80s, Liverpool's Everyman theatre had one of the most vibrant and exciting companies around - among their alumni are Julie Walters, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Sir Anthony Sher and Jonathan Pryce.
Now the theatre hopes to repeat that success with the founding of its first resident company in 25 years.
The new company, which will be brought together in January next year, will be made up of 14 actors, who will stage shows for half the year and work with local communities and the theatre's young perfomers group for the other six months.
The 14 will be made up of local talent and actors from across the country, with open auditions to be held in Liverpool.
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Jennifer Aniston named 'world's most beautiful woman'published at 14:11 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
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"Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety."
A bit of Shakespeare there, and a fitting one too given that Jennifer Aniston has just been named People's most beautiful woman in the world at the age of 47.
The former Friends star told the magazine she was "very, very flattered" to receive the accolade, saying she had experienced a "very excited, teenage-y kind of moment" upon hearing the news.
But how would the owner of what was once the most imitated hairstyle in Hollywood define beauty herself? Here's what she says:
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Inner confidence. Peace. Kindness. Honesty. A life well-lived. Taking on challenges and not feeling shame for things that haven't gone the way you felt they should have. And not feeling like a failure or allowing people to critique your life and make you feel like you've failed at something. That's just toxic noise.
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Sundance London announces 2016 line-uppublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
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After taking a break in 2015, the Sundance Film Festival's UK spin-off returns to London this year with another diverse line-up of features, documentaries, shorts and events.
Danny DeVito, Nick Jonas and Ellen Page are just a few of the big names who feature in a programme which includes a dark comedy about a dachshund, a portrait of an embattled US politician, and the heartwarming story of an autistic boy whose love of Disney movies gave him a way to communicate.
In addition to new titles, there'll also be a chance to enjoy a selection of earlier films - The Usual Suspects and Winter's Bone among them - that made their debut at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah before going on to global success.
Here's what Sundance founder Robert Redford (pictured) has to say about it all.
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I have long believed that the quality and originality of the independent films we show would be of interest to global audiences. Our Sundance Film Festival: London allows us to further help these new independent films get out into the world, starting with engaged audiences in the UK.
Sundance Film Festival: London runs from 2 to 5 June at Picturehouse Central, which has published full details about the event on its official blog, external.
Cosby wife finishes giving evidencepublished at 13:23 British Summer Time 20 April 2016
Bill Cosby's wife, Camille, completes giving her evidence in a defamation case filed by seven women accusing the comedian of sexual assault.
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