“The Simpsons” returns on Sunday, Sept. 27, on Fox with a Season 38 opener (“The Children’s Book Job”) that parodies children’s books, featuring guest voice Emma Thompson as a beloved children’s book author who comes to town for a benefit to save Springfield Elementary from closing. But when her character — saucy British writer Constance
“Nanny McPhee” is coming to the West End. A new musical based on the character and penned by Emma Thompson — who starred in and wrote the screenplay for the beloved 2005 film and its sequel — is set to world premiere in London next summer. “When the mysterious figure of Nanny McPhee arrives at
Phyllida Law, the Scottish actress and mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson, has died. She was 94. “It is with great sadness we have to announce that Phyllida Law died supremely peacefully at home, surrounded by all of her family, on Monday 27th July,” her manager, Jacky Leggo, reportedly told the BBC. “We had worked
