Joanna Lumley News

Joanna, who played shopaholic Patsy in the hit BBC series, cut the ribbon at Morpeth's new 32m Sanderson Arcade yesterday.

Joanna Lumley, who once played shop-a-holic Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous, is to open a new shopping centre in a flood-hit Northumberland town.

IT will be an absolutely fabulous opening for Morpeth's new Sanderson Arcade. Actress and presenter Joanna Lumley OBE will be cutting the ribbon on the development to herald a new era for Morpeth shoppers.

Stephen Fry, John Sergeant, Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders will star in Marks and Spencer's latest Christmas adverts, choosing their most essential ingredient for the festive season.

Bankside Films went shopping. Its list? The 2009 Brit List. Of the 34 scripts selected to make up the UK's version of the US Black List, the best in unproduced screenplays, they opted for Simon Aboud's This Beautiful Fantastic .

She has disarmed gunmen on and off screen, survived alone on a desert island and helped a group of Gurkhas take on the state, but Joanna Lumley is even tougher than that a ' she's a Scot JOANNA LUMLEY is giving herself an instant facelift, pulling back her perfectly made-up complexion to show what she would look like if she had plastic surgery.

IT IS HARD to think of the right term to describe Joanna Lumley: model, actress, documentary-maker, animal activist and indefatigable campaigner for the rights of Gurkha soldiers.

An appeal backed by actress Joanna Lumley for cash to send treats to Hullavington-based Gurkhas serving in Afghanistan has exceeded all expectations in its first two weeks.

Dentist James Hull sounds like the sort of man who doesn't miss a business opportunity.

I HAVE just received through my letterbox Andrew George MP's Parliamentary Report.

Joanna Lumley, Samantha Morton and Lindsay Duncan have been recorded reading famous poems for an album set to hit the charts in the run-up to Christmas.

Joanna Lumley, the actress and former model best known for her roles in Absolutely Fabulous and The New Avengers and most recently for her tireless campaigning for the Ghurkhas rights to retire to the UK, will be speaking about the work of Chickenshed and making a distinctive birthday appeal.

Actress Joanna Lumley learnt to plough at a farm where Robert Burns lived. The Absolutely Fabulous star took part in the Horse Ploughing Match at Ellisland Farm in Dumfries and Galloway.

Tip devises a way to get Sal back into the surgery, and after the Guild ladies enjoy a day out at the beach, Tash is given an ultimatum by her mother.

Presenter Anne Robinson has waded into the debate over ageism in showbusiness, by saying that "all television is sexist and ageist". The 64-year-old made the comments in the Radio Times, ahead of her return stint as a Watchdog presenter, 16 years after she first hosted the BBC show.

The actress Joanna Lumley has said that "old crones" like her should not be offered lead roles which are better suited to the younger generation.

Caption: Joanna Lumley Chelsea Flower Show 2009- Press and VIP preview day London, England .... LUMLEY SHUNNED U.S. OVER LOOKS Veteran British actress JOANNA LUMLEY deliberately avoided breaking into Hollywood movies - because she didn't think she was beautiful enough.

By EMILY PYKETT THE self-styled "Queen of Mean" Anne Robinson has taken a swipe at her own industry, accusing "all television" of being "sexist and ageist". The 64-year-old, who is returning as a Watchdog presenter after eight years fronting The Weakest Link, said she would be out of a job "if there was a lovely blonde with huge breasts and long ...

She is known for her charm, sleek good looks and slightly feline demeanour. So it should be little surprise that Joanna Lumley has had a lifelong love of cats that has inspired her to make a new two-part ITV documentary.

He sings in English, dreams in English, even eats English food a ' and now Sliimy, the French pop sensation, is headed our way Lily Allen meets Prince a Sliimy, the French pop star.