“The Shape of Water” star Richard Jenkins and “What Men Want” actor Shane Paul McGhie have been cast in the independent comedy “The Last Shift.”
The two will appear alongside Ed O’Neill, Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“High Fidelity”), Birgundi Baker (“The Chi”) and Allison Tolman (“Fargo”). Andrew Cohn is directing from his own script. “The Last Shift” is currently shooting in Chicago.
Jenkins portrays an aging fast food worker, who’s approaching his final graveyard shift after 38 years. When he’s asked to train his young replacement (McGhie), his final weekend takes an unexpected turn.
“‘The Last Shift,’ I wanted to update an old and familiar genre in a fresh and surprising way,” Cohn said in a statement. “I’m grateful that Park Pictures and Bona Fide saw the same opportunity to explore these complex issues of race, class and authority in an honest and authentic manner.”
Park Pictures...
The two will appear alongside Ed O’Neill, Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“High Fidelity”), Birgundi Baker (“The Chi”) and Allison Tolman (“Fargo”). Andrew Cohn is directing from his own script. “The Last Shift” is currently shooting in Chicago.
Jenkins portrays an aging fast food worker, who’s approaching his final graveyard shift after 38 years. When he’s asked to train his young replacement (McGhie), his final weekend takes an unexpected turn.
“‘The Last Shift,’ I wanted to update an old and familiar genre in a fresh and surprising way,” Cohn said in a statement. “I’m grateful that Park Pictures and Bona Fide saw the same opportunity to explore these complex issues of race, class and authority in an honest and authentic manner.”
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- 7/18/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“The Shape of Water” star Richard Jenkins and “What Men Want” actor Shane Paul McGhie are set to star in a comedy about working the graveyard shift at a fast food restaurant called “The Last Shift,” the producers announced Thursday.
Jenkins and McGhie will star alongside Ed O’Neill, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Birgundi Baker and Allison Tolman all joining the cast of the film written and directed by Andrew Cohn.
“The Last Shift” follows Stanley (Jenkins), an aging fast food worker, who’s approaching his final graveyard shift after 38 years. When he’s asked to train his young replacement Jevon (McGhie), Stanley’s final weekend takes an unexpected turn.
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Park Pictures and Bona Fide Productions, along with Whitewater Films are producing “The Last Shift.” The film is produced by Albert Berger,...
Jenkins and McGhie will star alongside Ed O’Neill, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Birgundi Baker and Allison Tolman all joining the cast of the film written and directed by Andrew Cohn.
“The Last Shift” follows Stanley (Jenkins), an aging fast food worker, who’s approaching his final graveyard shift after 38 years. When he’s asked to train his young replacement Jevon (McGhie), Stanley’s final weekend takes an unexpected turn.
Also Read: 'Shape of Water' Oscar Nominee Richard Jenkins Tells Us His Good Luck Ritual: 'I Don't Wear Pants'
Park Pictures and Bona Fide Productions, along with Whitewater Films are producing “The Last Shift.” The film is produced by Albert Berger,...
- 7/18/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
London, January 12: Nigella Lawson had her late husband John Diamond's blessing on her friendship with Charles Saatchi, it has been revealed.
Sources have slammed Saatchi's claims that Diamond was betrayed by the TV chef, saying that the British journalist supported his wife and she acted all along with his blessings, while he fought a losing battle with throat cancer, the Mirror reported.
Insiders claimed that Diamond himself sanctioned the relationship when he knew he was going to die and was very keen on his young children having a father figure.
Saatchi had earlier issued a statement that he and the 54-year-old.
Sources have slammed Saatchi's claims that Diamond was betrayed by the TV chef, saying that the British journalist supported his wife and she acted all along with his blessings, while he fought a losing battle with throat cancer, the Mirror reported.
Insiders claimed that Diamond himself sanctioned the relationship when he knew he was going to die and was very keen on his young children having a father figure.
Saatchi had earlier issued a statement that he and the 54-year-old.
- 1/12/2014
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
London, Dec 14: International celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has been accused of using cocaine by her former assistant Elisabetta Grillo.
The allegations were made by the 41-year-old at Isleworth Crown Court here in the ongoing fraud trial against Lawson, 53, and her sister Francesca, 35, who are accused of spending around 685,000 pounds on company credit cards, reports contactmusic.com.
Grillo stated that she first saw the "Nigella Kitchen" host using the drug while she was married to late John Diamond, who died in 2001.
"I was cleaning and I noticed a little packet on top of the toilet. It was a little funny.
The allegations were made by the 41-year-old at Isleworth Crown Court here in the ongoing fraud trial against Lawson, 53, and her sister Francesca, 35, who are accused of spending around 685,000 pounds on company credit cards, reports contactmusic.com.
Grillo stated that she first saw the "Nigella Kitchen" host using the drug while she was married to late John Diamond, who died in 2001.
"I was cleaning and I noticed a little packet on top of the toilet. It was a little funny.
- 12/13/2013
- by Ketali Mehta
- RealBollywood.com
New York, December 13: Nigella Lawson's former personal assistant has claimed that the celebrity chef's house was akin to a high-end coke den.
Elisabetta Grillo has contradicted the 53-year-old television personality's claim that she rarely used coke, and said that she, and her sister Francesca, had approval to live large as long as they kept quiet about her drug-addled lifestyle, the New York Daily News reported.
Grillo added that she saw "white stuff" on CDs, along with rolled up cash and credit cards during the time she worked for her, while she was married to her deceased husband John Diamond as well as her former.
Elisabetta Grillo has contradicted the 53-year-old television personality's claim that she rarely used coke, and said that she, and her sister Francesca, had approval to live large as long as they kept quiet about her drug-addled lifestyle, the New York Daily News reported.
Grillo added that she saw "white stuff" on CDs, along with rolled up cash and credit cards during the time she worked for her, while she was married to her deceased husband John Diamond as well as her former.
- 12/13/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
Wellington, December 6: Nigella Lawson has rubbished the allegations made by her former spouse Charles Saatchi that she is a regular user of drugs.
The TV personality said that what she has in her jewellery box was one of her paternal grandmother's wedding rings, maternal grandmother's wedding ring, some of her mother's jewellery a wedding ring when Saatchi and she got married, and a wedding ring John Diamond got after he got ill, Stuff.co.nz reported.
Lawson had earlier admitted using cocaine seven times and told a UK court that she would rather be honest and ashamed about her past drug use than be bullied with lies.
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The TV personality said that what she has in her jewellery box was one of her paternal grandmother's wedding rings, maternal grandmother's wedding ring, some of her mother's jewellery a wedding ring when Saatchi and she got married, and a wedding ring John Diamond got after he got ill, Stuff.co.nz reported.
Lawson had earlier admitted using cocaine seven times and told a UK court that she would rather be honest and ashamed about her past drug use than be bullied with lies.
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- 12/6/2013
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
The battle between exes Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi just keeps getting worse and worse. Charles claimed that he was taking cocaine out of Nigella’s nose when he was caught choking her in public back in June, but Nigella has fired back, saying she only took the drug a few times due to Charles’ ‘intimate terrorism’ in their tumultuous marriage!
Nigella Lawson, 53, made some shocking confessions during her Dec. 4 fraud trial against her former assistants. Responding to her ex-husband Charles Saatchi‘s allegations that she was addicted to cocaine, Nigella said she only used the drug a handful of times while she “felt subjected to intimate terrorism” in her marriage.
Nigella Lawson Says Cocaine Allegations Are A Witch Hunt
Nigella and Charles have been divorced since July, but Nigella is already back in court to testify at the trial of two former assistants accused of fraudulently using the couple’s credit cards.
Nigella Lawson, 53, made some shocking confessions during her Dec. 4 fraud trial against her former assistants. Responding to her ex-husband Charles Saatchi‘s allegations that she was addicted to cocaine, Nigella said she only used the drug a handful of times while she “felt subjected to intimate terrorism” in her marriage.
Nigella Lawson Says Cocaine Allegations Are A Witch Hunt
Nigella and Charles have been divorced since July, but Nigella is already back in court to testify at the trial of two former assistants accused of fraudulently using the couple’s credit cards.
- 12/4/2013
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
Nigella Lawson admitted that she has used cocaine and cannabis while testifying on Wednesday, Dec. 4, during the fraud trial of her former assistants, Francesca Grillo and Elisabetta Grillo. Per Central News, the English celebrity chef told the Isleworth Crown Court in London, during her extremely detailed testimony, that she has used cocaine several occasions in her life, including six times when her first husband, John Diamond, was battling cancer. "One time was when my husband knew his cancer was terminal, and he was introduced to it by a friend who thought it would help," she told jurors about one episode of using the drug. "I did on maybe six occasions and joined in with him—it was a...
- 12/4/2013
- E! Online
var brightcovevideoid = '2893319337001'; Nigella Lawson admitted to occasional drug use while testifying in the fraud trial against two former personal assistants in a West London courtroom Wednesday. The celebrity chef, 53, said she had used cocaine a handful of times in her life, including when her late husband John Diamond was nearing the end of his life, as well in July 2010, when she said she was "subjected to intimate terrorism" by her now ex-husband Charles Saatchi. She also admitted to smoking cannabis - at times, in front of her children - but denied being an addict. "The idea that I'm...
- 12/4/2013
- by Stephanie Emma Pfeffer
- PEOPLE.com
Nigella Lawson testified in court Wednesday that she has used cocaine, but denied claims that she is a drug addict.
According to Today, which quotes Central News UK's CourtNewsUK service, the celebrity chef told jurors that she has only used the drug twice, the first time when her late husband, John Diamond, was sick with cancer. She said she also used it in 2010 while married to her second husband Charles Saatchi.
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According to Today, which quotes Central News UK's CourtNewsUK service, the celebrity chef told jurors that she has only used the drug twice, the first time when her late husband, John Diamond, was sick with cancer. She said she also used it in 2010 while married to her second husband Charles Saatchi.
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- 12/4/2013
- by Robyn Ross
- TVGuide - Breaking News
TV chef Nigella Lawson has responded to allegations of drug use in an ongoing fraud case by confirming she has in fact used cocaine and marijuana.
Lawson spoke to a jury at Isleworth Crown Court to set the record straight about her being a supposed "drug addict or habitual" user. "There are two times in my life when I have used cocaine," she says, via Radar Online. "I concluded that I did not have a drug problem, I had a life problem, and I needed to attend to that and I did seek out a therapist."
The first time Lawson says she used cocaine was when she found out her late husband John Diamond had terminal cancer, and she joined him in consuming the drug six times. Then she used it again in Summer 2010 after a friend gave it to her, and she found she was having a "very, very difficult time.
Lawson spoke to a jury at Isleworth Crown Court to set the record straight about her being a supposed "drug addict or habitual" user. "There are two times in my life when I have used cocaine," she says, via Radar Online. "I concluded that I did not have a drug problem, I had a life problem, and I needed to attend to that and I did seek out a therapist."
The first time Lawson says she used cocaine was when she found out her late husband John Diamond had terminal cancer, and she joined him in consuming the drug six times. Then she used it again in Summer 2010 after a friend gave it to her, and she found she was having a "very, very difficult time.
- 12/4/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Nigella Lawson confessed in court on Wednesday that she has used cocaine twice her in life during testimony in the fraud trial in London.
Nigella Lawson Admits Using Cocaine
Lawson was called to testify in the fraud case against Italian sisters Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo, who had been employed as personal assistants of the celebrity chef and her former husband Charles Saatchi. At an earlier part in the trial, the Grillos' defense team provided an email in which Saatchi suggested that Lawson made a habit of using cocaine and marijuana.
Saatchi’s email reportedly claimed that Lawson wouldn’t have known if Francesca and Elisabetha Grillo were embezzling money from them due to Lawson’s alleged dependence on drugs. While Saatchi has walked back his comments in the email, Lawson's presence in court was requested to clear the air on the matter.
When she took the stand on Wednesday, Lawson...
Nigella Lawson Admits Using Cocaine
Lawson was called to testify in the fraud case against Italian sisters Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo, who had been employed as personal assistants of the celebrity chef and her former husband Charles Saatchi. At an earlier part in the trial, the Grillos' defense team provided an email in which Saatchi suggested that Lawson made a habit of using cocaine and marijuana.
Saatchi’s email reportedly claimed that Lawson wouldn’t have known if Francesca and Elisabetha Grillo were embezzling money from them due to Lawson’s alleged dependence on drugs. While Saatchi has walked back his comments in the email, Lawson's presence in court was requested to clear the air on the matter.
When she took the stand on Wednesday, Lawson...
- 12/4/2013
- Uinterview
London — Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and art collector Charles Saatchi said they intend to conclude a "swift and amicable" divorce by the end of the month, with neither receiving any financial compensation from the other.
The couple separated after a newspaper published photos last month of Saatchi grasping his wife's throat during an argument at a London restaurant.
A statement issued Monday on their behalf said neither would contest the divorce "and neither party will be making any financial claims against the other."
It said Lawson had hired powerhouse divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton – whose previous clients include Prince Charles and Paul McCartney – while Saatchi was representing himself.
The couple's "decree nisi," or initial divorce decree, is due to be pronounced July 31.
Lawson and Saatchi married in 2003 and lived in London with Lawson's son and daughter from her marriage to journalist John Diamond, who died of cancer in 2001, and Saatchi's daughter from a previous marriage.
The couple separated after a newspaper published photos last month of Saatchi grasping his wife's throat during an argument at a London restaurant.
A statement issued Monday on their behalf said neither would contest the divorce "and neither party will be making any financial claims against the other."
It said Lawson had hired powerhouse divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton – whose previous clients include Prince Charles and Paul McCartney – while Saatchi was representing himself.
The couple's "decree nisi," or initial divorce decree, is due to be pronounced July 31.
Lawson and Saatchi married in 2003 and lived in London with Lawson's son and daughter from her marriage to journalist John Diamond, who died of cancer in 2001, and Saatchi's daughter from a previous marriage.
- 7/15/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
London — Prominent art collector Charles Saatchi said Sunday he is divorcing his celebrity chef wife Nigella Lawson because she did not publicly defend his reputation after images emerged of him grasping her throat in a posh London restaurant.
Tabloid newspapers last month published photos of the incident, which Saatchi described as a "playful tiff" during an intense debate about the couple's children.
The 70-year-old Saatchi was given a police "caution" after admitting assault.
He told Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper that he was "sorry" to announce he will be divorcing Lawson, adding that they have become "estranged" and drifted apart over the past year.
"`I feel that I have clearly been a disappointment to Nigella during the last year or so, and I am disappointed that she was advised to make no public comment to explain that I abhor violence of any kind against women, and have never abused her physically in any way,...
Tabloid newspapers last month published photos of the incident, which Saatchi described as a "playful tiff" during an intense debate about the couple's children.
The 70-year-old Saatchi was given a police "caution" after admitting assault.
He told Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper that he was "sorry" to announce he will be divorcing Lawson, adding that they have become "estranged" and drifted apart over the past year.
"`I feel that I have clearly been a disappointment to Nigella during the last year or so, and I am disappointed that she was advised to make no public comment to explain that I abhor violence of any kind against women, and have never abused her physically in any way,...
- 7/7/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Nigella Lawson has made a sweet return to Twitter. In her first post since June 15th, the day before shocking photos surfaced of her husband choking her at a London restaurant on June 9, the celebrity chef Tweeted an aww-inducing image of a seemingly homemade birthday cake bearing the words "Happy Birthday Bruno" written in icing. Bruno is Lawson's son from her first marriage to the late John Diamond, a journalist, and the cake - complete with champagne bottle-shaped candles - apparently celebrates his 17th birthday.The Tweet marks the first time the How to Be a Domestic Goddess author has...
- 6/29/2013
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd
- PEOPLE.com
Is Nigella Lawson sending a message to husband Charles Saatchi? On Wednesday, June 19 -- just a few days after photos were published of Saatchi, 70, grabbing his wife's throat during what appeared to be a tense conversation -- the celebrity chef was spotted out and about minus one very significant piece of jewelry: her wedding ring. The sighting was the first of Lawson, 53, since Sunday, when she left her home with kids Cosima and Bruno, her children with late first husband John Diamond. [...]...
- 6/20/2013
- Us Weekly
London — Prominent British art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assault and accepted a police caution after published photos showed him grasping the throat of his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.
In Tuesday's editions, The London Evening Standard newspaper quoted him as saying that he had approached police to discuss the incident after seeking legal advice.
"Although Nigella made no complaint I volunteered to go to Charing Cross (police) station and take a police caution after a discussion with my lawyer because I thought it was better than the alternative of this hanging over all of us for months," he told the newspaper, where he is also a columnist. He said the questioning took four hours.
Tabloid newspapers this week published photos of the incident, which happened June 9 in a posh London restaurant.
Saatchi, 70, earlier had characterized the incident as a "playful tiff" during an intense debate about the couple's children.
In Tuesday's editions, The London Evening Standard newspaper quoted him as saying that he had approached police to discuss the incident after seeking legal advice.
"Although Nigella made no complaint I volunteered to go to Charing Cross (police) station and take a police caution after a discussion with my lawyer because I thought it was better than the alternative of this hanging over all of us for months," he told the newspaper, where he is also a columnist. He said the questioning took four hours.
Tabloid newspapers this week published photos of the incident, which happened June 9 in a posh London restaurant.
Saatchi, 70, earlier had characterized the incident as a "playful tiff" during an intense debate about the couple's children.
- 6/18/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The husband of celebrity chef and author Nigella Lawson has accepted a police citation and admitted that he assaulted his wife after a public argument at a London restaurant on June 9. Charles Saatchi, 70, was interviewed by British police for five hours about the fight, where he was seen with his hands around Lawson's neck in a row he first downplayed as merely a couple's tiff. Photographers outside the restaurant captured the images of the confrontation, which were published this weekend to great public outcry. Saatchi received a formal police citation on Monday, called a caution, which means he admitted his actions.
- 6/18/2013
- by Andrea Billups
- PEOPLE.com
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and her husband Charles Saatchi are making headlines. The duo's names can be spotted on numerous articles after learning that Lawson "has left the house" she shares with the advertising bigwig and art collector following an alleged choking incident between the couple at a restaurant in London. But you may wonder who exactly are Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi? Here are five tidbits about the British pair... 1. She's Loved Before: In 1992, Lawson married journalist John Diamond, who became the father of her two children, Cosima Thomasina and Bruno Paul. Diamond was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1997, and died of the disease in March 2001. He was...
- 6/18/2013
- E! Online
Nigella Lawson needs some space from husband Charles Saatchi -- and she's taking her two kids with her. After the British celeb chef, 53, was photographed crying and looking distraught as Saatchi grabbed her throat during a contentious recent lunch, "she has left the family home with the children," her rep tells Us Weekly of the London-based Nigella Bites star, mom to Cosima and Bruno, her kids with late first husband John Diamond. Adds a source close to Lawson: "We do not know when she will return. [...]...
- 6/17/2013
- Us Weekly
London — British police said Monday they are investigating newspaper photos that show Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi with his hands around the celebrity chef's throat.
The pictures drew widespread condemnation after they were published by the Sunday People tabloid. The paper said the images were taken during an argument at a London restaurant on June 9.
Lawson's spokesman, Mark Hutchinson, declined to comment on the images. But Saatchi, Britain's best-known art collector, told London's Evening Standard newspaper that the pictures misrepresented a "playful tiff."
Saatchi, an Evening Standard columnist, said "the pictures are horrific but give a far more drastic and violent impression of what took place."
"About a week ago, we were sitting outside a restaurant having an intense debate about the children, and I held Nigella's neck repeatedly while attempting to emphasize my point," he was quoted as saying. "There was no grip, it was a playful tiff.
The pictures drew widespread condemnation after they were published by the Sunday People tabloid. The paper said the images were taken during an argument at a London restaurant on June 9.
Lawson's spokesman, Mark Hutchinson, declined to comment on the images. But Saatchi, Britain's best-known art collector, told London's Evening Standard newspaper that the pictures misrepresented a "playful tiff."
Saatchi, an Evening Standard columnist, said "the pictures are horrific but give a far more drastic and violent impression of what took place."
"About a week ago, we were sitting outside a restaurant having an intense debate about the children, and I held Nigella's neck repeatedly while attempting to emphasize my point," he was quoted as saying. "There was no grip, it was a playful tiff.
- 6/17/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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