Mrs. Lovett, the accomplice to murder and enabler of cannibalism in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, is a difficult role to play and not just because of the dark content and challenging score, but because it was originated by Angela Lansbury — keeper of our hearts — and no one can ever hold a candle to her. If…

Because we've all been very good girls this year, Emma Thompson has written another period piece. It's Effie Grey, and it stars Dakota Fanning as a miserable, sexually frustrated young bride. Also featured: Emma Thompson, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge and an AMAZING pompadour worn by Emma Thompson.

On Wednesday night's Tonight Show hosted by Jimmy Fallon, the comedian joined country singer Tim McGraw in a charades game against Emma Thompson and Bradley Cooper, and the results prove celebrities make terrible parlor game participants. Or something.

Award-nominated actors, you might as well give up telling self-deprecating jokes in the mirror and put down the quote books you're mining for award speech inspiration; you're never going to top the speech Emma Thompson gave at last night's National Board of Review Gala, or the bomb-ass intro Meryl Streep gave for her.…

There's a Daily Mail headline floating around right now that reads "Emma Thompson twerks on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," but don't be alarmed! The Daily Mail is just entirely off its twerk rocker and is apparently referring to every time a human moves their body to music as "twerk."

We call this look the "Half-Beetlejuice" — and I dig it.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 20: Actors Colin Farrell and Emma Thompson attend the press conference for 'Saving Mr Banks' during the 57th BFI London Film Festival at The Dorchester on October 20, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

Emma Thompson, left, and Pierce Brosnan, cast members in "The Love Punch," share a laugh before a press conference for the film on day 8 of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 in Toronto. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

We've got Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as Mary Poppins creator P.L. Travers in a film from The Blind Side director, John Lee Hancock — is it Oscar season yet? Well, maybe not, but the movie comes out in December, so there's plenty of time to shove it down everyone's throat with a spoon full of sugar.

A remake of Annie — updated to modern times, set in Detroit and possibly produced by "Hard-Knock Life"-lover Jay-Z — has been in the works for a while. Last year, Emma Thompson told the BBC she'd been working on the script for three years; we also heard that Willow Smith would star in the flick. But now, Shadow and…

Kate Winslet, Rachel Weisz and Emma Thompson are now the members of a very special club. The three actors co-founded the British Anti-Cosmetic Surgery League, an organization mainly dedicated to them not getting any plastic surgery (that goal achieved, we imagine the AGM is mainly taken up by drinking, drawing Sharpie…

Ice-T and Coco are planning to procreate. Ice already has three kids from previous relationships, but Coco wants a baby. Ice has allegedly promised that if their show, Ice Loves Coco, gets picked up for a second season, they'll try to get pregnant. Apparently Coco reminded Ice that if she gets knocked up, her butt…

Harper's Bazaar Women Of The Year Awards in London are always notable. But this year...did they bring us the best dress of all?

• 18-year-old Disney star Demi Lovato has quit an international tour with the Jonas Brothers and entered a treatment center.

• Rachel Zoe is pregnant, according to often-inaccurate tabloid Ok! magazine.