Actress Emily Blunt may have found fame in the Hollywood Hills – but she can’t stand being there 

TALK OF THE TOWN: Actress Emily Blunt may have found fame in the Hollywood Hills – but she can’t stand being there

She may have found fame and fortune in the Hollywood Hills but actress Emily Blunt says she can’t stand being there.

The Mary Poppins star and her US actor husband John Krasinski live in New York with their daughters Hazel, six, and Violet, three.

‘We chose not to live in LA because it can be suffocating to always talk about work and the business,’ she says. 

Emily Blunt pictured attending ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ World Premiere at Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center in March this year in New York City

The couple live in an apartment in New York with their two daughters

Emily Blunt with her husband John Krasinski

The Mary Poppins Star with her husband John Krasinski, right. The pair live in an apartment in New York, left, with their two daughters Hazel, six, and Violet, three

‘My greatest concern is to ensure I leave enough time between projects to enjoy being with my husband and children.’

There’s a wise lesson in there for La La Land’s deluded stars – as long as, like Emily and John, you can afford a reported £9 million for an apartment in the same building Matt Damon calls home.

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Model and designer Alexa Chung pictured attending the Simone Rocha front row during London Fashion Week in February 2020 at Lancaster Houseon in London

Model and designer Alexa Chung pictured attending the Simone Rocha front row during London Fashion Week in February 2020 at Lancaster Houseon in London

She may be a successful model and designer, but Alexa Chung says the only thing people want to know about her is what it’s like having the same name as Amazon’s ‘virtual assistant’. And, unsurprisingly, she’s getting a bit fed up.

Even though she doesn’t own a device to access the technology, Alexa, left, moans: ‘This is the most frequently asked question in my life. Every day people are like, “Is it really weird with the Alexa machine?” ’