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Leigh-Anne Pinnock is hitting the big screen!

The 29-year-old Little Mix star has her first film role in Boxing Day, a UK-based Christmas romantic comedy from Aml Ameen in his directorial debut, Deadline reported Tuesday (November 24).

How to Get Away with Murder alum Aja Naomi King and Marianne Jean-Baptiste will also star.

The story is inspired by the diary of Aml‘s life, and is said to be the first UK holiday film featuring an all-black cast.

Here’s a plot summary: Melvin (Ameen), a British author living in America, returns home to London for Christmas to introduce his American fiancée Lisa (King) to his eccentric British-Caribbean family. Their relationship is put to the test, as she discovers the world her fiancé has left behind.

“It is such an honour to be teaming up with Warner Bros. Pictures, Film4 and BFI to bring Black British Culture to the world in this universal holiday rom-com. It’s long been a dream of mine to capture films that reflect the wonderfully multi-cultural city that raised me while sharing stories from the diary of my life,” says Aml Ameen.

At the same time, there’s some news about Leigh-Anne‘s girl group.

Little Mix stun on the red carpet a trio of hot looks for the 2020 MTV EMAs, which aired on Sunday (November 8) in London, England.

Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock hit the carpet without fourth member Jesy Nelson, who was taken ill just before filming.

Little Mix actually hosted the event, and Jade came out on stage with an added accessory to her one-shouldered black dress – an outer skirt made up of 6 foot spikes!

“I’m so happy we’re hosting the EMAs this year, but we have to make sure we remain socially distanced. So, I thought I’d wear this so that we remain within the regulations,” Jade shared of her socially-distanced look.

Perrie joked later that she “might wear it when I go to the supermarket.”

Many Little Mix fans loved the fashion choice too. Check the tweets below!

Stay tuned for more MTV EMAs coverage!

Jesy Nelson is okay after an upsetting live moment.

The 29-year-old singer joined her Little Mix bandmates Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock at BBC Radio 1 Studios on Tuesday (September 15) in London, England.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Jesy Nelson

Prior to the performance of Harry Styles‘ “Falling,” as part of the Live Lounge series, Jesy – who has been candid about her battle with anxiety in the past – suffered a panic attack on-air that caused her to break into tears, unable to perform, as Perrie picked up the microphone and stepped in as bandmates comforted the star. The moment caused great concern on social media among fans.

“So my nerves got the better of me today and I had panic attack right before we were about to sing this for live lounge today and like a pro @perrieedwards jumped in for my part last minute and smashed it,” Jesy later wrote on her Instagram.

“This is what we originally did in rehearsals.” The girls also performed their latest single, “Holiday.”

We are sending our positive thoughts to Jesy!

Jade Thirlwall is addressing being confused with her bandmate, Leigh-Anne Pinnock.

The 27-year-old Little Mix star called out a news outlet for using her name in a story about Leigh-Anne, which she said happens all the time.

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“if you’re going to copy and paste articles from other accurate media outlets, you might want to make sure you’re using an image of the correct mixed race member of the group,” she wrote on Instagram Story.

Jade then added another note about always getting mixed up.

“This sh– happens to @leighannepinnock and I ALL THE TIME that it’s become a running joke. The amount of interviews where we get mixed up, I couldn’t count how many photographers or journalists over the years that have shouted for one of us on set and when we’ve walked over they’ve said ‘oh, you’re Jade?’ and awkwardly brushed it off as it’s a simple mistake when we both really know why,” she said. “I’ve even had ‘Oh sorry, you look similar.’ Really?! I’m done with us just having to laugh it off now…”

“It’s lazy journalism. It’s ignorant. It’s rude. It offends me that you couldn’t differentiate the two women of colour out of four members of a group,” Jade continued. “There’s even images of me in the article followed by an image of Leigh as if they couldn’t tell we’re not the same mixed race person?!?! DO BETTER.”

Leigh-Anne recently teared up while talking about her experiences with racism. See what she said here.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is speaking out.

The 28-year-old singer and Little Mix member posted an emotional video message on Friday (June 5).

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Leigh-Anne Pinnock

“There comes a point in every Black human’s life…you realize racism does not exclude you. Nine years ago, after joining Little Mix, I had the biggest awakening of my life> When we were filming ‘Wings,’ we worked with Frank Gatson. He said to me ‘you are the Black girl, you have to work ten times harder.’ Never in my life had someone told me I would need to work harder because of my race,” she said.

“My reality was feeling lonely while touring predominantly white countries. I sang to fans who don’t see me or hear me or cheer me on,” she went on to say, beginning to cry.

“My reality is feeling anxious before fan events and signings because I always feel like I’m the least favored. My reality is constantly feeling like I have to work ten times harder and longer to make my case in the group, because my talent alone isn’t enough.”

“My reality is all the times I felt invisible within my group. Part of me is fully aware that my experience would have been ever harder to deal with had I been dark-skinned. Our reality is no matter how far you think you’ve come, racism exists,” she continued.

“So let’s all continue to speak up on racism and keep this movement going. Thank you.”

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Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Andre Gray are engaged!

The 28-year-old Little Mix star revealed that her 28-year-old soccer player fiance proposed on Friday (May 29) on her Instagram.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Leigh-Anne Pinnock

“Guys.. wtf has just happened… 😩😳😂 He bloody did it, and I said yes 😩 I’m marrying my soul mate, the man of my flipping dreams… I am lost for words, so I think I’m just going to go cry some more 😩😂 @andregray_ I love you so much 😩😍❤️ My world is literally complete ❤️,” she captioned cute photos of the two after the proposal.

“Let the caption speak for itself this time. ❤️💍 Hasta la muerte,” Andre wrote on his own Instagram. The two have been dating since late 2016. Congratulations to the happy couple!

Find out which other stars got engaged in 2020…

Little Mix brought it back to the ’80s with their brand new music video for “Break Up Song”.

Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall all filmed videos from their homes during coronavirus lockdown, and then made a full music video from those for the new visual.

“We were so gutted to have to cancel the official video shoot that ourselves and our team had worked so hard on,” the girls wrote on Instagram.

But the show must go on and the “loved the concept so much that we had to get creative to make sure you could still all see it! Hope you like it as much as we do #LMTV.”

Check out the full video below!

If you missed it, get the lyrics to the song here!