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Stand Up To Cancer, Shoot Your Wife For Cancer, Give Money To Cancer
Shoot your wife for cancer? It may seem a bit extreme, but Dawn Porter and her husband Chris O'Dowd from the IT Crowd, are making the ultimate sacrifice in the name of a good cause....
By Lorna Greville in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18 October 2012
Julian Fellowes To Pen ‘Downton Abbey’ Prequel?
Julian Fellowes wishes to write a prequel on the main characters in his hit ITV1 show ‘Downton Abbey’ after the last series is aired. The Oscar winning screenwriter, who also wrote the recent ‘Titanic’...
By Michael West on 28 September 2012
Brits Abroad: Damian Lewis And Maggie Smith Win Big At Emmy Awards 2012
British actor Damian Lewis and screen veteran Maggie Smith were among the winners at the Emmy Awards 2012 in Los Angeles on Sunday evening (September 23, 2012). Lewis – who plays an American soldier in...
By Michael West on 25 September 2012
Ben Affleck's Argo To Feature At Bfi London Film Festival
Ben Affleck's 'Argo' will feature at the BFI London Film Festival next month. The political drama - which the 40-year-old actor stars in and directs - is part of the programme of movies unveiled today...
By Bang Showbiz on 05 September 2012
Downton Producer: 'Dame Maggie Smith Is Difficult To Work With'
Actress Dame Maggie Smith can be "a handful" on the set of hit British TV series Downton Abbey and is "very difficult" to work with, according to a producer on the period drama.The veteran star...
By WENN on 07 April 2012
Judi Dench Reveals She Is Battling Blindness But Is Not Retiring
Judi Dench has revealed that she is going blind and yet refuses to retire. 'James Bond' star Judi Dench is suffering from macular degeneration, a condition which can lead to blindness.The 77-year-old actress now has...
By Lew Irwin on 19 February 2012
Downton Abbey On Pair With Kim Kardashian In Tv Ratings
Downton Abbey has triumphed over some of the biggest home-grown shows in the USA, according to Reuters, today (February 8, 2012). The first show of the second series of Downton Abbey attracted around 4.2 million...
By Lew Irwin on 08 February 2012
Downtown Abbey Labelled Historically Inaccurate By Historian Schama
The Golden Globe-winning TV series Downton Abbey has been criticised by the renowned TV historian Simon Schama for its historical inaccuracy. In an article that Schama has written for the New Statesman magazine, he described...
By Lew Irwin on 18 January 2012
The Help Leads Sag Award Nominations
'The Help' leads the nominations for the 2012 Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) Awards.The Deep South drama will contend for Best Ensemble Cast with 'The Artist', 'Bridesmaids', 'The Descendants' and 'Midnight in Paris', while its stars...
By Bang Showbiz on 14 December 2011
Smith Struggled With Shingles During Cancer Battle
British actress DAME MAGGIE SMITH battled double health woes on the set of the final HARRY POTTER film - as well as fighting cancer she was also struck down with agonising viral infection shingles.The Oscar...
By WENN on 22 August 2010
Michael Caine: 'Batman 3 Films In April'
Sir Michael Caine has confirmed 'Batman 3' will begin filming in 2011. The British actor - who has played butler Alfred in the last two Batman instalments of the superhero franchise - revealed plans for...
By Bang Showbiz on 09 July 2010
Dustin Hoffman's Directorial Debut
Dustin Hoffman is to direct a film. The 72-year-old actor is in the final stages of negotiations to helm 'Quartet', a movie about a retirement home for opera singers in the Home Counties of England....
By Bang Showbiz on 12 March 2010
Smith Struggled With Cancer Diagnosis
DAME MAGGIE SMITH found it hard to believe her cancer diagnosis because she had previously received the all-clear over a suspicious lump.The Harry Potter star underwent chemotherapy for breast cancer in a London hospital last...
By WENN on 05 October 2009
Dame Maggie: 'I'm Typecast As An Old Bag'
Veteran actress DAME MAGGIE SMITH hates the way she is typecast because of her age, as she only gets offered parts playing "old bags". The 72-year-old HARRY POTTER star claims she doesn't receive film scripts...
By WENN on 20 March 2007
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