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Beloved Downton Abbey Character Will Die In Sequel
An iconic 'Downton Abbey' character will be killed off in the film sequel.The tear-jerking scenes for the second movie based on the hit TV period drama have been filmed and a source has claimed that...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 August 2021
Downton Abbey Sequel Confirmed For Christmas Release With Dominic West Starring
The 'Downton Abbey' sequel has been officially confirmed.Production on a follow-up to the hit 2019 film, based on the period drama TV series, began last week and is slated for release at Christmas. The original...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19 April 2021
Dominic West Was Homeless
Dominic West was homeless for a night in London.The 'Affair' star admits he ''quickly'' felt ''invisible'' when he spent a night on the streets in the British capital.He told Radio Times: ''I haven't experienced being...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 07 July 2020
Everything You Need To Know About Palme D'or Winner 'The Square'
This weekend saw the announcement of Swedish art satire 'The Square' as this year's Palme d'Or prize winner at the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival. It came as quite the surprise for everyone, given that...
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 May 2017
Michelle Dockery Drops Out Of Stage Play
The actress, who stars as Lady Mary Crawley in the British period drama, was due to play Madame de Tourvel in a production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the British capital's Donmar Warehouse...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 October 2015
Dominic West And Michelle Dockery Set For A Dangerous Liaison
The Wire star is set to play scheming Vicomte de Valmont in a new West End production of Christopher Hampton's play, adapted from the novel of the same name by Pierre Choderlos de...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 03 June 2015
British Stars Join Forces To Support Save The Children Campaign
Bonham Carter and West are part of the organisation's #CountdownToZero initiative, which aims to reduce the number of child deaths from preventable causes from 17,000 a day down to zero. With the...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19 May 2015
Is 'The Affair' The Best New Drama On Tv?
The Affair, the Showtime drama starring Dominic West, Ruth Wilson and Joshua Jackson, has received stunning reviews following its premiere in the UK this week. The series won the Golden Globe Award for Best...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 May 2015
A Week In Movies: Stars Descend On London, While New Trailers Premiere For The Edward Snowden Doc And Films With Shailene Woodley, Jennifer Lopez And Chris Hemsworth
Everyone who's anyone was in London this week for the 58th BFI London Film Festival, which held gala premieres for the likes of Wild (with Reese Witherspoon in attendance), Sundance winner Whiplash (Miles Teller and...
By Rich Cline in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21 October 2014
Guy Pearce To Play F. Scott Fitzgerald In Genius
Guy Pearce is set to tackle the role of The Great Gatsby author F. Scott Fitzgerald opposite British actor Dominic West as Ernest Hemingway in new movie Genius.Theatre director Michael Grandage will make his feature...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26 September 2014
With 100%, 'Pride' Is Probably The Best British Movie Of The Year
Pride is almost certainly the movie that you have to see at the cinema this weekend. The comedy-drama has everything to match some of the great British movies of recent years - The King's Speech,...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 September 2014
Baftas 2014: 'The It Crowd' And 'Southcliffe' Lead British Tv Award Nominations
The nominations have been announced for this year's BAFTA TV Awards, which will be held on Sunday 18th May. After an outstanding year in television, this year's awards will make for gripping viewing with nominations...
By Lauren James in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 April 2014
U.s Critics Laud 'Burton And Taylor' Before Domestic American Bow
It landed in the UK in the height of this summer gone, but Burton and Taylor only hit the Hamptons Film Festival in the U.S a few days ago, and will make its stateside debut...
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 October 2013
Prince Harry Just Slept In A Fridge. Yep, He Did That.
You may have thought we were going to report on Prince Harry getting home from a night out in an exotic location and bedding down in a fridge to cool off, but fear not, it's...
By Michael West in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17 September 2013
It's Showtime For Joshua Jackson As He Joins 'The Affair' Cast
Joshua Jackson’s impressive list of TV roles is swelling further with the news that he’s joining the cast of The Affair. He’ll be joined by The Wire star Dominic West, as well as Maura Tierney...
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 August 2013
Rizzle Kicks: Jamie Cullum Is Most Talented We've Seen
Rizzle Kicks believe Jamie Cullum is ''the most talented person'' they've ever seen. The hip-hop duo - Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sule - collaborated with the 33-year-old singer-songwriter on their upcoming tracks 'The Reason I...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 August 2013
Dominic West To Show Off Singing Skills In New Movie
British actor Dominic West will be putting his singing skills to the test in a new movie set during Britain's famous miners' strike of the 1980s.The Wire star takes a role in new movie Pride,...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 August 2013
Brits Take The Lead! 2013 Sees America Ship In Overseas Talent
It used to be that British actors were traditionally cast by Hollywood filmmakers as villains; in endless kids' Disney flicks we'd hear exaggeratedly posh English voices coming out of the most evil of witches ('Snow...
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19 July 2013
Bonham-carter And West As 'Burton And Taylor' - Bbc4'S Last Drama Hurrah [Pictures]
The BBC Four biopic Burton And Taylor will - as Drama Commissioning Controller Ben Stephenson puts it – see them "go out with a bang,” of original drama, anyway. The TV movie details the relationship...
By Jack de Aguilar in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18 July 2013
Being Liz: Helena Bonham Carter Opens Up On The Magic Of Playing Elizabeth Taylor
The biopic follows the lives and relationship of actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor whilst they appeared in the Noël Coward play about a divorced couple, Private Lives. To say that that their relationship was...
By Lauren James in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 July 2013
Dominic West Drank And Smoked To Excess For Richard Burton Role
British actor Dominic West took up drinking and smoking to excess in a bid to perfect Richard Burton's distinct vocal tones for a new drama.The Wire star plays the late actor opposite Helena Bonham Carter...
By WENN on 16 July 2013
Dominic West To Race Prince Harry To The South Pole
The Wire star Dominic West is to race British royal Prince Harry across Antarctica as part of a charity challenge to reach the South Pole.The actor and the Prince will both lead teams of wounded...
By WENN on 16 July 2013
The Wire Named No. 1 Tv Show Of All Time By Entertainment Weekly
The hit Baltimore-set crime series The Wire has been chosen by Entertainment Weekly as the greatest television show of all time in a recent poll compiled by the magazine. The HBO series, which ran for...
By Joe Wilde in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 June 2013
Helena Bonham-carter And Dominic West In Bbc's Burton And Taylor Biopic: First Pic Released
Dominic West [L] As Richard Burton and Helena Bonham-Carter [R] as Elizabeth TaylorThe first picture has been released by the BBC showing Helena Bonham-Carter and Dominic West in full costume as one of Hollywood's most...
By Lauren James on 05 June 2013
Dominic West Records Rap For Rizzle Kicks
The Wire star Dominic West is set to show off his hip-hop talents after recording two songs with British rap duo Rizzle Kicks.The actor appears on the tracks Put Your Two's Up, produced by DJ...
By WENN on 03 June 2013
Dominic West Studying Lindsay Lohan's Elizabeth Taylor Drama
British actor Dominic West has been studying Lindsay Lohan's panned Elizabeth Taylor mini-series as he prepares to play Richard Burton in a new U.K. Tv drama.West has signed up to star opposite Helena Bonham Carter...
By WENN on 18 March 2013
On Borrowed Time: Bbc Two Axes Dominic West Starring 'The Hour'
BBC Two has decided against renewing newsroom drama The Hour for a third series, the corporation has confirmed. The show, starring Dominic West and Ben Whishaw, followed the lives of fictional BBC journalists at the...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 February 2013
No More Mr Bean: Rowan Atkinson A Revelation In 'Quatermaine's Terms'
Rowan Atkinson, the British actor best known for his comic turns in Johnny English, Blackadder and Mr Bean, has received astonishingly good reviews for his first serious stage role in 25 years. Atkinson, 58, plays...
By Michael West in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 January 2013
Recap: The Hour Series 2, Episode 1, Dominic West Returns
Dominic West and The Hour returned to television screens in the UK last night (November 14) as the show continued to struggle to move away from comparisons to US drama Mad Men.Set around the fictional...
By Contributor in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 November 2012
Could Jez Butterworth's The River Be Better Than Jerusalem?
Jez Butterworth's new play The River opened at the Royal Court, London, this week, and has been winning high praise from critics. The play is essentially a story about fishing and follows a nameless man...
By Michael West in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 29 October 2012
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