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‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: David Tennant Wins an Emmy; Karen Gillan in New Movie Trailer

By | Posted on June 18th, 2013
David Tennant won an Emmy this weekend for voicing Huyang the droid in 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars.'

• Congratulations are in order: David Tennant won an Emmy this past Friday (June 14) for his voicing Huyang the droid in the animated series Star War: The Clone Wars.

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Five Victorian Cocktails (Including ‘The Cock Tail’)

By | Posted on June 18th, 2013
Charles Dickens, who wore his hair like that after one too many Timber Doodles.

It is commonly assumed that the cocktail, as we know it, is an American invention, although as recently as December last year this idea was called into question by the Telegraph, who found a British citation for the term that pre-dates ...

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WATCH: ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ Trailer

By | Posted on June 18th, 2013
(Sony)

“Everything you’ve heard about monsters, about nightmares, legends whispered around campfires … all the stories are true.” Eek!

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Russell Brand Makes MSNBC Come Over All Unnecessary

By | Posted on June 18th, 2013
Russell Brand on MSNBC's Morning Joe, yesterday

Oh man alive.

When Russell Brand is ON, he is really ON, right? And if you put him in the middle of the three-ring circus of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and expect him to sit quietly while Mika Brzezinski, Katty Kay and Brian Shactman chunter away ...

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Dame Helen Mirren’s Play Breaks Cinema Records

By | Posted on June 18th, 2013
Dame Helen Mirren as HM the Queen in 'The Audience'

What? Nothing unusual or weird about that headline at all.

So, the story is this, on June 13, a live broadcast of Dame Helen Mirren’s West End play The Audience, in which she plays Queen Elizabeth II, was broadcast to cinemas across Britain and in the U.S.

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10 British Things About Abraham Lincoln

By | Posted on June 17th, 2013
Abraham Lincoln, Jan. 8, 1864, in a photo by Mathew Brady (Library of Congress)

Abraham Lincoln and the British? Surely these folks at Anglophenia must be joking, you must be thinking to yourself.

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WATCH: Wowsers in Me Trousers! How Baseball Would Sound If Brits Were Commentators

By | Posted on June 17th, 2013
Nice PJs: Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester. (Photo: Bill Kostroun/AP)

British Internet comedian Anthony Richardson subjects America’s pastime to a thorough British skewering in this clip that went viral over the weekend, providing wry commentary to a Red Sox-Yankees game as if it were simply a ...

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PHOTOS: The Queen’s Official Birthday and Trooping the Colour

By | Posted on June 17th, 2013
Queen Elizabeth II makes her departure. (AP)

The annual “Trooping the Colour” ceremony was held to mark Queen Elizabeth’s official birthday. The parade originates from traditional battle preparations.

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Has An Archive Of Lost ‘Doctor Who’ Episodes Been Found?

By | Posted on June 17th, 2013
Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor

Note: we’re not in an official position to confirm whether any of the information contained within this story is true or just wishful thinking. Frankly, we want it to be real as much as you do.

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Adele, ‘Blackadder’ and PJ Harvey Honoured By The Queen

By | Posted on June 17th, 2013
Blackadder Goes Forth (l - r: Tim McInerney, Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie)

The Queen’s Birthday Honours List was published on Friday, and among the 1,800 or so names, honours have been given to more than a few familiar names to Anglophenia readers.

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