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Leah Rozen

‘Downton
Abbey’
Heartthrob Dan
Stevens to Make
Broadway Stage
Debut

By Leah Rozen | Posted on Tuesday,
May 15th, 2012

Book that trip now to New York City for next fall. That’s when Dan Stevens, the 29-year-old British actor who has become an international heartthrob playing Matthew Crawley on Downton Abbey, heads across the Atlantic to appear on ...

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Ranking Helena
Bonham
Carter’s
Work with Tim
Burton

By Leah Rozen | Posted on Friday,
May 11th, 2012

Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter arrive for the UK premiere of 'Dark Shadows' in London on Wednesday. (Joel Ryan/AP Images)

It was monkey see, monkey do, monkey fall in love when Helena Bonham Carter first flipped for director Tim Burton while starring in his 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes.

‘Downton
Abbey’
Cut-Ups: Paper
Doll
‘Downton’
and
‘Brownton
Abbey’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on Tuesday,
May 8th, 2012

In this week’s edition of Keeping up with the Crawleys, a public service offered by Anglophenia for enthusiasts of Downton Abbey, we offer two sets of videos spoofing your favorite, Emmy-winning period drama.

A Who’s
Who Guide to
‘The Best
Exotic Marigold
Hotel’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on Friday,
May 4th, 2012

The cast of 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' - including Bill Nighy (left) Dame Judi Dench (center), Dev Patel (6th left) and Celia Imrue (right) arriving for the UK premiere. (Yui Mok/AP Images)

How many recognizable British stars, senior division, can you cram into one movie? The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel manages to feature more than a half dozen, and since most of these stars are getting on in years, better to praise them ...

‘Downton
Abbey’
Roundup:
Wedding Bells
for Another
Crawley Sister?

By Leah Rozen | Posted on Wednesday,
May 2nd, 2012

After all the excitement last month with its will-she-or-won’t-she brouhaha about whether Maggie Smith wanted off of Downton Abbey (apparently, she didn’t), news about the hit British TV series was scarcer in recent days.

Is It
‘Safe’?
Yes, With
Hard-Bodied
Jason Statham

By Leah Rozen | Posted on Friday,
April 27th, 2012

Jason Statham in the action thriller 'Safe'. (Lionsgate/John Baer)

If an aging Sean Connery, once he ditched his toupee, paved the way for making going bald look sexy, Jason Statham is turning the Scotsman’s path into a superhighway.

Time’s Up
for
‘Upstairs
Downstairs’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on Wednesday,
April 25th, 2012

Keeley Hawes and Ed Stoppard in 'Upstairs, Downstairs'

Fans of the revived Upstairs Downstairs will no longer be able to view the goings-on either upstairs or downstairs at 165 Eaton Place. The BBC has announced that the period drama, which aired the final episode of its second season in ...

‘Downton
Abbey’s
Michelle
Dockery Faces
Serious Issue
in British PSA

By Leah Rozen | Posted on Tuesday,
April 24th, 2012

Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary Crawley on Downton Abbey, is currently starring in a new public service ad running in British cinemas that aims to raise awareness of discriminatory attitudes toward people with disfigurements.

Remembering
Benny Hill 20
Years After His
Death

By Leah Rozen | Posted on Friday,
April 20th, 2012

Benny Hill, flanked by lingerie-clad women. (Bettmann-Corbis/AP Images)

Benny Hill was all of the Three Stooges wrapped into one. The English entertainer, whose slapstick humor owed a healthy nod to old British music hall routines, was an acquired taste –– one which plenty of people happily ...

‘Downton’
Studio Denies
Maggie Smith is
Leaving

By Leah Rozen | Posted on Monday,
April 16th, 2012

The plot thickens: 'Downton Abbey' studio denies report that Dame Maggie Smith is leaving.

Maggie may — or may not. The mystery is deepening as to whether Dame Maggie Smith will be departing Downton Abbey after the hit British show’s third season.(Own Season 2 of Downton on DVD.