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‘Endless Love’ Remake Gets Britished Up

Brigid Brown — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:46:49 +0000

The 1981 teen romance, Endless Love, is getting a makeover starring English actors Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four) and Gabriella Wilde (The Three Musketeers, Doctor Who‘s The Vampire of Venice).

So THAT’S What Happened To Baby Jane!

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:23 +0000

Yep, you read that picture caption correctly. The Joan Crawford on the right there is indeed Mark Gatiss – Mycroft Holmes from Sherlock, among a great many other things.

‘Orphan Black’ Star Tatiana Maslany Among BBC AMERICA’s Five Critics’ Choice TV Noms

Kevin Wicks — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:33:44 +0000

The Broadcast Television Journalists’ Association have announced their Critics’ Choice Award nominations today, and BBC AMERICA scored five nominations. Tatiana Maslany received a nod in the Best Actress in a Drama category ...

Auction: ‘Downton Abbey’ Servant for an Evening

Brigid Brown — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:17:24 +0000

Has it been a dream of yours to appear on Downton Abbey as an extra? To rub elbows with the upstairs and downstairs actors? Well … keep dreaming, because that’s not going to happen (at least this time around).

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Steven Moffat, Matt Smith, and Jenna Coleman Accept Peabody Award

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:12:09 +0000

Steven Moffat, Jenna Coleman, and a freshly shorn Matt Smith were in New York last night (May 20) to accept one of the highest honors in media, the Peabody award. Doctor Who picked up a special Institutional Peabody award for its ...

Wait, Wait, John Barrowman’s New Show Is Called WHAT!?

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:23:52 +0000

If you’re a person with eyes, ears and critical faculties, you may have noticed that television schedules are already rather full of competitions in which people sing into microphones for the benefit of four imperious people in a ...

George Michael Falls Out Of A Car At 70mph

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:05:21 +0000

George Michael, singer of hit songs, and former leader of the ’80s pop duo Wham!, has been leading an interesting life in the past few years, and despite a series of events that looks fairly disastrous on paper, has managed to ...

12 British Actors Who Got Started In Soaps

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:57:31 +0000

Never mind the Billboards, the real trophy-doling fun of the weekend happened on Saturday night, at the British Soap Awards, in which the great, the good and the downright torrid rubbed fake-tanned shoulders and practised the most ...

J.K. Rowling’s Handwritten Notes Up for Auction

Brigid Brown — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:57:06 +0000

When first re-reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, author J.K. Rowling went back and made some notes in the margins. Now, those notes, are up for auction.

‘Call the Midwife’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 8

Leah Rozen — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:35 +0000

There were happy endings and new beginnings even as possible threats gathered on the horizon by the time the end credits rolled on the Season 2 finale of Call the Midwife, the popular BBC-produced series that airs on PBS in the U.S.