Tag Archives: Daniel Day-Lewis

Three Brits Make Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People List

By | Posted on April 19th, 2013
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Time Magazine has announced its annual list of the 100 most influential people which included Kate Middleton, The Duchess of Cambridge; Hilary Mantel, novelist and two time Man Booker Prize winner and Oscar-winning actor Daniel ...

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Academy Awards Recap: Daniel Day-Lewis, ‘Skyfall’ Make Oscar History

By | Posted on February 25th, 2013
Daniel Day-Lewis at last night's Academy Awards ceremony (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Images)

The biggest British-related award of the evening was the one that, as was widely expected, went to Daniel Day-Lewis as best actor in the title role of Lincoln.

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WATCH: The British Take on Accuracy in Oscar-Nominated Films

By | Posted on February 22nd, 2013
Daniel Day-Lewis at the Montecito Award ceremony at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

In the run up to the Oscars, the three best picture nominees with stories based on real people or events — Lincoln, Argo and Zero Dark Thirty — have all had the veracity of their storytelling challenged.

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WATCH: A Look at Britain’s Oscar Chances

By | Posted on February 20th, 2013
Daniel Day-Lewis in 'Lincoln' (Photo: 20th Century Fox/Amblin Entertainment)

This year, there’s no big British Oscar winning film in sight like The King’s Speech. But some British victories are being forecast.

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James Bond And The Argonauts: The 2013 BAFTAs

By | Posted on February 10th, 2013
Robert Wade, Sam Mendes, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G Wilson and Neal Purvis with the award for Outstanding British Film for 'Skyfall' in the press room at the 2013 British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House, Bow Street, London. URN:15760004 (Press Association via AP Images)

I’m pretty sure if a well-known British actor had tried his hand at directing, delivered a well-liked and unthodox thriller, starring himself, then taken it to an awards ceremony in America and walked off with two of the largest ...

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Brits Represent at 2013 Golden Globes

By | Posted on January 13th, 2013
The plot thickens: 'Downton Abbey' studio denies report that Dame Maggie Smith is leaving.

The Brits have made an early showing at the 70th Annual Golden Globes with Dame Maggie Smith winning Best Supporting Actress for her performance in BBC’s Downton Abbey. Let’s do some Brit-spotting at the Globes!

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Daniel Day-Lewis: ‘Downton Abbey’ is ‘Why I Left England’

By | Posted on January 10th, 2013
Daniel Day-Lewis at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards on Monday. (Kristina Bumphrey, Starpix/AP Images)

Nearly eight million viewers tuned into PBS on Sunday night to see the premiere of Downton Abbey’s third season, but Oscar nominee Daniel Day-Lewis wasn’t one of them.

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BAFTAs: Abraham Lincoln Invades Britain And Beats Up James Bond

By | Posted on January 9th, 2013
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It’s been a busy week for awards nominations, what with the BAFTA Rising Star nominees, and the National Television Awards –  and it’s only Wednesday! – but today, BAFTA announced the full shortlist for their film ...

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Dame Maggie Smith, Brits Lead Field at the 2012 SAG Awards

By | Posted on December 12th, 2012
Maggie Smith in 'Downton Abbey'

The nominations have just be announced for the Screen Actor’s Guild awards, 2012, and it is fair to say that the Brits have done a very nice job. So much so that only two awards are unblessed by British influence, and Dame Maggie ...

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Brits Daniel Day-Lewis and Rachel Weisz Score Big Wins from New York Film Critics

By | Posted on December 4th, 2012
Rachel Weisz in 'The Deep Blue Sea' (Music Box Films/AP Images)

Raise the Union Jack over Manhattan in celebration. The New York Film Critics Circle, the prestigious movie reviewers group based in the Big Apple, picked Brits Daniel Day-Lewis and Rachel Weisz for top acting prizes in its annual ...

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