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Brit Binge Watching: Five Detective Dramas You Can View Online

Brigid Brown — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:20:14 +0000

Sherlock is currently filming Season Three and we’ll soon find out what happened in the Season Two cliffhanger. But, not soon enough! What to do until then?

Helen Mirren Heading to ‘University’

Brigid Brown — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:33:51 +0000

Dame Helen Mirren (Hitchcock) is confirmed to voice the role of the headmistress in the prequel to the animated flick Monsters Inc., reports BBC News.

Gallery: The BAFTA Film Awards Red Carpet – Frocks And Fellas

Fraser McAlpine — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:16:52 +0000

Two important things you need to bear in mind about this year’s BAFTA Film Awards before looking over this sample of celebrity arrivals: 1) it was HOWLING it down with rain in London tonight and 2) Simon Pegg looks like he could ...

The Brit List: 10 British Actors and Actresses Who Could Get Oscar Nominations

Leah Rozen — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:52:03 +0000

Every year right about this time, handicapping for the Oscars begins. Who will be nominated for an Academy Award? Who will win?

WATCH: Dame Helen ‘Would Have Loved to Work With Hitchcock’

Tom Brook — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:49:32 +0000

Dame Helen Mirren, who’s portraying filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock’s wife Alma in the new picture Hitchcock, says she would have loved to have worked with the Master of Suspense. But she adds, “not when I was young, but now ...

WATCH: Sir Anthony Hopkins as a Compelling Alfred Hitchcock

Tom Brook — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:12:03 +0000

Although Sir Anthony Hopkins doesn’t bear a close physical resemblance to Alfred Hitchcock he does very effectively portray the portly Master of Suspense in the new Hitchcock film out this week.

Photos: First Look at Anthony Hopkins in ‘Hitchcock’

Brigid Brown — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:31:28 +0000

Anthony Hopkins stars as the famed director Alfred Hitchcock in Fox Searchlight’s Hitchcock in theaters on November 23. The film details the making of Psycho and the strain it had on Hitch and his wife Alma Reville played by Helen ...

‘The Queen Team’ – Helen Mirren and Peter Morgan Reunite to Bring Elizabeth II to Stage

Leah Rozen — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:06:42 +0000

Helen Mirren knows that it’s good to be Queen.

The British actress is donning her royal crown again. She will reprise her role as England’s Queen Elizabeth II, this time on stage, in a new play called The Audience on London’s West End.

The Brit List: Five Great British Police Dramas

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:56:24 +0000

On Sunday, August 19 (10/9c), BBC America premieres Copper, a gritty crime show set in 1860s New York, starring Tom Weston-Jones. To celebrate this, and also because it would be criminal to ignore them, here are five tales of crime and ...

Helen Mirren May Play the Queen on London’s West End

Leah Rozen — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:13:17 +0000

It’s still no more than wishful thinking, but London theater fans are excited by the possibility that Dame Helen Mirren may be gracing a West End stage by again playing Queen Elizabeth II.