Tag Archives: Minnie Driver

‘The Graham Norton Show’s Five Most Frequent Flyers

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 17th, 2013

Big news! The Graham Norton Show is now airing on Thursdays (at 10/9c) on BBC AMERICA.

And to celebrate the return of an old friend (and his reclining chair), we’ve run some stats, crunched some numbers, and come back with a definitive list of the most popular guests he’s had on his sofa over the last 13 ...

WATCH: Minnie Driver on Playing Welsh in the Musical ‘Hunky Dory’

By Tom Brook | Posted on March 20th, 2013

In Hunky Dory, out on Friday (March 22), you can find British actress Minnie Driver starring in a coming-of-age musical film set in Wales in the 1970s.

Five Upcoming TV Remakes of British Productions

By Brigid Brown | Posted on February 28th, 2013

The UK's Pulling and White Van Man are being remade in the U.S.

A handful of UK productions are being remade stateside and are either in pre-production or pilot stage. While we don’t have clips of the new shows, we have a bit of an update on each, and want to take a peek at the originals.

Minnie Driver to Star in ‘About a Boy’ TV Pilot

By Brigid Brown | Posted on February 15th, 2013

NBC is making a pilot based on Nick Hornby’s novel About a Boy starring Minnie Driver (The Riches, Good Will Hunting) as the troubled single mother Fiona, played by Toni Collette in the film adaptation, confirms The Telegraph.

Minnie Driver Horsing Around on ‘The Graham Norton Show’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on February 13th, 2013

Front, left to right: Minnie Driver, Clare Balding and Stephen Merchant. Back: Graham Norton (BBC AMERICA)

Actress Minnie Driver named names, as well as a number of adventurous sex acts, and it all had to do with horses on a recent episode of The Graham Norton Show.

The Brit List: Minnie Driver: ‘A Bad Accent In a Film Makes Me Enraged’

By staff | Posted on March 25th, 2012

London-born actress Minnie Driver tried on a Welsh accent to play a drama teacher who encourages her students to put on a rock ‘n’ roll musical version of The Tempest in the ’70s-set film Hunky Dory, which premiered at ...

As ‘Cars 2′ Rolls In, The Top Five Cartoon Performances by Brits

By Leah Rozen | Posted on June 24th, 2011

Brits go heavy metal in Cars 2, the Pixar-Disney animated sequel film opening this Friday (June 24), as Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer and Eddie Izzard all voice major vehicular characters. Jason Isaacs and Vanessa Redgrave also pipe up ...

Pilot Season: Which British Actors Saw Their TV Shows Picked Up?

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on May 19th, 2011

Jason Isaacs and Ioan Gruffudd made the cut. As did Robert Carlyle and Shelley Conn.

British Invasion: Minnie Driver, Jason Isaacs Score U.S. TV Roles

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on February 22nd, 2011

The British Invasion of American entertainment charges on: Minnie Driver, who spoke to us recently about her career and growing older in Hollywood, is one of the many Brits to land U.S.

WATCH: Minnie Driver Not Bitter About ‘Barney’s Version’ Cuts, Aging in Hollywood

By Tom Brook | Posted on January 20th, 2011

Minnie Driver told Tom Brook she was gutted that scenes of hers were cut from the new movie Barney’s Version. In the film Driver portrays a spoiled and abrasive woman from a Jewish Canadian family in Montreal who’s married to the picture’s title character played by Paul Giamatti. Watch clip from the interview...