Ruth Wilson, glamour.com's "Hot, Young and British", BBC Radio

Ruth Wilson has been interviewed in the Telegraph for her upcoming role in Anna Christie, and featured in the Times' Theatre Issue.

Andrea Riseborough, Andrew Garfield, Romola Garai and Hayley Atwell have been profiled in glamour.com's slideshow "Hot, Young and British".

BBC Radio

• Rory Kinnear and Anna Maxwell Martin are the readers for Words and Music "Labyrinth"
• Claire Foy and Blake Ritson star in the Saturday Play Leverage
• Ian McDiarmid, Ben Miles and Stephen Dillane read for the Afternoon Reading I Expected the Worst 
• Hattie Morahan narrates the Book at Bedtime The Tiger's Wife

Ruth Wilson, Rosamund Pike, actors on Twitter, BBC Radio

Ruth Wilson attended the De Beers pre-BAFTA film and jewellery lunch on 3 February. Earlier this week, she was a guest at the Evening Standard Film Awards, where winners included Andrew Garfield (Best Actor, The Social Network and Never Let Me Go) and Kristin Scott Thomas (Best Actress, Leaving). Pictures: WireImage, Rex Features, Getty.

Rosamund Pike will play Andromeda in the Clash of the Titans sequel (via Indiewire). Rosamund attended the London Film Critics Circle Awards, where she was nominated for British Actress of the Year. Other guests included Colin Firth (winner, Actor of the Year) and Kristin Scott Thomas (Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film). Pictures: WireImage and Getty (winners, arrivals, pre drinks reception).

A nice mention of Sam West and Hugh Bonneville in an article from the Guardian about theatres' use of Twitter:

There are some great actors tweeting brilliant material, but the skill of acting well is irrelevant to the skill of writing well for Twitter.

Hugh Bonneville will introduce a screening of Iris at the Minghella Film Festival on 12 March (via his Twitter, @hughbon).

BBC Radio

• James Fleet will be interviewed on Loose Ends
• Toby Stephens stars as Philip Marlowe in the Saturday Play The Lady in the Lake, which is part of BBC Radio 4's Classic Chandler
• David Morrissey will be interviewed on Midweek, and he stars in Adam Baron's Shut Eye {repeat}

Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Andrew Garfield, Kelly Macdonald, BBC Radio

Rosamund Pike interviews from the Guardian and Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column about Barney's Version; and an article from the BBC with her thoughts about Made in Dagenham's relative lack of BAFTA nominations.


Rosamund's Made in Dagenham co-star Andrea Riseborough stars as Rose in Brighton Rock, which will be released in the UK 4 February. Andrea has been interviewed in the Dazed & Confused February 2011 issue (via The Fashion Spot) and the Independent. In other publicity, an excerpt about her from the Telegraph's set visit:

"'I was so passionate about Brighton Rock from the outset,' she says. 'So I decided not to do a different film and had a bit of a rejig of my schedule and swapped round. It was wonderful and it all worked out brilliantly.'
'Andrea inhabits a role completely,' Joffe [Rowan Joffe, director] observes, 'and that's quite a dangerous and difficult process – to really lose yourself in a character, especially one as dark and victimised as Rose. But as well as being a great actress, Andrea’s a solid Geordie lass who has both feet on the ground.'"

And screencaps from a newly released clip (click thumbnails for full size):



Interviews with Andrew Garfield from the Telegraph and Kelly Macdonald from the Independent.


BBC Radio

• Alex Jennings stars in the Afternoon Play My Year Off {repeat}
• Laura Pyper and Yasmin Paige read the Book at Bedtime The Meeting Point
• Hattie Morahan and Blake Ritson are the readers for With Great Pleasure (readings chosen by Zoe Ball)

Awards season events, Rosamund Pike, Toby Jones, Ruth Wilson

Awards season events

Golden Globe winners included Colin Firth (The King's Speech/Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama), Paul Giamatti (Barney's Version/Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical), Boardwalk Empire (Best Television Series - Drama) and Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire/Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama).
Pictures: arrivals (featuring Andrew Garfield, Colin Firth, Hayley Atwell, Kelly Macdonald and Tilda Swinton); Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Kelly Macdonald attended the Weinstein/Relativity Media after party (Getty 1|2, @liviafirth 1|2); Andrea Riseborough and Tilda Swinton attended the InStyle/Warner Bros after party (Getty); and Andrew Garfield attended the Sony Pictures Classics after party (Getty).

In other awards season events, Hayley Atwell was a guest at the HBO luxury lounge and the Instyle beauty lounge; also, Hayley Atwell and Andrea Riseborough attended the BAFTA LA tea party (arrivals, red carpet).

Dominic Cooper and Talulah Riley announced the BAFTA film nominations. Nominees include Colin Firth (The King's Speech/Leading Actor), Andrew Garfield (The Social Network/Supporting Actor and Orange Wednesdays Rising Award) and Gemma Arterton (Orange Wednesdays Rising Award).

Interviews

Rosamund Pike/Barney's Version: Anglophenia, She Knows, USA Today, tv.com.

Toby Jones (the Arts Desk) - Toby stars as Turner in The Painter at the Arcola Theatre which runs until 12 February.

Radio

Ruth Wilson and Tom Brooke star in the Friday Play Like Minded People which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 4 February at 9pm.

Belarusian election embassy protest, Barney's Version, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Garfield.

Grey Photography has uploaded a set from the Belarusian election embassy protest which took place in London on 21 December. People who attended include Harriet Walter, Dan Stevens and Sam West.

Rosamund Pike interviews from the Vancouver Sun and The Star about Barney's Version.

A picture of Ruth Wilson taken by Graham Jepson.

Andrew Garfield won Total Film's Hotlist award for Hottest Actor (via monkeywonder) and was interviewed on Film Weekly.

Golden Globe nominations, Shooting Stars, Black Book's 2011 New Regime

Golden Globe nominees include Hayley Atwell (Pillars Of The Earth/Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television), Romola Garai (Emma/Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire/Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television), Colin Firth (The King's Speech/Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama), Andrew Garfield (The Social Network/Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture), Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom/Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture), and Toni Collette (United States Of Tara/Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical).
USA Today has a short article about Hayley Atwell's reaction to her nomination.

Andrea Riseborough is one of next year's Shooting Stars, a networking event for selected actors at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Rosamund Pike features in Black Book's "2011 New Regime" as the New Leading Lady.

Theatre - The Children's Monologues. GQ Men of the Year Awards. Toronto International Film Festival. BBC Radio.

• On Sunday 14 November at the Old Vic, Gemma Arterton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Romola Garai and Hattie Morahan will perform in The Children's Monologues directed by Danny Boyle. The event is a fundraiser - proceeds will go to the Pete Patsa Arts Centre. (via sherlockbbc) [link]
  
  
• Guests at the GQ Men of the Year Awards (7 September) included Hayley Atwell (presented the award for the Smirnoff Black Most Stylish to Aaron Johnson), Gemma Arterton (winner, Woman), Martin Scorsese, Emily Mortimer and Matt Smith (winner, TV personality).
• Pictures from Rex Features 1|2|3
• Articles:
  Vogue [link]
  GQ [link]
• Videos by elizabethtoni 1|2
  
  
• Portraits of Rebecca Hall, Clive Owen, Sally Hawkins and Andrew Garfield by Carlo Allegri at the Toronto International Film Festival [link]
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Georgia King and Lee Williams star in the Classic Serial The Ladies' Delight [link] 
• Hattie Morahan reads the Book at Bedtime Sister [link]
• Stephen Mangan and Adjoa Andoh are the readers for Words and Music "In Search of the Sublime" [link]

Television - Downton Abbey. Television - Boardwalk Empire. Ruth Wilson. Film - Never Let Me Go. Theatre - Deathtrap. BBC Radio.

• Julian Fellowes, Hugh Bonneville, Joanne Froggatt and Gareth Neame will be on the Q&A panel for the Downton Abbey BFI preview screening on 21 September (via C19 - registration required) [link]
  
  
• Kelly Macdonald is featured in a Vanity Fair slideshow about Boardwalk Empire [link]
  
  
• Two weeks ago, Ruth Wilson attended the TCA tour (via Anglophenia). Pictures:
  Getty [link]
  WireImage [link]
  
  
• Stills from Never Let Me Go [link]
  
  
• Deathtrap
• Simon Russell Beale interview from the Guardian [link]
• Promo picture from Playbill [link]
• Screencaps from the play's extended trailer (click thumbnails for full size):
  
  
  
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Blake Ritson, Harry Lloyd and Burn Gorman star in the Afternoon Play Unauthorised History: The Killing [link] 
• William Beck, Alison Pettitt and Fenella Woolgar star in the Classic Serial No Highway [link]
• Benjamin Whitrow, Bryan Dick and Christina Cole star in series 2 of the Woman's Hour Drama Dear Mr Spectator [link]

Ben Whishaw, Bill Nighy. Film - Captain America. Television - Rev. Film - Spiderman prequel. BBC Radio.

• Lovely pictures of Ben Whishaw and Bill Nighy from Shot By Shooter and the Telegraph, respectively ben|bill
  
  
• Dominic Cooper will play Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger (via the Examiner) [link]
  
  
• Hugh Bonneville will guest star in episode 4 of Rev, a sitcom starring Tom Hollander and Olivia Colman [link]
  
  
• Andrew Garfield has been cast as Peter Parker in the Spiderman prequel [link]
  
  
• BBC Radio
• David Hyde Pierce and Christopher Nolan will be interviewed on Front Row david|christopher
• Anthony Flanagan and Guy Henry star in the Saturday Play Going to Ground [link]

Hayley Atwell, Gemma Arterton. Film - Never Let Me Go. BBC Radio.

• Hayley Atwell and Gemma Arterton portraits by Matt Jones.
  
  
• Unspoilery screencaps of Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Sally Hawkins, Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough from the Never Let Me Go trailer (click the thumbnails for full size):
  
  
  
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Tom Hollander will be a guest on Start the Week [link]
• On the Hour, produced by Armando Iannucci, stars Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, and Patrick Marber [link]
• Howard Brenton will be interviewed on Front Row and Night Waves
• Diana Quick, Simon McBurney, Olivia Williams, Clemency Burton-Hill, and Mat Fraser will present episodes of The Essay Half Shame, Half Glory - Postcards from the Acting Profession [link]
• Rebecca Hall was interviewed on The Film Programme [link]

Entertainment news

• Billie Piper, Simon Russell Beale and Colin Firth & Tom Ford interviews billie|simon|colin & tom
  
• Golden Globes
• Winners [link]
• Martin Scorsese's acceptance speech [link]
  
• Carey Mulligan received the best actress award at the National Board of Review gala (via Just Jared); she has been included in Life magazine's Oscar hopefuls portraits; and she has been nominated for the Orange Rising Star Bafta Award.
• The Pride, starring Hugh Dancy, Ben Whishaw, Andrea Riseborough and Adam James is featured in Broadway Beat [link]
• Article about Mahler by Armando Iannucci (via AIannucci) [link]
  
• Red Riding will have a limited release in New York [link]
• Article about The King's Speech [link]

Entertainment news

• Mao's Last Dancer took AUS$4.3 million in its opening week to become the highest-grossing Australian film so far this year [link]
  
• Christina Hendricks and Michael Sheen interviews christina|michael
• Colin Firth will receive the BAFTA/LA humanitarian award [link]
• Damian Lewis, Tara Fitzgerald, Keira Knightley and Dominic Rowan will star in a modern day version of The Misanthrope at the Comedy Theatre 7 December - 13 March 1|2
  
• Pictures from the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus UK premiere 1|2|3
• The Thick of It
• A picture (via AIannucci) [link]
• Screencaps of Peter Capaldi and Rory Kinnear from the teaser (click thumbnails for full size):
  

Entertainment news

• Toronto International Film Festival
• Interviews featuring Ben Whishaw and Jane Campion for Bright Star 1|2|3|4
  
• A Single Man
• Colin Firth video interview from Entertainment Weekly [link]
  
• The Weinstein Company will distribute the film in Germany and the U.S. [link]
• Julianne Moore interview from Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column [link]
  
• Rupert Friend The Young Victoria interview and premiere pictures 1|2
  
• Harry Brown
• Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer interviews 1|2|3
• Premiere and after party pictures 1|2
• Some premiere pictures and portraits from mata090680 [link]
• Glorious 39
• Pictures of Bill Nighy, Romola Garai, Stephen Poliakoff and Julie Christie 1|2|3|4|5
• Bill Nighy, Romola Garai, Stephen Poliakoff and Julie Christie interviews 1|2|3
  
• Andrew Garfield attended the The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus premiere 1|2
  
• The Damned United
• Michael Sheen interviews 1|2|3|4|5
• Premiere pictures [link]
• Clive Owen interviews about The Boys are Back 1|2|3|4|5
  
• An Education
• Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Nick Hornby interviews 1|2|3
• Premiere pictures 1|2|3
• James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn will star in The Conspirator, a drama about events following the assassination of President Lincoln directed by Robert Redford [link]
• Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush will star in the film The King's Speech, which will be directed by Tom Hooper [link]
• Casting for Tomorrow, When the War Began [link]

Entertainment news

• Pictures of Andrea Riseborough, Jason Isaacs, David Tennant and Andrew Garfield at the BAFTA TV awards 1|2|3|4|5|6
• Adaptations:
• Flanimals by Ricky Gervais [link]
• Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth by Margaret Atwood [link]
• Interviews with Christina Hendricks, Tilda Swinton, Simon Pegg, Ed Westwick and Daniel Craig christina|tilda|simon|ed|daniel
• Martin Scorsese will serve as honorary president of the Classics sidebar at Cannes [link]
• Men at the Pru's new title is Cemetery Junction [link]
• Limits of Control clips [link]
• Michael Caine has joined the cast of Inception directed by Christopher Nolan [link]
• Article about the Australian film Samson and Delilah [link]
• Is Anybody There?
• Michael Caine interviews 1|2
• David Morrissey interview (via brit_actors) [link]
• Empire 20th birthday portfolio [link]
• The Merry Gentleman is in limited release in the US. Screencaps of Kelly Macdonald from the trailer:
  
  

Entertainment news

• Samantha Morton interview [link]
• Cannes Film Festival Official Selection (Cannes Classics, Cinefondation’s choice, the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week are still to be announced) [link]
• Is Anybody There?
• David Morrissey interview [link]
• Anne-Marie Duff interview [link]
• Paul Giamatti will star in Barney's Version, an adaptation of Mordecai Richler's novel [link]
• Hollywood talent agencies WMA and Endeavour have merged. The new company is called WME Entertainment [link]
• Ed Westwick interviews about season 2 of Gossip Girl 1|2
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt has replaced James Franco in Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan [link]
• Simon Pegg interviews about Star Trek 1|2
  
• Pictures of Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield on the set of Never Let Me Go (via ONTD) [link]
• James McAvoy & Nigel Harman interviews about Three Days of Rain 1|2
• Michael Sheen recently joined Twitter [link]
• Cloudstreet by Tim Winton will be adapted for television as a miniseries by the producers of Underbelly [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Robert Redford will receive Promax/BDA's Lifetime Achievement Award [link]
• Andrew Garfield, Richard Armitage and Hermione Norris will be presenting at the BAFTA TV awards. Nominees include Andrea Riseborough and Jason Isaacs. [link]
  
• Ruined by Lynn Nottage won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama [link]
• Toby Kebbell has joined the cast of The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Drake Stone, a celebrity illusionist [link]
• Boardwalk Empire (starring Steve Buscemi and Kelly Macdonald) and Legally Mad (starring Hugh Bonneville and Charity Wakefield) are mentioned in an article about upcoming pilots (via ONTD) [link]
• Kevin Smith is going to perform at the Carnegie Hall in June [link]
• Felicity Jones will star in Ricky Gervais' film The Men at the Pru. Gervais is writing, directing and producing with Stephen Merchant. [link]
• Pictures of Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan on the set of Never Let Me Go [link]
• Mary and Max has recorded the highest second weekend for an Australian film for 2009 [link]
• In the Loop
• The film had a solid opening weekend at the UK box office [link]
• Positive review from the Independent [link]
• Will be screened at Tribeca [link]
  
• Matthew Macfadyen will play the sheriff of Nottingham in the new Robin Hood movie [link]
• The EMD cinema, in north-east London, which Alfred Hitchcock frequented when he was a child, is facing closure [link]
• Charlie Kaufman interview [link]
• Article about la nouvelle vague [link]
• Bond 23 update from producer Michael G. Wilson [link]
• Joseph Morgan and Stephen Campbell Moore will star in a miniseries adaptation of Ben Hur [link]
  

Ian Charleson Awards. Hayley Atwell - Theatre - Major Barbara. Rosamund Pike interview. BBC Radio drama.

• Ian Charleson Awards 2008
• Hayley Atwell (Major Barbara, NT) and Andrea Riseborough (Ivanov, Donmar) have been nominated for Ian Charleson Awards [link]
• BBC Radio drama
  
• Andrew Garfield narrated The Boys Club by Amanda Swift for Big Toe Books [link]
• Agatha Christie adaptations by Mike Walker:
• Tom Hollander stars in "Philomel Cottage" [link]
  
• Emilia Fox and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in "Magnolia Blossom" [link]
• Hattie Morahan, Alex Wyndham and Lizzy Watts star in Lady Audley's Secret for Woman's Hour Drama [link]
• Rosamund Pike interview from the Sunday Herald [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Green Lantern, a DC Comics adaptation directed by Martin Campbell, will be filmed in Sydney [link]
  
• Charlotte Rampling and Sally Hawkins have been cast in Never Let Me Go, which stars Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Carey Mulligan and Andrea Riseborough [link]
• Adam Elliot's claymation film Mary and Max (starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toni Collette) took in $296,000 on its opening weekend [link]
  
• Zooey Deschanel SXSW interview (via ONTD) [link]
• Reviews of Realism by Paul Galloway and Travesties by Tom Stoppard by Alison Croggon [link]
  
• Ralph Fiennes is in talks to take an uncredited cameo in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, the Nanny McPhee sequel which stars Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans and Maggie Smith [link]
• Werner Herzog interview about his new film Encounters at the End of the World [link]
  
• According to a report released by Access Economics, the film and TV industry contributes $4.4 billion to the Australian economy annually. But of much of that is locally generated? Access Economics is currently preparing a separate report detailing the economic contribution by the Hollywood Studio members of MPA [link]
• In the Loop
• The film will be screened at the Sydney Film Festival (via the Hollywood Reporter) [link]
  
• Positive review from the Guardian [link]
  
• Producer Simon Channing Williams (Happy-Go-Lucky, The Constant Gardener, Topsy-Turvy) has died [link]
• New producers for Doctor Who have been announced (via Media Guardian) [link]
  
• Michael Sheen will portray the leader of the Volturi, an Italy-based coven of vampires, in New Moon, the sequel to Twilight [link]
• Fabulous rant by screenwriter James Moran (Torchwood, Spooks) about camera shakiness [link]
• Article about this year's Cannes Film Festival [link]

Television - Red Riding

[updated 8 March]

Reviews

The Independent
"...The performances were superb; what would you expect from a cast that boasted David Morrissey and Warren Clarke in supporting roles? Rebecca Hall was delicately feisty as a grieving mother-cum-love interest, and Sean Bean hideously charming as Dawson. But it was Garfield who proved the revelation... his Dunford was pitch-perfect..."

Leicester Mercury
"...an outstanding portrayal of fragile, brittle, bewildered grief by Rebecca Hall..."

theysayitsraininginnewyork
"...the whole show is littered with fine performances..."

Scotsman
"...the acting, across the board, was perfect: Garfield showing the shift from cockiness to horror to anguished resignation, Anthony Flanagan as a troubled fellow reporter and Eddie Marsan as a more cynical one. Rebecca Hall particularly stood out as one of the bereaved mothers..."


Interviews

Andrew Garfield, The Northern Echo [link]
Paddy Considine, Guardian [link]
Mark Addy, Daily Record [link]


Pictures

Slideshow from Empire [link]

Entertainment news

• Red Riding:
• Interview with the directors Julian Jarrold (1974), Anand Tucker (1983) and James Marsh (1980) from the Guardian [link]
• Article from Screen Rant [link]
• Pictures of James McAvoy from Three Days of Rain [link]
• Article about how German cinema influenced Alfred Hitchcock [link]
  
• Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan will star in the sci-fi thriller Never Let Me Go [link]
• Articles about Blu-Ray:
• Interview with William Friedkin about the Blu-Ray release of The French Connection from the New York Times [link]
• Sony [link]
• Disney [link]
  
• The program of new Aussie films was most popular at the Adelaide Film Festival [link]
• Rupert Friend interview from the Independent [link]
  
• Ang Lee will head the jury at the 66th Venice Film Festival [link]
• The Boat That Rocked featurette from Empire [link]
  
• Pay issues at Belvoir [link]
• Interview with David Lynch from the Guardian [link]
• Articles about B-movie noir and femme fatales 1|2
• Clive Owen being awesome on Radio 1 (host/interviewer Edith Bowman is cool too) [link]
  

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