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}

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.

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.

British Independent Film Awards

Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Andrea Riseborough, Rosamund Pike, Ruth Wilson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew Goode, Romola Garai, and Jason Isaacs attended the British Independent Film Awards. Carey won the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film (Never Let Me Go) and Colin won the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film (The King's Speech).
Pictures: Rex Features, WireImage (inside, arrivals), and Getty (champagne reception, arrivals, after party).

Toronto International Film Festival. BBC Radio.

• Guests attending the Toronto International Film Festival include Andrea Riseborough, Carey Mulligan, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Dominic Cooper, Gemma Arterton, Kristin Scott Thomas, Michael Sheen, Rebecca Hall, Rosamund Pike, Sally Hawkins; Mark Romanek, Mike Leigh, Nigel Cole, Stephen Frears, and Tom Hooper [link]
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Simon Woods, Kevin Eldon and Chris Larkin star in the Saturday Play Boscobel [link]
• Claire Skinner will be interviewed on Woman's Hour [link]
• Evanna Lynch narrates the Afternoon Reading Foster [link]

London Film Critics' Circle awards. Television - Downton Abbey. BBC Radio.

[updated 27 February]

• Winners at the London Film Critics' Circle awards include Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche (Screenwriter of the year - In the Loop); Colin Firth (British actor of the year - A Single Man) and Carey Mulligan (British actress of the year - An Education) (via the Telegraph) [link]
• The cast of Downton Abbey includes Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Dan Stevens and Michelle Dockery (via Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column) [link]
• BBC Radio
• Toby Jones and Sheila Reid star in The Wire Life on the Edges [link]
• Elli Wantage, James Frain and Simon Russell Beale star in Friday's Child [link]
• Robin Ellis, Hugh Grant and Sian Phillips star in Cover Her Face [link]
• Tessa Nicholson, Joseph Cohen-Cole, Melissa Advani, Rhys Jennings, Kate Layden and Emerald O'Hanrahan star in Ruby Baby [link]

Entertainment news

• Blog posts by David Morrissey about his BAFTA tour (via David Morrissey Online) [link]
• Bill Nighy stars in Richard Curtis' short film about the Robin Hood Tax [link]
• Carey Mulligan, Emily Mortimer and Nicholas Hoult & Matthew Goode interviews carey|emily|nicholas & matthew
• Measure for Measure
• Anna Maxwell Martin interview [link]
• Photo gallery from Broadway World [link]
• Scans from Total Film about Prince of Persia, starring Gemma Arterton and Jake Gyllenhaal [link]
• Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen and Jim Sturgess will star in The Promised Land directed by Michael Winterbottom [link] 
• Pictures of Ruth Wilson from the whatsonstage.com awards 1|2|3|4|5|6
• Vanessa Redgrave will receive a BAFTA fellowship [link] 
• Rosamund Pike has been photographed for Temperley London's New York installation [link]
• Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick and Bill Nighy wil star in the romantic comedy The Chalet Girl [link]
• In the Loop
• Won Best Screenplay at the Evening Standard Film Awards [link]
• Download of the screenplay (via AIannucci) [link]

Entertainment news

• Production for Happy Feet 2 will take place in Sydney [link]
• Carey Mulligan and Colin Firth are in Vanity Fair's Hollywood Portfolio which is in the March 2010 issue (via ONTD). Carey is also on the cover with people such as Rebecca Hall and Mia Wasikowska (via Just Jared).
  
• Shutter Island and Red Hill will screen at the Berlin International Film Festival [link]
• Damian Lewis, Michael Adams, Rebecca Hall and Toby Schmitz interviews damian|michael|rebecca|toby
• Cemetery Junction poster (via gervsmerchpilk) and trailer poster|trailer
• John Malkovich will star in The Infernal Comedy at the Barbican next year [link]
• Bill Nighy will guest star in the next series of Doctor Who, in an episode written by Richard Curtis (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]
• Information for BAFTA's David Morrissey on tour from David's official website [link]
• Marion Potts will be the next artistic director of the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne 1|2
• Casting for the miniseries adaptation of Cloudstreet [link]

Theatre - The Pride. Lucy Prebble - Theatre - Enron. Samuel West - Narration - Murder on the Lake. Film - Oscar nominations.

• Excerpt from an interview with Alexi Kaye Campbell:
  

  "...Ben Wishaw [sic] has an incredible mercurial quality, which is just so perfect for that part of Oliver. Hugh Dancy is brilliant and brings a quiet intensity to the part he plays. I've seen Andrea Riseborough on stage a lot in Britain and she's a wonderful talent and her work as Sylvia is excellent. And Adam James, who completes the cast, is a great actor with a real gift for comedy."

• Lucy will be on Start the Week next Monday [link]
• Sam has narrated Murder on the Lake (via his Twitter) [link]
• Films which have been nominated for Oscars include:
  A Single Man. Actor in a leading role (Colin Firth).
  An Education. Actress in a leading role (Carey Mulligan), Best Picture, Writing (adapted screenplay - Nick Hornby).
  In the Loop. Writing (adapted screenplay - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche).

Entertainment news

• Two promos for The Ricky Gervais Show [link]
  
• The AFI awards will take place in Sydney from 2011 [link]
• SAG awards winners [link]
• Billie Piper, Alexandra Silber, Colin Firth, Edgar Wright, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai interviews billie|alexandra|colin|edgar|saoirse|romola
• Alfred Hitchcock is mentioned in the Independent's feature "100 years of movies" [link]
• Romola Garai and Matthew Goode announced (via Capturing Romola) the BAFTA film awards nominations, which include:
  An Education. Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Director (Lone Scherfig), Adapted Screenplay (Nick Hornby), Leading Actress (Carey Mulligan), Supporting Actor (Alfred Molina), Costume Design (Odile Dicks-Mireaux), Make Up and Hair (Lizzie Yianni Georgiou).
  In the Loop. Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche).
  A Single Man. Leading Actor (Colin Firth).
• The Australian film Animal Kingdom has won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at Sundance [link]
• Ralph Myers will be the next artistic director of Company B Belvoir in Sydney [link]

Samuel West - Radio - A Passage to India. BBC Radio.

• Sam narrates A Passage to India by E.M. Forster [link]
• Gemma Arterton will be on Loose Ends promoting The Little Dog Laughed, which also stars Rupert Friend and Tamsin Greig [link]
• Colin Firth will be on Front Row next Tuesday [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]

Television - Pinter celebration

Harold Pinter: A Celebration has been recorded, and will be broadcast on BBC4 this Sunday. The cast includes Colin Firth, Michael Sheen, Samuel West, Janie Dee, David Bradley, Douglas Hodge, Stephen Rea and Gina McKee. [link]

Film. Theatre. Television. Radio.

Upcoming productions mentioned by the Times and the Independent:

• The Times
  Film. A Single Man, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, Never Let Me Go, Brothers, Brighton Rock, Dagenham Girls.
  Theatre. The Little Dog Laughed, The Real Thing, Measure for Measure, Posh, Alice, Hamlet (starring John Simm, Sheffield Crucible), Hamlet (starring Rory Kinnear, the National).
• The Independent
  Film. Tamara Drewe, Shutter Island, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.
  Theatre. Hamlet (starring John Simm, Sheffield Crucible), Hamlet (starring Rory Kinnear, the National).
  Television. Downton Abbey, Sherlock Holmes.
  Radio. Chekhov 150th anniversary.

Entertainment news

• Extract from the book Showgirls, Teen Wolves and Astro Zombies by Michael Adams [link]
  
• Articles about Christmas Cranford 1|2
• London Film Critics' Circle awards
• Nominations [link]
  
• Films which have received nominations include:
  In the Loop. British film of the year, British director of the year (Armando Iannucci), British actor of the year (Peter Capaldi), Screenwriter of the year (Armando Iannucci et al.), Breakthrough British filmmaker (Armando Iannucci).
  An Education. British film of the year, Actress of the year (Carey Mulligan), British actress of the year (Carey Mulligan), British actor in a supporting role (Alfred Molina), British actress in a supporting role (Rosamund Pike), British actress in a supporting role (Olivia Williams), Screenwriter of the year (Nick Hornby).
  A Single Man. British actor of the year (Colin Firth).
  Good. British actor in a supporting role (Jason Isaacs).
  
• John Simm; Kristin Scott Thomas; Gemma Arterton and Carey Mulligan, Vera Farmiga, Mo'Nique, Patricia Clarkson, Robin Wright and Emily Blunt interviews john|kristin|gemma|carey, vera, mo'nique, patricia, robin, emily
  
• A Single Man
• Article about the film from the Independent [link]
• Matthew Goode interview (via ONTD) [link]
  
• Screen Actors Guild award nominees include Colin Firth (A Single Man, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role), Carey Mulligan (An Education, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role), the cast of An Education (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture), Jon Hamm (Mad Men, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series), Toni Collette (United States of Tara, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series) and the cast of Mad Men (Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series) [link]
• Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender and Christoph Waltz will star in The Talking Cure directed by David Cronenberg [link]

Entertainment news

• An Education
• Carey Mulligan interviews 1|2
  
• Article about the film's production design [link]
• Carey Mulligan will receive the Chopin Virtuosos award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival [link]
• John Simm will star in Hamlet at the Sheffield Crucible (via SimmSpotting) [link]
  
• Martin Freeman, Colin Firth, Jodie Whittaker, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Matthew Goode, Damian Lewis and Kelly Reilly interviews martin|colin|jodie|julian|matthew|damian|kelly
• Golden Globe nominations include Colin Firth (A Single Man) for Best actor in a motion picture (drama) and Carey Mulligan (An Education) for Best actress in a motion picture (drama) [link]
• In the Loop
• Won Best Comedy Film at the British Comedy awards [link]
• Peter Capaldi Late Late Show interview 1|2
  
• Shutter Island will be shown at the Berlinale [link]
• Carey Mulligan and Samantha Morton are on Screen Daily's list of new talent of 2009 [link]
• Samantha Morton has become an honorary associate of the London Film School [link]
  
• Julian Fellowes will write the pilot script for The Vanderbilts (via Televisionary) [link]
• Julianne Moore will receive the Montecito Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival [link]
• A review of Stanley Kubrick: The Film that Never Was [link]
• A Single Man and Mad Men are in the AFI's top ten productions in film and television [link]
• Romola Garai will play Masha in Three Sisters at the Lyric Hammersmith from 25 January to 20 February 2010. Previews are from 15 January. [link]

Entertainment news

• Noel Clarke and Jason Isaacs will be on the Orange Rising Star jury [link]
• St Trinians 2 trailer [link]
  
• Clive Owen, Dennis Hopper, Matt Damon, Rupert Penry-Jones, Lucy Cohu & Anna Maxwell-Martin interviews clive|dennis|matt|rupert|lucy & anna
• Article about A Single Man [link]
• Ben Whishaw won an International Emmy for Criminal Justice [link]
  
• Rehearsal pictures from The Misanthrope [link]
• Werner Herzog will be president of the International jury for the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival [link]
  
• Lone Scherfig interview about An Education [link]
• There will be a fourth series of Torchwood (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]
• Glorious 39
• Stephen Poliakoff interview [link]
• Romola Garai interviews 1|2

Entertainment news

• Clips:
  
• New Moon, featuring Michael Sheen as Aro [link]
• Bright Star, featuring Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider and Abbie Cornish [link]
  
• Colin Firth will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Performance Of The Year Award for A Single Man [link]
• Article by Samantha Morton from the Guardian [link]
  
• Noah Taylor and Sally Hawkins have been cast in Submarine, starring Michael Sheen and Paddy Considine [link]
• Steven Soderbergh, John Simm, Jane Campion, Matt Damon and Colin Firth interviews steven|john|jane|matt|colin
  
• Ricky Gervais will host the Golden Globes [link]
• Woody Allen's latest film has a title, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. The film stars Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins and Fenella Woolgar. [link]
• Video of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant promoting the Hollywood Disabilities Forum [link]
  
• Upcoming plays by Laura Wade include Alice (Sheffield) and Posh (Royal Court) 1|2

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]