Hayley Atwell. Cure Parkinson's Trust Illuminate auction. Tod's Art Plus Drama Party.

Hayley has designed a candle holder for the Cure Parkinson's Trust Illuminate auction, which will open 22 February on Ebay. Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais and Harry Lloyd have also contributed designs to the auction.

Tom Hollander, Sally Hawkins and Hayley will perform at the Tod's Art Plus Drama Party at the Whitechapel Gallery on 24 March (via John Jones). Click here for ticketing information.

Ruth Wilson - Television - Small Island. Rosamund Pike - Film - Barney's Version. Andrea Riseborough - Film - Brighton Rock. BBC Radio.

Ruth Wilson attended the International Emmy Awards on 22 November (via Momentary Bursts of Enthusiasm). Winners included Small Island (TV movie/mini-series) and Helena Bonham Carter (Enid; Best Performance by an Actress). Pictures: the Telegraph, Rex Features, Getty (press room and arrivals) and WireImage.

Screencaps of Rosamund Pike from the Barney's Version trailer (click thumbnails for full size):



Interviews with Andrea Riseborough from askmen.com and Movieline, and screencaps of her from the Brighton Rock trailer (click thumbnails for full size):



BBC Radio

• Sam West reads the Oscar Wilde poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" {repeat}
• Juliet Stevenson and David Haig star in the Afternoon Play The End of the Alphabet {repeat}
• Bill Nighy stars in A Charles Paris Mystery: Murder in the Title
• Harry Lloyd reads the Afternoon Reading story "Window Washer"
• Tom Goodman-Hill, Derek Jacobi and Harriet Walter star in the Classic Serial I, Claudius 
• Ricky Gervais will be interviewed on Front Row
• John Sessions and Alex Jennings star in series 2 of Electric Ink

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]

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]

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

• Mad Men has been renewed for a fourth season [link]
  
• Daniel Craig will star in the film Dream House which will be directed by Jim Sheridan [link]
  
• Andrew Buchan, Jon Hamm, Zooey Deschanel, Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant and Joseph Gordon-Levitt interviews andrew|jon|zooey|ricky & stephen|joseph
  
• Boardwalk Empire, starring Steve Buscemi and Kelly Macdonald, has been picked up for 11 episodes. The pilot was directed by Martin Scorsese. [link]
  
• Stephen Frears will direct Tamara Drewe, starring Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper and Tamsin Greig [link]
• Scans from Nylon about Mad Men, Entourage and The Prisoner 1|2
• Quentin Tarantino will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film [link]
• A picture of Michael Sheen as Aro from New Moon [link]
• Coriolanus, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, has been selected for International Financing Forum (IFF) which will take place during the Toronto International Film Festival [link]
• Article about the Australian International Movie Convention from the Australian [link]

Entertainment news

• Article from the Guardian about film noir [link]
• Samantha Morton, Dominic West and Polly Walker have joined the film John Carter of Mars [link]
• Inception teaser trailer (via empireonline) [link]
• Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant introduce The Office retrospective [link]
• Matthew Weiner and Quentin Tarantino interviews matthew|quentin
• In the Loop:
• A deleted scene [link]
• Montage of Malcolm Tucker sweariness [link]
• Mike Nichols will direct and Joe Penhall will write Deep Water, an adaptation of the 1957 Patricia Highsmith novel [link]
• Shutter Island's release has been delayed until February 2010. A trailer for the film is here. [link]
• People who will be attending the Toronto Film Festival include Ben Whishaw, Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan, Clive Owen, Dominic Cooper, Emily Mortimer, Michael Sheen, Romola Garai, Rupert Friend, Samantha Morton and Tilda Swinton. [link]

Entertainment news

• Hilarious Cemetery Junction teaser featuring Ralph Fiennes, Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais [link]
  
• Old films need a new marketing makeover [link]
  
• BBC4 will have tribute nights for Harold Pinter and Simon Gray this weekend [link]
  
• Rich Sommer, Audrey Tautou, Ang Lee, Quentin Tarantino and Bill Nighy interviews rich|audrey|ang|quentin|bill
  
• Matt Smith has started filming his episodes of Doctor Who [link]
  
• Season 6 of Entourage
• A couple of videos 1|2
• Matt Damon will have a cameo [link]
• Bright Star trailer [link]
• Article about the upcoming Star Trek DVD release [link]
• Emmy nominations [link]

Entertainment news

• The Boat That Rocked is going to be re-edited for its US release [link]
  
• Article about Comic-Con and TV shows [link]
  
• Doctor Who/Torchwood
• Russell T Davies, John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd interview from Televisionary [link]
• The audio exclusive story Pest Control by Peter Anghelides is one of APA's "20 Best Audiobooks" [link]
  
• David Tennant interview from the Chicago Tribune (via tennant_love) [link]
• Russell T Davies interviews 1|2
• Three new Torchwood radio plays will be broadcast on Radio 4 this week [link]
• Now that the franchise has replaced the blockbuster as Hollywood's holy grail, transmedia storytelling extends film and TV properties across multiple platforms [link]
  
• Rupert Grint, John Malkovich, Marion Cotillard and Chace Crawford interviews rupert|john|marion|chace
• Article about Aboriginal filmmakers [link]
• Peter Morgan has pulled out as director of The Special Relationship, starring Michael Sheen and Dennis Quaid [link]
• Stephen Soderbergh's Moneyball has gone into turnaround [link]
• Trailers for The Invention of Lying, starring Ricky Gervais (via gervsmerchpilk) uk|us
• Official site for Origin, a short film written and directed by Danny Stack [link]
• Two Lovers, a romantic drama directed by James Gray and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow, is one of a diminishing breed. American independent cinema once delivered to theatres every week smallish adult dramas bolstered by strong casts. [link]
• Production blog for Paul, starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg [link]

Tags: The Boat That Rocked, film, Comic-Con, TV, television, Torchwood, Russell T Davies, John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, Doctor Who, Pest Control, Peter Anghelides, David Tennant, BBC Radio 4, Radio 4, Hollywood, Rupert Grint, John Malkovich, Marion Cotillard, Chace Crawford, Peter Morgan, The Special Relationship, Michael Sheen, Dennis Quaid, Stephen Soderbergh, Moneyball, The Invention of Lying, trailer, trailers, Ricky Gervais, Origin, Danny Stack, Paul, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg

Entertainment news

• Andrew Buchan, Alun Armstrong and Lyndsey Marshall will star in Garrow's Law, a 4 part 18th century legal drama for BBC1 [link]
  
• Raymond Chandler had a tiny cameo in Double Indemnity [link]
• Stephen Fry was on Loose Ends (BBC Radio 4). The show will be available on iPlayer up to a week after broadcast. [link]
  
• Lucy Punch has replaced Nicole Kidman in Woody Allen's next film [link]
• Damian Lewis read some poems on Newsnight last week, which can be downloaded from here. Alternatively here are Youtube links 1|2|3
  
• Matt Smith, Rebecca Hall, Rosamund Pike and Andrew Garfield have been included in the "Brilliant Brits" feature in the July issue of Esquire [link]
• Guillermo Del Toro, Michael Sheen and Anton Yelchin interviews guillermo|michael|anton
  
• Mad Men has been nominated for several TCA awards (via ONTD) [link]
• random amusement:
• a tweet from Michael Sheen [link]
• a poem by Ricky Gervais (scroll to week 69) [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Terry Gilliam is going to have another go at bringing Don Quixote to the big screen [link]
• Another cast and director change for the film adaptation of Wuthering Heights - Ed Westwick and Gemma Arterton will star as Heathcliff and Cathy, and Peter Webber will direct [link]
• Martin Scorsese will direct a Frank Sinatra biopic [link]
• David Tennant will be the new host of Masterpiece Contemporary [link]
• Info about the three upcoming Torchwood radio plays [link]
• Tilda Swinton, January Jones, Matt Smith, Samantha Morton and Peter Hall interviews tilda|january|matt|samantha|peter
• Mary and Max won the AniMovie section at the 16th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film [link]
• Articles about Martin Scorsese and The Red Shoes 1|2
  
• Matthew Goode will star in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's film Cemetery Junction [link]
• Monica Bleibtreu (Hilde, 4 Minutes) has died of cancer [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

• 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]
  

Entertainment news

• Genevieve Clay's film Be My Brother, which is about a young man with Down Syndrome, won Tropfest. hooray! [link]
• Clive Owen video interview from the Guardian [link]
  
• Rory Kinnear, Connie Fisher, Donald Sinden, Diana Rigg and Anna Maxwell Martin were asked about award speeches [link]
  
• Interview with John Wilson about the Razzies from The Wrap [link]
• Sam Riley interview from the Yorkshire Post (via ONTD) [link]
  
• Ricky Gervais on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart [link]
  
• Kristen Stewart interview from Nylon [link]
• Melissa Leo has joined the cast of indie drama Betty Ann Waters alongside Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver and Sam Rockwell [link]
  
• Gareth David-Lloyd Q&A from Gallifrey One [link]
• Producer Hercules Bellville (Cul De Sac, The Dreamers) has died [link]

Entertainment news

• Oscar winners [link]
  
• The Boat that Rocked trailers (via ONTD) 1|2
  
• Footage of Hugh Jackman at an Oscars rehearsal [link]
• Pirate Bay vs. Hollywood [link]
• Publicists for The Dark Knight and Gossip Girl have received awards [link]
• Short round up of British theatre news, plus discussion about Caryl Churchill's new play Seven Jewish Children [link]
  
• Gorgeous Old Hollywood pictures [link]
  
• Rory Kinnear interview [link]
• NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) has officially launched its 50th Birthday Party celebrations [link]
• Franklyn featurette [link]
• Ricky Gervais interview from the Washington Post (via gervsmerchpilk) [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Lovely interview from Flavorwire with Adam Elliot and Melanie Coombs about Mary & Max, which opened Sundance [link]
• Casting update for Ghost, directed by Roman Polanski [link]
• Ricky Gervais on Inside the Actor's Studio [link]
• Article about the Berlin Film Festival jury, which will be presided over by Tilda Swinton [link]
  
• Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American and select Latin American rights to An Education, starring Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper and Rosamund Pike [link]
• Tilda Swinton will feature on Patrick Wolf's upcoming album [link]
• Southern Star has been sold to Endemol [link]
• Kate Winslet interview from Radio 1 [link]
• Jason Isaacs, Catherine McCormack and Derek Jacobi will star in the BBC Radio's sci fi season (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]
• Article about Alfred Hitchcock's cameos in his films [link]
• Some Sundance portraits [link]
• Interview with Gus van Sant [link]

Tags: Adam Elliot, Melanie Coombs, Mary and Max, animation, film, Sundance, Ghost, Roman Polanski, Ricky Gervais, Inside the Actor's Studio, Berlin Film Festival, Tilda Swinton, An Education, Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Kate Winslet, Jason Isaacs, Catherine McCormack, Derek Jacobi, BBC Radio, Alfred Hitchcock, Gus van Sant

Film & TV news

• Interviews with Emily Mortimer 1|2
• Episode 5 of Simon Pegg's video blog from the Guardian [link]
• United Artists is having financial problems [link]
• Interview with Ben Whishaw [link]
• Interview with Rob Shearman, Paul Cornell and James Moran (via the pen is mightier than the spork) [link]
• Stephen Merchant being fabulous on Kimmel [link]
• Article by Catherine Tate from the Guardian (via ONTD) [link]
• Interview with Tilda Swinton (via ONTD) [link]
• Interview with Ricky Gervais [link]
  

Tags: Emily Mortimer, Simon Pegg, United Artists, Ben Whishaw, Rob Shearman, Paul Cornell, James Moran, Stephen Merchant, Kimmel, Catherine Tate, Tilda Swinton

Entertainment news

• Article about how film releases in Australia later this year are stuffed [link]
• Interview with Tilda Swinton (via ONTD) [link]
• Episode 4 of Simon Pegg's video diary from the Guardian [link]
• Interview with Zooey Deschanel from Nylon [link]
• Sydney theatre news 1|2
• Article about Screen Australia [link]
• Interview with Rachel Weisz from Vogue [link]
• Samuel L Jackson/Ricky Gervais/Conan O'Brien sausage party [link]

Tags: Tilda Swinton, Simon Pegg, Zooey Deschanel, Rachel Weisz, Samuel L Jackson, Ricky Gervais, Conan O'Brien

Entertainment & media links

• Article about the Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams, which took place Aug. 15-23. The festival was launched by Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins [link]
• Anne Thompson from Variety has written an article about the difficulties of getting distribution for independent films [link]
• "Stage actors love theater. Film actors see movies. Musicians dig concerts by their fellow musicians. But TV performers just don't seem to catch much TV..." [link]
• Adrian Dunbar (Whistleblowers) and Kimberley Nixon (Cranford) will star in a stage adaptation of Tracey Chevalier's novel Girl with a Pearl Earring [link]
• Hugh Laurie interview from Emmy magazine [link]
• Guests who are expected to attend this year's Toronto Film Festival [link]
• Recent projects that have received funding from Screen Australia [link]
• Profiles about Robert Downey Jr and Lauren Bacall 1|2
• Episode 1 of Simon Pegg's video blog for the Guardian [link]
• A hilarious quote from Ricky Gervais's blog about newspaper bullshittery (source: rickygervais.com via gervsmerchpilk):
  

  "...If you have trouble filling the newspaper, use a bigger font. Print a poem. Leave a space..."

• Interviews with Romola Garai and François Ozon 1|2|3
• Article about tabloid reporting [link]
  
• Rosamund Pike and Dame Judi Dench will star in Madame de Sade at Wyndham's theatre in March next year [link]
• Article about test screenings from the Guardian [link]
  

Related links:
Adrian Dunbar 1|2|3
Kimberley Nixon 1|2|3

Tags: Tilda Swinton, Mark Cousins, Anne Thompson, Variety, Adrian Dunbar, Kimberley Nixon, Tracey Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Hugh Laurie, Toronto Film Festival, Robert Downey Jr, Lauren Bacall, Simon Pegg, Ricky Gervais, Romola Garai, Francois Ozon, Rosamund Pike, Dame Judi Dench, Judi Dench