Happy 75! – Sir Ian McKellen
One of most brilliant actors of all-time, Sir Ian McKellen, turns 75 years young today. Like Dame Judi Dench, retirement is not in Ian McKellen’s vocabulary.
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'Wolf Hall' headed to PBS/BBC 2 with all-star cast in tow
As we reported last Fall, Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, are headed to BBC Two and PBS in 2015. Filming has begun on Wolf Hall, the small screen adaptation of Mantel’s historical Tudor novels which follow the atmospheric rise to power of Cromwell, the powerful minister, within Henry […]
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Hilary Mantel novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, headed to BBC and PBS
Both the BBC and PBS confirmed Saturday that Tony and Olivier award-winning actor Mark Rylance will play Thomas Cromwell in the BBC’s upcoming adaptation of the novels from author Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. The six-part drama, which will air on BBC Two and PBS’ Masterpiece series, will be overseen by […]
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Judi Dench – No need to say more
As if playing Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Lady MacBeth in MacBeth, Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown and Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love wasn’t enough, Judi Dench has been James Bond’s boss, M, has lent her voice to the animated children’s series, Angelia Ballerina and possesses ten BAFTA’s, seven Laurence Olivier […]
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Forgive us for this British TMZ moment
This one was just too good to pass up. Let me just say this upfront. Dame Judi Dench is the most amazing person on the planet. She’s played two Queen’s, is James Bond’s boss, M, won an Oscar, ten BAFTA’s, two Golden Globes, a Tony and, oh yeah, she was in 67 episodes of As […]
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