Joseph Fiennes News

Anti-Semitism was a fact of life in Europe in the 16th Century. Jews were forced to live in ghettoes and to observe curfews - they were banned from owning property and so became money-lenders. Shylock, played by AL PACINO, is deeply resentful about all this, especially when the Christian merchant, Antonio, , spits on him.

No one who has seen Shakespeare in Love can forget the scenes in which Joseph Fiennes falls for Gwyneth Paltrow while writing Romeo and Juliet - a clever-clever storyline for this most postmodern of romcoms.

The year is 1942, and the Nazis are cutting a deadly swath through Russia. Under the leadership of Khrushchev, the citizens of Stalingrad are mounting a brave resistance, spurred by the exploits of their local hero, Vassili Zaitsev .

Despite the long shadow cast by his older brother, Ralph Fiennes, actor Joseph Fiennes carved out a comfortable niche in compelling independent and foreign features.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Joseph Fiennes, 39; Todd Bridges, 44; Adam Carolla, 45; Louis Gossett Jr., 73 Happy Birthday: Be smart with your money, donations and friendships.

Joseph Fiennes stars in "Flash Forward," a new show for ABC about a mysterious event that causes the entire world to black out.

Our review of Enemy At The Gates , published September 11th, 2001, is also available.

Joseph Fiennes finds the ugly soldier, poet and philosopher Cyrano "heroic in every possible way". Interview by Roya Nikkhah Last Updated: 12:58PM BST 12 May 2009 Fiennes as Cyrano de Bergerac It is hard to see how Joseph Fiennes can convincingly pull off his next role.

Tony Award-winning actor Brian F. O'Byrne will join Joseph Fiennes for the new ABC television series "Flash Forward." "Flash Forward" is the latest series to be picked up for ABC's fall lineup, according to TVGuide.com. The 13-episode series is based on Robert J. Sawyer's novel of the same name in which everyone on the planet begins to see visions ...

He is a soldier, poet, philosopher and a duellist, a great romantic creation, larger than life in larger-than-life times.

From celebrated filmmaker Bille August comes the award-winning "Goodbye Bafana", a moving story about the unlikely relationship between a white jailor and his prisoner, Nelson Mandela .

The word most often used to describe Joseph Fiennes is probably 'intense', and it is not difficult to see why.

PR: New to Blu-ray: The Machinist, Paycheck, Changing Lanes, Enemy at the Gates, Three Days of the Condor May 19th, Paramount Home Entertainment will release five titles newly on Blu-ray: The Machinist, Paycheck, Changing Lanes, Enemy at the Gates, Three Days of the Condor The Machinist Paycheck Changing Lanes Enemy at the Gates Enemy at the Gates ...

THOMASTON : Friends of the Thomaston Public Library will present a Poetry in Life series of films Friday evenings in April, National Poetry Month.

The Battle of Stalingrad, reduced ridiculously to a personal "duel" between superstar snipers, a Russian peasant and a German aristocrat.

Alice Eve will play Roxanne opposite the Cyrano of the previously announced Joseph Fiennes in the Chichester Festival's upcoming production of the Edmond Rostand classic Cyrano de Bergerac .

On Monday, a new portrait of Shakespeare was unveiled to the world. The man portrayed could be a rake, a rascal, and a revolutionary; a poet, a painter, a clear-eyed critic of the human condition.

Nancy Sorrell has revealed she lied to become Heather Graham's body double in a film.

Although Michael Portillo may have admitted in a television documentary the other day that his own actions in recent political history were not irreproachable, the former cabinet minister neverthless seems ...

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