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Yesterday | Mail & Guardian

The preserve of those who know their zest from the rest

"Oh dear! Bought marmalade. I call that very feeble!" Maggie Smith's character, the Countess of Trentham, says in Gosford Park.

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Yesterday | Dorsetecho.co.uk

Downton Abbey creator to speak at seaside theatre

ARISTOCRACY: Set in an Edwardian country house, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them DOWNTON Abbey fans need not wait until the return of the series in the autumn for news of the Crawley family.

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Related Topix: Quartet, Celebrities

Thu May 16, 2013

OregonLive.com

Diddy Tweets that he's a series regular on 'Downton...

Where's a withering comment from "Downton Abbey" grande dame, Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham when you need one? If Sean "Diddy" Combs, he of the oft-changing name and appetite for attention, wanted people to notice whatever it is he has coming up, he found a good way to do it.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Twitter, Movies, Entertainment

Tue May 14, 2013

TwinCities

'Downton Abbey': Season 4 premiere date set

In this image released by PBS, Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess Grantham, is shown in a scene from the second season on "Downton Abbey." The fourth season of the popular British series will premiere in the U.S. on Jan.

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Related Topix: Downton Abbey, Entertainment, Television, Celebrities, Dan Stevens, Blues

CBS 3 Springfield

4th season of 'Downton Abbey' will air in January

The costume drama about the family and servants in a stately English home stars Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith and Michelle Dockery.

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Related Topix: Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Celebrities, Michelle Dockery, Shirley MacLaine, Holyoke, MA

Fri May 10, 2013

Daily Mail

Travels With My Aunt review: Feels like a pair of comfy old slippers...

Busy times at Southwark's Menier Chocolate Factory. While their redoubtable production of Merrily We Roll Along has barrelled into the West End, their production of Graham Greene's peripatetic classic starts on home turf.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Alec McCowen

Tue May 07, 2013

Hollywood Reporter

Cannes: Maggie Smith to Star in Israel Horovitz's 'My Old Lady'

The movie will mark the directorial debut for the playwright and screenwriter whose credits include "Author! Author!" starring Al Pacino.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Al Pacino, Dominique Pinon, New York, Entertainment

Mon May 06, 2013

Examiner.com

New indie DVDs for May 7

If you aren't an Indie film fan, the new DVDs being released are just plain weak.

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Related Topix: Quartet, Celebrities, Upstream Color, Starlet

Thu May 02, 2013

Cincinnati CityBeat

Well, Bless My Soul: 'Sister Act' is Fun

You probably remember Whoopi Goldberg's popular film Sister Act from 1992, an unlikely story about an aspiring singer who witnesses a murder and needs to be hidden until the trial - in a convent.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Sister Act, Theater, Celebrities, Whoopi Goldberg, Arts

Wed May 01, 2013

Metro

Sheridan Smith stars in Quartet with her heroine Dame Maggie Smith

Olivier Awards host Sheridan Smith, 31, starred in TV comedies Two Pints of Lagera and Gavin & Stacey.

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Related Topix: Quartet, The Royle Family, Entertainment, Television, Celebrities, Sheridan Smith, Tom Courtenay

New York Daily News

'Downey Abbey' adds first black character

Executive producer Gareth Naeme said Wednesday that British actor Gary Carr has been cast as Jack Ross, a jazz musician who will have a "recurring role" on the upcoming season four.

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Related Topix: Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Celebrities, Michelle Dockery, Entertainment

Radio Times

Death in Paradise's Gary Carr joins Downton Abbey series 4

Gary Carr, best known for his role as Fidel Best in BBC crime drama Death in Paradise, has joined the cast of Downton Abbey for series 4. The 26-year-old actor, who has recently appeared in Afghanistan army comedy Bluestone 42, will play a "charming and charismatic" young jazz singer called Jack Ross.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Shirley MacLaine

Mon Apr 29, 2013

Radio Times

Downton Abbey: Maggie Smith looking forward to another rumble in the jungle with Shirley MacLaine

There was much excitement when it was announced last month that Shirley MacLaine will return to Downton Abbey as Cora Crawley's loud-mouthed mother, Martha Levinson.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Shirley MacLaine, Allen Leech

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog

A Sunday Review

TV this week: Doctor Who : "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" - Every episode this season I've felt let down a little.

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Related Topix: Downton Abbey, Entertainment, Television, Celebrities

Sat Apr 27, 2013

Yeovil Express

Moviola night at Combe

It is screening Quartet at Combe village hall from 7.30pm. Tickets are A 5 in advance or A 5.50 on the door - and choc ices will be available.

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Related Topix: Quartet, Celebrities

Fri Apr 26, 2013

Daily Mail

Quartet star Sir Tom Courtenay on the confidence crisis that almost made him quit acting

It had been five years since he made a film, but just before his 76th birthday in February he suddenly appeared in two - Gambit with Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz, and then opposite Dame Maggie Smith in Quartet, directed by Dustin Hoffman, which is out on DVD in the next fortnight.

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Related Topix: Quartet, Tom Courtenay, Celebrities, Cameron Diaz, Colin Firth, Billy Connolly

The New Zealand Herald

Benedict Cumberbatch is reigning on Parade

Benedict 'Sherlock' Cumberbatch wants to flee TV. Parade's End , he tells Gerard Gilbert, is his last work for the small screen - maybe Benedict Cumberbatch is furiously scrolling through his iPhone, the actor trying to locate a quote he believes summarises his character, Christopher Tietjens, in the coming period drama Parade's End .

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Related Topix: Sherlock, Entertainment, Television, Benedict Cumberbatch, Downton Abbey, Celebrities

Thu Apr 25, 2013

The Sun Online

sheridan smith date

ACTRESS Sheridan Smith has revealed she has NEVER been on a date - but she is open to being swept off her feet.

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Related Topix: Quartet, The Royle Family, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Entertainment, Television, Sheridan Smith, Downton Abbey, Celebrities