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Maggie Smith Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Maggie Smith.

Results 1 - 20 of 124 in Maggie Smith

  1. 'Clash of the Titans': First look

    4 hrs ago | Entertainment Weekly

    Clash of the Titans - - the 1981 Geek mythology fantasy starring Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier and Maggie Smith, with memorable f/x from stop-motion animation master Ray Harryhausen - boasts a pretty hefty fan following, especially among Gen Xers for whom the movie is a geek pop touchstone.

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    Related Topix: Clash of the Titans, Family, Action Movies, Adventure, Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Drama Movies, The Incredible Hulk, Science Fiction Movies, Terminator: Salvation, Entertainment

  2. Titans! Will! ClashRead the original story w/Photo

    4 hrs ago | Filmexperience.blogspot.com

    ... hundred million dollars, replace Sir Laurence Olivier with Liam Neeson (I do wish they'd gotten dear Dame Maggie Smith back though) and Harry Hamlin's nipples with Sam Worthington's gleaming gams, and voila! Insta-hit. If they keep this light and ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Action Movies, Clash of the Titans, Adventure

  3. Darkness unfurls in HBO filmRead the original story

    Monday Nov 9 | Journal Gazette

    Director Stephen Poliakoff, left, sits with 'Capturing Mary' stars Maggie Smith and David Walliams.

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    Related Topix: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, California Suite, Little Britain, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, David Walliams

  4. My House In Umbria -

    Saturday Nov 7 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    On her monthly shopping trip to Milan, Emily Delahunty (Maggie Smith), an English romance novelist now living in Umbria, takes her seat on the train and observes her travelling companions: a young German couple, obviously smitten; an elderly English ...

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    Related Topix: Explosion

  5. Pop Blotter: The Sublime Familiarity Of Our Favorite FilmsRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 4 | The Heights

    ... even though its artistic merit is questionable. That's because she's so talented. I would also add to this list Maggie Smith and Reese Witherspoon. Watching each of Smith's performances is like watching a master class in acting. Witherspoon has that ...

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    Related Topix: Sandra Bullock

  6. Smith heartbreaking in chilling 'Capturing Mary'

    Wednesday Nov 4 | Zap2it.com

    During her long career, Maggie Smith has been many things to her fans. Electrifying as a charismatic schoolmistress in her best actress Oscar-winning role in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie." Hilarious as the vain actress with a bisexual husband in "California Suite." Heartbreaking as a middle-aged Irish spinster in "The Lonely Passion of Judith ...

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    Related Topix: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, California Suite, Little Britain, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Theater, Arts

  7. Movies in BriefRead the original story

    Monday Nov 2 | Canada.com

    ... film has all the trappings of a British period piece you'll feel you've seen many times before, complete with Maggie Smith as a snobbish old aristocrat. Although Anne Hathaway seems far too attractive to be playing this plain Jane, she is as ...

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Shakespeare in Love, Vocal, Jane Austen, Stardust, Hairspray, Music!, Musical Movies

  8. An education that is very BritishRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 29 | UTV

    ... of a nude Pamela Franklin (not, of course, in the classroom) on whom I had a girlcrush. But notwithstanding Maggie Smith's magnificent scenery-chewing and hilarious Scottish accent (recyled in the Harry Potter films), I wanted to see less of Miss ...

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    Related Topix: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

  9. REVIEW: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Next Stage, The Mission Theatre, Bath

    Tuesday Oct 27 | This is bath

    ... a production under the direction of Ann Garner that is quite captivating. When an actress of the calibre of Maggie Smith delivers the definitive version of a character like Jean Brodie - much as Liza Minnelli made the role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret ...

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    Related Topix: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Cabaret, Musical Movies, Pop/Rock, Liza Minnelli

  10. Faye Dunaway Is a Big, Old Diva--Namely Maria CallasRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Oct 26 | Village Voice

    ... Callas? Will Zoe Caldwell --who brilliantly originated the role on Broadway--be even more devastated than when Maggie Smith got the film version of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ? Will this go straight to Landmark Sunshine Cinemas?

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Callas, Biography Movies, Opera, Mommie Dearest, Maria Callas, Faye Dunaway

  11. Between the Sheets-- Maggie Smith Drove Me to Drink.

    Friday Oct 23 | KQED

    ... never-ending series of sailor suits, but they would be wrong. Not too far off, but wrong, all the same. It was Maggie Smith. Maggie Smith and her cocktail parties. I don't think my father had any idea what he was getting me into when he took me to ...

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    Related Topix: Vocal, Agatha Christie, Diana Rigg, Roddy McDowall, Peter Ustinov, Classical, Recipes

  12. The creme de la creme for Next Stage

    Wednesday Oct 21 | This is bath

    ... The story, which was originally a book, then became a play starring Vanessa Redgrave and finally a film with Maggie Smith, is being performed at the Mission Theatre by Next Stage. Where Next Stage scores in this case is having a strong youth group ...

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    Related Topix: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies

  13. Becoming Jane ReviewRead the original story

    Tuesday Oct 20 | BellaOnline

    ... Jane. Becoming Jane is definitely a DVD worth owning or renting. A great story with quality acting-including Maggie Smith and Julie Walters-with some stellar moments, like the conversation between Jane and her mother, 'Yes. Affection is desirable. ...

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    Related Topix: Anne Hathaway

  14. Council to cash in on area filmingRead the original story

    Sunday Oct 18 | Lynn News

    ... including Shakespeare in Love, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, and All The King's Men, starring David Jason and Maggie Smith. The Duchess was filmed at Holkham Hall. The council currently has no policy covering charging for the use of its facilities, says ...

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    Related Topix: North Norfolk, England, Norfolk County, England, United Kingdom, Drama Movies, Shakespeare in Love, Comedy Movies, War Movies, All the King's Men

  15. The Pity of WarRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 14 | Freerepublic.com

    ... They Wuz Only Playing Leapfrog as a not-so-veiled jibe as the homosexuality prevalent among the officers then. Maggie Smith does a beautiful/cynical job of getting "the boys" to enlist in We Need Recruits. And Joe Melia is the spooky

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    Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Oh! What a Lovely War, Musical Movies

  16. my bb :(... is AaaaaliiiiiiiveRead the original story

    Oct 10, 2009 | OhNoTheyDidnt

    Dame Maggie Smith is contemplating giving up theatre acting after being "knocked sideways" fighting breast cancer.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Breast Cancer

  17. Maggie DearestRead the original story

    Oct 8, 2009 | Filmexperience.blogspot.com

    ... He was working over time this year, at least with the celebrity set. So when I read this interview with Dame Maggie Smith , in which she brings up the dread topic several times in relation to her ongoing battle with cancer, it was upsetting. Smith ...

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  18. An update on Dame Maggie SmithRead the original story

    Oct 6, 2009 | The Seattle Times

    If you, like me, wondered if Dame Maggie Smith didn't look just a bit under the weather in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," you weren't seeing things: The great British actress, now 74, was in the middle of treatment for breast cancer at the time.

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    Related Topix: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Medicine, Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer

  19. Maggie may give theater a missRead the original story

    Oct 6, 2009 | The Standard

    British Harry Potter actress Maggie Smith fears taking to the stage again after suffering breast cancer, which left her bald during filming of the franchise's last movie.

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    Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Harry Potter, Books, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

  20. Toughest act for grande dameRead the original story

    Oct 6, 2009 | The Austrailian

    ONCE advising Michael Palin that sarcasm didn't suit him, Maggie Smith described herself as "the acid queen". She rarely gives interviews and a mysterious, intimidating aura has long surrounded her.

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    Related Topix: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, California Suite, Michael Palin, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer