Dominic West Tells Us There Are “Tumultuous” Times Ahead For ‘The Crown’ During London Poetry Soiree
Exclusive: Dominic West, who portrays British monarch in-waiting Prince Charles in the upcoming fifth season of The Crown, has told us that season six, which shoots from August, “will be as tumultuous as it gets”, because it will explore the tragic death of Princess Diana.
Season five is already in the can and will stream on Netflix later this year.
West, star of TV hits The Wire and The Affair, and recent movie Downton Abbey: A New Era, spoke to Deadline on Sunday night during a poetry reading at London’s Delaunay restaurant.
The soiree, which included the recital of three T.S. Eliot poems, was held for The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour, an event established thirty years ago by Hart, the novelist, poet and a leading light of London’s literary and theater set until her death in 2011. Hart’s 1991 novel Damage was adapted for the screen by David Hare...
Season five is already in the can and will stream on Netflix later this year.
West, star of TV hits The Wire and The Affair, and recent movie Downton Abbey: A New Era, spoke to Deadline on Sunday night during a poetry reading at London’s Delaunay restaurant.
The soiree, which included the recital of three T.S. Eliot poems, was held for The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour, an event established thirty years ago by Hart, the novelist, poet and a leading light of London’s literary and theater set until her death in 2011. Hart’s 1991 novel Damage was adapted for the screen by David Hare...
- 6/27/2022
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeremy Paxman hosted his last ever Newsnight on Wednesday night (June 18).
The 63-year-old presenter, who had led the current affairs series for 25 years, bowed out in a show that featured interviews with London mayor Boris Johnson on a tandem bicycle, former Labour spin doctor Peter Mandelson and ex-Home Secretary Michael Howard.
Paxo's Stuffing! Jeremy Paxman's 12 best Newsnight moments
Paxman closed the broadcast with the message: "Thank you for watching Newsnight. I hope you continue to enjoy it. Goodnight and goodbye."
After the credits, he stood in front of a weather map to present one final forecast: "And tomorrow's weather - more of the same. I don't know why they make such a fuss about it."
During the programme, Paxman jokingly asked Johnson why London's Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme - otherwise known as "Boris Bikes" - were "such a failure".
Johnson insisted that the scheme was a "howling success" and...
The 63-year-old presenter, who had led the current affairs series for 25 years, bowed out in a show that featured interviews with London mayor Boris Johnson on a tandem bicycle, former Labour spin doctor Peter Mandelson and ex-Home Secretary Michael Howard.
Paxo's Stuffing! Jeremy Paxman's 12 best Newsnight moments
Paxman closed the broadcast with the message: "Thank you for watching Newsnight. I hope you continue to enjoy it. Goodnight and goodbye."
After the credits, he stood in front of a weather map to present one final forecast: "And tomorrow's weather - more of the same. I don't know why they make such a fuss about it."
During the programme, Paxman jokingly asked Johnson why London's Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme - otherwise known as "Boris Bikes" - were "such a failure".
Johnson insisted that the scheme was a "howling success" and...
- 6/18/2014
- Digital Spy
After 25 years, Jeremy Paxman is quitting BBC Two's Newsnight.
No longer will we see politicians quaking in their boots, producers being slammed live on TV and awkward chats with rappers.
To mark the end of an era from quite possibly Britain's greatest news broadcaster of the last two decades, Digital Spy has rounded up just some of the classic moments of Paxo on Newsnight.
1. Paxman/Rascal
Possibly the sign of things to come in terms of Newsnight incorporating surprising guests and skits (see Cookie Monster and 'Thriller'). Paxman took part in a rather bizarre interview with Dizzee Rascal following Barack Obama's presidential victory in 2008. When asking Dizzee he believed in political parties in Britain, the rapper replied: "Yeah, they exist, I believe in them. But I don't know if I care," adding: "If you believe, you can achieve, innit." The awkward silences after Dizzee's points are also classic.
No longer will we see politicians quaking in their boots, producers being slammed live on TV and awkward chats with rappers.
To mark the end of an era from quite possibly Britain's greatest news broadcaster of the last two decades, Digital Spy has rounded up just some of the classic moments of Paxo on Newsnight.
1. Paxman/Rascal
Possibly the sign of things to come in terms of Newsnight incorporating surprising guests and skits (see Cookie Monster and 'Thriller'). Paxman took part in a rather bizarre interview with Dizzee Rascal following Barack Obama's presidential victory in 2008. When asking Dizzee he believed in political parties in Britain, the rapper replied: "Yeah, they exist, I believe in them. But I don't know if I care," adding: "If you believe, you can achieve, innit." The awkward silences after Dizzee's points are also classic.
- 5/1/2014
- Digital Spy
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh look gorgeous but it's Flora Robson as Queen Elizabeth who steals the show
Fire Over England (1937)
Director: William K Howard
Entertainment grade: B+
History grade: C
In 1588, the Spanish Armada sailed against Elizabeth I's England.
International relations
Philip II's Spain is beleaguered by English pirates. The Spanish ambassador turns up at the court of Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson) to protest. Elizabeth insists she has nothing to do with piracy, and considers herself Philip's loving sister (as history buffs will know, he was married to her half-sister, Mary I). "His portrait still hangs in a place of honour," she assures the ambassador. "My king does not ask your grace to hang his portrait, but to hang his enemies," the ambassador zings back.
Piracy
Meanwhile, fictional English pirate's son Michael Ingolby (Laurence Olivier) is aboard a ship when it is taken by the Inquisition. He jumps...
Fire Over England (1937)
Director: William K Howard
Entertainment grade: B+
History grade: C
In 1588, the Spanish Armada sailed against Elizabeth I's England.
International relations
Philip II's Spain is beleaguered by English pirates. The Spanish ambassador turns up at the court of Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson) to protest. Elizabeth insists she has nothing to do with piracy, and considers herself Philip's loving sister (as history buffs will know, he was married to her half-sister, Mary I). "His portrait still hangs in a place of honour," she assures the ambassador. "My king does not ask your grace to hang his portrait, but to hang his enemies," the ambassador zings back.
Piracy
Meanwhile, fictional English pirate's son Michael Ingolby (Laurence Olivier) is aboard a ship when it is taken by the Inquisition. He jumps...
- 6/27/2013
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Does the Duchess of Cambridge have a green thumb? Kate tried her hand at growing vegetables during a gardening project in Newcastle Wednesday, and by all accounts, she knew what she was doing. Community gardener Emma Hughes, who hosted Kate at Elswick Park, told People that at home, the royal "grows her own potatoes in sacks. We were digging the potatoes and she was asking about it. She said ours were bigger. She said she only got small ones this year." Kate met children, who are taught about how food is made and where it comes from, via the Edible Elswick project,...
- 10/10/2012
- by Simon Perry
- PEOPLE.com
"Ah Paxo, I'll miss him when he has that massive coronary," said The Thick of It's Malcolm Tucker of Jeremy Paxman. Judging from yesterday's battle with Treasury minister Chloe Smith on Newsnight, you can see why. It's been over 15 years since Paxman asked Michael Howard once or twice if he threatened to overrule the head of the prison service, but last night's sparring shows that at the age of 62, he's still definitely got it. Fast forward to six minutes for all the action. With all the ire he usually reserves for the less-enlightened contestants on University Challenge, Paxman seems less than impressed with Smith's attempts to evade his questioning over the government's latest budget U-turn. "Is it hard for you to defend a policy you don't agree with?" he splutters (more)...
- 6/27/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Yes, the costumes are amazing. But too little actual history in Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth: part 2 lets ridiculousness reign
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: E
In 1588, the Spanish Armada headed for England's shores.
Style
The film begins in 1585, with Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen) flinging his new cloak over a puddle so Queen Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) need not step in it. Later, he introduces her to tobacco, a potato and two Native Americans brought back from his transatlantic expedition. All this is more or less true, but it's hard to notice the history because the queen is wearing a giant chrysanthemum on her head. While the first Elizabeth movie faithfully reproduced Elizabeth's outfits from courtly portraits, The Golden Age kits her out in iridescent lace collars, foot-high plumes of exotic feathers, electric violet and lime-green satin, and marquee-sized gauze cloaks suspended from architectural hoops.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: E
In 1588, the Spanish Armada headed for England's shores.
Style
The film begins in 1585, with Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen) flinging his new cloak over a puddle so Queen Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) need not step in it. Later, he introduces her to tobacco, a potato and two Native Americans brought back from his transatlantic expedition. All this is more or less true, but it's hard to notice the history because the queen is wearing a giant chrysanthemum on her head. While the first Elizabeth movie faithfully reproduced Elizabeth's outfits from courtly portraits, The Golden Age kits her out in iridescent lace collars, foot-high plumes of exotic feathers, electric violet and lime-green satin, and marquee-sized gauze cloaks suspended from architectural hoops.
- 9/29/2011
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Psychologist Peter Collett reckons he knows whether Blair was telling porkies, Brüno and Em were faking it, and how Simon Cowell stays top dog
You're at a party and, as you're leaving, the host and hostess are at the door and someone ahead of you says, "That was wonderful, thank you so much." Then the next person says, "That was magnificent, I don't know how to thank you." Then comes your turn and you think, "I've got to beat that", so you find yourself saying, "I don't think I've ever been to a party as wonderful, you must come and spend the weekend."
This, says behavioural psychologist Peter Collett is called Appreciation Escalation and is something that happens a hell of a lot on the panels of TV talent shows and, of course, in real life.
"As you're leaving, you think, 'Why the stuff did I say all that? I don't even like them,...
You're at a party and, as you're leaving, the host and hostess are at the door and someone ahead of you says, "That was wonderful, thank you so much." Then the next person says, "That was magnificent, I don't know how to thank you." Then comes your turn and you think, "I've got to beat that", so you find yourself saying, "I don't think I've ever been to a party as wonderful, you must come and spend the weekend."
This, says behavioural psychologist Peter Collett is called Appreciation Escalation and is something that happens a hell of a lot on the panels of TV talent shows and, of course, in real life.
"As you're leaving, you think, 'Why the stuff did I say all that? I don't even like them,...
- 2/20/2010
- by Johnny Dee
- The Guardian - Film News
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