Ringo Starr & Paul McCartney Reunite Twice In One Week

RUMOR FIX
Posted on April 21st, 2013 at 10:30 am - richard@rumorfix.com

The legends in their 70s, have collaborated through the years and Sr. Paul has even written songs for Ringo.

On Saturday night, it appears the duo may also have been joined by legendary guitarist Joe Walsh from the Eagles and ELO’s Jeff Lynne.

Is a reunion in the works?

READ MORE HERE:http://rumorfix.com/2013/04/ringo-starr-paul-mccartney-reunite-twice-in-one-week/

Happy Birthday, Maggie Smith: The Dowager's Best Downton Zingers

PEOPLE MAGAZINE
By ERIN CLEMENTS
12/28/2013 at 12:10 PM EST

What better way to celebrate Smith's birthday than with a look back at some of her funniest zingers? There's sure to be plenty more to come when Downton Abbey's fourth season premieres on PBS Jan. 5. 

And again, with the pesky Americans...

READ MORE HERE: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20769936,00.html

David Tennant:Broadchurch named best TV show of 2013 by Radio Times critics

RADIO TIMES
Radio Times Staff
11:45 PM, 27 December 2013



ITV crime drama Broadchurch has been named the best TV show of 2013 by Radio Times critics.

Starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman at the head of an ensemble cast, the drama follows the story of a police investigation into the murder of a schoolboy in a small Dorset coastal town.  Described by the series creator Chris Chibnall as "a labour of love", the beautifully crafted whodunit captured the imagination of the nation as almost every character became a suspect across eight rollercoaster weeks.

Both a critical and popular hit, the show attracted around nine million viewers an episode on ITV - and after being shown on BBC America will be remade for a US audience, with Tennant reprising his starring role as troubled DI Alec Hardy.  A second series of Broadchurch is expected on ITV in 2014.

Last year the critics choice was won by Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman crime drama Sherlock, which returns to television on New Year's Day.

"The death of event TV has been greatly exaggerated," said Tim Glanfield, editor of RadioTimes.com & digital products. "Broadchurch drew the nation into a collective hysteria every Monday night for eight weeks, as who killed Danny Latimer became the talking point in the press, pubs, front rooms and factories up and down the country.

"A brilliant piece of homegrown drama with an exquisite cast of actors, Broadchurch is a fantastic example of British TV at its very best."  


READ MORE HERE:http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-12-27/broadchurch-named-best-tv-show-of-2013-by-radio-times-critics

Henry Cavill Back Together With His Former Wonder Woman Gina Carano?! Super, Man!

PEREZ HILTON
12/27/2013 4:20 PM ET



Move aside, Louis Lane!

We bet Henry Cavill has wished he could fly around the Earth so fast that he could reverse time, skip his brief fling with Kaley Cuoco, and go back into the arms of Gina Carano.

Now he doesn't have to put on the cape and invent time travel! It looks like the exes are back together!

According to Salt Lake Running Company employee Amanda Theobald, our hunky Man of Steel who came into their store is actually training in Salt Lake City for the Man of Steel sequel, as well as engaging in a romantic sequel with Gina:

“We thought he was a movie star, but we just couldn’t place it. So we asked him when we rang him out. He said he's back to training at Gym Jones for the next movie. He bought two pairs of C-WX tights and a couple pairs of Saucony and Northface shorts. He was with his MMA fighter girlfriend. She helped him pick out some shorts and took care of him more than we did."


READ MORE HERE: http://perezhilton.com/2013-12-27-henry-cavill-man-of-steel-back-together-ex-gina-carano

Tom Hiddleston: 2013 Celeb of the Year: Vote for the Winner! Vote often!!!!

E!
by JENNA MULLINS



The fans have spoken, and we now have the final two stars competing in our 2013 Celeb of the Year tournament!

Tom Hiddleston and Ian Somerhalder!

Hiddleston won his head to head battle by a very wide margin, and Somerhalder was actually losing to RDJ last time we checked the polls. But suddenly, the fans rallied and Ian was the winner by the end of the round. It's been a long road, and many awesome stars have been knocked out on the way to the finals.

The final round ends on Monday, Dec. 30 at 9 p.m. PT. And then the winner will be revealed on Tuesday, Dec. 31, just in time for the new year! Feel free to go on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn and if you still live in 2005, MySpace, to round up your fandom armies. This is the last battle, so don't stop until the absolute last second. The refresh button is your friend. Good luck, and may the best celeb win!


READ MORE HERE:http://www.eonline.com/news/494221/2013-celeb-of-the-year-vote-for-the-winner

"Sherlock" Season 3 Exclusive Photos Hint At Trouble For Television’s Favorite Bromance

BUZZFEED
BY Jace Lacob

PBS and Masterpiece have given BuzzFeed an exclusive look at four images from Season 3 of the British mystery, which returns to Masterpiece on Jan. 19, 2014. Wedding bells!

posted on December 26, 2013 at 7:00pm EST

It looks like there’s a chasm between John and Sherlock, and we’re not just talking about the distance on this park bench. I mean, faking your death will do that to a friendship.

And the moment of truth: Can Sherlock make a best man speech at the wedding reception that won’t humiliate John or Mary entirely? Only time will tell…


READ MORE HERE: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jacelacob/exclusive-sherlock-season-3-photos-the-sign-of-three

Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in First Look at ‘The Imitation Game’ (Photo)

THE WRAP
DAILIES | By Jeff Sneider on December 26, 2013 @ 10:56 am



Black Bear Pictures’ drama co-stars Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong and Charles Dance

In honor of Alan Turing’s historic Royal Pardon on Tuesday, Black Bear Pictures has released the first official image of Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game.”

Showing his personal enthusiasm for the project, producer Teddy Schwarzman sent the still himself as an early Christmas gift rather than a PR firm.

Cumberbatch stars as codebreaker and mathematician Turing, who was prosecuted for being homosexual and eventually committed suicide via cyanide poisoning.

Keira Knightley co-stars alongside Matthew Goode, Mark Strong and Charles Dance. Morten Tyldum (“Headhunters”) directed from Graham Moore’s script, which topped the 2011 Black List.

In addition to producers Teddy Schwarzman, Nora Grossman and Ido Ostrowsky, the project boasts a top notch below-the-line team including Oscar-winning editor William Goldenberg (“Argo”), composer Clint Mansell (“Black Swan”), cinematographer Oscar Faura (“The Impossible”) and production designer Maria Djurkovic (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”).

READ MORE HERE: http://www.thewrap.com/benedict-cumberbatch-alan-turing-imitation-game-first-look-photo

Watch the Sherlock Mini Episode here (Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman)

Tom Hardy and fiancee Charlotte Riley visit Butterwick Hospice in Stockton

THE NORTHERN ECHO
Exclusive By Graeme Hetherington
25 December, 2013



Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley meet Bethany Weatherill, 11, and Play Nurse Sam Clarkson Pics: Sarah Caldecott

IT'S not every day that the North-East is touched by Hollywood stardom.

So when two A-list movie stars dropped in on a local hospice it certainly made for a Christmas to remember.

Film star Tom Hardy and his fiancee, the actress Charlotte Riley, spent more than an hour meeting and chatting with patients and staff when they called in at the Butterwick House Children's Hospice in Stockton, Teesside to hand over a cheque for £24,000.

The London-born star of Batman - The Dark Knight Rises and science fiction thriller Inception, 36, raised the money when he took part in an expedition in Siberia with Miss Riley's uncle, Peter Riley, who has been involved with the Hospice from the outset.

The couple, who met on the set of Wuthering Heights, enjoyed a tour of the hospice and met with 11-year-old patient Bethany Weatherill while in the region for a family Christmas.

Miss Riley, 31, who was born in Grindon, near Stockton and stars with Tom Cruise in the upcoming movie Edge of Tomorrow, said: "It must be really difficult for the families of the people and children who stay at the Hospice as they are all seriously ill, but they must take some consolation from the fact the all the staff are always really happy, friendly and devoted.

READ MORE HERE: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10899598.Hollywood_comes_to_the_North_as_Batman_star_Tom_Hardy_and_fiancee_Charlotte_Riley_visit_Butterwick_Hospice_in_Stockton/

‘Downton Abbey’ season 4 Christmas Special review: Daisy’s offer, and did Mary choose?

CARTERMATT
25 December, 2013



Last year, fans of “Downton Abbey” lamented how the Christmas Special basically took whatever Christmas cheer that they had and then threw it in the garbage. For the first 98% of it, all seemed well; then, Matthew died and the world fell apart for Mary.

This time around, we had a two-hour special on ITV that was certainly engaging, but afterwards we cannot really help but answer the question: Was any of this really that necessarily? There were episodes this season that contained more in the way of story points, and this served more as a way to tie together old stories than present new ones that could carry over to the new year.

Out of the stories that are staying put into 2014, the biggest one is merely that somehow, Lady Mary still has both Lord Anthony Gillingham and Charles Blake waiting like they are contestants on “The Bachelor” hoping to get the final rose … and this has been eight months of doing so. While we learned in here that Blake has his own ties to nobility, and was merely hiding them in order to, like another show in “Joe Millionaire,” have Mary like him for who he was rather than his inheritance, this has not played a role into the decision. We’re still waiting, and the only key revelation here is that Michelle Dockery’s character will eventually choose somehow.



Meanwhile, we seemingly had an end to the Bates murder story that played out at the end of the season. It seemed for a good half hour or so that Mary was going to turn Bates in after learning of evidence that tied him to what happened to Mr. Green’s death, but his role in helping preserve the family name and protect the Prince from humiliation (the closest thing that this show will ever get to “Ocean’s Eleven”) changed that. He now seems to be in the clear, and unless someone tells Anna what happened, this issue will likely disappear just like Ivy mighty between seasons. Ivy’s potential exit, coupled, maybe with some drama on the horizon for Thomas Barrow and Tom Branson after the former caught the one-time chauffeur with a certain teacher in the gallery, were the two biggest stories that we really see shaping the new season in some substantial way.

Ivy took a potential cooking job with Harold (smartly played by Paul Giamatti) after Daisy turned it down, which was in turn largely a set-up to ensure that one of Harold’s own employees could further pursue her. Clearly, there are still some feelings there for Alfred, even if we never saw him in the special save for news that he has a prestigious new position.

READ MORE HERE:http://cartermatt.com/101688/downton-abbey-season-4-christmas-special-review-michelle-dockery-mary-chooses-no-one/

London Year-End Roundup: Five Best Productions of 2013 (Matt Smith, Rupert Grint, Brendan Coyle, Rufus Sewell...)

BROADWAY BUZZ
 By Matt Wolf December 25, 2013 - 12:00AM



American Psycho, Almeida Theatre
Critics were divided on the merits of Spring Awakening composer Duncan Sheik’s stage take on the era-defining Bret Easton Ellis novel, and who can blame them? One must look back to Sweeney Todd to find a musical that makes such a compelling case for putting psychosis center-stage. In Rupert Goold’s expert production, British TV name Matt Smith (Doctor Who) makes the gym-fit Patrick Bateman a charismatic killer of anyone’s dreams…or, make that nightmares. You have until February 1 to be drawn in—and then recoil—for yourself.

Mojo, Harold Pinter Theatre
Can a play that looked show-offy and posturing in one incarnation seem mournful and even profound the next? The answer is there to be savored in Mojo, running through February 8 at the Harold Pinter Theater (an apt locale given that Pinter himself appeared in Jez Butterworth’s 1997 film adaptation of gangster low-life in 1950s London). The cast—encompassing Harry Potter star Rupert Grint, Skyfall’s Ben Whishaw and Downtown Abbey’s own Bates, Brendan Coyle—remains the starriest seen in London all year, and the peerless director is Ian Rickson.

Old Times, Harold Pinter Theatre
Two brilliant actresses, Oscar nominee Kristin Scott Thomas and Tony nominee Lia Williams, traded roles throughout the run of Ian Rickson’s quietly dazzling take on Harold Pinter’s 1971 play, which meant audiences got two chances to ponder the shimmering mysteries at the heart of the text. This was a big year on both sides of the Atlantic for the Nobel laureate, with Broadway’s starry No Man’s Land and Betrayal competing for attention, as well. But Rickson and his cast of three, including the divine Rufus Sewell, stood a league apart. Can they go to Broadway, as well, please?


READ MORE HERE: http://www.broadway.com/buzz/173767/london-year-end-roundup-five-best-productions-of-2013/harold

Henry Cavill’s Spending the Holidays with Gina Carano.. In the Gym

CELEBUZZ
POSTED 11 HOURS AGO   •   BY ANDREA SIMPSON

"He said he's back to training at Gym Jones for the next movie."

And that means getting back into Spandex -- $300 bucks worth.

"He bought two pairs of C-WX tights and a couple pairs of Saucony and Northface shorts," she added.

The 30-year-old heartthrob also brought a shopping companion. It looks like he and his girlfriend Gina Carano are going strong, despite their brief break-up this summer.

"He was with his MMA fighter girlfriend. She helped him pick out some shorts and took care of him more than we did," added Theobald with a laugh.

"He really kept to himself and no one recognized him," except one lucky employee. "One of our employees loves Superman so he just had to get a picture with him."

READ MORE HERE: http://www.celebuzz.com/2013-12-23/this-is-how-henry-cavills-spending-the-holidays-in-the-gym/

Man of Steel star Henry Cavill needs nerves of steel (Youtube interview)

Tom Hiddleston vs. Benedict Cumberbatch: The Dance-Off

MASHABLE
SAM MAGGS for Geekosystem

The Internet loves Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch. Their incredible performances (as Loki and Sherlock, in particular) kind of don’t even hold a candle to their real-life charm. But an important question remains: Whose moves are smoother, Hiddles’ or Cummerbund’s? You’ll have to decide for yourself.

READ MORE HERE: http://mashable.com/2013/12/22/tom-hiddleston-benedict-cumberbatch-dance-off/

Sherlock mini episode: new details and times released

RADIO TIMES
22 December, 2013
Susanna Lazarus

The new 7-minute short titled Many Happy Returns will be made available on BBC iPlayer from Christmas Eve and played at intervals on the red button service

Prior to being shown at various intervals between Christmas Day and 2 January, the Sherlock short will be released on BBC iPlayer from around 2:00pm on Christmas Eve before transferring to the red button service, with the Beeb also unveiling the list of times it will be available to watch thereafter:

Wednesday 25 December, 8:25pm-5:30am
Thursday 26 December, 8:00pm-5:30am
Friday 27 December, 8:00pm-5:30am
Saturday 28 December, 8:00pm-5:30am
Sunday 29 December, 8:00pm-1:05am
Monday 30 December, 8:00pm-5:30am
Tuesday 31 December, 8:00pm-5:30am
Wednesday 1 January, 10:20pm-5:30am
Thursday 2 January, 8:00pm-5:30am


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Paul Giamatti found filming 'Downton' bizzare

Source: Bang Showbiz
Date: 22 December 2013



Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti found the slow pace of 'Downton Abbey' "very bizarre" when he filmed scenes for the show's Christmas special.

Paul Giamatti found the slow pace of 'Downton Abbey' "very bizarre".



The American actor guest stars in the show's Christmas special as Harold Levinson and his friend and co-star Laura Carmichael says he was baffled by some of the period drama's more sedate scenes.

She told the UK's Grazia magazine: "Paul found filming 'Downton' hilarious. He couldn't get over the fact that in some of the scenes we just sit around drinking tea. He was like, 'This is great, but is this really it?' I'd be like, 'Yes, but there is a subtext, you know, so we'll do our looks and our eyebrows and then the butler pours the tea and I saw a bitty like and then we drink some more tea. There aren't any car chases or anything.' He found it very bizarre and English."

The cast say the presence of Paul and Shirley MacLaine - who reprises her role as Martha Levinson - changed the atmosphere on set for the better.


READ MORE HERE: http://www.list.co.uk/article/57371-paul-giamatti-found-filming-downton-bizzare/