Matthew Goode, Matthew Rhys: The Wine Show: it's Top Gear for booze … I hate myself for loving it

THE GUARDIAN
Stuart Heritage
11 April, 2016

When ITV ran its first trailer for The Wine Show about a month ago, you could be forgiven for thinking the whole thing was a joke. An obscene joke about two highly acclaimed actors – a wildly-bearded Matthew Rhys and an unstoppably plummy Matthew Goode – who’d exploited their star power to get smashed on plonk inside a beautiful Umbrian villa, while getting paid for it.

The trailer was startlingly awful in every conceivable way. The narration was awkward and stilted in a manner that suggested it had been translated into English and back again several times. The photography looked as if it had been shot for a CNN Europe commercial about the economic benefits of utilising Montenegro as a regional trade hub. And in the middle of it were the two Matthews, obsequiously yucking it up like a grotesque Fluck and Law parody of the coddled one-percent. It was like watching a piece of deranged Alan Partridge fan fiction come to life. It must have been a joke. Surely it was a joke. I watched the trailer over and over again, looking for the slightest wink to prove that this was all somehow an elaborate joke. The title? Was that it? Was The Wine Show supposed to be a deliberately awful pun on The One Show? Was that the joke

The Wine Show began on ITV4 last night. I watched it specifically to hate it. The fact that I couldn’t has made me almost irreversibly furious.

Because, god help the lot of us, The Wine Show is actually quite good. It is, in essence, somewhere between a Countryfile and a Top Gear for booze. Given time to breathe, the photography that came off as cheesy in the trailer is actually rather beautiful. The production values are astonishing. It’s dappled, woozy, HD travel porn that lingers on beads of early-morning vineyard dew and charmingly tumbledown magic-hour Italian villages in a way that immediately makes you want to chuck some shirts in a bag and head for the airport.

And the actual content is surprisingly grown up, too. Despite the trailer strongly suggesting that the series would consist of nothing but Rhys and Goode slowly contracting gout, the bulk of the presenting is left to wine expert Joe Fattorini. He’s a revelation, arguably the Attenborough of Oddbins. Simultaneously knowledgable and awestruck, Fattorini managed to turn the climax to a throwaway 10-minute segment about Napoleon’s favourite booze into a genuinely compelling piece of television. “This wine probably cheered someone up when Mozart died”, he quavered at one point, and it didn’t even sound a tenth as stupid as it looks written down.

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Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie Talk Their Deadly But Charming Face-Off

YAHOO TV
Benji Wilson
Writer
April 15, 2016

Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie in ‘The Night Manager’

“I don’t know that I’d make a very good spy,” says Tom Hiddleston. This, from a man widely spoken of as the next James Bond. We’re discussing his latest role in the AMC miniseries The Night Manager, based on John le Carré’s 1993 novel, premiering April 19. Hiddleston plays Jonathan Pine, an unassuming hotel supervisor who turns out to be a very, very good spy. So much so that he’s recruited by British Intelligence to bring down international arms dealer and billionaire Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie).

Hiddleston gives the spy question a little more thought — he gives everything a lot of thought — and then he laughs. “Let’s be honest, I’d make a hopeless spy because people know who I am. It would be very obvious.”

That much is indisputable: these days Tom Hiddleston couldn’t exactly sidle in to a room and order a smoothie. Thanks to roles as Hank Williams in I Saw the Light, the lead in the excellent High-Rise, and most of all as Loki in the ongoing, seemingly neverending Avengers franchise, Hiddleston is already that guy on the poster. But it’s Jonathan Pine in The Night Manager — well-turned-out, well-spoken, intelligent but reserved — whom he feels is closest to himself. Even if he could never be a spy.

“Pine felt strangely new for me as an actor because it felt quite close to home — I haven’t played close to home. I’ve played at the extremes of my range — Loki and Hank Williams are quite far away from me,” he says. “With Pine, there was a lot in him that I could relate to. It was something about his moral conviction. His private soul. He’s very hard — he keeps his cards close to his chest, and I think that’s very true of me.”

Ying to Pine’s yang is Richard Roper, and in an inspired piece of casting, The Night Manager pairs off Hiddleston with fellow debonair Brit Hugh Laurie. If Dr. Gregory House behaved badly but was essentially good, “Dickie Roper” is the other way ‘round. He starts out a wellspring of urbane charm, but a few episodes in, as we start to see what those weapons he’s selling to the highest bidder can do, we understand why le Carré in the original novel labeled Roper “The Worst Man in the World.”

READ MORE HERE: https://www.yahoo.com/tv/the-night-manager-tom-hiddleston-and-hugh-153804157.html

Which TV show starred Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, Simon Pegg, David Schwimmer, James McAvoy and Andrew Scott?

DIGITAL SPY
BY TOM EAMES

.. It was Band of Brothers​ of course.

You probably remembered that Damian Lewis first made a name for himself in this excellent 2001 miniseries on HBO, but there are LOADS of other actors who popped up that you may well have forgotten.

Here's a roll call of the biggest names (most of whom are Brits playing Americans) for you to try to spot next time you binge-watch the epic Steven Spielberg-produced war series.​

MICHAEL FASSBENDER



Appeared as: ​Technical Sergeant Burton 'Pat' Christenson

Now best known for: The X-Men movies, 12 Years A Slave, Inglourious Basterds…

Number of episodes: 7

TOM HARDY



​Appeared as: ​Private John Janovec

Now best known for: The Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant…

Number of episodes: 2

DAMIAN LEWIS



 Appeared as: ​​Lieutenant / Captain / Major Richard Winters

Now best known for: ​Homeland, Wolf Hall

Number of episodes: 10



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TOM HIDDLESTON WANTS LOKI TO MEET BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH'S DOCTOR STRANGE

COMIC BOOK RESOURCES

"Avengers" star Tom Hiddleston is ready to team up with Benedict Cumberbatch at Marvel Studios. During an interview with Daily News, Hiddleston discussed his friendship with Cumberbatch and said he'd love for Loki and Dr. Strange to share the screen.

"In some hypothetical world, I don't quite know when, for Loki and Dr. Strange to share the same frame would be very exciting indeed," Hiddleston said. "Because Benedict Cumberbatch is an old friend. So I would think it would be interesting to see who would get the upper hand."

"Truthfully, I do actually know at the moment how many more times I'm going to play Loki, but I'm not going to tell you," he added. "It's not personal. It's just keeping it fresh for all paying customers to enjoy their films."

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/tom-hiddleston-wants-loki-to-meet-benedict-cumberbatchs-doctor-strange

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes hints cast are holding up film being made

MIRROR
BY NICOLA AGIUS
14 April, 2016



Downton Abbey creator Jullian Fellowes has seriously hinted that the cast are the reason a film is not yet in production.

Speaking on Loose Women today, the award-winning writer admitted he would love to turn his small screen masterpiece into a blockbuster, but the decision is not in his hands.

Are the likes of Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery and Elizabeth McGovern to blame?

"Let's just say it's not me slowing things up," he teased. "The difficulty is rounding up the actors. One is in America making a new series, another is in a play.

READ MORE HERE: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/downton-abbey-creator-julian-fellowes-7755060

'High-Rise' Makes Class Warfare Sexy - Tom Hiddleston, Keeley Hawes, Jeremy Irons

VICE
By Brandon Harris
April 13, 2016

If Brazil, Lord of the Flies, and Snowpiercer were stuck in a blender, the result might look something like Ben Wheatley's strange and stylish new film High-Rise, which makes its US premiere April 20 at the Tribeca Film Festival. An adaptation of J.G. Ballard's 1975 dystopian novel famous for its canine-eating upper classes, High-Rise has polarized audiences and critics, hailed by some as "the social-surrealist film of the year," dismissed by others as "a bit of a dog's dinner." The film takes place in an impeccably ruined residential skyscraper, the high-rise of the title, seemingly beset by dysfunction and outright war amongst its residents, who are arranged vertically by a caste system that is very British, yet uniquely tribal.

"We wanted to make something that was not totally recognizable," the 43-year-old director told me last fall at an impossibly chic hotel bar in the Old Town section of Zurich, where the filmed had screened. The picture has a take-no-prisoners verve and sardonic humor to spare, but one leaves it as if having been bludgeoned with a hammer, unsure of up or down, left or right, teetering on collapse. How did we get here? What are the rules of this place? Wheatley and his collaborators, screenwriter Amy Jump and European mega-producer Jeremy Thomas, seem unwilling to offer anything that resembles traditional exposition or human motive throughout High-Rise's near two-hour runtime.

"Periods don't necessarily look like themselves," he remarked, a riddle for sure, but one that makes sense somehow coming from Wheatley, a portly, blued-eyed, shaggy-haired Brit who has become one of the isles' most lauded young directors in less than a decade of feature work. The director's surreal rendering of Ballard's class-oriented societal meltdown is set in an alternate-reality version of the late 1970s. The clothes and records and décor evoke the period without ossifying us there; the world has progressed in ways that it didn't in our times, but perhaps reasonably could have.

Although there are no poor people present, working- and lower-middle-class stiffs reside on the bottom levels while higher-income professional types, such as our hero Dr. Robert Laing (Tom Hiddleston), live on the middle floors below the haute bourgeoisie at the top. Dr. Laing, who has the style and sophistication of those living on the upper floors, draws the interest of the Architect (Jeremy Irons), a mildly disabled schemer who lives at the top of this Grand Guignol with a diabolical, sexually charged redhead (Keeley Hawes) who tends to horses on their rooftop terrace.

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High-Rise makes its US premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 20.

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The first trailer for Marvel's Doctor Strange is here - and we get to hear Benedict Cumberbatch's American accent

RADIO TIMES
By Radio Times staff
Wednesday 13 April 2016 at 8:05AM

Ok, so first up – the trailer for Doctor Strange is finally here!

Secondly, what do we think of Benedict Cumberbatch's American accent as Marvel's mystical superhero?

"I don’t believe in fairytales about chakras or energy or the power of belief," says Cumbers in a very throaty US drawl, and to us it sounds not unlike another Brit abroad, Hugh Laurie in House.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-04-03/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-filming-doctor-strange-in-new-york

Richard Armitage kissing people. You're welcome

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Tom Hiddleston looks typically dashing in a plaid navy suit as he joins his The Night Manager nemesis Hugh Laurie for a New York Times event

DAILY MAIL
DAN CAIN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 20:04 EST, 11 April 2016 | UPDATED: 06:55 EST, 12 April 2016

They were opposing forces in the critically-acclaimed six-part spy thriller The Night Manager.

But Tom Hiddleston, 35, and Hugh Laurie, 56, put on a united front when they attended The New York Times Times Talks event in the Big Apple on Monday.

The two British actors were all smiles as they stood shoulder to shoulder on the red carpet at the Directors Guild of America Theater.

Audiences swooned over Hiddleston in the John Le Carré adaptation, and the star looked suitably debonair for the special interview in a plaid navy suit with a buttoned down striped shirt.



The House star wore a grey suit jacket with a navy shirt and dark trousers. He opted for a pair of dark brown suede shoes to finish off his ensemble.

Both were on fine form as they answered questions posed by Cruz in front of a live audience.
The charismatic duo were full of praise for Le Carré's work, with Laurie saying: 'As a teenager I worshipped those (novels)... it sort of defined my teenage reading really.

'I was utterly entranced by this novel (The Night Manager). I thought it was the most beautifully romantic story.'

He joked that when he first read the novel he imagined himself playing Hiddleston's protagonist Jonathan Pine, rather than the arms dealer antagonist Richard Roper.


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Fresh-faced Aidan Turner got his pecs out years before sensational 'Smoldark' scene

ENTERTAINMENT TV NEWS
Kirsty Blake Knox
April 12, 2016

Actor Aidan Turner set pulses racing when he scythed his way across the Cornish coastline - topless and lathered in baby oil.

But that iconic Poldark scene wasn't Turner's first time baring his chest on the small screen.
In 2004, he was the star of Fruice juice's "it's a natural thing" ad campaign.

The tongue-in-cheek advert sees a topless Turner approach two ladies who appear to be wearing no clothes.

"Well hello there," Turner says. "Nice day for it - I can see you've got yours out too," he adds grinning.

The camera then pans down to reveal that Turner is referring to a bottle of orange Fruice juice one of the ladies is holding.

The ad aired over a decade ago when the aspiring actor was just 21.

The advert also stars Irish blogger Holly White and was shot in Spain.

Turner looks drastically different in the ad - his perfectly 'manscaped' chest hair is sadly missing.
So too is his trademark designer stubble and tousled hair.

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/freshfaced-aidan-turner-got-his-pecs-out-years-before-sensational-smoldark-scene-34619370.html

Ten Actors Who Played Sherlock Holmes Through History

THE ANGLOTOPIA MAGAZINE
April 11, 2016 By John Rabon



Sherlock Holmes is one of the most famous literary character of the last 150 years, ever since he first appeared in the 1887 edition of Beeton’s Christmas Annual in “A Study in Scarlet”.  Holmes has been portrayed on stage, screen, and television over 250 times since his creation, with the first being William Gillette in a play written by himself and Holmes originator Arthur Conan Doyle.  He’s one of the most depicted characters in the world and that tends to attract some of the best in the acting profession.  Examine our own list of ten of the best Sherlock Holmes actors from the first to the most recent and let us know your own favorites in the comments.

Sherlock Holmes, a play written in four parts by Doyle and Gillette, was first performed in 1899 in New York City.  Doyle had previously tried his hand at writing a play, but little came of it until he was approached by Gillette, an American actor who even put on a deerstalker cap and a cape to convince the author to work with him.  After several films were made with various other actors in the role, Gillette tried his hand at a film adaptation of the play in 1916.  He would perform the role at least twice more in radio dramas.


BASIL RATHBONE

Appearing in his first Holmes film not long after Wortner, Rathbone starred in 1939’s adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles.  In fact, it was Rathbone’s success with the film in the United States that caused Wortner’s adaptation of the “Silver Blaze” to change its name to Murder at the Baskervilles for its American release in 1941 (despite having nothing to do with the Baskervilles).  Rathbone has played Sherlock Holmes the most times in films with a total of fifteen from 1939 to 1946.  He even made a posthumous cameo in Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective as the voice of Holmes, whose 221B Baker Street address also housed the animated protagonist.

JEREMY BRETT



Besides Wilmer, Brett is considered by many to be one of the best television actors to play Holmes, having done so in four series running for more than a decade from 1983 to 1994.  During that time, Brett also performed in a stage show titled The Secrets of Sherlock Holmes from 1988 to 1989.  Brett described Holmes as “the hardest part I have ever played—harder than Hamlet or Macbeth”, and despite fears of typecasting, he appeared 41 times as the detective before ill health caused him to retire from acting, passing away only months after his final episode aired.  Brett’s performance developed many personality ticks for the character from his laughter to his hand gestures as the actor wanted to bring more passion to what appeared to him to be an obsessive and depressive character.  Cementing his reputation as Holmes, Brett won a poll in 2014 of the best Holmes actors, beating out the next three, more-recent, entries.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

With Holmes back in film, it wasn’t long before the detective returned to television as well, this time with an adaptation brought into the present day courtesy of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.  Moffat was auditioning for Holmes and Doctor Who at the same time, and ended up casting two men who would become world-famous for their portrayals, Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Matt Smith as the Doctor. Alongside Martin Freeman as John Watson, Cumberbatch’s performance is the opposite of Downey’s, embracing the character’s nature as a “high-functioning sociopath”.  While Cumberbatch had been acting for some time before Sherlock, his portrayal has made him a household name and led to other projects such as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Imitation Game, and this year’s Doctor Strange. 

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‘Sherlock’ Season 4 Shares First Photo of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Return

SCREEN CRUSH
Kevin Fitzpatrick

Benedict Cumberbatch, you busy bee. Just days after hanging around the comic shops of NYC dressed as Doctor Strange (and presumably some filming as well), the Sherlock star is already back in action for Season 4, popped collar and all. Check out the first look at Sherlock Season 4, courtesy of writer Mark Gatiss!

Following the announcement of production last week, Gatiss shared an off-screen photo of Cumberbatch back in the role that arguably made him famous. The hair looks a bit shorter, and the coat perhaps new, but either way, London’s favorite detective is back to business (and hopefully cleaner than when last we saw him).

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Kingsman sequel to bring back Colin Firth

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Dian Arthen
Writer
Posted: Mon, April 11 2016 | 03:53 pm

Spoiler alert for those who haven't yet watched the first Kingsman movie. Actor Taron Egerton, who plays Eggsy in the film, recently tweeted a poster photo of the sequel, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, bearing the legend: "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated," beneath a pair of glasses with one lens missing.

Egerton later captioned the photo with "A message from an old friend. #Kingsman".

The quote on the poster is of course a reference to Harry Hart (Colin Firth), who was shot in the face by Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) and presumably killed in the first movie, Kingsman: The Secret Service.

No word yet from Firth or director Matthew Vaughn about this update; we guess we'll be kept on tenterhooks until the movie comes out in June next year.

Read more here: http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2016/04/11/kingsman-sequel-to-bring-back-colin-firth.html

Keeley Hawes: Fans continue to be charmed by The Durrells

Irish Examiner
Sunday, April 10, 2016 - 09:31 pm\

Keeley Hawes’ new drama The Durrells continued to get the thumbs up online as the second instalment aired.

The series about a single mum who ups sticks and moves her four children from England to Corfu, which is based on Gerald Durrell’s memoirs, has been a ratings winner and a hit with fans, who have been sharing their warm, fuzzy feelings online.

Mum Louisa (Keeley) has proved to be the biggest hit with viewers, with many being quite vocal about her unruly and ungrateful brood.

Poor woman. What bloody awful kids. #TheDurrells

— Barbary Spencington (@Telibarb) April 10, 2016

#thedurrells kids are still all vile.

— Katie Chutzpah (@KatieChutzpah) April 10, 2016

#thedurrells excellent again tonight. But blimey, @Misskeeleyhawes got her work cut out for her with that lot!

— Steven Green (@Shadow_Chaser) April 10, 2016

Wanted to like #TheDurrells but those obnoxious, rude, selfish and arrogant children completely spoil it.

Read more here: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/fans-continue-to-be-charmed-by-the-durrells-729039.html

Tom Hiddleston, Aidan Turner, Tom Hardy: Is Bond a Three Horse Race?

FEMALE FIRST
by Helen Earnshaw | 9 April 2016


Last year, a whole host of names such as Idris Elba and Damian Lewis - both fine actors - were banded around as a possibility for the next 007. However, it is looking increasingly like a three horse race for one of cinema's biggest and most iconic roles.

Should Craig call time on his tenure as Bond, will it be Tom Hardy who takes over? As Tom Hiddleston got what it takes to move the franchise on? Or will Aidan Turner land this coveted role?

- Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy is an actor who has been linked to this role for quite some time and remains the bookies favourites to take over from Daniel Craig when he finally leaves this role behind.

For me, Hardy has always been the obvious choice to take on the role of 007. There is no denying that the handsome actor looks the part, but there is an air of menace about him that I think would fit this role beautifully.

I have just always thought that Hardy and Bond would be the perfect fit and that he is an obvious choice.

Hardy already has a huge fan base and would no doubt bring new viewers to the Bond franchise. The actor is also no stranger to tackling big movies so the Bond franchise would be very safe in his hands.

- Tom Hiddleston

Up until fairly recently Tom Hiddleston was perhaps not everyone's first choice to take on the role of 007. One episode into his TV stint on The Night Manager and fans were calling for his name to be thrown into the hat.

There is no denying that Hiddleston is a beautiful thing and would more than look the part in a tux. But The Night Manager showed that the British star also had the action chops that are required to take on this role.

While I still think this role should go to Hardy, I would not be disappointed if it was revealed that Hiddleston was to take over from Craig. Hiddleston is a wonderful actor and I think that he would bring a sensitivity and an intelligence to this character that would be very exciting to explore.

The last few weeks has seen support for Hiddleston as Bond grow and grow and he is now the second favourite - behind Hardy - to land the role. He really has come from nowhere to be a major player in this race to become 007.

- Aidan Turner

Of all the names that are potentially in the frame to take over the role of James Bond, Aidan Turner is perhaps the least favourite of the lot - the role of Bond would certainly send his star rocketing; just like it did for Craig.

He is no stranger to success with The Hobbit film franchise and TV series Poldark under his belt. Bond would be the perfect platform for him and Bond producers have had a knack of casting those who are not hugely famous in the role.

Interestingly, Turner is the only one who has been linked to a meeting with producers to discuss the role. A source told The Sun last month that the actor had held preliminary talks with Bond producers.




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Man of Steel 2 Update: Zack Snyder, Henry Cavill to return for sequel; Snyder reveals idea for twist ending

LAWYER HERALD
By Staff Writer

Apr 09, 2016 11:20 AM EDT

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 22: Henry Cavill arrives for the European Premiere of 'Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice' at Odeon Leicester Square on March 22, 2016 in London, England(Photo : Mike Marsland/Getty Images)

Apart from his appearance in the first two DCEU films, many are wondering whether Superman will be back for Man of Steel 2. Although nothing has been confirmed yet, Director Zack Snyder and Henry Cavill expressed their interest in making the film.

Snyder said that they would love to make the sequel if a good script is developed for the sequel. "I think if we could get a good script it would be great to have a standalone Superman movie. I think that would be fun to do." Snyder said. As reported by Screen Crush, he also added that part of the reason they haven't announced Man of Steel 2 is to support the events in the recently released Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

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'Sherlock' Season 4 Spoilers, News & Update: Productions Has Started Filming;'Terror and tragedy are looming' In The New Season

PARENT HERALD
By Catherine Brown / Apr 09, 2016 06:58 AM EDT

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 10: Actor Benedict Cumberbatch with his wife Sophie Hunter after receiving the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) from Queen Elizabeth II for services to the performing arts and to charity during an Investiture Ceremony at Buckingham Palace on November 10, 2015 in London, England. 
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Many "Sherlock" fans are waiting for the hit TV series' return. "Sherlock" Season 4 is already in the works, but fans should still wait for months because "Sherlock" Season 4 will not be available until January 2017.

Deadline reported that three episodes are "Sherlock" Season 4 are in the works and these will surely entertain fans to bits because per the report, it promises "laughter, tears, shocks, surprises and extraordinary cases." Are you excited?

Benedict Cumberbatch, "Sherlock" Season 4 lead star is happy that they are finally working on the new season. He said that he is"genuinely thrilled to be back filming Sherlock with all the cast and crew. I can't wait for everyone to see season four. But you will have to wait... though not for long. ... And it will be worth it."

Aside from this, "Sherlock" Season 4 will remain dark because per Zap2it, "terror and tragedy are looming" for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Will someone bid goodbye to the show? Mirror reported that "Sherlock" Season 4 will be hit by tragedies and that Mary may die. However, this is not confirmed yet as we can't tell how closely the show will follow Conan Doyle's book.

Benedict Cumberbatch returns to reprise the titular role of an active sociopath alongside Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson and Amanda Abbing as Mary. In "Sherlock" Season 4, the couple will be awaiting the arrival of their first baby.

"Sherlock" Season 4 co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gattis teased that their filming could be their final and it will be big time, saying, "This is the story we've been telling from the beginning. A story about to reach its climax."

http://www.parentherald.com/articles/35834/20160409/sherlock-season-4-spoilers-news-update-productions-started-filming-terror.htm

Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Benedict Cumberbatch among stars set for Shakespeare anniversary show

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With an audience including the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will bring together acclaimed actors from David Suchet to Dame Judi Dench for a one-night extravaganza of Shakespeare-inspired works spanning genres from hip-hop to opera.

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Shakespeare Live! will be hosted by David Tennant at the RSC's theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

The latest names to sign up to mark the Bard's death on April 23 include actors John Lithgow, Anthony Sher and Anne-Marie Duff, comedians Tim Minchin and Rufus Hound, and the cast of Horrible Histories, with music from The Shires and the Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/mirren-and-cumberbatch-among-stars-set-for-shakespeare-anniversary-show-34613987.html