Tom Hiddleston, Jude Law: Stars compete for Olivier Awards

INDEPENDENT WOMAN
UPDATED 10 MARCH 2014 02:02 PM



Tom Hiddleston and Jude Law will compete for the best actor honour at this year's Olivier Awards, but there is no room for fellow Hollywood star Daniel Radcliffe on the shortlist.

Other nominees for the prestigious theatre awards include Dame Judi Dench who is shortlisted for best actress and Sherlock star Mark Gatiss whose performance in Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse sees him nominated for best supporting actor.

Dame Judi is nominated for Peter And Alice in which she starred opposite fellow Bond cast member Ben Whishaw.

Sam Mendes' musical of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along lead the field with seven nominations each.

Law and Hiddleston, nominated for the title roles in Henry V and Coriolanus respectively, face competition from Henry Goodman and another of Dame Judi's 007 co-stars Rory Kinnear.

Goodman is recognised for his performance in The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui at the Duchess Theatre, while Kinnear's Iago in the National Theatre production of Othello sees him shortlisted.

Radcliffe, who won best actor at the What's On Stage Awards for The Cripple of Inishmaan, is not shortlisted.

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Martin Clunes joins in at Dorset Chamber Orchestra concert for youngsters

DORSET ECHO
By Catherine Bolado, Senior Reporter



BUDDING musicians raised the roof with the help of actor Martin Clunes at a special concert.

Hundreds of people packed St Mary’s Church in Dorchester to enjoy Music for Youth – Dorset Chamber Orchestra’s annual concert for young people.

Young soloists Charlotte Horner, 13, and Kirsty Chaplin, 15, performed Mozart’s concerto for flute and harp.

Kirsty is a harpist and plays with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and Charlotte is a flautist and has played with the Dorset Chamber Orchestra three times.

Mr Clunes narrated the Ballad of the Village Boy, a poem created by writer Richard Baker based on a Victorian ghost story from Dorset.

Liz Sharma composed the music to go with the piece, described as a ‘fun and interesting story for the young’.

The concert opened with the wonderfully-atmospheric overture Fingal’s Cave by Mendelssohn and ended with Bartok’s Rumanian Folk Dances.

Afterwards Mr Clunes signed autographs and had pictures taken with the young musicians and their families.

He said the youngsters were ‘amazing’ and it had been a lovely afternoon.

He added: “It’s lovely to be here.

“To be a part of the concert was a real thrill. It was a good afternoon.”


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‘I am so ready to play a really dumb character’: Benedict Cumberbatch says he’s ready for a less intellectual role and that Sherlock is ‘an absolute b*****d’

MAIL ON LINE
By HANNA FLINT
PUBLISHED: 02:31 EST, 10 March 2014 | UPDATED: 05:48 EST, 10 March 2014



He’s played a super sleuth with an IQ through the roof, a slave-owner with a conflicted heart and a journalist hell bent on revealing government secrets.

Now, Benedict Cumberbatch, 37, is ready for a less intellectual role.

‘I am so ready to play a really dumb character,’ the actor told T magazine, having just finished filming a biopic of the British cryptographer Alan Turing, The Imitation Game, where he plays the lead role.

It’s no wonder Cumberbatch might feel ready for a less trying role, for Turing is often thought of as the father of theoretical computer science; whose life ended in tragedy when in 1954 he committed suicide, two years after being convicted for homosexuality.

‘I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers,’ Benedict explained, but with his educational background and upbringing his acting roles aren’t that surprising.

Both his parents Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton were actors, and after attending famous public boys’ school Harrow, he studied at the University of Manchester as well as the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.


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Sherlock creator Mark Gatiss: 'Benedict Cumberbatch is irreplaceable'

DIGITAL SPY
By Catherine Earp
Saturday, Mar 8 2014, 9:04am EST



"If Benedict went under a bus tomorrow it would be the end of the show," Gatiss told The Mirror. "Benedict and Martin [Freeman] are our stars.

"We do three episodes a year and although people want more that's all we can do. They are both so famous now it's increasingly difficult to get them."

He added: "Sherlock made Benedict a star and I know he is eternally grateful to the show - he wants to do more.

"Martin is similar too as he is in The Hobbit and he's doing a new show in Canada with Billy Bob Thornton, a TV version of Fargo.

"They are both major stars but they both want to carry on. We just have to try and make the days work, that's all."


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Ralph Fiennes breaks out as a comedy genius in Anderson's new film, now in limited release - Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel'

MTV
By Josh Wigler
March 7, 2014

Ralph Fiennes breaks out as a comedy genius in Anderson's new film, now in limited release.



Just as Liam Neeson has become an unlikely action hero through films like "Non-Stop," it appears that Ralph Fiennes has been born anew as a comedic genius, all thanks to Wes Anderson.

Fiennes' funny-man chops are on full display in Anderson's new film, "The Grand Budapest Hotel," or so the reviews indicate. His work as hotelier Gustave H. has earned high praise from the critics, as has Anderson's humorous but heartfelt vision of a fictional country torn apart by war, as viewed from many generations and vantage points.

Read on for what the critics are saying about "The Grand Budapest Hotel," currently in limited release:

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"One of the many surprises in Wes Anderson's rich, layered and quirkily entertaining new film, 'The Grand Budapest Hotel,' is the emergence of a new comic actor, one with impeccable timing and just the right mix of gravitas and utter zaniness. Ladies and gents, meet Ralph Fiennes.

You might not immediately think the man who played the tragic count in 'The English Patient,' an evil war criminal in 'Schindler's List,' a violent Coriolanus, and oh yes, Voldemort, would be a natural in comedy. But he proves a deft, daft partner to Anderson in this, their first collaboration. ... His stylized, rapid-fire delivery, dry wit and cheerful profanity keep the movie bubbling along. Here's to further Fiennes-Anderson collaborations." — Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press

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