Academy-Award nominated actress Julie Walters think she is a dying breed. Her recent comments that there are too many ‘posh actors’ today and very few working class ones like her coming through the ranks, caused a wee rumpus in the media, She certainly does have a point as over in the UK every new star … Continue reading
No disrespect to Frances McDormand but in 1996 the Academy Award for Best Actress should have gone to Brenda Blethyn for her superlative performance as Cynthia Rose Purley the unforgettable, big-hearted cockney heroine in Mike Leigh’s Secrets and Lies. She had already picked up the BAFTA, Golden Globe and Cannes Best Actress Award for the role and in … Continue reading
Beloved veteran British actress Patricia Routledge celebrates her 87th Birthday this week which is still very hard to believe. Most people in the US know her as the hilarious pretentious Hyacinth Bucket (it’s pronounced bouquet) in the smash hit TV series ‘Keeping Up The Appearances’, back across the Pond though we are aware that is … Continue reading
It’s rising star Brit actor Tom Hiddleston’s 35th Birthday and here he is celebrating in his birthday suit (!) just for us. It’s actually a clip from Ben Wheatley’s new movie which is film adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s novel High Rise starring Tom who is one of the hottest new movie stars around right now. … Continue reading