Gosford Park

...at a Rudolf Steiner school, Mulligan got her big break after writing a letter to Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Gosford Park. Inviting her to lunch, he then introduced her to a casting agent who put her forward for...

In this article: Carey Mulligan, An Education, Keira Knightley, Jim Sheridan, Pride & Prejudice, Wall Street 2, Oscar, Brothers, Joe Wright, and Audrey Hepburn

...create a buzz for 2010 releases: -Fantasy time travel drama From Time To Time reunites actress Maggie Smith with the writer/director of Gosford Park, Oscar winner Julian Fellowes. Stay Cool, a comedy with Winona Ryder, Hilary Duff and...

In this article: Oscar, Hollywood, Time travel, Everybody's Fine, Twist and Shout, The Road, The Last Station, Stay Cool, Tom Ford, and Colin Firth

...as Prime Suspect's Inspector Jane Tennison, two best supporting actress Oscar nominations, for The Madness of George 111 and Gosford Park, winning the best actress Oscar in 2007 for The Queen. Like all theatrical Dames, she has also done...

In this article: Helen Mirren, Leo Tolstoy, The Last Station, Oscar, National Theatre, London, Jay Parini, Anthony Quinn, and Christopher Plummer

...got the hair like this," she laughs. "I feel like a bit of a spaniel." Written by Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Gosford Park," "The Young Victoria" reveals a little-known side of England's longest-serving monarch --...

In this article: Emily Blunt, Queen Victoria, The Young Victoria, Julian Fellowes, Oscar, Jean-Marc Vallee, Rupert Friend, and The Departed

...of Country City USA during a presidential campaign. •"Short Cuts" (6:30 p.m. Nov. 23) The lives of a dozen Los Angelinos intersect. •"Gosford Park" (1:30 p.m. Nov. 28): A British drawing room murder mystery with a star-studded cast:...

In this article: Robert Altman, Elliott Gould, Philip Marlowe, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Julie Christie, George Segal, and Warren Beatty

...Altman, art imitated life. His life - like his best movies, such as "M(ASTERISK)A(ASTERISK)S(ASTERISK)H," "Nashville" and "Gosford Park" - was filled with untidy passions, bitter conflicts, unwavering convictions, complete disasters and, on...

In this article: Robert Altman, Nashville, Elliott Gould, Michael Murphy, Keith Carradine, I'm Easy, Netflix, Paul Newman, and Cher

...for an event such as Christmas or New Year, just look at the literature or films on the subject: The Shooting Party, Peter's Friends, Gosford Park. Despite this, we do it time and again because, when it works, there is nothing better than...

In this article: Christmas cake, Googling, and The Shooting Party

...Matthew Bourne, famed for his prize-winning, all-male Swan Lake. To write the musical's book, Julian Fellowes, Oscar winner for Gosford Park. To write new songs, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, creators of the Olivier Award-winning Honk!

In this article: Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers, Mary Poppins, Walt Disney, Cameron Mackintosh, Julie Andrews, Oscar, Olivier Award, and George Stiles

...South Africa. Clarke Peters ("The Wire") brings a sensitive mix of gravity and humility to the role as Mandela. And Derek Jacobi ("Gosford Park") has a small part as head of the British gold company. In "Endgame," from PBS Masterpiece,...

In this article: Endgame, Nelson Mandela, Jonny Lee Miller, Thabo Mbeki, South Africa, Denver, and Wsyx-tv

...there were sudden highs ("MASH," "McCabe and Mrs. Miller") and lows ("Quintet," "Popeye"), then more highs ("The Player," "Gosford Park"). And as caring as the man could be to many of his actors, he also had his stormy side. Life is...

In this article: Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Buck Henry, MASH, The Player, Popeye, and Countdown