Comedians came out in force for
No Man's Land's press night at the Duke of York's Theatre last night. The play has transferred from
its run at Dublin's Gate Theatre to London, and the stars of the show were joined by playwright Harold Pinter as well as Eddie Izzard, Rob Brydon and Dominic Cooper. David Walliams happily posed with his mother Kathleen as well as his costar Michael Gambon, who's also currently on the big screen in
Brideshead Revisited, while Russell Brand brought a touch of Hollywood glamour to the night in his shades.
London's Royal Festival Hall was the celeb-filled venue for the second annual National Movie Awards last night. A handful of Hollywood stars joined Brit actors like Emma Watson, Jason Statham and Eddie Izzard for the event, including Samuel L Jackson, Olivia Thirlby (I love her simple black dress), Chris Noth and Maria Bello.
Female Performance winner Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Kylie Minogue also attended, although
they bypassed the red carpet and sneakily snuck in the back door — you can see them (as well as those who filmed acceptance speeches like Harrison Ford and Johnny Depp) when the ceremony airs on ITV tonight.
I've been a fan of Eddie Izzard for a long time now – his seemingly random (but covertly calculated) humour appeals strongly to me in a similar way to
The Mighty Boosh. So spotting him out in London fills me with glee, as he's been in the States for so long touring and filming
The Riches. The lovely Eddie's been back in the UK
partly to visit his childhood home in Sidley and
to present an award to his father John Izzard for the work he has done in his local community during his retirement.
In Hollywood, despite
major examples to the contrary, the general school of thought during the summer (especially when adapting fantasy stories) seems to be to rely on battle scenes and action in order to keep audiences riveted, rather than focusing on just telling a good story. This definitely appears to be the dominating mindset of the filmmakers in charge of the second installment of Disney's Narnia franchise,
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Capsian. And I'm confused as to why this approach was taken with Prince Caspian when C.S.
We all need to eat, right? Even his Lord Darth Vader. Well, comedian Eddie Izzard riffs on what it would be like for Darth to do something as mundane (and beneath his dignity) as go to a cafeteria (ewww, the wet trays!).
The Riches, FX's series about a family trying to steal and swindle their way to the American dream, begins its second season tonight. The show was able to complete just seven episodes before the
writers' strike shut down production, but as star Eddie Izzard said in a recent chat with reporters, that just meant this season will have a tighter, quicker pace. He and co-star Minnie Driver had quite a lot to say about the series; here are highlights from the conversation:
- On having just seven episodes this season because of the strike:
Izzard: "The writers were obviously aware of this beforehand, and so we built a sort of cliffhanger halfway through the season.
Having finally
confirmed her pregnancy, Minnie Driver is now happy to show off her bump and was full of smiles as she posed with co-star Eddie Izzard at the Hollywood screening of
Season 2 of The Riches, which airs in America tomorrow. Virgin 1 showed the first season here in the UK, but as usual we're lagging behind our friends in the States when it comes to TV shows — although not when it comes to
a certain eagerly-anticipated film! (I'm sorry, I promise I'll stop bragging about that ...
The Riches, FX's drama about a family of Irish travelers trying to swindle their way to the American Dream, returns a week from tonight for its second season — and things aren't looking so good for the Riches Malloys. The first season was spent building their lies and getting their ritzy new community to believe them; now, it appears that their precarious dream life is about to collapse.
Maybe that's not giving enough credit to Doug Rich/Wayne Malloy (Eddie Izzard), the first-class con man who's always been able to get his family out of any jam up till now.
Ever wanted to be a professional con artist? Let Doug Rich teach you how. On the first-season DVD for FX's
The Riches, which comes out on Tuesday, several of the bonus features show Doug (Eddie Izzard) teaching his kids how to con.
Well, the 37 of you who said
"Drive" would be off the air
within five episodes were right:
Fox slammed the brakes on the show today, according to Variety. None of the four episodes that aired got good ratings, but this week's situation was particularly dire: The show
finished fourth in its time slot, with the fewest viewers yet.
I didn't think
the first episode was that bad, but it also didn't compel me to watch again.
