Tag: Belgravia

  • The Gilded Age Review: Earnest Escapism That Ticks All The Period Piece Boxes

    The Gilded Age Review: Earnest Escapism That Ticks All The Period Piece Boxes

    Julian Fellowes has a penchant for tossing together top-quality costume drama ingredients, finessing his way past oppression, sweetening wealth porn to perfection, and ultimately whipping up the most sumptuous comfort food you’ve ever laid your eyes on. The creator behind whip-smart period pieces like “Downton Abbey,” “Belgravia,” and “The English Game” has walked this road…

  • ‘Chernobyl,’ ‘Friday Night Dinner’ Star Paul Ritter Dies at 54

    ‘Chernobyl,’ ‘Friday Night Dinner’ Star Paul Ritter Dies at 54

    British actor Paul Ritter, whose credits include HBO/Sky drama “Chernobyl” and Channel 4 comedy “Friday Night Dinner,” has died of a brain tumor. He was 54.“It is with great sadness we can confirm that Paul Ritter passed away last night,” Ritter’s agent said. “He died peacefully at home with his wife Polly and sons Frank…

  • U.K.’s Twickenham Studios Taps Cara Sheppard as Managing Director (Exclusive)

    U.K.’s Twickenham Studios Taps Cara Sheppard as Managing Director (Exclusive)

    Cara Sheppard is joining the U.K.’s Twickenham Studios (TW1), where she will lead and guide all aspects of production, post-production and emerging technology as managing director.Sheppard joins from post-production facility Warner Bros De Lane Lea, where she was managing director for the last four years. She previously spent some five years with Sky as a…

  • Alice Eve: ‘When I was growing up I wanted to be Cleopatra’

    Alice Eve: ‘When I was growing up I wanted to be Cleopatra’

    The actor on bringing Jesus back, the Oxford University rowing team and why she wants to say sorry to her teachersBorn in London, Alice Eve, 38, studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse before reading English at Oxford University. In 2006 she starred in Tom Stoppard’s Rock ’N’ Roll at the Royal Court in London and…