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August 16th, 2008

European thespian Max von Sydow joins The Tudors for Season 3

Showtime announced this week that along with British soul singer Joss Stone, it’s added another top talent for The Tudors third season.
Acclaimed Swedish actor Max von Sydow — best known to U.S. audiences for his roles in The Exorcist, Hannah and Her Sisters and Minority Report — will play Cardinal Von Waldburg, a German-born […]

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August 13th, 2008

Behind the scenes photos from the set of The Tudors, season 3: Jonathan Rhys Meyers

More on-set photos, straight from Christchurch where Jonathan Rhys Meyers wandered around chain smoking between takes of an episode for The Tudors’ third season. His thigh-high bronze leather boots are awesome. Check ‘em out:

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August 13th, 2008

Behind the scenes photos from the set of The Tudors, season 3

It’s great fun to look through the candid photos that come from the Dublin set of The Tudors’ third season because there are lots of anachronisms.
Here, an actress sports sunglasses more properly seen on Paris Hilton than a Renaissance lady-in-waiting. Below, Annabelle Wallis, our new Jane Seymour, drags her heavy skirts over to a directors […]

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August 10th, 2008

Singer Joss Stone joins The Tudors as Henry VIII’s fourth wife

Mini-diva Joss Stone will join The Tudors’ third season playing Anne of Cleves, Henry’s fourth wife, Showtime announced recently.
The British soulstress has been looking to cross over from singing to acting (She had a small part in the 2006 dragon-rider movie Eragon and got bit by the acting bug).
The Grammy-winning Stone apparently has to fugly […]

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August 9th, 2008

The Tudors’ Natalie Dormer sparkles at the London X-Files movie premiere

Natalie Dormer carried off her role as Anne Boelyn with grace and depth last season on The Tudors. She was similarly radiant last week on the red carpet at the London premiere of Showtime colleague David Duchovny’s latest film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

Dormer’s next project, Fencewalker, comes from X-Files creator Chris Carter and […]

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July 17th, 2008

Emmy nominations: Weeds, Dexter, This American Life and more

Dexter may be Showtime’s best shot at primetime Emmy glory this year, though several other original series got the nod when the awards nominations were announced today. Dexter scored noms for best drama series and best actor for Michael C. Hall’s portrayal of Dexter Morgan.
Weeds‘ Mary-Louise Parker is up for best actress in a comedy […]

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July 4th, 2008

Emmy update: Mary-Kate Olsen doesn’t make the short list, Elizabeth Perkins, David Duchovny & others do

Thanks to Tom O’Neil over at Gold Derby keeping one step ahead of the TV academy in reporting the Emmy contenders, we’re feeling pretty good about Showtime’s presence in this year’s Emmy race.

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Mary-Kate Olsen may not have made […]

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June 30th, 2008

Emmys early look: Showtime dramas and comedies make the short list

For the first time ever, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — the folks who bring us the Emmys every year — have pre-released Top 10 lists of comedy and drama series in contention for the awards. The full nominees list will be out in a few weeks. Happily, three Showtime shows made the […]

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June 18th, 2008

Jonathan Rhys Meyers named best actor in a TV drama

The Golden Nymph awards may not be as well known in America as the Golden Globes, but the Monte Carlo TV awards ceremony still drew tons of Hollywood heavyweights last weekend. Among the stars on display: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, with Reena Hammer in tow, of course. They don’t look that happy on the red carpet, […]

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June 5th, 2008

Jonathan Rhys Meyers talks about The Tudors third season

With The Tudors second season behind him, The Los Angeles Times found Jonathan Rhys Meyers in a reflective mood. The uber intense star, shown here arriving at the Dublin airport in advance of shooting the third season, covered a lot of ground in a recent interview:
• He compared himself to an NBA athlete in terms […]

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