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National Theatre Live has announced international broadcasts of the National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic co-production of Jane Eyre on December 8, 2016 the Donmar Warehouse's production of Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons dangereuses on January 28, 2016 and, the National Theatre's production of William Shakespeare's As You Like It on February 25, 2016. Tickets for Jane Eyre and As You Like It are on sale now, with an on sale date for Les Liaisons dangereuses to be announced soon.Dates will vary at venues internationally and encore screenings will follow. Details can be found at www.ntlive.com.

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The votes have been counted, prizes dished out and winners’ speeches read. Now the Big Three honours have all been awarded it is time to list the lucky recipients and give them the hearty round of applause they deserve.

First to be announced on 12th February was the BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) award for Best Costume Design, which the BBC typically and shamefully edited from their main broadcast, sandwiching it with Cinematography, Editing and other worthy categories ninety seconds before the end credits. Nominees and winner below:

The Artist – Mark Bridges Winner

Hugo – Sandy Powell

Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor

My Week with Marilyn – Jill Taylor

Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy – Jacqueline Durran

Mark Bridges for The Artist: first a BAFTA...

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It’s been all go with award nomination announcements for costume design over the past two weeks. Here is our round-up of the big three: BAFTA, Cdg and Oscar.

First up the BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) Film Awards:

The Artist – Mark Bridges

Hugo – Sandy Powell

Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor

My Week with Marilyn – Jill Taylor

Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy – Jacqueline Durran

Perhaps the most surprising nomination, even though it shouldn’t be, is Jacqueline Durran for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Overruling the costumers’ chapter vote for Anonymous (Lisy Christl), general voters chose Tinker, Tailor instead – and with good reason. Critic Guy Lodge goes into detail about the film’s costumes in this article, so we’ll not tread on his toes. One...

If you haven’t read John le Carre’s original novels or seen the BBC series, then this post will be quite helpful. I can’t go into it much due to embargo (even though we have a full, glowing UK review), but I saw Tomas Alfredson‘s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy last week and it is a tour-de-force of style and class, but it is easy to get lost with the many characters. Focus Features has released new images with more info about our large ensemble cast that is a great counterpart to the film I can’t wait to see again.

Before we get to that, they studio has released their scripts online for Oscar consideration and Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan‘s screenplay for this spy thriller is on it. Click here to download it directly and check out their award site or Rope of Silicon...

The first half of last year — i.e. January through June — produced two of the 10 best picture nominees (“Winter’s Bone” and “Toy Story 3”), 1 of the 20 acting nominees (Jennifer Lawrence), and 1 of the 10 screenplay nominees (“Winter’s Bone”). The first half of this year, meanwhile, has produced a lot of very good flicks — among them “The Beaver” (Summit, 5/6, PG-13, trailer), “Hanna” (Focus Features, 4/8, PG-13, trailer), “Jane Eyre” (Focus Features, 3/11, PG-13, trailer), “Limitless” (Relativity, 3/18, PG-13, trailer), “The Lincoln Lawyer” (Lionsgate, 3/18, R, trailer), “Meek’s Cutoff” (Oscilloscope, 4/8, PG, trailer), “Rango” (Paramount, 3/4, PG, trailer), “Source Code” (Summit, 4/1, PG-13, trailer), and “Win Win” (Fox Searchlight, 3/18, R, trailer) — but nothing that seems likely to snag an Oscar nod come next January. This, of course, begs the question: which films will be the first serious Oscar contenders of 2011?

Here’s a look at the eight likeliest pre-Fall candidates…

“The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight, 5/27, PG-13, trailer...

Focus Features And Universal Pictures International To Distribute Miramax.S Espionage Thriller The Debt, Starring Helen Mirren And Sam Worthington 

The espionage thriller The Debt will be distributed for Miramax by Focus Features and Universal Pictures International (Upi). Focus will release The Debt in the U.S. nationwide on Wednesday, August 31, and Upi will release the film internationally.

Directed by Academy Award nominee John Madden (Shakespeare in Love), The Debt stars Academy Award winner Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington (Avatar, Clash of the Titans), Jessica Chastain (soon to be seen in The Tree of Life), Marton Csokas (Universal.s upcoming Dream House), Jesper Christensen (Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace), Ciarán Hinds (Focus. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day), and two-time Academy Award nominee Tom Wilkinson. The screenplay, by Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan, is adapted from the 2007 Israeli film Ha-Hov. The producers of The Debt are Mr. Vaughn...

HollywoodNews.com: Helen Mirren’s iconic, Emmy-winning role in “Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection” helped the show win more than 20 major international awards, including seven Emmys® and a Peabody. Now fans will be able to relive the classic moments on their home television when it debuts on DVD from Acorn Media on September 7, 2010.

Dame Helen Mirren (The Queen) stars as Detective Jane Tennison, “one of the great character creations of our time” (The Washington Post), in this revolutionary police drama broadcast on PBS to universal acclaim and more than 20 major international awards, including seven Emmys® (“Outstanding Miniseries” and “Outstanding Actress”), eight BAFTAs, and a Peabody. The 9-disc set includes nine feature-length mysteries as well as a 50-minute behind-the-scenes special ($124.99, www.AcornOnline.com).

Tenacious, driven, and deeply flawed, Tennison rises through the ranks of Britain’s Metropolitan Police, solving horrific crimes while battling office sexism and her own demons. “Rare...

Following in the footsteps of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Sense and Sensibility and Sea-Monsters, Jane Eyre: Vampire Slayre and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter comes Shakespeare Undead.

When speaking of William Shakespeare, legends and rumours abound. But what is fiction? And wherein lies the truth? Some say his impressive body of work is too impressive. No single human being could have written all those plays, that multitude of sonnets. Others insist the reality of the historical plays, the pain of the tragedies, the joy of the comedies, the authenticity of characters are all too much for one man. He’d have to be superhuman to produce such genius. Well, here’s the truth:

Will was not only one of the greatest writers in the English language, he was also a necromancer. In exchange for a front row seat to history, Will supplied zombie armies. Sure, he’s sorry now.

How does someone show range while keeping each character truthful and believable? Of course that's the ultimate acting question. But to see powerful examples, watch Irish actor Ciarán Hinds in his vast variety of roles. From romantic leads (Captain Wentworth in 1995's "Persuasion" and Mr. Rochester in 1997's "Jane Eyre") to empire-builders (Gaius Julius Caesar in BBC/HBO's series "Rome"), from murderers (Jim Browner in "The Cardboard Box") to cartoon character (Botticelli the rat in "The Tale of Despereaux"), from working with Paul Thomas Anderson ("There Will Be Blood") to an upcoming "Harry Potter" film—there's no doubt he can do it all, while remaining true to each character's nature and each project's style. And that's just screen projects. He was cast by Peter Brook in the six-hour theatre piece "The Mahabharata," then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing the title role in Sam Mendes' "Richard III." Hinds also...