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Simon Pegg Insists Benedict Cumberbatch Is Not Playing Khan in Star Trek 2
2 hours ago | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
Simon Pegg, who plays Scotty in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, was profiled in the UK Telegraph today while promoting his latest movie, A Fantastic Fear of Everything. When the actor was quizzed about the villainous character played by Benedict Cumberbatch, he first offers up a few vague details, before completely dismissing claims that he will be playing classic Trek villain Khan as "myth".. Pegg is full of praise for Cumberbatch’s baddy, whom he describes [as] “not just another disgruntled alien. It’s a really interesting… sort of… thing,” he squirms. “Obviously I can’t talk about it.” While not wanting to get specific, Pegg did flatly deny reports and rumors that Cumberbatch is playing Khan… “It’s not Khan,” replies Pegg, annoyed. “That’s a myth. Everyone’s saying it is, but it’s not.” Although nobody officially involved with the Star Trek sequel has ever confirmed that the »
Simon Pegg Swears Khan Is Not The Villain In Star Trek 2
3 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
It's the rumor that simply won't die. As much as J.J. Abrams has sworn up and down that the villain in his Star Trek sequel is not Khan-- back when Benicio del Toro was pegged for the central villain role, and again when Benedict Cumberbatch was cast instead-- the Internet has been insistent on believing that Captain Kirk and company will be facing off against Khan Noonien Singh. Khan, if you're not up to date on the plot of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, first appeared in the original TV series episode "Space Seed," and as played by Ricardo Montalban in Wrath of Khan was an intelligent, vicious bad guy who brought the Starship Enterprise to the brink of ruin. He's one of the most charismatic and deadly villains the Star Trek universe has ever produced, and you can understand why fans keep hoping for his return. It »
Benedict has big hopes for Sherlock
4 hours ago | Virgin Media - TV | See recent Virgin Media - TV news »
Benedict Cumberbatch says 'Sherlock' is always aiming to better itself. The actor plays the lead role in the BBC One detective drama and while he is pleased with the success it has already has, he and the rest of the team are keen for it to improve. He said: ''It's extraordinary. We made it with confidence. It has exponentially grown, and considering we only have six episodes it's amazing how iconic it has become. We love filming 'Sherlock' and the expectations are high so we have to keep working. That's a lovely feeling for us. ''He will develop, it will develop, and we »
Robert Pattinson Explains His Hunger Games Interest
5 hours ago | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Robert Pattinson weighs in on Hunger Games casting rumors - HuffPost Ent Lenny Kravitz turns shoe designer - People Benedict Cumberbatch suits up for the BAFTA TV Awards - Lainey Gossip Pregnant Tori Spelling flaunts her bump in a monokini - TooFab All the details on Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's honeymoon! - Us Weekly The many stars who served their country - The Daily Beast Michael Fassbender's Prometheus is already setting records - Hollywood Reporter Check out The Muppets' blooper reel - BuzzFeed A first look at Emma Watson in The Bling Ring - The Insider See Bill Murray as Fdr! - Rotten Tomatoes Could there possibly be an Ashton and Demi reunion? - Wonderwall William and Harry talk about the Queen with Katie Couric - Lifeline Live Gordon Ramsay hurt in charity soccer game - Zap2It David Beckham says he loves to bite Harper's legs! - »
- Allie Merriam
And the winners of the BAFTA Television Awards 2012 are...
22 hours ago | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Last night the stars of the small screen gathered in London's Royal Festival Hall as the winners of the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards 2012 were announced. One of the big winners was the ITV drama Appropriate Adult, which saw Dominic West fending off strong competition from Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock), Joseph Gilgun (This Is England '88) and John Simm (Exile) to claim the Leading Actor gong for his role as the infamous British serial killer Fred West, while co-star Emily Watson also claimed the Leading Actress award in a field that included Romola Garai (The Crimson Petal and the White), Nadine Marshall (Random) and Vicky McClure (This Is England '88).
Appropriate Adult enjoyed further success as Monica Dolan was recognised in the Supporting Actress category, although it lost out for Best Mini Series to Shane Meadows' acclaimed drama This Is England '88. Elsewhere, Coronation Street took home the award for »
- flickeringmyth
Bafta Wins For Dominic West, Stewart Lee And More!
28 May 2012 5:08 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
The glitz and glamour of Hollywood was mimicked last night in London’s Royal Festival Hall, as well known-ish stars of British TV came out to collect prizes and give some backs a good slapping.Yes, it was BAFTA time once again, with the small screen’s best and brightest rolling out their tuxedos, dresses and ‘TV is just as good as films’ speeches. One big winner of the night was ITV’s Fred West drama Appropriate Adult, starring The Wire’s own Dominic West. McNulty himself took the best actor prize for his portrayal of the chubby cheeked maniac, besting the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, who used his detective skills to deduce that it’s not fair!. Appropriate Adult took two more acting prizes, for Emily Watson and Monica Dolan, but lost the Best mini-series trophy to the startlingly dull This Is England ’88.
In a shocking coup, Coronation Street »
- Josh Mills
Bafta TV acting awards won by stars of ITV Fred West drama
28 May 2012 3:37 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Prize winners at the Royal Festival Hall include Appropriate Adult, Sherlock, Great British Bake-Off, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle and Borgen
Mark Lawson: Baftas strike balance between popularity and risk
Appropriate Adult, ITV's chilling drama exploring the Fred West murders took a hat-trick of acting prizes at the British Academy Television Awards on Sunday night, with actors honoured for their portrayals of Fred and Rose West, and the appropriate adult of the show's title, Janet Leach.
Dominic West, Emily Watson and Monica Dolan paid tribute to West's victims and a sensitive script that avoided sensationalism.
West and Watson said they had initially been reluctant to take the roles. "Of course [I had doubts], but the script answered a lot of questions about the focus of the film," said West, who took the best actor award for his portrayal of the Gloucester killer.
"I was sure that this case should be addressed and that human depravity should be addressed. »
- Vicky Frost, John Plunkett
Karen Gillan homeless after Dr Who
28 May 2012 2:00 AM, PDT | Virgin Media - TV | See recent Virgin Media - TV news »
Benedict Cumberbatch says 'Sherlock' is always aiming to better itself. The actor plays the lead role in the BBC One detective drama and while he is pleased with the success it has already has, he and the rest of the team are keen for it to improve. He said: ''It's extraordinary. We made it with confidence. It has exponentially grown, and considering we only have six episodes it's amazing how iconic it has become. We love filming 'Sherlock' and the expectations are high so we have to keep working. That's a lovely feeling for us. ''He will develop, it will develop, and we »
BAFTA: Moffat's Two Leading Men Pay Tribute
28 May 2012 12:50 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The man they call "The Moffinator" received his Special Award at this weekend's TV BAFTAs from his two leading men.
His two most popular characters, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who - actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith, respectively - joined forces to pay tribute to the man whose scripts, according to Smith, "are generally late, but you forgive him because they're so good".
And Moffat, of whom said "he's a bad but funny dancer, and brilliantly cantankerous about the world" looked anything but cantankerous as he accepted his award.
More From BAFTA: Borgen And The Killing Battle It Out For The International Award
Although he was being recognised for his wide range of work dating from his big break writing Press Gang, he said that he knew he was on stage for his two big current shows, Sherlock and Doctor Who.
He thanked his Sherlock collaborator Mark Gatiss, whom he »
- The Huffington Post UK
Dominic West Wins BAFTA TV Award For Fred West Role
27 May 2012 6:36 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actor Dominic West was the toast of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) TV Awards on Sunday after scoring a top prize for his creepy portrayal of serial killer Fred West.
The Wire star landed the Best Actor prize for his role in U.K. series Appropriate Adult, a reconstruction of the police investigation into the notorious murderer, while his co-star Emily Watson won Best Actress for playing Janet Leach, who sat in on the interviews Fred West gave to cops.
As he collected his award, West said, "I hope she (Leach) has had some closure and I hope she feels we honoured the suffering she endured and the suffering of all of West's victims, living and dead."
Watson appeared emotional as she gave her winner's speech and told the BBC after the ceremony, "It was such a disturbing place to go. In my speech I was very overwhelmed I forgot to thank Janet Leach, she gave very generously to us.
"The public perception of the West case is a tabloid-driven view and then I read the script and it was a very intelligent piece full of integrity. It's a deep abyss right in the middle of our society."
Appropriate Adult enjoyed a triple win at the London ceremony - Monica Dolan won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Rosemary West, Fred West's wife. Sherlock's Andrew Scott fought off competition from his co-star Martin Freeman to win Best Supporting Actor.
Beloved Australian entertainer Rolf Harris was awarded a BAFTA Fellowship in honour of his lengthy career, and as he was applauded he declared, "Thank you so much, that's very moving", before adding, "How nice to be presented with this... I can't begin to tell you just how humbled I am by being here in this distinguished company, so many previous recipients of this BAFTA Fellowship."
Other winners included Shane Meadows' This Is England 88, which took the Best Mini-Series prize, Doctor Who writer Stephen Moffat, who received a Special BAFTA for "outstanding creative writing contribution to television", and Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders (Female Performance in a Comedy Programme).
The ceremony also featured a memorial segment, remembering the stars lost in the past 12 months, including Davy Jones, actresses Anna Massey, Googie Withers and Betty Driver, presenters Jimmy Savile and Bob Holness, actors Peter Falk, George Baker and Colin Tarrant, and comedian Frank Carson.
Presenters at the ceremony included West, actresses Helen McCrory, Melissa George and Emilia Fox, and actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Matt Smith, Sam Claflin and Timothy Spall. »
BAFTA: Fred West Drama Takes Top TV Awards
27 May 2012 5:24 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
A drama about the serial killer Fred West and a social worker connected with his case has taken three top gongs at this year's BAFTA TV Awards.
Dominic West took the award for best lead performance by a male for his role of Fred West in the chilling mini-series Appropriate Adult. He beat a strong field including Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch, a favourite with even those in West's camp, as it transpired.
"Even my sister was rooting for Benedict – she’s watching with eyes filling up with tears," West remarked as he received his statuette.
West's co-star Emily Watson took the award for best lead performance by a female, while Monica Dolan won the best supporting female gong for her role of Rose West in the same drama.
The YouTube Audience Award, the only one voted for by the public, went to Celebrity Juice - the quiz show hosted by Keith Lemon, »
- The Huffington Post UK/PA
BAFTA: Fred West Drama Takes Top TV Awards
27 May 2012 5:21 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
A drama about the serial killer Fred West and a social worker connected with his case has taken three top gongs at this year's BAFTA TV Awards.
Dominic West took the award for best lead performance by a male for his role of Fred West in the chilling mini-series Appropriate Adult. He beat a strong field including Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch, a favourite with even those in West's camp, as it transpired.
"Even my sister was rooting for Benedict – she's watching with eyes filling up with tears," West remarked as he received his statuette.
West's co-star Emily Watson took the award for best lead performance by a female, while Monica Dolan won the best supporting female gong for her role of Rose West in the same drama.
The YouTube Audience Award, the only one voted for by the public, went to Celebrity Juice - the quiz show hosted by Keith Lemon, »
- The Huffington Post UK/PA
BAFTA: Moffat's Two Leading Men Pay Tribute
27 May 2012 4:01 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
The man they call "The Moffinator" received his Special Award at this weekend's TV BAFTAs from his two leading men.
His two most popular characters, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who - actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith, respectively - joined forces to pay tribute to the man whose scripts, according to Smith, "are generally late, but you forgive him because they're so good".
And Moffat, of whom said "he's a bad but funny dancer, and brilliantly cantankerous about the world" looked anything but cantankerous as he accepted his award.
More From BAFTA: Borgen And The Killing Battle It Out For The International Award
Although he was being recognised for his wide range of work dating from his big break writing Press Gang, he said that he knew he was on stage for his two big current shows, Sherlock and Doctor Who.
He thanked his Sherlock collaborator Mark Gatiss, whom he »
- The Huffington Post UK
Matt Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch yakking at TV BAFTAs (and other adventures in social networking)
27 May 2012 3:14 PM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today: • Matt Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch yakking at TV BAFTAs. Bunk. I'll be in it. What could Matt Smith & Benedict Cumberbatch be talking about at the #BAFTA Television Awards?... • No, the way to stop women feeling bad about their bodies thanks to unrealistic media depictions is not to make men feel bad about their bodies thanks to same. But until boys and men are bombarded from an early age with unrealistic images and unhealthy expectations -- constantly, nonstop, and with no alternatives -- a few nearly naked cute guys in rom-coms is not going to have much of an impact on male self-esteem. Rom-com nudity may hurt men • A TV series about cinema's most notorious serial killer is aimed at general audiences. A TV series about the brilliant FBI agent who captured him is for ladies only... because the agent was a lady. »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Serial Killer Drama Tops BAFTA TV Awards
27 May 2012 3:03 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Dominic West, Emily Watson and Monica Dolan won acting awards at the TV BAFTAs today for their roles in Appropriate Adult, a miniseries about Britain’s controversial investigation of serial killer Fred West and his wife Rosemary. Dominic West played Fred, Watson portrayed a social worker in the case and Dolan played Rosemary — beating Dame Maggie Smith who was nominated for Downton Abbey. Andrew Scott was voted best supporting actor for Sherlock, in which he plays the arch-nemesis Moriarty to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holmes. Cumberbash was nominated for best actor but lost to Dominic West. But Appropriate Adult lost to another miniseries, This Is England ’88. Complete list of winners: Leading Actor — Dominic West, Appropriate Adult - ITV1 Leading Actress — Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult - ITV1 Supporting Actor — Andrew Scott, Sherlock - BBC One Supporting Actress — Monica Dolan, Appropriate Adult - ITV1 Drama Series — The Fades, Susan Hogg, Caroline Skinner, »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
John Ostrander: Sherlock 2 – Revisiting The Original Revisionist
27 May 2012 5:00 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
Spoiler Warning: In reviewing the second series on the BBC series Sherlock, I may discuss some plot points. If you haven’t seen it – and you should – and you want to remain unspoiled on plot twists, best skip this.
By the time I was ten I had read all of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. I love the characters, I love the settings, and I’ve watched many of the movie and TV incarnations of the world’s most famous detective. Basil Rathbone was my initiation to the cinematic Holmes and, for a long time, he was indelible. My major gripe with the Rathbone Holmes movies was that, with only the exception of one or two, they were all set in the era in which they were made, the 30s and 40s, and had little to do with the actual stories. I wanted the gaslight and the London »
- John Ostrander
The secret life of the red carpet
26 May 2012 4:00 PM, PDT | The Independent | See recent The Independent news »
An unknown from Cheshire will be the centre of attention tonight as some of the nation's most famous faces from the small screen gather for the TV Baftas. The unassuming star is likely to get walked on by the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Emilia Fox, Miranda Hart and Dominic West. But that is as it should be because, you see, the focus of camera lenses at the British Academy Television Awards will be a 45-metre strip of red carpet from the Plantation Rug Company in Stockport. As has become obligatory for awards ceremonies, actors will parade down the scarlet sward ahead of the event at the Royal Festival Hall in London. »
'Elementary' trailer: CBS bets on Jonny Lee Miller's brains and brawn
26 May 2012 12:15 PM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Here's something you won't see in the BBC's "Sherlock" starring Benedict Cumberbatch: Jonny Lee Miller's abs. Viewers will, however, see just that -- along with his ripped arms -- in "Elementary" which is set to air Thursday nights this fall on CBS.
In a new trailer, Holmes and Watson (Joan Watson, played by Lucy Liu) meet. She's his sober companion, but also a disgraced surgeon who can't bring herself to return to the Or after losing a patient. Holmes is a recovering addict who has mysteriously transplanted himself from London to New York to help the NYPD solve crimes using just his superior intellect and an amazing capacity to roll marbles across the floor.
If you're looking for an intellectual workout ala "Sherlock," keep watching the BBC version. But "Elementary" looks like it might be a fresh take on the procedural for CBS and, yes, there is romantic »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Extended Preview Trailer for CBS’ Elementary
25 May 2012 8:52 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Sherlock Holmes as a tattoo-covered nutcase? Well, that’s one way to go with the famous Detective, I guess. It’s certainly worlds apart from the BBC version as played by Benedict Cumberbatch, that’s for damn sure. This one seems less concern with making Holmes superhumanly clever, and more concern with making him very human, who happens to be slightly more clever than the average man. I guess now the “Sherlock” people can stop getting their panties into a bunch, because while both shows may share the same hero, they’re not really the same hero. And I haven’t even gotten to the fact that CBS’ version has Lucy Liu, obviously a woman, playing Watson. ‘Elementary’ stars Jonny Lee Miller as detective Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson in a modern-day drama about a crime solving duo that cracks the NYPD’s most impossible cases. »
- Nix
Bafta TV awards 2012: who should win?
25 May 2012 6:14 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Which shows and actors deserve to win at Sunday's TV Baftas ceremony? Could all the big awards go West? Tell us your hopes and fears
Read the full list of 2012 nominations
On Sunday evening the great and good of UK telly will gather at the Royal Festival Hall for the British Academy Television Awards – a celebration of the best programmes and performances of the past year that also tends to provoke controversy. (Last year's big, although entirely foreseeable upset: Towie beating Sherlock to the Bafta YouTube audience award. This year's potential upset: Celebrity Juice doing the same). So who should be sweeping off with what? We discussed the nominations – and in some cases lack of them – in a blog when they were released. But now it's time to pick our winners.
The acting categories seem particularly close this year, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Dominic West, John Simm and Joseph Gilgun all »
- Vicky Frost
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