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  • Showtime greenlights ‘Homeland’!

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    LOS ANGELES, CA (April 7, 2011) – Following the successful debuts of four critically acclaimed, new original hit series – The Big C, Shameless, Episodes and The Borgias – Showtime Networks and President of Entertainment David Nevins, will be adding two more original series to the premium channel’s line-up. Homeland, a one hour drama starring…

  • Hay Festival Appearance

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    Damian Lewis will be performing in the Hay Festival on June 4th this year! He’ll be taking part in a stage presentation of Phillippe Sands’Torture Team, described on the event page as “An inquiry into the interrogation techniques used by the American administration and military in Guantanamo and beyond. When do lawyers who authorise abuse…

  • May broadcast for ‘Stolen’?

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    Robin Jarossi of CrimeTimePreview.com tweeted on Friday that there there will be a BFI screening of Stolen & Q&A with Damian Lewis in May. He also thinks BBC1 will broadcast the drama that same month. There are no details of the screening on the BFI site yet. Source. Update from Robin Jarossi of CrimeTimePreview.com: “tickets…

  • Damian in NY

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    We’ve received a brief update from Damian’s assistant, Michael. He sends us news that “Damian is going to be over in New York from Saturday 2nd April until Wednesday 6th April. He is there with his wife, Helen McCrory who is over in the city promoting “Harry Potter”, I believe the DVD and the new…

  • Oxford Literary Festival Appearance

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    Damian Lewis will be taking part in the WordTheatre and The Sunday Times Magazine present Sunday Best event as part of the Oxford Literary Festival on April 7th! He’ll be performing “The Deep” by Anthony Doerr, one of six shortlisted stories for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award which will be announced April 8th.…

  • Upcoming appearance

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    Damian Lewis will again be taking part in a Josephine Hart celebrity poetry reading! The Beyond Frankenstein: Josephine Hart presents Romantic Poetry will take place April 15th with special guests Damian Lewis, Dan Stevens and Harriet Walter. The event will celebrate “the great romantic-gothic world of Frankenstein, Josephine Hart presents the work of Shelley, Byron…

  • Hamlet days

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    I have no idea whether this is true, but it’s a cute story. From Richard Kay’s Mail Online column: Plummy-toned Old Etonian actor Damian Lewis didn’t seem to care who could hear as he regaled his wife, actress Helen McCrory, and their children Manon and Gulliver on the top deck of a No.  14 bus…

  • Producer talks ‘Homeland’

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    Writer/producer Howard Gordon discusses Homeland with Zap2it: Actually in production is “Homeland,” loosely based on Gideon Raff’s Israeli TV series “Prisoners of War.” Raff is writing the pilot along with Gordon and his longtime writing partner, Alex Gansa. Damian Lewis (“Life,” “Band of Brothers”) stars as U.S. Marine Sergeant Scott Brody, who miraculously reappears after…