Brief US tv note: Much Ado About Nothing will repeat Sunday, May 6th at 3:00AM on BBC America! (Thanks to Connie for the heads-up!)

• Keane screencaps! Click here for some great images of Damian Lewis in Keane that were captured by Leah (gryffynchan) and a big welcome to Leah as a new member of the staff of www.damian-lewis.com – your help is greatly appreciated!
• More screencaps! Thanks to Terry for these terrific pictures of Damian Lewis from the UK Channel 4 special on the 50 Greatest Television Dramas (including Band of Brothers and Warriors starring Damian Lewis.) Click here and scroll down to view clips from the program kindly provided by perfectly matte.
• The region 1 (US/Canada) Shakespeare Retold DVD (a modern retelling of 4 Shakespearean plays including Much Ado About Nothing starring Damian Lewis) is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com with a July 24th release date.

• Jo-anne discovered that Gareth Lewis’s wickedly clever short film Normal For Norfolk (produced by Damian Lewis and Adrian Sturges and featuring Helen McCrory) is currently available for viewing on MySpace. If the film is selected as one of 3 candidates for the MyMovie MashUp competition, Gareth could win £1million to create a feature film to be released in 2008! Click here for more information (good luck, Gareth!)
• This What’s On Stage article includes a photo Helen McCrory attending the opening night of Kiss of the Spider Woman at the Donmar Warehouse on April 25th. The play stars Will Keen who co-starred with Damian and Helen in Five Gold Rings.
• Jen updated us about upcoming broadcasts of Damian Lewis’s work on Australian television: The Forsyte Saga Series 2 will begin airing on ABC starting May 6th, Keane can be seen on World Movies on June 4th and 5th, and An Unfinished Life will be televised on Movie One throughout the month of May.
• Don’t forget to vote for Damian on the Mancrush site!

• News update from Damian Lewis! The information below comes from his associate Melissa:
  
  » Damian greatly appreciated the gesture, on the part of his fans, of performing charitable acts in honor of his February 11th birthday.
  
  » He asked Melissa to tell us that “his priority at the moment is doing up his house (in north London) as they haven’t had time to do anything since moving in…there are no projects in the pipe line, just decorating and looking after (his baby girl) Manon!!”
  
  » Damian is waiting to hear if his new, serial police drama Life has been picked up by NBC. He may be traveling to New York for the announcement of the US fall television season on May 21st.
  
  » Regarding his Picture Farm productions: The Escapist is currently “in edit” and The Baker has not yet finalized a distribution agreement.
  
  » Damian also sent word that Love and Virtue “has been shelved for the time being” and that Chromophobia will open in Madrid, Spain on May 14th and “should be released in the UK in the autumn.”
  
  » Damian Lewis recently recorded two BBC Radio 4 plays: Insignificance by Terry Johnson and a two-part adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s famous novel My Cousin Rachel. Part one will air on May 6th at 3 PM and part two will follow on May 13th. Cast members include Lia Williams (Rachel), Clark Prekopp (Philip), Damian Lewis (Ambrose), Emily Wachter (Louise), and Paul Jesson (Geoffrey). The program is produced by Clive Brill who directed Damian in the Complete Arkangel Shakespeare audio plays and several BBC radio plays in the early part of Damian’s career.

• According to the Hollywood Reporter NBC is showing early support for Life the pilot for the new, serial police drama starring Damian Lewis that has been proposed for the 2007-08 US television season.
• This article states that Stormbreaker starring Damian Lewis and The Queen starring Helen McCrory were among the “Top 5 UK Box Office Films” for 2006!
• Check out this interesting site dedicated to the US Airborne 101st Army Airborne Division and the Band of Brothers mini-series.

• Fountain of Life Productions will be promoting Love and Virtue (a romantic period drama that will star Damian Lewis) next month at the Cannes Film Festival.
• Director Philip Haas will present his new film The Situation featuring Damian Lewis at the Little Rock Film Festival on May 17th.
• In the US viewers are enjoying the Band of Brothers marathon on the History Channel this weekend. Be sure to check out Acting Tough, Damian Lewis’s Band of Brothers boot camp diary originally published in The Daily Mail in October, 2001. Many other articles are also available in the Band of Brothers Archive on the Press page.
• Thanks to Ryoko and Claire for the Damian Lewis scans newly posted at the photo Gallery.

• This article about The Escapist (the new Rupert Wyatt film starring Damian Lewis, Joseph Fiennes, Brian Cox and many other fine actors) states that the movie will be released theatrically in Ireland “sometime around September.”
• Ann, a lucky fan from Estonia, shared this autographed photo of Damian Lewis that she’s recently received. Check out the Frequently Asked Questions page to learn how you can request an autographed picture of Damian Lewis.