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Jul.
23rd,
2008

2008.07.23

Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Orlando Bloom, and other alumni and students of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama joined together to honor actor and drama teacher Ken Rea for his thirty years as a member of the faculty…

For Damian Lewis the word “generosity” sums up Ken, “In his teaching and in his insisting that actors should first and foremost be generous on stage: it wafted around sweaty rehearsal rooms like a soothing balm.”

(Ken Rea sounds like a remarkable man and individuals appreciative of Damian Lewis’s excellent acting technique and skill also send thanks and congratulations to him.)
Spoiler warning for season 2 of Life starring Damian Lewis!

» Episode 2.06 of Life is titled “Did You Feel That?” Click here for an excerpt from the show’s script.

» Mickey O’Connor, Sr. Editor for TV Guide had this to say about season 2 of Life:

“A lot of fans scratched their heads when Crews (Damian Lewis) tracked down the real murderer in the season finale. Where do you go from there? I’m told that Season 2, which bows on Sept. 29, makes it clear that the murderer was just a hired hand. The real forces of evil have yet to be revealed. Also, count on getting four new episodes in Life’s first two weeks back, as NBC doubles-up with airings Monday and Friday at 10 pm/ET.”

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Jul.
22nd,
2008

2008.07.22

Wow!!!!

Check it out! New photos have been added to the Warehouse Gallery from Sunday’s NBC All-Star Party and yesterday’s TCA “Summer Press Tour” panel.
Click on the links below for more reports from yesterday’s NBC “Sophomore Drama Panel” with Damian Lewis and Rand Ravich at the Television Critics Association’s Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California. l 1 l 2 l 3 l
This report comes from a lucky fan that stumbled upon an on-location shoot for season 2 of Life!
Thanks to Ryanne for the news that Keane starring Damian Lewis can be seen in cinemas in The Netherlands as of August 14th. The film will screen “in Filmmuseum, Amsterdam en Filmhuis Den Haag.”
Amazon.co.uk has reduced the pre-order price for the region 2 DVD of The Escapist from £14.99 to £11.98!

Amazon’s pre-order policy guarantees that you be charged the lowest price listed prior to the films’ release on October 13th. Use this currency converter to calculate your cost if you live outside of the UK.

Remember that this is a region 2 DVD so it will only play on multi-region (region-free) or region 2 DVD players (UK, EU, Mideast, Egypt, South Africa, and Japan.) Click here for information about DVD regions and players.

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Jul.
21st,
2008

2008.07.21

Damian Lewis and Life’s executive producer Rand Ravich took part in a panel of NBC sophomore shows today at the Television Critic Association’s Summer Press Tour. Click here for a blogger’s report on the event and check out photos in the Warehouse Gallery (once again, a big thank you to Dryope for the HQ images!)

The really big news is that NBC has moved the premiere of Life up to September 29th and they are giving it a strong launch for the first two weeks by showing it on Mondays after Heroes as well as in the new Friday timeslot!

“NBC has adjusted its primetime premiere schedule for Fall 2008 and uses strong time periods to launch returning drama “Life” and new drama “My Own Worst Enemy.” “Life” gets four hours of originals in its first two weeks on Mondays and Fridays beginning September 29 (10-11 p.m. ET) and “My Own Worst Enemy,” follows “Heroes” on October 13 (10-11 p.m. ET), giving them a prominent launch after “Heroes” and allowing the new drama to broadcast all original episodes in its regular timeslot (Mondays, 10-11 p.m. ET) through December.

Returning drama “Life” will follow “Heroes” on two special Monday broadcasts (10-11 pm. ET) in addition to its regularly scheduled timeslot on Fridays (10-11 pm. ET) giving “Life” four hours of originals in two weeks on September 29, October 3, October 6 and October 10.”

Click here or here for more information about the NBC schedule changes.

Damian Lewis arrived late at last night’s NBC’s All-Star Preview Party accompanied by his beautiful wife Helen McCrory and his lovely co-star Sarah Shahi; click here to view the photos in the Warehouse Gallery (HQ pics courtesy of Dryope.)
A press release from NBC Universal is encouraging fans to vote in the Television Without Pity Tubey Awards sponsored by the Bravo channel. Each week a new group of viewer polls will be unveiled and fans will be invited to vote for their most (and least) favorite televisions shows, stars, venues, and more. This week you can vote for Life in 2 categories ”Best New Show” and ”Best Drama”. This week’s polls will end on July 27th; free registration is required.
Click here for a new batch of “Charlie Crews” icons from Adlervan!
Spoiler warning! Click here for a blogger’s report on yesterday’s special BAFTA screening of The Escapist at the Latitute Festival; producer Adrian Sturges and actor Joseph Fiennes participated in the event.

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Jul.
20th,
2008

2008.07.20

NBC Universal will host an “All Star Party” tonight (Sunday, June 20th) and members of the cast of Life starring Damian Lewis are expected to attend! Viewers are invited to submit advance questions for the party guests online:

“We hope you’ll join us for another exciting live blog with a variety of stars from our new and returning fall shows Sunday, July 20th at 7pm PST (10pm EST).

We can’t 100% guarantee who’s going to stop by, but we can let you in on what we’ve heard so far. We’re pretty sure we’ll be talking to stars from NBC’s “The Office,” “Chuck,” “Lipstick Jungle,” “Heroes,” “SNL,” “Life,” “Deal or No Deal,” “My Own Worst Enemy,” “Kath & Kim,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Chuck,” and “Medium,” USA’s “The Starter Wife,” SCI FI’S “Sanctuary” and “Caprica,” Oxygen’s “Coolio’s Rules,” Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover,” and hopefully many more!

In the meantime, why not leave your burning questions about any of the shows, characters or the actors themselves right here in the comments? That way we’ll have plenty of questions to get started with once we start blogging.

We look forward to blogging with you this weekend!”
Damian Lewis is scheduled to appear at the Television Critics Association’s “Summer Press Tour” on Monday, July 21st at 9:45 am Pacific Time. Damian and Rand Ravich (the creator and executive producer of Life) will participate in a panel presentation for NBC’s “sophomore dramas” that will also include representatives from Chuck and Lipstick Jungle.
Click here to view a video promotion for the NBC Super Season including 4 glimpses of Damian Lewis as Detective Charlie Crews in Life.
Virgin Atlantic Airline has listed The Escapist with Damian Lewis as an in-flight entertainment offering during the month of July.
Margaret Bowater Park in Newfoundland is named for one of Damian Lewis’s relatives. Sir Eric and Lady Margaret Bowater were cousins of Damian’s maternal grandparents and the park honors the contributions of the Bowater family to the region’s economy and culture. Click here for more information.

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Jul.
17th,
2008

2008.07.17

Hello Detective Charlie Crews, it’s great to see you again!

Click here to view a full-size, HQ photo of Damian Lewis as Detective Charlie Crews in “Everything … All the Time” episode 2.02 of Life. Thanks to Andrea for sharing this great picture!
Season one of Life is currently broadcasting on TSR 1 television in Switzerland. The show premiered last night with the first two episodes and they will continue airing 2 shows each week until the final episode is shown on August 20th. Click here and here for more information.