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May.
24th,
2009
Click above to watch the outrageously funny love scene from The Baker starring Damian Lewis and Kate Ashfield. The clip was posted on YouTube by Aiwe78.
Hello! magazine featured this article about the Damian Lewis Family’s participation in “The Big Toddle” charity event on May 21st.
Damian Lewis fans in New Zealand have a chance to win 5 free, double passes to see The Escapist. The film opens theatrically in NZ on May 28th and the Dominion Post is hosting the contest that will end at 9am on Thursday, May 28th. E-mail your entry to entertain@dompost.co.nz and put “Escapist Draw Page B6” in the subject line and include your contact details in the body of the message. Click here for a review for the NZ release and click here for more information about the contest. Thanks to Ann for the news!
In the UK, The Escapist will be screen in Leeds at Screen Seven on June 8, 2009.
There are now almost 3,500 signatures on the petition to “Move LIFE to the USA Network”; please consider adding your name and asking other Life Fans to sign.
On Monday, May 25th “Memorial Day” will be celebrated in the US to honor all the service men and women that have given their lives in military combat. In recognition of this important date HBO On-Demand is offering all 10 episodes of Band of Brothers at no charge to cable and satellite HBO subscribers. The first 5 episodes are currently available and the final 5 will be added on Memorial Day. All episodes will be available for on-demand viewing through June 7, 2009.
To find the episodes Comcast subscribers should go to:
On Demand > Premium Channels > HBO > Series > Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers is the Emmy-winning, epic HBO 2001 mini-series produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. Damian Lewis was nominated for a “Best Leading Actor” Golden Globe award for his brilliant portrayal of real-life, war hero Major Richard Winters. You can download and view clips featuring Damian Lewis from the 2002 Golden Globe Awards and from the series’ premiere on the Multimedia page.
Click here for a recent interview with Band of Brothers co-star Michael Cudlitz that includes comments about filming Band of Brothers and also about his guest appearances on Life starring Damian Lewis (warning, mild profanity!)
Thanks to June for the information that director Peter Kosminsky will make a guest appearance on the
South Bank Show tonight on ITV1. Kosminsky directed Damian Lewis, Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Macfadyen, and Jodhi May in the BAFTA-winning 1999 mini-series Warriors which was Damian’s first major role in an acclaimed BBC production.
The Damian Lewis Family took part in The Big Toddle charity event this morning at Kenwood House in London.
In the picture above it appears that Damian is holding his son Gulliver while standing next to wife Helen McCrory. In the photo below it seems that Helen is holding Gulliver while their daughter Manon is standing in front of her father. Click here for additional photos in the Warehouse. Other individuals in the pictures include: Jools Oliver, Andrew Lincoln, and Fay Ripley. Thanks to Ryanne for the news!
This Kansas City Star article by Robert Butler states that The Baker starring Damian Lewis will be theatrically released in the US this summer!
A message from Damian’s UK associate Melissa reveals that the rumors about Damian co-starring with Tom Cruise in The Man Who Never Was are false. Melissa said that Damian is “enjoying being home for the time being and supporting Helen while she films.”
Benjamin Wallfisch, composer of the score for The Escapist, will appear as guest conductor at the Crested Butte Music Festival in July. Click here to order the CD of the film’s acclaimed musical score.
“Elementary My Dear Stacy” Disney’s Phineas and Ferb episode featuring the voice of Damian Lewis as Agent 00 0 is now available in the US, through September 14th, for On Demand viewing on cable and satellite television sites.
Subscribers can watch the program at no additional charge under “Disney XD”. The episode is the second half of a “double bill” and starts approximately 10 minutes into the clip following “Day of the Living Gelatin.”
Kids > Disney XD > Phineas and Ferb > Living Gelatin / Elementary
This ITV Press Release confirms the date and time for the UK season 2 premiere of Life, starring Damian Lewis, as Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 10:00pm on ITV3. Thanks to Dotty for the link!
Click above for “Candyman”, a new Damian Lewis music video by Batista1960. Click here to watch a new “Life & Charlie Crews fanvideo” from Aiwe78.
In the US, all 21 episodes of Life – Season 2 are available for online viewing at Hulu.com until August 1, 2009:
At that time, the season 2 episodes will revert to a ‘five rolling’ schedule with five episodes available at a given time and a newer episode added weekly as an older one expires.
Adrian Sturges, the producer for The Escapist and The Baker starring Damian Lewis, is currently taking part in the Cannes International Film Festival’s “Producers on the Move” program; click here for a recent interview that Sturges gave to Cineuropa.
Damian Lewis is mentioned in this Guardian Independent article about the game of Ping Pong as the new craze among Hollywood celebrities. Last year Damian gave a Ping Pong table to the cast and crew of Life and in this Washington Post article Damian is quoted as saying that if he hadn’t become an actor he would have liked to have been a “professional Ping Pong player.”
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