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Damian Lewis: Boarding school is a ‘very violent’ experience that ‘defines you emotionally for life’, The Telegraph, May 15, 2016

Damian Lewis: Boarding school is a ‘very violent’ experience that ‘defines you emotionally for life’

Damian Lewis, the Homeland actor, was sent to boarding school aged eight CREDIT: JAB PHOTOGRAPHY/REX/SHUTT​ERSTOCK
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Five Minutes with Damian Lewis – May 13, 2016

Money, Greed, and Deals

Damian Lewis sat down with MiNDFOOD to talk money, greed and how to get his kids to do chores around the house.

Star of new TV drama, Billions, Damian Lewis, 45, plays am ambitious hedge fund manager who hails from a working class family. After the 9/11 attacks, and the sole survivor of the hedge fund, he pays the college tuition of his former colleagues’ children. At the same time, he uses insider trading and bribery to amass his firm’s wealth.

Off screen, he’s married to actress Helen McCrory (Harry Potter franchise, The Queen) with whom he is raising their daughter, Manon, 9, and Gulliver, 8.

Today in Los Angeles he talks about money, greed and how to get his kids to do chores around the house.

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Damian Lewis Reads le Carre at Time Out London Spy Weekend, Fan Fun with Damian Lewis, May 12, 2016

Damian Lewis reads le Carré at Time Out London’s Spy Weekend

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Damian Lewis is reading le Carré. Time Out London teams up with Studio Canal to bring Londoners a “spy weekend” at Hornsey Town Hall Arts Centre. The weekend includes screenings of some of the popular films based on John le Carré books, namely The Spy Who Came in from the Cold(1965), the first le Carré adaptation to the big screen, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) as well as of some other classic spy movies like Notorious(1946) and The Third Man (1949) and an exclusive special screening of Our Kind of Traitor followed by a spy-themed party as well as a discussion panel on “Bringing le Carré  to the screen” with The Night Managerproducer Stephen Cornwell (who is also John le Carré’s son), the producer Gail Egan (The Constant GardenerOur Kind of Traitor) and Our Kind of Traitor director Susanna White plus readings from John le Carré’s work by celebrated fans including one certain ginger!

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Damian Lewis on Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw (AUDIO) – May 12, 2016

Damian Might Not Always Be Up For a Quickie

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Damian stops by BBC Radio 1 to discuss with Nick Grimshaw to snap or not to snap. This has been the week the celebs tackle the difficult question of whether or not to stop and take a selfie with a fan. Take a listen here.

Time for the picture booth:

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Damian Lewis: “Hedgefund Billionaires are Misunderstood”, The Guardian, May 11, 2016

Damian Lewis: ‘Hedge-fund billionaires are misunderstood’

As Lewis brings his impeccable American accent back as gazillionaire Bobby Axelrod in new show Billions, he talks Tony Blair, megalomania and megabucks

Damian Lewis as Bobby Axelrod in Billions – a man with working class roots … and an $84m mansion in the Hamptons.

Damian Lewis as Bobby Axelrod in Billions – a man with working class roots … and an $84m mansion in the Hamptons.

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Damian Lewis Talks Billions, New York and Donald Trump, Luxury London, May 6, 2016

DAMIAN LEWIS TALKS BILLIONS, NEW YORK & DONALD TRUMP

Damian Lewis is one of the great British actors of our time, with a host of acclaimed TV shows to his name. Now, he’s starring in Sky Atlantic’s Billions. Here, he talks about preparing for a role, loving New York City and the luxury of flying by private jet

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A Suited Damian Lewis Cuddles Up to His Stunning Wife Helen McCrory as They Have a Romantic Meal Following Movie Premiere, Daily Mail, May 5, 2016

A suited Damian Lewis cuddles up to his stunning wife Helen McCrory as they have a romantic meal following movie premiere

He spent the evening promoting his latest movie offering, Our Kind Of Traitor, at the Mayfair hotel in London, alongside the beautiful Naomie Harris.

But Damian Lewis, 45, made sure he had time for his stunning wife, Helen McCrory, 47, and he whisked her off for a romantic meal at Kitty Fisher’s restaurant soon after.

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Damian Lewis: Confidence Man, Emmy Magazine, May 5, 2016

Confidence Man

Damian Lewis — the charming Brit who brings his all to all-American roles is back on Showtime in Billions. As a perplexing one-percenter, ruthless player, or capital crusader? He’s hard to read, but always reeks of confidence.

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Damian Lewis Talks Career and Craft at SAG-AFTRA, Fan Fun with Damian Lewis, May 4, 2016

Damian Talks Career and Craft at SAG-AFTRA

by JaniaJania, Fan Fun with Damian Lewis, May 4, 2016

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Creativity is a strange beast. At its narrowest definition, it is the skill of creating something original and new using nothing but one’s imagination. But that would exclude a lot of us from the act of creativity, wouldn’t it? How many of us are capable of conjuring up some idea, art, or thing completely from scratch? An impossible task, even for the creative geniuses among us. Nothing is truly original. It’s all about processing what has come before and presenting it in new and “creative” ways. “Creative problem solver” is one of those phrases you see on resumes a lot. Try telling a mathematician or a software engineer that what they do doesn’t involve creativity and you’re bound to get an earful in exacting detail of just how wrong you are. Thus, not an easy thing to get a handle on, creativity.

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