Damian Lewis

Life Gallery update: Click here for Episode 8 – Farthingale stills. Thanks to Dryope!

 
 
 

• Life Gallery update: Click here for Episode 5 – The Fallen Woman screencaps. Thanks to dj at Capslock for the screencaps!
  
     
  
• As usual, the official site has updated several pages following an episode. Updated: the Video area, Episode recaps, Gallery, & Conspiracy Wall.
• Click here, here and here for episode reviews of The Fallen Woman from the blogs Mostly Movies, Critics Rant, and TV Squad.
• Click here at Variety.com for Wednesday’s ratings.

• NBC.com has added a new description of Episode 8 – Farthingale (Spoilers ahead!):
  
  GAS EXPLOSION VAPORIZES HALF A MAN’S BODY AND CHARLIE CREWS BECOMES THE NUMBER ONE SUSPECT IN A MURDER INVESTIGATION – When a gas explosion vaporizes half a man’s torso, Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis) and Danni Reese (Sara Shahi) work to figure out if the explosion was an accident or arson. Their investigation reveals the man with half a torso was an IRS agent living a complex life complete with two careers and two wives. Could this IRS agents’ quest to become a hero have gotten him killed? Meanwhile Detective Carl Ames (Roger Brown), who oversaw Crews’ murder investigation, is found dead in the parking lot of the police station. Once again, Crews finds himself at the center of a murder investigation. Adam Arkin, Robin Weigert and Brooke Langton also star.
  
• Around the blogosphere: Click here for a post singing Damian’s praises saying “Lewis shoulders the duties of a series leading man as if born to the job.”

• Life gallery updates: Life stills, Life episode 2 screencaps, Life episode 3 screencaps, Life episode 4 screencaps. Thanks to Capslock for the screencaps and Dryope for the stills!
• More on Life: The Sydney Morning Herald thinks Damian is “dazzlingly brilliant”; The New York Post likes Damian’s “cool and detached” ways; Click here and here for Episode 4 – What They Saw reviews from the blogs Mostly Movies and Critics Rant; The music played near the beginning of What they Saw is “Bloody Bunnies” by Gram
  Rabbit. Listen/watch the music video here at Youtube.
• Wallpaper/ Fan artwork updates: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Thanks for sharing, robinh4 and alph_lewis!
• A good chunk of Forsyte Saga, Series 1 & 2 is currently on Youtube. Thanks to Suz for the headsup!
• A Times Online interview with Helen McCrory goes into her marriage with Damian just a bit.

• Best wishes for a very Happy Birthday to our own Techno Wizard Kaz! (Hey Kaz, who’s the tall redhead and what’s he drinking?!)
• Dryope has posted great new still photos from “A Civil War” (episode 7 of Life). Click here for more information about the episode from NBC.
• Thanks to Sonny2fine for adding scans of the new TV
  Guide interview with Damian Lewis to the Warehouse.
• Also thanks to robinh4 for this gorgeous wallpaper and the great Damian Lewis icons.
• Go to this Yahoo page to vote for Life!

• The Hearts and Bones R2 DVD will be released in the UK on November 5th! Click here for the Amazon.co.uk link. From the Play.com review:

  Hearts And Bones follows the lives and loves of a group of friends searching for happiness and fulfilment in London.

  Mark is a teacher, Rich is a butcher and Michael works in the City. Their search for happiness and fulfilment is turned upside down by the reckless actions of Emma, Mark’s long-term girlfriend. Hearts And Bones tells gripping stories about the dilemmas of everyday life as lived by a close group of friends. It’s about lying on your CV to get your dream job and paying the consequences; coping with the death of a parent; feeling jealous of your brother; feeling lonely and finding love in unexpected places. But above all, it’s about the power of friendship.

  The cast includes stars Hugo Speer (The Full Monty), Damien Lewis (Warriors) and Dervla Kirwan (Ballykissangel). Others include Amanda Holden (Kiss Me Kate, Now You See Her), Andrew Scarborough (Touching Evil), Sarah Parish (Peak Practice) and Kieran O’Brien (Cracker).

  There’s a lot of Damian in this and it’s well worth purchasing – but remember that it’s a Region 2 DVD so it’s meant to play on Region 2
  DVD players. North Americans would need to buy a region-free DVD player or modify the one they have to make it region-free. Click here for the Shop FAQ for more information that. Thanks to svirginak for the headsup!

• The October 22 issue of TV Guide has a Q&A feature with Damian Lewis that includes a full-page picture! Click here for the article scanned and shared by Ann.
• Click here at Youtube to watch a video clip that Access Hollywood posted of the Life Launch Party. Thanks to Connie for the headsup.
• EW.com’s Popwatch thinks that if a Steve McQueen biopic is ever made, Damian should play McQueen as he’s a “a dead ringer for the Bullitt man.” We and many others agree!
• Click here for a new wallpaper from Lesley! 🙂

• Click here for a new E! Online interview with Damian Lewis and the cast of Life on the Watch with Kristin Vine show and be sure to vote for Damian Lewis as the “hottest British import currently gracing the small screen” at the same site!

• Normal For Norfolk (the short film written and directed by Gareth Lewis, produced by Damian Lewis and Adrian Sturges for Picture Farm, and featuring Helen McCrory) screened at the 18th Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de São Paulo in Brazil in August/September; click here to view this entertaining film online.
• Click here to access various clips and fan videos for Life starring Damian Lewis currently available on YouTube.
• The title of the song by Bostich that is played at the end of Let Her Go (episode 3 of Life) is Polaris; click here or here (mp3) for the complete song.
• A big thank you goes out to Leah for the beautiful, big screen caps of Damian Lewis in Merit Badge (episode 1 of Life); click on the links below to enjoy a few nice examples!
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• Thanks also to Debbie for the news that NBC is showing a new promotional advertisement for Life; it ran tonight during Sunday Night Football proclaiming that “critics say that Damian Lewis is the reason to watch Life!” 😀
• Spoilers! Click here to read the storyline for Farthingale, episode 8 of Life.

• More about Life starring Damian Lewis!

  » US residents can view the first 3 episodes of Life online at
  NBC.com.

  » The music played at the end of episode 3 (when Charlie sees the coyote in the middle of the road) is from Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 1 by Bostich.

  » Ryan has posted 270 screen captures from Let Her Go (episode 3) at his Life Media site.

  » Click here for a new Life fansite called With Open Arms and an Open Heart (WOAOH) and click here for an new fan video for Life posted on YouTube.

  » Life costar Christina Hendricks (Olivia) will make a guest appearance on Late Night With Conan O’Brien on NBC next Monday Tuesday, October 15 16th.

• Frankenstein, a contemporary version of the classic horror drama starring Helen McCrory, will air in the UK on October 24, at 9 pm on ITV1 (not October 21st as previously listed). The Region 2 DVD will be released on October 29th.

• Yay, Chromophobia will be screening at the Bath Film Festival in the UK on November 3rd! Click here for more info!
• Click here and here for more from Variety and the Hollywood Reporter on NBC’c order of 3 additional scripts of Life. It’s not quite a “back nine” order to complete a full 22 episode season (the initial order was for 13 episodes), but it’s still very encouraging! Of course, it helps that there’s an impending writer’s strike and the networks want to secure a couple more finished scripts to prevent an interruption in production!
• E!’s Kristin lists Life under “Likely a Keeper” in her Which New Series Are Most Likely to Survive article saying it’s “not quite a breakout, but it has all the makings of one. Though it was originally overlooked and underpromoted, we’re rooting for it to become fall’s sleeper hit!”
• More Life notes: NBC.com has updated its gallery, video and recap sections, and conspiracy wall; Click here at Capslock community for a quick and easy download of Episode 3 screencaps; Check out this positive review of Life from the tv and pop culture blog South Dakota Dark.

• According to E!’s Watch with Kristin, Life has received orders for 3 additional scripts but notes it has yet to “receive the full “back nine” order that would make a full season.” Thanks to Life Media!
• Other Life notes: Episode 2 (Tear Asunder) will rebroadcast on NBC this Saturday, Oct. 13 starting at 08:00 pm Eastern; NBC.com has updated their site with detailed episode recaps.
• More Life related press: The Post Online enjoys the “great chemistry among the cast”; the Detroit Free Press likes Damian’s
  “wack charisma”; North County Times also has a review of the show.

• Life related communities are sprouting up everywhere! If you’ve haven’t been by, check out these livejournal communities: lifetv and life_icons. saiyajenn and zed_pm have recently posted really gorgeous Damian and Life related icons here and here; Life Forums is another new community.
• We’re having some technical problems with the gallery, so we haven’t been able to post Life screencaps just yet. But as mentioned already, you can get them at Life Media; dj at dj_capslock also offers a set for download in zip form typically the day following a broadcast.
• The blog Phoenix Cinema has a positive review of Damian’s 2005 BBC film Friends and Crocodiles. The film’s available in the US, if you’ve yet to see it, move it towards the top of your list!