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Billions Panel at TV Critics Association Winter Tour – Jan 10, 2017

Billions Panel at TV Critics Association Winter Tour 

by JaniaJania | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | January 10, 2017

The Billions cast and show runners were all present and accounted for at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. We gathered some fine tidbits from the various people and places covering this industry event yesterday as well as a look at the first official trailer for Season 2, premiering on Showtime, Sunday, February 19 at 10pm.

(L-R) Actors Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman, David Costabile, Condola Rashad and Toby Leonard Moore and creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien of the television show ‘Billions’ speak onstage during the Showtime portion of the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Langham Hotel on January 9, 2017 in Pasadena, California. – Source: Getty

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Billions Screening and Discussion Panel at PaleyLIVE New York, Fan Fun with Damian Lewis, December 5, 2016

In Case You Missed It: Billions Rocks PaleyLIVE New York!

By Damianista, Fan Fun with Damian Lewis, December 6, 2016

Oh what a treat!

BIG THANKS go to the cast and creators of Billions for giving us an hour of intelligent conversation and laughter and to Paley Center for Media for providing beautiful, intimate setting for this dream event!

source: Paley Center
source: Paley Center

UPDATE December 15, 2016: If you have Hulu, you can now watch an edited version of the panel here and, as a bonus, see me at around 45 minutes and Lady Trader at around 48 minutes asking questions! 🙂

Ok, let’s start with some serious warm-up: JaniaJania has storified the tweets from Billions red carpet as well as from the panel here. Enjoy it and then come back to dive deep into my almost minute-by-minute account of the evening!

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Damian Presents at the Gotham Independent Film Awards – Nov 28, 2016

Damian Presents at the Gotham Independent Film Awards

by Gingersnap – damian-lewis.com – November 28, 2016

Damian was a presenter at the 26th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on November 28, 2016.

Photo by Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic

Walking the red carpet:

Photo by Michael Loccisano. Source: Getty Images

Photo by Michael Loccisano. Source: Getty Images

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Damian Lewis Talks Billions at Times Talks, Fan Fun with Damian Lewis, July 11, 2016

Damian Lewis Talks Billions at Times Talks

by Damianista, Fan Fun with Damian Lewis, July 11, 2016

I was hoping it was going to be an easier evening than this. I thought I was going to talk about what sort of MAC I was wearing on my skin… Whether I wore waterproof mascara during rainy scenes. — Damian Lewis

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source: timestalks.com

This is what Damian says receiving yet another question about the world of finance at Times Talks 😀 The conversation about Billions is quite involved, varying from shorting a company to CEO compensation to performance coaches to Bobby Axelrod’s knitwear, so it deserves its own separate post with links to particular Billions episodes and what is going on in the real world as needed.

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Damian Lewis Rocks Times Talks at Directors Guild Theatre, Fan Fun with Damian Lewis, June 25, 2016

Damian Lewis ROCKS Times Talks at Directors Guild Theater

by Damianista, Fan Fun with Damian Lewis, June 25, 2016

source: Times Talks Program
source: Times Talks Program

Damian Lewis was the guest of celebrated Times Talks on June 23 at Directors Guild Theater and had a great conversation with Cara Buckley, a New York Times culture reporter and the new Carpetbagger.

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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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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

by Damianista

source: Damianista

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 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

source: Getty Images

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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