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➡ Win a poster from Life autographed by Damian Lewis! ➡


  • Sharon, Damian’s personal assistant in Los Angeles, has kindly sent us a large poster of Detective Charlie Crews that has been autographed by Damian Lewis! The poster shows the picture above and it measures 28 x 21 inches (71 x 53 cm); Damian’s signature is underneath the title “Life”.

    To enter to win this poster, just answer one of the following questions:

    » Charlie Crews has bad luck with cars; what happened to the car shown in this poster? (Hint: Ted crushed it with a big, red ___________.)

    Or

    » What was the name of the Bunny that made a guest appearance on “Mirror Ball”? (Hint: he shares the first name of a famous British Prime Minister.)

    Send an email with your answer along with your mailing address and include “Life Poster Contest” in the subject line. The entry deadline is April 17, 2009 and the contest is open to Life fans everywhere; click here for more information about the poster contest.

    Click below to watch an Access Hollywood video from the NBC Life Launch Party with cast interviews conducted in front of posters with the same picture as our poster. At approximately 3:00 minutes into the clip Damian Lewis and Adam Arkin begin talking and joking about the poster and Damian’s picture. 😆

    Life fans in the US and Canada can also enter to win a Life – Season One (Region 1) DVD autographed by Damian Lewis! April 8th is the last day to enter; click here for more information.

  • Part one of the new BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial production of Something Fresh by PG Wodehouse is now available for online listening. The program stars Ioan Gruffudd and Helen McCrory and part 2 will broadcast on Sunday, April 5th.

  • In an interview with Edward Douglas of ComingSoon.net Rupert Wyatt (director of The Escapist and Damian Lewis’s business partner in the Picture Farm film production company) talked about his upcoming movie Birdsong. The film’s impressive cast will include Brian Cox, the star of The Escapist, along with Michael Fassbender and Paddy Considine.

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  • Click above to view the trailer (posted by KateBlake_2000) for “Initiative 38”, episode 2.20 of
    Life that will broadcast in the US this Wednesday, April 1st, at 9pm ET on NBC.

  • Thanks once again to dj for the screencaps from the “3 Women” Life episode 2.18 that aired in the US on March 18, 2009.

  • In this New Jersey Star-Ledger article Alan Sepinwall talks about foreign actors portraying Americans on US television and describes Damian Lewis as one of the “very few foreign imports who can do a convincing American accent while giving an interesting performance.”

  • IFC Films has a new page for the April 2nd US release of The Escapist with Damian Lewis.

  • Blogger Thomas Robinson says of The Escapist:

    “Rupert Wyatt’s debut then is one of those most wonderful of films, defiantly modern without shirking its genre’s classic roots…That the lead is played by supporting actor du jour Brian Cox is the films biggest boon… It’s wonderful to see him excel in a starring role written with him in mind…The supporting cast are also excellent with some nicely against-type casting in the form of Damian Lewis’ soft spoken murderous kingpin…Wyatt is a talent to watch.

  • Michael Sheen and Helen McCrory have again been cast to play British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie Blair; this time for a new film about Blair’s interactions with US President Bill Clinton. The film is called The Special Relationship and Dennis Quaid will play Clinton; click here for more information.

  • Thanks to bashfulbadger for the news that “Deep Waters”, the 1996 Touch of Frost episode that featured a guest appearance by Damian Lewis, is currently running in the UK on ITV1. The first part aired on March 27th and the final episode will broadcast at 4 pm on March 30th.

    “Deep Waters” is available on DVD in the Touch of Frost Season 4 boxset and screencaps from the program are available in the Warehouse.

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  • Spoilers! EW’s Michael Ausiello quotes Life co-star Donal Logue on the future of the show:

    Question: I hear Life won’t renewed for next season. Say it ain’t so, Mike! –Bev O.

    Ausiello: It ain’t so! At least not yet anyway! Life co-star Donal Logue told us at the Monsters vs Aliens premiere that NBC probably won’t make a decision until May. And unlike you, the uncertainty isn’t keeping him up nights. “I am in a different position on this show than on shows I have done in the past where I was more the lead or title character,” he says. “On other shows I have done, I would be more in Damien’s position. He’s the one that is really feeling the concern. I feel free and open; it has been a great experience.” Logue adds that they’re shooting the season (or series?) finale as we speak. “It is really a super action-packed episode and it will answer a lot of questions. I think it is a very strong script and, so far, what we have shot looks great. Charlie confronts the deep dark parts in this episode. He is going to confront the conspiracy against him and it gets pretty intense.”

  • A message received from Sharon, Damian’s assistant in LA, confirms that March 26th is the last day of filming for Life – Season 2. Regarding the future of the show, Sharon said that “no one knows anything – I know that for sure! Tomorrow is the last day of filming….I’ll send more info when I get it!”

  • TV Guide Magazine has published their “2009 Sexiest Stars on TV” list and Sarah Shahi who plays Dani Reese on Life was named the “Sexiest Sidekick” with 45% of the viewer votes. Damian Lewis was a runner up in the “Sexiest Male Cop” category; click here for more information at zennish.net.

  • This NBC press release shares good news about viewer ratings for Life:

    Wednesday from 9-10 p.m. ET, “Life” (1.5/4 in 18-49, 4.3 million viewers overall) built on its lead-in from the previous hour by 25 percent in 18-49 rating and 27 percent in total viewers, despite intense competition in the hour from Fox’s “American Idol,” ABC’s “Lost” and CBS’s “Criminal Minds.” It is worth noting that “Life” has been adding an average 23 percent in adults 18-49 when going from “live plus same day” to “live plus seven day” results, one of the biggest increases for any show on the major networks.

  • The Personal Pineapple site has a new update of news and links for Life.

  • Thanks to Linda for the news that Season 2 of Life will premiere on RTL TV1 in Belgium on March 31st at 20:20.

  • Robert Fulford of The National Post published this article about the star of Life saying:

    “Damian Lewis, who looks every inch a tough American, turns out to be part of the extensive British invasion of American TV. At school Lewis played the villainous Wackford Squeers in Dickens’s Nicholas Nickleby and … he was Laertes to Ralph Fiennes’ Hamlet. On TV he became Soames in the remake of The Forsyte Saga. In 2001 Steven Spielberg escorted him into American TV by casting him in Band of Brothers, HBO’s 10-part series about the American army fighting its way east from Normandy in 1944-45.”

  • On Sunday, March 29th BBC Radio 4’s “Classic Serial” broadcast of Something Fresh by PG Wodehouse will feature Helen McCrory as “Joan Valentine” and “Ioan Gruffudd” as Ashe Marson. The second part of this 2-part program will air on April 5th. This “Classic Serial” program will be available for online listening for 7 days after the original broadcast. Click here for more information. Thanks to Dotty for the news about this exciting new radio production!

  • Great news! Band of Brothers starring Damian Lewis will broadcast in the US on Spike TV in the 3rd quarter of 2009; click here for more information.

  • The Baker starring Damian Lewis is currently screening at the 12th Annual European Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. Click here for scans from the festival program.

    The British Consulate-General, Chicago published this statement about UK films screening at the festival.

  • Click here for information about The Escapist at the Independent Film Festival of Boston next month.

  • According to IMDb the Belgian and Dutch theatrical release dates for The Escapist have been changed once again!

    » Netherlands: 25 June 2009

    » Belgium: 12 August 2009

  • An Unfinished Life with Damian Lewis will screen in Salisbury, North Carolina on on April 1st at the Center For Faith and the Arts; click here for more information. Thanks to Ann for the heads-up!

  • Sliktamagyar has created a “LIFE – titles/intro” music video and posted it on YouTube.

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  • Acclaimed British actress Helen McCrory (a.k.a. Mrs. Damian Lewis!) made a surprise guest appearance last night on episode 2.15 of Life titled “I Heart Mom” and she was fabulous and she looked great! Her character, security expert Amanda Puryer, is scheduled to appear again in “Shelf Life” on March 11th. ➡

  • The New York Daily News picked “I Heart Mom” as “The Best of Wedneday Night’s TV” and called the show a “fabulous drama.”

  • It was also great to see veteran actress Charlotte Rae (Mrs. Edna Garrett on “Facts of Life”) making a guest appearance on last night’s episode of Life; she was hilarious! 😆

  • Spoilers! NBC Universal has released this synopsis of Life episode 2.18 “3 Women” which will air in the US on NBC on March 18, 2009:

    3 WOMEN
    03-18-2009 9:00PM

    SPECIAL GUEST STAR GABRIELLE UNION JOINS THE CAST OF “LIFE” AS DETECTIVE JANE SEEVER — With Reese (Sarah Shahi) still on loan to the FBI, Crews (Damian Lewis) is assigned a new partner, Detective Jane Seever (Gabrielle Union). Seever, the exact opposite of Reese, is an over achiever with a 15-year plan to one day become mayor. Crews and Seever get right to work on the murder of a court reporter who was clubbed to death with a three iron. The reporter turns up dead after becoming pen pals with a convict who was imprisoned for a jewelry heist. Sarah Shahi, Donal Logue and Adam Arkin also star.

  • Life episode 2.03 “The Business of Miracles” has been nominated by the Visual Effects Society for an award for this dramatic scene. The VES awards ceremony will take place this Saturday, February 21st.

  • Check out the Life page at NBC.com:

    » Click here for information and links for the wonderful music featured on Life.

    » Click here for “Life’s Questions” a new trivia game!

  • Life – Season One was released on region 2 DVD with Dutch subtitles in Belgium and The Netherlands today.

  • Click here for great wedding pictures of Sarah Shahi (Dani Reese on Life) and her new husband, actor Steve Howey.

  • Congratulations to actress Jennifer Siebel (who plays the ex-wife of Charlie Crews on Life) and her husband, Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco. The couple recently announced that they are expecting their first child in September.

  • Rob Hunter’s review of The Escapist for Film School Rejects includes these comments about the film:

    “…First-time director Rupert Wyatt also co-wrote the film with Daniel Hardy, and he shows an interesting eye for both the bleak and dreamlike visuals as well as the alternating narrative threads…Wyatt knows exactly when to switch to the action of the escape itself. Aside from the timing, Wyatt’s edits are also stylistically impressive as locations and events in one thread trigger the move into the other fairly seamlessly…

    (Brian Cox) owns the film and his performance alone makes it worth viewing. The remainder of the cast all serve to support him and most do so quite well. One of the standouts is a bulked-up, angry, and barely recognizable (Joseph) Fiennes, and another is Damian Lewis (“Life”) as the menancing Rizza, the most powerful and dangerous convict inside. Both men play hard-asses but do so with completely different styles…The Escapist was released last week on R2 DVD. It’s scheduled for a limited US release from IFC on April 3rd.”

  • Thanks to Ryanne for sharing the Dutch broadcast schedule for The Baker on Film 1, 2, 1+ or 1 Action (digital television).

  • New on YouTube:

    » “It’s My Life”, a terrific new music video from Shervin.

    » “Milo, The Professional”, a clip from The Baker posted by hani273nhk.

    » “Vox, Life trailer2”, season one of Life will premiere on Vox in Germany on March 11th.

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  • Click here at the gallery for screencaps from this past week’s episode “Mirror Ball”. Many thanks to dj at Capslock!

  • Check out the above trailer to next week’s episode 2×15 ” I Heart Mom”. (Source: SpoilerTV)


  • Click here at the gallery for two new stills from Life episode 2×16 “Hit Me Baby”. Thanks to Dryope!

  • Spoilers! NBC’s released the storyline for Life episode 2×17 titled “Shelf Life” which will air March 11. Damian’s lovely wife Helen McCrory will guest star! ➡ :

    SOLDIERS DEATH UNRAVELS CORPORATE SCANDAL — Crews (Damian Lewis) and Stark (Brent Sexton) investigate the death of a soldier who was stabbed in the chest while on leave in Los Angeles. Their quest for the killer leads them into a world of extreme corporate and political power. Meanwhile, Crews makes a shocking discovery with the help of the late Mickey Rayborn�s security specialist Amanda Puryer (Helen McCrory). Sarah Shahi, Donal Logue and Adam Arkin also star.

  • A few Escapist items:
    • » Click here at the FilmStalker website for a chance to win The Escapist Region 2 DVD (the contest is only open to people with a UK address).
    • » The Escapist will be screened on February 24 at Fantasporto 2009 in Porto, Portugal (thanks to Ann for the headsup).
    • » The release date info on The Escapist‘s IMDb page now shows an April 3 US release and an April 16 release for the Netherlands!
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Great Expectations: An Interview with Helen McCrory – August 25, 2006

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Drama Queen

by Lydia Slater | Evening Standard Magazine | August 25, 2006

Perched on a velvet sofa in the elegant sitting room of the Cheyne Walk Brasserie, Helen McCrory strokes her Stella McCartney-clad stomach and smiles under heavy eyelids, rather like the cat who’s got the cream. As well she might. Life has never seemed to be particularly tough for McCrory, 37, who has been winning plaudits for her acting ever since she took her first role in the National Theatre’s production of Trelawney of the Wells, and who is constantly tipped as the next Judi Dench.

But even by her own high standards, the future is looking pretty rosy. She is eight months pregnant with her first child, and has an unnervingly perfect celebrity bump – no fat ankles or swollen face, just a watermelon at the waistline and a correspondingly magnificent bronzed cleavage. “I’ve never worn so many low-cut dresses in my life. If I could just wear spangles, I would. I feel so amazingly attractive,” she gurgles throatily, with total justice if our young waiter’s saucer eyes are anything to go by.

McCrory doesn’t appear to notice him but then if you’re engaged to Damian Lewis, star of The Forsyte Saga and Band of Brothers (and arguably the sexiest redhead on the planet), waiters probably come rather low in the pecking order. “I’ve never been broody before, but when I met Damian I became very different about relationships,” she says.

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Damian Lewis as Elvis Presley – July 19, 2005

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Berkeley Square Ball for The Prince’s Trust

by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | July 19, 2005

Damian, an Ambassador for the Prince’s Trust organization, performed his famous Elvis Presley impersonation on stage during The Berkeley Square Ball at Berkeley Square on July 19, 2005 in London, England. The fundraising party in aid of The Prince’s Trust has not taken place in several years, but this year was hosted by Vince Power as 700 guests tuck into a dinner prepared by chef Jamie Oliver.

More pictures here:

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