http://www.mail.com/people/120098-maggie-smith.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/120098-maggie-smith.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2142406-sigourney-weaver-to-leave-vanya-sonia.html NEW YORK (AP) — Newly crowned Tony Award winner "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" has gotten a new lease on life but one of its original actresses will be leaving. Producers of Christopher Durang's comical work that won the best play award Sunday said Monday it will extend for a final time until Aug. 25. Sigourney Weaver, who plays Masha, will play he... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:31:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2142406-sigourney-weaver-to-leave-vanya-sonia.html 2013-06-10T20:31:30Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2140010-kinky-boots-struts-with-tony-awards.html NEW YORK (AP) — The feel-good musical "Kinky Boots," with songs by pop star and Broadway newcomer Cyndi Lauper, strutted away with a leading six 2013 Tony Awards on Sunday, including best musical, best original score and best leading man. Christopher Durang's comical "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" won the best play Tony. "Matilda the Musical" and "... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:37:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2140010-kinky-boots-struts-with-tony-awards.html 2013-06-10T10:37:37Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2140804-vanya-sonia-masha-spike-wins-tony.html NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Durang's comical "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" has won the best play Tony Award. The play, which takes characters and themes from Anton Chekhov and sets them in present-day Pennsylvania, stars Sigourney Weaver, Kristine Nielsen and David Hyde Pierce. It centers on three middle-aged siblings uneasily negotiating with age... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:47:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2140804-vanya-sonia-masha-spike-wins-tony.html 2013-06-10T01:47:41Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2084566-4th-season-downton-abbey-will-air-january.html NEW YORK (AP) — PBS says the fourth season of "Downton Abbey" will begin in January and run for eight weeks. The series is the highest-rated drama in public TV's history. The costume drama about the family and servants in a stately English home stars Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith and Michelle Dockery. ... Tue, 14 May 2013 15:14:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2084566-4th-season-downton-abbey-will-air-january.html 2013-05-14T15:14:09Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2068982-special-effects-master-ray-harryhausen-dies-92.html LONDON (AP) — When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his desire as an adult, thrilling audiences with skeletons in a sword fight, a gigantic octopus destroying the Golden Gate Bridge, and a six-armed dancing goddess. On Tuesday, Harryhausen died at London... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:55:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2068982-special-effects-master-ray-harryhausen-dies-92.html 2013-05-07T21:55:28Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2010992-pbs-masterpiece-producer-book-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime producer at PBS is ready to pull back the curtains on "Downton Abbey" and other "Masterpiece" favorites. Rebecca Eaton, executive producer of the "Masterpiece" series for more than a quarter century, has a deal with Viking for "Making Masterpiece: 25 Years Behind the Scenes of Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery!" ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:50:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2010992-pbs-masterpiece-producer-book-deal.html 2013-04-10T17:50:20Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1926670-comings-goings-downton-abbey-season.html NEW YORK (AP) — Shirley MacLaine will be returning to "Downton Abbey" next season, and opera star Kiri Te Kanawa is joining the cast. MacLaine will reprise her role as Martha Levinson, Lord Robert Crawley's freewheeling American mother-in-law, Carnival Films and "Masterpiece" on PBS said Saturday. MacLaine appeared in episodes early last season. ... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:48:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1926670-comings-goings-downton-abbey-season.html 2013-03-02T13:48:35Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1892176-maggie-smith-downton.html NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people have watched Maggie Smith on "Downton Abbey." But she's not one of them. The 78-year-old actress, who portrays Lady Grantham in the popular PBS series, told "60 Minutes" that she hasn't watched the drama because doing so would only make her agonize over her performance. She said she may watch it someday. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:30:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1892176-maggie-smith-downton.html 2013-02-14T19:30:10Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1891818-hugh-bonneville-presides-downton-abbey-finale.html NEW YORK (AP) — The third season of "Downton Abbey" ends this Sunday with a bang. Exactly what that bang is, we're not going to say, in deference to the maybe half-dozen "Downton" fans who still don't know the shocking truth. The larger point remains that after Sunday's "Masterpiece Classic" (airing at 9 p.m. Eastern on PBS), viewers must suffer "Downton"... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:05:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1891818-hugh-bonneville-presides-downton-abbey-finale.html 2013-02-14T17:05:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1849362-argo-lawrence-day-lewis-win-sag.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The CIA thriller "Argo" continues to steamroll through awards season, winning the top honor for overall cast performance at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. SAG's lead-acting honors Sunday went to Jennifer Lawrence for her role as a troubled widow in a shaky new relationship in the lost-souls romance "Silver Linings Playbook" and Daniel ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1849362-argo-lawrence-day-lewis-win-sag.html 2013-01-28T03:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1843038-hoffman-divas-directing-debut-quartet.html TORONTO (AP) — At least Dustin Hoffman is honest when asked why it took him so long to make his directing debut. "I don't know," Hoffman said. The 75-year-old Hoffman went behind the camera for "Quartet," starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins as aging British opera divas at a retirement home for musicians who put aside p... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1843038-hoffman-divas-directing-debut-quartet.html 2013-01-24T13:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1818302-big-night-cable-tv-globes.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The taut political thriller "Homeland," the coming of age comedy "Girls" and "Game Change," the movie about Sarah Palin's rocky campaign for the vice presidency in 2008, were the big television winners in the Golden Globes. The biggest losers? Commercial broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox — none of which aired those show... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1818302-big-night-cable-tv-globes.html 2013-01-14T08:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1819000-co-hosts-fey-poehler-prove-big-globes-winners.html NEW YORK (AP) — It was elegant, eloquent, genteel and classy. Wait — that was "Downton Abbey," airing Sunday night on another network. On NBC, it was "The 70th Annual Golden Globes Awards" — the yearly televised blowout lubricated by an open bar where party-favor statuettes are distributed to a lucky few. Much about ... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1819000-co-hosts-fey-poehler-prove-big-globes-winners.html 2013-01-14T08:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1817464-argo-les-miserables-win-best-pic-globes.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — "Argo" is in big with the Golden Globes, but not so much with the Academy Awards. "Lincoln" is sitting pretty with the Oscars but was mostly left out in the cold at the Globes. Sunday's Globes left the Feb. 24 Academy Awards picture still muddled, with the Iran hostage thriller "Argo" winning for best drama and director for Be... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1817464-argo-les-miserables-win-best-pic-globes.html 2013-01-14T04:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818170-list-golden-globe-winners.html Winners of the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Sunday in Beverly Hills, Calif.: MOTION PICTURES — Picture, Drama: "Argo." — Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Les Miserables." — Actor, Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln." — Actress, Drama: Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty." — Director: Ben Affleck, "Argo." ... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818170-list-golden-globe-winners.html 2013-01-14T03:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1806258-review-quartet-winning-classy-charm.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dustin Hoffman's directing bow at 75 finds a perfect match in the well-heeled subject of "Quartet," a charming tale of aging musicians whose passion for life continues undiminished in a stately English manor filled with humor, caring and of course great music. This optimistic fairy tale about aging and the continuing possibilities it offers for emotional s... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1806258-review-quartet-winning-classy-charm.html 2013-01-08T13:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1798296-plot-spoilers-pose-downton-abbey-challenge.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are many delicious reasons to watch the returning "Downton Abbey" and an exasperating one to skip it: The cover's been blown on major plot twists. In what may be outsized revenge for the American Revolution — or payback for years of exporting lousy U.S. TV and fast food — the Brits are sharing "Downton Abbey" with us, but only aft... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1798296-plot-spoilers-pose-downton-abbey-challenge.html 2013-01-03T19:20:00Z