Downton stars 'singing One Direction song' goes viral
A spoof video splicing Downton Abbey footage to make its actors 'perform' One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful has had 86,000 hits.
Downton Abbey and Daniel Day-Lewis success at SAG Awards
The winners of the Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced, with more success for Brits Daniel Day-Lewis, and the Downton Abbey cast.
Adele leads the charge as Brits win at the Golden Globes
British stars have been honoured at the Golden Globes with Adele, Dame Maggie Smith and actor Damian Lewis all collecting gongs.
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Rapper P Diddy's Downton Abbey 'appearance'
Following claims on Twitter, that he will be a "series regular" on Downton Abbey, music mogul and rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs has today released a spoof video.
Yesterday, Diddy, 43, caused a social media frenzy after he announced his "big news" that he was joining his "favourite show".
MY BIG NEWS: So happy to announce that Im a series regular on DOWNTON ABBEY-my favorite show+i'll be debuting a sneak peek tonight 12am PST!
From @iamdiddy on Twitter:However, he cleverly wrote Downtown rather than "Downton" Abbey which he had mentioned in a previous tweet.
I have to admit that Downton Abbey is one of my favorite shows- and thats why Im so excited today @downtonabbey
From @iamdiddy on Twitter:Many people took to Twitter to congratulate him on his "casting" on the British period drama, while others thought his account may have been hacked.
It prompted a response from a spokesman for PBS, who broadcasts the show in the US, who told Reuters the claims were "not true".
Julian Fellowes' Downton Abbey has been a huge hit Stateside, winning numerous accolades including a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award.
The fourth series is currently being filmed in the UK.
Downton stars 'singing One Direction song' goes viral
A spoof video splicing Downton Abbey footage to make its actors 'perform' One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful has had 86,000 hits.
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Downton Abbey and Daniel Day-Lewis success at SAG Awards
The winners of the Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced, with more success for Brits Daniel Day-Lewis, and the Downton Abbey cast.
Read the full storyDownton return 'sure' for Shirley MacLaine
The creator of Downton Abbey Julian Fellowes is confident Shirley MacLaine will return to the show in the future. The Hollywood star played the Countess of Grantham's mother, Martha Levinson. Fellowes said: "She will come back, I'm sure."
Viewers will also see new mother Lady Mary Crawley as a widow after the shock death of her husband Matthew during the Christmas special:
"I was very, very sorry Dan left. I thought he did a terrific job for us, I think he's a terrific actor. But actually, nothing is harder to dramatise than happiness. When two people are happy, that's it.
"That's why in the old movies, they don't kiss and marry in the middle, they kiss and marry at the end, because in a way that's it.
"So now we've got Mary widowed, trying to control the estate, feuding with various other people about what the right way forward is, looking for a new life, dare one say it. All of that is really more interesting than two people sitting by the fire having a cup of tea."
Adele leads the charge as Brits win at the Golden Globes
British stars have been honoured at the Golden Globes with Adele, Dame Maggie Smith and actor Damian Lewis all collecting gongs.
Read the full storyMaggie Smith wins Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe
Downton Abbey star Dame Maggie Smith has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a TV series:
Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie, Series, or Miniseries - Maggie Smith - Downtown Abbey: Season 2 - #GoldenGlobes
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British stars arrive for Golden Globe Awards
Some of the British stars nominated for Golden Globe Awards have started arriving on the red carpet.
Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery is up for the Best Actress in a TV drama series, while fellow Brit Toby Jones is up for Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for TV, for his role in The Girl.
It's Michelle Dockery on the @goldenglobes #RedCarpet! #DowntonAbbey http://t.co/psbIpWtA
From @goldenglobes on Twitter:Check out Toby Jones on the #GoldenGlobes #RedCarpet! http://t.co/we0AijjS
From @goldenglobes on Twitter:Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens tops best-dressed list
Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens has been named Britain's best-dressed man by GQ magazine, meanwhile Ed Sheeran has been named the worst.
Read the full storyDownton Abbey Christmas special at Scottish Estate
The Christmas episode of Downton Abbey will be a two-hour show where the family head to a Scottish estate - filmed at Inveraray Castle - to visit cousins, against a backdrop of deer stalking and shooting in the Highlands.
But many of their staff have remained at Downton, and further dramas unfold in the family's absence, in the episode to be shown at 9pm on Christmas Day.
Executive producer Gareth Neame said: "While the cat's away, the mice will play. What will they get up to while the family is away?"
'Tissues ready' for Christmas Downton as show announces fourth series
Downton Abbey is to return to ITV1 in 2013 for a fourth series of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama.
Filming of eight new episodes for autumn 2013 plus an extended special episode for Christmas 2013 begins at Highclere Castle and Ealing Studios in February next year.
Laura Mackie, Director of Drama at ITV, said: “Last year’s special episode set the nation talking on Boxing Day and 2012's Christmas Day episode is no different. As ever, Downton will take its audience through a whole range of emotions. All of life's experiences will feature in this episode.
“This is one episode you will want to see live with millions of others - and best have the tissues ready.” More on this story at ITV Meridian.
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