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Maggie Smith to quit Downton Abbey?

TV Gossip

6 Mar 2012

Dame Maggie Smith could be set to quit 'Downton Abbey'. The 77-year-old actress is said to be considering her future as the elderly Dowager Countess of Downton and has not yet entered negotiations for a fourth and fifth series of the drama. Dan…

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

By-the-numbers old age comedy drama

(2 stars)10 Feb 2012

Early in this by-the-numbers comedy drama, a young salesperson eagerly enthuses to retiring couple Douglas (Bill Nighy) and Jean (Penelope Wilton) that 'the grey pound is very strong at the moment'. We’re quite clearly supposed to see this…

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine joins cast of Downton Abbey

TV Gossip

31 Jan 2012

Shirley MacLaine has joined cast of 'Downton Abbey'. The 'Terms of Endearment' actress will play Martha Levinson, the mother of Lady Grantham - played by Elizabeth McGovern - in the award-winning ITV1 period drama when it returns for a third series…

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Rob James-Collier's 'dirty dancing' with Maggie Smith

TV Gossip

14 Dec 2011

Rob James-Collier wanted to do the infamous 'Dirty Dancing' lift with Dame Maggie Smith in the 'Downton Abbey' Christmas special. The 35-year-old actor - who plays scheming servant Thomas Barrow in the ITV1 period drama - has to dance alongside his…

Dame Maggie Smith stars in Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey re-commissioned for third series

TV Gossip

4 Nov 2011

'Downton Abbey' has been re-commissioned for a third series. Following the success of the second season of the period drama - which is currently airing on ITV1 and pulling in an average of 11.5 million viewers per episode - the upcoming series will…

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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(2 stars) Despite an irresistible army of pension-age talent including Dench, Smith and Wilkinson, all on excellent form, this story about a group of unconnected British retirees who come to the titular hotel in Jaipur and find resolution for their various issues and challenges, feels too calculated to offer anything more than disposable entertainment at best, and cheaply manipulative emotional kicks at worst.
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