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Helen and Damian Attend The Irishman Special Screening

On October 14, 2019April 25, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

London Film Festival Gala

by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | October 14, 2019

Last night marked the closing of the London Film Festival Gala but not before hosting an intimate screening and Q&A of The Irishman on Friday, October 11, 2019 in London. Special guests from the film included Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel, Emma Tillinger-Koskoff and SandyPowell. A cocktail reception was followed by the screening and guests included, Andrea Riseborough, Lady Amelia Windsor, Barry Keoghan, Bianca Jagger, Bob Geldof, Damian Lewis, Dexter Fletcher, Fiona Shaw, Helen McCrory, Ophelia Lovibond, Stephen Frears, Will Poulter and Yorgos Lanthimos. Charles Finch and Edith Bowman hosted the event.

The film is Director Martin Scorsese’s epic saga of organized crime in postwar America as told by a mob hitman who recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa. The film stars Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Bobby Cannavale, Ray Romano, and Anna Paquin.

You can catch The Irishman on Netflix November 27, 2019 (USA release).

Voices of London: An Evening of Poetry

On October 8, 2019May 13, 2021 By Gingersnap4Helen No Comments

Poems and Poets Inspired by the Great City of London

by Gingersnap4Helen | helen-mccrory.com | November 26, 2019

The Lord Mayor’s Appeal is going to host their first ever poetry night called Voices of London on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Join the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress for a night of inspirational poetry in the magnificent setting of the Mansion House in London.

The event is curated by Allie Esiri, Helen McCrory, and Kate Birch with a line-up of other celebrated (and secret) actors and vibrant contemporary poets performing work inspired by the great city of London, all in the effort to raise money to help support their charity partners OnSide Youth Zones, Place2Be, Samaritans, and Sir Hubert von Herkomer Arts Foundation.

And one of those secret actors is Damian! Both Helen and Damian are patrons/ambassadors of the Sir HvH Arts Foundation.

Seems like Damian will be in town from filming Billions in New York City only two days prior to this event – specifically, on November 24 since he will be co-hosting the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in London with Helen.

To book tickets and for more information about Voices of London, please visit Lord Mayor’s Appeal.org here. For questions about the event, please email events@thelordmayorsappeal.org or call 020 7332 1582. Standard tickets are £100 and under 26-year-old tickets are £50. Tickets include a champagne and canapé reception, poetry readings and fundraising raffle. Dress code: smart casual.

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Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis to Co-Host the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

On October 7, 2019April 27, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

The 65th Annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards

by Robert Dex | Evening Standard | October 7, 2019

The Good Fight star Cush Jumbo will present this year’s opening ceremony of the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

She will join the newspaper’s proprietor, Evgeny Lebedev, and his regular co-host, American Vogue editor-in-chief Dame Anna Wintour, at West End’s London Coliseum on November 24. Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory will join Jumbo as co-hosts in recognizing some of the most exciting talents currently working in theatre.

Husband-and-wife acting stars Lewis and McCrory, who met when cast in a play together at the Almeida, are mainstays of the London stage. They are also known for hit TV shows Billions and Peaky Blinders.

Mr. Lebedev said: “For its 65th year, the Evening Standard Theatre Awards continues to recognize and celebrate London’s extraordinary talent from playwrights, directors and actors to everyone who works so hard behind the scenes.

“With the London Coliseum providing the new backdrop for the ceremony, it is a great pleasure that I will be hosting the event with Anna, Cush, Damian and Helen.”

Dame Anna said: “London’s theatre scene continues to thrive, and I am so thrilled to be co-hosting the Evening Standard Theatre Awards again with Evgeny, Cush, Damian and Helen celebrating the talent for their outstanding achievements in London theatre”.

The 65th Evening Standard Theatre Awards, sponsored by Michael Kors, take place on November 24. For more information, visit standard.co.uk/theatreawards #ESTheatreAwards

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Why Peaky Blinders Matriarch Polly Gray Is the Most Interesting Part of the Show

On October 7, 2019May 29, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

Peaky Blinders has one thing that most gangland stories don’t: A cast full of incredible women

By Lacy Baugher | October 7, 2019 | Paste Magazine

On paper, Netflix’s Peaky Blinders is a story about violent men. It follows the exploits of a crime family in 1920s Birmingham, England, and revolves around street fights, drug deals, blackmail, betrayal, and murder. As a result, its lead characters are largely the types you’d expect: Tortured, emotionally compromised, ambitious men who want bigger lives than the ones they’ve been born to and will fight to attain them.

That doesn’t mean they’re bland or uninteresting figures, however—far from it, in fact. The Shelby men are fascinating, if not always sympathetic figures. But they are the sorts of characters we’ve seen on television before. (HBO’s Boardwalk Empire immediately comes to mind.) Lead Tommy Shelby is an iconic mess, but despite his emotional complexity, his character still strikes a lot of familiar chords.

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