SOCIETY OLD HOMES, NEW LIFE by Clive Aslet (Triglyph £50, 304 pp) What made audiences all over the world fall in love with Downton Abbey? Perhaps it was Lady Mary’s exquisite frocks, the Dowager Countess’s waspish put-downs, or the slow-burn romance between Carson and Mrs Hughes. But for many of us the real star was … Read more
Award-winning Downton Abbey producer who worked on movies with Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Kirsten Dunst is charged with ‘sexually assaulting woman’ Chris Croucher, 39, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman on December 18 The producer is also charged with assaulting the woman in Westminster Croucher was to appear in court today but it has … Read more
Award-winning Downton Abbey producer who worked on movies with Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Kirsten Dunst is charged with ‘sexually assaulted woman’ Chris Croucher, 39, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman on December 18 The producer is also charged with simply assaulting the woman in Westminster Croucher was to appear in court today but it … Read more
‘I feel the happiest I have ever felt’: Joanne Froggatt celebrates her 40th birthday and says it shouldn’t be a ‘negative milestone’ for women By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 12:55 BST, 28 August 2020 | Updated: 12:55 BST, 28 August 2020 Joanne Froggatt has celebrated her recent 40th birthday with an inspirational post about … Read more
Downton Abbey’s Tuppence Middleton brands Kit Harington ‘boring’ as she gives him harsh feedback on their date in hilarious clip from virtual play Burn By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 15:45 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 16:08 BST, 27 August 2020 They’ve been enjoying some time away from their busy schedules amid the coronavirus … Read more
Hugh Bonneville sends fans into a frenzy as he shows off his incredible weight loss during VJ Day’s 75th anniversary By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 22:01 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 02:20 BST, 16 August 2020 Hugh Bonneville sent fans into a frenzy as he continued to showcase his incredible weight loss while commemorating … Read more
Hugh Bonneville sends fans into a frenzy as he shows off his incredible weight loss during VJ Day 75 commemoration By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 22:01 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 22:14 BST, 15 August 2020 Hugh Bonneville sent fans into a frenzy as he continued to showcase his incredible weight loss while commemorating … Read more
Downton Abbey’s REAL chatelaine leaves £1m in her will: American-born Countess of Carnarvon and a close friend of the Queen leaves £1m in her will after dying aged 83 Jeanie, Countess of Carnarvon, left £1m in her will after dying aged 83 last year She bequeathed the majority of her fortune to her children and … Read more
Downton Abbey stars have kept in touch during lockdown — thanks to Mr Carson the steadfast butler and Zoom. Laura Carmichael, who played Lady Edith through six series of the award-winning television show created by Oscar-winning screen writer Julian Fellowes, praised Jim Carter (Carson) for encouraging everybody to join in. ‘He’s brilliant, Jim,’ she told … Read more
Lily James inks deals to star in thriller The Paris Trap and crime drama Peggy Jo, cementing her leading lady status By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 04:24 BST, 18 June 2020 | Updated: 04:25 BST, 18 June 2020 She found fame as Lady Rose on Downton Abbey and has gone to star in box … Read more
As Julian Fellowes plots a follow-up to his hit film version of Downton Abbey, the Oscar-winning screenwriter has revealed a very unlikely secret about the costume drama. As Julian Fellowes (pictured) plots a follow-up to his hit film version of Downton Abbey, the Oscar-winning screenwriter has revealed a very unlikely secret about the costume drama … Read more
Make-up free Michelle Dockery giggles and beams as she joins her boyfriend Jasper Waller-Bridge in Clapping For Carers By Ciara Farmer For Mailonline Published: 12:03 BST, 29 May 2020 | Updated: 12:07 BST, 29 May 2020 They have been dating for the last nine months after being introduced through mutual friends. And Michelle Dockery seems … Read more
The legendary Oscar-winning Hollywood star Patricia Neal, whom I knew during some of the many vicissitudes in her astonishing life, once said of her tempestuous 30-year marriage to the writer Roald Dahl: ‘Our life together was the stuff of which movies are made.’ Her remark was prophetic. In 1981, while they were still married, the … Read more