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Shirley MacLaine
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Taylor Swift and Dianna Agron Play Birthday Dress-Up (Again!)
Originally posted 04/30/2012 12:15PM
You don't have to ask Taylor Swift and Dianna Agron twice to put on crazy costumes for a birthday party.
The pair have done so twice in the past week, and Tweeted pics of the results.
Last Tuesday, the pop star and the Glee actress dressed up "full-time fancy," in Swift's words, and went out with friends to dinner to celebrate Shirley MacLaine's 78th birthday.
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Shirley MacLaine Sends Dispatches from the Downton Abbey Set
Originally posted 02/24/2012 07:45AM
She'll add some sass to the class.
The welcome news that Shirley MacLaine is joining the British bluebloods for Season 3 of the TV hit Downton Abbey has speculation running high on just how she'll fit in.
To her own eye, it appears to be just fine. Set to play an American character named Martha Levinson, who is the mother of Cora, Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern), the 77-year-old Oscar winner Tweeted from the set in England this week.
"Everything is going well. We shot outside in wind and rain. Love the cast and crew," MacLaine said Wednesday, before adding on Thursday: "Amazing day on Downton Abbey set. I love the British humor and temperament and functionality. Maggie [Smith, who plays the Dowager Countess] is so subtle and so much fun!"
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Shirley MacLaine Joins the Cast of Downton Abbey
Originally posted 01/30/2012 05:15PM
Look who's coming to Downton!
Shirley MacLaine will join the cast of British period drama Downton Abbey for its third season, producers confirmed Monday.
MacLaine, 77, will play Martha Levinson, the American mother of Elizabeth McGovern's wealthy countess, Lady Cora Grantham. The Oscar-winning screen legend will go toe to toe with Maggie Smith, who portrays the tart-tongued Dowager Countess Violet, according to the show's producers.
Gareth Neame, managing director of Carnival Films, which produces the series, said the new character "will be a wonderful combatant for Maggie Smith's Dowager Countess and we are excited at the prospect of Shirley MacLaine playing her."
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Anne Hathaway Had No Time to Be Nervous
Originally posted 02/23/2009 09:10AM
During the Oscar show, Prince Charming – in the guise of host Hugh Jackman – swept Anne Hathaway into his arms. And, afterwards, she went to the ball.
The Academy's Governors Ball, that is, immediately following the Sunday night ceremony in the Kodak Theatre. The evening was so rich that the Rachel Getting Married Best Actress nominee, 26, told PEOPLE she had a hard time singling out a favorite moment.
"There's so many," she said before quickly amending her answer to, "I'd have to say being in Hugh Jackman's arms and him carrying me on stage!"
NEWS BRIEFS: MacLaine As Nicole's Mom?
Originally posted 03/22/2004 01:40PM
CAST: Shirley MacLaine, 69, and Michael Caine, 71, are in negotiations to star in the roles of the witch and warlock parents of Samantha -- to be played by Nicole Kidman, 36 -- in the upcoming movie version of the '60s TV sitcom "Bewitched," says the Hollywood Reporter. The veteran actors previously starred together in the 1966 whodunit "Gambit." Will Ferrell, also 36, has already signed to play Samantha's put-upon (and mortal) husband Darren. Shooting is to begin this summer.
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