Lots of event pictures uploaded

I apologise for this HUGE gallery update but I have been sick and unable to update the site, however Olivia looks so beautiful in all these pictures so check them out. I have added pictures from Hay Fever – Gala Performance – After Party, Jameson Empire Awards 2012, London Evening Standard British Film Awards 2012, Olivia Colman, Celia Imrie attend an after party celebrating the press night performance, and South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2012 just click the pictures to see them:
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BBC America screening Twenty Twelve ahead of the Olympics

ocoBBC America has announced that they will air BBC Two mockumentary series, Twenty Twelve, ahead of the London 2012 Olympics.

The show – which is narrated by David Tennant (Doctor Who) and stars the likes of Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), Jessica Hynes (Spaced) and Olivia Colman (Peep Show) – follows the people paddling hard beneath the water to make the Olympics happen in London in 2012. They have £9 billion to spend and plenty of time before the deadline; what can possibly go wrong?

Twenty Twelve joins the likes of The Graham Norton Show, The Thick of It, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show, The Inbetweeners, Would You Rather…? with Graham Norton, Come Fly with Me, Outnumbered and Friday Night Dinner to be broadcast on the channel.

Twenty Twelve premieres on Saturday 30th June – just weeks before the opening ceremony on July 27th – as part of BBC America‘s ‘Ministry of Laughs’.

Source: imediamonkey.com – BBC America to screen Twenty Twelve ahead of London Olympics

Olympics specials for Twenty Twelve

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Hugh Bonneville has revealed the Twenty Twelve team are planning special episodes to tie in with the summer Olympics.

The Downton Abbey actor stars with Jessica Hynes and Olivia Colman in the BBC spoof documentary about the team planning London 2012.

Hugh revealed: “There’s four new episodes coming out at the end of March and we’re going to try to film three more and get them out for the Olympics.”

He added: “Seb Coe’s been a good sport and he appears in the next series. I’m sure he’ll be a bit busy come late spring when things really start hotting up but we’ve got some good fun in store for the show.”

The actor, who has just begun filming the next series of hit ITV costume drama Downton Abbey, admitted he relished going between his stiff-upper-lipped character in Downton to the comedy of Twenty Twelve.

He laughed: “It’s such a contrast I can’t tell you, to go from the relative calm and the stiff collars of Downton to the frenetic pace of Twenty Twelve, it’s great. It’s a lovely contrast to be able to do that.”

And Hugh is looking forward to working with Shirley MacLaine, when she arrives in Downton Abbey.

“I’m just incredibly excited about sharing just a few minutes of screen time with her,” he said.

“We’re all over-the-moon that we’re going to have two great titans of cinema in the same square footage, Maggie [Smith] and her together.”

Source: google.com – Hugh reveals Twenty Twelve special

Win Tyrannosaur signed DVD and poster

ocoTo celebrate the fact that Tyrannosaur is a) out on DVD, and b) a BAFTA-winning film, we’ve got a special prize to give away.

We were thrilled when Paddy Considine won the most promising debut award at the 65th Orange British Academy Awards, and now we’ve got a DVD and a quad poster signed by the actor-turned-director himself to give to one lucky reader. One runner-up will receive the film.

Considine made his directorial debut with his powerful drama, which stars Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman as two damaged people brought together by circumstance: Joseph, an unemployed widower, crippled by his own volatile temperament; and Hannah, a respectable charity shop worker, whose apparent happiness belies troubles of her own. Read our review here, and watch our interview with Considine and Colman here.

With Considine remaining behind the camera for this film, we want to know your favourite of his performances and why for a chance to win. Email your answer to competitions@thisisfakediy.co.uk with Tyrannosaur in the subject field by 20th February, and remember to include a postal address.

Source: thisisfakediy.co.uk – Win Tyrannosaur DVD signed and poster

Olivia wears Beckham for awards

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Olivia Colman has joked that she chose to wear Victoria Beckham to the London Evening Standard British Film Awards – because it meant she could eat more.

She revealed: “I’ve been looking at all her clothes and I think they’re really pretty.”

She laughed, pulling out the waist: “And you can eat in here and you don’t have to breathe in, which is always worth it.”

The Peep Show actress won Best Actress for her role as a battered wife in Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur.

She said: “Very excited, it’s obviously a very, very lovely feeling.

“To win things for this particular film feels pretty special because it’s probably the best part I will ever get, so it’s lovely that people have loved it just as much as I have.”

It was the latest in a run of awards for the Rev actress.

She said: “I’d like to be cool like lots of people and go ‘Yeah, it’s in the downstairs loo’, but they’re absolutely all over the mantelpiece, polished.”

A champagne reception before the ceremony was interrupted by a fire alarm, forcing the stars – including Tom Hiddleston, Poesy and Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown-Findlay – to be evacuated outside on to the street for a short time.

But everyone made light of the episode, swigging from miniature bottles of champagne and huddling together for warmth.

Olivia leads at British film awards

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Michael Fassbender, Olivia Colman and John Hurt stole the honours at Monday night’s Evening Standing British Film Awards which was a blazing success despite an alarming delay.

The awards took off to a rocky start when stars were evacuated from the venue following a fire alarm which put the ceremony behind schedule, according to BBC News.

Famous guests including Colman, Hurt, Clemence Poesy and Jessica Brown-Findlay stood out in the cold until it was deemed safe to return inside.

However the show continued without a hitch as prizes were handed out to the best in the business.

Fassbender won the best actor prize for his role in sex addiction drama ‘Shame’ and as Edward Rochester in ‘Jane Eyre’. He was not present for the awards so ‘Shame’ writer Abi Morgan accepted the prize on his behalf with a message from the actor saying he “truly honoured and delighted” by the win.

The best actress gong went to Olivia Colman for her performance in drama ‘Tyrannosaur.’ ‘The Iron Lady’ star beat Oscar winners Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Weisz and Tilda Swinton for the honour.

John Hurt picked up the Alexander Walker lifetime achievement award for his contribution to cinema. ‘The Elephant Man’ star, 72, was presented his prize by ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ director Stephen Frears.

The prize for best film went to Lynne Ramsay’s ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin,’ a drama about a woman who tries to deal with the grief of her teenage boy who goes on a high-school killing spree.

‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ picked up The People’s Choice Award for Blockbuster of the Year.

The awards were hosted by ‘Green Wing’ star Stephen Mangan at the London Film Museum

Source: entertainmentwise.com – Michael Fassbender, Olivia Colman lead British Film Awards

Twitter backs Olivia

ocoI was apalled to see that Olivia had not been nominated in the BAFTAs this year after such an incredible run of performances from her. She deserved to be recognised by these awards and I was so upset to see that they had overlooked her, however I was heartened when I saw how loved she is via Twitter where celebrities and us normal folk alike were using their 140 character limit to let the world know just how upset they were at this! It is truely incredible to see how loved and appreciated Olivia and her work is and I hope she saw our upset at her being overlooked at the BAFTAs and realised that we love her.

For more see: bleedingcool.com – Twitter berates BAFTA for stupid Olivia Colman snub and rightly so
radiotimes.com – BAFTA 2012 film nominations: Where’s Olivia Colman?