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Tag Archives: Eva Longoria
The Loved One in Gay Hollywood; D&F in the Antipodes
The Intro and “Outro” discussions of the film version of The Loved One from the recent broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel have been posted on YouTube. Appearing are Dave Karger from TCM and writer William J Mann. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Film, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged BBC, Eva Longoria, Gay Hollywood, John Gielgud, Rod Steiger, The Spinoff, Turner Classic Movies, YouTube
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Praise for Decline and Fall Series Spreads Beyond the UK
There are several articles coming in from outside the UK where the BBC’s TV adaptation of Waugh’s Decline and Fall premiered a few weeks ago. A French TV website (Telerama) includes the series in a collection of its reviews of recent UK … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Television, Television Programs
Tagged Acorn TV, Eva Longoria, MySanAntonio.com, Scroll.in, Telerama.com
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BBC’s Decline and Fall Reviewed in The Tablet and The Spectator
Two of the weeklies are the first off the mark with reviews of Episode 1 of BBC One’s Decline and Fall adaptation the day before it airs. These are by James Delingpole in The Spectator and Lucy Lethbridge in The Tablet and both … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Eva Longoria, Jack Whitehall, James Delingpole, James Wood, Lucy Lethbridge, The Spectator, The Tablet
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Waugh in the Daily Mail
Evelyn Waugh rates two mentions in this week’s issues of the Daily Mail. Gossip columnist Ephraim Hardcastle has this takeaway from Philip Eade’s biography: Was literary giant Evelyn Waugh, who died in 1966 aged 62, a paedophile? According to a … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, Letters, Newspapers, Television, Wales
Tagged Daily Mail, Ephraim Hardcastle, Eva Longoria, Philip Eade
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Waugh in Politics; Margot at the DNC
The Guardian carries a story about the current renewed popularity of nostalgia in Britain. This harks back to the fashion started by the TV version of Brideshead Revisited, and the Guardian’s reporter (Stuart Jeffries) finds that nostalgia has a political … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Television, Television Programs, Wales
Tagged Democratic National Convention, Eva Longoria, Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, Nostalgia, Welsh Government
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Production to Start on BBC Decline and Fall Series
Production will start in Wales next month on the BBC’s three-part TV adaptation of Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. Comedian Jack Whitehall has already been signed to play Paul Pennyfeather and negotiations are nearly concluded with actress Eva Longoria … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Eva Longoria, Jack Whitehall
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