Maggie Smith

Hollywood Museum to open 'Harry Potter' exhibition Wednesday

2013-05-20 13:19:00

The Hollywood Museum at the vintage Max Factor Building is opening a new permanent "Harry Potter" exhibition on Wednesday. The collection features items from Harry Potter historian Christopher Knoll, a longtime member of the Academy of Magical Arts...

'Downton Abbey' gets Diddy-fueled makeover in Funny or Die spoof

2013-05-16 17:05:00

Diddy's rather confusing Twitter announcement that he'll be appearing as a series regular on the wildly popular British aristocracy drama "Downton Abbey" has manifested itself as a mediocre Funny or Die video. And aren't we all a little relieved? We'...

'Scandal' has become must-tweet TV

2013-05-11 06:00:00

ABC's "Scandal" revolves around a beautiful, law-breaking Washington power-fixer with killer instincts and a matching wardrobe. She's madly in love with the very flawed president of the United States, who, among other things, recently murdered a Supreme...

The men who would be Gatsby

2013-05-13 06:00:00

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of a handful of actors who have portrayed F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragic protagonist “The Great Gatsby” in film and TV over the last 87 years. Warner Baxter, who won the best actor Oscar as the Cisco Kid in the...

Bertie Carvel gives his all as 'Matilda's' demonic Miss Trunchbull

2013-04-28 07:00:00

NEW YORK — Miss Agatha Trunchbull, headmistress of Crunchem Hall school, hates pigtails. They're good only to serve as handles by which she can toss a rebellious child into the air — a feat this one-time Olympic hammer-throwing champion...

TV This Week March 10 - 16: 'Hindenburg: The Last Flight'

2013-03-07 16:03:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 10 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SUNDAY Oh, yes, it's ladies' night: Ashanti...

PopSugar Live broadcast goes live -- online

2013-02-20 13:47:00

From the control room, the producer gave host Matthew Rodrigues the cue to launch into a celebrity news segment featuring a Valentine’s Day update on Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart -- she didn’t travel to Australia to visit him during...

Fit for a museum: The Bowers hosts a show of film fashion

2012-12-16 00:00:00

Masked superheroes parading around in spandex and capes may have ruled the box office in recent years, but sweeping period dramas like this season's "Anna Karenina" and "Les Mis�rables," with their spectacular costumes, are never out of style. "CUT!...

'Downton Abbey': Laura Carmichael on being the Crawley middle girl

2013-02-18 06:00:00

Laura Carmichael may be a lady on "Downton Abbey," but she doesn’t have one of the more glamorous roles on the series: She plays Lady Edith Crawley, a mousy, sharp-tongued girl surrounded by two bewitching sisters. Poor Edith falls somewhere...

'Downton Abbey' Season 3 premiere draws record ratings

2013-01-07 13:36:00

The ratings juggernaut that is "Downton Abbey" shows no signs of stopping. The Season 3 premiere of the World War I-era British costume epic on PBS on Sunday drew 7.9 million total viewers, its highest total yet, according to Nielsen. That figure is...

SAG Awards give 'Downton Abbey' cast a proper welcome

2013-01-28 06:00:00

If it came as something of a surprise to audiences that PBS period drama "Downton Abbey" won the Screen Actors Guild Award for ensemble in a drama series, it was positively a shock to the cast of the British period piece. Only Michelle Dockery and a...

'Downton Abbey' recap: Ending on a (very) down note

2013-02-18 07:00:00

Just wondering, is it possible for a show to make you clinically depressed? And if so, what are the chances I can submit my therapy bills directly to Julian Fellowes for reimbursement? “Downton Abbey” ends a season already defined by loss,...

The Hollywood Museum is opening a "Harry Potter" exhibit on Wednesday, which includes items used by stars Daniel Radcliffe and Maggie Smith.

2013-05-20 12:11:42

Julian Fellowes' story of the Crawleys, an aristocratic family living in the womb-like castle of Downton Abbey with their servants, captured the hearts of many. The story unfolds in 1912 England, just after the Titanic has sunk with the Earl of Grantham's only male heir.

2013-04-09 18:06:05

Maggie Smith is "Downton Abbey's" Lady Violet, the Dowager Countess.

2013-03-29 00:00:00