Today in History - Oct. 10 Oct 11, 2009
Actor Charles Dance is 63. Rock singer-musician Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers) is 61. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Hugh Laurie on Film Sep 22, 2009
Laurie was very much a junior member of the cast in this drama, which included a veritable legion of star names: Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, John Gielgud, Ian McKellen, Sam Neill and Sting among them. Laurie then took another small part in the romantic drama Strapless in 1989, before an alliance with other up and coming British stars gave him the chance of a fuller role in Peter s Friends in 1992. (Suite101.com)
Storm clouds over Happy Valley May 16, 2009
The tales of aristocratic debauchery sent shockwaves through the empire, and provided the plot for James Fox's bestselling White Mischief, later made into a movie starring Charles Dance and Greta Scacchi. Last week, Cholmondeley, the 40-year-old, Eton-educated heir to the family title, was found guilty of the manslaughter of a trespasser on his family's estate. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Ian McKellen: The Player Mar 22, 2009
The concentration of talent intensified with the arrival at Stratford of a new generation of actors including Kenneth Branagh, Jeremy Irons, Charles Dance and Sean Bean. By then, the veterans had developed an informal set of rules for themselves: Take the craft seriously (Dench: "deadly"). (Time.com)
