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Bill Nighy in Japan to support Oxfam leading up to G8

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After his trip to Tanzania with Oxfam last year, Bill is now in Japan helping Oxfam to remind the G8 of their responsibility to tackle poverty.
You can follow the Oxfam campaigners in Japan on their blog.
Bill Nighy starred in The Girl in the Cafe (2005), a film made for TV written by Richard Curtis. Bill […]

Bill Nighy to star in Wild Target

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Bill Nighy will star in “Wild Target” a hitman caper that will be shot on location on the Isle of Man and in the UK later this year. The film will also star Helena Bonham Carter.
(Source: Variety)
More information as it comes available.
BBC2(tv) has just broadcasted the first 2 episodes of a new series of […]

Bill Bits

Bill Nighy is passionate about High Tide and is making a case of convincing the business community to support it.
There is also a tiny bit of video of Bill on the HighTide Festival website.
In the Filmography section Mack the Knife has been added to long list of Bill works. There is a short synopsis and […]

State of Play out on DVD in the US

Bill Nighy as Cameron Foster - State Of Play (2003)
It’s rather remarkable that it has taken this long to bring it out, the upcoming Hollywood film version might have something to with it, but State of Play is now available on DVD in the US. Either way, this excellent BBC production with Bafta award […]

Bill Nighy about Coping Strategies

The Guardian has more information about Coping Strategies, and a lovely and passionate interview (audio) with everybody’s favourite actor.
Hear Bill about wearing “a very bad jumper”, about working alongside people with learning disabilities and the effect of doing plays or film on people with those difficulties.
Read the article on the Guardian.
Hear Bill talking about the […]

Bill Nighy makes guest appearance in short Coping Strategies

Bill Nighy makes a guest appearance in ‘Coping Strategies’, a 26-minute black comedy film about a young man with learning disabilities, produced by Yarrow Housing Organisation’s Moment by Moment Theatre group.
The film tells the story of Shahid, a young man with learning disabilities, who breaks free from his doting mother for a new life […]

Bill Nighy is supporting Donate-a-disc

Bill Nighy is backing Starlight’s Donate-a-disc initiative.
Starlight is a charity that brightens the lives of seriously and terminally ill children by granting their wishes and providing hospital entertainment to help take their minds off the pain, fear and isolation of their illness.
The Donate-a-disc initiative wants you to hand in your old DVD’s and console games […]

Bill Nighy/Davy Jones wins teen choice award

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Bill Nighy adds another award to his already long list: a Teen choice award for Best Villain, for his role as Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.
The Movie Villain category had the following nominees.
Bill Nighy (Davy Jones) - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Al Pacino (Willie Bank) - Ocean’s Thirteen
Julian […]

Bill Nighy in Tanzania with Oxfam

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The BBC has a 3 minute film of Bill Nighy who travelled with Oxfam to Tanzania to see the difference that international aid can make. BBC news has also featured a short clip with Bill, as has the morning Breakfast show on BBC 1.
Watch it here.
www.makepovertyhistory.org
www.whiteband.org
Oxfam
www.one.org
The G8 wait
Update: Oxfam has a press release about […]

The Times : A very English Rebel

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The (UK) Times has a great article about Bill Nighy, and if you live in the UK, hurry to your local news paper agent and buy your copy. He is on the front cover of Times Magazine with a fantastic Nighy style picture of him conquering a rowing boat, and there is a 4 page […]

Bill Nighy nominated for Distinguished Performance of the year

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Bill Nighy adds another nomination to his already long list. He has been nominated for a Distinguished Performance of the year, the oldest theatrical honors in America, for his role as Oliver Lucas in The Vertical Hour.
The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America, beginning in 1935 and predating the Tony Awards […]

Bill Nighy attending opening of The Year of Magical Thinking

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Bill Nighy has attended the premiere of The Year of Magical Thinking. This new play directed by David Hare and starring Vanessa Redgrave is currently running in the Booth theatre in New York. A wellknown location for Bill Nighy as the theatre is located exactly opposite the Music Box theatre, the theatre where Bill recently […]

Bill Nighy’s doodled original Davy Jones script on auction

Bill Nighy has donated his original Pirates of the Carribean : Dead Men’s Chest script to support the High Tide festival and you can now bid on it on Ebay here..
The script is filled with comments and doodles from Bill, and an absolute collectors item. But, before you run over there, know that it is […]

Bill Nighy nominated for a Saturn Award for best supporting actor

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The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror films has just announced it’s nominations for this years Saturn Awards. Bill Nighy has received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Davy Jones in Pirates of the Carribean : Dead Man’s Chest.
The […]

Gossip : Bill Nighy in Mamma Mia?

There are probably many people who would like to hear Bill Nighy sing again. And that might just happen in the near future. Rumours are saying that Bill Nighy is going to star in a movie based on the Mama Mia musical!
It is from the gossip department, but interesting gossip nevertheless, and there is […]