We're going to have a party, a jolly good party. Splendid!
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 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 [...]
Davy Jones - Pirates of the Carribean - Dead Man’s Chest
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Charlie Rose show is hosting an hour with Bill Nighy, tomorrow the 25th of January. For New Yorkers, it will air in New York City on Thirteen / WNET New York at 11:00 p.m.
For non New Yorkers : you can hopefully watch the show online after it has been broadcasted on the website.
Bill Nighy [...]
As said by Zoe Heller, writer of the book Notes of a Scandal. The film version will soon be released in cinema (US - christmas, Europe - February 2007).
Read a very recent interview with Zoe Heller about her opinion about the film, and more.
“Bill Nighy as Richard is quite brilliant” she said.
Good to hear.
Spike and Whitey watching over Regent Street
A part of the (voice) cast from Flushed Away showed up in London yesterday to switch on the Christmas lights in Regent Street. Sir Ian McKellen (the Toad), Andy Serkis (Spike) and Shane Richie (Sid) wished the crowd a Merry Christmas and pushed the button to reveal the light [...]
Bill Nighy turned up at Premiere magazine’s Women in Hollywood Icon awards earlier this week. While this ball got visited by a lot of A-list actresses, Bill managed to sneak in as a special guest of Dame Judi Dench.
Here Bill Nighy also more or less confirmed Keith Richards’ appearance on the set of POTC, [...]
Bill Nighy will be one of the actors reading “dreams” for Cure autism now’s event Acts of Love 2006.
The event will take place on Monday, the 18th of September in Westwood, California.
Ticket information and more information about the event on the Cure Autism Now website.
Bill Nighy is doing a brand new billicious radio play on BBC Radio 4, and will return as alcoholic actor-cum-amateur sleuth Charles Paris, from the series of hit novels by Simon Brett.
Charles is his own worst enemy, a louche lush who can resist anything except temptation – especially in the form of women and alcohol. [...]
For all those people who have been asking about Meerkat Manor being released on DVD - it is going to happen. Series 1 is going to be released in the beginning of September.
You can preorder it at play.com, but it is likely that it will be available on other online DVD sites.
The version released here [...]
While the reviews for the Pirates film are mixed, Davy Jones/Bill Nighy only get positive words. The only thing reviewers are complaining about concerning Davy is that Bill Nighy is hidden away too well.
Here is a clip more:
No less tragic a figure is Jones himself — a ghastly apparition with lobster-claw hands, a great [...]
Bill Nighy is visiting Steve Wright in the Big Show today on BBC radio 2. The program will be broadcasted from 2pm-5pm on the radio.
Don’t worry if you missed it, or if you live outside the UK, you have a chance to listen again via internetradio until next Wednesday.
Don’t miss it !
Richard Curtis has won a $25,000 (£14,000) prize for The Girl in the Cafe, his TV film set against the backdrop of a G8 summit.
Curtis was one of a number of writers honoured at the annual Humanitas Prize awards, which recognise work that helps “liberate, enrich and unify society”.
The Girl in the Cafe, starring Bill [...]
Darkhorizons.com has another excellent interview with Bill Nighy about his role in the Pirates of the Carribean - Dead Man’s Chest. He talks about the ships, and a lot of other interesting things in a very Nighy way.
“Question: Did you discover the inner pirate in you when you embarked on it?
Nighy: There is a touch [...]