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augustus (except)
The second season of Rome began airing today (yesterday?) in the US, and fortuitously enough it also happened today that I bought a copy of a novel that I'd read about two years ago - "Augustus" by John Williams - that has shaped my perception of Gaius Octavius (Octavian) more than any historical document, and made Max Pirkis' laconic, strange, ( Read more... ) -
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Posters for Becoming Jane, starring Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen, and also James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell and Maggie Smith. (IMPAwards) [imdb]
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"We shall mourn the man, and burn the tyrant"
ROME! Welcome back my beloved show.
ETA: Interview with Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson at The Watcher.
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On with the program.
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"What would do you for power?"
New promo and trailer at the HBO website for the second and final season of Rome.
On the community boards someone has also posted a link to this picture (behind cut) of Simon Woods as Octavian, and an unnamed actor playing a character who might be Agrippa (on the basis that it can't be Maecenas).
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13 days until...but who's counting?
Rome season two casting news. ( *spoilers* )
