Elizabeth McGovern News

The Crawley family's fate hangs in the balance when MASTERPIECE CLASSIC "Downton Abbey, Season 3" returns in January.

Last week, DOWNTON ABBEY actor Dan Stevens announced that he may not return for the highly-acclaimed series' four season. Today, show creator Julian Fellowes told Entertainment Weekly that he's prepared to write Matthew Crawley (Stevens), off of ABBEY.

ITV has just released two new promos showing off their upcoming Christmas programming - including a first look at DOWNTON ABBEY's special! Check it out below.

A production source told the UK's Sunday Express yesterday that Dan Stevens, currently starring opposite Jessica Chastain in Broadway's 'The Heiress,' will not be returning for the fourth season of the ITV series DOWNTON ABBEY. The show's third season will premiere on PBS beginning January 16th in the US.

The widely-acclaimed and wildly watched drama DOWNTOWN ABBEY has officially received a fourth season, British broadcaster ITV announced this morning.

Today, we're featuring Elizabeth McGovern in 1985. In 1981 McGovern earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film Ragtime. In 1984, she starred in Sergio Leone's gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America as Robert De Niro's romantic interest Deborah Gelly. In 1989 she played Mickey Rourke's girlfriend in Johnny Handsome, directed by Walter Hill, and the same year she appeared as a rebellious lesbian in Volker Schlöndorff's thriller The Handmaid's Tale. Beginning in 2010, she portrayed Cora, Countess of Grantham in the British TV series Downton Abbey.

New BroadwayWorld.com Poll - What other Downton Abbey star would you like to see on Broadway?

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Academy Award winning writer Julian Fellowes plans to create a prequel to the highly successful series DOWNTON ABBEY. The new series would center on the early relationship between Hugh Bonneville's Earl of Grantham and Elizabeth McGovern's Countess of Grantham.

With the return of its all-star cast plus guest star Academy Award®-winner Shirley MacLaine, DOWNTON ABBEY, Season 3 airs over seven Sundays on PBS beginning on January 6, 2013. BWW brings you a series of interviews with the award-winning cast of this popular PBS series. Next up actress Penelope Wilton.

Two new trailers ahve been released for the upcoming season of PBS's DOWNTON ABBEY. With the return of its all-star cast plus guest star Academy Award-winner Shirley MacLaine, Season 3 airs over seven Sundays on PBS beginning on January 6, 2013. Check out the clips below!

AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Meryl Streep presented Shirley MacLaine with the American Film Institute's 40th Life Achievement Award - America's highest honor for a career in film. The private black tie gala was held at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City on June 7 and will air on TV Land tonight, June 24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Check out these pictures of Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine and more at the AFI Life Achievement Awards Honouring Shirley MacLaine yesterday (June 7) in Los Angeles.

AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Meryl Streep will present Shirley MacLaine with the American Film Institute's 40th Life Achievement Award - America's highest honor for a career in film. The private black tie gala will be held at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City on June 7 and will air on TV Land on Sunday, June 24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The Tribeca Film Festival has unveiled films screening in its Spotlight and genre-centered Cinemania section as well as Special Screenings and its Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival lineup.

According to The Huffington Post, actress Maggie Smith will be leaving the popular PBS series DOWNTOWN ABBEY at the conclusion of the show's third season.

Award-winning actor JEREMY PIVEN (Entourage) will lead the cast as American entrepreneur, Harry Gordon Selfridge, in new drama MR SELFRIDGE (working title), about the life of the flamboyant and visionary American entrepreneur, produced by ITV Studios for ITV1.

The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival lineup. The 11th edition of the Festival will take place from April 18 to April 29 in New York City.

ITV and Carnival films have announced that stage and screen star Shirley MacLaine will be joining the cast of the PBS period drama DOWNTOWN ABBY for its third season.

Check out photos of all the Golden Globe winners below!

Tonight, January 15, the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be held in Beverly Hills. Presenters include a 'Who's Who' of the A-List, including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Jane Lynch, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Downey Jr., Reese Witherspoon, Rob Lowe, Michelle Pfeiffer, Salma Hayek, Melissa McCarthy and Nicole Kidman.