Laura Carmichael News

Although ITV's historical drama Downton Abbey is set in 1920s Great Britain, a recent promotional photo erroneously featuring a modern-day plastic water bottle caused quite a stir among fans. The shot featured stars Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael and a 21st-century water bottle! Now, the cast of Downton Abbey has responded to the now-viral whoops by taking a new photo, posing to promote the charity Wateraid. Scroll down for both pictures!

Nuffield Creative and Executive Director, Sam Hodges, announces the company's 50th anniversary season marked by the appointment of a team of new Associate Actors, to join the current team of Associates.

Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Lesley Nichol & more from the Masterpiece Classic series Downton Abbey stopped by ABC's THE VIEW to talk about their characters and the upcoming fourth season of the show.

Sasha Alexander, star of the TNT original drama 'Rizzoli & Isles,' and Clark Gregg, star of the ABC series 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' revealed the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® nominations this morning, Wednesday, Dec. 11 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood at 8:50 a.m. ET.

Bravo Media earned a record-breaking night this past Sunday, landing the network the #1 spot in P18-49 among cable competition, according to Nielsen.

Grab your favorite winter cocktail and cozy up as Bravo Media's 'Watch What Happens Live,' hosted by Andy Cohen, breaks out the fine China when Laura Carmichael, Rob James Collier, Allen Leech and Lesley Nicol of PBS's hit series 'Downton Abbey' make their first visit to the clubhouse on Tuesday, December 10 at 11p.m. ET/PT. Cohen serves up some holiday season realness as next week's lineup showcases some sassy Brits, singers, comedians and even Housewives. For more information, visit: http://www.bravotv.com/watch-what-happens-live

Below, check out clips from PBS in which the cast and creators talk about the new season which Season premieres Sunday, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on PBS.

RETURN TO DOWNTON ABBEY premieres tonight, December 1, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings).

RETURN TO DOWNTON ABBEY premieres Sunday, December 1, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings).

According to The Hollywood Reporter, DOWNTON ABBEY's Laura Carmichael has signed on for Sophie Barthes' upcoming film adaptation of MADAME BOVARY. She'll star opposite Paul Giamatti, Mia Wasikowska, Ezra Millerand Rhys Ifans. Logan Marshall-Green and Olivier Gourmet have also recently boarded the project.

Writer and creator Julian Fellowes, executive producer Gareth Neame and actors Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary) and Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith) discuss what's ahead for the inhabitants of Downton Abbey next season

Members of the cast of DOWNTON ABBEY appeared at yesterday's TCA to screen new footage of the upcoming fourth season and talk about what's ahead for the show.

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) tonight announced the winners of the 3rd annual Critics' Choice Television Awards. The star-studded gala awards dinner to acknowledge and honor the best in television was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel earlier this evening.

The seventh annual BritWeek launched last night and runs from today until May 6 in Los Angeles. The two-week program of events will once again include BritWeek's signature red carpet events, such as the BritWeek UKTI Business Innovation Awards and the BritWeek Christopher Guy Design Icon Award & Reception.

Chris Larkin joins David Bark-Jones, Maureen Beattie, Simon Bubb, Danielle Flett, Geoffrey Freshwater, Neil Pearson, Thomasin Rand and Sasha Waddell in the UK tour of Michael Frayn's multi- award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off, directed by Lindsay Posner. Following its acclaimed run at The Old Vic and then at the Novello Theatre in the West End, Noises Off will tour theatres across the UK and Ireland from tonight, 27 March 2013. New dates have also been confirmed, which include Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre, Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre, Glasgow King's Theatre and the Wycombe Swan.

The Book of Mormon opens in the West End tonight - and here are the first pictures from the star-studded red carpet!

Casting is announced for the UK tour of Michael Frayn's multi-award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off. Following its acclaimed run at The Old Vic and then at the Novello Theatre in the West End, Noises Off will tour theatres across the UK and Ireland from 27 March 2013.

Today we are talking to a talented writer and journalist who has penned the definitive book on the hottest UK crossover TV series of the new millennium, the early 20th century-set family period drama DOWNTON ABBEY, with her estimable new tome now available, THE CHRONICLES OF DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA - Jessica Fellowes. Discussing many of the most alluring aspects of the hit Brit series, especially insofar as an international audience is concerned, as well as adding even more historical, political and social insight into the proceedings on the show over the course of its run so far, Fellowes and I assess many of the most arresting aspects of the three seasons of the series as well as the comprehensive behind-the-scenes look that she provides (along with Matthew Sturgis) in THE CHRONICLES OF DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA. All of that, discussion of the third season of the series which premieres in the US on PBS January 6, first news on Jessica's uncle Julian's new historical series for NBC, THE GUILDED AGE and much, much more!

Nominees for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2012 in five film and eight primetime television categories as well as the SAG Awards honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

Nominees for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2012 in five film and eight primetime television categories as well as the SAG Awards honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.