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*Fans of the tele-drama “Luther,” starring British heartthrob Idris Elba, can breathe easy as a third season is likely to debut as early as September he says. An exact launch date wasn’t provided by Elba nor has an announcement been rendered by the BBC, the British network which carries the show. But the signs of [...]
*Idris Elba says he’s taking a break from acting this year so he can focus his full attention on his other love, music. The British actor, who DJs under the name Driis, is currently in the middle of a seven-week residency at a London nightclub. He told Britain’s Daily Mirror, “This year I’m not going [...]
*The BBC has put out a YouTube video informing fans of its hugely popular crime drama “Luther,” starring Idris Elba, will return to screens for its third season in 2013 – which means it will likely hit the cable channel BBC America in late 2013 or early 2014. The YouTube clip indicates filming on “four [...]
*Oh goodie! Idris Elba’s hit show, “Luther” is coming to American television on BET. The lustfully delicious actor plays a stubborn, vigilantly like English police detective on the hunt for Britain’s most dangerous criminals. Elba’s character is a clever guy who is serious about his work, but his complex personality gives him a kind of [...]
*Idris Elba is one of those rare breed of actors who can play a variety of roles and rock every one. While his fascinating character as a controversial detective John Luther in the BBC crime drama series wows audiences, he’s the captain of a spaceship in his new gig, “Prometheus,” which is set to premiere [...]
*BBC America has committed to co-produce and air a four-episode third season of the Idris Elba-led “Luther” this year reports The Chicago Tribune. The UK’s BBC One greenlit a third season a few months ago, the question remains when in 2012 they will actually get around to filming them, reports Dark Horizons. Though she was [...]
*The Golden Globes have given Idris Elba his due with the big award for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television.” The win comes from his celebrated role of “Luther”; a troubled, rough around the edges, British police detective who doesn’t mind bending the law to catch [...]
*If you’ve slept on BBC America’s intense mini-series “Luther,” the network is offering yet another chance to catch the latest season in its entirety, thanks to the Golden Globe win of its star Idris Elba. As previously reported, Elba won the 2012 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture for Television [...]
*”The Help” continues to score nominations this award season, earning five more Thursday morning from the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards. One day after the film nabbed a leading four SAG Awards nominations, the DreamWorks movie based on Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling novel about maids and their employers during the 1960s picked up Globe nominations for [...]
*Idris Elba’s mini-series “Luther” – a show so intense and disturbing it makes FX’s new “American Horror Story” look like “Sesame Street” – wraps its second season tonight on BBC America with Det. John Luther hunting a serial killer that actually turns out to be two serial killers – twins. [Watch the season finale trailer [...]
*“Luther” star Idris Elba graces the cover of Essence magazine for its upcoming November issue. Inside, writer Dream Hampton talks to the actor about his first big break, fatherhood, and what he loves about women. “Skin, I love beautiful skin,” he says. “I’m tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is [...]
*Smartwater has just become Sexywater, if you’re an Idris Elba fan. The British actor has just been named the new face of the Coca-Cola-owned water brand and will appear in print ads that will run in upcoming issues of GQ, Essence and Men’s Journal magazines. Elba is best known for his role as intellectual drug [...]
*Although the States has not indulged in season 2 of Idris Elba’s “Luther,” BBC One controller Danny Cohen says the fan favorite will have a season 3. UK watchers have just finished season 2, while it will start airing on BBC America later next month. Good news, the latest episodes won over 5 million viewers [...]
*Andre Braugher, Laurence Fishburne, Taraji P. Henson and Idris Elba were among the Emmy nominees revealed this morning. Braugher nabbed a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama for his role in TNT’s “Men of a Certain Age,” while Fishburne and Elba face each other in the category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries [...]
*The press room of the BET Awards is always a madhouse of press folk from every nook and cranny of the black media diaspora. After Idris Elba’s appearance during Jill Scott’s performance on Sunday, he took the mic backstage and was asked a variety of questions – from his favorite artists, to the mixtapes he [...]
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