http://www.celebritypursuits.com/celebs/Maggie-Smith_302 Breaking News from CelebrityPursuits.com en-us Thu, 09 February 2012 14:22:48 GMT 5 http://www.celebritypursuits.com/../images/logo-small.gif http://www.celebritypursuits.com http://www.celebritypursuits.com/gossip/Bill-Clinton-Obama-will-be-the-next-president-_711664.html SPEAKING OF things "Harry Potter," I chatted with a pal the other day, and the subject came around to the big British hit, "Downton Abbey" and Maggie Smith, who plays the Dowager Countess of Grantham in her inimitable wicked, witty fashi Thu, 09 February 2012 11:30:59 GMT ced2552800c11f437ff6e7b4a54a3b1a 302 http://www.celebritypursuits.com/gossip/Aristocratic-life-gets-a-new-treatment-in-Masterpiece-Theatre-s-Downton_711665.html Tufts Daily If you are convinced of nothing else by Masterpiece Theatre's "Downton Abbey," let that one thing be Maggie Smith's amazing acting abilities. The former Harry Potter Transfiguration professor's portrayal of the uppity Dowager Countess is infused with a Thu, 09 February 2012 11:30:59 GMT 5d91ffb169da83288735f6e7babc1ed8 302 http://www.celebritypursuits.com/gossip/Wilton-stays-schtum-on-Downton_711666.html Penelope was joined by her Downton co-star Dame Maggie Smith for new film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, about a group of English pensioners who travel to India to stay in a seemingly luxurious retirement home. The veteran star said making the movie Thu, 09 February 2012 11:30:59 GMT 2a14b60d28e1edf4faf01de72e50ec9c 302 http://www.celebritypursuits.com/gossip/Maggie-Smith-in-Downton-Abbey-_711481.html Our favorites are devoted exclusively to the stream of zingers Thu, 09 February 2012 05:24:08 GMT 13aaba3fa989b4673a7bf3a6b500eb6d 302 http://www.celebritypursuits.com/gossip/Girls-basketball-Hockinson-47-RA-Long-46_711482.html Maggie Smith and Katelyn McGuire each added 10 points for the Hawks. Sarah Luedke scored 13 points and MaKayla Bradshaw added 12 for the Lumberjacks, but neither scored in the third quarter as the Hawks focused their defensive efforts on the pa Thu, 09 February 2012 05:24:08 GMT 0700ee42b75dcf8ce7765dda1c0881cb 302 http://www.celebritypursuits.com/gossip/MHS-theater-earns-superior-with-one-act-show-Jack-the-Ripper-_711483.html They included Maggie Smith, Madison Ainsley Miller, Kathleen Serie and Joe Morgan. Thu, 09 February 2012 05:24:08 GMT 2a515b77f972eb58c5718bc4d014e9f7 302 http://www.celebritypursuits.com/gossip/Bollywood-with-Devansh-Patel_710967.html ... lass definitely has got lucky in the west by making her debut in the imminent UK blockbuster The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which is directed by John Madden and stars Dev Patel from Harrow, Dame Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson and Dame Maggie Smi Wed, 08 February 2012 15:27:21 GMT ec4224f28f0b0920b59b574613ce64c6 302 http://www.celebritypursuits.com/gossip/Dev-Patel-was-full-of-praise-at-The-Best-Exotic-Marigold-Hotel-premiere_710850.html Working alongside the likes of the Dame's Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, as well as Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy, Patel not only commends his co-stars, but admits to feeling quite young in the otherwise veteran cast. "I felt like a baby, but they were Wed, 08 February 2012 12:10:06 GMT 0b5111cf334ad1e3bff2e890a5564ff8 302 http://www.celebritypursuits.com/gossip/Saturday-s-book-bonanza_710248.html FACT OR FICTION: Thomas Schofield, three with Windsor Library supervisor Maggie Smith dressed as the Mad Hatter. LIBRARIES across Windsor and Slough hosted a day packed full of fictional frolics and treasure treats to mark National Libraries Day on Tue, 07 February 2012 16:54:43 GMT 1be8df317768fbbe3eb95ae404435cb2 302 http://www.celebritypursuits.com/gossip/-Downton-Abbey-Season-2-_710249.html Co-star Maggie Smith earned her own Emmy, and she's back along with Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern and others as the follow-up covers the experiences of the fictional Crawley family in real situations - including the thrust of World War I Tue, 07 February 2012 16:54:43 GMT 68675dc7416f2b8c704bdb94332ca7db 302