"Penny Dreadful" his horror series Season 2 announces new guest starsSeptember 9, 2014 - 14:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Penny Dreadful" has booked two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone as a guest star for season 2. Details about her character are scarce, but it's said that she will play a "mysterious character in Vanessa's (Eva Green) past." As AceShowbiz reveals, the 65-year-old actress/singer, who has also won two Grammy Awards, is not the only new face in the upcoming season since the show has also announced Douglas Hodge, Sarah Greene and Jonny Beauchamp as guest stars. Hodge will play a Scotland Yard investigator assigned to follow the murder cases in London, Greene will tackle the role of Evelyn Poole's (Helen McCrory) daughter Hecate, and Beauchamp is cast a mysterious man with a distinct past. Meanwhile, Helen McCrory and Simon Russell Beale who recurred as spiritualist Madame Kali and Egyptologist Ferdinand Lyle respectively in season 1 will have more screen time in the sophomore run. Both actors have been upped to series regulars. "Penny Dreadful" will return with its second season in 2015. Filming is currently taking place in Dublin, Ireland. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |