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  • Sid at the InStyle Party

    We have some photos of Sid at the TIFF InStyle party in the Gallery along with a report from The Globe and Mail: What distinguishes this mixer from most of the others is that mixing does occur. While men made a beeline for Cairo Time actress Patricia Clarkson, I sat down to chat with her…

  • VIDEO: Sid Discusses ‘Cairo Time’

    Tribute.ca has a brilliant interview with Sid where he talks about working with Ruba Nadda and Patricia Clarkson, his experiences (past and present) with Cairo, and more. Visit Tribute.ca to watch.

  • National Post Interviews Siddig, Clarkson

    The National Post sat down with Sid and Patricia Clarkson in Toronto to talk about Cairo Time. Here’s an excerpt: “Cairo is really dense and noisy,” Clarkson says. “But we both played roles that had a languid centre, a calming centre. When Juliet arrives in the city, she has to awaken and take things in.…

  • MTV To Show First ‘Clash of the Titans’ Footage

    MTV will air exclusive, first-look footage of Clash of the Titans on Friday, September 4th at 7pm ET/PT. Sid plays Hermes in the film, due out in March 2010. A remake of the 1981 movie, Clash of the Titans focuses on Perseus (Sam Worthington), the mortal hero made to carry out a series of quests…

  • ‘The Boundary’ To Screen Around the World

    The Boundary, a short film Sid starred in last year, is a finalist in the Manhattan Short Film Festival. This traveling film festival brings a select slate of shorts to venues across the globe beginning September 20, providing audiences around the world a chance to see films they might miss otherwise. To find out where…

  • PREVIEW: Sid in ‘Merlin’

    Sid’s episode of Merlin airs on NBC this Sunday, August 16, at 8/7c. He plays the leader of a band of raiders, terrorizing Merlin’s home village, in a role unlike any other we’ve seen. Check it out in the preview below and the photos in the Gallery.

  • Cairo Time to Premiere at TIFF

    More entries in the Toronto International Film Festival were announced today, and, as expected, Cairo Time will premiere at TIFF in September. Cairo Time is a Canadian film, although it is set in Egypt, and will be featured in the Canada First! category. TIFF runs September 10-19, 2009; screening schedules have not yet been announced.…

  • Bidoun Magazine Interviews Alexander Siddig

    In perhaps the most revealing interview ever published, Bidoun Magazine‘s Jamal Mahjoub talked to Alexander Siddig about his childhood, becoming an actor, how September 11 changed him as a person and as an actor, and more. AS: … But then go back to the Kingdom of Heaven, for example, which I think is one of…

  • Barnaby Edwards on Getting Sid for ‘Phantom’

    Leslie McMurty of TTZ interviewed Big Finish head honcho Barnaby Edwards recently, discussing his audio plays of Dr. Who and The Phantom of the Opera. Here’s what Barnaby had to say about working with Sid in Phantom: What a coup to get Alexander Siddig as the Persian. Was he your first choice? Absolutely! I’d had…

  • ‘Merlin’ Coming to NBC in June

    NBC has announced their summer lineup with Merlin set to debut on Sunday, June 21 at 8/7c. NBC will air two episodes back-to-back on June 21 and June 28, then the show will settle into its regular one-episode schedule beginning July 5 for the remainder of its 13 episodes. Sid appears in episode 11, so…