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It has been announced today that Natalie has been cast in ABC’s new series Poe! She will play the part of Celeste and will star opposite the gorgeous Christopher Egan!

Hollywood Reporter – The crime procedural, from Warner Bros. TV and Dan Lin’s Lin Pictures, centers on the world’s first detective, Edgar Allan Poe (Christopher Egan), who uses unconventional means to uncover mysteries. The series is set in Boston during the 1840s.

Dormer, whose previous TV credits include Showtime’s The Tudors and BBC’s Silk, will play the part of Celeste.

She joins Kevin McNally, Tabrett Bethell, Leslie Odom Jr. and Egan, who are already locked into roles.

Chris Hollier (Alias, Kyle XY) will write and executive produce the pilot, with Lin (The Departed, Sherlock Holmes) and Brad Kern (Human Target, Charmed) joining him as executive producers. Alex Graves (Terra Nova, Fringe) is on board to direct

I’m a day late with this but a big Happy Birthday goes out to Natalie who celebrated her birthday yesterday!

Hopefully she received our present and card in time and is enjoying trying to spot her star =]

Remember she will (reportedly) be attending the IFTA’s tonight so check back for some pictures!

According to RTE.ie Natalie will be heading over to Ireland on February 12th to attend the IFTA’s! Jonathan Rhys Meyers will also be in attendance so lets hope for some reunion pictures!

Special guests at the awards will include ‘Sex and the City’ star Kim Cattrall, ‘Coronation Street’s Michelle Keegan, ‘The Tudors’ stars Joely Richardson, Joss Stone and Natalie Dormer, ‘The Wire’ and ‘Love/Hate’ star Aiden Gillen, ‘Harry Potter’ star Evanna Lynch and Colin O’Donoghue, soon to be seen on Irish cinema screens opposite Anthony Hopkins in the thriller ‘The Rite’.

In their March 2011 issue (out next week), InStyle celebrate Britain’s top up-and-coming stars, in a new glamorous, star-studded photo shoot and Natalie is included! Check out the video below (Natalie appears around 3:11), screen captures have been added to the gallery. As soon as I see this issue on the stands I’ll be sure to grab a copy.

Thanks to Abbie Cornish Online for the heads up on this! Hopefully Natalie’s Elizabeth will be featured in *some* of the footage shown! Cross your fingers guys!

Monsters and Critics – Madonna is to give a sneak preview of her latest film project during the Berlin Film Festival next month, organizers said Thursday, confirming media reports.

The 52-year-old singer and actress is to show excerpts from her project, entitled W.E., about the relationship between British king Edward VIII and American socialite Wallis Simpson during the 1930s, B.Z. newspaper reported.

The private screening will reportedly take place on the first weekend of the Berlinale festival. The full film is not to be shown until the Cannes film festival in May.

The first film directed by Madonna – a romantic comedy entitled Filth and Wisdom – was screened at the Berlin film festival three years ago.

Thanks to a Tweet by @thatdanstevens (Dan Stevens, Downton Abbey) we know that today Natalie is performing in a project by the Old Vic called The 24 Hour Plays. From what I can gather a whole bunch of talented actors, directors, writers etc are thrown together for 24 hours in which time they have to write, direct, produce, and act a new play.

@thatdanstevens: 24Hr update: am in Richard Curtis’ play w/ Ralf Little, Kelly Brook & Natalie Dormer, dir. Josie Rourke! Hilarious morning. Too much coffee.

Coverage of this will apparently by aired on BBC 2′s The Culture Show this Thursday night.

Clemency Burton-Hill drops in at the Old Vic, where actors, directors and writers join forces to make six short plays in just 24 hours

The cast are due to act out the play any minute now so follow @thatdanstevens for any updates on the outcome. Good luck to Natalie and everyone else involved!