A host of Hollywood actors including Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Keira Knightley have been nominated for Laurence Olivier Awards.

The Donmar Warehouse garnered 10 nominations across five productions, including A Streetcar Named Desire starring 39-year-old Weisz as Blanche DuBois and Jude Law in Hamlet. The National Theatre has nine nominations.

Jude Law and James McAvoy, better known for their onscreen exploits in films like Sherlock Holmes and Atonement, are among those battling it out for Best Actor.

And Gillian Anderson, of The X-Files fame, is going head-to-head with Rachel Weisz for the honour of Best Actress.

Keira Knightley, 24, McAvoy’s co-star in Atonement, who together with Weisz is one of Britain’s most bankable female stars, has also been nominated for Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Jennifer in a re-working of Moliere’s The Misanthrope at the Comedy Theatre.

Law, 37, nominated for playing the lead role in the Donmar Warehouse’s Hamlet, described it as a “huge honour” to be nominated.

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Actors Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts and Rachel Weisz are in Toronto shooting the Morgan Creek ‘psychological thriller’ “Dream House”.

Craig plays a publishing executive who quits his job in New York City to relocate his family and two daughters to a house in a quiet New England town. They soon learn their home was once the scene of a terrible crime. Watts plays Craig’s new neighbor.

“Dream House” is directed by Jim Sheridan, noted for “My Left Foot” and “In the Name of the Father”. producers are Morgan Creek’s James G. Robinson, David Robinson, Daniel Bobker & Ehren Krueger. Screenplay is by David Loucka. Principal photography started January 25, shooting at Pinewood Toronto Studios, the largest indoor film studio facility in North America.

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Thanks to Lorna for sending me the following news on Rachel. She is nominated for Best Theatre Actress at the “Glamour 2010 Awards” Women of the Year. Be sure to vote for her by clicking the link below. Good Luck for Rachel!

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I added 40 pictures including HQs of Rachel attending the Critics Circle Theatre Award in London today. Enjoy!

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The Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2010 (40) *inlcuding HQs

Congratulation to Rachel again! She won the Critics Circle Theatre Award in the category “Best Actress”. Congrats, Rachel! Pictures will be online within the next hours.

Rachel Weisz and Jude Law are the toast of London’s West End after picking up the top prizes at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards.

Oscar-winner Weisz landed the coveted Best Actress trophy for her portrayal of Blanche Dubois in a production of Tennessee Williams classic A Streetcar Named Desire.

Law was honoured with the award for Best Shakespearean Performance for his leading role in Hamlet, which he later reprised on Broadway.

Mark Shenton, chairman of the Critics’ Circle, the body which votes for the awards, insists the pair proves Hollywood stars can flourish in the theatre as well as onscreen.

He says, “Celebrity casting is viewed a little suspiciously, but Jude Law and Rachel Weisz proved they can still cut it.”

The other main prizes went to Mark Rylance, who was named Best Actor for his role in Jerusalem, which also took the award for Best New Play, while Spring Awakening was crowned Best Musical at the ceremony in London on Tuesday.

Source: WENN