Film

• Oliver Stone to make George Bush biopic?
• Sarah Michelle Gellar rules out a Buffy film
• Cloverfield got $41 million in its opening weekend
• Chris Pine talks about being the new Captain Kirk

Radio

• Radio 4 celebrates Paddington's 50th birthday

Theatre

• Michael Barrymore to play Spike Milligan in stage debut

British TV

• Beeb adapting Tess of the D'Urbervilles [free registration required]
• BSkyB ups its stake in Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine

US TV

• Selma Blair and Molly Shannon lined up to play Kath and Kim for NBC
• CBS drops 20 development projects because of writers' strike
• NBC close to cancelling Upfronts [free registration required]
• Brotherhood picked up for a third season

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In the US: Starts September 30th on Showtime
In the UK: Probably on FX as per season one

Brotherhood was a somewhat surprising show during its first season. A somewhat odd combination of gangster drama and local politics, it starred a Brit (Jason Isaacs) and an Australian (Jason Clarke) as Irish-American brothers from Rhode Island. Clarke is a local politician trying to do the best for his constituents by playing the political game, simultaneously trying to stay clean. However, his efforts are undermined by his brother, a notorious gangster who returns to the neighbourhood after a long absence.

Season one was remarkable for being hard-hitting in both areas of its remit, without giving in too much to the pressures of dramatic forms (more realistic than The Sopranos? Maybe). It also had an exceptional visual style, with long, quiet, well composed scenes of astonishing stillness.

Thankfully, season two looks like it's more of the same, which will either delight you or put you off.

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Doctor Who

• The Lazarus Experiment got 6.7 million viewers
• An interview (or two) with Mark Gatiss
• John Barrowman talks about everything Who
• David Tennant is to sing at his best friend's wedding
• Sweet FA nearly gave up acting

Film

• New Spinal Tap movie available for free online
• Three more Spiderman sequels planned?
• Mike Myers is planning an Evil movie
• Puss in Boots: the movie?
• Michael Douglas is back for a sequel to Wall Street
• Buffy/Angel alumna Julie Benz joins the cast of Rambo 4

British TV

• Film24 is taking over the Bonanza channel [free registration required]
• 'Unprecedented' coverage of the Hay Festival due
• The Beeb has indeed dropped out the Neighbours bidding war

US TV

• Medium gets renewed for a fourth season
• HBO's chairman ends up in jail in Las Vegas
• Donald Bellisario is leaving NCIS
• Janel Moloney from The West Wing joins Brotherhood
• The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard is sold for $10 million
• Lost will end in 2010 after three short seasons
• US farmers need wives via remakes of UK reality TV shows, apparently
• Eric Roberts now has fans under the age of 15, thanks to Heroes
• Some things to look forward to (allegedly) in season four of BSG
• Studio 60's sets are being dismantled
• Scrubs will end on a cliffhanger

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