Art

News

Film

New Get Smart trailer

Art

Warhol and Bacon works help make Sotheby’s record

Commercials

Mars bringing Work, Rest and Play slogan back

British TV

Channel 4 to be given stake in BBC Worldwide?
Which it’ll spend suing the police for libel [free registration required]
Lily Allen‘s ratings up over 30% [free registration required[
Adrian Chiles will host The Apprentice: You’re Fired after all
Tony Jordan planning family drama for Saturday teatime slot
Vic and Bob writing a new sitcom together
Kangaroo VoD service to launch in June

US TV

quarterlife creator says show should never have been on TV after ratings disaster
Five minute BSG promo [some spoilers]
CBS orders three drama pilots, including remake of Channel 4’s NY-LON
Andre 3000 returning to The Shield
Dexter showrunner to take over Dirty Sexy Money

Thursday’s rubbish old car news

17 January 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

RTD convinced of Doctor Who‘s safety after secret lunches

Film

Hayden Panettiere in talks to star in I Love You Beth Cooper
Justice League falls apart
Danny McBride to star in Land of the Lost with Will Ferrell
X-Files 2 Mulder and Scully pics

Art

Van Gogh sketchbook found in Greece?

Theatre

Jeremy Irons to play Harold Macmillan at the National

British TV

Gene Hunt almost drove a Mini Metro in Ashes to Ashes
BBC1 to revive old ITV1 kids show, Uncle Max [free registration required]
BT Vision to offer Disney-ABC shows [free registration required]
RDF to create comedy downloads site [free registration required]

US TV

Caprica pilot might get made thanks to writers’ strike
Paul McKenna gets three-year £15m deal from Discovery Channel
New Tracey Ullman show coming to Showtime in March
Oprah Winfrey gets her OWN network

Tuesday’s wide-ranging, multi-media news

27 November 2007 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Doctor Who

Pipes to return as Sally Lockhart for The Shadow in the North
Tom Cruise (and others) to appear on Doctor Who???

Film

Photos from Watchmen

Art

Fifteen people fall down hole in the Tate Modern

Technology

Magnum PI game launching for mobile phones

British TV

Floella Benjamin launching a campaign to save kids TV
First picture from To The Manor Born special

US TV

Chuck and Life both get full season commitments
Journeyman creator discusses the future
Strike almost over?
Director sorted for next JJ Abrams series pilot
Gina Bellman joins TNT pilot Leverage‘s cast
What Katee said about Bionic Woman. Or didn’t

Wednesday’s uninspiring headline news

26 September 2007 Rob Buckley 17 Comments

Film

Sarah Paulson joins Frank Millar’s The Spirit
Dominic West and others just The Punisher 2
Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn and Helen Mirren join State of Play
Rachel Weisz v Chloe Sevigny for Terminator 4 role?
X-Files 2 starts shooting in December
Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon contemplating rugby movie

Art

Unknown Modigliani painting found in Serbia

British TV

BBC4 announces new programmes, including the acquisition of Mad Men
A recap of The Prisoner remake problems

US TV

Kidnapped‘s Timothy Hutton to star in TNT pilot Leverage
Stargate: Atlantis star sued by agency
Nashville pulled in favour of K-Ville
John From Cincinnati moves to Friday Night Lights

Tuesday’s eh-oh news

4 September 2007 Rob Buckley 7 Comments

Doctor Who

BBC now saying it’s ‘too early‘ to tell if DT will be back in 2010, but the general expectation is that he’ll be back
Enough people voted Torchwood ‘best new drama‘ at the TV Quick awards for it to win. Really
Another Hugo for Steven Moffat

Film

Brian Dennehy and John Leguizamo join de Niro and Pacino in Righteous Kill
The French honour George Clooney‘s ‘irresistible charm’
Cusack’s Stopping Power stopped

Art

Francis Bacon’s rent painting up for sale

British TV

CGI Magic Roundabout ready to launch
Dara O’Brien a replacement for Parkie?
IT Crowd gets a million more viewers thanks to Big Brother
BSkyB avoided phone-ins because they ‘felt grubby’
The Teletubbies are ten. Shouldn’t they be speaking properly by now?

US TV

David Schwimmer says no Friends reunion
Sara Gilbert to guest on The Big Bang Theory

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