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Film

Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer and Rashida Jones to star with Paul Rudd in My Idiot Brother
Trailer for Stone with Ed Norton and Robert de Niro
Lost John Ford film Upstream recovered
Trailer for new Mortal Kombat movie
Heroes‘ Dania Ramirez to star in Premium Rush
David Tennant joins Fright Night remake
Bill Nighy joins Shadowland

British TV

Father & Son starts with 5.2m viewers

US TV

Trailer for AMC’s Rubicon
Lie to Me returns with lower ratings
Taye Diggs to guest on Cougar Town
John Stamos to appear on Glee [spoilers]
Idris Elba to appear on The Big C
Trailer for TNT’s Memphis Beat with Jason Lee
BBC America picks up Luther

Tuesday’s American Torchwood news

8 June 2010 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

Series four of Torchwood a go as a co-production with Starz in the US…
…an interview with Starz boss Chris Albrecht and Russell T Davies about the 10 episodes

Film

True Blood’s Stephen Moyer to star in The Double and The Big Valley
Stanley Tucci and Neil McDonough join Captain America
Guillermo del Toro explains why he left The Hobbit
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds reunited on Most Wanted
Seven clips from The A-Team

Theater

Broadway audiences down, revenues up

British TV

24 finale watched by 600,000 people – likely to double after Sky+ recordings considered
Ashley Jensen to play a farmer

US TV

Julia Stiles joins Dexter [spoilers]
Burn Notice: new and returning characters [spoilers]
Drop Dead Diva premiere ratings up
Freddie Prinze Jr to guest on Psych

Because that’s what the Star Wars cantina scene really needed – Noel Gallagher and David Beckham

7 June 2010 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Lucasfilm has a reputation for messing around with the original Star Wars, adding in CGI, changing the story – you know, little things. Now it’s put together a remixed version of the famous, much messed around cantina scene for an Adidas ad.

As well as Harrison Ford and Alec Gunness, the remixed scene now features David Beckham, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Franz Beckenbauer, Noel Gallagher, Ian Brown, Ciara, Jay Baruchel and DJ Neil Armstrong. Enjoy?

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Monday’s double dwarf news

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Awards

Results of the BAFTA TV awards

Film

Gary Oldman to play George Smiley in Tinker, Tailor… remake?
John Carpenter to direct Fangland
Trailer for Gulliver’s Travels
Forest Whitaker, Bruce Willis and Malin Akerman join Catch .44
Sex and the City: the high school years?

Commercials

The Flake girl retires

British TV

Channel 4 barred from buying Five
BSkyB buying Virgin Media channels for £160m
Last of the Summer Wine cancelled
IWA calls for more English-language BBC shows in Wales
Two more series of Red Dwarf
ITV to live stream ITV1 and ITV2 to iPhone

US TV

A Heroes mini-series to finish off the show?
Burn Notice and Royal Pains premieres get record-breaking ratings
Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green to star in Camelot
CBS to pick up Mad Love for mid-season…
…with Sarah Chalke replacing Minka Kelly
Tate Donovan and Christina Chang leave No Ordinary Family
Life and Times of Tim cancelled
Jason O’Mara to star in Terra Nova?

The glorious world of the 80s bully putdown

28 May 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Clips of bullies from all your favourite 80s movies. What finer way to spend the afternoon?

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