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Friday’s redhead news

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Doctor Who

Karen Gillan to star in digital drama for teens The Well
New companion to be Scottish and called Amy
David Tennant to play Bilbo Baggins?

Film

Pics of Scarlet Johansson in Iron Man 2
Robert de Niro, Michelle Rodriguez to star in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete?

British TV

Occupation writer developing Morecambe and Wise biopic
LA Muscle TV to launch on Sky
Teletext to shut down in 2010

US TV

NBC acquires Persons Unknown about people imprisoned in a small ghost town
John Goodman to star in The Station
NBC drops The Listener
TNT’s Dark Blue does well

Thursday’s two-fingered news

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Film

Willem Dafoe to appear as alien warlord in John Carter of Mars
Bernard Cornwell’s Battle of Agincourt book to be adapted

Theatre

Les Dennis to appear in High School Musical 2

British TV

Freefall gets 2 million viewers
E4 buys CBC’s Heartland
Simon Day to star in BBC online comedy made by ITV Studios
BBC3/BBC Switch to share comedy about freshers

Wednesday’s more Bridget news

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Film

Stephen Chow leaves Green Hornet
Emily Blunt to star with Matt Damon in Adjustment Bureau
Third Bridget Jones movie being developed
Stephen Graham to star in London Boulevard with Colin Farrell
Hugh Jackman to become Avon Man?
The Arquettes sign up for Scream 4

British TV

BBC1 commissions five dramas for 2010, including Sherlock Holmes
The Street to end after current series

US TV

FX greenlights animated spy comedy Archer
FX starts work on pilot The League
NBC developing sitcom Nathan vs Nature from Just Shoot Me writers
Jennifer Garner returns to ABC
TBS working on TV version of Ice Cube‘s Are We There Yet?
Eliza Coupe upgraded to regular on Scrubs
Reiko Aylesworth joins Stargate Universe as Ming-Na’s life partner
Lost invented in 1977?

Tuesday’s mighty news

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Film

Natalie Portman to star as Jane Foster in Thor
Ioan Gruffudd to play Kenneth Grahame

Theatre

Danny Dyer to play Sid Vicious in Kurt & Sid

British TV

Tony Garnett slams BBC to producing junk TV
Nasty Nick pulls out of Big Brother return
Jay Leno behind the scenes of Top Gear [vid]

US TV

Steven Weber to join Happy Town?
Stephen King’s The Cell to be a mini-series?

Monday’s E4-ing Erica news

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Doctor Who

Torchwood ends with 5.81m viewers

Film

This is getting silly now. Hong Kong Phooey: the movie
Ryan Reynolds is Green Lantern
The new Top Gun? Vegas Avengers
Danny Huston joins Robin Hood

British TV

ITV to charge for Britain’s Got Talent clips
Four HD channels to launch on Virgin Media
Sci Fi acquires Warehouse 13
E4 acquires How I Met Your Mother and Being Erica to air in October

US TV

Promo for ABC’s Defying Gravity
Mercy now on in the fall, Parenthood back to mid-season
Showtime developing religion-themed drama Revelation
Jeffrey Nordling and Beau Mirchoff join Desperate Houswives
Matt Damon to guest in Entourage

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Friday’s redhead news

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Wednesday’s more Bridget news

Tuesday’s mighty news

Monday’s E4-ing Erica news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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