News

Wednesday morning’s eye-opening and independent news

David Tennant and Catherine Tate

Happy Independence Day, America!

Doctor Who

  • And the new companion is… Catherine Tate. Seriously. I’m not fibbing

Film

  • David Oyelowo, Idris Elba, Colin Salmon, Winston Ntshona and John Kani are all in The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

Journalism

British TV

  • Keeley Hawes is the new John Simm for Life on Mars sequel Ashes to Ashes
  • The Beeb says the viewing public wants it to innovate
  • Michael Grade says TV shouldn’t treat the viewing public with ‘casual contempt’
  • Oh yeah? Well, ITV are copycats, says the Beeb [free registration required]

US TV

News

The News of the World on Tuesday

David Tennant and Kylie Minogue

Doctor Who

  • Oh, Rusty, Rusty, Rusty. Will anyone believe anything you say again? Yes, Kylie Minogue will be starring in the Christmas special
  • The Sun lists the odds for who will be the next companion. Top of the list: Loo Brealey from Casualty (she auditioned for the role of Rose so not totally unlikely) and Rose Byrne from 28 Weeks Later (she was also in Casanova, so again, not totally unlikely)

Film

British TV

US TV

Friday’s cash-rich news

Doctor Who

  • BBC Worldwide got profits of £111m last year, thanks mainly to Doctor Who (and others)

Film

British TV

US TV

Thursday’s news – comeby, comeby!

Film

  • Trailer for David Cronenberg‘s Eastern Promises
  • Finally! Robert de Niro and Al Pacino together wasn’t enough. What we were really waiting for was 50 Cent to join the cast of Righteous Kill
  • Laurence Fishburne to write and direct a movie based on Paul Coelho’s The Alchemist. Anyone read it?
  • More Dark Knight casting, including Melina McGraw (Scully’s sister in The X-Files)

‘Music’

British TV

US TV