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News

Film

Benjamin Walker to star in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Aardman Animations planning new Shaun the Sheep movie

Theatre

Sheridan Smith and James Purefoy join Flare Path

British TV

UK TV viewing might have peaked
BSkyB profits up 26% [subscription required]
BBC cuts mean comedy hits to be cut

US TV

ABC picks up ‘female Taken‘ Missing for the summer
Minka Kelly and Rachael Taylor to play Charlie’s other two Angels?
Tony Hale to co-star in Veep
Someone’s returning to Smallville [spoilers]
Beth Riesgraf to guest on NCIS

Thursday’s “This is Christmas” news

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Awards

Results of the National Television Awards

Film

Trailer for Robert Redord’s The Conspirator with James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn
Michael Fassbender joins Prometheus
Brian De Palma remaking Crime d’amour
Matt Lucas to star in Small Apartments

Theatre

Mike Leigh returns to the National, and Tori Amos to write a musical

British TV

Shane Meadows creates This is England Christmas special for Channel 4

US TV

ABC picks up Other People’s Kids
Will Ferrell to appear in four episodes of The Office
NBC picks up comedy pilots, including Chelsea Handler’s and Jack Black’s
Sean Combs to guest on Hawaii Five-0
CBS picks up ensemble comedy
Tuesday ratings
Ridley and Tony Scott to produce Le Mans period drama The Drivers
Pilot casting
Casting on Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
Bradley Whitford to guest on In Plain Sight
David Eigenberg to guest on Private Practice
Nancy Travis to guest on Grey’s Anatomy
Betsy Brandt to guest on No Ordinary Family
Michelle Krusiec to guest on Community

Wednesday’s “Edgar Allan Poe: detective” news

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Film

Naomi Watts joins J Edgar

Theatre

Smack the Pony trio reunite on stage

British TV

Sky 3 to become Pick TV [subscription required]
The Mystery of Edwin Drood to get an ending in BBC adaptation
An Outcasts press pack

US TV

Fox orders Council of Dads and Family Album
Ratings: Being Human up, Skins down, Cape down a lot, Harry’s Law stable
NBC picks up Stephen Gaghan‘s SILA
ABC picks up Edgar Allan Poe detective series and Pan Am soap…
…as well as two comedies, Work It and Lost and Found
Oh FFS. McG to direct Wonder Woman pilot?

Tuesday’s lesbian rom-com news

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Film

Bon Jovi, Seth Meyers and Til Schweiger join New Year’s Eve

Theatre

Donna Air to star in The Watcher

British TV

New Being Human gets 1.3m

US TV

Fox picks up another comedy pilot
NBC picks up lesbian rom-com
CBS picks up The Doctor and Hail Mary
Spartacus prequel gives Starz record ratings
More pilot casting
Leonard Nimoy returning to Fringe?

Monday’s “YA Aaron Sorkin TV TV show” news

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Awards

The Producers Guild awards
The British Comedy awards

Film

Jeff Daniels and Piper Perabo join Looper
Greg Kinnear and Jane Curtin join I Don’t Know How She Does It
‘War Machine’ Iron Man spin-off in development

Theatre

Sienna Miller to star in Terrence Rattigan’s Flare Path

British TV

Hattie gets 1.7m viewers
Lark Rise to Candleford gets the axe

US TV

Fox picks up CIA pilot with Ethan Hawke…
…as well as two comedies, Iceland and Tagged
NBC picks up Wonder Woman pilot, two weeks after passing on it…
…as well as a Steven Spielberg musical and a rom-com
Fairly Legal starts okay…
…while White Collar is down
Fringe fine on Friday
TNT looking at ways to extend The Closer
Aaron Sorkin‘s news show drama picked up by HBO
CBS picks up comedy Vince Uncensored…
…and ensemble cop show from Richard Price
Harry’s Law‘s Brittany Snow to play Sarah Chalke’s sister on Mad Love
Nathan Lane to return to Modern Family
My Name is Earl‘s Eddie Steeples to guest on Raising Hope
Vanessa Minnillo to guest on 30 Rock

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