Friday’s news

Film

Comics

  • Stan Lee to create superheroes for Disney

British TV

  • Channel 4 has clearly learnt something: one of the Big Brother inmates has been released for using racist language. And just to show how pleased they are with themselves and how much they don’t want to be punished again and don’t want to be privatised, Channel 4 has press released it, including a transcript. Others are pleased, including Shilpa Shetty

US TV

News

Thursday’s news of fun

Freema's got some brand new clothes



Doctor Who

  • Freema says she hasn’t been sacked (video – as well as some wiggle room – included)
  • She’s also just won Best Newcomer at Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year Awards (second story, some more wiggle room included)

Film

Music

British TV

US TV

Wednesday’s perfectly acceptable news

Doctor Who

  • Christopher Eccleston talks a bit about Doctor Who, his potential return to Heroes and The Dark is Rising

Film

Commercials

  • Heineken is back [free registration required, I think]

British TV

  • Simon Amstell is developing a sitcom based on his own life
  • Sky One nabs the rights to Prison Break from Five

US TV

Tuesday morning’s news

And then… sniff… he found out he wasn’t who he thought he was… sniff… but to save everyone he had to give up the woman he loved… sniff… and then he saw what his life would have been like with her… sniff…

Film

  • Lots of clips from Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
  • Eek. Optimus Prime v Bonecrusher
  • Pathe and the Beeb are making films about Mrs T and Lord Nelson among others
  • Tarantino says Italian film industry is depressing. Italian film industry says he is. So ner!
  • Video of Speed Racer‘s Mach 5 and cast, including Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon and Christina Ricci – you’ll have to watch an ad first
  • America’s version of Derren Brown, Criss Angel, is to appear in Mandrake, possibly as Mandrake

Commercials

  • Amy Winehouse’s mockney accent and ‘edgy’ image make Americans like her, not want to slap her [free registration required]

US TV

  • They’re looking for an extremely hot editor for the Daily Planet in Smallville
  • Spoilers for House, Lost, et al at Kristin. Plus they’d really like to get Christopher Eccleston back on Heroes

News from over the weekend

It might be news, it might not: I’ve been in a bubble for a week. Have we started any new wars?

Doctor Who

Film

Theatre

British TV

  • Kim Cattrall to play Daniel Radcliffe’s mum in a World War I ITV1 drama. I thought Rupert Grint was supposed to be ITV’s saviour?
  • Which of the forthcoming new US shows are the British networks interested in: news from the LA screenings
  • Reality TV: the US has a show about pirates, we get one about local planning offices

Polish TV

US TV