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Film

Oliver Stone to make George Bush biopic?
Sarah Michelle Gellar rules out a Buffy film
Cloverfield got $41 million in its opening weekend
Chris Pine talks about being the new Captain Kirk

Radio

Radio 4 celebrates Paddington’s 50th birthday

Theatre

Michael Barrymore to play Spike Milligan in stage debut

British TV

Beeb adapting Tess of the D’Urbervilles [free registration required]
BSkyB ups its stake in Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine

US TV

Selma Blair and Molly Shannon lined up to play Kath and Kim for NBC
CBS drops 20 development projects because of writers’ strike
NBC close to cancelling Upfronts [free registration required]
Brotherhood picked up for a third season

Thursday’s rubbish old car news

17 January 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

RTD convinced of Doctor Who‘s safety after secret lunches

Film

Hayden Panettiere in talks to star in I Love You Beth Cooper
Justice League falls apart
Danny McBride to star in Land of the Lost with Will Ferrell
X-Files 2 Mulder and Scully pics

Art

Van Gogh sketchbook found in Greece?

Theatre

Jeremy Irons to play Harold Macmillan at the National

British TV

Gene Hunt almost drove a Mini Metro in Ashes to Ashes
BBC1 to revive old ITV1 kids show, Uncle Max [free registration required]
BT Vision to offer Disney-ABC shows [free registration required]
RDF to create comedy downloads site [free registration required]

US TV

Caprica pilot might get made thanks to writers’ strike
Paul McKenna gets three-year £15m deal from Discovery Channel
New Tracey Ullman show coming to Showtime in March
Oprah Winfrey gets her OWN network

Thursday’s first news of 2008

3 January 2008 Rob Buckley 7 Comments

Welcome to 2008, news readers, the year everything changes. Don’t forget to vote for the daily news in the reader survey if you want it to continue!

Doctor Who

Danni Minogue to appear in Torchwood?
Sun spoilers plus the suggestion of a movie
Phil Collinson not producing the four specials?

Film

Stills from The Time Traveler’s Wife
Tyler Perry to appear in Star Trek XI?
Trailer for Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Books

Eighth Harry Potter novel a possibility – in ten years’ time

Theatre

Kristin Chenoweth to make her ENO debut

British TV

Kudos to make Law and Order: London?
The Catherine Tate Show under investigation

US TV

Bust ups behind the scenes at Brothers and Sisters
Fox moves its mid-season schedule around
Is The Wire‘s depiction of the Baltimore Sun realistic?
Big Shots not cancelled?
Eight Fox affiliates sold

Thursday’s “that’s not Katy Manning” news

13 December 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

Rusty says “declining children’s TV” lobby is stuck in a bygone age

Film

Stephen Chow working on Karate Kid remake
Hammer Films starts up again on MySpace

Theatre

Starsky and Fonzie enjoying doing pantomime

British TV

Channel 4 audience down 11% on last year
Virgin 1 acquires Chuck

US TV

Three different KITTs each with Will Arnett’s voice in Knight Rider
Regular Terminators announced for The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Trailer for Lost season four
Trailer for The Tudors season two

Tuesday’s plan-coming-together-love news

11 December 2007 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

Piers Wenger to take over from Julie Gardner in 2009

Film

John Singleton to direct The A-Team?
Paul Rudd to star in I Love You, Man
Plans for a second Sex and the City movie already?
Poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Theatre

Jeff Goldblum to join Kevin Spacey in Speed-the-Plow

US TV

Scrubs‘ Todd song banned
Who’s likely to back for Heroes volume 3 [spoilers]

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