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Not actually my competition and you have to live in the US to enter, but Joe’s running a competition to win series one of Secret Diary of a Call Girl on DVD over at his blog. Off you go!

Friday’s reunited Seinfeld cast news

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Film

Clip from The Thick of It spin-off In the Loop
New Harry Potter trailer
New Star Trek trailer
Chuck Norris’s MIA being remade

Theatre

Most powerful women in theatre named

British TV

Five to lose a quarter of its staff
Minder ratings drop to 1.17m
TV won’t bounce back for years, reckons C4’s Andy Duncan
UKTV joins the Sky Player

US TV

Heroes to get a fourth season
Seinfeld cast to reunite on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Andrew McCarthy to star in Gossip Girl spin-off
Watch the start of Nathan Fillion’s Castle online [US only]
Julianna Margulies joins Good Wife
Madchen Amick and Stuart Townsend find pilots
Jackie Earle Haley to co-star in Human Target

Bryn, Nessa, Tom Jones and Robin Gibb – Islands in the Stream

5 March 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

At last! It’s the full ‘Islands in the Stream’ Comic Relief vid, starring Bryn (Rob Brydon) and Nessa (Ruth Jones), Sir Tom Jones and Robin Gibb. Woo hoo!

Thursday’s so many pilots news

5 March 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

More specials casting, including Peter O’Brien
Second special to air at Christmas
Lots of David Tennant RT covers printed

Film

WW2 novel Resistance optioned for British movie
Catalonia wants movies subtitled not dubbed
MGM buys Shrek-like Once Upon a Time…
Amber Heard and Odette Yustman to star in And Soon The Darkness remake
Steve Carell’s Carousel to produce the very masculine Hi-T
Six clips from Race to Witch Mountain
Trailer for Wolverine
Trailer for Michael Mann’s Public Enemies

Theatre

Joseph to close early

British TV

ITV to lay off 600 as profits fall…
…but commissions new comedy and new drama
Birds of a Feather to come back?

US TV

Ex-Heroes join pilots…
…and more pilot casting…
…although Anna Friel won’t be in any of them…
…but Indira Varma will star in one, and Gina Torres will appear in another…
…and Kristin Chenoweth and Victor Garber will star in another…
…and there’s one called This Little Piggy planned, too
Sarah Silverman gets a third season
Want to see everything that happens in Sarah Connor this season?
Prison Break getting a Gretchen spin-off?

Wednesday’s “never trust Oxford” news

4 March 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

Julie Gardner joining BBC Worldwide America
21 different Radio Times covers for Comic Relief, including David Tennant
Billie Piper in talks to star in single mum drama

Film

New Line adapting time-travelling The Thirteenth Hour
Mickey Rourke and Vincent Cassel to star in Paulo Coehlo adaptation 11 Minutes
Hit Entertainment launches movie division
Reece Witherspoon, Paul Giamatti and Sacha Baron Cohen to star in Downsizing
Barry Sonnenfeld to remake Korean comedy Scandal Makers
Megan Fox to play Fathom
Leonardo DiCaprio to star in Chris Nolan’s Inception

British TV

Really, really don’t trust Oxford – 2004 and 2008 University Challenge teams also ineligible
Law and Order ratings drop
Virgin Media pick up rubbish old sci-fi programmes for VoD service
Being Human ends with good ratings

US TV

Pilot casting, including V and Eastwick
Eddie Cibrian to star in Washington Field
Chuck season finale to be a game-changer

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Wednesday’s “never trust Oxford” news

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