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Since I knows some of you loves them, I thought I’d embed this video interview with Flight of the Conchords as they record some songs for the second season of their show.

Monday’s gossiping cavegirl news

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Doctor Who

Rusty thinks a Doctor Who movie is inevitable
Noel Clarke joins cast of Centurion

Awards

BAFTA results

Film

Brett Ratner to direct Youngblood
Ralph Fiennes to direct Coriolanus
Gossip Girl‘s Taylor Momsen to star in big-screen version of the BBC’s Cavegirl
Donna Air and Sarah Harding to star in indie thriller Bad Day
Cate Blanchett to play Maid Marian?
Michael Pena and Brad Dourif join Werner Herzog/David Lynch collaboration
Anne Hathaway to star in Stephen Chow film?
Kate Hudson, Elias Koteas, Bill Pullman and Ned Beatty join Michael Winterbottom‘s The Killer Inside Me
Pics of Michael Caine in Harry Brown
BBC Films to create teen spy franchise based on Cherub books

British TV

Demons ends on a low
ITV axes Wire in the Blood
Black Stig to return to Top Gear?

US TV

David Nutter to direct Eastwick
CBS picks up five pilots, including Jerry Bruckheimer’s Miami Trauma
Ed O’Neill to star in An American Family pilot
Brent Spiner and Armen Shimerman to star in Jonathan Frakes-directed Leverage episode
J Lo adapting Argentina’s Rebelde Way for US TV
Katherine Pope to be consultant on Lie to Me
NBC picks up State of Romance pilot

Two Will Ferrell videos

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First, Will Ferrell (pretending to be Ron Burgundy from Anchorman) interviews Jim Caviezel and gets a bit confused.

Then Ferrell gives his final (?) world famous performance as George W Bush. Enjoy!

Friday’s “not very impressive Torchwood trailer” news

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Doctor Who

Trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth

Film

Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds join The Debt
Timothy Hutton joins Roman Polanski’s The Ghost
All four stars sign up for Sex and the City 2
Sally Hawkins to star in We Want Sex (Equality)

Theatre

Michael Bogdanov’s theatre company to fold after staging Thorn Birds musical
Les Dennis to star in Priestley comedy

British TV

ITV Wales dropping signing on Wales Tonight
Good ratings for Minder
Ian Hart to star in Virgin 1 web drama
Amy Nuttall signs up for Hotel Babylon
BBC Four doing a Japan season in March
Kim Thomson joining Emmerdale
ITV and Shine form a partnership. More series like Demons anyone?

US TV

Hayden (sort of) denies she wants out from Heroes
Life on Mars‘ ratings plummet in new slot
Caprica to premiere on DVD
Joss Whedon’s future plans
The CW picks up Vampire Diaries and Body Politic; CBS picks up The Big D
Eli Stone‘s Loretta Devine joins Legally Mad
Burn Notice‘s Jeffrey Donovan gets a raise
Networks looking for new crime dramas and procedurals like The Mentalist
Krysten Ritter joins Gossip Girl spin-off
How LA is made to look like DC for 24
Cupid now down to seven episodes
Cliffhanger planned for Terminator: TSCC

Friday’s “not very impressive Torchwood trailer” news

6 February 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth

Film

Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds join The Debt
Timothy Hutton joins Roman Polanski’s The Ghost
All four stars sign up for Sex and the City 2
Sally Hawkins to star in We Want Sex (Equality)

Theatre

Michael Bogdanov’s theatre company to fold after staging Thorn Birds musical
Les Dennis to star in Priestley comedy

British TV

ITV Wales dropping signing on Wales Tonight
Good ratings for Minder
Ian Hart to star in Virgin 1 web drama
Amy Nuttall signs up for Hotel Babylon
BBC Four doing a Japan season in March
Kim Thomson joining Emmerdale
ITV and Shine form a partnership. More series like Demons anyone?

US TV

Hayden (sort of) denies she wants out from Heroes
Life on Mars‘ ratings plummet in new slot
Caprica to premiere on DVD
Joss Whedon’s future plans
The CW picks up Vampire Diaries and Body Politic; CBS picks up The Big D
Eli Stone‘s Loretta Devine joins Legally Mad
Burn Notice‘s Jeffrey Donovan gets a raise
Networks looking for new crime dramas and procedurals like The Mentalist
Krysten Ritter joins Gossip Girl spin-off
How LA is made to look like DC for 24
Cupid now down to seven episodes
Cliffhanger planned for Terminator: TSCC

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Flight of the Conchords recording songs

Monday’s gossiping cavegirl news

Two Will Ferrell videos

Friday’s “not very impressive Torchwood trailer” news

Friday’s “not very impressive Torchwood trailer” news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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