There have been weirder things done for wrap parties, but the Royal Pains crew put together this rap video of medical terminology to entertain themselves. How odd.
Super-duper length, high quality Heroes: Redemption trailer
Yes, in the neverending sequence of trailers for Heroes: Redemption, here comes the latest – at 5 minutes 40 it’s the longest and probably spoils all the good bits. It’s also the highest quality. Enjoy!
PS Sorry about the U2 Blackberry ad at the beginning
Friday’s blobby news
The Daily News will return on Monday 7th September
Film
- Helen Mirren and Pete Postlethwaite to star in adaptation of Brighton Rock
- Rob Zombie to remake The Blog
- Emile Hirsch to star in horror, college years version of Hamlet
- Maggie Grace in talks for Tom Cruise’s Wichita project
- Martin Freeman and Mandy Moore reunite for Swinging with the Finkels
- Trailer for The Men Who Stare At Goats
- Daniel Craig to star in Dream House
British TV
- More4 acquires Hung
- Frankie Boyle gets his own C4 pilot
- Cheri Taylor takes over as head of comedy commissioning at the BBC
- Julian Fellowes to write ITV period drama Downton Abbey
- CBBC family drama The Lost Christmas to star Eddie Izzard
US TV
- Brandon Routh to appear in multiple episodes of Chuck
- TNT orders third season of Leverage and second season of Hawthorne; Saving Grace to end next summer
- Christian Clemenson joins CSI: Miami for at least two episodes
- Laura Linney in pilot for Showtime about cancer called The C Word
- Michael Hogan and Alexis Denisof to guest on Dollhouse
- Fox plans TV version of Heathers
- Campbell Scott joins Damages as a regular
- Rescue Me to end in 2011
- A&E acquires Lifetime
Random Acts
Random Acts of Ali Larter: Helping the poor in sub-Saharan Africa
Did you know that Kenneth Cole’s not-for-profit Awearness project has partnered up with Feed projects to create a Feed Health Backpack? Well now you do, thanks to our Ali, who’s been to an awareness/Awearness raising event in Santa Monica.
If you buy one of the backpacks, another identical pack for Community Health Workers is filled by Millennium Villages – an organisation that provides solutions to improve lives and lift people out of extreme poverty throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. It will contain medical supplies, a training manual, mobile phone, and other necessary tools in the field, and help identify CHWs as they complete household visits, establishing their community presence as healthcare providers.
There. Don’t say this feature is entirely pointless and only here because I like pictures of Ali Larter. It serves a valuable community purpose. Oh yes it does.
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Audio and radio play reviews
Review: Doctor Who – 123 – The Company of Friends
As we all know, Paul McGann is technically the longest serving official Doctor Who. Although only having done one TV story, he graced the pages of books and comics and, of course, starred in the Big Finish audio plays for the best part of a decade.
During this time, the Eighth Doctor racked up a number of companions, including Bernice Summerfield and Fitz Kreiner in the books and Izzy Sinclair in the comics. He even, apparently, travelled with Mary Shelley for a while, if you believe an off-hand comment he made once. However, until now, we’ve never had actors playing these companions in any of the audio plays (okay, Benny I’ll give you, but she never appeared with the Eighth Doctor).
With a 4×25 minute play featuring the Eighth Doctor to write, it occurred to Big Finish that they could finally give these old companions voices, and flesh out the Eighth Doctor’s range of audio companions. So here comes The Company of Friends, featuring (as always) Lisa Bowerman as Benny, Matt di Angelo (off EastEnders) as Fitz, Jemima Rooper (Hex, Lost in Austen) as Izzy and Julie Cox (Dune, Children of Dune) as Mary Shelley.
What a fantastic opportunity. What a pity it’s mostly been wasted.
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