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Film

Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales finally gets a release date
What was it that first attracted you to the multi-millionaire Daniel Craig?
A first look at Beowulf
A great big Paul Greengrass interview, in which he discusses how to film in Waterloo Station
Patrick Wilson confirmed for Watchmen
Bourne Ultimatum clips and featurettes

British TV

Oh joy. There’s going to be a Nuts TV channel on Freeview
Channel 4 and Five launch a “viewer trust initiative”

US TV

Girls won’t spoil Supernatural
Saffron Burrows to be a regular on Boston Legal
CSI looking to replace a cast member
What’s happening next season in House
New cheerleader leaves Heroes already
Reaper stars get a bit fixated on Kevin Smith

Wednesday’s technologically enhanced news

18 July 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

John Barrowman gets a recording contract

Film

Jason Lee is on The Other Side

British TV

George Michael to be in The Catherine Tate Show

US TV

Bionic Woman will be post-feminist. Allegedly
Meanwhile, Katee Sackhoff signs a last-minute deal to stay in the show
Danny Glover joins the cast of Brothers and Sisters
CBS buys fantasy drama Kingdom
Aaron Sorkin sort of takes the blame for Studio 60
Kal Penn and Olivia Wilde join the cast of House. Maybe
Linux Roache joins the cast of Law and Order
Spoilers for My Name is Earl, Scrubs, The Office and 30 Rock
Standoff creator gets a three-year deal with Fox
American Gladiators coming back?
Friday Night Lights spoilers

Bloggy birthday news

21 June 2007 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Happy birthday, blog!

Doctor Who

David Tennant has been bombarding RTD with texts because The Master has (spoiler: highlight to reveal) a bigger, flashier sonic screwdriver, which Tennant complains is an “outrageous” snub to the time lord, according to the Daily Star which is too pikey to have a proper web site I can link to
Guess which pop stars will make cameo appearances soon
Russell confesses to having lied when he said he wasn’t going to bring back the Master

Books

Do hackers know how Harry Potter ends?

Film

Clips from Die Hard 4
Amy Whitehouse to write the next Bond theme?
Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro to re-team
Jim Broadbent to appear in Indy 4
Naveen Andrews and Buffy’s Mark Blucas join cast of Animals
Choose your own adventure: the movie

British TV

Digital TV now in 80% of homes

US TV

Photos from Flash Gordon
The Dresden Files is in limbo
Gordon Ramsay sued because Kitchen Nightmares is “a fake”
More underlings for House. Maybe.

Wednesday’s kick-arse news

13 June 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

John Barrowman does the Torchwood promo tour for Australia

Film

Clips from the new Nancy Drew movie. Or maybe you preferred the Hardy boys?
Samuel L Jackson plots The Long Kiss Goodnight 2
The Big Chill‘s ready for a remake apparently

Media journalism

Tony Blair slags off the media [free registration required]

British TV

Katie off The Apprentice has been fired for real
Gordon Ramsay crashes his car while herding buffalo for The F-Word
Toyah Willcox and Cheri Lunghi join Pipes for Belle de Jour [free registration required]
Steven Moffat is working on a new rom com for the Beeb
SciFi acquires the new Flash Gordon series [free registration required]

US TV

Stargate SG-1 may never end
CSI exec mulls over hiring Two and a Half Men writers, plans a trip to San Francisco and thinks seriously about London
The UK’s Ladette to Lady becomes Lady or a Tramp, with Donald Trump keeping a watchful eye on party girls. Hmm
Spoilers for 24, Supernatural, and House in the Ausiello Report, as well as the not unexpected news that if Supergirl’s popular in Smallville, she’ll get her own show

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

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