The X Factor will always have faced hot competition from American Idol, the US singing talent show's predecessor. However, despite having only managing to get half as many viewers as American Idol, they've done...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th December 2012
Matt Damon is notoriously private, so an interview with Playboy (of all publications) comes as something of a surprise and pleasure. The extensive conversation covers all the facets of his career and many of his...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th December 2012
Lindsay Lohan has found herself in another spot of bother. As well as owing hundreds of thousands of dollars to the IRS for outstanding tax bills- of which $100,000 Charlie Sheen offered to pay -...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15th December 2012
Kristen Stewart will hopefully, finally, be able to shake that singular association with Bella Swan and The Twilight Saga, and reinvent herself in movies that garner a little more respect from the film industry, since...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14th December 2012
Despite critical apathy and being completely ignored by the Golden Globes, the midnight screenings alone for The Hobbit have already grossed at $13m in the US and Canada, according to the LA Times, which sets...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14th December 2012
As the second season of Homeland is about to draw to a close, the suspense has gripped a nation of avid fans. And, while everyone is on tenterhooks for the the outcome of the season,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14th December 2012
No one could have anticipated the aftermath of prank calling Kate Middleton's hospital while she was being treated for morning sickness. But as the tragic circumstances of Jacintha Saldanha's suicide slowly come to light, the...
Taylor Swift's 23rd birthday turned out to really be one to beat, with a whole host of good news and celebrations, as well as one bizarre turn of events.She celebrated with her unofficial boyfriend Harry...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14th December 2012
It's not all that rare to find a British television show nominated at the Golden Globes, both The Tudors and Cranford enjoyed their days in the sun in 2008 and 2009, but Americans really do...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14th December 2012
This year's X Factor has been criticised harshly as being the beginning of the end of the show, as well as receiving uncharacteristically low audiences. However, the single of it's winner James Arthur is easily...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 14th December 2012
Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy are all in the top twenty of the world's most successful films. The Hobbit has also now been made into a trilogy by the same team which,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14th December 2012
Christopher Maloney, it was reported, had a complete tantrum the day after the semi-final in which he was finally booted out of the show. Since then there have been numerous reports from the other X...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14th December 2012
Courtney Love, Kurt Kobain's widow and mother of his only child, has expressed her distaste at the appointment of Paul McCartney to be the front man of a Nirvana reunion at the 12-12-12 charity gig...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 14th December 2012
As Lindsay Lohan's life goes from amazing (The Parent Trap, her golden years), to not amazing, to bad (jewelry theft), to worse (alcoholism), and then it hit rock bottom yesterday when her probation was revoked...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 13th December 2012
The war in the Middle East is a touchy subject in general conversation, let alone on the big screen where it has the power to inspire and influence a vast audience. Kathryn Bigelow's latest movie,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th December 2012
Taylor Swift has packed a lot in to her 23 years, and she's topping it off with the newest addition to her videography, a video for I Knew You Were Trouble. Swift was born in...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 13th December 2012
Revealing and in-depth interviews from celebrities are sought after by fans, but Sean Penn has gone a step further and has written an honest and humorous essay for Esquire magazine about his life, interests and...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 13th December 2012
The Golden Globes are one of the biggest film and television awards in the world. Winning an award from them will almost always top the C.V.s of anyone involved in film. 2012 has been one...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th December 2012
Speculation has been rife about why Nurse Jacintha Saldanha killed herself after the highly publicised story of an Australian radio station that pranked the hospital in which Duchess Kate Middleton was being treated for severe...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 13th December 2012
The British Comedy Awards were held last night, presented once again by Jonathan Ross. It saw a room of the country's funniest people come under one roof to celebrate and ridicule one another, as is...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th December 2012
To win a Screen Actors Guild Award is one of the most prestigious accolades an actor or actress can receive in their career. 2012 has given us some fantastic films, so the competition is even...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th December 2012
Bridget Jones told us well over a decade ago that a mini-break must mean love, so that's what we're assuming the deal is between Harry Styles and Taylor Swift, as they spend a night in...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 13th December 2012
American breathed a sigh of relief when President Obama was re-elected, not because of his Medicare plans or immigration policies, but because the alternative would have been Mitt Romney, who had released plans to cut...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th December 2012
Sarah Palin is both very strongly right wing, as well as very strongly Christian, and both belief systems mean she'll be incredibly unhappy about her son's filing for divorce. Sarah's son, Track Palin, has jointly...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 13th December 2012
Since the shocking revelation of Jimmy Savile's sordid lifestyle abusing young people, throughout his entire career, there have been hundreds of accusations against him as well as many other celebrities for similar crimes. A senior...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 12th December 2012
Quentin Tarantino is an exemplary film maker. Not only are his movies infinitely enjoyable, they don't allow for a passive audience. He takes risks with content as well as context and the opening scene of...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th December 2012
Many people find Justin Bieber enormously irritating, but to resort to murder is a step too far. However, Dana Martin, already a convicted rapist and murderer had planned to orchestrate just that, reports KRQE News....
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 12th December 2012
Drew Barrymore's love life hasn't exactly been lightness and joy. Before her current husband and father of her child, Will Kopelman, she had already wed twice, with the happen marriages lasting no longer than a...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 12th December 2012
Two of the biggest rock bands in history, shrouded in tragedy, are Nirvana and The Beatles, so their collaboration- of sorts- is a really big deal. As the Sun reports, Paul McCartney is joining forces...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 12th December 2012
Over the past few years Amy Adams has swiftly become America's sweetheart, thrilling audiences with her subtle and complex characters, with wide ranging genres and tones. From the teenage black comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous in...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th December 2012
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
Ahead of the imminent release of his second solo album - Dekker, aka Brookln Dekker, took time out to let us know about the musical project he...
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