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As Susanna Reid Prepares Breakfast Show, ITV Scolded For Big Salaries
ITV have been criticised by former TV-am presenter Nick Owen for paying huge salaries to its breakfast presenter, which he suggest turns off viewers. Owen's remarks come after the channel readies its new show Good...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd April 2014
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Argentinian Soccer Animation 'Underdogs' Gets English Makeover [Pictures]
Juan Jose Campanella's animated movie Foosball is being repackaged for a worldwide release under the new title Underdogs. The Weinstein Company has acquired rights in the U.S, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and France and will...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd April 2014
Bryan Singer Scandal: Who's Accusing Who, Of What?
Michael Egan, the man who accused X-Men director Bryan Singer who sexually assaulting him when he was just 15, has filed lawsuits against 3 other Hollywood big wigs, also claiming sexual assault. Those men are...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd April 2014
Jamie Dornan, "I Want A Job Where I Don't Have To Tie Women to Beds"
After the busiest year of his short career so far, Jamie Dornan says he's looking forward to take job in which he doesn't "have to tie women to beds." Dornan had come particularly good with...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd April 2014
David Foster Wallace's Family Object to Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg Movie
The family of the acclaimed late novelist David Foster Wallace have objected to a new movie about the writer, based on a road trip he took with a Rolling Stone reporter in 1996. The family...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd April 2014
The Libertines To Reform for Big Money Hyde Park Show?
The Libertines look set to reunite for a gig at Hyde Park, following a post on the band's official Facebook page. Singer Pete Doherty also gave a recent interview in which he said he planned...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 22nd April 2014
HBO Renews 'Veep' - The Most Underrated Comedy on TV?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus will be back as Selina Meyer on 'Veep', with HBO renewing the comedy for a fourth season this week. The network also said that news series 'Silicon Valley' has been renewed for season...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd April 2014
Danny Boyle Is Perfect for Steve Jobs Movie - But Leonardo DiCaprio?
Danny Boyle is in talks to direct Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs movie, which could be a masterstroke given the script's original and unusual narrative. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Boyle will replace David Fincher on...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd April 2014
Introducing 'Fargo', Your New 'Breaking Bad', 'True Detective', Etc, Etc
Fargo regularly finds itself on the top rung of movie buffs' top lists, so when a TV adaptation was announced last year, there was obvious scepticism. Writer and showrunner Noah Hawley is the man behind...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd April 2014
Tom Hanks + Steven Spielberg = One Potentially Incredible Cold War Thriller
Tom Hanks has become attached to a forthcoming cold war thriller from DreamWorks and The Weinstein Company, with Steven Spielberg considering stepping into the director's chair. The Oscar winner will take the lead in the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd April 2014
Tommy Cooper Was Not A "Vicious, Violent Alcoholic", Says Daughter
Comedy legend Tommy Cooper is the subject of a controversial new film about his wife - a film that his daughter Vicky says is factually "all lies". The ITV drama is expected to attract eight...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st April 2014
Russell Brand "Couldn't Be Bothered" To Pay £14.90 Train Fare
Russell Brand had admitted bunking his train fares when travelling from London to Chelmsford. The comedian, 38 - who is worth an estimated $15 million - told the audience at a podcast recorded in east...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 21st April 2014
Ryan Seacrest Set To Leave NBCU, But What About American Idol?
It's looking like the end of the line for Ryan Seacrest and NBCU. Hollywood's hardest working presenter is likely to continue on American Idol and his morning radio show, though his E! red-carpet duty will...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 21st April 2014
Michelle Obama Joins Cast of ABC Drama 'Nashville'
Michelle Obama is set to make a cameo appearance on American musical drama 'Nashville', next month. The First Lady will make a cameo appearance as herself in the upcoming episode of the ABC drama, which...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st April 2014
Jack White Holds World Record for World's Fastest Record Release
Jack White came in well ahead of schedule in his plan to record the world's fastest music release. According to the singer and guitarist's Third Man Records, White managed to record, press, assemble and sell...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 21st April 2014
Johnny Depp Flagging Big-Time as 'Transcendence' Takes $11 Million
Warner Bros' flagging star Johnny Depp will be desperate for one of his upcoming projects - Mortdecai, Into The Woods and Black Mass - to land big on the box-office after his latest sci-fi flick...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st April 2014
CounterPoint Festival 2014 To Feature Hometown Return of Outkast
Next weekend's CounterPoint Festival will be the event's first year at a new 5000-acre site, featuring campgrounds, a food court, bars (including a draught house), carnival rides, free water stations and its very own arts...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th April 2014
Richard E Grant To Appear in New Musical. As A Hologram.
Richard E Grant is set to appear as a 3-D hologram in new musical Water Babies. The celebrated actor will appear "as live" and interact with the cast in his role as Kraken - Lord...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th April 2014
Brosnan, Thompson Are Far, Far Better Than 'The Love Punch'
Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall and Celia Imrie is a pretty good cast. It just is. And there The Love Punch - a Great Marigold Hotel style movie set in the Cote d'Azur probably...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th April 2014
UB40 Accused of "Altering Heart Rhythms" and Making Ears Bleed at Gig
The music at a UB40 gig was so loud that it was "altering heart rhythms" and caused one fan's ear to bleed, it has been claimed.Fan Anna Webster said she left Monday's gig at the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th April 2014
Sofia Vergara On Her Menage a Trois in Woody Allen's 'Fading Gigolo'
Sofia Vergara has been speaking about her nerves at shooting a ménage a trois with Sharon Stone and John Turturro in Woody Allen's romantic drama Fading Gigolo. The movie - easily the least talked about...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th April 2014
Nas Pays Tribute to Robert De Niro at Tribeca Film Festival
Rapper Nas paid tribute to Robert De Niro at the Tribeca Film Festival, where his documentary Time is Illmatic played as the opening night selection. According to Variety, the crowd at the Beacon Theater practically...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th April 2014
Jay-Z and Beyonce Plot Joint Stadium Tour for Summer 2014
Jay-Z and Beyonce, on the same bill? Yep, it looks as though the world's richest and most famous couple are heading out on a joint US tour that will start in late June. Sources tell...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 16th April 2014
Why Tom Hardy's 'Locke' is (Probably) The Best Movie of 2014
Hundreds are expected to descend on Broad Street in Birmingham for the premiere of Tom Hardy's new movie Locke tonight (April 16, 2014). The one-man movie has received critical acclaim ahead of its release in...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th April 2014
Calm Down Internet, AC/DC Are NOT Splitting Up
Brian Johnson, the frontman of rockers AC/DC has debunked rumors that the band are about to split because of health concerns for rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young. Instead, Johnson revealed that the group are actually planning...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th April 2014
![Gotcha! Has Banksy Been Unmasked on Camera? [Video]](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/pics/mn/20131016/161013_news_banksy_meat_truck/banksys-latest-work-a-meat-truck_3909279.jpg "Gotcha! Has Banksy Been Unmasked on Camera? [Video]")
Gotcha! Has Banksy Been Unmasked on Camera? [Video]
Banksy has apparently been caught on camera installing his latest creation in Bristol. CCTV cameras set up to deter graffiti artists filmed two people dressed as workmen unloading kit from the back of a white...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th April 2014
Mail Online Pay Paul Weller £10,000 Over Paparazzi Photographs
Singer-songwriter Paul Walker has won £10,000 in damages from Mail Online after complaining that the website "plastered" pictures of his children in a story in October 2012. The High Court in London ordered Associated Newspapers...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 16th April 2014
Is 'The Revenant' Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar Winning Movie?
Leonardo DiCaprio will continue his hunt for a best actor Oscar with Gonzalez Inarritu's The Revenant, a gritty thriller about a fur trapper in 1820s America. The movie is an adaptation of Michael Punke's 2003...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th April 2014
Why Did Nobody Watch The 'Mad Men' Season 7 Premiere?
We're not sure what everyone was watching on Sunday night, but the season seven premiere of Mad Men pulled in disappointing ratings - down 34 per cent, in fact. AMC's signature drama averaged just 2.3...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th April 2014
Neil Young's Pono Player Raises $6.2 Million, But Will We Buy It?
Neil Young was only looking for $800,000 to launch his new Pono Player, but his Kickstarter goal was obliterated in less than 24 hours this week, pulling in $6.2 million. Young's music player - which...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th April 2014
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