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'Seinfeld' Star Jason Alexander Replacing Larry David on Broadway
Jason Alexander, who played the repressed George Costanza on the long-running TV sitcom Seinfeld, has been confirmed to replace Larry David on the Broadway show Fish in the Dark.Jason Alexander will take over from Larry...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27th March 2015
'Get Hard' Isn't Quite the Sparky Comedy That the Trailer Promised
Get Hard, the new Warner Bros comedy starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, doesn’t appear to have lived up to the promise of its hilarious trailer though maybe our expectations were a little too high...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27th March 2015
O2 Customers Get Priority on 'All 4' Shows, Including Peep Show
As part of a new brand partnership, O2 Priority customers will get access to new Channel 4 shows before they’re shown on TV – that includes Peep Show, Fresh Meat and the hit reality show...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27th March 2015
Downton Abbey To End for Good after Sixth Season
The sixth season of Downton Abbey will be the show's last, its creators have announced. Created by Julian Fellowes, the ITV show followed the trials and tribulations of an aristocratic family from 1912 to the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th March 2015
'Breaking Bad' Heading to Free-To-View Channel Spike in UK
Breaking Bad, the cult U.S. meth drama starring Bryan Cranston, is to become available in full on UK terrestrial television for the first time. A new free-to-view channel Spike will air the award-winning series in...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th March 2015
Jason Segel to Write and Direct Lego Movie 'The Billion Brick Race'
Warner Bros is stepping up its Lego movie and has hired Jason Segel and Iron Man 3 writer Drew Pearce to work on a new spin-off movie titled The Billion Brick Race. Segel and Pearce...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th March 2015
"That's Your F*cking Question?" Cate Blanchett Burns Reporter
Cate Blanchett, the Oscar-winning actress deemed one of the best in the world - if not the best - burned a reporter this week after he asked her about the cat in Cinderella. After landing...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th March 2015
Is Jeremy Clarkson Planning a 'Top Gear' Rival Show?
Jeremy Clarkson has suggested that creating a rival show to Top Gear "isn't hard" because of the lack of real car programmes on TV right now. In a column believed to have been penned before...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th March 2015
Silly, Charming 'Home' Has Star Power in Rihanna
Fox's new animation Home may not be earth-shatteringly original or ground-breaking but it packs enough star power in the form of Rihanna, Jim Parsons and Jennifer Lopez and its likeable tale will be a hit...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th March 2015
Sam Taylor-Johnson Leaves 'Fifty Shades' after E.L James Feud
Sam Taylor-Johnson has, as expected, walked away from the Fifty Shades of Grey movie franchise after directing just one movie. Taylor-Johnson was widely expected to refuse the chance to direct Fifty Shades Darker - the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th March 2015
Idris Elba in Talks to Play Villain in 'Star Trek 3'
Idris Elba is in early negotiations to play the villain in Star Trek 3, which is to be directed by Justin Lin. The primary cast of Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th March 2015
Steven Spielberg Directing Adaptation of Virtual Reality Novel 'Ready Player One'
Steven Spielberg is to direct an adaptation of Ernie Cline's cult virtual reality novel Ready Player One. The sci-fi tale tells the story of teenager, Wade Watts, from the ghettos in Oklahoma in 2044.Steven Spielberg...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th March 2015
Idris Elba to Replace Jamie Foxx in Harmony Korine's 'The Trap'
Idris Elba is to replace Jamie Foxx in Hamony Korine's movie The Trap and will star in one of the most glittering casts of the year opposite Benicio Del Toro, Robert Pattinson, James Franco and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th March 2015
Jeremy Clarkson Sacked by BBC, Chris Evans Denies 'Top Gear' Rumours
Jeremy Clarkson's contract will not be renewed by the BBC after the presenter was involved in a fracas with a producer of the motoring show Top Gear. Jeremy Clarkson riding his bike around London whilst...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th March 2015
JK Rowling Responds to Fan Who Questioned Dumbledore's Sexuality
JK Rowling has responded to a Harry Potter fan who asked why Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore was gay. Rowling, 49, revealed Dumbledore's sexuality in 2007, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.JK Rowling offered the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th March 2015
Bradley Cooper in Talks to Direct 'A Star is Born', Possibly with Beyonce
Bradley Cooper is in negotiations with Warner Bros about directing a remake of A Star Is Born. The hope for the studio is to have Cooper behind the camera and Beyonce playing the lead role...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th March 2015
Jon Hamm Went To Rehab for Alcoholism before 'Mad Men' Finale
Jon Hamm has revealed that he recently completed a rehabilitation course for alcoholism. Hamm's publicist Annett Wolf said in a statement on Tuesday the actor entered rehab with the support of his longtime partner Jennifer...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th March 2015
Madonna Is Not Banned From Radio 1, Just Needs Better Songs
Madonna is not banned from Radio 1 and just needs to get back to releasing decent songs, according to the station's controller Ben Cooper. Madonna had said she was shocked that Living For Love would...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th March 2015
James Corden Borrows from Graham Norton, Makes Strong Start in U.S.
James Corden made an assured start to his presenting slot on The Late, Late Show in the U.S, albeit with the help of two amiable and talkative guests in Mila Kunis and Tom Hanks. It...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th March 2015
Jamie xx To Finally Release Debut Solo Album 'In Colour'
English music producer Jamie xx has announced he is to release his debut solo album, In Colour, this year. Real name Jamie Smith, who is also a member of acclaimed band The xx, will release...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th March 2015
Err, David Crosby Just Hit A Jogger with his Tesla
Rock musician David Crosby, of Crosby, Stills and Nash fame, has struck and injured a jogger while driving his Tesla sedan in Santa Ynez, California. Crosby, 73, hit Jose Jimenez while driving 30 miles north...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th March 2015
Russo Brothers Confirmed to Direct 'Avengers: Infinity War'
Joe and Anthony Russo, the sibling directorial team who helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, have been confirmed to direct both parts of Disney-Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War. The news has been the worst kept...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th March 2015
Bryan Cranston Helped Jon Hamm Get Over 'Mad Men'
Jon Hamm has revealed that Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston offered him advice on coming to terms with the end of Mad Men. Hamm rose to international fame playing creative director Don Draper on AMC's...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd March 2015
ITV Buys the Rights to 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad!'
ITV has bought the rights to Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show, as well as the new series Bordertown. The cartoons - previously shown on BBC3 - will be shown on ITV2.Family Guy...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd March 2015
Frankie Boyle's Company Rakes In £1.8 Million for 2014
Frankie Boyle's company Gentleman Artist pulled in almost £1.8 million for the last financial year. The Glaswegian comic's popularity has skyrocketed since Mock the Week and his nationwide tours regularly sell out.Frankie Boyle famously called...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd March 2015
John Oliver Rips Apart For-Profit Policing, Twitter Explodes
John Oliver turned his attention to for-profit policing on Sunday's Last Week Tonight, specifically the municipalities that target low-income black residents with fines and court fees to balance the books.John Oliver went after for-profit policing...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd March 2015
Spoon Play Triumphant Homecoming Show at SXSW's Hype Hotel
Hype Hotel Presented by Feed the Beat returned to SXSW on Tuesday (March 17) to begin five days of music curated by music bloggers and brought to you by Mazda, official automobile sponsor of HypeON....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th March 2015
Petition Launched to Stop Kanye West's Glastonbury Headline Performance
21,000 people - just less than 15% of the capacity of Glastonbury Festival - have signed a petition to cancel Kanye West's headline performance at Worthy Farm in June. The controversial rapper was announced this...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th March 2015
'Insurgent' Reviews: "The Plot Makes Zero Sense"
Oh dear. Insurgent. Listen, we probably shouldn't have had much expectation for this. Divergent wasn't very good, coming across, as it did, as a lazy hastily produced Hunger Games knock-off with that bloke from The...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th March 2015
Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly' Notches Record 9.6 Million Streams
Kendrick Lamar's new album To Pimp a Butterfly, which was released one-week early, has broken streaming records on Spotify. Tracks from the record notched up 9.6 million streams on the first full day of release,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th March 2015
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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
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'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
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.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
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...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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