The BBC Four biopic Burton And Taylor will - as Drama Commissioning Controller Ben Stephenson puts it – see them "go out with a bang,” of original drama, anyway. The TV movie details the relationship...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18th July 2013
Comic Con has always been the Mecca of the geek. Whether it’s showcasing the latest superhero movie, a Q&A session with a prominent comic book writer or a season reveal of the latest sci-fi franchise;...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18th July 2013
The only thing worse than Jessie J’s attention seeking antics on BBC’s flailing talent show franchise, The Voice, is Danny O’Donoghue’s incessant showing off. So 'O’Donoghue quits The Voice' will have come as a welcome...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17th July 2013
There’s a new boss in town, and this time it’s a woman. Sharon Osbourne has stamped all over the ‘head judge’ mug and now she’s taking the title for herself, as Gary Barlow admits to...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17th July 2013
The long-awaited Walt Disney film, featuring Tom Hanks as the controversial man himself, is getting closer and closer, and we’ve got some stills of Hanks in action as well as his co-stars, Emma Thompson, B.J...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th July 2013
What do Rihanna, Johnny Depp, Justin Bieber and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev all have in common? Well, they’re all human beings (don’t be mean about Bieber now), but more pressingly, they’ve all featured on the front cover...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17th July 2013
The British Columbia Coroner’s Service described Cory Monteith’s death as a “most tragic accident” yesterday after they confirmed that the young Canadian actor’s death was caused by a drug and alcohol overdose, many sources, including...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17th July 2013
Like many animated family movies, Turbo’s premise is simple: a snail dreams of being the fastest mollusc in the world, and intends to prove it by winning the Indie 500. There was a time when...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th July 2013
Having starred in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, Tom Hanks will complete the trilogy of Robert Langdon movies when he stars as the inquisitive Harvard University symbolist in Inferno, set for release...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th July 2013
US civil liberties group the Electronic Privacy Information Centre (Epic) claim that Jay-Z’s app, which was exclusively available to Samsung customers as part of their deal, collects "massive amounts of personal information from users, including...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17th July 2013
Solomon Northup was a regular New York resident who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841. He was rescued 12 years later. 172 years on, and Chiwetel Ejiofor is an early Oscar contender for...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th July 2013
The Fifth Estate – the WikiLeaks movie already denounced by Julian Assange himself – has its first trailer, in which we see Benedict Cumberbatch star as the founder of the controversial website. The film "traces...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th July 2013
While everyone can relate to Breaking Bad's Walter White in some senses – the want to provide, the feeling of inadequacy and helplessness – there are some sides of his character that most of us...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th July 2013
The BBC are ringing the changes; shortly after dropping their 3D programming for the foreseeable future, they’ve decided to expand their HD capabilities. Specifically, there will be HD versions of BBC News, BBC Three, BBC...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th July 2013
For many, Kate Moss has been at the cutting edge of fashion for over two decades now, and for some, she’s a bad example for feminism and freedom of choice. During the 90s, she was...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th July 2013
After a tumultuous time in hospital, Randy Travis is finally showing signs of improvement. The country singer is now awake and stabilized as he recovers from surgery following a stroke. It wasn’t look good for...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th July 2013
Films - or should we say writers and directors - that dare to tackle the issue of slavery come rarely, and when they due, they face an increased level of scrutiny due to the sensitive...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th July 2013
The despair felt by ticket holders when Michael Jackson died would have been twofold – they’d just lost an idol, and were oh so close to seeing what surely would have been his last live...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th July 2013
The rumors and speculation that precede Comic-Con are almost as exciting as the event itself. Well, not quite, but you get the picture. The latest thing to be excited about is a photo posted on...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th July 2013
For those of you who didn’t manage to get to Crossroads – Eric Clapton’s guitar-fest – you needn’t fear, as the legend himself will be taking footage from the festival and making it available to...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 16th July 2013
Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave formed an unlikely partnership in the 1980s – he was the badass rebel while she was struggling to rid herself of the pop princess title. The expertly crafted track, Where...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th July 2013
J.K. Rowling was living out Stephen King’s dream when she wrote The Cuckoo's Calling as Robert Galbraith, enjoying the anonymity bestowed on her by that pseudonym. King, who wrote under the name Richard Bachman, praised...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th July 2013
Many thought Lone Ranger would be Johnny Depp’s last chance saloon, but that’s just because it’s a Western, and nobody really knew just how bad it could be. Anyway, it was bad – oh so...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15th July 2013
As the author of the Harry Potter series – possibly the best-known book franchise in the world – it’s difficult for J.K Rowling to pen a new story without intense scrutiny being placed upon it,...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15th July 2013
Thom Yorke’s statement will have hit Spotify’s PR team like a knife to the chest. The well-respected musician pulled his music off the streaming service, condemning its practice, specifically the payment to artists, which Yorke...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15th July 2013
The premise of Austenland is simple – by today’s standards at least - Jane Hayes loves everything Jane Austin and Pride & Prejudice. She loves the regency era, the clothes, the accents and the drama,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th July 2013
Drinking Buddies comes out on July 25th in America after some pretty serious festivals over the spring. In this trailer, we can see the film’s stars Olivia Wilde (Kate)and Jake Johnson (Luke) getting pretty cute...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th July 2013
Cory Monteith’s Glee colleagues have expressed sadness and paid tributes after the young actor was found dead on Saturday in a Canada hotel. The 31-year-old’s death hasn’t been investigated fully yet, but while a cause...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15th July 2013
The movie version of Orsen Scott Card’s Ender’s Game has faced controversy from its inception, largely due to the homophobic views of the writer himself. But Dustin Lance Black – the writer of gay civil...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th July 2013
Christian Bale doesn’t stop for long; before he’d announced his decision to step down as Gotham City’s savior, the actor was working his way towards another type of hero. This time, he’s a working class...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th July 2013
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...
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...
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