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Suge Knight Claims He's Going Blind in Prison

Suge Knight Claims He's Going Blind in Prison

Suge Knight has told a Los Angeles judge that he is not getting proper medical treatment in custody and is going blind. The 49-year-old music mogul - in custody on murder and hit-and-run charges -...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2015

Nick Offerman to Play Ignatius J Reilly in 'A Confederacy of Dunces'

Nick Offerman to Play Ignatius J Reilly in 'A Confederacy of Dunces'

Nick Offerman, the actor best known for playing Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation, is to play Ignatius J. Reilly from John Kennedy Toole's novel A Confederacy of Dunces. Offerman will lead a stage adaptation...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd March 2015

David Beckham to Appear in Noel Gallagher's Music Video

David Beckham to Appear in Noel Gallagher's Music Video

David Beckham agreed to feature in one of Noel Gallagher's next music video when the pair appeared on The Graham Norton Show last week. Gallagher performed his new single Ballad of the Mighty I on...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd March 2015

Maggie Smith Could Leave Downton Abbey After Next Season

Maggie Smith Could Leave Downton Abbey After Next Season

Dame Maggie Smith has hinted that she will leave Downton Abbey after the next season, saying, "...to my knowledge, I must be 100 by now." Smith, who recently turned 80 in real life, said she...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd March 2015

Leonardo DiCaprio's Next Oscar Shot Will Be 'The Crowded Room'

Leonardo DiCaprio's Next Oscar Shot Will Be 'The Crowded Room'

Leonardo DiCaprio really wants an Oscar doesn't he? He really wants an Oscar. He probably hasn't deserved an Oscar yet, though you've got to feel a little sorry for the guy. As if to rub...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd March 2015

'Focus' Falls Short of Expectations at Box-Office, But Still Snags No.1

'Focus' Falls Short of Expectations at Box-Office, But Still Snags No.1

Focus topped the weekend box-office despite falling a little short of expectations. The Will Smith action-comedy flick took $19.1 million to snatch the No.1 spot away from Fifty Shades of Grey though analysts had predicted...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd March 2015

Jeremy Clarkson, "Top Gear Is Not For People Who Wear Pink Ties"

Jeremy Clarkson, "Top Gear Is Not For People Who Wear Pink Ties"

Jeremy Clarkson has suggested that his BBC motoring show is "not made for people who wear pink ties" in a Twitter spat with the shadow transport minister Michael Dugher. The Labour MP had kicked off...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27th February 2015

Kanye West Does a Little Cry During Interview with Zane Lowe

Kanye West Does a Little Cry During Interview with Zane Lowe

Kanye West broke down in tears during an interview with Zane Lowe for his BBC Radio 1 show on Thursday. The rapper became audibly emotional after discussing being dismissed by companies for his celebrity status.Kanye...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27th February 2015

More Heads Likely to Role on 'House of Cards' Season 3

More Heads Likely to Role on 'House of Cards' Season 3

House of Cards season 3 is here. It's here! Go get it! On Netflix! Should you have somehow forgotten the events of season 2, Kevin Spacey's Frank Underwood and his wife Claire are in the...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27th February 2015

Sam Mendes on Spectre, "Bond is on the Hunt. On the Trail of Somebody"

Sam Mendes on Spectre, "Bond is on the Hunt. On the Trail of Somebody"

Sam Mendes has spoken in-depth for the first time about his reasons for returning to direct a second James Bond movie, saying he had unfinished business with the characters he began to carve in Skyfall....

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27th February 2015

Harrison Ford to Return for 'Blade Runner 2', Denis Villeneuve to Direct

Harrison Ford to Return for 'Blade Runner 2', Denis Villeneuve to Direct

Harrison Ford will reprise his role as Rick Deckard in the Blade Runner sequel and Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve is in negotiations to get behind the camera for Alcon Entertainment. Original writers Hampton Fancher and...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27th February 2015

Sir Paul McCartney's Childhood Home Could Be Yours For £100,000

Sir Paul McCartney's Childhood Home Could Be Yours For £100,000

The childhood home of Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney in Speke, Liverpool, is to be sold at auction. The terraced house in Western Avenue was home to McCartney and his parents from 1947 until the...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th February 2015

Netflix To Release New Versions of 'Inspector Gadget', 'Danger Mouse'

Netflix To Release New Versions of 'Inspector Gadget', 'Danger Mouse'

Streaming service Netflix has announced it is developing five children's shows including new versions of the kids' classics Inspector Gadget and Danger Mouse. It's part of a move from the service to increase its high...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th February 2015

Scarlett Johansson, You're Gonna Have To Change Your Band Name

Scarlett Johansson, You're Gonna Have To Change Your Band Name

Scarlett Johansson's new band The Singles has been hit with a cease-and-desist order just a week after debuting their first long. The documents were filed by a previously existing band with the same name, fronted...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th February 2015

Dunkin Donuts Replace Liverpool's Hillsborough Flames with Milkshakes

Dunkin Donuts Replace Liverpool's Hillsborough Flames with Milkshakes

Dunkin' Donuts, one of Liverpool Football Club's official sponsors, has been forced to apologise after tweeting an alternative version of the club's crest in which the Hillsborough's eternal flames with milkshakes. Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th February 2015

Robin Thicke Just Performed U2 and Beatles Songs in Court

Robin Thicke Just Performed U2 and Beatles Songs in Court

Robin Thicke performed a medley of U2's With Or Without You, The Beatles' Let It Be, Alphaville's Forever Young, Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry and Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror during the second...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th February 2015

Is Will Forte's 'The Last Man on Earth' The Best New Comedy of 2015?

Is Will Forte's 'The Last Man on Earth' The Best New Comedy of 2015?

We heard about Fox's The Last Man on Earth early last year and even in its earliest incarnations it sounded like a reasonably good idea. Off the back of his excellent performance in Nebraska, Will...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th February 2015

After Oscars Win, Eddie Redmayne Joins 'Thomas the Tank Engine'

After Oscars Win, Eddie Redmayne Joins 'Thomas the Tank Engine'

Fresh from his Oscars win, British actor Eddie Redmayne has joined the cast of the new Thomas the Tank Engine movie, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure. Redmayne will voice the role of Ryan, a...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th February 2015

'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' Captures Magic of its Predecessor

'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' Captures Magic of its Predecessor

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel had a tough act to follow. Its predecessor remains of the best loved British movies of recent times and its subtle casting, genuinely funny script and heart-warming narrative saw...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th February 2015

Will Smith Returns to Form with Exciting, Sensual 'Focus'

Will Smith Returns to Form with Exciting, Sensual 'Focus'

Last week we reported on an interview that Will Smith had given to Esquire in which he reflected on the commercial and critical disaster of After Earth - the 2013 science-fiction film that starred Smith...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th February 2015

Madonna Falls Off Brits Stage, "My Cape Was Too Tight"

Madonna Falls Off Brits Stage, "My Cape Was Too Tight"

This year's Brit awards was the usual cringe-worthy affair, with even Ant and Dec failing to eradicate the memories of James Corden's reign in the vast soulless hangar that is the O2 Arena. It was...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th February 2015

'The LEGO Movie' Sequel Hires Community's Rob Schrab

'The LEGO Movie' Sequel Hires Community's Rob Schrab

The team behind the The LEGO Movie sequel are dusting themselves down after the disappointment of the Oscars snub and has hired Community and The Mindy Project director Rob Schrab to get behind the camera...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th February 2015

Wait, Is Peter Beale Starring in 'X-Men: Apocalypse'?

Wait, Is Peter Beale Starring in 'X-Men: Apocalypse'?

Eastenders star Ben Hardy, best known as Ian Beale's son Peter, is in talks for an as-yet-undisclosed role in Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse, according to The Wrap. Representatives for 20th Century Fox or Hardy did...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th February 2015

Will Roman Polanski Be Extradited for Child Sex Crime Conviction?

Will Roman Polanski Be Extradited for Child Sex Crime Conviction?

Filmmaker Roman Polanski has appeared in a Poland court to testify at a hearing regarding a U.S. request for his extradition over a 1977 child sex crime conviction. Dariusz Mazur, the judge presiding over the...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th February 2015

Jessica Chastain Joins Snow White Spin-Off 'The Huntsman'

Jessica Chastain Joins Snow White Spin-Off 'The Huntsman'

Jessica Chastain has joined the cast of the Snow White and the Huntsman spin-off The Huntsman. The Oscar-nominated actress will line-up opposite Chris Hemsworth while Cedric Nicolas-Troyan - who was nominated by the Academy for...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th February 2015

Tom Rothman Gets Top Sony Job - Ghostbusters, Spider-Man are Priorities

Tom Rothman Gets Top Sony Job - Ghostbusters, Spider-Man are Priorities

Tom Rothman, the former Fox Filmed Entertainment chief, has landed the top job at Sony and is tasked with revitalizing the studio following the recent hacking scandal and reigniting key franchises including Ghostbusters and Spider-Man....

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th February 2015

Kevin Kilbane Reports West Ham Fans over Disabled Chanting

Kevin Kilbane Reports West Ham Fans over Disabled Chanting

Kevin Kilbane, the former Republic of Ireland footballer turned TV pundit, has reported West Ham fans to the FA after they appeared to mock the disabled in a chant about Tottenham Hotspurs frontman Harry Kane.Kevin...

News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 24th February 2015

Calista Flockhart Cast as Media Magnate in CBS Pilot 'Supergirl'

Calista Flockhart Cast as Media Magnate in CBS Pilot 'Supergirl'

Calista Flockhart is returning to television as a series regular in Supergirl, a pilot for CBS. The Ally McBeal star will play Cat Grant, a self-made media magnate and founder of CatCo, where Kara Zor-El...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th February 2015

The Highlights from Edward Snowden's Reddit AMA

The Highlights from Edward Snowden's Reddit AMA

Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, the whistleblower and journalists behind the NSA revelations, conducted a Reddit AMA on Monday to coincide with the release of HBO's Citizenfour, which won the Oscar for best...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th February 2015

Jimmy McGovern, "Only the Posh Ones Can Afford to Go Into Acting"

Jimmy McGovern, "Only the Posh Ones Can Afford to Go Into Acting"

Multi-award winning screenwriter Jimmy McGovern says he struggles to find actors to play working class roles because "only the posh ones who can afford to go into acting." The Brookside writer added his voice to...

News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th February 2015

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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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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