Month: July 2011

{jcomments on}True Blood actor Denis O’Hare has revealed he has married his long-term partner. The actor married his partner, Hugo Redwood, in a ceremony in New York. Gay marriage in New York was recently made legal with the law coming into affect last Sunday – hundreds of same-sex couples have since married taking advantage of the new right to do […]

{jcomments on}The renewal of Torchwood for another season isn’t a done deal according to its American broadcaster, and co-producer, Starz. Torchwood: Miracle Day continues to attract reasonable ratings for Starz and the BBC and despite the fact its only three/four episodes in (depending which side of the Atlantic you are) to the new season speculation has already turned to the […]

Channel 5 premiered a new advert last night promoting the upcoming return of Celebrity Big Brother.   Titled “When Bruv takes over”, previous housemates singalong to the David Guetta ft Kelly Rowland hit “When love takes over”. The 1 minute advert featured the new host Brian Dowling, who won Big Brother 2 and Ultimate Big Brother. He is joined by […]

BBC staff belonging to the National Union of Journalists are set to go on strike this coming Monday. The strike action is in response to compulsory redundancies at the BBC. The 24 hour strike will take place on Monday, the second strike to occur at the BBC within the past few weeks. The previous strike on 15th July disrupted BBC […]

The third episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day more or less held steady on Thursday evening on BBC One.   The episode, Dead of Night, had 4.2 million viewers according to overnight figures – that’s across BBC One and BBC One HD. It once again had the better of its rivals Single Handed on ITV1 which had just 3.1 million viewers. […]

Torchwood actor John Barrowman has said his character of Captain Jack Harkness isn’t a gay stereotype.   Barrowman plays the bisexual time-traveller in the Doctor Who spin-off series which is currently airing its fourth season on BBC One and Starz in America. The character is widely hailed as a gay icon/gay hero by fans of the series and his romance […]

Sky Living has commissioned ‘Bigger Than Britney’ which will follow a selection of women who aim to style and follow in the lifestyle of their idols. The factual entertainment series will see women try to emulate their idols and how viewers at home can do it without to much expense.  The ladies taking part will undergo a strict diet and […]

Baroness Buscombe, the chair of the Press Complaints Commission, will leave her post in January 2012. It has been confirmed today that she will not renew her contract, which will expire in January next year. The Press Complaints Commission came under pressure after failing to enforce and react accordingly to the phone hacking scandal which has engulfed the media.