Month: July 2011

{jcomments on}John Barrowman has said he’d love to see a big-screen version of Torchwood be made some time in the future. The actor, who plays Captain Jack Harkness in the sci-fi series, echoed the comments of co-star Eve Myles who said that a film would be the next logical step for the franchise to take. So far three seasons of […]

Reports suggest that Daily Mail and General Trust are looking to launch a new Sunday tabloid as early as next weekend. The Guardian has claimed that DMGT is looking to launch a new Sunday tabloid due to the gap now left by News of the World, which was axed last week. DMGT’s subsidiary, Associated Newspapers, already publishes The Mail On […]

{jcomments on}The strike at the BBC by members of the National Union of Journalists, over compulsory redundancies, has resulted in some of the corporations most familiar names staying away. Meanwhile programmes such as Newsnight and The World At One have been replaced by repeats. The one-day strike has caused disruption to the BBC’s schedules across its output. While flagship morning […]

News Corporation today announced that Tom Mockridge will take over from Rebekah Brooks with immediate effect.   Rebekah Brooks announced this morning that she has handed in her resignation and that the company had accepted it. Tom Mockridge joins News International with immediate effect, leaving his position as chief executive officer of Sky Italia where he had been since 2003. Mockridge […]

{jcomments on}Cheryl Cole has reportedly helped Joe McElderry get a new record deal. Cole was the mentor for McElderry during his time on the X Factor in 2009 – he won the series beating Olly Murs. On Sunday evening McElderry beat Cheryl Baker in Popstar to Operastar and he’s now reportedly signed a new deal with Universal with a little […]

{jcomments on}The premier of Torchwood Miracle Day was seen by nearly 5 million viewers on BBC One last night. Unofficial figures reveal the fourth season of Torchwood launched on BBC One at 9pm last night with 4.8 million viewers. The episode beat drama Single Handed on ITV1 at the same time by 1.3 million viewers and gets the series off […]

Chief Executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks has resigned.   Brooks announced this morning in a statement to News International staff that she handed in her resignation to Rupert and James Murdoch, on which they accepted. She had previously wanted to resign, but Rupert Murdoch insisted that she stay and that she was his number one priority. Prime Minister David […]

{jcomments on}Glee actor Chris Colfer has spoken about the news his character of Kurt will be written out at the end of the show’s third season. It was revealed earlier this week that Colfer, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith would be three of the actors exiting Glee at the end of its third season. Showrunner Ryan Murphy had already stated […]