Month: September 2011

A tabloid report claims that ITV is seeking to revive its Saturday evening entertainment series Stars In Their Eyes. The talent show – in which contestants perform hit songs of musicians dressed as them – was a huge hit for ITV the first time around and aired from 1990 to 2006 with millions of viewers tuning in each week. Stars […]

{jcomments off}A list of the main winners from the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in which British period drama Downton Abbey won several categories. AMC’s critically acclaimed 1960s drama Mad Men won Outstanding Drama Series – no surprise there – the darling of the critics beat Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, Game of Thrones, The Good Wife and Friday Nights Lights. Outstanding Comedy […]

British actor Hugh Grant has criticised the Metropolitan Police’s attempt to use the Official Secret Act to get The Guardian newspaper to reveal its sources over the News of the World scandal. The Guardian newspaper has been at the forefront in exposing the scale of phone-hacking at the News of the World. The paper has published numerous reports about alleged […]

Overnight ratings for the latest episode of Doctor Who – The God Complex. Ratings for Doctor Who were once again down but will be boosted by final figures – which are far more accurate – and also figures for downloads via the BBC iPlayer service so fans need not worry too much. Never-the-less The God Complex was seen by 5.2 […]

Housemates have been set a task to win immunity from being nominated this week The housemates had to stay in cages placed in the garden dressed as chickens. The housemate who stayed coup-ed up the longest will win immunity. Whilst in the coops chickens must be sitting on their eggs at all times unless they are feeding, every hour Big […]

The Jeremy Kyle Show makes its long awaited debut tomorrow in America The ITV 1 talkshow has been remade for the American audience and put into the lucrative syndication system which will see it air on a number of TV stations across the country. A relative unknown in America, Jeremy Kyle will be hoping to capitalise on the recent success […]

Simon Cowell has ruled out Cheryl Cole returning to The X Factor According to ‘insiders’ talking to The Sunday Mirror, it is said that the current judges are doing a good job. The insider said: “Simon thinks all the judges have done an absolutely amazing job this year. He loves Kelly and Tulisa and there is zero chance of either […]

Former Belgian footballer Jonathan de Falco has become a gay porn actor. In something of a surprise career change former Racing Mechelen and Oud-Heverlee Leuven footballer Jonathan de Falco has swapped the pitch for porn. Performing under the name Stany Falcone the former footballer has appeared in several adult productions. Jonathan de Falco left football after sustaining an injury but […]

The Met Police are seeking a court order to force Guardian reporters at the centre of the phone hacking story to name their sources. The Guardian newspaper has said recently that the police are seeking an order under the Official Secrets Act to make Guardian reporters name their sources. It follows an arrest of a police officer who allegedly leaked […]

Early ratings data shows that Big Brother managed to peak at over 2 million viewers Early ratings data shows that Big Brother managed to peak at over 2 million viewers   The first live show featured the latest highlights from the house and the announcement of who would be evicted. It managed attracted an average of 1.83 million viewers to […]