Month: September 2011

Remember how All Star Family Fortunes ‘beat’ Doctor Who episode The God Complex? Well funnily enough, as we predicted, final ratings for the episode reveal it didn’t! Vernon Kay might want to eat some humble pie because All Star Family Fortunes did not beat Doctor Who. Overnight figures – widely reported by the press – for The God Complex put […]

Alex Kingston will join the cast of BBC One drama Upstairs Downstairs for its second series. The actress, who is currently appearing in Doctor Who as River Song, will join the cast as Blanche Mottershead, the younger sister of Lady Holland (Dame Eileen Atkins). The BBC has ordered a second six-part series of Upstairs Downstairs following its three-part revival over […]

Ratings for Closing Time the penultimate episode in the current series of Doctor Who. Closing Time, which featured the return of James Corden as Craig and the Cybermen, was seen by 5.3 million viewers according to overnight figures. The end of the episode also saw the return of River Song (Alex Kingston) and set up the events for next week’s […]

A former gay porn actor faces 15 years in prison for attempting to murder his girlfriend using a toilet lid! Marc Anthony Donais, who performed in gay porn films under the name Ryan Idol, attacked his girlfriend with the object in their home in Sacramento, America, in 2009. Donais claimed he attacked his partner in self defence after she tried […]

The season four premier of Fringe saw ratings rise on its May finale but they’re still not spectacular. The fourth season of Fringe kicked off kicked off last night on Fox still firmly placed in the “grave-yard” slot it was moved to. However, despite predictions the slot would kill the creepy series off Fringe is still going strong and back […]

The nominations for the 2011 Stonewall Awards have been revealed with dramas such as Lip Service and Torchwood receiving nods as well as Matt Smith, Jessie J and Ben Cohen. {jcomments off}The gay rights charity holds the awards to recognise those who have contributed towards gay culture/gay rights. The charity is a keen campaigner for equal rights for the gay […]

The Only Way Is Essex’s Harry Derbidge has admitted he would consider quitting the ITV2 reality series to launch his own solo show. Could The Only Way Is Essex be about to lose another ‘star’? Amy Childs has already quit the hit ITV2 series – deciding instead to pursue other opportunities such as Celebrity Big Brother and her own solo […]

{jcomments off}Sir Ian McKellen, star of the X Men and Lord of the Rings films, has been named Role Model of the Year at the 2011 Homo Hero Awards. The openly gay actor was named Role Model of the Year for gay, lesbian and bisexuals at the a ceremony held in Manchester. The Homo Hero Awards recognise people for their […]

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has criticised the retirement of NASA’s space shuttle fleet and warned it meant America was losing its position as the world’s forerunner in space exploration. In 1969 Neil Armstrong made world history when he became the first man on walk on the surface of the Moon. When man reached the […]