J.J Abrams is developing a hotel based drama for The CW with One Tree Hill creator Mark Schwahn. According to The Hollywood Reporter the broadcaster has given a script commitment to Abrams project. The drama, titled Maine, would be set in an Inn in the town of the same name. One Tree Hill’s Mark Schwahn will write the pilot and […]
Read moreABC‘s daytime talk show The View will mark the finale of One Life to Live with in January with an edition devoted to the daytime soap. Now its clear that One Life to Live will not continue, online as planned by Prospect Park, and will end in January talk-show The View has announced plans to air a tribute to the […]
Read more{jcomments off}Hilary Clinton, the USA’s Secretary of State, has delivered a ground-breaking speech on gay rights to the United Nations. Clinton’s speech to the UN, at a summit in Geneva, comes after America announced that its agencies will challenge the criminalisation of gay acts overseas. The move by America is seen as vitally important given the rise of homophobic regimes […]
Read moreAn alternative end to ABC soap All My Children was filmed but not used because the series was expected to continue online. When ABC announced the cancellation of All My Children in April a finale was crafted by the soap’s creator, Agnes Nixon. However, the soap was then seemingly saved when ABC licensed it out to Prospect Park which planned […]
Read moreOutspoken daytime television host Matthew Wright has apologised on-air after comments were made regarding a murder in Scotland. The presenter, who fronts Channel 5 morning discussion show The Wright Stuff, put on a mock Scottish accent while discussing the first murder investigation on the Western Isles in Scotland in over 40 years. References were made to the STV produced detective […]
Read more{jcomments off}The critically acclaimed gay romance film Weekend has won two awards at the British Independent Film Awards. Weekend, which stars Tom Cullen and Chris New, picked up two awards last weekend at the BIFA awards ceremony. The film won Most Promising Newcomer for actor Tom Cullen and Achievement in Production. The film has already been released in America where […]
Read moreNeighbours have confirmed that the Kapoor family will be part of the soap’s regular cast and will move to Ramsay Street. The Australian soap has announced that the Kapoor family will become a regular fixture from early next year. Anjay Kapoor (Sachin Joab) has made several appearances in Neighbours already, as a local councillor, since the Summer. Priya Kapoor (Menik […]
Read moreThe BBC has confirmed Peter Capaldi will join BBC Two drama The Hour for its second season along with Hannah Tointon and Tom Burke. Returning cast members for the 1950s based drama include Romola Garai, Dominic West, Ben Whishaw, Anna Chancellor, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Oona Chaplin. Our highly competitive, sharp-witted and passionate news trio will be joined by a host […]
Read more{jcomments off}A petition, which has amassed thousands of signatures, calls on the Nigerian president not to sign new laws in the country which would discriminate against gays. At the end of November the Nigerian Senate voted to ban gay marriage in the country with harsh punishments. Homosexuality in the country has already been criminalised with it some parts of the […]
Read morePeter Capaldi is to join the cast of BBC Two drama The Hour for its second series. The BAFTA award-winning actor will join the second series of the BBC newsroom based drama, reports The Guardian. Details of the actor’s role in The Hour have not yet been revealed. The first series of The Hour aired earlier this year on BBC […]
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