Month: March 2012

Denmark’s legalisation of gay marriage will take effect in June it has been announced. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt announced that from June 15th gay couples in Denmark will legally be allowed to marry. The Danish Prime Minister made the announcement at a press conference where the Copenhagen Post reports her as saying ‘We have looked at two laws that will […]

Actress Jacqueline Pearce is set to reprise her iconic role of Servalan in several new Blake’s 7 audio dramas. SFX reports that the actress will return to the world of Blake’s 7 to play Servalan in B7 Enterprises new audio series The Liberator Chronicles. Servalan will make her first appearance in the audio drama Wolf, written by Nigel Faris, on […]

Following the controversy surrounding the death of a third horse during production of Luck, HBO has cancelled the Dustin Hoffman drama. Statement from HBO: It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series Luck. Safety is always of paramount concern. We maintained the highest […]

CBS has handed new season orders to a sleuth of its shows; 18 in total but dramas such as CSI: New York and Unforgettable are notably absent from the list. CBS has renewed 18 shows in all in one mega-renewal swing and to be honest few shows on the list of renewals are particularly surprising. NCIS and its spin-off NCIS: […]

Gillian Anderson has revealed she had a lesbian relationship when she was a student. The actress revealed the romance during an interview with Out magazine. Anderson said that while she had a relationship with a woman it wasn’t life altering because she was still attracted to men. Anderson told the magazine ‘I was in a relationship with a girl for […]

Australian singer Dannii Minogue has revealed she would be open to returning to the X Factor. Minogue was part of the judges panel between 2007 and 2010 when she quit the series because of scheduling conflicts. Minogue’s departure coincided with those of Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell both of whom quit to launch the X Factor USA on Fox. Since […]

Vampire Diaries actor Matt Davis has been cast in CW‘s new thriller pilot Cult.Warning: May contain spoilers. Deadline reports that Davis has been cast in Cult, the CW’s new thriller pilot for Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. The duo are certainly busy at present as not only do they have Cult to contend with but also Sex and the City […]

History has ordered its first scripted drama series based on the Vikings. The drama will be written by Michael Hirst who penned episodes of Showtime’s historical romp The Tudors. History announced today that it has ordered production of its first scripted drama series, Vikings. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Inc. brought the epic, historical series to the network, which gave it […]

One Direction are rumoured to be getting their own television series in America following their recent success. The Daily Star reports via a source that the boy band could be getting their own American show following a number of performances and touring with pop group Big Time Rush. On Monday the boy band performed a number of songs on NBC’s […]