February 28 2014

Will.i.am has announced he is to launch a new eyewear brand ill.i Optics, produced in collaboration with designer George Gorrow. The collection with his shops in September.

Chelsea FC has announced a collaboration with The Simpsons which will see a line of Chelsea branded merchandise featuring Homer and Bart Simpson. Chelsea players Petr Cech, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Fernando Torres and Eden Hazar have all be turned into Simpsons-style cartoons for the new range.

Geordie Shore’s Vicky Pattison is to take part in MTV’s new dating series Ex on the Beach, which will see 8 contestants being surprised by their exes while on an island looking for love.

Patrick Wilson is reportedly joining Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas in the upcoming Edgar Wright-directed Marvel film Ant-Man.

Sheridan Smith is to star in BBC One’s new drama The C Word, a one-off show based on Lisa Lynch’s book.

Glee’s Matthew Morrison will star as the lead in the upcoming Finding Neverland musical, with original songs being written by Gary Barlow.

February 27 2014

See the full list of winners at last night’s NME Awards here!

One Direction are to release a brand new limited edition fragrance called That Moment.

Pharrell Williams is on course to return to number one on the singles chart this Sunday with Happy, for the third time in two months.

Hayley Bennett will star in Fathers And Daughters alongside Russell Crowe and Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul. The film focuses on a famous novelist (Crowe) who battles a mental illness while trying to raise his young daughter.

Breaking Bad star Jonathan Banks has joined the cast of Vince Vaughn’s crime thriller Term Life.

Dolly Parton has confirmed that she will appear at this year’s Glastonbury Festival on Sunday June 29.

EL James’ Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy has become one of the most read series worldwide having now sold more than 100 million copies.

February 26 2014

Ghostbusters 3 will continue to go ahead following the death of Harold Ramis who passed away this week at the age of 69.

DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has hinted that a fifth Shrek movie could be put into production.

A brand new trailer for Godzilla, starring Bryan Cranston as scientist Joe Brody, has been released:

The Entourage movie spinoff has been given a release date of June 12 2015, and Liam Neeson will make a cameo appearance. The main cast of the HBO TV series Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon and Jeremy Piven are all returning.

Joey Essex has confirmed his upcoming ITV2 series will be called Educating Joey Essex, narrated by Phillip Schofield. The show will see him travel to Africa to learn about its culture, wildlife and geography.

Sir Michael Parkinson has signed up to be the new face of Waitrose TV.

Snow Patrol has recorded I Won’t Let You Go for the upcoming Divergent soundtrack, which will be released on March 11.

The Michael McIntyre Chat Show starts on March 10 on BBC One! His first guests include Sir Terry Wogan, Lord Sugar and Lily Allen. 

February 25 2014

Amanda Seyfried is set to play the female lead role in Seth MacFarlane’s Ted 2.

Abbey Clancy has launched Ultimo’s new bridal llingerie collection.

Ghostbusters star and Groundhog Day director Harold Ramis has sadly passed away at the age of 69.

Following its global success last May, Sara Bareilles has announced she will officially release her single Brave in the UK on March 23.

Bradley Cooper is set to star in and produce an upcoming movie adaptation of Ben Sander’s crime novel American Blood.

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are to direct the upcoming movie adaptation of Blake Harris’s book Console Wars - the story is a behind the scenes look at how Sega took on Nintendo in the console market in the 1990s.

See the full list of nominees for the 2014 Jameson Empire Awards here.

Doctor Who has cast Emmerdale’s Samuel Anderson as a recurring character in the upcoming eighth series.

February 24 2014

Bastille, who won Best British Breakthrough at the 2014 Brits last week, have risen 9 places in the charts to return to number 1 with their debut album Bad Blood.

Sam Smith has landed his first solo UK number one single with Money On My Mind, which has also become the fastest-selling debut single from a Brits Critics’ Choice winner, as well as the first debut song from a winner of the award to go to straight to number one.

Simon Nye, the writer of Men Behaving Badly, is bringing a new animated football comedy to ITV in the run up to the 2014 Brazil World Cup.

Sony has worked with the estate of Michael Jackson on the launch of its new Xperia Z2 smartphone. Jackson’s unreleased track Slave 2 The Rhythm, which was worked on during his Dangerous sessions and completed in 1998, features on the advert for the phone.

Chris Brown has announced the release date of his upcoming sixth album X on May 5.

The Lego Movie spends a third consecutive week at the number one spot at the US box office. The movie took in $31.4m, earning a total of $183.1m.

Tom Hardy stars in a new Stand Up To Cancer campaign on behalf of Cancer Research UK.

Former Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr has recorded a duet with Jersey Boys star Bobby Fox – a version of Elvis and Ann Margaret’s You’re The Boss from the class Viva Las Vegas.

February 21 2014

Lana Del Ray has revealed that she has teamed up with the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach for her new album Ultraviolence.

Christina Aguilera is reportedly pregnant with her second child.

SPOILER: EastEnders is preparing to kill off long-running character Lucy Beale.

Homeland star Morena Baccarin will return to TV screens in ABC’s new medical drama Warriors.

Nick Grimshaw and Emma Willis are the bookmakers’ early favourites to host the 2015 Brit Awards. After a record breaking 5 years, James Corden is stepping down as host.

Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul is to make a special guest appearance on Top Gear next month, taking on the Reasonably Priced Car challenge.

Tina Fey is to produce and star in the adaption of Kim Barker’s bestselling memoir The Taliban Shuffle.

February 20 2014

See the full list of winners at last night’s BRITs here!

Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are launching their own clothing line next month for kids. Kardashian kids will be sold exclusively at Babies R Us from March 15.

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill’s 21 Jump Street sequel 22 Jump Street has released a brand new trailer! 

Jamie Bell is reportedly being lined up to play The Thing on Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot, joining Miles Teller, Michael B Jordan and Kate Mara as the four comic book superheroes.

Gogglebox will return to Channel 4 on March 7 for a 12 part series, in its new primetime slot of Fridays at 9pm.

ITV have commissioned Mr Selfridge for a third series.

Myleene Klass will host CNN International’s coverage of Paris Fashion Week. She will be the face of Fashion Season: Paris, a half hour show which will air daily throughout the week. 

February 19 2014

The Elle Style Awards took place yesterday at One Embankment in London hosted by Nick Grimshaw. See the full list of winners here.

Kendall and Kylie Jenner have revealed they will write a young adult novel together called Rebels: City of Indra. The novel is set in a dystopian future that tells the story of two super-powered girls Lex and Livia who embark on a journey together, not realizing their biggest danger may be each other.

Doctor Who’s Karen Gillan is to star in a new comedy pilot for ABC called Selfie – about a self-obsessed 20-something who enlists the help of a marketing expert after an embarrassing video goes viral.

Danny Boyle is reportedly in talks to direct an upcoming biopic about tennis star Billie Jean King which will chronicle her entire tennis career including her Battle of the Sexes triumph over Bobby Riggs in 1973.

Former TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh has been revealed as the new face of tanning and bronzing brand Sunkissed.

Gap have announced their new spring ad campaign Lived-In, starring Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte, British artists Anna Calvi and Birdy. 

February 18 2014

James Corden and his director friend Ben Winston have co-created the ‘Free The Joy’ Cadbury Dairy Milk campaign.

Ariana Grande has hinted on Twitter that her new track features a collaboration with Chris Brown.

The Overtones have premiered their new music video for Superstar online. The track, which features on their recent album Saturday Night At The Movies, is out on March 24.

The UK premiere of Pixar in Concert takes places this weekend (Feb 22) at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The show will present footage from all 13 Pixar movies with live music from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Tickets are available at royalalberthall.com

2014 will be the first year without a new Pixar movie release since 2005 as Disney are delaying The Good Dinosaur until 2015 and Finding Dory until 2016.

Helen Flanagan has been revealed as Helena the Mancunian Goddess of Love - the first celebrity ‘guest-God’ for gaming site Bingo Godz.

February 17 2014

Gravity and 12 Years a Slave were among the big winners at last night’s BAFTAs. See the full list of winners here.

Katy B has landed her first UK number 1 album with Little Red. Meanwhile, Clean Bandit kept the top spot in the singles chart for a fourth week with Rather Be.

Simon Cowell and his partner Lauren Silverman welcomed their baby boy Eric on Friday, named after his father.

Frozen directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee have confirmed their involvement in the upcoming Broadway adaption of the Disney movie. They are currently in “the very early stages”.

Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller has revealed he is in talks to develop a musical adaption of the ABC series.

BBC Radio’s Nick Grimshaw and Jo Whiley will attempt to run, swim and cycle 25,000 miles – the circumference of the world – in a large transparent box at Broadcasting House, for this year’s Sport Relief.

February 14 2014

The CW has renewed The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Arrow, Supernatural and Reign for the 2014-2015 season.

Simon Cowell appears to have confirmed Nicole Scherzinger’s departure from The X Factor, thanking her ‘for everything’ on Twitter.

Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence has said a Scrubs Broadway production could arrive around 2017.

Beyonce has teamed up with The Prince’s Trust to launch a new #BeyGood campaign.

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green have welcomed their second child, a baby boy.

Don’t forget the BAFTAs are on this Sunday! See the full list of nominees here.

February 13 2014

A trailer for The Purge: Anarchy, a follow up to the 2013 hit The Purge, has been released:

Camp Bestival (July 31-August 3) has announced its first set of acts including two of its three headline performers: James and Basement Jaxx.

Maggie Gyllenhaal has joined the cast of Broadway’s The Real Thing, opposite Ewan McGregor.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Sandra Bullock are expected to attend the BAFTAs at London’s Royal Opera House this Sunday (Feb 16).

Sienna Miller will star as the lead role in a forthcoming adaption of the Jane Austen novel Lady Susan. The novel is being adapted into a comedy film titled Love and Friendship.

Madonna is to launch her own skin care brand called MDNA Skin in Japan, with a pop-up shop in Tokyo.

Katy B is on course for her first UK number one album with Little Red. 

February 12 2014

Lead singer of Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley will perform the band’s hits on a nationwide tour across the UK throughout October.

Simon Cowell has hinted that a One Direction TV reality show is possibly in the works.

Greta Gerwig has been cast as the lead role of Sally in CBS’s How I Met Your Mother spinoff, How I Met Your Dad. She will also act as producer and writer should the pilot be picked up for a full series.

Idina Menzel, voice of Elsa, the Snow Queen in Disney’s Frozen, will perform Let It Go from the film’s soundtrack at the Oscars ceremony on March 2. The track is also nominated for Best Original Song.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have been named as the most generous American philanthropists in 2013, having made the largest donation of the year in December, giving Facebook stock worth more than $970m (£590m) to a Silicon Valley non-profit organisation.

The Vamps have announced their first UK headline tour for September and October. The band will play 14 dates across the country in support of their forth coming debut album.

Twilight star Taylor Lautner is replacing Andy Samberg in BBC Three's British sitcom Cuckoo.

February 11 2014

Nadine Coyle and her boyfriend Jason Bell have welcomed the arrival of their baby girl.

The Brit Awards have announced a new award as part of the new social vote. Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding, John Newman, Naughty Boy and One Direction are up for British Music Video, which will be chosen by fans.

Channing Tatum took to Twitter yesterday to confirm that he has started writing Magic Mike 2.

Pixie Lott stars in the latest episode of George Gently on BBC One this week, as a holiday camp performer who ends up being the centre of an investigation.

Example has joined the Capital FM presenter line-up and will host the Saturday night show from 7pm throughout February.

Queen have become the first ever act to sell more than 6 million copies of an album in the UK with their 1981 Greatest Hits album. This makes it the best-selling album in UK music history.

February 10 2014

The Voice UK has been given a BBC Two spinoff series presented by Zoe Ball. The half-hour show will air live from 6.30pm on weekdays starting from the first live final.

Clean Bandit have kept the number 1 spot on the UK chart for a third week with Rather Be. Meanwhile, Bombay Bicycle Club went to number 1 for the first time with their album So Long, See You Tomorrow.

The Voice UK topped Saturday night’s ratings again with 8.44 million viewers. Tom Daley’s Splash! pulled in 2.61 million during the same time slot.

Ellie Goulding and DJ Fresh are working on a new version of their track Flashlight for release.

Director Joe Wright has announced an open casting call for the lead role in Pan - his upcoming retelling of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, already starring Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard. Auditions take place at Wembley Arena in London on February 23 where boys aged 11-13 of all ethnicities and shorter than 5ft 4in are welcome.

HBO has released a 15-minute preview of Game of Thrones’ fourth season: 

The Musketeers will return for a second series on BBC One. The show launched with 9.3 million viewers on Jan 19, with the first three episodes averaging 6.3 million.

The Lego Movie debuted at number 1 in the US box office this weekend with $69.1 million. The animated film stars the voices of Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman.

February 7 2014

Elton John’s The Million Dollar Piano show in Las Vegas will be screened in over 200 cinemas across the UK and Ireland on March 22.

Expendables writer and star Sylvester Stallone is producing the upcoming all female spinoff version of the movie called The ExpendaBelles.

Russell Brand and Sasha Pieterse are reportedly in talks to join the adaption of the bestselling DBC Pierre novel Vernon God Little, a black comedy about a boy wrongfully accused of a school shooting.

Leona Lewis’s film debut in British musical film Walking on Sunshine will hit cinemas from June 13. Lewis stars in the movie alongside Katy Brand and Greg Wise.

Kimberley Williams-Paisley is set to join the cast of Two and a Half Men as Alan’s (Jon Cryer) love interest Gretchen.

February 6 2014

E4’s hit show My Mad Fat Diary will return on Feb 17 with Rae starting college. See the new trailer:

Emma Watson has joined the cast of upcoming thriller Regression, alongside Ethan Hawke.

Demi Lovato has appointed Nick Jonas as the creative and musical director of her upcoming Neon Lights tour. Jonas will oversee the video content, wardrobe, lighting and staging.

Bombay Bicycle Club are on course for their first UK number one album with So Long, See You Tomorrow currently leading the midweek chart.

Made In Chelsea’s Alex Mytton has released a dance track online – a remix of Corona’s classic Rhythm of the Night.

Tinie Tempah has launched his own app called Rap Demonstration, of which his mouth will rap along to his back catalogue whenever you launch the app and play one of his songs.

Blue have announced plans to release a tell-all book of the most scandalous moments during the highlight of their career in 2000-2005.

Lost and The Hobbit star Evangeline Lilly is reportedly in talks to join the cast of Marvel’s Ant-Man. Paul Rudd is starring as Scott Lang opposite Michael Douglas as Hank Pym.

February 5 2014

Ke$ha has postponed her upcoming tour to continue treatment in rehab for an eating disorder.

Wiley has scrapped his new album after spending $42,000 (£25,000) working on it, stating that he is starting again.

Pharrell Williams will perform his Oscar-nominated song ‘Happy’ at this year’s Academy Awards on March 2.

Olivia Newton-John has announced plans for a short residency in Las Vegas later this year where she will play 45 dates as part of her Summer Nights residency in the Donny and Marie Showroom at The Flamingo.

One Direction's Zayn Malik has become an ambassador for the British Asian Trust.

February 4 2014

Arctic Monkeys have been announced as the second headline act for this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals, joining Blink-182 across the weekend of August 22-24.

Aaron Eckhart and Miles Teller have been cast in Bleed for This, a biopic about boxer Vinny Pazienza. Teller will play the boxer and Eckhart will play his trainer Kevin Rooney.

BBC Radio 1 has announced details of its Access All Areas (AAA) month in which throughout February, Radio 1 and 1Xtra will allow audiences to be part of various shows including studio takeovers, Live Lounges, behind-the-scenes videos, Q&As with the station bosses, and the chance to control a DJ.

Rather Be singers, Clean Bandit have announced their debut album New Eyes will be released on May 12.

One Direction are reportedly launching a chain of branded coffee shops around the globe, decorated with band memorabilia.    

·     Miranda Kerr is announced as the new face of H&M.

McBusted star Matt Willis makes his EastEnders debut this month as Stacey Branning’s new boyfriend Luke Riley. 

February 3 2014

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment yesterday (Feb 2), age 46, of a suspected drug overdose. Hoffman was currently filming The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, although it is reported the movie will not be affected by his death.

You Me At Six have scored their first UK number one album with Cavalier Youth, outselling Ellie Goulding’s Halcyon by almost two copies to one.

Clean Bandit have beaten will.i.am and Miley Cyrus to spend a second week at number one on the UK chart.

A new trailer for Kiefer Sutherland’s 24: Live Another Day has been released! The new series will also feature Stephen Fry, Tate Donovan, Benjamin Bratt and Yvonne Strahovski.

Britain’s Got Talent’s operatic duo Jonathan and Charlotte have split up an signed solo record deals.

Pitbull has recorded the FIFA World Cup anthem We Are One (Ole Ola) with Jennifer Lopez and Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte.

The Voice UK topped the Saturday night ratings again this weekend with over 8 million viewers.