July 31 2014

Lily Allen has confirmed she is no longer working on the proposed Bridget Jones’s Diary musical.

Alicia Keys has confirmed that she and her husband Swiss Beatz are expecting their second child.

The Who are co-producing a new TV show alongside director Simon West, called Mods and Rockers, about music in the 1960s.

The Big Bang Theory has reportedly delayed production on its upcoming season eight due to contract discussions.

Alex Kurtzman has been enlisted by Universal Studios to direct the upcoming The Mummy reboot.

The likes of Quentin Tarantino, JJ Abrams, Christopher Nolan and Judd Apatow are fighting to save the last Kodak factory that manufactures physical film; they have persuaded studios to place long-term orders to ensure the its future.

Comedian Dapper Laughs has signed up to host a new ITV2 six-part reality series titled Dapper Laughs On The Pull. The show which comes from the creators of Celebrity Juice will air in September.

E4 has confirmed Made in Chelsea: New York will air from Sunday August 10 at 9pm, for six episodes.

July 30 2014

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has held the top spot at the UK box office for a second consecutive weekend with £3.7 million, ahead of Hercules and The Purge: Anarchy.

Legendary Pictures reportedly wants Attack the Block filmmaker Joe Cornish to direct the upcoming King Kong reboot Skull Island. 

Gabby Logan is to host celebrity darts competition series, Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief, on BBC Two next year.

Manchester United and England legend Paul Scholes has signed a four-year deal with BT Sport to become a full-time pundit.

The  first teaser trailer for Fifty Shade of Grey has been viewed over 36 million times in a week, also becoming the most-watched of 2014.

July 29 2014

EastEnders has confirmed that John Altman is returning to Albert Square as Nick Cotton.

Christopher Walken and Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito have joined the cast of Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book alongside Sir Ben Kingsley and Idris Elba.

Mr Motivator has departed BBC One’s new gymnastics show Tumble after dislocating his knee during a trial run of the show.

Glee’s Lea Michele is to guest star in Sons of Anarchy’s final season.

Fringe star Blair Brown has been cast in the upcoming third season of Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black.

Channel 4 has picked up Fargo for a second season which has been confirmed as a prequel. Original stars Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton will not be returning.

Sherri Shepherd has reportedly been cast in the upcoming sequel of Ice Cube and Kevin Hart’s cop comedy Ride Along; her first project since leaving daytime talk show The View.

July 28 2014

Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has landed her fourth UK number one single with Crazy Stupid Love.

Game of Thrones has added nine new cast members to its upcoming fifth season, including Jonathan Pryce and Alexander Siddig.

BBC One’s new gymnastics reality show Tumble, starring Lucy Mecklenburgh, Sarah Harding and John Partridge, will air from August 9.

Quentin Tarantino has confirmed he is to make The Hateful Eight, months after the script was leaked online.

Marvel Studios has confirmed that Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will open on July 28 2017.

Legendary Pictures have announced a new King Kong movie titled Skull Island which will be released on November 16 2016.

Stevie Nicks is reportedly going to release a new album titled 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault, on October 7.

The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay – Part 1 has premiered its first trailer: 

July 25 2014

Andy Samberg’s upcoming HBO mockumentary 7 Days in Hell will star Doctor Who’s Karen Gillan and Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington.

Teen Wolf has been renewed for a 20-episode fifth season by MTV.

TCM are to air a marathon of James Garner’s most popular films after he passed away at the age of 86 earlier this week.

24: Live Another Day has finished, but Stephen Fry and Kiefer Sutherland are to reunite on screen for a new one-off drama for Sky Arts called Playhouse Presents…Marked.

Sir Bruce Forsyth will return to screens for BBC’s one-off variety show Bruce Forsyth’s Hall Of Fame, later this year.

The 2014 Commonwealth Games opened on BBC One on Wednesday with an average of 7.59 million viewers.

Ozzy Osbourne is releasing his new solo compilation Memoirs of a Madman on October 6, to celebrate his music career. 

July 24 2014

The Great British Bake Off will return to BBC One in two weeks time on August 6.

Former Game of Thrones star Michelle Fairley has joined the cast of ABC’s supernatural drama series Resurrection.

Walt Disney Pictures has announced that Pirates of the Caribbean 5 is set for a July 7 2017 release.

Marvel Studios has announced it will release an undisclosed film on May 4 2018.

Portia de Rossi has been cast in the fourth season of Scandal, alongside Kerry Washington. 

The Amazing Spider-Man spin-off movie Sinister Six is set for a November 11 2016 release date.

Ex-Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has been refused to appeal against his 35-year jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to 13 sex offences in December.

The Voice UK contestant Liam Tamne has joined the cast of The Phantom of the Opera as Raoul.

BAFTA Award-winning documentary Educating Yorkshire is returning to Channel 4 for a One Year on catch up.

July 23 2014

X Factor winner James Arthur has tweeted that he turned down a place in the next series of Celebrity Big Brother.

Nicholas Bailey surprised viewers as he returned to EastEnders last night as Anthony Trueman. 

Steve Carell will reportedly lead Disney’s new live-action comedy movie Brooklyn Family Robinson, of which he will also produce.

Cheers actress Rhea Perlman is joining the cast of The Mindy Project in a recurring role as Danny’s (Chris Messina) mother.

Kanye West has confirmed his new single is called All Day, and his new album is likely to be released in September.

Idris Elba is reportedly in talks to star in Guy Ritchie’s medieval movie Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur, as Bedivere, a confidant of Arthur’s father.

Richard Madeley is in discussions with two independent production companies about adapting his debut novel Some Day I’ll Find You into a TV drama.

The pilot for Josh Widdicombe’s semi-biographical sitcom Josh, in which he stars as himself alongside Jack Dee and Elis James, is now on BBC iPlayer. 

July 22 2014

One Direction have announced a new concert film for their Where We Are tour which will hit cinemas for one weekend only on October 11 and 12, followed by a DVD release on December 1.

David Walliams and Miranda Hart have formed a new comedy production company King Bert Productions.

Heat magazine readers have named Zac Efron the ‘Hottest Hunk of 2014’, pushing last year’s winner Tom Daley into second place.

Monty Python’s West End production Spamalot is to return to stages across the country next year from January 2015, starring Joe Pasquale, Bonnie Langford and Todd Carty.

According to Forbes, Robert Downey Jr is the highest-earning actor in Hollywood for a second year running, having earned $75 million between June 2013 and June 2014.

Naomi Watts is reportedly in talks to star in Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée’s upcoming movie Demolition alongside Jake Gyllenhaal.

Dragon’s Den presenter Evan Davis is to leave his role on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme to replace Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight, following his departure after 20 years.

Monty Python’s final live show at London’s O2 Arena scored record ratings for Gold on Sunday (July 20), with an average of 597,000 viewers.

July 21 2014

Tributes are pouring in for the Rockford Files actor James Garner, who passed away this weekend aged 86.

Rixton claimed their first number one this weekend with their debut single Me and My Broken Heart. 

Ed Sheeran’s new album X has topped the album chart for a fourth consecutive week. 

The Simpsons’ 26th season will feature voices from Jane Fonda, Willem Dafoe, Sarah Silverman, Nick Offerman and David Hyde Pierce.

Seth Macfaelane’s Family Guy will guest star the voices of Liam Neeson, Julie Bowen and Allison Janney.

The Script have announced their fourth studio album No Sound Without Silence.

Gotham Showrunner Bruno Heller has revealed that Batman will not be appearing in the TV show.

July 18 2014

See the nominees at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards here.

24: Live Another Day actress Christina Chong is to appear in the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII.

Ben Whishaw has replaced Colin Firth as the voice of Paddington bear in upcoming movie Paddington.

One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson will no longer be taking over Doncaster Rovers.

The seventh and final season of Sons of Anarchy will return on September 9, followed by live post-show Anarchy Afterword later in the year. 

Shane Filan has announced his 29-date solo winter tour You and Me.

Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway is being developed for US TV.

July 17 2014

Steven Spielberg is to adapt Bryan Cranston’s hit Broadway play All the Way into a movie for HBO.

Attitude magazine readers have named Tom Daley the sexiest man in the world.

Donny Osmond has announced he will release his 60th studio album Soundtrack of My Life, on November 3 to mark 50 years in show business.

My Name is Earl star Jason Lee has joined the cast of Amazon’s pilot Cocked, alongside Brian Dennehy and Sam Trammell.

Rocky The Musical, based on the Sylvester Stallone Oscar-winning film, is to end on Broadway after just 188 performances in six months.

Former X Factor singer Diana Vickers is to star in six-part sitcom Give Out Girls, which will debut on Comedy Central. 

Sir Trevor McDonald is to explore the American mafia in a new two-part documentary series for ITV.

July 16 2014

10 year-old newcomer Neel Sethi from New York has been cast in Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book as Mowgli.

CM Punk has been officially removed from the main WWE roster.

The story of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman is being made into a movie.

X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz have reportedly been enlisted to write the script for the upcoming Power Rangers movie reboot.

Broadway musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, based around the music of Tupac Shakur, is to close down after just 38 performances in less than two months. 

Martin Scorsese’s upcoming movie Silence has reportedly been given a November 2015 release date.

July 10 2014

The Libertines are to release a new album next year.

ITV is reportedly planning to air a live production of The Sound of Music.

Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford will reportedly host a new daytime quiz show on ITV called The Gift Lift, which sees three couples battle it out in a series of quiz rounds.

Rhod Gilbert has been named as the new permanent host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, which has been hosted by guests since Simon Amstell left the series in 2009.

Hollyoaks are to announce the identity of Fraser Black’s killer on Snapchat hours before the on-screen reveal in E4’s first look episode on July 18.

The White Queen star Rebecca Ferguson has been cast as the leading female role in Mission: Impossible 5 alongside Tom Cruise.

Scarlett Johansson and Jonah Hill are reportedly in talks to join the cast of the Coen Brothers’ Hail Caesar! Alongside George Clooney.

July 9 2014

JK Rowling posted a 1500 word long Harry Potter story on Pottermore.com yesterday, which depicts a 34 year old Harry attending the Quidditch World Cup 2014.

John Cleese has reportedly joined the cast of an unofficial Baywatch movie.

Robin Thicke has entered the chart at number 200 with his latest album Paula, which only sold 530 copies.

Post-apocalyptic drama The 100 claimed E4’s biggest ever programme launch on Monday with 1.39 million viewers.

Courtney Love is to star in multiple episodes of the final season of Son’s of Anarchy. 

Disney are reportedly working on a live-action adaptation of Dumbo, with the script being written by Transformers writer Ehren Kruger.

Elizabeth Mitchell has reportedly joined the cast of Once Upon a Time. Her character hasn’t been revealed although she is expected to play a villainous role associated with the Frozen sisters.

We had a great turn out at the re-launch of #CuriousIncident last night with guests including Joanne Froggatt, Iain Glen, Warwick Davis, Andrew Scott and Sam Bailey. 

July 8 2014

Former Made In Chelsea’s Ashley James has reportedly landed her own children’s makeover TV show on PopGirl.

Will Ferrell’s comedy mini-series The Spoils of Babylon has been given a six-episode spin off called The Spoils Before Dying. 

Pink Floyd’s record label have confirmed plans to release a new album The Endless River this October.

George Ezra has announced a UK tour this October. Tickets go on sale Friday.

Vernon Kay has reportedly signed up to host a new ITV quiz show called 1,000 Heartbeats, which will see contestants battle their own heartbeat in attempt to win money.

Emma Watson has been announced as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.

July 7 2014

Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea made chart history this weekend with Problem, which became the first UK Number 1 single based on both sales and streaming combined.

After leaving the soap last summer, Nicole Barber-Lane is returning to Hollyoaks as Myra McQueen.

Hangover star Ken Jeong has joined the cast of the upcoming Ride Along 2, alongside returning stars Ice Cube and Kevin Hart.

Pretty Little Liars star Ashley Benson has reportedly joined the cast of Pixels alongside Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Peter Dinklage and Josh Gad.

Transformers: Age of Extinction has claimed the number one spot at the US box office for a second week with $36.4m.

Hannibal star Hugh Dancy has joined the cast of Sam Worthington’s World War I mini-series Deadline Gallipoli.

July 4 2014

The Kumars actor Vincent Ebrahim has joined the cast of Hollyoaks as new villain Big Bob.

Scott Michael Foster has been cast as Frozen’s Kristoff, Elizabeth Lail as Anna and Georgina Haig as Elsa in ABC’s fourth season of Once Upon A Time.

Sam Keeley has been cast in Chef, alongside Bradley Cooper. Sienna Miller is also reportedly attached to the project.

Ella Eyre has been confirmed as the fourth Vevo LIFT artist of 2014, which includes behind the scenes footage, interviews and exclusive performances.

July 3 2014

A sequel to Disney’s 2007 film Enchanted, starring James Marsden, Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey is in the works.

Universal have brought forward the release date for the upcoming Fast & Furious 7 which will now hit cinemas a week earlier on April 3 2015.

HBO have announced that part of the upcoming fifth season of Game of Thrones will shoot in Spain.

Tina Fey is working with Disney on an untitled witch movie – not the rumoured Hocus Pocus 2 which is actually not in the works.  

Hunger Games stars Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth are to reunite on screen in upcoming Western movie By Way of Helena.

EastEnders and Hollyoaks star Gary Lucy is to appear in a special episode of BBC’s Casualty which is to air in November.

The second series of Channel 4’s conspiracy thriller Utopia will open with a double bill over two nights on 14th and 15th July at 10pm. 

July 2 2014

Steve Coogan’s Mid-Morning Matters with Alan Partridge is confirmed to be returning to Sky Atlantic for a new series in 2015.

The first trailer has premiered online for Horrible Bosses 2, starring Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey, Chris Pine and Charlie Day:  

Jennifer Love Hewitt is joining the cast of Criminal Minds as Kate Callahan, an undercover agent in the Behavioural Analysis Unit.

The Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection is to be released on Blu-Ray this October 13th, which will include Duel, The Sugarland Express, Always, Jaws, E.T and Jurassic Park, along with bonus features such as making-of documentaries and interviews.

David Mitchell, Vic Reeves and Sue Perkins will feature in a new series of Dave’s part live-action, part-animated show Crackanory, which sees celebrities narrating adult versions of bedtime stories in the style of the children’s classic Jackanory.

Although he continues to be sober, Robin Williams has reportedly returned to rehab to make sure he will not relapse. 

Monty Python Live opened in London last night with special guest Stephen Fry joining John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones on stage.