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Names in the News March 2015

  

March 31 2015

 

Doctor Who actor Arthur Darvill has reportedly been added to the cast of the upcoming Arrow and Flash spinoff for The CW, as DC Comics time-travelling superhero Rip Hunter.


Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams is to appear in the upcoming ninth series of Doctor Who.


Harrison Ford has been released from hospital following a small plane crash in Los Angeles at the beginning of March. 


Disney is working on a live-action adaptation of Mulan, with We’re The Millers producers Chris Bender and JC Spink attached to the project.


Neighbours actor Mark Little is to star in the stage adaptation of Rocky Horror Picture Show sequel Shock Treatment. 

 

Emmanuel Nwamadi, Lucy O'Byrne, Sasha Simone or Stevie McCrorie will be crowned the winner of The Voice UK this weekend, releasing their debut single Lost Stars at midnight after the final. 


Producer Diplo has announced he is collaborating with Led Zeppelin star Robert Plant

 

 

March 30 2015

 

See the winners from this weekend’s Kids Choice Awards, hosted by Nick Jonas, here. 


Check out the winners from this weekend’s Empire Awards here.  


James Bay has reached number one on the UK albums chart this weekend with his debut Chaos and the Calm.


Jess Glynne has landed her first UK number one solo single with Hold My Hand. 


Niall Horan has confirmed that One Direction are planning a new album following the departure of Zayn Malik.


Helen Mirren has expressed to Event Magazine that she would like to appear in Game of Thrones. 

 

 

March 20 2015

 

Jim Carrey, Keanu Reeves and Suki Waterhouse will reportedly star in a dystopian movie about a cannibal love story titled The Bad Batch. 


Liam Hemsworth, Jamie Foxx, Emma Stone, Meghan Trainor and Josh Gad will appear at Nickelodeon's 2015 Kids' Choice Awards, hosted by Nick Jonas on March 28.


Zayn Malik has left the rest of the One Direction tour due to stress. 


Kylie Minogue has announced she is leaving Jay Z's Roc Nation after two years on the management’s roster.


Joseph Gordon-Levitt will reportedly star in and produce the upcoming live-action Fraggle Rock movie.


Ashley Walters and Amanda Abbington have been cast as lead roles in BBC One’s new police drama Cuffs.

 

 

March 19 2015

 

Ed Sheeran's second album x has now sold over 2 million copies in the UK, becoming the fifth record to reach the figure since the beginning of this decade.


Composer Jeff Richmond has revealed that the Mean Girls musical adaptation is ‘60% written’. 


The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has announced plans to publish his old diaries in a limited edition book titled How Can It Be? A Rock & Roll Diary.


The Hunger Games' Josh Hutcherson and Scrubs’ Zach Braff have joined James Franco's film In Dubious Battle.


Sheridan Smith, Rob Brydon and Alexandra Roach have reportedly been cast as dwarves in The Huntsman.

 

A new film remake of Little Women is being written by Away from Her writer Sarah Polley.


Elliott Lester's single-character movie war drama Nightingale starring David Oyelowo will be released on May 29.


Fox has confirmed that Sleepy Hollow has been renewed for a third season. 

 

 

March 18 2015

 

After Duncan Bannatyne, Kelly Hoppen and Piers Linney quit their roles on Dragon’s Den, BBC Two has revealed the three new Dragons joining Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden on the upcoming 13th series. Moonpig.com creator Nick Jenkins, global clothing manufacturer and serial retail entrepreneur Touker Suleyman, and global restaurant entrepreneur Sarah Willingham will start filming next week.


Asif Kapadia's documentary ‘Amy’, about Amy Winehouse will be released in UK cinemas this July.

 

Peaky Blinders star Annabelle Wallis has been cast in Guy Ritchie’s Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur, alongside Charlie Hunnam


Klondike actor Tim Blake Nelson has been cast in CBS pilot For Justice. 


Freddie Stroma has joined the cast of Michael Bay’s upcoming 13 Hours alongside The Office star John Krasinski


Sopranos star Jamie-Lynn Sigler has joined Fox new pilot Fantasy Life. 


ITVBe has re-commissioned The Only Way is Essex and will continue to air until at least 2016.

 

 

March 17 2015

 

Ugly Betty star America Ferrera will return to TV for the new NBC comedy pilot Superstore.


Once Upon a Time actor Robbie Kay has reportedly been cast in the Heroes spinoff Heroes Reborn.


Rupert Graves has reportedly been cast as the lead role in a currently untitled ABC drama pilot, alongside Joan Allen and Liam James.


Clint Eastwood is headlining the Filmmaker’s Lunch at this year’s CinemaCon, where he will reportedly be honoured for his work on 2014's Oscar nominated film, American Sniper.


Kanye West is announced as one of the headliners at this year’s Glastonbury Festival in June. 


Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat has confirmed that the upcoming one-off 90-minute Sherlock special will be set in Victorian London, and is entirely separate from other upcoming instalments. 


Disney has confirmed the live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast will be released on March 17 2017. 

 

 

March 16 2015

 

Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour has claimed the top spot on the UK Album Chart for an eighth non-consecutive week, ahead of Madonna’s Rebel Heart which debuted at number two.


Marcia Gay Harden has replaced Maggie Grace as the lead on CBS medical drama pilot Code Black. 


Paolo Nutini will headline The Eden Project in Cornwall on June 12 and Castlefield Bowl in Manchester on July 2 as part of the Summer In The City series.


Matt Bomer and Cheyenne Jackson have joined the cast of American Horror Story: Hotel.


Comic Relief's Face the Funny pulled in an average of 8.1m viewers on Friday.


Megan Dodds and Chris Jonson have joined the cast of ABC pilot Runner alongside Paula Patton. 


Karen Gillan and Zawe Ashton have reportedly joined the cast of HBO pilot The Devil You Know. 

 

 

March 13 2015

 

Mr Selfridge has been re-commissioned for a fourth series by ITV which is set to air in 2016.


How I Met Your Mother star Cristin Milioti has been cast in the second season of Fargo.


Disney has confirmed that one of the upcoming Star Wars spinoffs will be titled Rogue One, starring Felicity Jones.


Author Sir Terry Pratchett has sadly passed away at the age of 66 after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease.


Disney has officially confirmed a Frozen sequel is in the works. 


Jamie Foxx has unveiled his new single You Changed Me, featuring Chris Brown. 


Mark Ronson has spent a 10th week at number one in the US with Uptown Funk. 

 

 

March 11 2015

 

Former X Factor boyband Stereo Kicks have announced a nine-date UK tour next month.

 

Former Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge has revealed his debut track as a solo artist titled New World, which will be lifted from his upcoming album To the Stars…

 

Tim Burton is to direct Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of the 1941 classic Dumbo.

 

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson announced there will be a Zoolander 2 at Paris Fashion week, after walking the catwalk as their characters Derek Zoolander and Hansel during Valentino's show.

 

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has stayed at the top of the UK box office chart for a second week, earning £1.9m.

 

BBC Two’s thriller The Fall is confirmed to return to the channel for a third series in 2016.

 

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have been ordered to pay $7.3m to the estate of Marvin Gaye as a result of the ‘Blurred Lines’ copyright infringement case.

 

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended by the BBC following a “fracas” with a producer.

 

Leigh Francis has confirmed that The Keith Lemon Sketch Show has been re-commissioned by ITV2 for a second series.

 

 

March 10 2015

 

Mumford and Sons have announced their new single taken from their forthcoming album Wilder Mind is called Believe and will be released on April 27. 


The Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon has sadly passed away, aged 59, after a long battle with cancer. 


Jude Law is reportedly in line to play a fictional pope in Paolo Sorrentino's mini-series The Young Pope.


Former EastEnders actor Sam Strike will play the lead role in Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel Leatherface.


Madonna is on course to claim her 12th UK number one album this weekend with her 13th studio album Revel Heart. 


Channing Tatum is reportedly teaming up with Ivan Reitman and Dan Akroyd to produce an all-male Ghostbusters movie.


Idris Elba is the focus of a new 60-minute documentary film titled Mandela, My Dad and Me.


E4 has announced the return of The Big Bang Theory’s eight season in the UK, which is set to air from March 19. 


The Voice UK winner Jermain Jackman and Olly Murs are both set to perform on The Voice UK’s live-quarter final on Saturday March 21.

 

 

March 6 2015

 

Sir Paul McCartney has announced three UK shows in May as part of his Out There European tour.


Harrison Ford is reportedly in a stable condition in hospital after surviving a small plane crash in Los Angeles on Thursday (March 5).


Step Brothers star Adam Scott has joined horror comedy Krampus. 


Snoop Dogg, Martha Stewart and Shaq have been added to the line-up of The Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber on March 30.


The Duchess of Cambridge will visit the set of Downton Abbey next week to meet the cast and watch part of filming for the sixth series. 


Amanda Holden is to host ITV’s new six-part series Give a pet a Home.


Olivia Colman and Tom Hollander have joined the cast of BBC One’s adaptation of John le Carré's novel The Night Manager. 

 

 

March 5 2015

 

EastEnders have announced that Absolutely Fabolous star June Whitfield, and Howards’ Way actress Jan Harvey will both guest star in the soap.


The BBC have announced a new six-part series of The Tracey Ullman Show. Her last BBC series A Kick up the Eighties and Three of a Kind aired in the 1980s. 


Former Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens has hinted on Twitter that he will play the Beast / Prince in the upcoming live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, alongside Emma Watson. 


Bruce Willis is to reportedly make his Broadway debut later this year in a stage adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Misery. 


Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour has announced an eight-date solo tour across Europe in September, including a three night run at London’s Royal Albert Hall. 


Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto is to guest star in the third series of Hannibal. 

 

 

March 4 2014

 

Rose Leslie, Laura Haddock and Darren Boyd have joined the cast of a new two-part Luther special alongside Idris Elba


Liam Hemsworth has joined the cast of the upcoming Independence Day sequel alongside the returning Jeff Goldblum


Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer stars in the music video for Hozier’s new single Something New. 


Kanye West has confirmed that 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen has directed the video for his new single All Day.


Idris Elba’s adaptation of Uzodinma Iweala’s war novel Beasts of No Nation, will premiere on Netflix.   


Sarah Michelle Gellar is joining the voice cast of Star Wars Revels alongside her husband Freddie Prinze Jr. 


Olympus Has Fallen actor Jon Foo has been cast in a leading role in CBS’s Rush Hour TV pilot.


Fred Savage is reportedly returning to live-action TV in Rob Lowe’s comedy pilot The Grinder. 

 

 

March 3 2015

 

Judge Judy star Judy Sheindlin has reportedly renewed her distribution deal with CBS which sees the partnership through to 2020.


Jennifer Lawrence is reportedly up for a role in Steven Spielbergs’s new war film It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War.


Ethan Hawke has joined the cast of The Magnificent Seven remake alongside Denzel Washington. 


Allison Janney has confirmed she is returning to Showtime’s third season of Masters of Sex. 


Haim and Royal Blood are among the artists featuring on the upcoming Insurgent sountrack. 


Kasabian and Calvin Harris are announced as headliners for this year’s V Festival. The likes of Sir Tom Jones and Sam Smith are also performing. 


This year’s Red Nose Day will feature Daniel Craig, Rowan Atkinson’s Mr Bean and the return of David Walliams’ Little Britain. 


Glee star Jane Lynch will reportedly take on the lead role in new CBS comedy Angel from Hell. 

  

 

 

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