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Names in the News November 2015

 

November 30 2015

 

Florence + The Machine will headline Barclaycard presents British Summer Time at Hyde Park on July 2, with Kendrick Lamar, Jamie xx and Blood Orange also set to perform.


Adele has claimed the biggest one-week sales in US chart history, becoming the first artist to sell over 3 million records in a week; shifting 3.38 million copies of her new album 25.


Nickelodeon’s classic Hey Arnold! is reportedly set to return to the channel for a TV movie.


The BBC Trust’s decision to close down BBC Three as a broadcast channel and move it online in March 2016 has been finalised. 


Speaking at a special screening of Gremlins in London on Wednesday (November 25), star of the movie Zach Galligan revealed a third movie is on the cards and will not be a remake. 


Kevin Bacon is on board to reprise his role as Valentine McKee for a TV spinoff of the 1990 movie Tremors, which he is also set to produce.   

 

 

November 27 2015

 

The likes of Gemma Collins, Ola Jordan, Daniella Westbrook, Hulk Hogan and Koo Stark are rumoured to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house this year.


After high demand Coldplay have announced extra shows at Manchester's Etihad Stadium on June 5 and London's Wembley Stadium on June 19.


Star Wars: The Force Awakens actors Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill will appear on Graham Norton for the Christmas special, while Jennifer Lawrence, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are set for the New Year's special.


Coldplay are confirmed to perform at The X Factor final on the weekend of December 12 and 13. Adele and One Direction are both rumoured to perform.


Liam Payne has confirmed that 'Infinity' will be the latest track from One Direction's new album Made In The A.M.

 

Marvel has confirmed that production on Doctor Strange has officially begun, with the likes of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams and Tilda Swinton set to appear alongside Benedict Cumberbatch.


 

November 24 2015

 

Idris Elba has confirmed that series 4 of Luther will premiere on BBC One at 9pm on Tuesday 15 December.


The nominees for the Brits Critics’ Choice Awards 2016 have been announced. Jack Garrett, Frances and Izzy Bizu are all up for the award.


The official Doctor Who twitter account has announced that Greg Davies and Matt Lucas will star in this year’s Christmas special.


Katy Perry’s new Christmas song ‘Every Day is a Holiday’ has been aired in H&M’s Christmas campaign advert.


Justin Bieber has broken the record for most tracks on the Billboard Top 100, which was previously held by The Beatles.


Noel Gallagher is performing an exclusive gig for Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series. You can apply for tickets to be there on 7 December here


House of Cards star Michael Kelly has joined the cast of the BBC One series Taboo. The show is due to start filming in London this week.

 

 

November 16 2015

 

EastEnders actor Jake Wood has been replaced after 10 years of voicing the Geico Gecko after he "refused a huge pay cut".


Ferne McCann, Vicky Pattison and Spencer Matthews are heading into the jungle for I'm a Celebrity this Wednesday.


Scott Adkins has reportedly joined the cast of Marvel's Doctor Strange in an undisclosed role, alongside Benedict Cumberbatch.


Foo Fighters have cancelled the remainder of their current European tour following the Paris terrorist attacks.


X Factor has reportedly chosen Bob Dylan classic Forever Young as this year's winner's single.


Justin Bieber has followed Beyoncé's footsteps by releasing music videos for each track on his new album Purpose, forming part of a film called Purpose: The Movement.

  

November 12 2015

 

JJ Abrams has revealed that Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia has a new title in The Force Awakens. She will be refferred to as General Leia.


Tina Fey and Martin Freeman's as-yet-untitled Afghanistan comedy has been given a release date of March 4.


Matthew McConaughey is set to play a singing koala called Buster Moon in new animated film Sing. Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C Reilly and Reese Witherspoon will also lend their voices.


Director Ridley Scott has revealed he will finally let everyone know who actually created the Xenomorphs in the upcoming Prometheus sequels.


Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman and Mel Giedroyc have joined the cast of ITV's The Sound of Music Live which is set to air over the Christmas season with Kara Tointon in the lead role as Maria.


Adele is reportedly in talks for a supporting role in the French-Canadian fimmaker Xavier Dolan's upcoming movie The Death and Life of John F. Donovan.

 

 

November 9 2015

 

Kiera Weathers and Seann Miley Moore were voted out of The X Factor this weekend, with Sean leaving the competition after losing the sing-off to Mason Noise.


Carol Kirkwood and Pasha Kovalev became the sixth couple to exit Strictly Come Dancing this weekend.


Hollyoaks actress Jorgie Porter was first to arrive at Brisbane Airport on Sunday morning for this Sunday’s new series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.


Take That are set to play Hyde Park for the first time next year when they headline the British Summer Time festival on July 9 2016.  


Benedict Cumberbatch, Johnny Depp, Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy are set to appear on The Graham Norton Show on November 27.


The Lord of the Rings has been voted the best movie soundtrack of all time by Classic FM listeners for the sixth year running.

 

 

November 6 2015

 

Terminator actor Arnold Schwarzenegger will reportedly lead the cast of 478 - a revenge thriller produced by Darren Aronofsky.


Congrats to The Hunger Games star Sam Claflin who is expecting his first child with his wife Laura Haddock.


Coldplay have announced their upcoming new album A Head Full of Dreams will be released on December 4, with Adventure of a Lifetime being taken as the first single.


Peep Show duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb are in the early stages of a new sitcom for Channel 4.


Alex Kurtzman, producer on the Star Trek movie reboots, will serve as executive producer on CBS Television Studios’ new Star Trek TV series for January 2017.


Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge is reportedly returning for a second series of Mid Morning Matters on Sky Atlantic in February 2016.

 

 

November 5 2015

 

Comedian and Wet Hot American Summer actor Ken Marino has been cast in Marvel's Agent Carter season two.


Former Coronation Street and Hollyoaks actor Peter Mitchell will guest star in Holby City.


ET and The Indian in the Cupboard screenwriter Melissa Mathison passed away in LA yesterday (November 4), aged 65.


Spectre star Ralph Fiennes will voice the Dark Knight's butler Alfred Pennyworth in the upcoming animated Lego Batman Movie.  


Matt Damon has been spotted in Paddington, London this week filming the fifth instalment of the Jason Bourne spy franchise. 


The team behind this year's Amy Winehouse movie Amy are reportedly working on a documentary about the rise of Oasis.


Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy of novels His Dark Materials is being adapted into a new series for BBC One. The trilogy consists of Northern Lights (1995, The Golden Compass in the US), The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000).

 

 

November 4 2015

 

BBC One’s Doctor Foster starring Suranne Jones, has been confirmed for a second series.


Lily James has confirmed she will return to Downton Abbey for this year’s Christmas Special as Lady Rose Aldridge. 


Jess Glynne has released this year’s Children In Need single titled Take Me Home.


Kes star and Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire writer Colin Welland has passed away aged 81, after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.


James Franco’s duo group Daddy have signed a deal with Kobalt to release a full-length album and film called Let Me Get What I Want, a project largely inspired by The Smiths.


Spectre has beaten Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’s 11 year UK opening box office record by almost £18m.

 

 

November 3 2015

 

The likes of Ed Sheeran, Pink, Bruce Springsteen, Pharrell, Sia and Sting are joining together for ‘Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress’ in aid of ending racial tensions in the US.


The Stone Roses are reuniting in June and July 2016 for Scotland’s T in the Park festival as well as 2 Manchester gigs.


Sam Smith’s new single ‘Drowning Shadows’ is to be aired for the first time tonight on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music show as his Beats 1 World Record.


Bloc Party have been announced as the headliners for 2016’s NME Awards Tour.


Keith Richards has hinted to The Sunday Times Magazine that he is ready for the Rolling Stones to make a new album, saying that he’d ‘love them in the studio in April’.


Iconic broadcaster and former Radio 4 presenter Peter Donaldson has passed away aged 70.

 

 

November 2 2015

 

Bupsi and Alien Uncovered became the first acts to leave The X Factor this weekend.


Jason Derulo has been announced as the first act for Capital's Jingle Bell Ball with Coca-Cola at London’s O2 arena next month.


One Direction played their final show before taking their hiatus, in Sheffield this weekend. 


Last year’s X Factor runner-up Fleur East has announced her debut album Love, Sax and Flashbacks will be released on December 4.


Willem Dafoe has reportedly joined the cast of Paul Schrader’s crime thriller Dog Eat Dog alongside Nicolas Cage.


Need For Speed director Scott Waugh will direct the upcoming action thriller Blackout, which follows a cop transporting a criminal across town when chaos erupts due to a city-wide blackout.

 

 

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