April 29 2016
The Danish Girl actress Alicia Vikander has been cast as the new Lara Croft in Tomb Raider.
Lucasfilm is producing LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures - a cartoon set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi which is set to air on Disney XD from June 20.
The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant has joined the cast of Marvel's Wolverine 3.
Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy are set to appear on the Friday May 13 episode of The Graham Norton Show.
Drew Barrymore is set to narrate Ellen DeGeneres's version of the popular UK series First Dates, for NBC.
Sylvester Stallone is reportedly lined up for the lead role as a mob boss in Antoine Fuqua's TV adaptation of the 2000 novel Omertà, written by The Godfather author Mario Puzo.
Allegiant star Nadia Hilker has reportedly joined the cast of The 100’s third season.
April 28 2016
Zayn is the final act confirmed for Capital's Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium this June.
Charlie Sheen will appear at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on June 19 for 'An Evening with Charlie Sheen' to talk about his life and career in an on-stage interview with Piers Morgan.
Zombieland 2 will reportedly be going into production in August.
Richard E Grant has reportedly been cast in Wolverine 3 an as-of-yet unknown "villainous mad-scientist type", alongside Hugh Jackman.
Dutch actress Sylvia Hoeks has joined the Blade Runner sequel as the lead role, opposite Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling.
Calvin Harris and Rihanna have recorded another single together titled This Is What You Came For, which will be released this Friday (April 29).
Zedd has confirmed that a new version of his track True Colors will be released this Friday (April 29), featuring Kesha.
April 27 2016
Jake Bugg is set to perform at this year’s Channel 4 charity Comedy Gala.
BBC Three is launching a Top Gear sister show Extra Gear to release behind-the-scenes footage and extra content. The programme will be available online following the end of the weekly episode of Top Gear on BBC 2.
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are teaming up with their former Top Gear producer Andy Wilman to launch a new website titled DriveTribe. The project is separate from their Amazon Prime series.
Kit Harrington has become the new face and ambassador of the charity Mencap.
Nadiya Hussain, winner of last year’s Great British Bake Off, has landed herself a new cooking show on BBC One.
James Holmes, who played Clive in BBC One comedy Miranda, will reportedly star in the new series of Sherlock.
Prince’s former backing band The Revolution are reportedly looking to reunite as a tribute to the great musician.
Selena Gomez has announced UK and Ireland tour dates in November for her revival world tour. Tickets go on sale at 9am this Friday.
Florence and The Machine have released a new short film named The Odyssey, made up of previous music videos from their recent album, as well as new interconnecting shots.
April 26 2016
The film version of Stephen King's It will reportedly be released on September 18, 2017.
McFly are officially getting back together for a reunion tour, playing three different shows in each city – a different album each night.
Nathan Fillion is returning for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2., reportedly as a superhero.
Disney have confirmed Emily Blunt will play Mary Poppins in the upcoming sequel which takes place 20 years after the original film, to be directed by Into the Woods’ Rob Marshall.
Disney have announced One Hundred and One Dalmatians' villain Cruella de Vil is getting her own movie, starring Emma Stone as the lead character.
Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley’s Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie boasts some impressive cameos. Get ready!... Abbey Clancy, Alesha Dixon, Alex Jones, Alexa Chung, Barry Humphries aka Dame Edna Everage, Bip Ling, Brix Smith-Start, Bruno Tonioli, Camilla Rutherford, Glee’s Chris Colfer, Christopher Biggins, Daisy Lowe, Dawn French, Ella Eyre, Foxes, Graham Norton, Giles Deacon, Gwendoline Christie, Jade Parfitt, Jamie Laing, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jeremy Paxman, Jerry Hall, Joan Collins, Jourdan Dunn, Kate Moss, Kathy Lette, Kelly Hoppen, Lara Stone, Lily Cole, Mark Gatiss, Miquita Oliver, Nick Grimshaw, Ozwald Boateng, Pam Hogg, Perez Hilton, Poppy Delevingne, Richard Arnold, Robert Webb, Rylan Clark-Neal, Sadie Frost, Sophie Raworth, Stella McCartney, Suki Waterhouse, Suzy Menkes, Tinie Tempah and Wanda Ventham.
April 25 2016
Beyonce premiered her brand new visual album Lemonade yesterday in the UK, which is available exclusively on streaming site and app Tidal.
Pamela Anderson will reprise her role in the upcoming revamp of Baywatch, alongsideDwayne Johnson, Zac Efron and David Hasselhoff.
Rylan Clark's new chat show Up Late with Rylan has been confirmed to air 4 nights a week, premiering at the start of next month on Channel 5.
Little Mix, Nathan Sykes and Mike Posner are the first acts confirmed to perform at this year’s Capital Summertime Ball.
Billy Paul, singer of hit single ‘Me and Mrs Jones’, has sadly passed away at his home in New Jersey, aged 81.
DJ Khaled has officially signed up as a performer on Beyonce’s Formation Tour.
April 22 2016
Tributes are pouring in for music ledged Prince who was confirmed to have passed away yesterday due to a sudden death.
The last surviving chimp from the PG Tips classic adverts has sadly passed away this week at the age of 48.
Khloe Kardashian’s show Kocktails with Khole is airing in the UK on 4Music, from Tuesday 26th April at 9pm.
Game of Thrones has been officially renewed for a 7th season. HBO have also renewed shows Veep and Silicon Valley for another series.
Katie Price has reportedly been given her own reality TV series titled Katie Price’s Pony Club.
Winner of this year’s The Voice, Kevin Simm has released the music video for his debut solo single All You Good Friends; check it out here.
BBC One’s Dickensian has reportedly been axed after one series.
MTV have renewed their fantasy show The Shannara Chronicles for a second series.
April 21 2016
According to the Sunday Times' 2016 Rich List, Adele is the UK's richest ever female musician with a fortune worth £85 million, up from £35 million last year.
Take Me Out host Paddy McGuinness will front Travel Channel's new car-based series Drive of My Life, in which he'll drive celebrities to places that mean something to them, also talking about beloved cars from their youth.
An as-yet-untitled scripted drama based on Selena Gomez's life as a young star trying to make it in Hollywood is set to air on Lifetime.
Cheryl's charity has donated £500,000 from her Cheryl's Trust foundation to the Prince's Trust.
Former Girls Aloud member Nadine Coyle is working on new music with the same team behind some of Girls Aloud's biggest hits, including 'Something Kinda Ooooh' and 'The Promise'.
Idris Elba will lead new Sky Atlantic drama series set in 1970s London titled Guerrilla, which comes from John Ridley, the Oscar-winning writer of 12 Years a Slave.
April 19 2016
Mel B and Duncan James are set to host this year's British LGBT Awards on May 13 at London's Grand Connaught Rooms.
Director James Cameron has revealed he will be shooting all four upcoming Avatar sequels at the same time.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams and star of the film Daisy Ridley, are reportedly teaming up again for upcoming fantasy thriller Diary of a Teenage Girl.
The Impossible's JA Bayona is officially replacing Colin Trevorrow as director of Jurassic World 2, while Trevorrow stays on board as producer as he works on Star Wars Episode IX.
Five-time Emmy Award winner and Everybody Loves Raymond star Doris Roberts has sadly passed away at the age of 90.
Netflix and Marvel Studios have revealed that The Following's Jessica Stroup and Banshee's Tom Pelphrey have been cast as Danny Rand's (Finn Jones) childhood friends Joy and Ward Meachum in Marvel's Iron Fist.
April 18 2016
Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon is reportedly planning discussions for a Mis-Teeq reunion.
Congrats to Jessie Ware who has announced she is expecting her first baby this year.
AC/DC have confirmed that Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose will take over from Brian Johnson as their new lead singer.
A sequel to 2009's comedy-horror Zombieland, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson, is officially going ahead.
The People vs O.J. Simpson actor Courtney B Vance has been cast in the Mummy reboot alongside Tom Cruise.
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart are reportedly in talks to star in the remake of Robin Williams’ 1995 movie Jumanji.
April 15 2016
Disney are holding an open casting search from April 18 to May 2, with video auditions via their Applause mobile app, for High School Musical 4.
South Park co-creator and star Trey Parker has signed up to play villain Balthazar Bratt in Despicable Me 3, which is scheduled for release in June 2017.
2007 Britain's Got Talent star Shaheen Jafargholi has been cast in EastEnders as the newest addition to the Kazemi family.
Laura Whitmore has announced she will not return as host of I'm a Celebrity spinoff series Get Me Out of Here Now! this year.
The follow-up to Radiohead’s 2011 album King of Limbs will reportedly be released this summer.
Congrats to Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds and his wife, Gossip Girl star Blake Lively, who are expecting their second child.
April 14 2016
Benedict Cumberbatch is voicing The Grinch in an all-new animated movie The Grinch that Stole Christmas, set for release this November.
Channing Tatum has confirmed he'll star in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, the upcoming sequel to Matthew Vaughn's 2014 spy hit Kingsman: The Secret Service.
Disney is reportedly working on a new live-action re-make of Peter Pan.
Selena Gomez is the next star of James Corden's Carpool Karaoke.
The Jump Street / Men in Black crossover film is officially titled: MIB 23.
Paul Hollywood, Dame Joan Collins, Lily James and Richard Madden are set for The Graham Norton Show on April 22, with Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen on the sofa the following week.
April 13 2016
Former EastEnders star Marc Elliot has announced he will be joining the cast of Holby City as the new love interest of Dominic Copeland.
Vicky Pattison has been revealed as the new face of Ann Summer’s swimwear this summer.
BBC’s Would I Lie to You? has been renewed for a tenth series.
Louis Tomlinson has joined the likes of Mark Wright, Olly Murs and Marvin Humes for this year’s Soccer Aid match at Old Trafford on 5 June.
Fox has officially renewed New Girl for a sixth season.
Jessica Jones will be getting its own Marvel Comic due to the popularity of the Netflix series.
April 12 2016
It has been confirmed that the return of Broadchurch in 2017 will be the show’s last series.
The cast for the new Irish EastEnders spinoff, Redwater, has been revealed. Fionnula Flanagan will play the lead alongside Maria Doyle Kennedy, Ian McElhinney, Peter Campion, Stanley Townsend and Angeline Ball.
The writers of Matt LeBlanc’s sitcom Episodes have confirmed the show is ending after season 5.
Mighty Boosh stars Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding are reuniting for a new comedy series.
Emilia Fox has announced the return of Silent Witness for a 20th series will begin filming at the end of this month.
Pregnant Coronation Street star Paula Lane has revealed she is having a girl. Congrats!
Teen Wolf’s Arden Cho has confirmed that her character Kira will be leaving the show after three and a half years.
Britney Spears has announced her new track is called Make Me (Oooh). The single will be released in four weeks, with her album release following a month after.
Little Mix have confirmed their next single will be Hair, featuring Sean Paul, out Friday 15 April.
Netflix has confirmed its new show The Crown, starring Matt Smith, will be released on November 4.
April 8 2016
John Partridge and Lynda Baron are returning to EastEnders in early summer as part of an explosive new storyline for the Beale family.
Maddy Hill has landed her first role since leaving EastEnders in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
This Morning have said goodbye to Rylan Clark-Neal as he and Ruth Langsford announced that Eamonn Holmes will return next week. Eamonn has been on sick leave while recovering from his double hip operation.
Stacey Dooley will front a new three part documentary for BBC Three called Brainwashing Stacey Dooley, which will see her immerse herself in different groups with extreme ideologies and beliefs including the sports hunting community and an anti-abortion boot camp.
Reggie Yates is set to face a Texan jail to see how US inmates with mental health problems are treated in prison, for new BBC Three documentary Reggie Yates: Worst Weeks.
will.i.am dropped his brand new single Boys & Girls yesterday via Spotify, ahead of its digital release today.
April 5 2016
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has announced she is quitting as judge on The X Factor in order to focus on her music.
Pink has announced the release of her first single in 3 years Just Like Fire which is set for release as a digital download on April 15. The track is for the new Disney film Alice Through The Looking Glass.
Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins and Vivian Oparah have been cast in BBC 3's Doctor Who spinoff Class.
Katie Hopkins has gained a regular slot on LBC radio station on Sundays from 10am to 12pm.
April 4 2016
See all the winners from last night’s Laurence Olivier Awards here.
Charli XCX has signed up to voice Willow in the upcoming animated movie adaptation of the mobile game Angry Birds.
Despite mixed reviews, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has won the US box office, having taken $52m in its second week.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Oscar Isaac is set to play Hamlet in an off-Broadway adaptation of the classic next year.
WWE star Sting has officially announced his retirement, confirming the news during his Hall of Fame acceptance speech this weekend.
April 1 2016
After revealing she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February, Denise Robertson, resident agony aunt for ITV's This Morning, has sadly passed away aged 83.
House of Cards actress Robin Wright is reportedly set to star in the sequel to Blade Runner alongside returning lead Harrison Ford.
US girl group Fifth Harmony will be on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge next Thursday April 7.
Friends star Matthew Perry will host a few Saturday shows on Magic FM while he's in the UK working on his play The End of Longing.
Ex on the Beach, Celebrity Big Brother and TOWIE star Megan McKenna has revealed that she is working with Ariana Grande’s songwriter on new music.
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