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Wednesday\'s Stone the crows news
Doctor Who End of Time – Part 2 is a ratings record for BBC America Abba duo nearly did Torchwood: The Musical Film Luke Goss to star in prequel to Death Race? Sam Mendes to direct next Bond pic? Steven Soderbergh shooting a secret ...
Tuesday\'s illegal immigrant bear news
Film Pierre Morel to direct Dune Rosemarie DeWitt joins Earthbound Sandra Bullock becomes biggest female star Gossip Girl's Sebastian Stan joins Apparition Noel Fielding to star in Paddington Bear Denzel joining Will Smith in Uptown...
Wednesday\'s many trailered news
The Daily News will return in the New Year. You can follow me on Twitter for breaking updates. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Doctor Who Waters of Mars gets highest ratings ever for the show Pic of David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Cat...
Tuesday\'s \'he\'s not coming back\' news
Doctor Who 100,000 Torchwood fans say 'Bring back Ianto!" Film Trailer for Frozen Clip of Toy Story 3 Kevin Bacon joins James Gunn's Super British TV Mister 11's ratings not good BBC Trust poised to approve Project Canvas Clips ...
Monday\'s more clashes news
Film More gods and filming for Clash of the Titans Mike Myers to voice Marvin the Martian? British TV Gavin & Stacey up to series high of 5.9m US TV A second season for White Collar Danny Wallace to star in pilot for Awkward Situ...
Friday\'s "Where\'s Idris?" news
Doctor Who New trailer for The End of Time, complete with Brian Cox voiceover Pictures of John Simm in The End of Time [spoilers] Books Ivor the Engine returns Film Laurence Fishburne joins Predators British TV Misfits gets a second ...
Thursday\'s Iron Man Hot Tub news
Doctor Who Pics of David Tennant and Jerry O'Connell in Rex is Not Your Lawyer Film Rene Russo to play Frigga in Thor Bryan Singer to direct X-Men: First Class? Steve Carell and Tina Fey to star in Mail-Order Groom? Stieg Larsson's Mi...
Wednesday\'s going out again news
Doctor Who An interview with Steven Moffat [audio, spoiler] Film 300 prequel to be called Xerxes David O Russell to direct, Natalie Portman to produce and star in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies The Brood to be remade Theatre Richard...
Tuesday\'s Spiderhobbit news
Awards Results of the British Comedy Awards Film Tobey Maguire to play Bilbo Baggins? Mel Gibson to star in How I Spent My Summer Vacation Theater Jennifer Morrison to make Broadway debut in The Miracle Worker [spoilers] British TV ...
Monday\'s purple, not blonde news
Doctor Who Interview with Alexandra Moen [spoilers] Film New trailer for Clash of the Titans Dexter's Jennifer Carpenter joins Hungry Rabbit Jumps Alan Partridge movie to begin shooting next year Ali Larter to star in trilogy of UFO r...
Friday\'s grounded Conchords news
Film Bryce Dallas Howard to star in Clint Eastwood's Hereafter James Cameron to remake The Fantastic Voyage British TV Al Murray to debunk German stereotypes on BBC4 Greg Dyke says Five is a 'goner' Cast Offs ends on 160,000 viewers ...
Thursday\'s "Wife vs Ninja" news
Doctor Who Pictures of David Tennant in the BBC's Hamlet Film Trailer for Nicolas Cage in The Sorcerer's Apprentice Poster and pic from Tron: Legacy A new Star Wars movie and TV series? Dreamworks buys Wife vs Ninja Dougray Scott t...
Wednesday\'s darker blue news
Film Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston to star in Pretend Wife? Taylor Lautner to play Max Steel British TV The Beeb hires its first iPlayer scheduler [subscription required] US TV Tim Minear to be showrunner on Terriers V and FlashF...
Tuesday\'s Brad the Impaler news
Doctor Who Pictures from The End of Time Film Brad Pitt's production company to produce action version of young Vlad the Impaler's story Tim Burton/Jonny Depp's Dark Shadows starts filming next year Frank Langella joins Unknown White Mal...
Monday\'s sliding lawyers news
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear me, happy birthday to me Doctor Who Pics of David Tennant in Rex is Not Your Lawyer Awards The British Independent Film Awards results Film What's happening with the Jack Ryan...
Friday\'s competing terrorists news
Doctor Who David Tennant and TARDIS in one of the Beeb's Christmas idents BBC America scheduling of the specials Film Johnny Depp to play Pancho Villa? More details of Steven Spielberg's Tintin Spielberg pulls out of Harvey Jeff Bri...
Thursday\'s not-Scientology news
Film InBetweeners movie being worked on Harold Perrineau joins Nicolas Cage and January Jones in Hungry Rabbit Jumps Philip Seymour Hoffman to star as 'L Ron Hubbard' alike in The Master Gwyneth Paltrow, Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meest...
Wednesday\'s The Shield reunion news
Film Harlan Ellison volunteers for Star Trek 2 Office duo writing The Low Self Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie Australian TV Underbelly 4 to star Eric Bana? British TV FlashForward down to 2m viewers US TV NBC developing Tommy Supreme bas...
Tuesday\'s cancellations and remakes news
Doctor Who Fourth series of Torchwood to be 13 episodes Film John Madden to direct My Fair Lady remake? I Spit on Your Grave to be remade? Paul Greengrass quits Bourne 4 Tron: Legacy team to remake Black Hole? Theater Kelsey Gramme...
Monday\'s cartoon McConaughey news
Doctor Who The End of Time to air on Christmas Day and New Year's Day Books Borders and Books Etc to close all branches after going into administration Film Another remake of The Amityville Horror? Jim Sheridan talks about I, Claudius an...
Friday\'s black news
Doctor Who Casting for Richard Curtis's episode [spoilers] Film Blair Witch remake? Theatre Micky Dolenz joins Hairspray Matthew Kelly joins Waiting for Godot Julie Andrews returns to the West End British TV BBC to switch off som...
Thursday\'s "Happy Thanksgiving" news
Happy Thanksgiving to US readers, who probably aren't going to read this because they're eating turkey Doctor Who Michael Moorcock talks about writing a Who novel Karen Gillan's cousin gets cast Film Trailer for new Universal Soldier movie ...
Friday\'s not so traumatic news
The Daily News will be back on Thursday 26th November 2009 Doctor Who Pic of David Tennant from End of Time – Part 1 Film New bill would require Channel 4 to invest in film Idris Elba to play Heimdall on Thor The Shield writer John Hla...
Thursday\'s "Sorkin\'s TV trilogy" news
Film Director found for 47 Ronin Simon Baker acquires rights to Breath The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel acquired Sam Worthington to star in American Criminal British TV BBC thriller The Silence to star profoundly deaf actre...
Wednesday\'s "well it\'s one way for STV to make money" news
Doctor Who Clip from End of Time to feature in Children in Need on Friday Film Jennifer Hudson to star in Winnie British TV Screenwipe to return for review of the year STV sues ITV again – this time for VoD rights Sky launches Chri...
Tuesday\'s no Nemo news
Doctor Who Waters of Mars gets 9.1m viewers Film Universal acquires TMI for Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris Anna Faris to play Robin Williams' daughter in Wedding Banned? Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevenson, and Tadanobu Asano join Thor? Capt...
Monday\'s TV exorcism news
Doctor Who Michael Moorcock to write Doctor Who novel? Film Aaron Sorkin to write movie about the founding of Greenpeace? Butch Cassidy legend to be shot as Blackthorn Independence Day to get two sequels? Helena Bonham Carter, Jennife...
Friday\'s "Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid" news
Doctor Who An interview with John Simm [spoilers] More 'lost stories' for Big Finish, including McCoy's missing season Film New trailer for Avatar Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfuss and Brian Cox to star with Bruce Willis ...
Thursday\'s "Hank and Dollhouse get yanked" news
Doctor Who Fourth series of Torchwood to begin work in January? New pictures from The Waters of Mars Film Marti Noxon to write new version of Fright Night Harvey Keitel joins Little Fockers Theatre La Cage Aux Folles to close British...
Wednesday\'s Sex and Brazil news
Film Trailer for Kick-Ass Trailer for Clash of the Titans Will Smith to star in adaptation of Flowers For Algernon? Mad Men creator plans rom-com with Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper Theater/Theatre Denzel Washington returns to B...
