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Entertainment: Jonathan Ross Quits BBC

Entertainment: Jonathan Ross Quits BBC

Jonathan Ross has today announced that he is to quit the BBC.
The comic presents his own “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross” show on the BBC’s flagship BBC One channel also hosts a Radio 2 show and his own film review program for the Corporation.
Ross leaving will mark the end of a 13 year association.
In a [...]

Music: UK Christmas Number One 2009 Announced Today

Music: UK Christmas Number One 2009 Announced Today

UPDATE Christmas Number One 2009 Revealed Here!
The UK pop music charts for the much fought over “Christmas Number One” title for 2009 are revealed this evening, following one of the most publicised battles of recent years.
The UK Christmas Number One for 2009 is very close. Despite the Xmas Number 1 title being claimed by the [...]

Music: Rage Against the Machine Second Favourites for UK Christmas Number 1

Music: Rage Against the Machine Second Favourites for UK Christmas Number 1

Following the victory for Joe McElderry in X Factor 2009, many see him as a clear-cut favourite for Christmas Number 1 in the UK, however, an internet movement to oust the X Factor winner from the top spot is quickly gathering pace, with the surprise addition of Rage Against the Machine into the running for [...]

UK Television: Joe McElderry Wins X Factor 2009

Joe McElderry, 18, of Tyneside last night won the UK television musical talent search series, X Factor.
McElderry had the support of the staunchly loyal North East of England – “Vote Joe” was even displayed on the electronic signs on the A19 Tyne Tunnel dual carriageway – as well as his mentor on the show, Cheryl [...]

UK Television: Murderland – Monday 19th October ITV 9pm

UK Television: Murderland – Monday 19th October ITV 9pm

Murderland is a three-part drama which comes to ITV tonight starring Robbie Coltrane alongside Sharon Small (Mistresses), Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane), Amanda Hale and Nicholas Gleaves (Foyle’s War). It follows the fortunes of a young woman, Carrie, whose mother was murdered when she was a child. The story is told from three perspectives over three [...]

London Fashion Week: Peaches Geldof with Jonny Makeup

London Fashion Week: Peaches Geldof with Jonny Makeup

Peaches Geldof was interviewed this morning by Lorrain Kelly in the catwalk tent at London Fashion Week. After the interview, Peaches was straight on Facebook and chatting away to her friend Jonny Makeup – a makeup artists from California. Lorraine Kelly then went on to present the hot looks from the catwalk with Mark Hayes, [...]

TV Chef Keith Floyd Dies

TV Chef Keith Floyd Dies

Charismatic British author and television chef, Keith Floyd, has died today at the age of 65 following a heart attack.
Floyd, well known for both his eccentricity and his unique dress sense – often sporting a cravat, and never without a glass of red wine – had been diagnosed with bowel cancer in July this [...]

Katy Brand Lays into Royal Family and 2012 Olympics

Katy Brand Lays into Royal Family and 2012 Olympics

On Thursday at 10pm, the second episode of Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show will air on ITV2 in the UK. The comedienne is set to parody everything from the royal family and 2012 Olympics to Lily Allen and Little Boots. Portraying the Queen as a ganster and Princess Eugenie as a spoilt brat who defaces [...]

UK TV: Big Brother Axed by Channel 4

UK TV: Big Brother Axed by Channel 4

The reality television show, Big Brother, which is screened on Channel 4 in the UK is to be axed in 2010 after its 11th annual showing.
The broadcaster, which has screened each series of Big Brother on UK television, announced at the launch of it’s Autumn 2009 programming today that it shall not be renewing the [...]

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