Celebrities
Joe Calzaghe wins BBC 2007 Sports Personality Of The Year
Joe Calzaghe has been voted BBC 2007 Sports Personality Of The Year by viewers. Voting took place during the live programme (Sunday 9 December) on BBC One between 7 and 9pm, by telephone.
X-Factor's Rhydian to perform at fan’s wedding
Real Radio's Breakfast Show presenter Angela Jay introduced Kristyna Bater from Pontyclun to her new found hero Rhydian Roberts at Cardiff's Welsh Millennium Centre yesterday and she cheekily asked the X-Factor favourite to sing at her daughter's wedding.
Joe Cocker to receive OBE this week
The legendary Joe Cocker will be the recipient of an OBE on Thursday December 13th. On that day Joe will attend Buckingham Palace with his wife Pam, his brother Victor (himself a CBE) and his wife Jennifer.
Letitia Dean dances out of Strictly
Letita Dean was the tenth person to be voted off the Strictly Come Dancing quarter-finals on Sunday night on BBC One – after failing to impress the judges in the dance-off. All the couples danced two different numbers again, one Ballroom and one Latin dance, but once again one of those couples had to leave.
Catch Lindsey Lohan’s erotic thriller on DVD
Prepare to be seduced by Lindsey Lohan when taut erotic thriller I Know Who Killed Me debuts on DVD on 28th January from Icon Home Entertainment. Lohan plays the dual role of ‘nice’ girl Aubrey Fleming, a model student who gets abducted and tortured, and ‘bad’ girl Dakota Moss, a sexy pole dancing stripper who turns up in her place but claims to know nothing of Aubrey.
Real Radio has Kylie for Christmas
Real Radio today announced that it will be the first radio station in the UK to have Kylie Minogue as a DJ for Christmas 2007! Making millions of Kylie fans dream come true by giving them Kylie for Christmas, Real Radio will see the undisputed Queen of Pop presenting her very own show on Christmas Day from 10am-12pm The Kylie Christmas Show.
Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua sing for the Red Cross
On 10 December ‘What A Wonderful World’, a duet by Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua, is released. Available exclusively through Tesco, all profits from sales of the single will benefit the British Red Cross, the 2007 Tesco Charity of the Year.
David Beckham’s Radio 2 Christmas Day special
In a special programme for Christmas Day, BBC Radio 2 presents David Beckham in conversation with its listeners.
MTV searches for new UK presenter via MySpace
MTV UK has partnered with MySpace to search for a brand new presenter to host MTV News. From today, anyone will be able to audition for the job of a lifetime simply by using their MySpace page.
Thriller - The 25th anniversary
Epic/Legacy Recordings are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's Thriller, the world's biggest-selling album of all time, with a newly expanded deluxe edition of the phenomenal record-breaking pop culture touchstone, available in the UK from February 11, 2008.
Cerys Matthews speaks to GMTV
Cerys Matthews spoke to GMTV’s Kate Garraway this morning, from her hotel in Queensland, Australia.
Tara PT goes to the stock market
Three’s A Crowd Plc– the events management and lifestyle portal company created by London society girl Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and friends – will float on PLUS Markets on Friday 30th November 2007.
Westlife to go live on ITV1
After 14 UK number ones and 36 million record sales worldwide, the biggest selling pop act of the last nine years, Westlife, are treating their fans to a one-off musical extravaganza, The Westlife Show: Live, exclusively for ITV1.
Pauline Quirke launches performing arts school
The New Year sees the launch of the Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA) in Bournemouth, one of a new generation of weekend performing arts schools opening across the UK.
John Barnes dances out of Strictly
John Barnes became the eighth person to be voted off BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing after failing to impress the judges in the dance off. All the couples danced different numbers again tonight, but once again one of those couples had to leave.