Entertainment
BBC Children In Need Delivers Nearly £17million Worth Of Grants
BBC Children in Need is distributing nearly £17million worth of grants this week which will help make a positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people around the UK. This August 2007 grant allocation is the second and final round of grants which will be made by the charity this year thanks to a current 2006 Appeal total of £32,434,944.
Christmas At The Coliseum
Christmas 2007 sees English National Ballet break with tradition by opening its Coliseum season with Michael Corder’s glittering new production of The Snow Queen (11 – 16 December). The Company’s traditional showing of family favourite The Nutcracker follows with Christopher Hampson’s flamboyant production returning for its seventh consecutive season (19 December – 6 January). The season finale brings Derek Deane’s proscenium arch production of Swan Lake back to London for the first time since 2001 (8 - 19 January 2008).
Will Young Joins Stellar Line-Up At BBC Proms In The Park
Pop icon Will Young is to join this year’s BBC Proms in the Park on Saturday 8 September 2007 – the annual musical extravaganza held in London’s Hyde Park that allows music lovers to enjoy the magic and majesty of the much-loved Last Night of the Proms.
The Very Best Of Mick Jagger
The Very Best Of Mick Jagger , the first overview of his distinguished solo career, is set for release on October 2, on Atlantic/Rhino Records. It’s a vivid reminder of the compelling gifts that brought Jagger fame in the first place. As an embodiment of all that rock ’n’ roll can mean, he is virtually without peer and that is made plain on this compelling 17-track collection, which includes three previously unreleased performances.
Cross-Atlantic Battles Emerge As Kerrang! Nominees Announced
Nominations for this year’s Kerrang! Awards were exclusively announced yesterday (Wednesday 8 August) at the Kerrang! Day Of Rock, which was held at Virgin Megastores (the Official Retail Partner for the Kerrang! Awards) on London’s Oxford Street.
The Angel Film Festival Back For Second Year
The Angel Film Festival is a competition for independent short films. It aims to nurture upcoming directors, producers and actors and to give time and attention to the pleasurable pursuit of watching films. It is now in its second year, following a highly successful debut in August 2006.
Martin Shaw Stars In New Supernatural Drama
Lime Pictures has been commissioned by BBC One to produce a two-part supernatural drama called Apparitions starring Martin Shaw. Martin Shaw (Judge John Deed, George Gently) will head the cast of this riveting and multi-layered drama about an exorcist battling demons in what he discovers to be the beginning of the End of Days.
The X Factor Returns For Fourth Series
The X Factor - the UK’s most popular entertainment show - returns to ITV screens for an even bigger and better fourth series this Autumn. The show's three infamous judges, Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh, return with a new addition to the panel in the form of Dannii Minogue, with Brian Friedman as creative director.
Holly & Fearne Go Dating
Some people claim to be unlucky in love. Some repeatedly pick the wrong person. And some seem to end all dates in disaster. But now there’s an answer to every singleton’s problem and it comes in the form of Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton in Holly & Fearne Go Dating.
More Celebrities Return To The Jungle
Ten celebrities face the toughest challenge of their lives - to spend two weeks in the Australian jungle with only the creepy crawlies and each other for company. Cut off from the outside world they will be forced to live on meagre rations of rice and beans and have to win extra food by competing in the daily dreaded Bushtucker Trials.
Golden age of cinema still the number one
When it comes to the nation's favourite happy-ending films, the golden oldie movies of yesterday are still top of the charts according to a survey conducted by RIAS, the over 50s specialist insurer.
Sony Introduces Television For The Blind
Sony has launched an international campaign to provide television products and services for blind and partially sighted people, with Sony BRAVIA leading the way. The entire BRAVIA television range now provides access to Audio Description (AD) as standard which, in combination with a commitment to raise awareness of AD, aims to increase the number of programmes, broadcasters and television manufacturers that offer the service.
Young Elvis In Colour
Thirty years after the death of the King of rock ‘n’ roll, Young Elvis In Colour tells the story of the young man who electrified the world in the 1950s. It celebrates the original Elvis so often obscured by the jump-suited, Las Vegas image of his later years.
Ann Widdecombe Steps Into Frontline Britain
After emerging relatively unscathed from a brush with hoodies for her headline-grabbing report into anti-social behaviour for Tonight With Trevor McDonald, Ann Widdecombe again prepares to step into frontline Britain to tackle more pressing issues in her own, new three-part series.
High Flying City Boy Writes Second Bestseller
Author Andrew Iyer is a high profile and successful City lawyer, with a history of celebrity girlfriends. His previous book Domino Run, published by Cancer Research UK in 1995 as a fundraiser, was a bestseller, and won the David St John Thomas Award for Fiction. In his second book, The Betrayed, Iyer combines the seedy glamour of 60s London with the drama of a 90s law firm.