Entertainment
Big Name Double Bill Kicks Off 2007 At The Bush
2007 begins with a bang at The Bush Theatre with a double bill of two of UK theatre’s most exciting names: Mark Ravenhill and Stewart Lee, both performing their own monologue shows. They can be seen individually or together, playing at 7.30pm and 9pm respectively, and 3pm and 4.30pm on Saturday matinees.
Shilpa Doesn’t Feel Jade Is Racist
Earlier yesterday, Celebrity Big Brother contestant Shilpa talked in the Diary Room about how she was feeling in the House. Big Brother regularly talks to all Big Brother housemates about how they are finding life in the Big Brother house.
American Idol Reaches All Time High
Simon Fuller, creator of American Idol, today celebrated news of more record-breaking figures for the hit series. Just a few days after securing the biggest deal in sporting history for David Beckham, the sixth series of the Fuller created show opened last night on Fox TV in America to an all time high debut of 37.3 million viewers peaking at 41.5 million. This is an increase of 6% on the previous record held.
Bryan Ferry Pays Homage To Bob Dylan
There is a racing, joyous intensity to Bryan Ferry's interpretations of the songs of Bob Dylan. Just as his legendary version of 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall', recorded back in 1973, exchanged apocalyptic vision for exuberant swagger, so at the heart of these new recordings lies Ferry's brilliance in both paying homage to the original track, and reinventing it as entirely and iconically his own. Back then, in 1973, he had an idea: "I just thought it would be great to make a whole album of Dylan songs. And at the end of last year, finally, it happened."
Oprah & Rowling Top Female Rich List
Oprah Winfrey tops the new Forbes list of “The 20 Richest Women in Entertainment,” with an estimated $1.5 billion in amassed earnings over her career, followed by J.K. Rowling and Martha Stewart, with $1 billion and $638 million, respectively.
Funny Girls Stand Up For International Women’s Day
Funny Women Stand Up is now an official fixture in the diary of ‘must see’ events that take place on International Women’s Day. Thursday 8th March 2007 sees the show’s return for the fourth year running and, as ever, it will feature some of Britain’s best female comedy performers and stand-ups. The fun takes place in the glorious show biz atmosphere of the Hammersmith Palais, London.
Babyshambles Sign Long-Term Deal
Parlophone has announced today that Babyshambles, the band fronted by Pete Doherty, have signed a long-term deal with the label. Having already forged a strong relationship with the band, who released the critically acclaimed ‘The Blinding EP’ on Parlophone’s Regal imprint in December, Parlophone are delighted Babyshambles have committed their future to the label.
Rescue Me: Season 2 Released On DVD
Season Two of Rescue Me, the critically acclaimed Emmy-nominated series about the inner workings of a New York City firehouse and the emotional battles of its members, comes to DVD on 29th January 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
David Bowie, The Man Who Fell To Earth
The Man Who Fell To Earth is Nic Roeg’s science-fiction cult classic starring David Bowie. Crash landing on Earth from his dying planet, an alien humanoid traveling by the name of Thomas Jerome Newton uses his superior intelligence to build a vast business empire. As he takes on, and beats, every US corporation people can only guess his true purpose – to save his dying world from agonizing death by drought.
New Book Release: Sweet Mandarin By Helen Tse
Sweeping across one century, three generations and two continents, Sweet Mandarin is the epic story of a family of independent Chinese women and their struggle to survive.
Channel 4 Statement Regarding Bullying In Big Brother House
Channel 4 has released a statement addressing the recent bullying and racism issues surrounding this year’s Celebrity Big Brother. In the statement, Channel 4 comments, "Matters of bullying or racial abuse in any form are taken extremely seriously by Channel 4 and Endemol. The nature of the show often includes incidents where conflicts arise and housemates are encouraged to resolve issues among themselves”.
The Kooks Scoop Two Brit Award Nominations
The Kooks scooped two nominations for Brit Awards on Tuesday night. It was announced at the launch that the band were nominated for the British Breakthrough Act and British Single categories. The awards take place on 14th Feb at London’s Earls Court Arena.
Are Plasma TVs The 4x4s Of Home Entertainment?
Purchasing that ‘must have’ plasma HDTV in the January sales may have seemed a great idea, but what’s it going to cost to run in the coming Year? Could consumers be missing out on an opportunity to save money and reduce their CO2 emissions? sust-it.net thinks so.
Whipping It Up On London’s West End
Whipping It Up, The Bush Theatre’s sell-out smash hit comedy, transfers to the New Ambassador’s Theatre for a strictly limited West End season, opening on Thursday 22 February. Steve Thompson’s timely, hilarious political satire opened at The Bush in November last year, and was subsequently extended, due to public demand.
Lifeboat: From The Lowry To Broadway
Following successful tours of the Republic of Ireland, Canada and appearing at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company are bringing their award-winning production of Lifeboat to audiences at The Lowry between Tue 6 – Fri 9 February, before going to Broadway’s 42nd Street.