Music
Crowded House To Reform
Crowded House founders Neil Finn and Nick Seymour have confirmed that they will be putting the band back together, with plans for a new studio album and world tour.
Live the Lifestyle at Playboy Gaming.Com
PlayboyGaming.com , a new online gaming site launches its poker room today, offering online players the opportunity to win not only money, but also money-can’t-buy Playboy experiences. Players will earn Bunny Money via their game play, which can be traded in at the PlayboyGaming.com Rewards Club for exclusive VIP trips to the Playboy Club in Las Vegas, lunch with Playmates and exclusive invites to Hugh Hefner’s famous Playboy Mansion parties.
Primeval: Prehistoric Action Adventure
The past and present are about to collide in this fantastic new ITV1 drama. Primeval, the prehistoric action- packed adventure, starts on ITV1 on 10th February in a primetime Saturday evening slot.
Fabulous February With True Movies
True Movies – the only UK channel dedicated to true stories – is delighted to present its February premieres. With 2.3 million unique viewers per month per channel, True Movies and True Movies 2 are together the most watched movie channels on Sky. Here are some of the February 2007 highlights.
'Most Haunted Live' To Brave Transylvania
For the first time ever, Most Haunted Live will be filmed abroad, choosing the spookiest and most legendary of all places; Transylvania, as Yvette Fielding, psychic David Wells, and the regular Most Haunted crew search for the legend of Dracula.
More Exposure For Unsigned Artists
7digital today announces a partnership with Ricall, an online music marketplace that is used by TV, advertising, computer game and film producers. These professional music buyers will now see unsigned and independent indiestore.com artists added to Ricall’s music database of over 3 million commercially available tracks. This means that in addition to selling to the public, indiestore.com artists will now have the opportunity to get exposure to commercial music buyers and be in with a chance of getting their music on TV ads and programmes, films and computer games.
Virgin Classics Signs Diana Damrau Exclusive
Virgin Classics has the pleasure of announcing the signing of a long-term exclusive recording contract with German soprano Diana Damrau. Her first release on the label (due out January 2008) will be a recital programme of opera arias by Mozart, Salieri and Righini, with the recently founded period instrument ensemble, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, under the direction of its conductor, Jérémie Rhorer.
Hannah Hauxwell - Innocent Abroad
Hannah Hauxwell first won the hearts of millions in Britain when she appeared in a Yorkshire Television documentary about the plight of farmers in the Dales. Her battle to survive alone on an isolated farm with no electricity or running water - and in abject poverty - made her the nation's most unlikely celebrity.
Donnie Darko Composer Releases Debut Solo Album
Hand On String is an intrinsically beautiful amalgam of songs from LA based composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Michael Andrews.
Experience Maze Madness With Nintendo Wii
Prepare to rock and roll as your brain does a loop the loop with the ultimate Wii puzzle game! Players must complete testing and taxing mazes as Kororinpa rolls across Europe on 23rd February 2007, only on Wii.
15 Storeys High Released On DVD
Subtle and hilarious, this brilliant comedy series, written by Sean Lock, goes behind the closed doors of a block of flats to reveal its residents and their many idiosyncrasies. Life in the concrete jungle of a tower block in South East London … gritty, depressing, futile? An urban nightmare? Not really … the lift works and there’s a nice patch of green outside.
Judge John Deed: Series 2 On DVD
Martin Shaw returns as the free-thinking judge with a reputation for asking difficult questions and refusing to compromise his principles. Created by one of Britain’s most eminent writers, G F Newman; Judge John Deed is compelling television with a charismatic central figure, strong storylines and a tremendous cast.
Award-Winning Drama Writer Returns To BBC One
Dervla Kirwan and Lorraine Ashbourne star in Debbie Horsfield's sparky, raw and disturbing new six-part drama serial True Dare Kiss, an unfolding saga of intrigue, passion, revenge and redemption coming to BBC One this Spring.
Win Abbey Road Studio Time With EMI & Myspace
EMI Records has launched an exclusive competition on MySpace to support David Gilmour’s new chart recording of Pink Floyd’s 1967 debut single, ‘Arnold Layne’. This time around, David Gilmour has re-recorded this legendary song with help from friends David Bowie and Pink Floyd original member Richard Wright.
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.