Music
Good Year For UK film Industry
The amount of money spent in 2006 on making films in the UK such as The Golden Age, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Atonement, and His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass jumped by 48% to £840.1 million making it the second best year ever, new figures from the UK Film Council reveal this week.
Bringing Ibiza Style To Your Coffee Table
On the sun-drenched island of Ibiza, hidden away from its famously crowded beaches and pulsating nightclubs, are some of the world’s most stylish interiors. This beautiful book is the only title dedicated to interior design in Ibiza and is a glorious celebration of Ibiza’s unique style, as well as the creativity of its cosmopolitan and artistic residents.
Radio 1 Creates Slot For Emerging Talent
BBC Radio 1 announced today that the station's Friday early breakfast slot (4-7am) would become a breeding ground for new and emerging talent giving existing DJs and future signings a key show in which to work.
New Year, New Dramas For Daytime TV
Jay Hunt, Controller, BBC Daytime, is expanding the schedule's drama offering for 2007 with three new high-quality single dramas for BBC One which continue BBC Daytime's recent tradition of attracting big-name talent to its drama output.
Celebrity Big Brother, Popular As Ever
Audience ratings for the opening show of the fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother peaked at 8 million viewers, an increase on last year’s launch night audience, (which peaked at 7.6m viewers), and confirming the original celebrity reality show is as popular as ever. The show won the TV slot from 8pm to 9.30pm beating audiences for all other major channels.
A Fight For Survival At Sea Shown On TV
More4 today announces Ocean Rescue: The Race against Time, a one-off 60 minute documentary that tells the incredible story of one of the most dramatic rescues in round-the-world sailing.
Boston Legal Returns
William Shatner and James Spader are back for Series 3 of Boston Legal, on LIVINGtv. The new 22-part series, starts 8th February at 10pm. This off-the-wall legal favourite, from David E. Kelley – creator of Ally McBeal, returns to with the inimitable Denny Crane (William Shatner) and relentless Alan Shore (James Spader) still at the helm of the quirkiest law firm on TV.
Tamzin Outhwaite Is Vital Viewing
After 15 years of marriage, three kids and a job you didn’t choose, you start to wonder where your life is going. What happened to doing all the things you wanted to do? Tamzin Outhwaite stars in this inspiring contemporary drama as a busy mum with a burning ambition to change her life.
iTunes Store Tops Two Billion Songs
Apple has announced this week that more than two billion songs, 50 million television episodes and over 1.3 million feature-length films have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store (itunes.com), making it the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store.
Apple Reinvents The Mobile With iPhone
Apple has introduced its new iPhone, combining three products—a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod® with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching and maps—into one small and lightweight handheld device.
Nintendo Wii Goes Retro In 2007
Owners of Nintendo’s revolutionary games console, Wii are in for a retro treat at the start of 2007, with 36 new Virtual Console titles spanning Nintendo’s twenty-year history available to download. Gamers will be able to turn back the clock and enjoy titles which made their debut on the NES, SNES, N64, SEGA MEGA DRIVE and Turbografx (PC Engine).
Young Writer Launches Twisted Tales Compilation
Young British writer Steve Goldsmith, has published a collection of short horror stories titled Under Satan’s Umbrella: A Compilation of Twisted Tales, which will have horror fans instantly hooked.
How I Lost 10 Pounds In 53 Years
From burlesque to vaudeville to big bands and nightclubs, from movies to television to Broadway, Kaye Ballard has seen it all and done it all. Now she tells it all, in a gossipy, upbeat memoir filled with great anecdotes about hanging out at the Actor’s Studio with Marlon Brando, playing Greenwich Village cabarets in the 1950s, performing with Lenny Bruce at the Hungry I, doing live television in the 1950s and The Mothers-in-Law in the 1960s.
How I Lost 10 Pounds In 53 Years
From burlesque to vaudeville to big bands and nightclubs, from movies to television to Broadway, Kaye Ballard has seen it all and done it all. Now she tells it all, in a gossipy, upbeat memoir filled with great anecdotes about hanging out at the Actor’s Studio with Marlon Brando, playing Greenwich Village cabarets in the 1950s, performing with Lenny Bruce at the Hungry I, doing live television in the 1950s and The Mothers-in-Law in the 1960s.
ITV2 To Dish Out Grammy Awards
The GRAMMY Awards are one of the most prestigious events in the music calendar and ITV2 will be screening this must-see musical extravaganza, exclusively for UK viewers. The awards celebrate the finest talent in the music industry and have been going since 1957. The Grammy Awards are new and exclusive to ITV2, to be shown on Tuesday 13th February at 10pm.