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X-Factor for geeks? Simon Cowell and Will.i.am discuss TV hunt for tech entrepreneurs

News has been spreading like wildfire across the internet this morning that super knowledgeable tech experts (and fame whores) Simon Cowell and Will.i.am are soon to be launching the hunt for the next big name in the industry to rival the likes of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Yep, we have no words either. According [...]...More

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Jeremy Clarkson rakes in a fortune as he sells out to the BBC

Jeremy ‘Jezza’ Clarkson has reportedly pocketed £15 million from the sale of his production company to the BBC. Clarkson owned 30% of the firm Bedder 6 which makes Top Gear and owns the worldwide sales rights. The BBC already owned 50% of the company and the purchase of Clarkson’s share leaves 20% in the hands [...]...More

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I’m A Celebrity cast takes shape as Eric Bristow and Linda Robson sign up

Several sources are stating that former darts legend Eric ‘Crafty Cockney’ Bristow and Linda ‘Her from Brids of a Feather’ Robson have both signed up for the upcoming series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. They join Helen ‘Rosie Webster in Corrie’ Flanagan, Ryan ‘Jason Grimshaw in Corrie’ Thomas and Grace ‘Bound [...]...More

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YouView ‘official’ launch with national treasure Joanna Lumley

Not sure how many launches digital terrestrial TV service YouView has had now, but at the latest ‘official’ launch we were treated to national treasure Joanna Lumley appearing to beat the hell out of the original Austin 1300 car used in the famous Fawlty Towers sketch (actually she wasn’t hitting it that hard because the [...]...More

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Sherlock ‘remake’ Elementary is coming to the UK but do we really want it?

Since the BBC reinvented Sherlock Holmes for the small screen there have rumours about a US version set in the modern day. Now it’s here. Elementary stars Johnny Lee Miller as Sherlock and Lucy Lui (yes, Lucy Lui) as Watson and is set in current day New York. Similarities to the UK’s Sherlock, with Benedict [...]...More

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Sir Jimmy Savile’s huge headstone unveiled – it’s also available on Kindle

Since his death in October last year, Sir Jimmy Savile’s grave at Scarborough has been unmarked. This is because he requested that to be buried at a 45 degree angle (so he would be looking at the sea?!?!) and so his family had to wait until the land to settle before his stone could be [...]...More

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Gary Lineker appeals to Simon Cowell to do the right thing

For the past few years one of the later live shows of the X Factor has aired at the same time as the Sports Personality of the Year. Both shows have suffered reduced ratings as a result. With 2012 being a landmark year for British sport, SPOTY host Gary Lineker has taken matters into his [...]...More

Baggage: Would Gok Wan’s new show be better named ‘Garbage’?

It doesn’t sound promising, does it? Gok Wan hosting a Blind Date-style dating show where desperate singletons tell prospective dates about their faults in the hope of getting a snog? Well, that’s the premise of ‘Baggage’, which starts this Friday on Channel 4. The eight part series will see contestants open suitcases containing details of ...More

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Bruce Forsyth and Louis Walsh capture valuable headlines with pointless feud

With X Factor struggling in the ratings and the new series of Strictly Come Dancing launching tomorrow, both shows need is to grab as many tabloid pages as possible to increase ratings. If only there was some way that they could do that. What’s that you say? There is? Wonderful. Apparently, a couple of years [...]...More

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Strictly Come Dancing 2012: Your guide to the celebrities

And so it’s back, the hugely popular (but terribly titled) Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC1 for a new run this Saturday. This year’s line up of hot-footing slebs is the usual mix of sports stars, soap stars and TV presenters and, as always, the judges include Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Len Goodman [...]...More

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Red or Black cancelled: Is Simon Cowell’s empire crumbling?

With the Sun reporting that the Simon Cowell produced ITV show Red or Black has been axed, X Factor suffering deteriorating ratings and rumours of ill-health we ask ‘Is the end is sight for Simon Cowell’s TV empire?’ Despite giving away TV’s biggest ever prize (£1.5 million) and enjoying 5 million viewers, the Ant & [...]...More

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The odds are on Julian Clary to win Celebrity Big Brother

With just a few hours left, it’s Julian Clary that is looking most likely to win the current series of Celebrity Big Brother. One betting shop punter has even placed a £15,000 bet on the camp comic triumphing over his housemates. After Julie Goodyear and Prince Lorenzo were evicted on Wednesday night, bookies Ladbrooks took [...]...More

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Sky Atlantic confirms transmission dates for Boardwalk Empire season 3

Exciting times ahead for those of you hooked on HBO’s prohibition drama Boardwalk Empire. Season 3’s first episode will air on Sky Atlantic on Saturday the 29th of September at 9PM. The new season will pick up a year after the dramatic events at the end of season 2, which saw Atlantic City’s de facto [...]...More

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Is former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan suffering ‘frozen mouth syndrome’?

Ex Corrie ‘babe’ Helen Flanagan, who used to play Corrie ‘babe’ Rosie Webster, is apparently suffering from the highly amusing condition ‘frozen mouth syndrome’. Helen, who hasn’t worked much since leaving Weatherfield, recently posted a series of pictures of herself on Twitter showing her trying to look li...More

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Emmerdale films fake music festival

Top ITV soap Emmerdale have been busy creating their own fake music festival to feature in an upcoming episode. The festival “Home Fields’ has been organised (in the soap, like, not in real life) by Home Farm residents Declan and Megan Macey and it features real stages, bars, toilets and mud. Headlining the entirely fictitious [...]...More

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The Thick Of It is back! Here’s the trailer

After a couple of years off TV, during which time the creative team made a film (In The Loop) and a major US series (Veep), The Thick of it is back for its fourth series. The magnificent political satire has not been on our screens since before the election of the coalition government so this [...]...More

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BBC2 announces 2 new sitcoms and the return of Bottom

BBC2 are planning to strengthen their comedy out put by reprising Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson’s classic sitcom Bottom as well as producing new efforts by Mitchell and Webb and stand up/ conductor/ bake show host Sue Perkins. There hasn’t been a new series of Bottom since 1995 but now Richard Richard and Edward Hitler [...]...More

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Cowell resurrects Loyd Grossman for Food Glorious Food

After nearly a decade off mainstream telly, bizarre-voiced TV host and pasta sauce pusher Loyd ‘no, it’s spelled with one L’ Grossman is to return to our screens on Simon Cowell’s ‘X-Factor-for-grub’ show Food Glorious Food. The show is being produced by Cowell’s Syco imprint and starts production in September. Grossman, who used to f...More

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After 21 years off TV Dallas returns to Channel 5

In case you’re wondering why the cast of Dallas are suddenly all over the media, it’s because it’s back! For the first time since the original series ended in 1991 the oil barons of Southfork Ranch are back to terrorise our tellys with big daft hats, big daft shoulders and big, daft plots. The first [...]...More

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Celebrity Masterchef is back: Here’s who’s cooking

‘Cooking does not get tougher than this!’ – Yes, it’s back. Celebrity Masterchef starts a new run this coming Monday on BBC2 at 6:30. Every year a new set of unlikely would-be chefs have a crack at impressing judges John ‘jowl’ Torode and Greg ‘ingredients expert’ Wallace by cooking dishes of their own invention in [...]...More