Film

• Trailer for The Spirit

British TV

• ITV2 commissions drama Trinity…
• …and cancels Jordan's chat show

Australian TV

• Big Brother cancelled

US TV

• Fringe episodes will be 50 minutes long
• The first of the Heroes webisodes [video, US only]
• Christina Ricci joining Saving Grace for three episodes
• Crash won't be depressing or about race much
• Christopher Gorham leaving Ugly Betty
• Casting for Valentine Inc, plus Dexter and The Unit

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Doctor Who

• More information on next year's specials

Film

• A trailer for Max Payne
• Jon Favreau will direct Iron Man 2

British TV

• UKTV rebranding its non-Dave channels to Watch, GOLD and Albi
• BBC secures lifetime rights to Heroes
• Friends' Adam Chase talks about writing Clone for BBC3
• BBC2's Autumn highlights
• RDF launches a comedy downloads site

US TV

• New cast members for Ugly Betty, Heroes and Damages
• Scott Bakula to star opposite Ray Romano in Men of a Certain Age
• New pilots ordered by HBO, including projects from David Simon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Martin Scorsese
• And HBO announces Fall premiere dates for True Blood and Little Britain USA
• ABC willing to rip off foreign formats?
• Guest appearances on Criminal Minds and Psych for Jason Alexander and Justine Bateman
• BBC America will censor Skins

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Doctor Who

• Little Dorrit to feature Freema Agyeman as well as Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones
• Daleks get their own street sign

Film

• Common joins Terminator 4
• Ellen Page to play Jane Eyre

British TV

• ITV HD to launch soon
• BBC commissions Chris Langham-inspired drama
• Stewart Lee finally gets his own BBC2 show
• Meera Syal's new sitcom

US TV

• Men in Trees cancelled
• Casting for Caprica and Warehouse 13
• Katee Sackhoff turned down as Jorja Fox's CSI replacement
• David Kelley may be leaving Life on Mars as it nears pick-up
• Ugly Betty hires Lindsay Lohan and may move to New York

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Doctor Who

• David Tennant to propose marriage to first person who leaves a comment on this blog entry before midday
• DT 'informally committed' to series five
• A Gareth David-Lloyd interview
• Four different DW Radio Times covers

Film

• Scott Bakula to star opposite Matt Damon in The Informant
• Brad Pitt goes Amazon shopping

Comics

• Who owns Superman?

Theatre

• Kevin Spacey has a go at BBC1 talent shows

British TV

• Cranford returning for Christmas

US TV

• What's up on Supernatural this season (and next) [minor spoilers]
• Jay Leno turns down Top Gear hosting gig for fear NBC will ruin it
• Sleeper Cell creators to head up probable Eleventh Hour series
• William Petersen will be returning for the next season of CSI
• Ray Romano to do an hour-long drama pilot for TNT
• Season four of The Unit still likely
• ABC unveils summer schedule
• Eddie Cibrian to join Ugly Betty
• Ioan Gruffudd and Robin Tunney, among others, cast in pilots

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Doctor Who

• Rusty unveils his 20-year plan and what UNIT now stands for
• Peter Davison talks Big Finish, Time Crash and about his daughter

Film

• Ben Affleck acquires rights to The Blade Itself
• The Mummy 4 is definite. Probably
• Bryan Singer working on Superman Returns sequel still
• Wolfgang Petersen to direct sci-fi resistance movie Uprising
• Paramount acquires rights to Monster Zoo
• St Trinian's director planning Dorian Gray adaptation

British TV

• BBC launches comedy college

US TV

• John C McGinley says Scrubs is definitely on ABC now
• Ratings not so good for new Fox shows
• Fox drops FBI series
• Aussie fan Josh Lawson gets the lead in Spaced remake
• Arrested Development creator working on animated sitcom for Fox
• Britney Spears' guesting in How I Met Your Mother causes Alicia Silverstone to leave and be replaced by Sarah Chalke
• Ugly Betty showrunner signs seven figure deal to stay
• Wire stars have secured funding for a movie - but David Simon doesn't have a script

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Film

• Remake of The Birds with Naomi Watts planned

Music

• U2 reissuing 'The Joshua Tree' for 20th anniversary

British TV

• Myleene Klass leaving The One Show
• James Nesbitt to play journalist in ITV1 conspiracy thriller
• Dermot Murnaghan leaving the Beeb for Sky News
• ITV Factual looking for voluntary redundancies
• ITV could face £70m fine over premium phone cheating
• Beeb announces cuts, including Bill Oddie shows and £10m from BBC3
• BBC staff ready to strike

US TV

• SciFi green-lights Revolution pilot
• Private Practice, The Big Bang Theory and The Unit all get full-season confirmations
• Complete Daily Show archive now online while Jon Stewart agrees to host until at least 2010
• Bionic Woman ratings dropping
• Toni Collette to star in Spielberg's The United States of Tara
• Dean Cain talks Smallville
• The Wire to focus on Baltimore Sun
• John Travolta and Kirstie Alley to cameo together in Ugly Betty

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Doctor Who

• Daniel Radcliffe favourite to be next Doctor
• Eighth Doctor audios repeat every night on BBC7, starting tonight
• Pipes can't do Rose any more

Film

• It's the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for Indiana Jones
• Now there's a trailer for the trailer for Iron Man
• SiCKO third biggest documentary ever
• WB and Tobey Maguire adapting Robotech
• First trailer for John Rambo

British TV

• Wendy Richard signs up for Benidorm
• ABC1 axed
• Government responds to iPlayer demands

US TV

• Friends' Marlo Thomas joins Ugly Betty
• Eick and Ryan talk Bionic Woman
• McKidd and Falls talk Journeyman
• NBC goes for religious version of Heroes
• Pushing Daisies going over budget?
• Take a course in the law of 24
• Nick Hornby interviews The Wire's David Simon
• Prison Break's down a regular next season

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Doctor Who

• Relationships will 'develop' in Torchwood [spoilers]

Film

• The Rock to star in Witch Mountain!
• Zack Snyder to direct The Illustrated Man remake
• Withnail and I back in cinemas next month

British TV

• The Famous Five grow up
• Chris Morris and Peep Show writers join forces [free registration required]
• NBC buys up the international Hallmark channels [free registration required]
• Kim Cattrall wants to be on The Catherine Tate Show?
• No more Cape Wrath/Meadowlands

US TV

• Former Supergirl Helen Slater to play Superman's real mom in Smallville
• James Van Der Beek to appear in Ugly Betty
• Heather Locklear to guest on Rules of Engagement
• Jason Alexander to guest on The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Gordon Ramsay comments on that lawsuit
• Ted Danson talks about Damages and needing an acting coach
• No Kevin Smith for BSG after all
• Heroes mockumentary viral goes online

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But not Variety for once

Film

• David Schwimmer joins cast of Nothing But The Truth
• Lexi Alexander blogs about The Punisher 2
• Rendezvous with Rama proving tricky to adapt
• Justice League to be motion-captured CGI

Art

• Unknown Lowry painting rediscovered

Comics

• Preview of Battlestar Galactica Season Zero

Theatre

• Mel Smith makes West End debut in Hairspray

British TV

• Mark Haddon writes his first TV drama
• Kitchen Nightmares to fix Little Chef?

US TV

• Dirty Sexy Money shuts down briefly so it can be better
• More casting for 24, Jericho, Bones, Ugly Betty and Brothers and Sisters
• Two more names for Lost?

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Doctor Who

• Mickey coming back to Who (with friends)??
• Jane Asher to appear in The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Doctor Who video game coming soon
• Colin Baker loves RTD

Film

• Ricky Gervais to star in Early Retirement
• The Anderson Tapes ready for a remake?
• Oh sweet merciful… Maxim is making movies now

British TV

• Sky buys Amstrad from Sir Alan
• Five acquires K-Ville
• New Emu show might not be too bad

US TV

• Headey talks Sarah Connor stuff
• Lipstick Jungle borrows its new show runner from Ugly Betty
• Helen Slater to guest on Smallville?

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