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Britain's got talent, but the Daily Mail seems short of prescience
19 May 2012 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The Mail prophesied the end of Simon Cowell when Britain's Got Talent was being outperformed by The Voice. So much for the power of the press to influence events
The supposed power of the press? Here's a chastening example from everyday life, one without a smidgen of politics on display. Begin at the end of March as Britain's Got Talent and Simon Cowell are caught in the headlights of a supposedly omnipotent Daily Mail. Look back and see The Voice from the BBC "soaring" as Bgt fails. Oh what "a blow for Cowell"! His "reign as the king of Saturday night TV" is looking vulnerable. Maybe "Television's Mr Nasty has a made a fortune but lost his soul". Maybe his "botched botox" job is the final humiliation. "Will Simon Cowell have the courage to put himself out of his misery?"
Thus, as May crept onto our screens, the Mail's diagnosis couldn't have been clearer. »
- Peter Preston
Diane and Josh Celebrate Ck at Cannes With Isla, Naomi, and More
18 May 2012 5:11 AM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
The stars at Cannes gathered to celebrate euphoria Calvin Klein last night at a bash held just outside the center of town at the opulent Villa St. George. A few of Calvin's ladies were on hand for the Belvedere-sponsored bash. Model Lara Stone, who's in the Ck Jeans campaigns, made the rounds with her comedian husband David Walliams, of Little Britain. Diane Kruger fronts the brand's beauty ads and arrived on the arm of boyfriend Joshua Jackson. It's a busy week for Diane, one of the Cannes Film Festival judges. She managed to have a night of fun, though, and caught up with friends like Isla Fisher, Naomi Watts, and Jessica Chastain. Fellow Australians Isla and Naomi spent a good portion of the night chatting in a corner together. Jessica and Shailene Woodley were among the last to walk the press line before heading up into the house for drinks and snacks. »
- Allie Merriam
Pudsey The Dog’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Win Proves We Are Fools
16 May 2012 2:15 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
For some time on Saturday night, I had the queasy, uneasy feeling that ‘The Loveable Rogues’ would win Britain’s Got Talent and that our country’s collective conscious would again be condemned as frazzled-by-familiar-drivel, deemed unfit for purpose and dragged into the same stink of forgotten midnight, to begin another year of punishment in the permanent quest for a primetime icon: a well-deserved penalty, of course, if we were to fall for that isosceles disease, that Trio Ferdibland of ukulele sympathisers.
Then Pudsey the dog won. And now I’m not resigned to more pain, but petrified of our confession. Now even the couch bound crumb lipped masses know that the human race is shit and inferior, the dogs are going to kill us.
We. You. I. Someone…decided to choose a member of a different species as the “most talented”, as the magnum opus, as the tip-top trendsetter representing our mainstream taste. »
- Jack Murray
Lara Stone: David Walliams 'stalked me'
14 May 2012 11:32 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
David Walliams 'stalked' his wife Lara Stone to get her attention when they first met. The 28-year-old Dutch model and the 40-year-old British comedian started dating in September 2009 but she has revealed she wasn't instantly interested in him but he was determined to woo her. In an interview with Dutch Vogue magazine, Lara said: 'He stalked me'. When asked if it wasn't exactly love at first sight, she added: 'To him it was!' The catwalk beauty - who announced her engagement to David in January 2010 before the couple married in May of the same year - believes she and the 'Britain's Got Talent' star have a great relationship because they share a similar sense of humour and »
Lara Stone: David Walliams 'stalked me'
14 May 2012 9:00 AM, PDT | Virgin Media - Celebrity | See recent Virgin Media - Celebrity news »
David Walliams ''stalked'' his wife Lara Stone to get her attention when they first met. The 28-year-old Dutch model and the 40-year-old British comedian started dating in September 2009 but she has revealed she wasn't instantly interested in him but he was determined to woo her. In an interview with Dutch Vogue magazine, Lara said: ''He stalked me''. When asked if it wasn't exactly love at first sight, she added: ''To him it was!'' The catwalk beauty - who announced her engagement to David in January 2010 before the couple married in May of the same year - believes she and the 'Britain's »
Britain's Got Talent 2012 final: who should win?
11 May 2012 10:07 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
It's manipulated, over-hyped and Simon Cowell's more pompous than ever – but Bgt remains triumphantly entertaining
The Britain's Got Talent live semi-finals ended last night with Irish singer-songwriter Ryan O'Shaughnessy and synchronised swimming quartet Aquabatique booking the last slots in Saturday's final – well, almost, there is still the judges "wild card" to be selected. Hopefully it will be a contestant who isn't a dance troupe or child singer – which basically leaves a semi-naked fella who spins around inside a giant hula-hoop.
As ever it has been a testing and exhausting week, not without fun – David Walliams's flirtation with "my Simon" and Amanda Holden's revelation that she is a "gay man trapped in a straight woman's body" being among the highlights – or controversy.
In the audition stages Cowell's ego – only recently landed back from America after a year's abstinence from ITV – was bruised when the success of the The Voice »
- Johnny Dee
Amanda Holden backing Only Boys Aloud for win?
11 May 2012 2:00 AM, PDT | Virgin Media - TV | See recent Virgin Media - TV news »
Amanda Holden wants Only Boys Aloud to win 'Britain's Got Talent'. The judge - who is joined by Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams on the panel of the ITV show - admits she is a big fan of the Welsh choir act, but also loves Ashleigh and her dancing dog Pudsey. She said: ''I'd love a different kind of act to win and, as judges, I definitely think we've put the choice out there. Throughout the auditions, Welsh choir Only Boys Aloud gave me goosebumps and I really liked Mr Zip, with his 'Where's Me Keys? Where's Me Phone?' »
Harry Potter Producer to Finally Bring Paul King’s Paddington Movie to the Big Screen
10 May 2012 3:25 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
It has been announced today that David Heyman is teaming up with StudioCanal to produce Paul King’s long awaited Paddington Bear movie.
We last reported on this project exactly two years ago when King was announced as the director of David Walliams and Matt Lucas’s recent BBC series Come Fly with Me, throwing the Paddington movie King had been working on with co-writer Hamish McColl ,who then went on to write the screenplay for Johnny English Reborn, into doubt.
Now those projects have come and gone the time is right for the Paddington movie to move into production and having the director of The Mighty Boosh and the 2009 big screen adventure Bunny and the Bull behind this one sets us up for a charming and unique take on Michael Bond’s famous bear, although the release does state it’ll be a ‘modern take’ on the character which is a little unsettling. »
- Jon Lyus
Sam Kelly and Nu Sxool make Bgt final
10 May 2012 2:00 AM, PDT | Virgin Media - TV | See recent Virgin Media - TV news »
Sam Kelly and Nu Sxool are through to the 'Britain's Got Talent' final. The 19-year-old singer was the first act announced as taking a spot during last night's (09.05.12) semi-final after winning the public vote thanks to his rendition of the Goo Goo Dolls hit 'Iris'. Sam said afterwards: ''I literally can't believe it. I didn't expect to get this far. I can't believe people have spent their money voting for me.'' Dance group Nu Sxool found themselves competing for the judges' slot against nine-year-old Malaki Paul. David Walliams opted for the dancers, saying he had preferred their performance, while Alesha Dixon voted with »
David Walliams And Timothy Spall Crash Wedding
8 May 2012 1:01 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
British actors David Walliams and Timothy Spall made a newlywed couple's big day extra special by crashing their nuptials and posing for pictures.
The stars were on a break from filming upcoming BBC TV comedy Blandings in Northern Ireland last week (ends06May12) and they happened to be present for Alan and Nicola Forbes' celebrations following a ceremony at Crom Castle.
Nicola tells Britain's The Sun, "It made our day, we're so lucky. The wedding was already unbelievable and everything was outstanding, but what really made it was David turning up. We'll never forget it.
"No one could believe it. Then he had everyone in stitches when he jumped for my bouquet." »
Britain's Got Talent live final scheduled directly against The Voice at 6.30pm
2 May 2012 9:08 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
ITV also parachutes episode of Emmerdale into Sunday night schedule to go up against The Voice results show
There has been no shortage of rivalry between ITV and the BBC over their competing Saturday night talent shows, Britain's Got Talent and The Voice.
But the simmering tensions between the two broadcasters reached a peak on Wednesday as it emerged ITV has scheduled the live final of the Simon Cowell show at 6.30pm, directly against the BBC1 show.
ITV has also parachuted an episode of Emmerdale into its Sunday night schedule to go up against The Voice results show.
Accusations of dirty tricks have flown between the two broadcasters, first from the BBC after ITV brought forward the latest series of the Cowell show to go up against The Voice and then after ITV accused BBC of deliberately running The Voice three minutes over time to sabotage Bgt.
- John Plunkett
TV highlights 30/04/2012
29 April 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
A Poem Is … | In Confidence | Hart Of Dixie | Foxes Live: Wild In The City | The 70s | Scott & Bailey
A Poem Is …
5.25pm, Disney Junior UK
Return of the series of shorts where celebrities narrate poems with a cartoon accompaniment. It's a laudable attempt to introduce poetry to youngsters, though most little 'uns are already up to their ears in the stuff with nursery rhymes and early years singing sessions. Tonight, Jessica Hynes reads And the 'Roo Jumped Over the Moon by David Henry Souter, with contributions later in the series from David Walliams, Richard Briers, Michelle Dockery and Matt Smith. Julia Raeside
8pm, Sky Arts 1
It's a great irony that Sky, often thought of as a destroyer of British TV culture, is currently providing content on its arts channels that the BBC no longer dares to commission. In this series, Laurie Taylor plays the role John Freeman used to in Face To Face, »
- Julia Raeside, David Stubbs, Ben Arnold, John Robinson, Jonathan Wright, Hannah Verdier
The Voice says it loud and clear: talent shows don't have to be nasty to succeed
27 April 2012 4:10 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
BBC1 programme proves to be a ratings success with an unfamiliar formula – being nice to contestants
After years of talent shows full of snide comments and nasty putdowns, the BBC's latest hit, The Voice, has proved a ratings success with an unlikely formula – being nice to its contestants.
Ahead of Saturday's first live show, BBC1 controller Danny Cohen said the more gentle approach had struck a chord with viewers.
"The tone of it is very warm," he said, explaining the appeal of The Voice. "One of the things viewers have really enjoyed is that even when people don't go through, you see the contestant leave the stage with positive feedback and they are still glad they've been involved.
"That warm tone is a fundamental shift in this kind of show. It's also 100% focused on people who are talented."
For the audition stage of the show, the judges – or "coaches" as »
- Vicky Frost
Doctor Who star Matt Smith joins children's poetry show
27 April 2012 5:45 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Doctor Who star Matt Smith is going from Time Lord to rhyme lord - by introducing poetry to a new generation.
The actor is to take part in a children's TV show designed to encourage the joys of literacy in youngsters.
Other names recruited for readings on Disney Junior's A Poem Is include Britain's Got Talent judge David Walliams and Downton Abbey's Michelle Dockery.
Smith, currently filming a third series of Doctor Who for BBC1, will read Jack Prelutsky's Once They All Believed In Dragons.
He said: "I've always had an enthusiasm for poetry and creative writing, having studied it at university, and as an actor it is so vital to my art to have an understanding and appreciation for classic literature."
He will take part in the second series of A Poem Is, along with Twenty Twelve star Jessica Hynes and veteran actor Richard Briers.
Their words will »
- David Bentley
Very Important People: will Channel 4's new takeoff show take off?
26 April 2012 6:16 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
How will the broadcaster's new impression show compare with the classics of the past – and how will it deal with modern social sensibilities?
It's a standard part of the educational process for pupils to impersonate their teachers – and in every generation, there are a few who, regardless of the advice of their careers advisor, go on to do it for a living. Mike Yarwood, Rory Bremner, Alistair McGowan, Ronni Ancona, Jan Ravens and Jon Culshaw have been the star impressionists of successive TV generations. Since McGowan and Bremner diversified into other areas, TV's major impersonators have been comedians moonlighting – Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon in The Trip – but this Friday night Morgana Robinson and Terry Mynott will lead the latest attempt to make takeoffs on TV take off, with Channel 4's Very Important People.
Who Do You Do?, an impersonation show featuring Freddie Starr and others, was popular in »
- Mark Lawson
Loveable Rogues to get reality TV show
23 April 2012 4:00 AM, PDT | Virgin Media - TV | See recent Virgin Media - TV news »
'Britain's Got Talent' contestants Loveable Rogues are set to get their own reality TV show after judge David Walliams gave his backing. The threesome - lead singer Te Eugene, ukulele player Sonny Jay and guitarist Eddie Brett - wowed the audience and judges with their cheeky performance on Saturday's (21.04.12) episode of the ITV1 show and TV bosses were so impressed they now want to give them their own programme. A source told the Daily Star newspaper: ''They could be TV gold. Their little slot was magic, funny and proved to be really likeable. ''It is the kind of thing »
Bgt favourite Sam Kelly may have to quit
20 April 2012 4:00 AM, PDT | Virgin Media - TV | See recent Virgin Media - TV news »
'Britain's Got Talent' favourite Sam Kelly may have to pull out of the show. The 19-year-old singer - who wowed judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams during the audition stages with his version of Adele's 'Make You Feel My Love' - broke four ribs while playing football and is now worried he may not have recovered in time for the live shows in two weeks time. A source told The Sun newspaper: ''Sam has been told to rest and take it easy. Everyone on the show is hoping he is going to be Ok to continue. »
'Britain's Got Talent' Showbears: We could do Royal Family routine
18 April 2012 8:01 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Britain's Got Talent hopefuls The Showbears have revealed that they have Harry Potter, Fame and a potential Royal Family routine up their sleeves if they reach the latter stages of the ITV1 talent show. The group ended up performing on the Bgt stage with judge David Walliams after they impressed him with their sailor-themed song and dance routine. Speaking about their possible performances at the Live Shows, the five-piece told Digital Spy: "We tend to have themes. When we extend the sailor theme, we'd have sailor-themed songs built around it like 'In the Navy' and 'Love Boat'. "We do a little section that's around the theme and we have done themes like Harry Potter. It was a magical medley and Hermione turns into Superwoman at the end and we all sing 'Single Ladies'. "There is a dance theme (more) »
- By Alex Fletcher
'Britain's Got Talent' The Showbears: One Direction fans don't like us
18 April 2012 7:20 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Britain's Got Talent entertainers The Showbears have revealed that they have annoyed One Direction fans because of David Walliams's quip that they could be the "new" version of the teen boyband. "New One Direction" trended on Twitter at the weekend, following the group's camp song and dance sailor routine, which ended with judge Walliams joining them on stage. Of the reaction from the X Factor group's fans, The Showbears told Digital Spy: "Some of the diehard One Direction fans really don't like us. After we were tagged the new One Direction they were branding us fat guys. "But listen girls, this is what the boys will look like in 30 years' time! They had better get used to it. We are them." Talking (more) »
- By Alex Fletcher
will.i.am beats Jessie J to top 'The Voice' search rankings
16 April 2012 7:15 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
will.i.am was the most-searched for coach on The Voice UK for the first time this weekend, figures from Yahoo! show. The Black Eyed Peas star knocked Jessie J, who had held the top spot for the past three weeks, into second place. Danny O'Donoghue and Tom Jones retained last week's positions of third and fourth. Over on Britain's Got Talent, the four judges were unmoved in their search rankings from last week, with David Walliams leading again, from Amanda Holden, Simon Cowell and Alesha Dixon. In the battle between the two shows, The Voice yet again extended (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
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