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Robin Thicke Reveals New Album Release Date, Cover Art
15 June 2013 12:00 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
As Robin Thicke continues his quest to nab the song of the summer, the singer has announced his sixth studio album will be released on July 30.
"Blurred Lines" is currently enjoying a run at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the album of the same name will serve as a follow-up to 2011's "Love After War." In addition to T.I. and Pharrell, who appear on Thicke's lead single, Kendrick Lamar will duet on a track called "Give It 2 U."
"The album is called 'Blurred Lines,'" Thicke said during a recent appearance on Power 105.1's "The Breakfast Club." "I've realized as I've gotten older that we all think we're living either in a black or white world, or on a straight path, but most of us are living right inbetween those straight lines. And everything you thought you knew, the older you get, you realize, I don't know nothing about this. »
- Matthew Jacobs
Peep Show creators came within a week of making Flight of the Conchords
22 May 2013 1:39 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Sam Bain lifts the lid on 'painful' decision to turn down HBO series, Three Men in a Boat stars enter choppy waters – and Britain's smelliest-looking celebrity
This week's comedy news
Laughing Stock this week brings you news, not of something that's happened in the world of comedy, but something that didn't. According to an interview with Peep Show creator Sam Bain on the Stateside podcast A Bit of a Chat, Bain and his writing partner Jesse Armstrong "were about a week away from flying to La to co-create Flight of the Conchords, and then Peep Show got recommissioned and we couldn't go".
Bain and Armstrong had agreed to make the HBO series with Conchords stars Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement – "[although] we didn't know it was gonna be as good as it was," Bain told interviewer Ken Plume. (It turned out – with the Conchords' eventual co-writer James Bobin – to be very good indeed. »
- Brian Logan
Doctor Who recap: The Name of the Doctor – series 33, episode 13
18 May 2013 11:45 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
This wasn't just the best episode of the season, but possibly the best finale we've seen
Spoiler Alert: This weekly blog is for those who have been watching the new series of Doctor Who. Don't read ahead if you haven't seen episode 13 – The Name of the Doctor.
Catch up with Dan Martin's episode 12 blog.
"The Doctor does not discuss his secrets with anyone, my dear. If you are still entertaining the idea that you are the exception to this rule, ask yourself one question: what is his name?"
There's a timey wimey element to the blog this week. Such is the secrecy surrounding the Doctor's greatest secret that the final scene was left off preview copies. So I'm writing this on Thursday, still unaware of the final revelations, but as you read this I'll be down there below the line, not really concentrating on Eurovision while I try to make »
- Dan Martin
Felicity Kendal: My family values
10 May 2013 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The actor talks about the source of her bossy streak and how it was hard being in The Good Life when her first marriage was disintegrating
I inherited my slightly bossy streak from my father, Geoffrey, a strolling player for whom the words of Shakespeare were a cloak of honour. He was the driving force and the ambition in the family, but my mother, Laura, was the one who held everything together when he got into scrapes.
My father was desperate for a son to continue his vision of how you should be, so my older sister Jennifer and I were both named Charley before we were born. He loved to teach me about engines and pistons, so I felt it was down to me to be the masculine one.
I wasn't a girlie girl. I climbed trees and played with boys or the goats in the yard. Dressing up »
Martin Freeman, Keeley Hawes and Andrew Lincoln: Bafta TV awards 2013
4 May 2013 4:10 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Three big stars of the small screen reveal their television secrets
Martin Freeman: the unexpected hero
It's a testament to Martin Freeman's love of his character Watson in Sherlock that he originally turned down the role of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit to make series two. "I desperately wanted to do the film, but it clashed," he remembers. "And so I had to say goodbye to The Hobbit. I just couldn't go to New Zealand." Desperate not to lose him, The Hobbit pushed back production, and, well, we know the rest. "I have two of the most amazing jobs that exist in television and film right now. It sounds very arrogant, but it's true."
He continues to be amazed at the hysteria surrounding Sherlock: "We've had hordes of fans screaming and trying to film us on their iPhones while we've been on location for the third series. »
- Megan Conner, Alice Fisher
How we made: Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles on To the Manor Born
16 April 2013 2:06 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The stars of the classic BBC sitcom recall Rolls-Royces, chilly location shoots – and an increasingly tubby beagle
Penelope Keith, actor
I had met the writer Peter Spence at a dinner and he showed me a pilot script for a radio series about a rich American who moves into an English manor house. He'd conceived the female lead as an upper-class version of Margot Leadbetter, whom I'd played in The Good Life. I immediately agreed to play her, opposite Bernard Braden as the American.
I'd been sent loads of scripts since starting The Good Life, but all were a pale imitation. Realising that this would make excellent television I sent the script to John Howard Davies, producer of The Good Life. He thought it was too ordinary to have a rich American in the manor, so it was decided to make him eastern European. I was asked to start filming in two months. »
- Anna Tims
Cockneys vs Zombies Finally Landing in the Us this August
10 April 2013 | Horror Asylum | See recent Horror Asylum news »
Shout! Factory have finally made use of their North American distribution rights for that of Matthias Hoene's British comedy horror flick 'Cockneys vs Zombies'. The amusing little zomedy is set to hit a select number of theatres across the Us from 2 August, almost a year after it originally arrived in UK cinemas last Summer. The flick revolves around two cockney brothers who bring together a group of criminals in order to carry out a bank robbery for money to help save their Grandad's retirement home. Only an ancient virus has been unleashed making the task all the more hilarious. 'Cockneys vs Zombies' stars Rasmus Hardiker ('You Highness'), Harry Treadaway ('City of Ember'), Ashley Thomas, Jack Doolan ('Cemetery Junction'), Honor Blackman ('Goldfinger'), Alan Ford ('Snatch'), Richard Briers ('The Good Life'), Dudley Sutton ('The Football Factory »
Us Release Details for Cockneys vs. Zombies
9 April 2013 1:12 PM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
Shout! Factory acquired Cockneys vs. Zombies late last year and we now know when you’ll be able to start seeing it in the Us. We’ve been told that the movie will see a nationwide theatrical release on August 2nd. It’s likely to be limited to major markets, and we’ll be sure to let readers know more specifics when they become available.
From the previous acquisition announcement, we know that plan is also to release the movie to VOD and on DVD and/or Blu-ray at a later date.
“Written by James Moran (Torchwood, Severance) and directed by Matthias Hoene, Cockneys Vs. Zombies boasts an impressive British cast of Michelle Ryan (Bionic Woman, EastEnders), Honor Blackman (Goldfinger, Doctor Who), Alan Ford (Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank, Control), Rasmus Hardiker (Lead Balloon, Saxondale), Georgia King (The New Normal, The Duchess), Jack Doolan »
- Jonathan James
Who Went Home On 'Idol'?
4 April 2013 6:08 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The "Idol" results are in and Burnell Taylor is going home.
Burnell and Janelle Arthur were in the Bottom 2. He was one of two remaining guys in the competition and sang India Arie's "Ready For Love" for the save. The performance had Candice Glover in tears and Mariah Carey got choked up as well. But it wasn't enough for the judges: Randy Jackson announced they wouldn't use their one save of the season for Burnell as tears filled Mariah and Nicki Minaj's eyes.
Rock week was certainly a success for Candice, Kree Harrison, Janelle Arthur and Amber Holcomb, but slighltly rocky for others, Burnell included. He kicked off the night with Bon Jovi's "You've Give Love A Bad Name" and was very out of his element. All of the judges applauded Burnell's effort to step into some studded duds, but judge Keith Urban said he thought Burnell needed »
- Jaimie Etkin
American Idol Top 7 Results Recap: The Rock Week Horror Picture Show
4 April 2013 6:05 PM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
I know there’ve been a lot of criticisms of American Idol Season 12, but none of its results shows up till now have driven me into a homicidal rage. (Okay, Breanna Steer not cracking the Top 10 came pretty close, but we haven’t had a moment where I’ve been on the brink of spouting “That’S It! I’M Done With This Show 4Eva!” nonsense.)
And I guess that’s why I approached Top 7 Results Night with a mixture of paranoia and dread. Okay, yeah, Lazaro Arbos got saddled with the most ominous lyric from the group performance of »
- Michael Slezak
As programmes about the Jimmy Savile scandal show, TV can change society
21 February 2013 9:20 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The Royal Television Society has heaped awards on ITV's Exposure Savile documentary, proving that investigative TV can be a game-changer
Most television is literally forgettable. Every late December, when I come to write pieces about the best of the previous year, my notebooks contain mention of programmes that have left no dent on my recollection or anyone else's. Very rare is the work such as The Good Life, which has outlived its transmission and now, as we reflected sadly this week, another of its stars, Richard Briers.
Last night, the Royal Television Society TV journalism awards honoured another indelible element in a transient medium. Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, screened on 2 October last year, took the prizes for biggest scoop and best UK current affairs programme, while the ITN news coverage of the resulting Savile scandal was given a separate honour. This trio of TV trophies adds »
- Mark Lawson
R.I.P. Richard Briers, British actor of The Good Life
20 February 2013 3:50 PM, PST | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
Richard Briers—the British comic actor best known for the sitcom The Good Life and hus appearances in eight Kenneth Branagh films—died Sunday at age 79, after years of smoking-related ailments. Born in London, Briers was interested in acting from childhood, an ambition fostered by his pianist mother as well as his father’s cousin, the successful comedian Terry-Thomas. After menial jobs as a filing clerk and a stint in the Raf, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in the mid-1950s alongside classmates Albert Finney and Peter O’Toole, winning early praise for his performance in »
Rip Richard Briers, Hynes's new sitcom and Gervais and Cleese – oops
19 February 2013 8:02 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Also this week, Ronnie Corbett couldn't make it in comedy now, Billy Connolly smoked the Bible and Marmite man Judd Apatow
In the week we lost Richard Briers, one of the all-time TV comedy greats, confirmation of a new – and intriguing – addition to the UK's sitcom pantheon. Jessica Hynes, star of Spaced and Twenty Twelve, has written and will star in a new BBC4 comedy series about the suffragette movement. "It's a kind of a character study," Hynes recently told an interviewer, "and hopefully, on a good day, it will be a kind of female Dad's Army." The sitcom is set in 1910, and traces the unlikely politicisation of the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. "Margaret has been to London and discovered Women's Suffrage," runs the BBC's blurb, "so she decides [the Craft Circle] need to set up their own movement." Rebecca Front and Getting On's Vicki Pepperdine will also star.
From Dad's Army »
- Brian Logan
Rip Richard Briers, Hynes's new sitcom and Gervais and Cleese – oops
19 February 2013 8:02 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Also this week, Ronnie Corbett couldn't make it in comedy now, Billy Connolly smoked the Bible and Marmite man Judd Apatow
In the week we lost Richard Briers, one of the all-time TV comedy greats, confirmation of a new – and intriguing – addition to the UK's sitcom pantheon. Jessica Hynes, star of Spaced and Twenty Twelve, has written and will star in a new BBC4 comedy series about the suffragette movement. "It's a kind of a character study," Hynes recently told an interviewer, "and hopefully, on a good day, it will be a kind of female Dad's Army." The sitcom is set in 1910, and traces the unlikely politicisation of the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. "Margaret has been to London and discovered Women's Suffrage," runs the BBC's blurb, "so she decides [the Craft Circle] need to set up their own movement." Rebecca Front and Getting On's Vicki Pepperdine will also star.
From Dad's Army »
- Brian Logan
Penelope Keith leads tributes to Richard Briers
19 February 2013 3:00 AM, PST | Virgin Media - TV | See recent Virgin Media - TV news »
Penelope Keith will remember Richard Briers' ''warmth, smile and laughter'' whenever she thinks of him. The 72-year-old actress - who starred alongside the late acting legend, who passed away ''peacefully'' on Sunday (17.02.13) aged 79, in British sitcom 'The Good Life' - praised Richard for his ''courteous'' nature and admitted she will ''miss him very much''. She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ''I knew Richard a long time and he was wonderful and charming - a pleasure to spend time with. ''When someone dies, people tend to eulogise them and you always wonder if they could have been so nice. Richard was. ''He »
In praise of … If You See God, Tell Him | Editorial
18 February 2013 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Richard Briers' splendid – but forgotten – performances away from The Good Life include the upbeat simpleton Godfrey Spry
Great as The Good Life was, the endless reruns have drained something from the clips dug up on the death of Richard Briers. Other splendid performances in the Briers repertoire were aired once and forgotten, including the relentlessly upbeat simpleton Godfrey Spry, the star of 1993's If You See God, Tell Him. Falling debris deprives Godfrey of his critical faculties, cuts his concentration span to 30 seconds – and so renders him a compulsive consumer of advertisements. Slapstick mishaps, painful faux pas and freakish flukes follow, as he struggles to live by the mindless marketing slogans he has swallowed wholesale. There was, as the Guardian said at the time, an irony, since Briers himself was a sought-after TV voiceover with a "breathy, rushy, slightly querulous delivery" that soon had you hankering "for a Cadbury's »
In praise of … If You See God, Tell Him | Editorial
18 February 2013 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Richard Briers' splendid – but forgotten – performances away from The Good Life include the upbeat simpleton Godfrey Spry
Great as The Good Life was, the endless reruns have drained something from the clips dug up on the death of Richard Briers. Other splendid performances in the Briers repertoire were aired once and forgotten, including the relentlessly upbeat simpleton Godfrey Spry, the star of 1993's If You See God, Tell Him. Falling debris deprives Godfrey of his critical faculties, cuts his concentration span to 30 seconds – and so renders him a compulsive consumer of advertisements. Slapstick mishaps, painful faux pas and freakish flukes follow, as he struggles to live by the mindless marketing slogans he has swallowed wholesale. There was, as the Guardian said at the time, an irony, since Briers himself was a sought-after TV voiceover with a "breathy, rushy, slightly querulous delivery" that soon had you hankering "for a Cadbury's »
Richard Briers was a potent presence on stage, as well as in The Good Life
18 February 2013 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
It's easy to remember Richard Briers for his TV work, but he was also a fine, powerful theatre actor
I suppose there are worse fates for an actor than to be remembered for a popular TV series. But it does a disservice to Richard Briers for him to be solely identified with The Good Life. He was a hugely experienced stage actor whose early career embraced Ayckbourn, Stoppard, Frayn, Gray and, briefly, Pinter. What's more, Briers enjoyed a glorious second coming in his 50s when he played Shakespeare's Lear and Malvolio, and Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, for Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance theatre company before going on to appear in nine of Branagh's movies. In the theatre, he was a far more potent presence than his career in gentle TV comedy suggests.
Briers loved to tell how, when he played Hamlet as a young man in rep, he spoke so fast that »
- Michael Billington
Richard Briers: the sweetest of men
18 February 2013 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Genial star of the sitcom The Good Life who impressed in a range of roles on stage
When he played Hamlet as a young man, Richard Briers, who has died aged 79 after suffering from a lung condition, said he was the first Prince of Denmark to give the audience half an hour in the pub afterwards. He was nothing if not quick. In fact, wrote the veteran critic Wa Darlington, he played Hamlet "like a demented typewriter". Briers, always the most modest and self-deprecating of actors, and the sweetest of men, relished the review, happy to claim a place in the light comedians' gallery of his knighted idols Charles Hawtrey, Gerald du Maurier and Noël Coward.
"People don't realise how good an actor Dickie Briers really is," said John Gielgud. This was probably because of his sunny, cheerful disposition and the rat-a-tat articulacy of his delivery. "You're a great farceur, »
- Michael Coveney
R.I.P Richard Briers (1934-2013)
18 February 2013 7:37 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
R.I.P Richard Briers
The actor Richard Briers, best known for his role as Tom Good on the hit 70s BBC comedy The Good Life, has passed away at the age of 79.
According to his agent the star died "peacefully" at his home in London on Sunday.
In a fairly recent interview, Briers said that years of smoking was to blame for his emphysema which was a cause of his passing.
In The Good Life, he starred alongside Felicity Kendal as a couple of who live a self-sufficient lifestyle next door to their conservative neighbours. The show ran for four series between 1975 and 1978. He also starred in Ever Decreasing Circles, Monarch of the Glen and Doctor Who.
He also appeared in several movies including Spice World and more recently Cockneys vs. Zombies.
The younger generation will also know him as the narrator of Roobarb (and Custard) which only ran »
- luke-o
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