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February 9th, 2012 by Sarah. No comments As fans of Emmerdale will know, James Thornton is bowing out of the show and his role as troubled farmer John Barton. In fact, he has already filmed his final scenes , which we’ll see next week. And again, as you’re sure to know, John is set to die in an horrific car crash , just as he and his wife Moira ( Natalie J Robb ) were trying to put their marriage back on the rails. In an interview with Soaplife, James has been talking about John’s dramatic departure from the village, and of his own plans in the immediate future. He said, “When Moira says she’s going to agree to a divorce it’s a wake-up call for John and he realises just how much he needs to be with her. “So there are quite a few scenes where they discuss their future and they decide to make a go of it… “There are some really nice moments when they both finally realise that they can’t live without each other.” But then of course comes the fateful night they head off across the moors t...

Dawson’s Creek and Rules of Attraction star James Van Der Beek and Lois and Clark star Dean Cain will both appear on a fake version of Dancing with the Stars that will be a storyline on ABC’s upcoming mid-season comedy Don’t Trust the B In Apartment 23. Dean Cain will be partnered with Karina Smirnoff and will be rivals with Van Der Beek, who came up with the idea of this storyline. He plays a fictional version of himself on the scripted series, and told TV Guide , “I had been offered [to be on Dancing] a couple times. I always thought it would be kind of fun, but would never do it, but that doesn’t mean the Apartment 23 me can’t do it!” He said his character “is completely blind. He’s so narcissistic to the point where he doesn’t even realize there are other people in the universe sometimes. This is our way of skewering this kind of actor and pop culture in general.” In the interview , he also talks about training for it, which took him four months, and the way his character goes in...

« Paris Hilton Wears Sexy Wrap Dress For Dirty Dancing Musical | Home October 21, 2011 02:00 PM by Lisa Princ Two weeks ago, James Durbin of American Idol on FOX revealed a few details about his debut album , and now  James Durbin has revealed the track listing. But that’s not all – James will have a collaboration with another rocker, but who is it? Read on for more… If you were excited to hear that James Durbin of American Idol will be releasing his debut album “Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster” in stores this November, you will be thrilled to hear that James has revealed the track listing. It was also announced that two singles will head to radio, the song “Stand Up” will head to the rock stations and “Love Me Bad” to the Top 40. “Stand Up” we have learned has also been tapped as the NFL’s stadium anthem for the 2011 season. “Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster” was produced by Howard Benson, who also produces Daughtry – coincidence? Nah, we think he just knows talent! One of the ...

Home > Entertainment > X Factor 2011 Results: Amelia Lily, James Michael, 2 Shoes and Jonjo Kerr sent home October 10th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. No comments Last night’s X Factor show was an action packed one and in it, four acts were cruelly eliminated from the series. As part of the episode’s ‘big twist’ Gary Barlow chose to vote off guitar playing James Michael, Kelly Rowland picked pink haired Amelia Lily, Tulisa Contostavlos axed bubbly 2 Shoes and Louis Walsh said goodbye to singing soldier Jonjo Kerr. The mentors all seemed upset to have to eliminate one of their own contestants, who they hand picked at judges houses and both female stars Kelly and Tulisa wept as they delivered their verdicts. Tulisa admitted that she had been crying all day, at the thought of hurting her girls, saying: “I’ve spent the last 24 hours crying tears and tearing my hair out because you are now my friends.” However some of the contestants were less than happy about the twist, with James Michael...

« Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries: The Honeymoon Pictures! | Home | America’s Got Talent: Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. Feels He Has No Competition Left » September 07, 2011 08:00 AM by Lisa Princ Who can forget American Idol ‘s season ten contestant James Durbin ? James won us over with his talent and won our hearts with his story, but then we were shocked with his early elimination . Fans can finally rejoice as James Durbin has signed a record deal with a well know rocker’s label. Read on for all the details! It was announced this week that American Idol contestant, James Durbin has signed a record deal with Wind-Up Records. Wind-Up Records is home to other rockers such as Seether, Creed as well as Evanescence, and the company’s CEO, Gregg Wattenberg, co-wrote Chris Daughtry’s hit “It’s Not Over.” Gregg Wattenberg was thrilled to sign James Durbin as he said in the press conference: “When the possibility of signing James Durbin to Wind-up Records came up, we knew it was a no-brainer...

« Hell’s Kitchen: Gina Melcher Thinks The Drama Played A Part In Her Elimination | Home August 02, 2011 12:21 PM by Lisa Princ While we recently learned that Kat Von D got a tattoo of  Jesse James during the filming of LA Ink on TLC , we also learned that TLC will be airing footage of the pair’s fairy tale love story . Today, we learned that Jesse James’ ex-wife revealed how she understands why Kat Von D got a tattoo of Jesse – because she has one also! Read on to hear more… According to numerous sources, Janine Lindemulder, the ex-wife of bike mogul, Jesse James, has revealed that she has a tattoo of Jesse James just like Kat Von D does. But why are these women getting Jesse’s face tattooed on their bodies? Janine Lindemulder recently told Radar Online: “Jesse is the ultimate con-man when it comes to romance and love. He can appear so sweet and sincere that he really makes you feel so special.” Janine, who feels sorrow for Kat Von D, went on to say that people shouldn’t be so har...

Home > Entertainment > Let’s Dance For…Comic Relief Results: James Thornton and Charlie Baker win! March 12th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. No comments James Thornton and Charlie Baker have tapped their way to victory in the grand finale of Let’s Dance For… Comic Relief 2011, following a show-stopping performance of Puttin’ On The Ritz. After the viewers were treated to a supreme dance off between the six finalists – Katie Price (I Want To Break Free, Queen), Charlie Baker and James Thornton (Puttin’ On The Ritz, from the musical of the same name), Noel Fielding (Wuthering Heights, Kate Bush), 80’s Super Group – Toyah Willcox, Limahl, Clare Grogan and Chesney Hawkes (Greased Lightning from the film Grease), Ade Edmondson (ably hindered by Rik Mayall to The Dying Swan from the classic ballet Swan Lake) and Russell Kane (Crazy In Love, Beyonce). Presenters Alex Jones and Steve Jones announced that the viewers had chosen James and Charlie as the nation’s dance heroes. Let’s Dance vetera...

Home > Sci-Fi > Doctor Who: James Corden ‘can’t wait’ to go back! March 2nd, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. No comments James Corden has admitted that he ‘can’t wait’ to return to the set of Doctor Who . The 32 year old Gavin and Stacey star will return for the upcoming series of the BBC sci-fi show and will reprise his role of Craig Owens that he first played in the 2010 episode ‘The Lodger’. “I can’t wait to go back,” Corden told Digital Spy at the launch of Sky1's In A League Of Their Own last night. “I go straight from here to Cardiff and start Thursday morning. I can’t wait, I love it. “I’m amazed and over the moon that Steven [Moffat] wrote it back. They ran a poll and it did really well last series, so yeah!” Asked if his character would get to see the inside of the Tardis he added: “I can’t possibly tell you.” Follow us on Twitter ! Get the latest news and chat with @ unrealitytv Categories: Sci-Fi Tags: Doctor Who , James Corden View the original article here

« Survivor: Russell’s Alleged Spoiler E-Mails Published | Home | Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? Joan And Melissa Not Talking? » February 23, 2011 08:45:40 by Shayla Perry A big CONGRATS to the five Top Chef contestants who were recently named as semi-finalists for the highly coveted James Beard award (think of it as the Oscars for foodies)! The chefs were chosen out of a whopping 28,000 online submissions sent to the James Beard Foundation! Which Top Chef: All-Star made the list of semi-finalists? We didn’t need an award to tell us how great the chefs of Top Chef are, but since it does exist, we can’t ignore the fact that five (yes, 5!) former contestants of the hit Bravo reality show have been named semi-finalists in the running for the prestigious James Beard award, which is given by the James Beard Foundation. Which of our fave Top Chefs and their restaurants made the cut out of 28,000 online submissions? Season 4 Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard’s restaurant, Girl ...

« American Idol: Lauren Alaina Top 5 Performance | Home May 10, 2011 04:17:39 by Christine McDow On the last live performance of American Idol James Dubin performed Closer To The Edge. How do you think he did? Did he deserve to go home? Click below to watch his performance again and let us know what you think! Topics: American Idol Videos | « American Idol: Lauren Alaina Top 5 Performance | Home No Comments » View the original article here

February 23rd, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. No comments James Nesbitt stars in ITV1's major new six-part medical drama series, Monroe, created by acclaimed writer Peter Bowker (Eric and Ernie, Occupation, Desperate Romantics, Wuthering Heights) and produced by Mammoth Screen. Nesbitt plays neurosurgeon Gabriel Monroe and is joined by a strong ensemble cast including Sarah Parish (The Pillars of the Earth, Mistresses, Cutting It) as cardiac surgeon Jenny Bremner with Tom Riley (Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Lost in Austen) as anaesthetist Dr Lawrence Shepherd. Manjinder Virk (Britz, Bradford Riots) as registrar Sally Fortune, Thomas Morrison (Brideshead Revisited, Blackpool) as hospital porter-cum-bookie, Lee Bradley, and Susan Lynch (Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Nora) plays Monroe’s wife, Anna. Sarah Smart (Wallander, Funland) and Shaun Evans (Come Rain Come Shine, The Take, The Virgin Queen) will guest star in episode one. The six part series explores Monroe’s world both inside and outside the ...

Home > Factual > Cannabis – What’s The Harm? with James Alexandrou January 27th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. 1 Comment Cannabis – What’s The Harm? is presented by ex-EastEnders actor James Alexandrou. With access to the Avon and Somerset police force’s drug squads and the Borders Agency, this two-part series looks at both the dealers and users and talks to the UK’s top doctors and psychologists about the effects of cannabis. Former EastEnders star Alexandrou (Martin Fowler) explores the hidden world of organised crime linked to the supply of marijuana in Britain. He joins a drug squad and the UK Border Agency as they try to catch smugglers, and meets casualties of the trade, including a 14-year-old addict with convictions for burglary and a Vietnamese teenager smuggled into the country to work on cannabis farms. Thursday 3rd February BBC Three 9pm Follow us on Twitter! Get the latest news and chat with @unrealitytv Categories: Factual Tags: James Alexandrou View the original article h...

« Big Brother: Winner Adam Jasinski Sentenced To Four Years In Prison | Home January 22, 2011 12:00:28 by Paula_Kosowski Michelle “Bombshell” McGee doesn’t think former lover and Celebrity Apprentice contestant Jesse James’ relationship with Kat Von D will last. Keep reading to see what she had to say about the couple and her ex… According to TMZ, James’ former lover Bombshell” McGee doesn’t think the relationship will last ’til the wedding and says she’s willing to put money on it. “A pig’s a pig, right?,” the tattoo model and ex-stripper tells TMZ of James. “I would be surprised if they made it to the altar. But hey, I thrown divorce parties too, right?” McGee also has some comments for James’ fiance tattoo artist Von D in UsMagazine.com. “Kat what in the world are you thinking?” she tells the magazine. “I was with Jesse during his marriage — the guy’s not faithful, he doesn’t have a faithful bone in his body!” McGee tells Von D James will cheat again. “If he did it to me, if he did...

« The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Is NeNe Leakes Ready to Leave RHATL? | Home | The Bachelor: Emily Tells Her Story and Someone Walks Out! » January 17, 2011 03:00:06 by Paula_Kosowski Jesse James seems to have moved on after recent split with Sandra Bullock. The “Monster Garage” reality star is boldly announcing his love for TLC’s LA Ink star Kat Von D . See what he says about his new girlfriend after the jump… Us Magazine reports, Jesse James is sharing the love, announcing his feelings for LA Ink’s star tattoo artist Kat Von D on Twitter. His response to Von D after a lengthy twitter conversation: “I see it as clear as a bell. My other half.” According to Us Magazine, the 41-year-old reality star tweeted he’s “never felt so loved” and is “the luckiest MoFo in the world” on Jan. 9. Just three days later James told 28-year-old Von D “48 hours away from you feels like a year…you will never be anything but beautiful to me.” The twitter conversation didn’t end there. Von D replied...

Home > Ciarán McMenamin > Primeval: Ciaran McMenamin says Matt Anderson is like James Bond January 14th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. No comments Primeval star Ciaran McMenamin has compared his character Matt to fictional government agent James Bond. The Northern Irish actor joined the show for it’s fourth series and told Total Sci-Fi that he hopes to combine “Roger Moore’s acting with Daniel Craig’s physicality” in the role. “There are times [during filming] when you stand looking at nothing, or a tennis ball, and deliver a kind of tongue-in-cheek line,” he explained. “You’ve got to remind yourself of the audience, because what you’re making is heightened reality.” McMenamin admitted that he had at times struggled with the style of the show and his character. “I’ve found myself a few times on the verge of turning round to the director and saying, ‘I can’t say that!’” he confessed. “And then you go, ‘Yes I can, because it’s the style of the show’. You’ve just got to remind yourself w...

In a few months, HBO will once again fictionalize the creation of a famous work of nonfiction , although this time it’s the reality series that started it all: An American Family . The Sopranos’ James Gandolfini stars as Craig Gilbert, the producer who followed the Loud family for the 1973 PBS series, while Pat and Bill Loud are played by Diane Lane and Tim Robbins, while Thomas Dekker plays their gay son Lance Loud. Robbins and Lane, along with the film’s directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, talked to TV critics Friday, and it was an occasion for some reality TV bashing on the part of some critics who simultaneously demonstrated their ignorance about the original series, but also yielded some surprising insight. First, James Gandolfini said that The Real Housewives of Atlanta is “extraordinary”: “I have seen Housewives of Atlanta. That was extraordinary. It really was.” But when he got the inevitable Jersey Shore question, he just shook his head and said, “No, no, no...

Home > BBC > James Caan leaves Dragons’ Den January 7th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. 1 Comment James Caan has quit ‘Dragons’ Den’. The 50-year-old entrepreneur has reportedly handed in his resignation after three years on the show because his charitable and business endeavours take up to much of his time. He is quoted by the Daily Mail newspaper as saying: “My work and philanthropic interests mean I can’t devote the time required to the Den any longer. ‘Dragons’ Den’ has been an integral and exciting part of my professional life, and I thank the show profusely for letting me be a part of it for so long.” The Pakistan-born self-made millionaire’s departure from the show – which sees a panel of four business people offered investment opportunities by members of the public – comes amid an ongoing feud with fellow panellist Duncan Bannatyne, who has refused to speak to James for nine months. Despite his departure, James is set to maintain an involvement with the programme as he is belie...

January 4th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. No comments James Corden would work with Mathew Horne again in a “heartbeat”. The TV funnyman worked with Mathew on hit sitcom ‘Gavin & Stacey’, sketch show ‘Horne and Corden’ and film ‘Lesbian Vampire Killers’, and while they are currently taking a professional break from each other, James would love to team up once more. He said: “I would work with Mat again in a heartbeat. That whole time of working with Mat when we made the sketch show and were in that film, you learn from that. What you realise is you can’t make anything without mistakes.” James also revealed he would love to do another Christmas special of ‘Gavin & Stacey’ and reprise his role of Smithy. He added to The Sun newspaper: “I miss it so much, Smithy, all the characters, writing it and the filming of it. I would love us to do a Christmas special one day. But you just have to find the right time to do it correctly in the right manner and have enough time to make it make it goo...

The woman who revealed she’d had an Internet affair with Big Brother 12’s Brendon Villegas has posted and deleted images she says season six and seven houseguest James Rhine sent to her, after earlier claiming she had sex with James . Those included one of his naked body and a photo of his erect penis . The series of tweets from Molly addressed James and included a link to photos—including one of a picture from James’ e.mail address in Molly’s Yahoo! Mail inbox—and the words “fact #1,” “fact #2,” and so on. Her final tweet said, “So there we go. Don’t call me a fucking liar again. ANY of you. Christ. I don’t lie about my hook ups people. No need to.” One tweet and screenshot survives , but the rest were apparently deleted. The Internet’s plagiarists, ONTD, have proven to be actually useful by capturing those images . Meanwhile, people are accusing Molly of not actually being who she says she is. Since this began last week, Molly has been under fire from people on Twitter and asked G...

Today is Veterans Day, and to commemorate that, HBO debuts a documentary about veterans, Wartorn: 1861-2010 , and it focuses on the effects of war, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, on the people who’ve fought for us over the past two centuries. The film, directed by Jon Alpert and Ellen Gooseberg Kent, is executive produced by James Gandolfini, the actor best known for playing the lead role in The Sopranos. He previously interviewed wounded Iraq war vets for a 2007 HBO documentary. HBO says Wartorn , which debuts at 9 p.m. ET, tells the “personal stories of American soldiers whose lives and psyches were torn asunder by the horrors of battle and PTSD” and examines “the lingering effects of combat stress and post-traumatic stress on military personnel and their families throughout American history, from the Civil War through today’s conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.” Watch its trailer: View the original article here