Tonight's first Britain's Got Talent semi-final proved particularly dramatic when Alesha Dixon emptied her glass of water over David Walliams. The comedian had made a joke about Alesha allegedly miming in her days as a popstar, prompting her to soak him. Walliams denied that his Golden Buzzer act Christian Spridon was a poor singer; insinuating that Dixon had based...
Jason Biggs has come under fire for appearing to mock a late talent show contestant. The star of Orange Is The New Black and American Pie was tweeting while watching the latest season premiere of The Bachelorette. Eric Hill passed away just last month after a paragliding incident. He was 32. Biggs tweeted: "Crazy rule change- instead of voting off the contestants,...
US actor Aaron Paul has said he is open to a role in the upcoming Breaking Bad spin-off, Better Call Saul. The star played Jesse in the major series, which concluded last year. However its off-shoot, focussing on Bob Odenkirk's lawyer Saul Goodman, is still in the pipeline. Speaking at the BAFTA Television Awards, Paul told reporters: "[I'll be in it] if they'll...
Simon Cowell has said that I Can't Sing, The X Factor musical, "didn't work". The show will close this week (May 10) after just six weeks on the West End, due to incredibly low ticket sales. "We took a punt and it didn't work out," he told Digital Spy. "If I could do things different, I would have gone to local theatres and built up a following. "We went...
US network Fox has renewed American Idol for a 14th season despite continually dwindling viewing figures. The show, which currently has Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick, Jr. on its judging panel, will definitely be back in 2015. The first auditions for the show will take place in June throughout 15 US cities. Despite the fact that its ratings are...
Ten years after TV sitcom Friends ended for good, one of its stars Lisa Kudrow has had a bit of good news. The actress, who played Phoebe on the show until it ended on May 7, 2004, went on to make short-lived comedy The Comeback; which flopped in the ratings and was axed after one season. However, in the years that have since passed, it has maintained a quiet...
Stage star and noted dance pro Adam Garcia is returning as a judge to Sky1's flagship talent show Got To Dance. The series returns for its fifth year this summer, and Garcia has been drafted back to sit alongside Kimberley Wyatt and Ashley Banjo on the panel. Last year he had been replaced by JLS star Aston Merrygold, who is not returning for another run. Garcia...
Vernon Kay has said that he would never say never to joining his wife Tess Daly on Strictly Come Dancing. A vacancy has popped up on the BBC1 show now that Bruce Forsyth has confirmed that he will not be returning for the upcoming 12th season. Daly will continue to present the show, and Kay has said that he would be an "idiot" to say no if he was to be offered the...
90s romcom icon Meg Ryan has been unveiled as the narrator of How I Met Your Mother spin-off How I Met Your Dad. CBS has yet to officially confirm the casting, although multiple outlets have now claimed to have the news as official. It's not the only new comedy project on Ryan's slate, as she's also due to appear in a new sitcom for NBC about a single mother working in publishing in New York City. How I Met Your Dad will tell the story of the main character telling her children how she and her father met; with Ryan providing the voice-over...
Robert Kirkman, the creator of The Walking Dead, has said he would love to have Mad Men's Jon Hamm to play Negan. Negan is the primary antagonist in the comic series from which the HBO show takes its cues, and has not yet been seen on-screen. When the suggestion was put to him by MTV, Kirkman mused: "He's not tall enough! That's a joke. I think Jon Hamm would...
