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Rob Leane Feb 24, 2017

Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Jurassic World and more: it’s our rundown of the coolest Lego movie kits on the market...

There’s nothing quite like building an iconic film scene/location using colourful bricks and a little booklet of instructions. It brings the magic of the movies right into your front room, and it kills time very easily.

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Lego has been lovingly recreating the films we love in miniature form for years, spanning Star Wars, Harry Potter, Ghostbusters, Jurassic World and much much more. Here are 37 of our favourites...

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S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier

Let’s start with an absolute beauty: this Avengers-inspired S.H.I.E.L.

Rob Leane Mar 29, 2017

Aruba is the final episode of Legends Of Tomorrow season 2. Everything we know is here...

Here's the trailer for Aruba, the Legends Of Tomorrow season 2 finale...

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And here's the synopsis...

"Season Finale — As the Legends are about to take off for their next destination, a massive timequake rocks the ship. In order to try and fix what has happened, they are forced to break the one cardinal rule of time travel. But if they are able to destroy the spear, they will face the ultimate consequence. Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Arthur Darvill, Caity Lotz, Dominic Purcell, Franz Drameh, Nick Zano and Maisie Richardson-Sellers. Rob Seidenglanz directed the episode written by Phil Klemmer & Marc Guggenheim"

Aruba will debut on American screens on Tuesday the 4th of April.

Rob Leane Dec 8, 2016

Legends' most-watched episode ever, and The CW's biggest week in six years - that's how well the crossover did.

Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and Legends Of Tomorrow's massive four-part Invasion! crossover dominated headlines last week, and now we hear that it also dominated ratings.

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Deadline has published a big breakdown of the ratings for the Invasion! crossover. Some of the highlights are here:

Supergirl had its most-watched episode of the season, earning 3.5 million viewers. Supergirl's crossover-starting Medusa episode was the most-watched show in The CW's Monday 8-9pm slot since September 2008.

The Flash enjoyed its most-watched episode "in almost two years" with 4.15 million viewers. The Flash's Invasion! episode was therefore watched by more people than The Flash's season 3 premiere,...

The F2Freestylers, who have more than 3.6 million subscribers on YouTube, are bringing their soccer skills across the pond. The British trick shot masters will star in F2 vs. The USA, a partnership between Whistle Sports and Sky Sports and one of the seven shows Whistle announced at its 2016 NewFronts presentation.

In the new series, F2 will challenge other Whistle partners (such as Brodie Smith) and athletes from Major League Soccer to a series of trick shot and skill competitions. The show deepens an existing partnership between Sky and Whistle; the British broadcaster invested $7 million in the sports-focused digital network back in 2014.

The other programs announced during Whistle’s NewFronts pitch were:

Battlegrounds, a world-spanning competition that carries a $50,000 prize.

Legends of Dunk, a slam dunk competition consisting of eight “regionals.”

50 Large, which will consist of 50 separate games, one in each state.

Crushing History, in which hosts will recreate famous moments from sports history.

This week on The CW’s Arrow, Damien Darhk’s abduction of Oliver’s super-secret son William set in motion a series of truth bombs and twists, the last of which allowed paralyzed Felicity to actually walk out on her fiance.

PhotosArrow First Look: Is This Oliver and Felicity’s Wedding Day?

In the wake of the mayoral debate, Darhk confronts Oliver just as he and Felicity leave her first post-biostimulant microchip therapy session. Oliver’s phone buzzes, and on it he sees video of William, none the worse for the wear, but… you know, kidnapped. After Darhk lays...

Ahead of the show’s return in December, Sony has published the initial roll call of developers and publishers attending this year’s PlayStation Experience event in San Francisco.

There’s a brief rundown of the playable games that will be hitting the show floor, too, with the Japanese publisher expected to add plenty more in the build-up to December. Some of the more notable absentees, though, include Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, leading some corners of the Internet to draw speculation that the latter won’t make its March 18 release date. Then again, Sony has noted that this preliminary list is “only the beginning” of the announcements.

Tickets for the event are now available, too. Fans eager to go for the two days will find the tickets to be $75, while the one-day pass for Saturday are priced at $45. As for Sunday,...

Hong Sang-soo's Right Now, Wrong Then.The lineup for the 2015 festival has been revealed, including new films by Hong Sang-soo, Andrzej Zulawski, Chantal Akerman, Athina Rachel Tsangari, and others, alongside retrospectives and tributes dedicated to Sam Peckinpah, Michael Cimino, Bulle Ogier, and much more.Piazza GRANDERicki and the Flash (Jonathan Demme, USA)La belle saison (Catherine Corsini, France)Le dernier passage (Pascal Magontier, France)Der staat gegen Fritz Bauer (Lars Kraume, Germany)Southpaw (Antoine Fuqua, USA)Trainwreck (Judd Apatow, USA)Jack (Elisabeth Scharang, Austria)Floride (Philippe Le Guay, France)The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, UK/USA)Erlkönig (Georges Schwizgebel, Switzerland)Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre (Philippe Falardeau, Canada)Bombay Velvet (Anurag Kashyap, India)Pastorale cilentana (Mario Martone, Italy)La vanite (Lionel Baier, Switzerland/France)The Laundryman (Lee Chung, Taiwan)Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, USA) I pugni ni tasca (Marco Bellocchio, Italy)Heliopolis (Sérgio Machado, Brazil)Amnesia (Barbet Schroeder,...

World premieres for new films by Athina Rachel Tsangari, Hong Sangsoo, Ben Rivers; Southpaw, Trainwreck among Piazza Grande titles.

The 68th Locarno Film Festival (August 5-15) will open with Jonathan Demme’s musical comedy-drama Ricki And The Flash, in which Meryl Streep stars as a musician who tries to make things right with her family after giving up everything to pursue her dream of rock-and-roll stardom.

Written by Diablo Cody, the film gets a Piazza Grande berth alongside Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, Catherine Corsini’s La Belle Saison and Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw.

Also playing is Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter. Cimino is being honoured with a Pardo D’onore Swisscom and will be taking part in an onstage conversation.

14 of the 18 films competing in the festival’s International Competition section for the Golden Leopard Award are world premieres including Andrzej Zulawski’s Cosmos, Ben Rivers’ The Sky...

Microsoft, Sony, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Nintendo and others are holding massive press conferences this week at E3 to showcase their various upcoming video games. I'll be doing a breakdown of the line-ups. Check the features section or click on the logos below to access the individual guides for each presentation.

Anno 2205, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, For Honor, Just Dance 2016, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Tom Clancy's The Division, Trackmania Turbo Destiny: The Taken King, Devolver Indie Titles, Dreams, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Firewatch, Hitman, Horizon: Zero Dawn, The Last Guardian, No Man's Sky, Rigs, Shemue 3, Street Fighter V, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, World of Final Fantasy FIFA 16, Madden 16, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, Need for Speed, NBA Live 16, NHL 16, Star Wars: Battlefront, Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, Star Wars: Tor...

Remember the first ever Love Island with its seemingly clueless single celebrities constantly bickering on a tumultuous and stormy (literally and metaphorically) Fijian island?

Even the show's co-hosts Kelly Brook and Patrick Kielty were baying for one another's blood when Kielty decided to declare during one live show that Brook had previously dated contestant Paul Danan.

Other memorable highlights included Abi Titmuss becoming more and more enraged as Fran Cosgrave repeatedly referred to her as Vanessa Feltz, swiftly followed by a tipsy and uncouth Rebecca Loos letting rip.

The series aired almost exactly a decade ago, so we found ourselves wondering - whatever happened to eventual winner Jayne Middlemiss? And the Love Island love god that was Lee Sharpe?

As the new non-celebrity series currently enjoys its ITV2 revival, we find out what the 12 star contestants have gone on to do since their 2005 stint below:

Jayne Middlemiss

Love Island winner...

Head up to the attic and pull your leg warmers out of storage, because Fame is coming back to TV.

Lifetime has picked up a reboot of the ’80s series — which has been in the works since 2012 — with So You Think You Can Dance‘s Nigel Lythgoe attached to executive-produce.

PhotosUnauthorized Full House Story Gets Premiere Date at Lifetime

Per The Hollywood Reporter, the revival — much like the original 1980 film and follow-up NBC series — will revolve around a group of adults struggling to balance the pressures of life at a performing arts college with their personal lives.

Josh Safran (Smash,...

American Idol was announced to be coming to an end after 15 seasons yesterday (May 12), but did you know that Ryan Seacrest used to have a co-host?

Brian Dunkleman hosted the Fox competition's first season alongside Ryan Seacrest, before the latter took sole control. History has not been kind to poor old Brian since, with Fox TV CEO Dana Walden joking about a possible reunion for the pair.

"Where is Brian Dunkleman? If you give me his number, I will call and invite him," she joked, though Dunkleman gave as good as he got last night:

I knew American Idol would never last without me #Cancelled

— brian dunkleman (@briandunkleman) May 11, 2015

To honour Dunkleman, we have collected a few hosts of massive shows that you may have cruelly forgotten, starting with the man himself.

1. Brian Dunkleman (American Idol)

The comedian co-hosted the Fox series with Ryan Seacrest for its first season, which...

We certainly felt the power of 10 former Gladiators yesterday, as we took a look at what some of the stars went on to after the success of ITV's '90s hit.

We were bowled over to discover that Blaze (Eunice Huthart) is a stunt double to A-listers and godmother to Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh, and that Rhino (Mark Smith) went on to star in Hollywood films including Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning drama Argo.

But whatever happened to the villainous Wolf or the infamous Shadow, who was dramatically sacked from the series? We haven't found many current pictures of this lot, but here's a little bit about what 9 more of our favourite former Gladiators got up to after their time on the show:

1. Scorpio (Nikki Diamond)

Contenders were subjected to the mighty sting of the speedy Scorpio. Former bodybuilder and model Nikki Diamond was an original Gladiator, but was forced...

It was dream-scenario Monday night for Team Pharrell star DaNica Shirey on The Voice.

She sang a few bars of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" to the late icon's longtime mentor, Clive Davis, who met with the Top 10 singers and gave Shirey high praise – after she sweetly confided that she'd written an 11th grade biography about Davis's life. And she'd learned to sing Whitney on a karaoke machine her late father bought her when she was 8.

Awww.

"Every single word that she sang was huge to me," Shirey told Davis, who knowingly embraced her humble and heartfelt homage.

Later,...

[Youtube "XlSFw_7p3Yk"] It was dream scenario Monday night for Team Pharrell star DaNica Shirey on The Voice. She sang a few bars of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" to the late icon's longtime mentor, Clive Davis, who met with the Top 10 singers and gave Shirey high praise - after she sweetly confided that she'd written an 11th grade biography about Davis's life. And she'd learned to sing Whitney on a karaoke machine her late father bought her when she was 8. Awww. "Every single word that she sang was huge to me," Shirey told Davis, who knowingly embraced her humble and heartfelt homage.

The Voice battle rounds began, putting coaches Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine in the hot seat, and prompting some surprising steals.

Team Pharrell: Elyjuh René vs. Maiya Sykes

Team Pharrell kicked the night off with the very first battle, pitting Elyjuh René up against Maiya Sykes, a four-chair turn around. Elyjuh screamed with joy, and even began to tear up a little, when he saw Alicia Keys in the room. Not only that, but the duo was tasked with singing Keys’ own “If I Ain’t Got You” – with Alicia Keys sitting behind the piano. Sykes seemed like the favorite to win in rehearsals, but she was gracious, giving Elyjuh some help hitting the high notes.

Both gave strong performances, but in the end Pharrell stuck with Elyjuh, impressed with how he handled the high notes, saying he wanted to see how much he’d grow.

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

215 Ink

Enormous #2 (Cover A Mehdi Cheggour), $3.99

Enormous #2 (Cover B Christian Dibari), $3.99

Abstract Studios

Rachel Rising #27 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Sip Kids #1, $4.99

Action Lab Entertainment

Fracture Vice And Virtue Tp, $11.99

Amaze Ink (Slave Labor Graphics)

Collected Works Of Filler Bunny Tp, $11.95

I Feel Sick #1 (New Printing), $4.95

I Feel Sick #2 (New Printing), $4.95

Amigo Comics

Rogues Volume 2 Cold Ship #3 (Of 5), $3.99

Amp! Comics For Kids

Muddy Max Volume 1 The Mystery Of Marsh Creek Gn, $9.99

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Reading With Pictures Comics That Make Kids Smarter Hc, $19.99

Antarctic Press

Rod Espinosa’s Steampunk Fables Tp, $14.99

Archie Comic Publications

Archie #658 (Dan DeCarlo Betty Variant Cover), $2.99

Archie #658 (Dan DeCarlo Veronica Variant Cover), $2.99

Archie #658 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99

Archie The Married Life Volume 5 Tp, $19.99

Death Of Archie A Life Celebrated Tp,...

Have you ever wondered what Jet, Wolf, and the rest of ITV's Gladiators did after the show finished? Wonder no more...

ITV’s Gladiators - the show that for eight years made children everywhere become interested in sports, eating well and keeping fit... for about five minutes on a Saturday night, then we all went back to our natural state of sitting on the settee eating sugar straight from the packet.

What was it that inspired this minor surge of enthusiasm for being buff? That would be the gladiators themselves. Every week, twelve superhuman powerhouses - six men and six women - would intimidate, bully, and otherwise humiliate whichever puny contestants stepped up to try their luck, beating or hindering them in a series of physical skill games. This took place before the big finale – where the contenders would race each other up a downwards escalator, while the gladiators were...

Niall rounds up all of the major announcements from all the major games companies at this year's E3, in case you missed it

Feature

So E3 is over for another year. Breathe. After a frenzied four days which saw the major hitters in the gaming industry showcase their future releases, now is a good time to take stock of the major news released during the press conferences at the beginning of the expo. Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA and Ubisoft all had their chance on the main stage to wow fans with exciting announcements and brand new footage of the year's upcoming releases.

While this year's set of conferences could arguably be described as solid rather than spectacular, gaming's biggest companies still demonstrated that they had some treats in store for us over the coming year. Without further ado, here is a breakdown of all the biggest gaming news that happened at E3 this year.

E3 has come and gone and now that the dust has settled we want to take a look back and discuss what got us excited, or dare I say disappointed. We have impressions from the show floor as well! Check it out after the jump!

Eric Gibbs

I’m ecstatic to see all three console companies come out swinging this year. I’ve always said let them fight it out, and let us reap the fantastic games! I was extremely happy to see that games were the primary focus this year. We still had interesting accessories like Sony’s Project Morpheus and Nintendo’s “toy-to-life” Amiibo line, but games were the core of what the console makers are pushing this year.

With games like No Man’s Sky, Abzu, Broforce and Hot Line Miami 2, Sony has continued pushing some amazing indie games, which seem to be some of my favorite in this neoteric console generation.

Grand Theft Auto 5, BloodBorne, Far Cry 4, Little Big Planet 3, Destiny, FIFA 15, Dead Island 2 and more in our E3 trailer round-up...

Trailer

New game trailers and reveals are what E3 is all about, and because we like you, we've gathered together some of the best trailers from the show so far for you to gorge on. So, scroll down through the list and gawk at some of the titles you'll be playing over the next year. As there are so many trailers here, we've had to split the list to speed up loading. Sorry about that.

Grand Theft Auto V

BloodBorne

Far Cry 4

Little Big Planet 3

Destiny

PlanetSide 2

Infamous: First Light

Project Cars

Pavilion

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Batman: Arkham Knight

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Dead Island 2

The Last of Us: Remastered

Ratchet and Clank Movie

No Man's Sky

Grim Fandango

Devolver

Let it Die

Tom Clancy...

The first excitable batch of Big Brother contestants entered the famous Elstree compound last night (June 5), but are we right in thinking a few of their faces seem vaguely familiar?

Yes, yes we are! So we find out what salacious scandals or other reality TV shows a few of these fame-hungry housemates have been involved in before entering the house below:

Danielle McMahon

Strict Catholic and lingerie model contestant Danielle McMahon has appeared in the colourful pages of men's magazines such as Nuts (Rip) and FHM. She also dished the dirt on ex-bb contestant Dexter and his "designer penis" (no idea) to the Daily Star after they apparently dated for four months last year. Dexter appeared on Big Brother's Bit on the Side last night and denied that they had slept together.

McMahon has her own website with a portfolio of her modelling work and a blog (no-one's going to...

After last night's final performances, Team Usher's Josh Kaufman was declared the winner of season 6 of The Voice, beating out Team Adam Levine's Christina Grimmie and Team Blake Shelton's Jake Worthington.

At the top of the show, Carson Daly announced that there was a glitch with the iTunes charts. Noticably missing from the Top 10 yesterday was Josh Kaufman’s cover of Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain.” To ensure fairness, all of the iTunes downloads that were supposed to count as votes for the finalists were taken out of the final tally – meaning only online voting, calls, etc. counted as votes. According to Carson, taking the iTunes downloads out of the final tally did not affect the outcome. In other news, Adam publicly announced that he would sign Christina Grimmie to his record label after the show.

After a quick recap of Monday night’s final live performances,...

We’re here in the final stretch of the “Saturday Night Live” season, with just three consecutive episodes separating us and wild speculation about the fortieth season of the program. I have a few thoughts on what to look for over these three weeks, but the promos this week suggest “SNL” might have an extremely fun and game host in Garfield. He has cameo’d in the past when real-life girlfriend Emma Stone has hosted (look for her to return the favor tonight), but this is his first chance to show the comedic touches he brings to Peter Parker in a sketch-comedy setting. Along for the ride is musical guest Coldplay, who ironically last appeared on “SNL” when Stone hosted. Maybe Spider-Man will fight them as two-thirds of The Sinister Six. Not an Extremely sinister six, I’d grant you. But hey, what do I know? As always, I’ll be liveblogging,...

BBC Two is 50 - the British Broadcasting Corporation's second eldest child hits the half-century mark this Sunday (April 20).

But which shows from those five decades on air were given short shrift? Did your favourite drama or comedy not get a fair shake?

BBC Two is 50: Share your memories and thoughts

Other channels have plundered BBC Two's back catalogue with results ranging from the sublime - Sky's Alan Partridge revival - to the disastrous - Gold's Yes, Prime Minister rehash.

But with just two days to go until Two hits 5-0, here's five more shows - from the '60s to the '00s - that deserve another shot.

The Likely Lads (1964-66)

"Oh, what happened to you? Whatever happened to me?" - Yes, its more distinguished follow-up Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? might have graduated to BBC One, but its 1960s predecessor was a BBC Two staple.

How did we come up with our chart? By tallying the votes of our pop writers – and here's what they plumped for

Tim Jonze

Albums

John Wizards – John Wizards

Disclosure – Settle

Paramore – Paramore

Hebronix – Unreal

Kanye West – Yeezus

Christopher Owens – Lysandre

Julia Holter – Loud City Song

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time

British Sea Power – From The Sea To The Land Beyond

Tracks

Julia Holter – Hello Stranger

Miguel and Mariah Carey – #Beautiful

Drake – Hold On, We're Going Home

Sky Ferreira – You're Not the One

Justin Timberlake – Suit and Tie

Jeffrey Lewis – Wwprd

Paramore – Still Into You

Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge – White Noise

The 1975 – Chocolate

Stylo G – Soundbwoy

Tom Hughes

Albums

15-60-75 The Numbers Band – Jimmy Bell's Still in Town

Meat Wave – Meat Wave

The Drones – I See Seaweed 4

White Fence – Live in San Francisco

Ooga Boogas – Ooga Boogas

Superchunk – I Hate Music

Bits of...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

47 North

Transformers The Covenant Of Primus Deluxe Hc, $99.99

AC Comics

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Femforce #165 (Cover B John Nadeau), $9.95

Airship Entertainment

Girl Genius Volume 2 Agatha And The Airship City Tp (New Printing), $25.00

Amigo Comics

Lunita #1, $3.99

Antarctic Press

Crawling Sky Tp, $12.99

Gold Digger Christmas Special #7, $3.99

Last Zombie Volume 5 The End Tp, $14.95

Steampunk Cinderella (One Shot), $3.99

Victorian Secret Masquerade 2013 (One Shot), $3.99

Archie Comic Publications

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Life With Archie #33 (Chrissie Zullo Josie Variant Cover), $3.99

Life With Archie #33 (Fernando Ruiz Regular Cover), $3.99

Mega Man #32 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99

Mega Man #32 (Powree Payback Variant Cover), $2.99

Asylum Press

Fearless Dawn Jurassic (One Shot), $3.99

Avatar Press

Crossed Volume 7 Badlands IV Hc (Previews Exclusive), $27.99

Crossed Volume 7 Badlands IV Tp, $19.99

George R.R. Martin’s...

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3D Total Publishing

Sketching From The Imagination An Insight Into Creative Drawing Sc (not verified by Diamond), $29.99

Abrams

Star Wars Frames Hc, $150.00

Abrams Comicarts

Tintin The Art Of Herge Hc, $45.00

Alternative Comics

Look Straight Ahead Gn, $19.95

Amigo Comics

Rogues #5, $3.99

Amp! Comics For Kids

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Amulet Books

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Volume 8 Hard Luck Hc, $13.95

Andrews McMeel

Dilbert I Sense A Coldness To Your Mentoring Tp, $12.99

Get Fuzzy The Fuzzy Bunch Tp, $12.99

Antarctic Press

Ghost Cop #1 (Of 3), $3.99

Last Zombie The End #5 (Of 5), $3.99

Steampunk Halloween 2013 #1, $3.50

Arcana Studio

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Steam Engines Of Oz #3, $3.99

Steam Engines Of Oz Volume 1 Tp, $19.95

Archie Comic Publications

Afterlife With Archie #1 (Francesco Francavilla 2nd Printing...

Gary Lineker has defended Match of the Day from criticism of its football analysis and punditry.

The former England striker has presented the highlights show since Des Lynam's departure in 1999. It has in recent years been criticised by Stan Collymore and others for a lack of quality in its analysis.

"It's comfortably the most difficult thing in terms of football punditry on television," Lineker told Digital Spy.

"It's the most-watched show for a start - it's not an anoraky kind of show, we don't have hours.

"Our show is not aimed at people that think they're technically better than they are because they play FIFA or whatever.

"It's aimed at the general public who want to watch the highlights of their teams with a little of bit of a) analysis b) opinion and c) news stories of the day. We also have, obviously, very little time."

Gary's Great Ingredient...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Alternative Comics

Alternative Comics #4, $5.99

Altus Press

Doc Savage The New Adventures Volume 5 Skull Island Sc (not verified by Diamond), $24.95

Antarctic Press

Crawling Sky #4 (Of 5), $3.99

Archaia Entertainment

Mouse Guard Legends Of The Guard Volume 2 #1, $3.50

Archie Comic Publications

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Betty And Veronica Double Digest #213, $3.99

Aspen Comics

Executive Assistant Assassins #12 (Cover A Lori Hanson), $3.99

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Fathom The Elite Saga #2 (Cover A Ken Marion), $3.99

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Jirni #3 (Of 5)(Eric Basaldua Aspen Reserved Cover), $3.99

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Atheneum Books

Zebrafish Spf 40 Tp,...

Ray Winstone is to take the lead role in 'Moonfleet'. The 56-year-old actor will play Elzevir Block in the new Sky1 family drama, which sees him lead a local band of smugglers in the small Dorset village of Moonfleet and develop a blossoming friendship with a young John Trenchard (Anueurin Barnard). The show - which has been written by Ashley Pharoah - sees the pair go on an adventure in search of a fabled lost diamond. Ray - who starred in 'Great Expectations' in 2011 - said: ''I'm incredibly excited to be working with Sky - I can't wait to start...

Interview Louisa Mellor 1 May 2013 - 07:00

We chat to Bryan Fuller about Hannibal, emulsifying human eyeballs, Lucifer, and elegant vs. exploitation horror…

I have a confession to make. Not one that reflects well on me, but one that bears airing as proof that Hannibal’s Bryan Fuller is a gentleman, a scholar, and - why not - an acrobat.

In the window of Covent Garden’s The Hospital Club, the chic venue for our chat with Star Trek: Voyager, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, and Pushing Daisies writer Bryan Fuller, is a sculpture called Gold Digga. A pair of gilded deer antlers atop a glittery Mondrian painting, it’s a piece about the commodification of art, but to someone – me – fresh from watching episode one of Hannibal, it’s an apt coincidence. Stag antlers play an arresting role in the Hannibal opener, and this flashy, glitzy pair seems quite Fuller-y (remind...

A full list of nominations for this year's Baftas, which saw Lincoln lead the pack with ten

Best picture

Argo

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

Best British film

Anna Karenina

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Les Miserables

Seven Psychopaths

Skyfall

Best director

Ben Affleck, Argo

Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Michael Haneke, Amour

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Best actor

Ben Affleck, Argo

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Best actress

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Helen Mirren, Hitchcock

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Best supporting actor

Alan Arkin, Argo

Javier Bardem, Skyfall

Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best supporting actress

Amy Adams, The Master

Judi Dench, Skyfall

Sally Field, Lincoln

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Helen Hunt,...

Yotam Ottolenghi savours the flavours of Marrakech, 1950s TV newsroom drama The Hour returns and Michael Winterbottom explores the effects of a long stretch in prison

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Co-created by the people who brought us The Bill, here's a peculiar and rather worthy hybrid of fact and fiction – a fake fly-on-the-wall police procedural, starring a former real-life detective chief superintendent (Jane Antrobus). It's certainly plodding and humdrum enough to be authentic – though does chuck in the odd Columbo-style red herring to keep us interested. In this series opener, Di Jane and DS Ben Shaw (Hollyoaks' Ben Hull) investigate the case of an care home resident who's had his money stolen. Ali Catterall

The Dark Charisma Of Adolf Hitler

9pm, BBC2

Debut of a three-part series seeking to explain one of history's great inexplicables: how and why did the civilised people of a great European nation,...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

007 Magazine And Archive

007 Magazine #55, $18.00

215 Ink

Little Heroes Gn, $10.99

Aam Markosia

Ketsueki Gn, $15.99

Toybox Turmoil Gn, $15.99

AC Comics

Femforce #161, $9.95

Aladdin Books

So You Want To Be A Comic Book Artist Ultimate Guide On How To Break Into Comics Hc (not verified by Diamond), $16.99

So You Want To Be A Comic Book Artist The Ultimate Guide On How To Break Into Comics Sc, $9.99

Archaia Entertainment

Return Of The Dapper Men Hc (Special Edition), $29.95

Archie Comics

Betty And Veronica Double Digest #205, $3.99

Knuckles The Echidna Archives Volume 3 Tp, $9.99

Mega Man #17 (Chad Thomas Regular Cover), $2.99

Mega Man #17 (Chad Thomas Variant Cover), $2.99

Avatar Press

Crossed Badlands #13 (Jacen Burrows Regular Cover), $3.99

Crossed Badlands #13 (Jacen Burrows Red Crossed Incentive Cover), Ar

Crossed Badlands #13 (Oscar Jimenez Torture...

Above: Ernie Gehr's Auto-Collider Xv.

The vast bulk of Tiff's 2012 has been announced and listed here, below. We'll be updating the lineup with the previous films announced, as well as updating links to specific films for more information on them in the coming days. Of particular note is that the Wavelengths and Visions programs have been combined to create what is undoubtedly the most interesting section of the festival. Stay tuned, too, for our own on the ground coverage of Tiff.

Galas

A Royal Affair (Nikolai Arcel, Demark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany)

Argo (Ben Affleck, USA)

The Company You Keep (Robert Redford, USA)

Dangerous Liaisons (Hur Jin-ho, China)

Emperor (Peter Webber, Japan/USA)

English Vinglish (Gauri Shinde, India)

Free Angela & All Political Prisoners (Shola Lynch)

Great Expectations (Mike Newell, UK)

Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, UK)

Inescapable (Ruba Nadda, Canada)

Jayne Mansfield's Car (Billy Bob Thorton, USA/Russia)

Looper (Rian Johnson,...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

12-gauge Comics

Anti #1 (not verified by Diamond), $1.00

215 Ink

Vic Boone Tp, $14.99

Action Lab Entertainment

Double Jumpers #2 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Altus Press

Doc Savage All New Wild Adventures Volume 3 The Infernal Buddha Sc (not verified by Diamond), $24.95

Antarctic Press

Airboy Deadeye #3 (Of 5), $3.99

Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #3, $3.99

Gold Digger Platinum Volume 4 Tp, $14.95

Last Zombie Neverland #5 (Of 5), $3.99

Nazi Zombies #3, $3.99

Victorian Secret Girls Of Steampunk #1, $3.99

Archie Comics

Archie #635 (Jill Thompson Variant Cover), Ar

Archie #635 (Gisele Lagace Regular Cover), $2.99

Archie And Friends Double Digest #18, $3.99

Archie Clash Of The New Kids Tp, $11.99

Betty And Veronica Friends Double Digest #227, $3.99

Stan Lee’s Mighty 7 #3 (Alex Saviuk Regular Cover), $2.99

Stan Lee’s Mighty 7 #3 (Matt Herms Variant Cover), Ar

Aspen Mlt

Soulfire Grace #1 (Cover A Michael Ryan...

The Disney marketing machine is geared up and in full throttle for next month’s debut of Pixar’s Brave. The focus this week appears to be on the music for the film.

Take a look at “Freedom Broch” – 19 Classic Bagpipe Hits in One Compilation!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Then check out this press release regarding the soundtrack:

Burbank, Calif. (May 21, 2012) – Disney•Pixar’s epic fantasy adventure Brave harnesses the magic of ancient Scotland, weaving the rich natural setting throughout the story and bringing it to life with sophisticated filmmaking and extraordinary performances. But it’s the music of Brave that ties it all together, elevating the authenticity with a fresh and contemporary approach to Oscar®-nominated composer Patrick Doyle’s score, as well as two original songs performed by lauded Scottish Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis. A third original song plays during the film’s epilogue and...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

12-gauge Comics

Boondock Saints Volume 1 In Nomine Patris Hc (Limited Edition), $34.99

Action Lab Entertainment

Princeless Volume 1 Save Yourself Tp, $14.95

Amryl Entertainment

Cavewoman Mutation #2 (Devon Massey Special Edition), $6.85

Antarctic Press

Gold Digger #138, $3.99

Ape Entertainment

Richie Rich Digest Volume 2 Pursuit Of Pesos And Other Stories Tp, $6.99

Scouts Drafted Gn, $6.99

Archie Comics

Archie Double Digest #229, $3.99

Jughead #213, $2.99

Sonic Universe #40, $2.99

Ardden Entertainment

Flash Gordon Vengence Of Ming Gn (not verified by Diamond), $12.99

Audiogo

Doctor Who The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four 1967 Audio CD, $124.95

Torchwood Fallout An Audio-Exclusive Adventure Audio CD, $24.95

Azure Press

Ninjas Vs Zombies Bundle (contains #1-4 and signed bonus issue), $14.99

Big Dog Ink

Ursa Minor #1 (Ian Snyder Regular Cover), $3.50

Ursa Minor #1 (Natalie Sanders Variant Cover), Ar

Black Library

Void Stalker...

The challenge of recreating a beloved musician's greatest hits is a feat for any artist but this is especially the case when it comes to revisiting the work of a masterful musician and vocalist like Stevie Wonder.

Though Wonder's tunes have been revamped through the years by artists such as Jodeci ("Lately"), Mary J. Blige ("Overjoyed") and Intro ("Ribbon in the Sky"), members of the jazz ensemble Sfjazz Collective can add their names to the list of admirers who have reinterpreted the icon's music.

This month the eight-member modern jazz group has embarked on a 21-city national tour featuring the legendary singer's celebrated catalog of music.

"We have eight originals and then eight arrangements of Stevie Wonder's music," vibraphonist Stefon Harris explained to The Huffington Post. "Some of the arrangements include 'Superstition,' 'Visions.' There's a bit of 'Sir Duke' in there. So we're covering the classics."

The...

You can’t always get what you want, as Mick Jagger (and later, Crystal Bowersox) once sang, and that adage has certainly been applicable to most of American Idol‘s first 399 episodes.

On Wednesday, however, in celebration of the 400th installment of the reality-competition granddaddy, Uncle Nigel took a page from Burger King’s ad department and produced an episode that let the Idoloonie Nation have it their way: A Top 13 packed almost entirely with solid (and varied) vocalists. Specific, constructive critiques from the judges. A mentor with serious chops, good humor, and spot-on advice. A clear, unmuddied sound mix.

We've had multiple weeks focusing on whittling down our finalists into final finalists and no-really-this-is-actually-the-final-group-performance finalists, but this week's "American Idol" finally felt like the real deal, with the Top 13 tackling the legendary songs of Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder. Mary J. Blige was on hand to offer vocal coaching with Jimmy Iovine, and though it seemed like a few of the contestants actually left their best performances in the practice room with the mentors, there were still a number of impressive vocals from both the boys and the girls (mainly Jessica Sanchez).

In a weird twist, it was revealed that Thursday's elimination would focus solely on the one male and one female artist with the lowest votes, rather than the three bottom contestants regardless of gender. But in the meantime, here's a rundown of the night's performances.

Joshua Ledet: "I Wish"

I'm not sure why the guys were...

Sanchez's take on Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' brings down the house as the guys tackle Stevie Wonder.

By James Montgomery

Jessica Sanchez on "American Idol"

Photo: Fox

"American Idol" swung for the fences on Wednesday night — and we're not just talking about Steven Tyler's decision to wear his Roy Lichtenstein pants. The girls tackled Whitney Houston songs (borderline blasphemy?) and the guys did Stevie Wonder, and, after two hours of performances that ran the gamut from "startlingly great" to "shockingly unhinged" — with the majority falling somewhere in the middling middle — well, perhaps it's best if producers reined it in a tad.

Still, there were some highlights (Jessica Sanchez!), and with eliminations coming Thursday night (March 8) — though, in classic late-era "Idol," they've added some unnecessary wrinkles to the proceedings — here's our grades for the Top 13. Who passed with flying colors? Who flunked out in flaming fashion?...

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. The road to the American Idol crown, however, is littered with the wreckage of Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder songs done very, very wrong.

It’s a testament to the Season 11 Top 13, then, that on a night where the ladies were asked to cover Whitney, and the gentlemen tackled Stevie, we barely heard the sound of tires squealing and metal combusting against metal. Oh, sure, there were a couple of minor fender-benders (from contestants whose names rhyme with Man-In Da-Pain and Yer-Pain Moans), but for the most part, the current crop...

The "American Idol" Top 13 have been given the songs of Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston to sing this evening, so ... way to throw them in the deep end. With sharks. And a bleeding arm wound.

Between J.Lo's white pantsuit and Ryan's lack of tie, the judges are looking very disco this week. Do the hustle! And let us not forget Randy's terrifying dollhead on his lapel. Wtf is up with that?

Can you believe its been 400 episodes? And I honestly haven't missed a one since the Season 1 finale. Holy cow.

1. Joshua Ledet, "I Wish"

This is a wonderful choice for him. He actually sounds quite a bit like young Stevie on parts. The horn section is also awesome. The performance takes a little while to get to the chorus, though. That's the more exciting part, so it maybe could've come a little sooner. But his scatting on the bridge and the ending are fabulous,...

2012 will be the first year that GeekTrant will invade WonderCon, mostly due to the fact that it was moved down to Anaheim, CA this year which is right in our backyard. We're all pretty excited about attending this year, as we've heard it's a much smaller more intimate version of San Diego Comic Con.

WonderCon is set to open on Friday, March 16th and run through Sunday, March 18th at the Anaheim Convention Center. If you plan on attending let us know, and maybe we can meet up and hang out for a bit!

I've put stars next to the panels we are interested in attending. Check out the schedule, and let us know what you are looking forward to seeing most!

Friday March 16th

12:30-1:30 Idw Presents: The Idw Panel!— Chief creative officer Chris Ryall and sergeant of marketing Dirk Wood, give out prizes, make announcements, and evade questions!

Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and R. Kelly all performed musical tributes at Whitney Houston's funeral on Saturday (18.02.12). The Motown legend sat at the piano and sang 'Ribbon in the Sky', one of her favourite songs, and 'Love's In Need of Love Today', before paying a personal tribute to the late singer at the emotional service held at the New Hope Baptist Church - which Whitney attended and sang at as a child - in Newark, New Jersey,. Stevie said: ''I want to thank God for allowing me to be in this world at the same time as Whitney ... In my...

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BBC One and ITV may have dominated the holiday season but as we head into 2012, Sky One are rolling out some big guns of their own and proving that the network can compete with the traditional power houses when it comes to quality drama. The network’s Treasure Island, saw a motley crew of British TV stars, Hollywood actors and a certain comedian coming together in the kind of bid budget production that other channel’s can scarcely afford to make.

Rupert Penry-Jones (Silk) was in his element as the aristocratic expedition leader Trelawney and Philip Glenister (Hidden) was well cast as the no nonsense Captain Smollett. Daniel Mays (Outcasts) did well as an upper class doctor and Toby Regbo as Jim Hawkins did remarkably well...

Pop quiz: Which of these unlikely acts advanced to Round 2 during the season premiere of Simon Cowell’s hyped-to-iPad-proportions talent competish, The X Factor?

a) The chick in the striped top who left L.A. Reid “completely underwhelmed” with a sound she described as “a threesome between a cheerleader, a hipster, and a drag queen”

b) The dude in the powder-blue mesh (!) shirt who undulated on the stage floor and expressed the desire to launch an energy drink named after himself

c) The 42-year-old mom who wound up with alarming rivulets of mascara streaming down her face.

d) The recently-out-of-rehab meth...

Shooting is due to start at the end of August on Private Peaceful, a feature film based on the 2003 novel by the award-winning children’s author, Michael Morpurgo. The story follows the journey of two brothers from childhood growing up in a rural English village, all the way to fighting in France during WW1 – a tragic, surprising and moving tale.

19 year old George MacKay (represented by Gordon and French) will star as Tommo. George started acting when he was 10 and landed the role of Curly, one of the Lost Boys in the 2003 feature Peter Pan. He has worked steadily since, and more recently he appeared in Defiance and The Boys Are Back.

Skins alumni Jack O'Connell (represented by Conway Van Gelder) will play his brother Charlie. Jack, from Derby, has worked consistently since leaving Skins starring in Dive and most recently Sky 1's The Runaway and as a young Bobby Charlton in United.