Archive for September, 2007

Rejected Kylie songs leak online

Two tracks rejected by pop singer Kylie Minogue for her next album are briefly posted online.

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Strictly results show shifts days

BBC One dance show Strictly Come Dancing, is moving its results programme to Sundays.

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Girls Aloud set UK singles record

Girls Aloud enter the new World Records book with the most consecutive UK top 10s by a female act.

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

GMTV hit with £2m phone-in fine

Breakfast broadcaster GMTV is fined a record £2m by media regulator Ofcom for failings with its phone-in quizzes.

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Actress Lusardi to quit Emmerdale

Emmerdale star Linda Lusardi is to leave the soap opera to pursue other acting projects.

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Global Pavarotti tributes planned

Italy organises concerts and exhibitions to commemorate the memory of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Sir Elton owns ‘porn probe’ photo

Singer Sir Elton John owns the art exhibit seized from a gallery amid fears it breaches child pornography laws.

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Injured Clooney attends premiere

Hollywood actor George Clooney attends his latest film premiere despite suffering with a cracked rib.

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Sex Pistols reunion is expanded

Punk legends The Sex Pistols expand their reunion tour with two additional concerts.

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Spector judge death threat probed

Authorities investigate an apparent internet death threat against the judge in the Phil Spector murder trial.

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Royals pull out of film premiere

Next month’s Royal Film Premiere has been cancelled amid protests over the chosen film, Brick Lane.

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Comic booed off over Rhys joke

A comedian is booed off stage in Liverpool after making a joke about Madeleine McCann and murdered Rhys Jones.

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Child porn probe over art exhibit

Lawyers continue to examine an art exhibit from a Tyneside gallery amid fears it may breach child pornography laws.

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Coronation Street takes TV crown

Coronation Street takes the best soap crown at the Inside Soap awards for the first time in a decade.

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Spector jury watch video evidence

Jurors continuing to deliberate a verdict in the Phil Spector murder trial see videotaped evidence.

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Blue Peter says ’sorry’ over cat

Blue Peter presenters will apologise to viewers about the rigging of an
online poll to name the show’s cat Socks.

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Bono oil painting up for auction

An oil painting showing U2’s Bono receiving an honorary knighthood is to go under the hammer in Dublin.

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

GMTV phone firm fined £250,000

The company that ran phone-ins for GMTV is fined a record £250,000 after viewers lost an estimated £20m.

Monday, September 24th, 2007

BBC boss backs digital channels

Digital TV channels BBC Three and Four are safe from the axe “at the moment”, the corporation’s chairman says.

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Gabrielle song ‘mixed for iPods’

Two Grammy-winning UK record producers develop a technique to make music sound crisper on MP3 players.

Monday, September 24th, 2007