New DVD cover for 'St Trinian's 2'

St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold will debut on DVD and Blu-ray on May 24 in the UK. The new DVD cover featuring David Tennant has been unveiled.


As a side note: If you miss David Tennant in PBS' April 28 airing of Hamlet, you can download it right after it airs over at the Great Performances website. Thanks to David_Tennant for sharing this information.

Renewed hope for 'Rex Is Not Your Lawyer' + new 'Hamlet' clip

NBC delayed David Tennant's Rex is Not Your Lawyer back in January, but it looks like the show might still have a chance at being in the fall lineup. NBC needs between 5 to 7 new dramas for the upcoming season:

REX IS NOT YOUR LAWYER: This off-cycle pilot staged a comeback after being pronounced dead when the network didn’t pick it up for midseason. The legal drama’s producers did more work on the pilot they had originally rushed, including adding voiceover. The reworked pilot tested well, and the project has received an order for two back-up scripts. [Deadline via ONTD!]

MovieWeb unveiled a brand new exclusive clip from Hamlet featuring David Tennant. After it airs on PBS on April 28, the DVD and Blu-ray will debut on May 4 in the US.

PBS preview of David Tennant in 'Hamlet'

David Tennant's Hamlet will air on April 28 on PBS' Great Performances. It will then debut on DVD on May 4 in the US. David Tennant on Twitter points us to a preview of Hamlet:



You can also read a review of the production over at TV Squad.

David Tennant: Best Dressed Man of 2009 + 'Hamlet' Blu-ray release

David was recently voted the Best Dressed Man of 2009 by Hello! Magazine readers. With more than 10,000 votes cast he won with 35.4% of the vote. He is also nominated for Hello! Magazine's Most Attractive Man of the Week and you still have time to vote for him.



According to Warner Home Video, Hamlet will be released on Blu-ray on May 4 in the US after its April airing on PBS's Great Performances.

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Award wins & nominations: What's On Stage & Press Guild

John Barrowman wins What's On Stage Award

Whatsonstage.com announced the winners for its "10th annual Whatsonstage.com Awards, the only prize-giving event for the theatre industry voted for purely by the ticket-buying public." An awards concert was held yesterday, February 14 for charity.

John won the What's On Stage Award for Best Takeover in a Role for his performance in La Cage aux Folles. John couldn't go to last night's award ceremony, but you can watch his video message over at What's On Stage website.

Press Guild TV Award nominations

The 36th annual Broadcasting Press Guild TV Award nominations were announced a few weeks ago. Members of the Press Guild will choose the winner with the final round of voting to end on February 18.

David Tennant is nominated in the Best Actor category for his role in Hamlet in the BBC 2 film version and for his role in Doctor Who. Other nominations in the Best Actor category inglude Douglas Henshall for Collision on ITV1 and Peter Capaldi for The Thick of It on BBC2.

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David Tennant's 'Hamlet' to air in April in the US + update on 'Rex Is Not Your Lawyer'

The Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 stage production of Hamlet will air on PBS' Great Performances series on Wednesday, April 28 2010 at 8pm EST. Hamlet originally aired in the UK on Boxing Day in 2009 with more than 900,000 viewers.

NBC so far has refused to confirm any pilot pickups but the network is expected to make announcements very soon. It seems likely that they will pick up hour-long pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer. They reportedly plan to order 10 drama pilots for next season to replace Jay Leno's 10pm talk show. Stay tuned.

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David Tennant on Greatest Scots

David Tennant placed fifth in The Greatest Scot vote from last night. Robert Burns was voted the winner and William Wallace, Alexander Fleming, Jock Stein, David, Robert the Bruce, Billy Connolly, Alex Harvey, Andrew Carnegie and Sir William Alexander Smith rounded out the top 10. Here's a look at David's segment from the episode:



There will also be some St. Trinian's 2 specials on TV in the UK. The film's London premiere special airs on Sunday, December 13 on Channel 4 starting at 12:50pm. Another special airs on Sky Movies Premiere HD on Monday, December 13 at 11:50am. Thanks to David Tennant News for the heads up.

Hamlet is set to air on December 26 on BBC 2 at 5pm. The DVD will debut a few days later on December 28. Hamlet airs sometime in 2010 in the US on Great Performances on PBS.

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Preview of David Tennant in 'Hamlet'

You can check out a preview of David Tennant in Hamlet. The Hamlet DVD will be released on December 28, 2009 after it airs on BBC 2 in the UK. It will air in the US sometime in 2010 on the PBS program Great Performances.



The official St Trinian's 2 website is up so check it out here. The film opens on December 8 in the UK.

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David Tennant nominated for theater award, 'Waters of Mars' air dates + more press

London's Evening Standard announced that David Tennant was nominated for Best Actor for his role in Hamlet. The winners of the 2009 Theatre Awards will be announced on November 23 at the Royal Opera House. Go here for a look at the full list of nominees.

Air dates for the next Doctor Who special, The Waters of Mars have been revealed. In the US, the special will air on BBC America on Saturday, December 19 at 9pm Eastern time. Remaining specials will air over the holiday season as a two-part special. The air dates for these remaining specials will be announced in early December.

The Waters of Mars will air in the UK on Sunday, November 15 at 7pm on BBC One.

The Waters of Mars and the two-part finale will debut on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, February 2, 2010.

David also did a lot of interviews over the weekend to promote The Waters of Mars, which you can watch below:

David Tennant and Russell T. Davies discussing The Waters of Mars on BBC News:


An exclusive Doctor Who interview on GMTV:


ITN interview:


And finally:


David will also co-host the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show for an entire week starting November 9 in the UK. You can listen in at 6am or listen online.

Update: David Tennant will be co-hosting the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show on November 11, 12, and 13 rather than the entire week of November 9. The show will be on at 6am as previously posted. Sorry about the error everyone.

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David Tennant's Hamlet DVD cover unveiled

The DVD is set for a December 28, 2009 release after it airs on BBC 2 in the UK.

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David Tennant on the PBS panel at TCA

David Tennant was on the PBS Masterpiece Contemporary panel at TCA on August 2. He's set to begin hosting Masterpiece Contemporary with the series' October 25th premiere in the US. During the PBS panel, it was revealed that David Tennant's performance in Hamlet will be aired in the US in 2010, on the PBS program Great Performances. Below are photos of David from the PBS panel:




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Scottish News

Here's more news from this week:

John Barrowman
Star support for slimming group leader

Robbie Coltrane
Flicker: The Brothers Bloom
2009 Summit Pictures Preview

Ewan McGregor
Industry dressing down for Sundance
Sundance Q Preview
Sundance '09: Our 12 Most Anticipated Films
36 Movies We Can't Wait To See in 2009
Hollywood banks on lucrative 2009

David Tennant
David Tennant makes a comback in Hamlet

Scottish News

Here's the news from this week I may have missed:

John Barrowman
Irene so thrilled to meet star John

Sean Connery
Connery, Lawson Have Sexiest Voices

Ewan McGregor
Hollywood Banks on a Lucrative 2009

David Tennant
Tennant back on stage as Hamlet

David Tennant withdraws from Hamlet until 2009

Awww poor David:

Doctor Who star David Tennant has withdrawn from all performances of Hamlet until next year after scheduling surgery for a slipped disc.

The actor was said to be devastated after pulling out of live performances of the Shakespeare play at London's Novello Theatre on Monday and Tuesday (08-9Dec08) because of the ongoing injury.

Tennant is now due to undergo surgery on his back on Thursday - and will not return to the stage show before Christmas, the Royal Shakespeare Company has confirmed.

And although he has branded his enforced absence "hugely disappointing", Tennant has lavished praise on his understudy Edward Bennett, who won standing ovations on Monday and Tuesday.

Tennant says, "My back problem has progressed to the point where it is currently impossible for me to carry on without surgery.

"I want to get back onstage as quickly as possible and I am very grateful to Ed who has courageously got to grips with the role but in a much shorter time. It's a fantastic achievement."

Tennant's run in the play is due to finish on 10 January.

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New photos of David Tennant as Hamlet

I wish I could watch David in person, but at least there are photos. He looks very lovely in them. Just click on the photos to make them larger.

Photos from www.david-tennant.com
Credit: RSC, Alastair Muir

Source: David Tennant via ONTD!

Photo post

Here's a few photos I found online of James McAvoy, David Tennant, and Ewan McGregor. I believe the James McAvoy photos are newly released photos from an older photo shoot, while the David Tennant photo is the first one of him as Hamlet. Enjoy!

Go here for more photos of Ewan.

Go here for more photos of James.

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