David Tennant reading 'Small Mouse Big City'

David Tennant reading Small Mouse Big City by Simon Prescott on CBeebies Bedtime Story on December 23.

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Ewan McGregor embarks on fresh Davidoff Adventure + Amelia's DVD release date

Via Best of Ewan:

Coty Prestige will extend its Davidoff Adventure franchise in February 2010 with a new version, Davidoff Adventure Eau Fraîche. The scent will again be fronted by actor Ewan McGregor in selected markets worldwide.

The line is being positioned as ideal for the rugged yet handsome adventurer, the escapist free spirit who revels in the freshness of nature after a hard day’s exploring.

...The advertising campaign features McGregor standing alone, next to his motorbike, enjoying a solitary moment at sundown next to a river.

The visual aims to evoke the excitement of the actor’s real-life adventures: Long Way Round, his 20,000-mile round-the-world motorcycle journey in 2004; and his latest expedition Long Way Down, from the northernmost point of Scotland to the southernmost tip of Africa.

Davidoff Adventure Eau Fraîche will be available as a 50ml and 100ml edt, plus a 150ml shower gel and 75g deo stick. The recommended domestic price points are around €50, €65, €19 and €21, respectively. [Rebecca Mann]

Amelia which stars Ewan as Gene Vidal, will debut on DVD and Blu-ray on February 2, 2010. The Blu-ray will cost $39.99 and the DVD will cost $29.9. There will be bonus material on both and Cinema Blend provides us with the full list:

Blu-ray Disc Special Features:
Disc One

• Theatrical version
• Deleted scenes
• Making Amelia
• The Power of Amelia Earhart
• The Plane Behind the Legend
• Re-constructing the Planes of Amelia
• Movietone News

Disc Two

• Digital Copy

DVD Special Features:

• Theatrical version
• The Power of Amelia Earhart
• Deleted scenes
• Movietone News
• Making Amelia

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David Tennant reads some bedtime stories

David Tennant will be telling some bedtime stories for the CBeebies Bedtime Story Chair. He'll be reading How High is the Sky by Anna Milbourne, illustrated by Serena Riglietti, Small Mouse, Big City by Simon Prescott, Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency by Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton, and Miki by Stephen Mackey. He'll be reading the stories on December 21st, December 22nd, December 23rd, December 27th, December 28th, December 29th, December 30th, and December 31st at 6:50pm on CBeebies.

Thanks so much to mcfangirl for providing us with videos of David reading Miki on December 21 and How High is the Sky? from December 22.



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Brian Cox and Dougray Scott talk 'The Day of the Triffids'

Scottish actors Brian Cox and Dougray Scott play father and son in BBC1's update of The Day of the Triffids which airs on December 28 and 29 at 9pm. Both actors were interviewed on the set a few months ago and you can read part of their interview below:

Cox was brought up in Dundee, while Scott hails from Glenrothes. "Dougray and I have a great affinity – we come from places just a few miles away from each other," says Cox, 63. "I'm from North of the Tay, he's from South of the Tay. That part of Scotland is very interesting. It's cut off from the rest of the country, almost as though they've forgotten about it. When you come from somewhere like that, it instantly binds you.

"People brought up in that area are very dry and comical. Dougray absolutely has that – he has a great wit and a very gentle quality about him. My part of the world is very similar – and we hit it off immediately."

There was, according to Cox, only one bone of contention between him and his co-star. "Dougray plays golf, which to me is a good walk spoilt. I did once try to play, but the idea of trying to get a little ball into a tiny hole defeated me.

"We found a happy compromise when we were both invited to Gleneagles recently. Dougray played golf, and I discovered skeet shooting, which I loved. However, I have to reveal that I did see Ben Hogan win the Open at Carnoustie in 1953, so I still think I'm one up on Dougray."

Golf aside, the actors' evident bond made it much easier for the pair to play father and son in The Day Of The Triffids. "It's so helpful to have that rapport at once," continues Cox. "You have a shorthand right away. We share the same language. We even put a few 'ayes' into the script that were absent before.

...When we meet, Scott is taking a break from shooting a scene in post-apocalyptic north London. Bill has been holed up in a ruined pub near Lord's Cricket Ground and has been stumped by the scenes of mass devastation all around him.

Wearing a battered old leather jacket, dirty trousers and scuffed shoes, Scott has a livid red (prosthetic) scar down his temple from an earlier close encounter with a Triffid. He looks like a renegade from Mad Max.

"This drama has great resonance," says the 44-year-old actor. "It reflects the way things are going with the environment. People are now saying that we've reached a critical moment – that is certainly stated very clearly in An Inconvenient Truth," he says, referring to the film about Al Gore's climate change campaign. "Very soon the damage we have done will be irreversible. So we'd better sit up and take notice.

"In this drama, the Triffids' oil appears to have saved the human race from an energy crisis. But ironically, it also causes our destruction, because the Triffids have been genetically modified. Mother Nature is now working hand in hand with the Triffids to say, 'this is your punishment for screwing up the planet'."

"This drama is in many ways an ecological scream of despair, a reaction against the harm we've wreaked on the planet," chips in Cox. "Science is very simple – it's all about cause and effect. You reap what you sow." [Scotsman.com]

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'One Night in Emergency' gets an official air date

One Night in Emergency is set to air at 9pm on January 4, 2010 on BBC One Scotland. A synopsis is below:

...Kevin McKidd (Grey's Anatomy, Trainspotting, Rome) leads an all-star cast in One Night In Emergency, a unique and distinctive drama written by award-winning Black Watch playwright Gregory Burke for BBC One Scotland...

One Night In Emergency also stars Michelle Ryan (The Bionic Woman, Doctor Who, EastEnders), Igal Naor (Green Zone, House of Saddam), James Cosmo (Braveheart, Trainspotting), Ewen Bremner (Black Hawk Down, Trainspotting), David Hayman (Trial & Retribution, My Name Is Joe), Gary Lewis (Billy Elliot, My Name Is Joe), Jamie Sives (Valhalla Rising, The Passion), Sanjeev Kohli (Hope Springs, Still Game) and Tam Dean Burn (River City, Wedding Belles), and charts one man's other-worldly journey through the wards of an over-run, inner-city hospital as he desperately searches for his sick wife.

McKidd plays the lead role of Peter who is slowly drawn into a surreal, parallel world as he ventures deep into the labyrinthine building, encountering strange characters along the way while Michelle Ryan takes on the role of Peter's wife, Penny. [Scottish Screen]

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David Tennant's LA Times interview + on set photos from 'Rex Is Not Your Lawyer'

David Tennant talked to Robert Lloyd about Doctor Who and NBC pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer. An excerpt to his interview is below:

And yet in some strange quantum mechanical way, he is also already not the Doctor, having filmed his last scenes some months back. And even as he is and is not the Doctor, he is (possibly) becoming someone else, the eponymous star of an NBC pilot called "Rex Is Not Your Lawyer," in which he plays an attorney who coaches clients to represent themselves after he begins suffering panic attacks.

We spoke by telephone on a recent rainy day in Los Angeles. ("I can understand it's a novelty here," he said, "but I watched the news last night and it sounded like the world was coming to an end.") Of "Rex," which also features Jane Curtin and Jeffrey Tambor, he would only say, because "I don't know how much I'm allowed to say," that "it's a great part. It's a very dramatic role, it's quite funny -- you get to do a bit of everything and that always appeals."

...Tennant will likely next be seen on American television when "Great Performances" airs the film of his "Hamlet," which he performed at Stratford in 2008 with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has performed with the company over the years, including as Romeo in 2000, but this was his first performance after becoming a pop-cultural action figure.

"On the opening night in Stratford, when outside my dressing room window the BBC News 24 truck pulled up, I realized that if I failed at this it was going to be on a fairly international level," he said. But the Times called his performance "riveting throughout," and the Guardian praised his Hamlet's "quicksilver intelligence, mimetic vigor and wild humor" -- qualities that describe his Doctor as well. [L.A. Times]

Below are some more photos of David Tennant on the set of Rex Is Not Your Lawyer:









There's also a QI preview with David and Stephen Fry. David's episode airs on December 24 at 10pm on BBC One.





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James McAvoy to attend the Palm Springs International Film Festival

James McAvoy is set to attend the opening night screening of The Last Station at the 21st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. Director Michael Hoffman is also scheduled to appear at the screening and Helen Mirren will be honored with the Career Achievement Award at the Festival's Awards Gala on January 5. A reception at the Palm Springs Art Museum will follow the screening. The festival kicks off on Thursday, January 7 and ends on Sunday, January 17 in Palm Springs, California.

There will also be a special presentation of I Love You Phillip Morris starring Ewan McGregor.

Festival passes and ticket packages are now available. Individual ticket sales go on sale December 24 for Palm Springs International Film Society Members only, and December 26 for the general public.

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John Barrowman's Christmas message

A short video of John Barrowman wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and sharing some news.

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Weekly schedule for Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mo 12/21: Renee Fleming
Tu 12/22: Kathy Griffin, Harry Connick Jr.
We 12/23: Paris Hilton, Chef Jose Andres
Th 12/24: Pre-empted
Fr 12/25: Emily Blunt, David Bianculli (R 12/4/09)

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'The Bounty Hunter' trailer

The Bounty Hunter opens March 19, 2010.



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Craig Ferguson on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Okay, I know I said Craig was supposed to be on this Friday, but his episode aired today. I should have probably taken a screenshot of the information because I know I'm not crazy and I saw the word Friday and not Thursday. Or maybe, I'll just keep telling myself that. I'm so sorry about any of the confusion everyone. You can watch Craig's appearance with Ellen:



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David Tennant hosts 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks'

David was on the Doctor Who episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks yesterday. Catherine Tate also made an appearance and all three parts are posted below. Thanks to mcfangirl for the link and the upload.

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Bigger, glossier 'Bounty Hunter' poster

Yesterday we were pointed to a snap shot of the new poster for The Bounty Hunter with Gerard Butler. Now it's been released online. The film opens on March 19 in the US and the trailer goes up this Friday, December 18.


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'The Ghost' to premiere in Berlin, reportedly gets a title change

The Ghost, starring Ewan McGregor has been expected to premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, but it has now officially been confirmed. The Guardian also reports that the film has been renamed to The Ghost Writer, but there hasn't been official confirmation of the name change yet. The 60th Berlin International Film Festival runs from February 11 to February 21.

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