Dougray Scott backing campaign to save RAF Leuchars

Hollywood actor Dougray Scott is backing the campaign to save RAF Leuchars from closure.

The Mission Impossible II and Desperate Housewives star, who was born in Glenrothes in Fife, is one of a band of "Famous Fifers" lending their support to the campaign.

Writer Ian Rankin, music stars The Proclaimers and film director and producer Richard Jobson are also among those backing the bid to save the airbase.

Read more at STV News

Billy Connolly unwell

Billy Connolly was forced to end his Sydney show early last Monday evening (March 7), suffering from a virus.

The 68-year-old is touring down under until the end of the month, performing a number of Sydney shows at the Opera House.

But his show last night ended abruptly, with the funnyman telling the audience he was "feeling extremely ill" and apologising for not being able to continue.

An ambulance was called to the entertainment venue just minutes after Connolly's show ended, with many fans worried the Big Yin needed to be rushed to hospital.

But a NSW Ambulance spokesman said paramedics were responding to reports a 60-year-old male patron tripped and sustained injuries to his head.

Fans who attended last night's show were sympathetic to Connolly's illness, posting on social networking sites Twitter and Facebook immediately after the show prematurely finished about 10pm.

Read more at Adelaide Now

Alan Cumming voices Gutsy Smurf

A new trailer for The Smurfs Movie 3D has been released and shows us our best glimpse yet at the movie which finds our leads transferred to contemporary New York from their home in the middle ages. The characters originally created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo and subsequently immortalised by the Hannah Barbara series are now rendered in 3D and interacting with live action characters.



As ever their nemesis Gargamel (Hank Azaria) provides the sinister antagonist in a film which sees the big screen debut of pop star Katy Perry as the voice of Smurfette as well as featuring charismatic Scottish thespian Alan Cumming as Gutsy Smurf.

The film is directed by Raja Gosnell who has experience with CGI/live-action cross-overs at the helm of the Scooby Doo movies. The worldwide release is set to take place in the week of August 3rd and will be distributed through Columbia pictures

Source: Obsessed With Film

Weekly schedule for Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mo 3/14: Lewis Black, Stackridge
Tu 3/15: Martha Stewart
We 3/16: Seth Rogen, Brie Larson
Th 3/17: Mila Kunis, Geechy Guy (R 1/7/11)
Fr 3/18: David Duchovny, Jo Frost (R 1/12/11)

Mo 3/21: Denis Leary, Kathleen Madigan (R 1/13/11)
Tu 3/22: Helena Bonham Carter, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers (R 1/28/11)
We 3/23: Jim Parsons (R 2/2/11)
Th 3/24: Jason Biggs, Jennifer Ouellette (R 2/11/11)
Fr 3/25: Topher Grace, Catherine Deneuve (R 3/8/11)

Robert Carlyle To Star In London Cop Thriller ‘Dogs Of Law’

Rising star Luke Evans will appear alongside Robert Carlyle in “Dogs of Law,” an action-thriller set in London about an undercover cop (Evans) investigating a corrupt colleague (Carlyle). The script is from newcomers Matthew Cooke and Vincent Lund, and will be directed by TV veteran Declan O’Dwyer, who was behind the pilot for the cult British series “Being Human.” Producer Michael Ford is currently in talks with sales agents and financiers, calling the film “very international in its vision” and the $3.7 million project is heading for a summer shoot.

More information at Indie Wire and Screen Daily

Kevin McKidd set to reprise 'Percy Jackson' role

The LA Times’ 24 Frames has an insider claiming that Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters is going into “active development,” and could even start shooting as soon as this summer.

The primary cast is expected to return for this next installment, and that list would presumably include Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Katherine Keener and Kevin McKidd.

Full article at ScreenRant

Ewan McGregor fuels further speculation about "Trainspotting: The Sequel"

In an interview with Radio 5Live’s entertainment reporter Colin Paterson at last weekend’s Independent Spirit Awards, Ewan McGregor – who was standing three metres away from director Danny Boyle at the time – said “Come on, Danny. Where’s the script?”, before adding “I suppose [it’s possible] in the same way that anything’s a possibility.”

Full article at Caledonian Mercury

Ewan McGregor considering bank robbery movie

Ewan McGregor is interested in playing real-life robber Eddie Dodson, who held up banks with charm rather than guns, in Electric Slide, a project he has been linked to for some time

Source, and more information: Total Film

Further details can be found via Los Angeles Times

David Tennant up for Royal Television Society award

Actors David Tennant and Jim Broadbent have been nominated for best actor at this year's Royal Television Society Programme Awards.

Tennant, up for his role in Single Father, and Broadbent, recognised for Any Human Heart, will go against Johnny Harris, star of This Is England '86.

Read more at BBC News

David Tennant tells of moving mission for Comic Relief

Actor David Tennant brought Comic Relief to the kids who most need the charity's help on a moving trip to Africa.

The former Doctor Who joked around with youngsters in Uganda. But in moving diaries, he tells of the serious side of his trip - to track how the money raised by the charity helps to fight illness and disease.

In the diaries, written for the Radio Times, the star writes how he felt compelled to make the journey.

He said: "I don't have any particular expertise in telling other people's stories to the world but then Comic Relief asked me to travel to Uganda to see how the money you raise is used where it is needed most.

"I suppose the idea is that someone new to it all will be easier to identify with. I feel woefully under-qualified and ill-equipped, but I figure I can't keep reading out the phone number and telling everyone how necessary it is without seeing it up close."

The films made by the 39-year-old Scots actor will be shown as part of Red Nose Day 2011 on March 18. Presenters and performers include a host of TV favourites.

Read more: Daily Record



Also for Comic Relief, David took part in 'Blankety Blank' and 'Through the Keyhole' as part of David Walliams' 24 hour live panel show

Brian Cox reveals team of all-star actors behind Broadway hit

Brian Cox is currently appearing on Broadway in a revival of the award-winning play That Championship Season, leading a stellar cast including Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric and Chris Noth.

At cinemas this weekend, he can also be seen in Ironclad - a bloody Medieval siege movie in which he plays the leader of a ragtag band of 13th-century Knights Templar who take on tyrannical King John.

Read more at Daily Record

Billy Connolly to narrate "The Ballad of Nessie"

Walt Disney Studios has confirmed that the Walt Disney Animation Studios short, The Ballad of Nessie will be the lead-in to Winnie the Pooh when it opens in theatres in July.

Narrated by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly and directed by the Emmy® Award-winning team of Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters, The Ballad of Nessie is animated in classic Disney hand-drawn style

Read more at Stitch Kingdom

Alan Cumming in salute to Terrence McNally

Alan Cumming is scheduled to be part of Angela Lansbury and Friends, an all-star salute to Terrence McNally that will benefit The Acting Company on March 28.

Source, and more information: Playbill.com

Weekly schedule for Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mo 3/7: Aaron Eckhart, Paula Poundstone
Tu 3/8: Topher Grace, Catherine Deneuve
We 3/9: Trace Adkins, Windell Middlebrooks
Th 3/10: Wanda Sykes, Kevin McKidd
Fr 3/11: Amanda Peet, Phil Hanley

Mo 3/14: Lewis Black, Stackridge
Tu 3/15: Martha Stewart
We 3/16: Seth Rogen, Brie Larson
Th 3/17: Mila Kunis, Geechy Guy (R 1/7/11)
Fr 3/18: David Duchovny, Jo Frost (R 1/12/11)