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Sky announces UK air date for Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom
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Sky Atlantic says it will broadcast Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom from Tuesday 10th July. Jeff Daniels stars as a cable show news anchor, who, together with his staff sets out to put on a news show “in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles and their own personal entanglements.” The ten part series was created…
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Christopher Eccleston on Blackout
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Christopher Eccleston returns to BBC one in Blackout (previously announced as The Fuse) which follows Daniel Demoys (Eccleston), a stranger in his own life. Over the years he has gone from being an idealistic young man with a burning desire to make the world a better place, to a disillusioned and corrupt council official. His…
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The Dark Knight Rises film trailer
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Hot on the heels of the trailer for the mobile game, here’s the latest TV spot for The Dark Knight Rises film. The film sees Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman reprise their roles from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight whcih it’s set eight years after. It also introduces the characters…
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UK DVD and Blu-ray release for Emmerich’s Hell
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Roland Emmerich’s Hell comes to DVD and Blu-ray on 2nd July 2012. The German language film tells the story of a post-apocalyptic future where the sun has scorched the Earth and left it too bright to inhabit. It was once the source of life, light and warmth but now the sun has turned the entire world…
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American Booksellers Association speak out against DoJ eBook settlement
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The American Booksellers Association is the latest organisation to speak out against the US Department of Justice’s proposed settlement with publishers accused of colluding over the prices of e-books. In a letter to the DOJ, ABA CEO Oren Teicher says ending agency pricing as required in the DOJ’s settlement with three publishers would “significantly discourage…
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Monkey releases unseen Jaws footage in campaign for better woolly roles
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Comic Relief, PG Tips and former ITV Digital star Monkey is campaigning for “serious acting roles for Woolly Actors everywhere” and an end to “woolly prejudice”. As part of his campaign the knitted actor has released footage cut from Spielberg’s blockbuster Jaws due to the participation of one of the nation’s favourite non-flesh actors. Join…