Prince Harry 'wanted for Top Gear'

Prince Harry is reportedly being lined up to appear on Top Gear.

The Sun reports that Jeremy Clarkson is keen to sign the 26-year-old up to take part in the 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' feature in the next series. The paper claims that Harry is determined to beat a lap-time set by Tom Cruise in a Kia Cee'd hatchback.

"The prince is a massive Top Gear fan and is dying to give the Kia a spin," a source said. "He loves driving and ideally he'd like to beat Tom Cruise just for the boasting rights."

However, Harry apparently wants to use the appearance to promote the Armed Forces and could be seen demonstrating military equipment if given approval by the Ministry of Defence.

"He doesn't want it to be all about him. He wants to raise awareness of the Armed Forces," the source added.

More groups 'auditioning for X Factor'

Twice as many groups as last year have reportedly auditioned for the new series of The X Factor.

The Sun reports that out of 18,000 people at recent auditions in London, there were 1,000 groups, all hoping to follow JLS and One Direction by landing record deals after appearing on the show.

One Direction, Viva La Vida

"One Direction have totally changed the ball game this year," a source told the paper. "Every other act is now a band and they have put so much effort into their appearances.

"We've been putting far more group acts through than in previous years."
However, the paper also claims that production staff are worried about the level of talent who have auditioned so far.

One Direction, Robbie Williams

"The talent pool is drying up. Production is finding itself in the situation where literally everyone who should have done so has already tried out," the insider added.
"The fact Simon [Cowell] and Cheryl [Cole] might not be there is also having an impact as people are obsessed by them. They figure they'll try out another year when they're back."

Lee Ryan, Blue to Eurovision and back?

Lee Ryan (born 17 June 1983, Chatham, Kent, England) is an English singer-songwriter, actor and member of the British boy band Blue.

In April 2009, the group reunited and a Best of Blue Tour was announced. In March 2010, Ryan confirmed that he had signed a new record deal with Geffen Records, due to last until 2013. Later that month, it was announced that Ryan's first album on his new record label, Confessions, was due to be released in October 2010. The first single from the album, "Secret Love", was released as a double A-Side with "I Am Who I Am" on 4 July 2010. The single only managed to peak at #33 on the UK Singles Chart. Following this, it was announced that Geffen were set to drop Ryan from the label, before work on his album had been completed.

Ryan announced in January 2011 that there was no deal to release his album and that he was working on an album with Blue to be released later in the year. Blue will represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany with the song "I Can".

He also appears in the video for the latest single by a British girlband named Fe-Nix.

Mitch Hewer, because he’s hot and we can!

No news, no chat, just pics!  Not enough hours today to do it all, so short, sweet and sexy, will do!

 

 

 

Henry Cavill, Man of Steel

Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill (born 5 May 1983) is a British actor. He has appeared in the films The Count of Monte Cristo and Stardust, and played the role of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, on the Showtime series The Tudors, from 2007 until 2010. He has been cast to play Superman in the 2012 film Superman: Man of Steel.

Cavill had been set to star as Superman in director McG’s 2004 film Superman: Flyby. However, McG pulled out of the project and direction was taken over by director Bryan Singer, who recast Brandon Routh as the lead. Cavill was also the cause of a write-in effort of fans to see him cast as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). The role eventually went to Robert Pattinson. Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight series, was outspokenly in favor of Cavill playing the character of Edward Cullen in the Twilight film, calling him her "perfect Edward". By the time production of the movie began, however, Cavill was too old to play the character, and again the role went to Robert Pattinson. In 2005, Cavill was a final contender for the role of James Bond in Casino Royale. The producers and director Martin Campbell were torn between him and Daniel Craig; reportedly Campbell supported Cavill but the producers preferred an older Bond. Ultimately Craig landed the role. In their December 2005 issue, Empire magazine dubbed Cavill the "Unluckiest Man in Hollywood" for this series of near-misses. Despite reports that he was a contender for Batman in Batman Begins, Cavill confirmed that he never auditioned for nor was offered the role.

In early 2008, Cavill became a model/spokesperson for Dunhill fragrances. The television ad featured a suited-up Cavill walking through the Union Jack flag, before mounting a helicopter. A second television ad featured Cavill driving a car through a deserted London at night, and meeting with a young woman. He starred in director Joel Schumacher's horror film Blood Creek (2008) and in 2009 he had a minor role in Woody Allen’s comedy film Whatever Works.

Director Tarsem Singh cast Cavill in the lead role of Theseus in his mythological, big-budget special effects film Immortals, to be released November 11, 2011. In 2011 Cavill will star alongside Bruce Willis in The Cold Light of Day. On January 30, 2011, it was announced that Cavill had been cast in the role of Clark Kent/Superman in director Zack Snyder's Superman: Man of Steel. Snyder called Cavill "the perfect choice to don the cape and S shield."

Christopher Fountain, from Hollyoaks to Coronation Street

Christopher Ryan Fountain (born 3 September 1987 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is an English actor best known for his role as Justin Burton on the Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks, a role he played from 2003 until his departure in June 2009.

He played the role of PC Paul Tait in BBC Drama Five Days.

On 26 November it was announced that he would taking up the role of Tommy Duckworth in Coronation Street starting filming in the New Year and first appearing on screens in March 2011

Dominic Power, from The Bill to Emmerdale

Dominic Power is an English actor, who is best known for his role as Leon Taylor in long running ITV police drama The Bill.

Power studied Drama and Performance studies at The Miskin Theatre, Dartford, from 1992-1995, leaving for Anna Scher's Drama School, Islington, where he trained from 1996 to 1999.

Power was given his first major television role in 2009, appearing as PC Leon Taylor in ITV police drama The Bill. He began appearing on screen from June 2009, alongside fellow new castings Clare Foster (PC Millie Brown) and Abhin Galeya (PC Arun Ghir). Leon was one of only three uniform officers to stay with the show until it's final episode, which was aired on August 31, 2010.

Power has recently landed a part in ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Power is set to play Cameron Murray, an ex-lover of Debbie Dingle, whom she met in Jersey. Cameron will appear on screen from March 2011.

Tom Hughes, from Trinity to Silk

Tom Hughes is an English actor, most known for his roles as Jonty Millington in Trinity (TV series), Chaz Jankel in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, and Bruce Pearson in Cemetery Junction.

Tom graduated from RADA in 2008 with a BA in acting. In 2009 he featured in the spin-off BBC series Casualty 1909, and in ITV's Trinity. In 2010, he appeared in Ian Dury biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as bandmate Chaz Jankel. He then starred as rebellious Bruce Pearson in Cemetery Junction (film). Aside from his acting career, he appeared in the Burberry Spring/Summer 2010 campaign alongside actress Emma Watson. Tom also has a band the Quaintways, he plays guitar. In the July 2010 edition of Company Magazine, Tom was voted the 10th most eligible bachelor in Britain.

Tom also appears as pupil barrister Nick Slade in the 2010 BBC courtroom drama Silk.

James Sutton, leaving Emmerdale

The 28-year-old actor, who has played Ryan Lamb in the rural drama since 2009, explained he wanted to chase other jobs.

The soap star, who also played John Paul McQueen in Channel 4's Hollyoaks, admitted he was keen to tread the boards again and land some theatre roles.   James said: "I've massively enjoyed the last two years playing Ryan and have been blessed to have worked with a group of such talented and supportive actors.

"I feel that Ryan's storylines have drawn to a natural conclusion and, although I'll be sad to say goodbye, I'm excited about what the future holds."    He added: "Having trained in theatre I'm looking forward to getting back to my roots and exploring new opportunities."

Despite having only been in the show for a relatively short time, James' character Ryan has notched up an impressive number of hard-hitting storylines.   The mechanic has had to deal with incest after sleeping with Maisie Wylde (Alice Coulthard), not knowing she was his half-sister, and even had a spell in jail after being falsely accused of his dad, Mark's, murder.

Emmerdale's executive producer Steve November said: "James has been a much valued member of the cast and we wish him all the best for the future."

Danny Dyer, Well known British Movie star

Danny Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor, media personality and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.

Dyer's first film role was in Human Traffic (1999). His subsequent movie work includes Mel Smith's High Heels and Low Lifes (2001) and starring roles in Borstal Boy (2000), Mean Machine (2002) and in all four films by the British film director Nick Love: Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001); The Football Factory (2004); The Business (2005); and Outlaw (2007). Among other film roles, he also appeared as the character Steve in Christopher Smith's Severance (2006); as Hayden in Adulthood (2008); and as himself in the feature documentary Tattoos: A Scarred History.

In 2008 he finished filming his roles as Pete and Tom in City Rats and 7 Lives, respectively. April 2009 saw the straight to DVD release of City Rats. Danny has just completed filming Jack Said, a Brit noir thriller in which he played Nathan alongside Ashlie Walker, Terry Stone, David O'Hara and Simon Phillips which was released in November 2009 by Optimum Releasing. This film is the prequel to Jack Says which was released in 2008 and starred the late Mike Reid. In 2009 he shot several horror films including Doghouse under the direction from Jake West, Basement under the Direction from Asham Kamboj.

He played one of the lead roles in the British vampire film Dead Cert. In June 2010 was cast for the lead role in the upcoming remake of the British horror film The Asphyx. Danny has just co-starred with Anna Walton in DEVIATION, a new British dark thriller written and directed by J.K. Amalou.

Dyer has performed on stage, most notably in two plays written and directed by 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter: as the Waiter in the London première of Celebration (2000), at the Almeida Theatre, which transferred to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in New York, as part of the Harold Pinter Festival held there in July and August 2001; and as Foster in the revival of No Man's Land (1975), at the Royal National Theatre, in London, during 2001 and 2002. In March 2008 he played Joey in a revival of Pinter's The Homecoming (1964), directed by Michael Attenborough, at the Almeida Theatre, in London. He also performed in Peter Gill's play Certain Young Men (1999) in London.

Dyer is the voice of Kent Paul in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004). He was also a regular columnist for Zoo magazine, until the magazine pulled his column after printing a response containing a suggestion to a heartbroken boyfriend to "cut his ex's face, so no one will want her".

I Believe in UFOS: Danny Dyer, a documentary which sees Dyer journey to various 'UFO hotspots' in the UK and the USA in hope of experiencing a UFO sighting, was broadcast on BBC Three on 26 January 2010.

Samuel Robertson, from Coronation Street to South Africa

Samuel Robertson (born 11 October 1985 in Dundee, Scotland) is a Scottish actor and former model best known for his role as Adam Barlow on ITV soap opera Coronation Street.

In 2005 and 2006, he took part in the second and third series of Sky One's The Match. He also had a trial with FC United, a football team set up by Manchester United fans and played in a reserve match friendly against Abbey Hey, on August 9, 2006.

In 2009 Sam joined the BBC Scotland soap opera River City as new character Innes Maitland. His most recent role was as bad boy Danny Burton in the web drama Being Victor produced by Shed Media Scotland.

25 year old Samuel Robertson plays Flynn in the new E4 (UK Digital TV Channel) series Beaver Falls based on British university graduates who have landed jobs at an elite American summer camp which is broadcast later in the year and is currently being filmed in South Africa.