Heroes

X Factor bosses change Heroes theme to Rock

TV Gossip

19 Oct 2011

This week's 'X Factor' theme is 'Rock'. Show bosses have made a last-minute change to the plans for Saturday's (22.10.11) live show and shelved plans for a 'Heroes' night - which would have seen the remaining 11 acts sing tracks made famous by their…

X Factor stars prepare for Beatles week

TV Gossip

18 Nov 2010

'The X Factor' camp is preparing for a Beatles-themed night on Saturday (20.11.10). Aspiring stars from the ITV1 show have been given a selection of songs by the Fab Four - Sir Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison - for the…

Inside the box

Edinburgh International Television Festival

22 Jul 2008

Nestled at the end of August is the Edinburgh International Television Festival which, frustratingly, is still an industry shindig but it’s good to know the calibre of celebrities you may be bumping into around town. This year’s line-up includes Doctor…

Ali Larter's 'juicy butt'

Celebrity Gossip

17 Jun 2008

'Heroes' actress Ali Larter is proud of her "juicy butt". The 32-year-old star revealed she was once told to lose weight by movie bosses but refused to conform to the idea of the perfect Hollywood body. She said: "When I was shooting a movie once…

Cheerleader killer Hayden Panettiere

Celebrity Gossip

27 Apr 2008

Hayden Panettiere wants to kill her "cheerleader image". The 18-year-old actress - who plays indestructible cheerleader Claire Bennet in hit US TV show 'Heroes' - hopes her new film 'Fireflies In The Garden' will help people see beyond her cult…

Remote Control

24 Apr 2008

It’s the end of the world as we know it and not even Hamish Macbeth or Hercule Poirot can save us. Or rather, Robert Carlyle doing a dodgy cockney accent as a hotshot engineer or David Suchet coming over all governmental as the beleaguered deputy PM in…

Heroes

17 Jul 2007

SCI-FI HEROES BBC2, Wed 25 Jul, 9pm ‘Hokum’ doesn’t even begin to describe Heroes. Essentially a long-winded version of X-Men, the opening volume follows a group of strangers from around the globe who come to realise that they have been…

Remote Control

Brian Donaldson finds some new dramas verging on t

27 Feb 2007

It’s never been an easy task to translate the work of Harold Pinter onto the small screen. Some wags might suggest it’s difficult enough trying to make sense of it on stage. As part of More4’s mini-Pinter extravaganza, Celebration (More4, Sat 3 Mar, 9pm…

Heroes

Theatre Royal, Glasgow, until Sat 2 Dec

27 Nov 2006

WEST END TOUR Perhaps the thing that haunts most of us about old age is the fear of loneliness. The need to create human bonds, and the fear that poverty and isolation will prevent this is something demonstrated in our own society each time we see an…