Vic Reeves, Rufus Hound to judge ‘Let’s Dance for Sport Relief’
Let’s Dance for Sport Relief‘s second show will feature Vic Reeves and Rufus Hound on the judging panel.
Shooting Stars comic Reeves and 2010 Let’s Dance winner Hound will give their verdicts on five celebrity acts.
Reality TV stars Amy Childs and Harry Derbridge, as well as comic Miles Jupp and Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards, will battle it out in episode two for a place in the final.
Brit nominee Ed Sheeran and 2008 X Factor winner Alexandra Burke will give guest performances during the show.
Outnumbered star Tyger Drew-Honey and 2011 I’m a Celebrity contestant Fatima Whitbread are among the stars to appear sometime later in the series.
For the first show, which airs this weekend, Graham Norton, Keith Lemon and Inbetweeners comic Greg Davies will be judges, with JLS and Jessie J as special guests.
Meanwhile, the first week’s competitors will be Shooting Stars duo Angelos Epithemiou and Ulrika Jonsson, comic Terry Alderton, EastEnders stars Tameka Empson and Laurie Brett, and veteran DJs Tony Blackburn and David Hamilton.
Hosted by Alex Jones and Steve Jones, Let’s Dance for Sport Relief kicks off on Saturday, February 25 at 7.10pm on BBC One.
Watch Celebrity Juice‘s Rufus Hound performing on Let’s Dance below:
Machaidze Scores as the ‘Daughter of the Regiment’
NEW YORK—Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) was remarkably prolific, composing about 75 operas in his short life, including the tragic “Lucia di Lammermoor” and the comic operas “L’Elisir d’Amore” and “Don Pasquale.” “La Fille du Régiment” (“Daughter of the Regiment”) is a comic gem that returns to the repertory only when an opera house can find singers up to the task.
Luciano Pavarotti was hailed as “the king of the high Cs” based on his performance of the Act I aria “Ah, mes amis, quel jour de fete! (Ah, my friends, what a day for ce
Gabriel Byrne to star in Channel 4 drama ‘Coup’
Gabriel Byrne is to take the lead role in forthcoming Channel 4 drama Coup.
The conspiracy thriller – based on former Labour MP Chris Mullin‘s novel A Very British Coup – will see Byrne play reluctant hero Tom Dawkins.
Following a suspicious industrial accident in Teeside, politician Dawkins will rail against the establishment to uncover the truth and get justice for the families affected by the disaster. Full article…
‘Village Music’ Gives Tribute to the Last Great Record Shops
Music shops used to be about more than just selling songs. They were places where people could come and chat about what made music great. There was one place in particular, a record shop in Mill Valley, California, where top artists would come to chat and collaborate. Among them were Jerry Garcia, B.B. King, Elvis Costello, and (although not a musician) George Lucas.
The shop closed its doors in 2007, as have many other music shops across the United States. Filmmakers Gillian Grisman and Monroe Grisman are now documenting its story in “Village Music: Last of the Great Record Stores.”
“This film will preserve a very unique and important slice of Americana music history. It’s
‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’: Why should you watch?
We think we know Charles Dickens, don’t we? Oliver Twist? Check. A Christmas Carol? Check. Great Expectations? Check. Bleak House? Check. But when it comes to The Mystery of Edwin Drood, there’s no harm in twiddling your hair and mumbling something about you-think-you’ve-heard-of-that-one-but-haven’t-quite-got-round-to-it-yet.
Luckily for us, BBC Two’s splashed out on a brand new adaptation of the novel, which just happens to be Dickens’s last. Full article…