• The yanky cousin of our very own 'My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding' arrives in the UK this week with more of the ridiculous dresses and wedding day bust-ups we've come to expect from the original series.

    Having premiered recently in the US, one critic described it as "horrifying, bizarre, and [as] compulsively watchable as the original".

    Watch the video below as one nervous bride flees to the toilet to quell her big day jitters.

    Gypsy Brides US premieres on Discovery Real Time on Wednesdays at 10pm

  • You're probably aware of Kelly, Jack and the other one. Now meet the newest addition to Sharon Osbourne's clan - Captain Hook. Well, sort of.

    The feisty former 'X Factor' judge is providing the voice of Mama Hook, mother of Captain, in the Disney cartoon 'Jake And The Never Land Pirates'.

    In her debut episode 'Mama Hook Knows Best', Mama Hook turns up to teach her son a lesson after finding out that he's been stealing treasure.

    Speaking about the recurring role, Sharon said: "Mama Hook was a pleasure to play and she's quite similar to me in that she's strong and wants her boy to be the best he can be — she doesn't like it when he's causing trouble.

    "Also, it's just great to do a job where you don't have to get all made up in the morning; it's all about the voice! I can't wait to hear what families think about the newest addition to Never Land."

    Having seen Sharon in action on 'The X Factor', we think she's perfect for the role.

    'Jake And The Never Land Pirates' is on Disney Junior,

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  • An advert for the launch of TV channel TNT in Belgium has become a viral hit.

    The 90-second promotional advert to mark the US channel's launch in Europe features a hidden camera stunt where members of the public are encouraged to press a button to see what happens.

    A sign beside the button says 'Push to add drama' and that's exactly what happens as a number of stunts leave passers-by stunned in the Flemish town featured.

    We wish some of our UK broadcasters would follow note and come up with some more exciting ads like this!

    Watch the advert for TNT below..

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  • The BBC has released the first teaser for the seventh series of 'Doctor Who' which is on its way later this year.

    Starring Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill (but no sign of new companion Jenna-Louise Coleman), most of the footage comes from the show's opening episode.

    [Related story: Jenna-Louise Coleman confirmed as new Doctor Who companion]

    The trailer reveals that the first episode of the 2012 series takes place in a classic Western setting, making it the second series' opener in a row to be set in America, in a desert and have Matt Smith's Doctor sporting a Stetson.

    There's more footage too quick to pick many major details from but we do see Rory and Amy armed with shotguns, possibly in their final episode up against the Weeping Angels as confirmed by Steven Moffat last week.

    There's also a glimpse of a Dalek's eye-stalk-thing coming out from snow. If the Daleks are being brought back as main villains then that would contradict the admission from Moffat over a year ago

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  • So, did you guess who it was then?

    Last night 'Coronation Street' viewers finally found out who killed Frank Foster - it were her off 'Duty Free'.

    Yes, it was Anne Foster, played by veteran actress Gwen Taylor, who bumped off her nasty rapist of a son by a single blow to the head with a whisky bottle.

    It wasn't the longest of soap whodunnits as Frank was only killed a couple of weeks ago and these can run for months.

    But it was a juicy plot for the soap that saw the finger of suspicion point at five Weatherfield residents - Carla, Peter, Michelle, Sally and Kevin.

    [See also: Shocking murder rocks 'EastEnders']

    The clues were all there though from the start that it wasn't going to be any of that lot.

    Firstly, 'Corrie' killers are always punished for their crimes and we knew that none of those five actors were set to quit the cobbles.

    Keen 'Coronation Street' fans will also have noted that, when initial reports of the storyline emerged, Frank's mother Anne was included in the suspects

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  • Surely we can't be the only ones who thought it was an early April Fool's joke when we heard that Engelbert Humperdinck was to represent the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest?

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    But no, it was true and as the news was confirmed and we came out of shock, we thought that the team behind the UK song entry had finally decided to throw in the towel by picking the ageing crooner to represent the nation at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.

    After going for (and failing to win over) younger voters last year with newly-reformed boyband Blue, wouldn't we end up the laughing stock of Europe for sending in a 75-year-old crooner this year?

    [See also: Engelbert Humperdinck facing Russian grannies at Eurovision]

    Now we've heard the song and we think we were too hasty.

    'Love Will Set You Free' is a Spanish-tinged ballad with a simple, yet catchy, melody that could well hook Eurovision voters.

    Humperdinck (as he's known to his friends) gives a rousing performance and is guaranteed to deliver on

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  • We'll be honest and admit that we weren't particularly looking forward to the third series of 'Whitechapel' after the disappointing second series last year.

    However, the ITV drama redeemed itself big time with a new two-part story format and some genuinely creepy tales. And thankfully not a Kray in sight.

    If you missed the latest series, it's out on DVD on Monday 12 March and is well worth a look.

    In the mean time, we've managed to get our hands on this behind-the-scenes clip where Steve Pemberton talks about the show:

  • The cast of All New PeopleGreat news for fans of 'Scrubs' and 'Torchwood' as two of those shows' biggest stars are currently appearing in 'All New People' at London's Duke Of York's Theatre.

    The play arrives in the West End after an acclaimed run Off-Broadway and sell-out performances in Glasgow and Manchester.

    Zach Braff, best known as 'Scrubs' Dr John Dorian, is the star of the show here as he not only takes centre-stage, but also wrote the play. Show-off.

    He heads up the cast as Charlie, a man who decides to end it all on his 35th birthday. However, his attempt at a quiet suicide is interupted by the arrival of three uninvited guests.

    'Torchwood's Eve Myles is barely recognisable as the manic Emma, who turns up to rent out the apartment with her drug dealing fireman friend in tow, played by Paul Hilton.

    Things really liven up when Susannah Fielding arrives as the airhead escort hired by Charlie's friend as a birthday treat - and promptly steals most of the scenes with some great comic timing.

    It's a grimly

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  • Every other day there's a story about who's been attached to be a judge on the next series of 'The X Factor' both in the UK and in the US. Either side of the pond the list of names being rumoured is quickly outgrowing the list of names who haven't.

    Noel Gallagher, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston (so says Simon Cowell), the list grows every day

    The research was tough and laborious but we did it. We found the only nine people on the planet who are yet to have their name inserted into the headline: 'Will [X] be a judge on next year's 'X Factor'?' And here they are...

    Charlie Brooker

    TV rant-merchant and Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker is not exactly a fan of Britain's biggest TV show. The closest he's come to it was writing the second episode of his Channel 4 psycho-dramedy 'Black Mirror' which scathingly lampooned the idea of reality television.  His wife Konnie Huq once presented 'The Xtra Factor', an experience bad enough that it was the inspiration behind the

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  • It's only been a couple of weeks since we saw her totter off the 'Corrie' cobbles for good, but Katherine Kelly is already treading the boards in her first post-soap role.

    The actress is starring in 18th century farce 'She Stoops To Conquer', which is playing at London's National Theatre until 21 April.

    Katherine Kelly in She Stoops To Conquer

    Kelly plays Kate Hardcastle, with 'Benidorm' and 'League Of Gentlemen' star Steve Pemberton as her father and Sophie Thompson, known to millions of 'EastEnders' viewers as Stella, playing her mother.

    The comedy follows Pemberton's Hardcastle as he attempts to match his daughter with the son of an old and respected friend. However, a series of misunderstandings sees potential son-in-law Marlow mistake Hardcastle for an innkeeper and his daughter for a barmaid.

    Pemberton is excellent as the increasingly exasperated father who finds himself caught up in the story's tangled web, while Thompson draws belly laughs as Mrs Hardcastle.

    [See also: 11.5 million viewers watch Becky's exit]

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