Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Film Trailer

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, the sixth film adaptation of JK Rowling's best-selling books, will premiere in London on November 17th 2008.

Fans will have to be content until then with the official trailer, which leaves audiences fearing for the life of Harry's best friend Ron Weasley. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, the penultimate Potter book, is one of the darkest movies yet in the series, and the dark theme of the trailer below promises to be the scariest film yet from the Harry Potter series.



Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince Film Trailer

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince brings back previous big stars of the Potter film to the big screen, including Dame Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall, Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix L'Estrange, Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid and Alan Rickman as Severus Snape.

Ron Weasley poisoned - Will he survive?

Big Brother Puts Nine Up For Vote In Eviction Shocker

Big Brother got tough with housemates in the BB9 house for taking about nominations. While Dale and Luke were nominated by the housemates, Big Brother surprised the twelve remaining housemates by announcing that another seven would be facing eviction by the public vote this week.

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BB9: POLL - Which Housemate Do You Want Evicted?
BB9: Day 55 - Luke Finds Comfort In Flakey
BB9: Day 55 VIDEO - Stuart Stripped of 'Head of Ho...
BB9: Day 55 - Cops and Robbers Task

BB9: Day 55 - Stuart "I Wanna Go Home"
BB9: Day 55 - Darnell Lied About Girlfriend
BB9: Day 55 VIDEO - Rachel In Pillow Fight
BB9: Day 55 - Darnell Rants About Dale and Luke

Amy Winehouse Rushed To Hospital Again

Amy Winehouse (http://www.popsofa.com)

Amy Winehouse has been rushed to hospital once again, a spokesman for the 24-year-old confirmed she had been taken to University College Hospital but did not say why she had been admitted. Earlier in June she was admitted to hospital after collapsing at home. It was later discovered Amy Winehouse had traces of the lung disease emphysema.

The ambulance was called to her house in Camden, north London.
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We were called at approximately 8.40pm to an address in NW1 to reports of an adult female taken unwell.
"We sent an ambulance and a fast response car and the patient has been taken to hospital." According to the BBC website.

Countdown: Carol Vorderman 'Forced Out'

Carol Vorderman and Des O'Connor on Countdown

More details about Carol Vorderman's surprise departure from Channel 4's 'Countdown' have been revealed in the media . Claims that Carol was 'forced out' by bosses have been printed in the News of the World. "The show survived easily without Richard Whiteley and it will survive easily without you." Carol was told as she was given just 48 hours to take a 90% pay cut as programme makers faced cuts in their budget.

"To be honest, I loved Countdown so much I was thinking of taking the cut. In fact, in the right circumstances I'd have done it for FREE—but it was obvious they wanted me out." Carol told the News of the World.

Her agent rang her while she was in the dressing room on Wednesday telling her, "I don't know how to tell you this, but I've just had a letter asking you to take a 90 per cent pay cut." Carol told us: "It was non-negotiable, take it or leave it. I was shocked."

Carol had spoken out following rumours claiming she had greedily demanded a HALF A MILLION POUND pay rise and the main presenters job.

Big Brother 9 - Rebecca Evicted

Rebecca Shiner became the sixth housemate evicted from the Big Brother 9 house, with 65.4% of the vote. Sent back to Coventry with an emotional farewell but in true Bex style, it was a noisy departure. It has been an eventful 51 days for Rebecca in the BB9 house from the ChipGate shocker with Alexandra to the MoSnog kiss on Day 50.

Luke won't we the only person to miss Rebecca, Coventry will miss her in the house. For all the pictures, videos and news on Rebecca and Big Brother check out Big Brother Blog Squad.

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Carol Vorderman Quits Countdown

Carol Vorderman has sensationally announced that she is to quit Countdown after 26 years on the Channel 4 show. The longest running Channel 4 programme is now in turmoil after Carol Vorderman told bosses she planned to leave after failing to agree a new contract. Rumours say Countdown producers wanted to cut costs and Carol could not agree a new contract. Just days earlier Des O'Connor quit the show, which was first broadcast on the network on Tuesday 2nd November 1982.

Carol Vorderman's manager said she was "extremely sad" to be leaving Countdown.

Scouting For Girls: Coventry Ricoh Gig

Scouting For Girls @ Glastonbury
Scouting For Girls will be performing at Coventry's Ricoh Arena Jaguar Exhibition Hall on Sunday 30th November at 7pm, as part of their nationwide tour. Tickets went on sale today and are expected to sell out quickly, just like their other UK shows in Plymouth, Brighton, Southend, Wolverhampton, Swindon, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Liverpool, Leeds and Brixton London.

The band performed in front of thousands at this years Glastonbury and have enjoyed chart success during the past year with She's So Lovely (#7),Elvis Ain't Dead (#8) and Heartbeat (#10). The Enemy performed at Coventry's Jaguar Exhibition Hall in April with all 8,000 tickets selling both nights and Scouting For Girls look set to match that figure for the venue.

Their debut album shot to the top of the charts in January, already selling over half a million copies. Tickets are on sale now priced £17.50 from Ricoh Arena’s website www.ricoharena.com or by telephoning 08444 121 747. Special guests will be announced soon.

Glastonbury 2009: Early Ticket Details

Glastonbury Lives On.......

Tickets for Glastonbury 2009 will go on sale early, with 100,000 festival-goers being able to purchase tickets in October 2008. Instead of paying the £170+ expected price, a £50 deposit will be accepted with the remainder being paid April 2009. If fans change their mind during that time, they will only have to pay a £10 charge.

Demand is expected to be high following this years Glastonbury success and the promise of more traditional headliners instead of a controversial headline act like Jay-Z. Michael Eavis revealed that some bands are already on board for Glastonbury 2009 with three or four headliners in mind.

It cost about £22m to stage Glastonbury and competition is tougher than ever as festivals run right across the UK during the summer, yet almost £2m will be donated to charity. Instead of paying headline acts more than £200,000, Eavis told the BBC that performing at Glastonbury is good for the artist, record sales and record companies. He was also pleased a younger crowd had returned to Glastonbury.

Emma Bunton Co-Hosts Richard and Judy TV Show

Emma Bunton

Emma Bunton will be co-hosting 'Richard and Judy' with Richard Madeley while his wife Judy Finnegan recovers from knee surgery this week. The series will be their final one with Channel 4 before moving networks.

Also news that Des O'Conner will quit Countdown was also announced today meanwhile Emma Bunton will present the teatime programme until next Tuesday saying, "As a fan of the show, it was an honour to be asked to step into Judy's shoes for a few days, co-present the show and keep Richard in line!"

The official Channel 4 website for 'Richard and Judy' has daily updates.

TV: Emmerdale Beats Eastenders In Ratings Battle

ITV's Emmerdale has won the head to head soap battle against the BBC's Eastenders. Last night the popular soaps were shown at the same time as Emmerdale aired an hour long episode between 7 and 8pm, featuring Katie going into labour. It was watched by 5.8m (33% audience share), beating Eastenders by almost a million.

Eastenders storyline of Tanya calling a peace meeting with her estranged husband Max failed to ignite viewers, just 4.9m tuned in, giving Eastenders it's fourth worse viewing figure of the past five years. Often when the two soaps go head to head, it is the BBC who emerge victorious - but this week it will be ITV who can claim the soap battle victory.