A FORMER Spice Girl, a comedian and a radio DJ have been confirmed as the cast of a new version of stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar. Tim Minchen will play Judas Iscariot, Melanie C will tackle the role of Mary Magdalene and Chris Moyles will star as King Herod. The public is to cast the [...]
HOLLYWOOD star Nicole Kidman arrived in the small East Lothian town of North Berwick today. The Australian will be shooting scenes for the upcoming film The Railway Man.
ROCK band Rush have announced dates for their new tour. The Canadian trio will tour the UK in May 2013 and will play Glasgow’s SECC on May 30, 2013. These are the first UK dates since the band brought their 3 ½ hour Time Machine Tour in May 2011 – the tour was met with [...]
THE SCOTS public is to help vote for the Scottish Album of the Year. Last month, The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) unveiled the Longlist for the inaugural award, and for 24 hours today, the public will be able to have their say by voting for their favourite Scottish album of 2011. The record receiving [...]
TENNIS ace Andy Murray’s mum Judy got a taste of Edinburgh’s traffic chaos – tweeting a photo to prove it. The tennis coach tweeted a snap of a broken down bus as she drove through the city’s Queen Street earlier this afternoon. The bus, which was suffering suspension problems, appeared to have nosedived into the [...]
HOLLYWOOD heartthrob Ewan McGregor has become the latest Scottish celeb to join the Twitter bandwagon – picking up more than 6,500 followers in two days. McGregor has already posted snaps of himself beside a flash vintage car and divulged his unusual breakfast habits since signing up to the social media site. The Trainspotting star may [...]
A PENSIONER with a striking resemblance to a cartoon film character has become an internet sensation. The unnamed man looks remarkably like grumpy widower Carl Fredricksen from Disney Pixar’s UP! An image of him posing alongside the DVD cover was circulating on social networking site Twitter today. One user, @jackslowry22, wrote: “He is real!” before [...]
HOLLYWOOD star Alan Cumming hit out at Scottish eating habits in a Twitter outburst earlier today. The Scots star of X-Men 2 and the Spy Kids franchise had only just arrived back in his home country when he tweeted a picture of an advert that caught his eye. The mysterious poster features a healthy and [...]
THE curse of Macbeth has struck Hollywood actor Alan Cumming. Just hours after starting his first day of rehearsals with the National Theatre Scotland the X-Men 2 star cut his finger on one of the set’s props. Theatre actors are notoriously superstitious about the famous Shakespeare play, making sure they don’t say ‘Macbeth’ on stage. [...]
HEARTTHROB Johnny Depp has revealed that his latest movie role was inspired by a Scots Canadian actor. The film icon is to star as vampire Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton’s gothic comedy Dark Shadows. But he says Jonathan Frid, whose parents left Scotland after marrying, was the reason he watched the TV show on which the [...]
GERMAN model Claudia Schiffer has shown off her expensive taste in jewellery whilst attending the celeb-studded Guess 30th Anniversary Party in Paris. The 41 year-old showcased a 1960s gold tone bib necklace from the Susan Caplan Vintage Collection that has a pricetag of £295. Claudia modelled for Guess in the 90s before becoming a house-hold [...]
SUSAN Boyle is set to become an ambassador for the theatre where she first showed off her amazing singing talent. Theatre bosses at the Regal Theatre in Bathgate,West Lothian, have asked Susan to be the patron of the venue, where she first sang I Dreamed A Dream. Her debut performance in the 74-year-old theatre came [...]
CONTROVERSIAL Scots comic Frankie Boyle has made another Twitter jibe at Katie Price. The Glasgow-based comedian sparked fury last year when he joked about the glamour model’s disabled son during a stand-up routine. But Mock The Week star Boyle ignored previous criticism by making fun of the page-three girl on Twitter this week. Boyle showed [...]
THE winner of talent show The Voice will tour the UK from September. They will be joined by the shows seven other finalists in The Voice Live Tour. The show features blind auditions and has won praise for focusing on the singers’ talent rather than their looks. Sir Tom Jones is one of the judges [...]
ROCK band Keane have joined the line up for this year’s T in the Park. The piano-rock group will play the Main Stage on Sunday, July 8. The band are also to releasd their fourth studio album, Strangeland, on May 7. All three of the band’s previous albums reached the No.1 spot in the UK [...]
A TERRIFIED Susan Boyle was chased up four flights of stairs by an obsessed autograph hunter. The Scots singing star was left “shaken” after an infatuated fan tried to sneak into her hotel room last week. Subo was followed up to the fourth floor by the obsessive fan when she was staying at a swanky [...]
A SLEEPY sea-side town is gearing up for the arrival of Hollywood stars Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. The Oscar-winning duo will jet into Scotland next month to start filming scenes for The Railway Man- the story of Edinburgh-born prisoner of war Eric Lomax. Scenes will be filmed in the picturesque East Lothian town North [...]
TOWIE star Maria Fowler tonight tweeted she has split with her footballer boyfriend Lee Croft. The reality star announced the split on her Twitter page to her 300,000 followers this evening. The Scots-based star said: “Can confirm that me and lee have split after many tears and talks from both, it was unfortunately decided that [...]
MICHELLE Mone has revealed that she is looking for love but admitted: “Guys are scared of me”. The businesswoman split from her husband Michael in December after more than 20 years of marriage. The bra queen began her quest for a new love interest last weekend, after featuring on an Irish radio show. Michelle Mone [...]
ROCKERS Biffy Clyro had a supply of Irn Bru flown out to them as they recorded their latest album in LA. The band were disappointed at being unable to buy “Scotland’s Ither National Drink” while in the US and sent and SOS to makers AG Barr. The firm then dispatched an emergency supply from their [...]