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There's not really much in the Bizarre pages today, which makes it all the more obvious just how badly Gordon relies on the ITV press office feeding him filler is - there's three non-stories about Dancing On Ice, and an awful bit on the launch of a post-show programme for Take Me Out . Yes, Take Me Out: ESSEX lothario Mark Wright is on a self-imposed dating ban to keep him out of the grasp of girls on his new Take Me Out show. This is listed as a "TV exclusive by Lucy Connolly" - I suppose [...]

A couple of weeks ago, STV screwed up and accidentally gave the impression the vote to bring back one bunch of chancers to the X Factor was a waste of time. They published stories that had been held in reserve while the vote was still running, leading to mutterings of "fix". Today, @realshowbiz has come across this: It purports to be an HMV webpage claiming Amelia Lily will be releasing the "X Factor winner's single." However, if ITV had fixed the vote, [...]

Mariah Carey and Usher aren't the only artists Justin Bieber wants to spread his yuletide cheer with — the Bambi Award winner is bringing Tinie Tempah aboard his Under The Mistletoe track "Drummer Boy." "shooting this ITV Special for #UnderTheMistletoe here in London and u know I had to bring my guy @TinieTempah thru 4 a UK REMIX! #DrummerBoy," the lesbian-like teen tweeted, followed by Tinie Tempah tweeting a photo of the drummer boys in action. The UK rapper will [...]

Last night, then, it seemed like the Earth itself had grown tired of the X Factor, with "an unusual power spike" forcing the show off the air for fifteen minutes. ITV might wish it had stayed off the air, as well, with the curious publication of the results of the phone vote on STV's website an hour before they happened. STV have the sort of convincing explanation that Theresa May might make: STV said in a statement: "The STV web team prepared stories regarding each contestant in anticipation of the result and [...]

Anthony Lane uses a mini-review of the dreadful Tower Heist as a jumping off point to discuss the emerging business of home theaters, or rather, the day when movies will be shown at home instead of in theaters. Lane ackowledges the conventional thinking: "Showmen like James Cameron, I suspect, will continue to haul us off our couches for the grand, marquee events, but smaller fare may be streamed to us direct, and new films whittled down into just another channel on TV." With rumors of Apple working on a next-generation television content system [...]

Here's a surprise: after all the excitement Gordon Smart showed over the Stone Roses reunion, the big story was handed to Tim Nixon to cover . Gordon was busy on Twitter , though, being slapped down by the mighty Tim Burgess for sloppy attention to detail: not wishing to be over pedantic gordon but classic line up rather than original would be a better description Gordon responded: As always you are correct! But for the sake of Sun readers, that's the original line-up they will remember. I know about Pete G [...]

What's that, Gordon? Leona Lewis is performing her new single on Red Or Black this Saturday ?Remind me, who is the force behind this latest revival of You Bet? Simon Cowell's new ITV1 gameshow Red Or Black Ah yes. Simon Cowell.And who is funding the performance? Leona has hired Kylie's creative director William Baker to mastermind the performance after being given a £100,000 budget by her label bosses. Her label bosses. And, remind me again: what label is she on? Syco Ah, yes.ITV used to be a public service broadcaster; nowadays it seems to be little more than a [...]

You'll recall back during the hoo-hah about Ronan Parke on Britain's Got Talent, one of the things that outraged Simon Cowell so was the mere suggestion that one of his game shows might offer an easier ride to an act with whom his Syco label had connections, while not revealing those connections. From the Mirror this morning : It emerged that one of the early frontrunners [in this year's X Factor] – pizza waitress Roxy Yarnold – has strong links with Cowell's Syco record label and Walsh has championed her for years. [...]

Given that Gordon relies on Simon Cowell and the X Factor Talent machine for about 75% of his articles that don't come from other magazines, it's quite brave of him to run Richard White and Lucy Connolly's bit this morning : X FACTOR contestants are being plied with free booze in a bid to ramp up the sex and scandal in this year's series. And cameras will be in finalists' bedrooms 24 HOURS A DAY on Simon Cowell's orders to make sure viewers get to gawp at every alcohol-fuelled grope. I suppose that this is [...]

Si physiquement, le gabarit de ce grand gaillard impressionne, plus encore que sa stature, c'est bien le parcours professionnel de Mathieu Bitton qui en impose. Ce français expatrié à Los Angeles, qui a débuté sa carrière dans l'industrie musicale au milieu des années 90, est devenu, guidé par son sens créatif et beaucoup d'audace, l'une des personnalités incontournables dans son domaine, le graphisme. Directeur artistique, designer, producteur, photographe et désormais réalisateur, ce touche à tout des métiers de l'image et des arts visuels a signé plus de 500 pochettes d'albums, conçu le design de pléthore de coffrets, d'éditions [...]

Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends release a special edition of their Gold selling debut album TV stars in a new ITV documentary The shanty singers to perform at Glastonbury Buy CDs, MP3s, more: Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends on Amazon.co.uk Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends on Amazon.com [...]

Interesting document has turned up online from someone claiming to be an employee of Sony , telling an interesting tale about Ronan Parke. Parke is a contestant on the current Britain's Got Talent. According to this account, he's also the preselected winner. And has been signed to Syco for two years, during which time he's been groomed (yes, like that) for a brief crack at the preteen market. It has to be remembered that this is an anonymous account, and by its nature a one-side-of-the-story. There are, presumably, enough people who have been disadvantaged, disgusted [...]

For our non french-speaking readers, please not the full English version of this article will be made available later this week end. In the meantime, you can check out this exclusive video interview with legendary singer/songwriter and producer Raphael Saadiq , we were honored to conduct a couple of weeks back in Paris. In this special "Music Story" feature, our beloved Ray Ray talks about his past collaborations with D'Angelo and Joss Stone , introduces his new proteges Tha Boogie , tells us about his Grammy moment with Mick Jagger and [...]

That nice Dermot O'Leary isn't so nice. MediaGuardian reports : Regulator says Dermot O'Leary should not have encouraged viewers to download songs by Diana Vickers and Michael Bublé "Oh god, he shouldn't have done it" said the Ofcom findings, "especially the Bublé one - Jesus, that's more than any ear should have to endure." Actually, the real transgression of the rules was that programmes aren't meant to flog stuff in their programmes: Programme-makers blamed the references, which they admitted were "inappropriate", to "an unfortunate script error". This mistake was initially not [...]

It's nice to see ITV celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Blitz club, even if it only found space on London Tonight. Of course, they spent rather longer than necessary talking to Martin Kemp, but did at least find time for And Shirlie out of Wham! The report is on the ITV news site , but there is one pressing question: how young was the person who made the piece? How far back do they think the 1980s were? The footage of the original Blitz club has been treated with digital scratches and bubbles which [...]

Who knew that 'normals' outside of the royal family were living such glamorous lives? I now realise what I can attain if I W.H.P.H.T.H. (That's short for 'Work hard, play hard and tan hard', newbies).

X Factor boss Simon Cowell will announce details of his new ITV music show after Christmas. The 51-year-old recently held a press conference with his fellow judges Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh and their finalists ahead of the final this weekend. Cowell said people are ready for a new kind of music show and said details will be revealed soon. He said: "It's going to be a stand-alone show. We might announce something fairly soon because we think there should be another music show. There has been a resurgence in the business and music has become exciting again." [...]

The Jolly Boys play Bestival and release new album Jamaica's legendary Jolly Boys release their new album, 'Great Expectation' on Wall Of Sound Records next week, on Monday 13th September, 2010. It's a collaborative project between Geejam's Jon Baker and Wall Of Sound's Mark Jones and the result is 12 stunning interpretations of contemporary songs given a mento makeover. Buy CDs, MP3s, more: The [...]

Oh, bloody hell. Thank you Daily Mail for managing to make us feel a shard of sympathy for Tony Blair : Tony Blair is conducting a whistle-stop tour of the country's radio and TV stations to promote his book, A Journey, and he doesn't seem to care with whom he shares the limelight. The former PM's tour reached a breathtaking low on Friday when he appeared on Irish television alongside reality TV duo 'Jedwood'. He was on the same edition of The Late Late Show as Jedward. It's not like he went on their programme [...]

There's going to be a big programme on ITV2 about Olly Murs. I know what you're thinking: who the hell even remembers Olly Murs, never mind would want to make a programme about him? Funny you should ask : A source said: "Sony really wants Olly to be a success so they have funded a documentary about him for ITV2. "The idea is for fans to get to know the real Olly so, hopefully, they will buy his album." Unless I'm missing something, doesn't that sound like [...]