Dancing On Ice 2012: Jason Gardiner or Emma Bunton to be replaced by Louie Spence?

November 23rd, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.

Dancing On Ice kicks off in less than two months, but two members of it’s judging panel have not yet been offered a contract for their return.
The Sun claims that neither Emma Bunton or Jason Gardiner have been asked to come back to the show and that ITV bosses are considering replacing one of the experts with Pineapple Dance Studios star Louie Spence.
If true, the move will cause a lot of awkwardness between the celebrities, as Louie is close pals with both the former Spice Girl and the dance expert.

Former British champion skater Robin Cousins is said to have already agreed a deal, which will see him appearing on the 2012 series, however though both Emma and Jason have held talks with producers, none has yet been guaranteed their spot on the panel.
“This year’s judging line-up is being taken to the wire.
“Producers want to refresh things and Jason and Emma look the most vulnerable.
“The show has been running for several years and like all ITV shows they are overhauled occasionally to keep viewers interested.”
Emma Bunton seems most likely top be axed, as she has no real ice skating or dance experience and has only appeared on the show for two series’. In 2010 she replaced Karen Barber, who went on to become head coach of the celebrity contestants.

Bosses may want rid of Jason though, as he is an OFCOM investigation magnet all on his own. Last year more than 3,500 people complained to the channel about vicious comments he made to Karen on air. In 2009 the regulatory body were also called in to investigate the show, after the star Gardiner branded Roxanne Pallet a “Cabbage Patch doll” and compared Ellery Hanley to “Mr. Potato Head”.
Dancing On Ice returns in January and will reportedly feature stars such as Coronation Street actor Andy Whyment, Eastenders actress Laila Morse, Emmerdale star Matthew Wolfenden, Hollyoaks actress Jorgie Porter and Sugababes singer Heidi Range.

This year’s show will also have a different host, after it was revealed that Holly Willoughby will not be ch-presenting with Phillip Schofield as usual. instead the Silver Fox will be joined by disgraced Daybreak star Christine Bleakley.
It is claimed that Holly will go on to work on BBC’s The Voice.
Are you looking forward to Dancing On Ice’s return? Will you watch without Jason or Emma or even Holly?

Dancing On Ice 2012: Contestants lineup revealed?

November 12th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.

Dancing On Ice is still two months away, but already we have a fair idea of who will be competing on the ITV show.
The channel will allow us all a few weeks break from reality TV after the end of The X Factor this Christmas, but soon into the new year they will foist the seventh series of their ice skating show onto our Sunday nights.
They appear to have gathered up a pretty decent bunch of celebrities for next year’s run too and for once, we recognise the names of almost every star rumoured to be taking part….all except for the token sportsman!


Check out the rumoured list of Dancing On Ice contestants below.
Brookside star Jennifer Ellison
Coronation Street actor Andy Whyment
Eastenders actress Laila Morse
Emmerdale star Matthew Wolfenden
Hollyoaks actress Jorgie Porter
Sugababes star Heidi Range
TV funnyman Keith Chegwin
Blue Peter star Andy Akinwolere
Ex-Spurs goalie Ian Walker
Fitness queen Rosemary Conley
Jude Law’s ex Sadie Frost
Skiing champion Chemmy Alcott
90′s pop heart throb Chesney Hawkes

Kristen Stewart oozes Gothic glamour with Robert Pattinson at The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn premiere

Star-crossed lovers: Kristen Stewart oozes Gothic glamour as she poses with her leading man Robert Pattinson at The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn premiere

By Georgina Littlejohn

Last updated at 11:17 PM on 16th November 2011




It was the film series that shot them to fame and also saw them begin a love affair that kept their fans delighted and enthralled.

It was only right that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were together to begin their goodbyes to the Twilight saga as they arrived at the UK premiere of Breaking Dawn: Part 1 in London tonight.

Greeted by hundreds of screaming fans, the on and off-screen couple looked every inch the movie stars as they posed for pictures on the red carpet at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford.

Scroll down for the first review and the trailer...

Star-crossed lovers: Robert Pattinson, and his on and off-screen leading lady Kirsten Stewart arrive at the UK premiere of Breaking Dawn in London tonight

Kristen, 21, looked absolutely gorgeous in her long black sheer sequinned dress by Roberto Cavalli which flattered her tiny frame to perfection.


It was a rare moment of glamour for the actress who usually keeps it quite short and funky for red carpet events but clearly had decided that tonight was a big occasion that was worthy of a grown-up glitzy frock.

Beautiful Bella, Kristen Stewart, looked all grown-up in her long black sequinned dress and a smile as she stopped for the cameras

It was also nice to see a beaming smile on her face, as they actress is usually one to keep rather straight-faced and serious for the cameras.
But tonight was a big deal for her as she and her co-stars start to say goodbye to a global blockbuster franchise that has brought the Stephanie Meyers books to the big screen.

Twilight trio: Pattinson, who plays Edward Cullen and Stewart, who plays Bella Swan pose with Cullen's rival Jacob Black, played by Taylor Lautner

Like the Harry Potter cast, they will have to do this all over again next year for the very last time when part two of the final chapter is released.
But for tonight, it was all about the first part, which witnesses the wedding between Bella and Edward and her falling pregnant with a half-vampire baby.

Worth the wait, girls? Robert and Taylor adopt their sexy sultry looks on the red carpet

Romantic: Robert and Kristen looked very much in love as he grinned for the camera while his leading gazed adoring at him while leaning in close

And it must have been nice for Londoner Pattinson, 25, to be back on his home turf again having been to every corner of the globe to promote the film.
He was greeted by deafening screams by his legion of fans, some of whom had queued for over 30 hours in an attempt to catch a glimpse of their heartthrob.

Heaving: The Westfield Centre in Stratford, where the premiere was held, was packed with fans, guests and fairy lights

You know he's taken, don't you girls? R-Patz fans carefully applied their make-up as they prepared to meet their idol earlier today

He and Stewart were joined by their co-star Taylor Lautner, 19, who plays wolfman Jacob Black, Pattinson's love rival and Bella's best friend.
They were the only stars of the saga to attend the UK screening apart from young British star Jamie Campbell Bower, 22, who fans will know made a brief appearance in the second film in the series, New Moon, as vampire Caius and director Bill Condon.

Don't give too much away, Pixie! Miss Lott just about protects her modesty in a very short black dress as she posed for photos and chatted to fans

Billion dollar girls: Heiresses Chloe Green and Tamara Ecclestone were also at the premiere in their designer dresses

Golden girls: Holly Willoughby showed off her curves in her clingy dress while Sugababe Heidi Range opted for a gold 50s style prom dress

But the red carpet was still awash with plenty of other celebrities eager to catch the first showing of the highly anticipated film, including Tamara Ecclestone, Chloe Green, TV presenter Caroline Flack and This Morning host Holly Willoughby.
Also attending were singers Pixie Lott, who wore a very short black dress, Sugababe Heidi Range and The Saturday's star Una Healey, who showed off her growing baby bump in a very pretty Grecian style white dress.

Reality TV girls: Strictly's Holly Valance kept it simple in black skinnies and a T-shirt and jacket while I'm A Celeb spin-off host Caroline Flack kept it cute in a velvet playsuit

Baring her teeth: A pregnant Una Healy from the Saturdays looked like she was snarling vampire style as she posed with fiancé Ben Foden

And the remaining X Factor group finalist also got a taste of red carpet glamour as Little Mix they arrived with N-Dubz star and their mentor Tulisa.
And Kelly's three remaining girls Amelia Lily, Janet Devlin and Misha B ditched their stage outfits for something more premiere appropriate and looked all grown-up as they posed for pictures in their finest.

Me and my girls: X Factor judge Tulisa arrived at the premiere holding hands with her last remaining act, Little Mix

Here come the girls: X Factor's Janet Devlin, Misha B and Amelia Lily wowed the flashbulbs but mentor Kelly Rowland was in Manchester at a charity do

TWILIGHT LOSES IT'S BITE (BUT ROBERT'S FANS DON'T CARE)

By Chris Tookey
Rating:
Verdict: Breaking down, more like. *
This film, a certain box-office hit thanks to the saga’s fanatical following, covers the first half of Meyer’s fourth book. It starts with the lavish wedding of hot yet cool vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson), aged 108, to feisty yet droopy 18 year-old Bella (Kristen Stewart). Anyone not obsessed with hair, make-up and lingerie may find the half-hour wedding sequence a near-death experience.
The inaction moves on to a turgid honeymoon on an island near Rio. There’s lovemaking so passionless it barely warrants a 12A certificate, accompanied by the world’s weediest pop music.
From there it’s on to the speediest pregnancy in history, and an alarmingly gruesome childbirth. The film-makers’ coyness about sex is strangely at odds with the grisliness of the caesarian section, which might well put an impressionable 11 year-old girl off ever giving birth.
The movie seems deeply confused as to how vampires procreate. Now it is the normal human way, whereas earlier in the series vampires continued their line by biting humans. The writers seem to be changing the rules as they go along.
Poor old Edward is clearly as much in the dark as the audience. At one point, he goes on a search engine to look up 'demon children'. The mystery is why he didn’t go to it a bit earlier and look up 'birth control'.
Skip the next two paragraphs if you don’t want to read a spoiler, but the climax depends on the notion that a grown-up werewolf can 'imprint' upon a baby at birth and make that offspring forever tied sexually to him. Yes, a werewolf can fall in love with a baby, and vice versa!
The idea is deeply creepy, bordering on paedophile, and completely at odds with the surely much healthier notion that an adult has the right to fall in love with anyone he or she chooses. Maybe even a non-werewolf.
Director Bill Condon has made classy films in the past, notably Gods & Monsters and Kinsey, but he has never shown much sense of humour or feeling for pace or action. He is ideally unsuited to this material.
His attitude towards the Twilight Saga is reverential. There is none of the intentional comedy that enlivened the previous Twilight movie. The only laughs in this are from the po-faced dialogue, potty plotting and wooden performances.
And before all you Twilight fans complain that I’m too old to appreciate the saga, check out my review of the first film; I awarded it four stars out of five. A rather good original idea has dwindled into self-parody.