Cheryl Cole To Miss Out On US X-Factor Judging Gig?

If I was a betting man then I would put down large sums of money that UK X-Factor judge Cheryl Cole will NOT get a seat on the US version of the X-Factor judging panel when it hits America later in the year. Like I said, if I were a betting man that’s what I would put my hard-earned on… Well, according to a source talking to the UK Tabloid; The Sun, it seems that Cheryl Cole perhaps won’t land the judging gig, at least for the first season anyway. According to the source, despite the best efforts of Simon Cowell, it seems that American execs are reluctant to gamble on Cole and would prefer…

Ron Howard’s Calling It – He Wants Javier Bardem For Dark Tower Lead

It seems that Ron Howard has found his Gunslinger for his planned cross-platform adaptation of Stephen King’s legendary The Dark Tower series. According to various reports Oscar winning actor Javier Bardem is being considered for the role. (Bardem won his Oscar for his part in 2008’s No Country For Old Men) Ron Howard’s plan for the Dark Tower adaptations is to make three movies and a TV series where the same cast is used for both mediums. It’s a pretty intriguing premise and one that hasn’t really been done before; a TV series running alongside a movie trilogy will, at least to my knowledge, be a first. (Please don’t hesitate to correct me if I’m…

Naomi Watts Scared Of Marilyn Monroe Movie Role

King Kong star Naomi Watts is making a lot of movies which are based on “true stories” lately. From last year’s Fair Game in which she played real-life CIA agent Valerie Plame who had her cover blown in the White House after her husband became the victim of a Washington witch-hunt after publishing an anti-George Bush editorial, to the upcoming J. Edgar Hoover biopic where she plays the long-serving secretly of the FBI boss; Helen Gandy. And then there’s the role of Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominick’s (Chopper, The Assassination of Jesse Ford By The Coward Robert Ford) Blonde. In an recent interview with Bang Showbiz, Watts was asked if she felt any pressure about…

Three Video Game Analysts – Three Samey Predictions Regarding The PSP2

In a feature published on IndustryGamers, three video game industry analysts gave their opinions on Sony’s recently revealed PSP successor; the NGP. Somewhat surprisingly, all three industry insiders seemed to predict the same thing for the console. Up first; Lazard Capital Markets’ Colin Sebastian worries that the NGP may not find its feet in a market where the focus seems to be on quick, disposable games like those found on the iDevices… “[NGP has a] strong software lineup, but unlikely to hit the mass market. While clearly differentiated from the more casual games that have made the iPhone a phenomenal success as a videogame platform, it remains unclear whether there is mass market potential for…

Explosive Sniffing Plants Could Replace Fido At Airports

Yes it’s true. Bomb sniffing dogs could find themselves on the unemployment line, when in comes to their role in sniffing out bomb related material at airports and other locations where mass transit travelers are screened. According to a Professor at the Colorado State University, the Pentagon has funded the program for the last seven years, for a mere 1 million a year, to genetically enhance a plants already sensitive nose if you will to detect explosive material and turn the color white when detection takes place. According to June Medford, a Colorado State University Professor, she and her team of researchers decided to attempt to modify plants which are already very sensitive to their…