Daniel Radcliffe 2009

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, was said to be furious this morning over a daily newspaper printed a photograph of him smoking a roll-up cigarette, claiming that the actor was smoking cannabis.

The 20-year-old denied the claim and is considering taking legal action against the newspaper with his representative stating that the actor smokes the occasional roll-up cigarette and nothing more.

Bruce Forsyth will have to miss tomorrow night’s episode of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ after coming down with flu.  The 81-year-old has been advised by doctors to take a week off and rest.

Tess Daly will as usual be on the programme and is likely to take over Bruce’s role on the show if a replacement is not found in time.

David Dimbelby, presenter of the BBC’s Question Time, was forced to miss his first ever programme in 15-years yesterday after being kicked in the head by a bullock belonging to his wife.

Mr Dimbleby was believed to have been helping to load the animal into a trailer at his Sussex farm on Thursday when the bullock kicked-out leaving the 71-year-old with a head wound that needed stitching an an overnight stay at the local hospital as a precaution.

Tess Daly

The contestants for this years Strictly Come Dancing has been announced today and will again be hosted by the gorgeous Tess Daly and Bruce Forsyth.  In the line-up are Natalie Cassidy, Ricky Groves, Jo Wood, Phil Tufnel, Martina Hengis, Joe Calzaghe, Lynda Bellingham, Zoe Lucker, Laila Rouass, Richard Dunwoody, Rav Wilding, Ali Bastian, Ricky Whittle, Jade Johnson, Craig Kelly and Chris Hollins.

Mark Owen, a member of ‘Take That’, is marrying his long-term girlfriend Emma Ferguson in November in Scotland, accompanied by their children Elwood Jack, 3, and Willow Rose, 9-months.

The couple have kept the location a secret from everyone and all the guests will meet at an arranged place to be delivered to the venue on the day.

Jack Charlton, the former England World Cup winner, was hospitalised recently after collapsing while on a family holiday in Spain.

The 74-year-old, was taken to a private clinic on the Costa Blanca before being released with medication for alleged high blood pressure.

Kerry Katona attended the police station at Wilmslow yesterday for an interview regarding the recent footage of her snorting a white powder.

The former Atomic Kitten singer, gave an emotional public apology in an interview before attending the station and  being given a police caution for possession of cocaine.

Natasha Richardson

According to reports, the actress Natasha Richardson has had her family around her as she clings to life in a hospital near her home in New York.

The 45-year-old, developed life threatening injuries after a small fall during a skiing lesson in Canada and is now believed to be brain dead.

It was announced today that Brian McFadden, the former Westlife member, is to marry his girlfriend Delta Goodrem at Christmas.

The couple got engaged in November 2007 and live together in Australia, and have said that they will be making a date in the next couple of weeks.

Bruce Forsyth was presented with a lifetime achievement award last night from the Royal Television Society Awards event in London.

The 81-year-old, says he has no plans to retire and that working on television keeps him feeling young.  The host of Strictly Come Dancing, said he’ll know when he’s had enough.

The BBC3 sitcom, Gavin and Stacey had a double victory as the show won the category of Programme of the Year and the actor James Corden taking the award for Comedy Performance. These were the only awards actually voted for by the public. James was the man who came up with the idea for Gavin and Stacey with his co-star from Fat Friends Ruth Jones.

Corden beat The Thick Of it actor Peter Capaldi, Stephen Merchant for the Extra’s Christmas Special and David Mitchell for the Peep Show. Corden has been in the news recently surrounded by rumours of a romance with Lily Allen and was astounded when he heard that he had won.  Before the ceremony he said “It’s great to be recognised. It’s brilliant. But you can’t take it too seriously. There’s a chance that you think you’re a bit more of a dude than you really are. The show isn’t up for best sitcom so obviously they’re a bunch of p****s.  I can’t imagine winning but if we do no-one will be happier than me.  It’s terrific.”

Harry Hill also got a won a  double for the categories of Best Entertainment Programme for TV Burp and Best Entertainment  Performance.

The highest accolade that BAFTA can give is the Academy Fellowship Award, which was presented to Bruce Forsyth.  The host of Strictly Come Dancing said that he had been “dead and buried” before the dancing show started.  He added “This is quite overwhelming…Morecombe and Wise and Charlie Chaplin were the only light entertainment people to get this award before.  It’s so moving that this is where it started 58-years-ago when I walked into this theatre and didn’t know a soul and the stage doorman made me feel so much at home.  This means so much to me.  I can’t be funny.  There’s nothing to be funny about.  It’s a wonderful, wonderful night for me.  There are so many memories going through my mind right now.  It’s impossible to capture all of them.  This is as good as it gets.  Thank you so much for a wonderful, wonderful honour.”

Bafta TV committee Chairperson, John Willis said “Bruce Forsyth has been keeping viewers of all ages entertained for decades.  He is the ultimate all round entertainer.  Just after his 80th birthday is the perfect time for the Bafta to recognise his huge contribution to popular television by awarding Bruce a very well deserved fellowship.”

The actress Dame Eileen Atkins, 73-years-old, took the award for Best Actress for her role in the period drama, Cranford.  It was the first Bafta award that the actress has received and she was given a rapturous applause as she went to accept her prize and joked about the series by saying “I bet they wished they hadn’t killed me off now.”  The drama was surprisingly not awarded the honour of Best Drama Serial which went to the Channel 4 programme Britz, a two-part series about a young Muslim woman who became Britain’s first suicide bomber.

The Best Actor award went to the 24-year-old newcomer, Andrew Garfield, for his part in the provocative drama Boy A.

The Best Specialist Factual Programme went to Andrew Marr, the former BBC political editor, for the Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain.

The director of the documentary Malcolm and Barbera ‘Love’s Farewell’, Paul Watson, won the Special Award.  There was much controversy over the documentary last year when it was questioned whether he had filmed the final moments of  Alzheimer sufferer Malcolm’s life or used an earlier, edited version.

Holby City won the Best Soap category, a first for the hospital drama while US Sci-fi show ‘Heroes’ won the international category.

The Peep Show won Best Situation Comedy for Channel 4 and Gordon Ramsey was awarded a prize in the features category for Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.

He is believed to have asked for that lovely little chap, Ronnie Corbett to take his place, well half of it anyway!  He has said that he wants a veteran household name to take his place and thinks that the 76-year-old Corbett is just the man to do it.