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On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every other day throughout the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the comedy The Beat Beneath My Feet, starring Luke Perry. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.

Directed by John Williams from a screenplay by Michael Müller, The Beat Beneath My Feet has the following synopsis: A painfully shy teenage boy with secret but grand rock and roll aspirations lives with his single mum in a flat in South London. Into the flat below moves an anti-social, former Rock God who faked his death eight years ago. The teenage boy works out who the mysterious neighbour is and blackmails...

David Tennant and his wife Georgia Moffett have had a baby girl. The 'Broadchurch' actor has confirmed the couple have welcomed a fourth child into their home in recent weeks. David - who has two children, daughter Olive, four, and two year-old son Wilfred, with Georgia and is stepfather to her son Ty, 13, from a previous relationship - confirmed the joyous news on the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio on Tuesday (10.11.15) when the radio presenter asked him about his growing ''brood''. David, 44, replied: ''I know, number four has arrived, yeah.'' Christian continued: ''Wow, what is it, like The...

David Tennant and his wife Georgia Moffett have had a baby girl. The 'Broadchurch' actor has confirmed the couple have welcomed a fourth child into their home in recent weeks. David - who has two children, daughter Olive, four, and two year-old son Wilfred, with Georgia and is stepfather to her son Ty, 13, from a previous relationship - confirmed the joyous news on the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio on Tuesday (10.11.15) when the radio presenter asked him about his growing ''brood''. David, 44, replied: ''I know, number four has arrived, yeah.'' Christian continued: ''Wow, what is it, like The...

Sharon Osbourne has a mixed history with The X Factor but the former judge has said that she is saddened by its dip in ratings.

She was a judge on the show for the first four series from 2004 to 2007 and returned in 2013 to finally have her contestant win the show when Sam Bailey was the 10th series winner.

X Factor vs Strictly Come Dancing 2015: Everything you need to know about the BBC and ITV's ratings battle

"I'm not watching it but Louis [Walsh] has been telling me that the figures are down on the show, which saddens me," Sharon told the Absolute Radio Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show.

"Basically, it's not going as well as it could be. It's impossible for a show like that to keep on top year after year.

"It reaches its peak and each year it chips away and slowly goes down and down and down."

On...

Craig Revel Horwood has sung the praises of Peter Andre on this series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Speaking on Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show, the BBC judge also called Helen George an "amazing dancer".

Andre, partnered with Janette Manrara, topped the first week, while George has been one of the best performers according to the judges' scores as well.

"We're loving it," said Horwood. "It's really great this year - we've got some amazing people. Peter Andre is standing out as one of them.

"Peter is very, very good. Helen is also an amazing dancer.

"When you consider how long they actually have to learn to dance - they have three weeks - it's incredible how quickly everyone's picked it up."

Horwood also called 2006 winner Mark Ramprakash his most memorable contestant.

"We've had some amazing people on the show since it started," he commented.

"The one contestant who had...

It'll be business as usual on the Britain's Got Talent panel next year.

Alesha Dixon has confirmed that she, Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and David Walliams will all be taking their places again on the ITV reality show.

"We'll all be back. It's amazing how quickly it comes back around," Dixon revealed on Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show.

"We're having the best time - it's a brilliant show to work on."

Last month, Holden hinted that next year might be her last on Britain's Got Talent, setting the rumour mill in motion by saying that "10 years sounds better than 11".

It might all depend on how Cowell takes her faux pas about The Great British Bake Off being a "better show".

ITV has put out a casting call for the upcoming tenth series of Britain's Got Talent.

Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse are the most recent winners, but viewers were shocked to...

In Brian Fogel's new romantic comedy Jewtopia, mixed signals are the order of the day, both from the characters to each other and from the movie to the audience. When redneck plumber Christian O'Connell (Ivan Sergei) finally gets Alison Marks's (Jennifer Love Hewitt) phone number, he hopes it will end the nine years he's spent mourning the Jewish college girlfriend who broke up with him because of his religion. Alison, the rabbi's daughter, loves Christian's Nascar jacket, which she mistakes for an indication of his sense of humor. In fact, Christian just likes Nascar. He also likes Jewish women. What should make viewers skeptical, besides Christian's fetish for Semites, is that despite living in Los Angeles, he appears only to know one actual Jew—his childhood best friend...

Russell Brand wants to be the next 'Doctor Who'. Casting has begun to find the twelfth actor to embody the Time Lord when Matt Smith leaves at the end of this year, and reformed bad boy Russell would like to audition. He told Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell breakfast show: ''I'd love to be in Doctor Who. I'm in, I'm in. ''I'd love to be him, I'd be like a [fourth Doctor] Tom Baker one, like a sort of long scarf, flouncy, wistful, quoting occasional poems, kicking cyber-men in the nuts. This is what the country needs.'' However, notorious ladies man Russell - who...

Russell Brand wants to be the next 'Doctor Who'. Casting has begun to find the twelfth actor to embody the Time Lord when Matt Smith leaves at the end of this year, and reformed bad boy Russell would like to audition. He told Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell breakfast show: ''I'd love to be in Doctor Who. I'm in, I'm in. ''I'd love to be him, I'd be like a [fourth Doctor] Tom Baker one, like a sort of long scarf, flouncy, wistful, quoting occasional poems, kicking cyber-men in the nuts. This is what the country needs.'' However, notorious ladies man Russell - who...

Russell Brand isn't interested in casual sex anymore. The 38-year-old former sex addict - who split from Katy Perry December 2011 after 14 months of marriage and divorced her in 2012 - revealed he now tries to be more ''discerning'' about who he sleeps with. He told Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell breakfast show: ''I'm calming down a bit. I'm a bit less likely to just relentlessly hurl myself into a troth full of parts, you know, sex parts. Now I try and be a bit more discerning about what goes on.'' Russell is planning to perform in women's prisons...

Russell Brand wants to be the next 'Doctor Who'. Casting has begun to find the twelfth actor to embody the Time Lord when Matt Smith leaves at the end of this year, and reformed bad boy Russell would like to audition. He told Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell breakfast show: ''I'd love to be in Doctor Who. I'm in, I'm in. ''I'd love to be him, I'd be like a [fourth Doctor] Tom Baker one, like a sort of long scarf, flouncy, wistful, quoting occasional poems, kicking cyber-men in the nuts. This is what the country needs.'' However, notorious ladies man Russell - who...

Ricky Gervais has said that working on The Muppets... Again! tops collaborating with Robert De Niro.

The comedian told The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio that he was always a big fan of The Muppets.

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"Honestly, this is the first time when I've really gone 'I really can't believe my luck here'. I think people think I am blasé about doing all this stuff but this tops working with De Niro."

He added: "It is absolute magic and I have been a huge fan literally for 35 years.

"An early hero of mine, John Cleese, was on there and he acted himself and I thought that's great."

Gervais continued: "I think it must have influenced me doing stuff like Extras, where these huge icons came on and they were the butt of the joke with the locals.

"And I think that was the first time I'd really seen that done properly.

Ricky Gervais has said that working on The Muppets... Again! tops collaborating with Robert De Niro.

The comedian told The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio that he was always a big fan of The Muppets. "Honestly, this is the first time when I've really gone 'I really can't believe my luck here'. I think people think I am blasé about doing all this stuff but this tops working with De Niro." He added: "It is absolute magic and I have been a huge fan literally for 35 years.

"An early hero of mine, John Cleese, was on there and he acted himself and I thought that's great." Gervais continued: "I think (more)...

Spandau Ballet star Tony Hadley will perform a live version of his band's hit 'Gold' to mark the success of Team Gb at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Great Britain are currently (August 8) third in the medals table with 22 golds, 13 silvers and 13 bronzes, already eclipsing the team's total for Beijing 2008. On the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show of Monday, August 13, Absolute Radio will play Spandau Ballet's 1983 hit 'Gold' for every Team Gb gold medal - currently 22 times - totalling just under 85 minutes. Hadley will join the show to sing the Gary Kemp-penned track live for the final play of the 'Spandathon'. "I'm proud to do it. I think it will be good fun," Hadley told the station. "Very proud to sing (more)...

Check out a new clip from Bryan Fogel's Jewtopia, starring Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Ivan Sergei, Joel David Moore, Jon Lovitz, Rita Wilson, Tom Arnold, Peter Stormare, Camryn Manheim, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Wendie Malick, Nicollette Sheridan, Phil Rosenthal, Christine Lakin, Hayes MacArthur and Lin Shaye. The film marks the directorial debut of Bryan Fogel and will make it's premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 26th. The story is about Christian O'Connell (Sergei) and Adam Lipschitz (Moore) -- two childhood friends who reunite as adults to help each other land the women of their dreams. Chris wants to marry Allison (Hewitt), a Jewish girl, so that he'll never have to make another decision for as long as he lives. Adam is on the verge of getting married to Hannah (Sigler), a woman he is not content with. When Chris enlists Adam’s help in pretending to be Jewish so that Allison will date him,...

Check out a new clip from Bryan Fogel's Jewtopia, starring Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Ivan Sergei, Joel David Moore, Jon Lovitz, Rita Wilson, Tom Arnold, Peter Stormare, Camryn Manheim, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Wendie Malick, Nicollette Sheridan, Phil Rosenthal, Christine Lakin, Hayes MacArthur and Lin Shaye. The film marks the directorial debut of Bryan Fogel and will make it's premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 26th. The story is about Christian O'Connell (Sergei) and Adam Lipschitz (Moore) -- two childhood friends who reunite as adults to help each other land the women of their dreams. Chris wants to marry Allison (Hewitt), a Jewish girl, so that he'll never have to make another decision for as long as he lives. Adam is on the verge of getting married to Hannah (Sigler), a woman he is not content with. When Chris enlists Adam’s help in pretending to be Jewish so that Allison will date him,...

Doctor Who star David Tennant has become a dad-of-two after officially adopting his wife's son.

The Scottish actor has announced he's now father to Georgia Moffett's 10-year-old boy Tyler, her first child from a previous relationship.

Tennant made the decision to go forward with the adoption after he and Georgia became proud parents to baby daughter Olive in March last year.

Confirming his "double dad" status to U.K. radio DJ Christian O'Connell, Tennant says, "My baby is almost a year old and I adopted my wife's boy last year as well so I became a father twice in six months - that's got to be something of a record hasn't it?"

Tennant married Moffett, the daughter of another former Doctor Who, Peter Davison, on New Year's Eve in London.

David Tennant has adopted his stepson. The 'Fright Night' star has legally become the father of 10-year-old Tyler, his wife Georgia Moffett's child from a previous relationship and he is thrilled he has been able to officially become his father. Speaking on the Christian O'Connell breakfast show on Absolute Radio, David - who has a baby daughter Olive with Georgia - said: ''The baby is nearly a year and I adopted my wife's boy last year so I've become a father twice with in a year - that's something of a record isn't it? I hope he's listening.'' The 40-year-old actor...

David Tennant has officially adopted his wife Georgia Moffett's 10-year-old son Tyler. The Pirates actor has become a father for the second time in six months, after Moffett gave birth to daughter Olive last year. On becoming a "double-dad", he told Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell: "I adopted my wife's boy last year, so I became a father twice." He joked: "That's something of a record, isn't it?" Tennant - who voices (more)...

David Tennant has adopted his stepson. The 'Fright Night' star has legally become the father of 10-year-old Tyler, his wife Georgia Moffett's child from a previous relationship and he is thrilled he has been able to officially become his father. Speaking on the Christian O'Connell breakfast show on Absolute Radio, David - who has a baby daughter Olive with Georgia - said: 'The baby is nearly a year and I adopted my wife's boy last year so I've become a father twice with in a year - that's something of a record isn't it? I hope he's listening.' The 40-year-old actor first met the 27-year-old actress when she starred opposite him in 'Doctor Who' episode 'The Doctor's Daughter' in...

T'Pau singer Carol Decker has admitted that her feelings were "really hurt" by Gary Barlow's comments about her on The X Factor last month. After Amelia Lily performed T'Pau's 'China In Your Hand' on the show's Guilty Pleasures week, Barlow quipped that it was "nice to hear that sung in tune". Decker hit out at Barlow on Twitter at the time and the Take That star later apologised for his comments. Speaking to Absolute Radio DJ Christian O'Connell's Beer and Cake Club, Decker said: "I just felt like I'd been kicked in the stomach. I was speechless. "I just thought it was unnecessary and completely untrue, I don't sing out of tune. In fact, I'm not perfect but I find it quite difficult to sing out of tune, I've got very good relative pitch if you want to be (more)...

The man who filmed the dog chasing deer in Richmond Park - which has become an internet sensation - has been tracked down. Speaking to Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show, Ali Goodyear, 37, resolved much web debate about the dog's name. Goodyear said: "I was just there with my son, Jake, and we were filming the deer and then all of a sudden a man just basically loses control of his dog. "Fenton by the way, with an F - it's not Benton, everyone's calling it Benton - The dog just run off into the distance, chasing the deer." He added: "I've (more)...

John Cleese has said that the most "sensitive" and "neurotic" people should not be able to dictate the standards of broadcasting for wider society. The Fawlty Towers star suggested to Absolute Radio Breakfast show host Christian O'Connell that the the power of those who feel offended is "very unhealthy". Cleese said that generally there is a "tiny little bit of anxiety" around taboo subjects in comedy, such as dead bodies or sexual topics. "For a small number of people there's so much anxiety in those areas," he added. "They freeze up, they can't laugh, they hate the fact that people round them are laughing. They say 'I've been offended' as though they have a right not to. "Meanwhile, the other 95% of the audience are howling with laughter. Well, what are you going to say, say, 'No, (more)...

Noel Gallagher has his own personalised tea. The 44-year-old rocker loves the hot beverage and was pleased when his favourite company sent him some specially-made boxes to take on tour with him. Speaking on the Christian O'Connell Breakfast show on Absolute Radio - which he co-hosted - Noel said: 'Oh, do you know what, the way to a man's heart is a box of Yorkshire Tea. Do you know, for our tour they've made me my own boxes with Noel's tea written on them. 'I've got my own Yorkshire Tea, it's got Noel's tea written on the front, and my backing band,...

Noel Gallagher has said that the lower age limit for X Factor contestants should be increased. While hosting the Absolute Radio Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show this morning, the ex-Oasis songwriter said that the judges should raise the entry age to 18. "When they say things like, 'Oh, you're great but you're too young', well don't put her through in the first place then, do you know what I mean? They shouldn't put a 16-year-old on that show," he said. 16-year-old Amelia Lily was voted off the show by her mentor Kelly Rowland following her rendition of Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean'. Luke Lucas, also 16, was let go by Gary Barlow after breaking down during this year's Judges' Houses. > Gary Barlow: 'Luke Lucas was too young for X Factor'

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Noel Gallagher will join a radio breakfast show for one day next month. The ex-Oasis songwriter will appear on The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio as a co-presenter on Friday, October 14. O' Connell said: "Noel is a legend - plain and simple. He's been in the business for 20 years and there's nothing he doesn't know about making records. "That said, he knows bugger-all about being a DJ so I'm going to get the bleeper machine ready and throw him in at the deep end to see what he's made (more)...

Lenny Kravitz will play a tiny London show for Absolute Radio later this month. The 'Fly Away' rocker will play for an audience of 200 people at The Box in Soho on September 12. Kravitz will mix his past hits with tracks from his new Black and White America album. Absolute Radio Breakfast Show DJ Christian O'Connell said: "Lenny Kravitz is an incredible artist and the fans that are lucky enough to win tickets are in for a real treat. "He oozes cool and with such (more)...

Noel Gallagher has admitted that he feels more nervous playing live shows in small venues. The ex-Oasis songwriter is playing a short tour of smaller venues this October in support of his Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album. The dates sold out in just six minutes. Gallagher told Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show: "To be honest I've had bigger aftershow parties than most of these gigs, so yeah, I don't really like the little gigs. "You tend to get into inane conversations with people about your shoes and stuff, 'Where do you get those shoes? Oh, Dolcis? Where do you get your headband? Top Man? Nice one'. "So I prefer the bigger gigs where you kind of get less nervous, I would get less nervous at Wembley than I would, say, at Hammersmith Apollo, do you know what I mean?" Asked if he hopes (more)...

Noel Gallagher is as talented as David Bowie - according to his mum. The rocker has played a select group of people his debut solo album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, including his mother Peggy, and she told him it is the best record he has ever made. Peggy thinks it's so good it will further cement her chart-topping son's status as a rock legend. In an interview on the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on UK station Absolute Radio, he said: 'I've got friends who are kind of scrambling round the bottom of the musical ladder, I've played it to them, you know,...

Noel Gallagher says his wife has got more beautiful since she married him. The musician tied the knot with his long-term partner Sara MacDonald in June and he has claimed she has never looked better since becoming 'Mrs. Gallagher'. Noel - who has two sons, three-year-old Donovan and 10-month-old Sonny, with Sara - told Christian O'Connell on his breakfast show on British station Absolute Radio: 'Do you know, I looked at her the other day and I said to her, "It's uncanny, but I think you've got better looking since I married you." Seriously. We were at a party the other night...

[1] Last season, FX's boxing drama Lights Out entered the canon of brilliant-but-cancelled television series, when piss-poor ratings brought about its demise despite plenty of critical love. Thankfully, things seem to be working out better for the series' acclaimed star, Holt McCallany, than they did for the show. The actor is now in talks for Gangster Squad, Ruben Fleischer's highly anticipated (well, by us) period cop drama. McCallany would be joining an absolutely top-notch cast which already includes Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Anthony Mackie, Michael Peña, and Giovanni Ribisi, with Bryan Cranston in negotiations [2]. How can you not get excited with a cast like that? Based on a series of articles by Paul Lieberman, Gangster Squad tells the story of an Lapd task force which was formed to fight organized crime and corruption in 1940s Los Angeles. Gosling, Brolin, Mackie, and Cranston will be on the Lapd side...

Jennifer Love Hewitt (Garfield) has signed on to star in a big screen adaptation of the hit play and bestselling book "Jewtopia," which co-stars Ivan Sergei ("Crossing Jordan"). Described as a cross between "Wedding Crashers" and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," the new movie follows two childhood best friends who reunite as adults when one asks the other to help him pretend to be Jewish so he can romance a woman. Sergei will play Christian O'Connell, a gentile plumber who poses as a Jewish doctor in order to land a Jewish girlfriend who'll make all his decisions for him. Hewitt will play Alison Marks, the object of Christian's affection, who meets him during a singles mixer at temple.

Jewtopia stageplay bigscreen adaptation, stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ivan Sergei Playwright Bryan Fogel is directing from a script he co-wrote with Sam Wolfson, based on the bestselling book and stageplay Jewtopia and will also produce alongside Andy Fickman, Pavlina Hatoupis and Courtney Mizel. Apparently it's being described as a cross between My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Wedding Crashers. The indie film tells of two childhood best friends who reunite as adults when one asks the other to help him pretend to be Jewish so he can win over a woman he's keen on. In Jewtopia, Sergei plays Christian O'Connell, a gentile plumber who poses as a Jewish doctor to get a Jewish girlfriend who will make all his decisions for him. Hewitt will play Alison Marks, the object of Christian's affection and the two meet at a temple during a singles mixer.

Jewtopia stageplay bigscreen adaptation, stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ivan Sergei Playwright Bryan Fogel is directing from a script he co-wrote with Sam Wolfson, based on the bestselling book and stageplay Jewtopia and will also produce alongside Andy Fickman, Pavlina Hatoupis and Courtney Mizel. Apparently it's being described as a cross between My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Wedding Crashers. The indie film tells of two childhood best friends who reunite as adults when one asks the other to help him pretend to be Jewish so he can win over a woman he's keen on. In Jewtopia, Sergei plays Christian O'Connell, a gentile plumber who poses as a Jewish doctor to get a Jewish girlfriend who will make all his decisions for him. Hewitt will play Alison Marks, the object of Christian's affection and the two meet at a temple during a singles mixer.

Jewtopia stageplay bigscreen adaptation, stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ivan Sergei Playwright Bryan Fogel is directing from a script he co-wrote with Sam Wolfson, based on the bestselling book and stageplay Jewtopia and will also produce alongside Andy Fickman, Pavlina Hatoupis and Courtney Mizel. Apparently it's being described as a cross between My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Wedding Crashers. The indie film tells of two childhood best friends who reunite as adults when one asks the other to help him pretend to be Jewish so he can win over a woman he's keen on. In Jewtopia, Sergei plays Christian O'Connell, a gentile plumber who poses as a Jewish doctor to get a Jewish girlfriend who will make all his decisions for him. Hewitt will play Alison Marks, the object of Christian's affection and the two meet at a temple during a singles mixer.

Dermot O'Leary has joked that he wants to be invited to Prince Harry's royal wedding after-party. The X Factor host, who is presenting the wedding for E! in the Us, suggested to Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show that he is more interested in the younger prince's party than the main ceremony. Asked if he had been invited to the wedding, O'Leary quipped: "I've sort of got the unofficial invite to Harry's do afterwards, which is obviously the party we all want to go to. No, I don't have [the royal wedding], but [Harry's is] the party - that's the invite you really want." O'Leary explained that E!'s royal correspondent Angela Rippon revealed that "Harry's hosting a party within the rooms of Buckingham Palace" after the wedding. (more)...

MasterChef judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode have revealed what they would cook for Prince William and Kate Middleton's guests if they were in charge of the royal wedding meal. The duo described their plans while speaking to Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show this morning ahead of the MasterChef grand final tonight. Wallace said: "Well, we're in London - we'd have a great big tray of sea food - whelks, cockles, crabsticks - to start. "Then they'd be tucking into some proper spring lamb, followed by rhubarb crumble and custard. A true celebration of British cockney food. Then they'd have a right old knees-up." Torode added: "I would go for something similar to Greg. (more)...

Bradley Cooper's parents moved in with him while he shot his new movie. The 36-year-old actor shot much of 'Limitless' - in which he stars with Robert De Niro - in his home city of Philadelphia and got to spend more time than he had anticipated with his mother and father. He said: "We got to shoot it in Philadelphia, which is where I'm from, which was a sort of an added bonus, Philly and New York. "My parents lived with me. I had an apartment downtown, so my parents moved in with me. I don't know what happened, I think it's that Italian-Irish thing." Bradley also spoke of how much he enjoyed working with De Niro because a meeting with the screen icon in his school days inspired him to become an actor. He explained to Absolute Radio DJ Christian O'Connell: "My history with De...

Celebrities including Piers Morgan, Leona Lewis and Alan Carr will auction themselves off via Twitter as part of Comic Relief's Twitrelief. More than one hundred famous tweeters will follow their highest bidder, with many adding "phenomenal extras" to help raise more money. Among the extras up for offer will be: tickets to Loose Women and an opportunity to have lunch with the panel, the chance to join Radio DJ Christian O'Connell as a guest on his Absolute Radio Breakfast show, a signed Miranda script from Miranda Hart and a tour of the Million Pound Drop set from Davina (more)...

Rod Stewart has revealed that he hasn't had any sleep for "two weeks" because of his newborn son Aiden. Stewart told Absolute Radio host Christian O'Connell that he and wife Penny Lancaster were exhausted from looking after their 1-month-old child. "I'm absolutely knackered. I don't think I've had any sleep for two weeks," said father-of-eight Stewart. "The first couple of nights, Penny said, 'Well go and sleep in another bedroom, there's no point in two of us not getting any sleep,' but for the last ten days we've been together. "But she's great. I wake up in the middle of the night and she hasn't had any sleep and she's feeding him and smiling. I don't know how mothers do it, I tell you, it's just phenomenal." The singer, who (more)...

Simon Pegg has explained that Steven Spielberg had to wait for technology to catch up with his vision for Tintin. Pegg stars alongside friend and comedy partner Nick Frost as the Thompson Twins in Spielberg and Peter Jackson's long-in-development adaptation of Hergé's comic strips. Speaking to the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio, Pegg said: "Steven Spielberg has had the rights to Tintin since 1982 I think. "After he did Raiders [of the Lost Ark] he was doing the European press, and people said 'It's a bit like Tintin isn't it?', and he didn't know what Tintin was, so he investigated, fell in love with it, and he's waited until he's been able to do it like Hergé's drawings, you know - he's waited for technology. (more)...

Tributes are being paid to Oscar-winning composer John Barry, who has died aged 77.

Barry, who grew up in York, is best known for his work on the James Bond movies and also wrote scores for films including The Ipcress File, Zulu and Midnight Cowboy.

Lyricist Don Black, who co-wrote songs including Born Free and Diamonds Are Forever with Barry, said success never changed him and hailed him as "a wonderful talent".

Sir Tim Rice, who collaborated with Barry on the theme to the 1983 Bond film Octopussy, said he was "a magnificent figure".

Barry was born into a showbusiness family - his mother played the piano and his father owned a string of cinemas. He credited his early days helping out in the family business as the inspiration for his love of the cinema.

He was made an OBE and was awarded a Bafta fellowship in 2005 in recognition of his work.

Dermot O'Leary has praised Simon Cowell for being a "great boss". The presenter, who took over as host of The X Factor in 2007, told Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell that he had been taught a lot by Cowell. "He's a workaholic. He's a great boss, and I'm not just saying that," he said. "He's very loyal, he's very honest, and he just wants that in return." He continued: "He smells fear though, he's like a wolf. If you're confident in your own opinions then he's good, but he doesn't like (more)...

Keith Richards only communicates by fax. The 67-year-old guitarist for The Rolling Stones favors sending notes through a telephone line, much to the amusement of his band mate Ronnie Wood, who struggles to intercept the guitarist's messages.

"Keith, he still communicates through fax, no other way but a fax," Ronnie explained. "That's why I never hear much from him because I ain't got a fax machine. It's fantastic, you get a message from Keith on a fax. You get 'I don't know when, I don't know where, just get ready. Love, Keith'. It means we maybe touring sometimes in the next decade, I don't know."

However, though Keith has struggled to get to grips with modern technology, Ronnie is impressed by his former Faces band mate Rod Stewart's ability to embrace new ways of communicating. Ronnie said, "I have had various emails, because Rod is getting very, very good on the emails,...

Paul Weller has picked up the Uncut Music Award 2010 for his album Wake Up The Nation. The veteran rock star's latest LP was chosen by a panel of judges, which included Bob Harris, Danny Kelly, Christian O'Connell, BBC entertainment's Mark Cooper and Fleet Foxes star Robin Pecknold. The Uncut gong is given to the most "exciting, inspirational and rewarding album of the last 12 months". Speaking about the award, Weller said: "Thank you. I'm well surprised to (more)...

Elton John has voiced his concerns for the welfare of the acts competing on The X Factor. Speaking to Christian O'Connell on Absolute Radio, John said that "genuinely talented" acts like Alexandra Burke should be encouraged to learn their trade by playing live, rather than being created as "products" for the talent competition. John said: "What's the psychological damage going to be when you've humped and dumped them, and the next ones comes along? "They're a bit like products, to be honest with you. They're products, and the (more)...

Sir Elton John has criticised Oasis for failing to crack America. John accused the Definitely Maybe band of blowing their one chance of success across the pond by arguing amongst themselves and cancelling their Stateside tour in the '90s. He told Christian O'Connell on Absolute Radio: "[Oasis] were enormous in Britain, they were enormous in America and they went over there and argued between themselves and cancelled the tour and they never broke America. "You only get it once, and if you blow it, it's gone. You can't not regret (more)...

Ray Winstone wants to play James Bond. The British actor - best known for his roles in 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' and 'The Departed' - believes he would make a "great" Bond but worries he could not compete with the physical standards set by current 007 Daniel Craig. He said: "I think Bond will be back soon. I'd make a great Bond wouldn't I! You know, he's a Londoner, he's a killer and a lover! I'm a killer lover! "Mind you Daniel's alright in the Speedos, he's got the eight-pack hasn't he? I've got the barrel." The 53-year-old star claims working with legendary director Martin Scorsese on 'The Departed' was a personal career highlight because of the talent involved. He told Christian O'Connell's Absolute Radio Breakfast Show DJ: "If you're a footballer that would be like playing at Wembley, if you're a boxer it's like playing...

Nick Moran has revealed that some of his scenes in the new Harry Potter film were cut because they were thought to be too gory.

The actor-director plays evil villain Scabior, a snatcher in Fenrir Greyback's gang of werewolves, in Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.

But he noticed some of his scenes didn't make the final cut.

Nick - whose previous credits include Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - explained: "The scenes I did were really, really dark.

"But when I went to see them they cut some of the worst bits out, and I was talking to producer David Heyman, saying: 'Oh no, why's that gone?'"

"He said, apparently it was like watching Saw," Nick told Absolute Radio DJ Christian O'Connell.

The first instalment of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows is released on November 19 and the second part on July 15, 2011.

Nick Moran, who portrays one of the villainous werewolves in the franchise finale, notes several of his deleted scenes from the film were reminiscent of the Saw horror movies. During a recent interview between Absolute Radio DJ Christian O'Connell and actor Nick Moran, his role in Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows inevitably became hot topic. The actor (and director), previously seen in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels plays Scabior, a snatcher in Fenrir Greyback's gang of werewolves and one of the film's villains. Moran was asked how he felt about the tone of the movie; in particular, his brutal scenes: "The scenes I did were really, really dark..but when I went to see them they cut some of the worst bits out." According to one of the film's producers, David Heyman...