Presenter Jonathan Ross follows the life and career of the most celebrated director in cinema history, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, as he searches for the British roots of Hitchcock’s unique style.
It’s been reported today that ITV are set to part company with “expensive flops” Jonathan Ross, Christine Bleakley and Adrian Chiles, all of whom will reportedly be told their contracts with the broadcaster will not be renewed when they expire this year.
The three presenters earned around £5million between them from ITV, yet the shows they’ve been involved with have failed to light up the ratings…
And of course, Bleakley and Chiles were axed from breakfast show Daybreak when viewing figures fell to an all time low last year. They were replaced by show veteran Lorraine Kelly and presenter Aled Jones… Read more & comment »
On tonight’s Jonathan Ross Christmas special Michael McIntyre confesses his kids think he swears for a living, Sienna Miller talks of her embarrassment over receiving a saucy Christmas gift from her godmother, Sheridan Smith reveals she’s after a man who can cook, Ellie Simmonds admits she had to get ready for the James Bond premiere in the Queen’s toilet, Jamie Oliver teaches his fellow guests to make some festive treats and Charlotte Church provides Christmas tunes.
Who’d have thought they’d see Kylie Minogue eat maggots!? Adventurer Bear Grylls challenges fellow guests Kylie, Russell Howard and Matt Bellamy from Muse to a game of ‘Bear’s Bullseye’. The guests use a bow and arrow to shoot a spinning target, containing faces of the players, and the person who is shot is forced to eat a delicacy found under a lid – unfortunately for them, there are crickets, locusts and maggots. Jonathan squeals as he puts a locust into his mouth!
On tonight’s Jonathan Ross show, teen heartthrob Justin Bieber explains what it’s like being a teen idol, his hopes for his future and Jonathan asks the singer about his love life.
Justin on his life as a teen idol and his hopes for the future
Teen sensation Justin Bieber causes a stir everywhere he goes. He has millions of fans and they’ll go to great lengths for a glimpse of their idol. Justin clearly enjoys the attention but on The Jonathan Ross Show this week he admits occasionally he’d like some normality.
“Sometimes I’d like to just go out and not have to call security,” he says.
Cheryl Cole has certainly been through it – she has a failed marriage behind her, battled Malaria, left the American X Factor and recently was involved in a car crash with Will-i-am but the star certainly seems to be smiling now. On The Jonathan Ross Show this week Jonathan asks her about the new man in her life, the car crash, her relationship with Ashley Cole and what really happened with American X Factor…
Speaking about the recent accident she was involved in, with her Black Eyed Peas manager, the ‘Promise This’ hitmaker admits:
“I’m actually absolutely fine. Will has a neck brace on but he’s also fine.”
Olympic Champion Mo Farah admits he was worried the Mobot wouldn’t take off, model Rosie Huntington-Whitely tells Jonathan she was teased at school for her looks, choirmaster Gareth Malone talks about being an unlikely heartthrob and Plan B tells of his encounter with Rolf Harris.
Mo Farah on his new baby twins
Double gold medallist Mo Farah has a new reason to celebrate following the birth of his twin girls. “One’s Jonathan and one’s Ross,” jokes Mo when asked their names.
Mo admits that his twins inspired him before they were even born and he credits them for giving him the encouragement he needed to achieve his two gold medals. “I wanted to work so hard for them,” says Mo. “To give one a gold medal, the other would have been left out. I was thinking I definitely have to do it for my girls.”
Channel 4 will once again air a massive star-studded Comedy Gala next month, featuring a whole host of top comedy talent from around the world.
Channel 4′s Comedy Gala will be a spectacular two and a half hour-long show to air in May and will take place a London’s 02 Arena in front of a massive 14,00 strong audience of enthusiastic spectators, waiting to be tickled pink by the likes of Lee Evans, Alan Carr, Michael McIntyre, Jonathan Ross, Keith Lemon, Paddy McGuiness, Micky Flanagan, Sean Lock, Kevin Bridges, Jo Brand, Jack Whitehall, Jack Dee, Jon Richardson and Lee Nelson, with yet more acts still to be announced. Combined they will make it the biggest live stand up show in UK history.
Kiefer Sutherland had to leave a bar holding his jeans together in his bum cheeks after he ripped them riding a bucking bronco.
During filming for this week’s The Jonathan Ross Show, the actor told Jonathan that he wasn’t wearing any underwear when he sliced his pants open whilst riding the mechanical rodeo bull.
Holly Willoughby, Fearne Cotton, Keith Lemon and Christina Ricci cause destruction on the set of The Jonathan Ross Show this weekend when they try their hands at a magic trick.
Magician Mat Ricardo was recording a performance of his magic trick where he pulls a table cloth from under crockery on a table when the other guests on the show decided to give it a try.
Denzel Washington said he fainted and ‘cried like a girl’ when Ryan Reynolds gave him a black eye on the set of their latest movie.
The actor told the story during an interview for this Saturday’s The Jonathan Ross Show.
Also coming up on the show, Keira Knightly downs shots of vodka with Jonathan and then plays music on her teeth and actor Tom Hardy reveals he was ‘terrified’ when he met Batman for the first time.
Jonathan Ross picked up the gong for ‘Special Recognition’ at tonight’s National Television Awards.
The 51 year old star was hailed for his 25 years on TV, his hit chat shows, his presenting skills and Sir Bruce Forsythe presented the award but not before giving the dad of three a bit of a telling off.
The elderly host admitted:
I don’t know why they asked me to do this, because he said some terrible things about me. On national television he said “every Saturday before Strictly, they have to take Bruce Forsythe out of the freezer and push him on.’
Jonathan Ross has announced his lineup for his Christmas day chat show special.
The TV funnyman will interview Top Gun star Tom Cruise for his festive special and the pint sized actor will fill him in with all the gossip and news about his new movie new film Mission Impossible 4.
Bear Grylls takes Miranda Hart and Jonathan Ross on their own once-in-a-lifetime expeditions to some of world’s most stunning natural environments for two exhilarating new programmes for Channel 4.
In Bear’s Wild Weekend with Miranda (airing on Boxing Day), comedy writer and actress Miranda Hart confronts her greatest fears while exploring the spectacular Swiss Alps.
In recent weeks, we’ve all heard how ITV are struggling for cash…
It’s been reported that advertisers are whittling down what they pay for marketing slots in ITV’s primetime shows – such as The X Factor and Downton Abbey – and that the channel is making cuts across the board to save cash.
So today, I was somewhat bemused to read that Jonathan Ross has reportedly been offered a contract worth £2million to stay with ITV for the next two years.
What, I hear you cry, will he have to do to earn that money? Well, he’ll make two series worth of his chat show, The Jonathan Ross Show, each comprising 16 editions.
They will air over the course of 2012 and 2013. Now by my reckoning, that equates to £31,250 per episode.
Jeez, however will he make ends meet…
Of the new deal, and ITV insider told The Sun, “It was always a gamble for him to reprise his chat show on another channel.
“He had been synonymous with Friday nights on the BBC but was replaced by Graham Norton in that slot… Read more & comment »
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