I'm currently very much into the British-Irish boyband, The Wanted.
They're now in the United States to start filming their reality show, which will be aired on E! this June.
Nathan Sykes, 19, Siva Kaneswaran, 24, Jay McGuiness, 24, Max George, 24, and Tom Parker, 22, will be residing on their temporary home for the reality show, which is a $50,000 a month Hollywood mansion.
The Wanted's $50,000/month Hollywood mansion for the filming of
their E! reality tv show [Photo by Xposure]
It's massive, with seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms, and to top it off, a heated swimming pool. Life's going on pretty good for the lads, I think. More photos of the mansion here.
Since it's TV Thursday, I'll leave you with the boys' #WantedWednesday clip from last week. I just love them and their silly antics. Enjoy!
Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series, premiered on 1 April 2011. It's currently showing on Starz and GK-TV.
The series stars Jamie Campbell Bower as King Arthur, Eva Green as Morgan, Joseph Fiennes as Merlin, Tamsin Egerton as Guinevere, Peter Mooney as Kay, Claire Forlani as Igraine, Philip Winchester as Leontes, Clive Standen as Gawain, and Chipo Chung as Vivian.
Jamie Campbell Bower as King Arthur and Tamsin Egerton as Queen Guinevere in Camelot
Eva Green as Morgan in Camelot
Recurring cast include Jesse Spencer as King Hem, James Purefoy as King Lot, Diarmaid Murtagh as Brastias, Sebastian Spence as Sir Lucan, Tyler Kennington as Albion, Jamie Downey as Ulfius, Lara Jean Chorostecki as Bridget, Daragh O'Malley as Leodegrance, Sean Pertwee as Sir Ector, and Colin Maher as the Duke of Cornwall.
Joseph Fiennes as Merlin in Camelot
Here's a promo trailer of Camelot. Love love love Eva Green! Enjoy!
Nikita is an American action drama series, based on a previous series La Femme Nikita (1997). The show premiered on 9 September 2010.
The story centers on a secret organization known as Division. Recruiting young people with a troubled background, Division erases all evidence of their past lives and molds them into efficient spies and assassins. Nikita is the first recruit to escape and promises to bring down her former employers. Having trained Nikita, Michael, a Division operative, is ordered by his boss Percy to deal with his former student. In the meantime, Division continues training recruits Thom, Jaden, and, the newest, Alex. [Source]
Cast of Nikita - Maggie Q, Shane West and Lyndsy Fonseca
Nikita stars Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca, Aaron Stanford, Ashton Holmes, Tiffany Hines, Melinda Clarke and Xander Berkeley. Recurring cast includes Devon Sawa, Noah Bean, Thad Luckinbill and Eliana Jones.
Nikita has been renewed for a second season with 22 episodes. Check out Nikita's trailer for the first season!
Friday Night Lights is an American tv series adapted from a book and movie of the same name. Combining drama and sports, Friday Night Lights currently stars Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden, Michael B. Jordan, Matt Lauria, Jurnee Smollett, Madison Burge, and Grey Damon.
The show is currently on its fifth and final season, ended on 9 February 2011. The show's fifth season will premier on NBC on 15 April 2011.
It's not too late to start watching the series from season 1, I think. Nevertheless, enjoy the season 5 promo trailer for Friday Night Lights!
Downton Abbey is a 2010 British television period drama series. The series follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants. Written by Oscar-winning writer, Julian Fellowes, the series is set in pre-WWI in England, in the early reign of King George V. Highclere Castle in Hampshire was used as Downton Abbey.
The first series was estimated to cost £1 million an hour to film, making Downton Abbey the most expensive British tv show ever produced. It is also the most successful British period drama since Brideshead Revisited, with British ratings exceeding 10 million viewers. [Source]
Downton Abbey stars Dame Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Penelope Wilton, Dan Stevens, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, and Jessica Brown-Findlay as the characters in the Crawley family. The servants of the Crawley family are played by Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Lesley Nicol, Brendan Coyle, Siobhan Finneran, Rob James-Collier, Thomas Howed, Rose Leslie, Sophie McShera, Allen Leech, Andrew Westfield, Kevin Doyle, and Christine Lohr.
Downton Abbey will return later this year for its 2nd season. I've seen the trailer, and it does look really good!
Check out the promo trailer for season 1! The trailer features the song "Every Breath You Take" by Scala & Kolacny Brothers. Beautiful!
Being Human is a British drama series, involving supernatural creatures. The series follow the life of three creatures, Mitchell the vampire, George the werewolf, and Annie the ghost, trying to live together as normal humans.
The series stars Aidan Turner as Mitchell, Lenora Crichlow as Annie, and Russell Tovey as George. The series is created by Toby Whithouse.
Aidan Turner as Mitchell the Vampire in Being Human on BBC Three, UK
Russell Tovey as George the Werewolf in Being Human on BBC Three, UK
Lenora Crichlow as Annie the Ghost in Being Human on BBC Three, UK
Being Human has received extremely favourable reviews, with Matt Roush from TV Guide calling it "frighteningly good" while Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly described it being "like Twilight, but with better writing."
Being Human premiered on BBC Three on 10 January 2010. It is currently on its third season, which started on 23 January 2011. An American/Canadian version of the series premiered on 17 January 2011 on Syfy in the US and on Space in Canada.
No Ordinary Family is an American tv series on ABC. It is a one-hour sci-fi show, with some drama and comedy. The show premiered on 28 September 2010.
The show is about the Powells family, and each family member gained special powers after getting involved in a plane crash in Brazil.
No Ordinary Family stars Michael Chiklis as Jim Powell, Julie Benz as Stephanie Powell, Kay Panabaker as Daphne Powell, and Jimmy Bennett as Jim Junior "JJ" Powell.
The Powells - (l-r) Jimmy Bennett, Julie Benz, Michael Chiklis, and Kay Panabaker
The show also stars Autumn Reeser (The O.C.), Romany Malco and Stephen Collins.
No Ordinary Family is currently showing in Malaysia on TV3, every Monday, 9.00pm. I've seen the second episode on 13 December 2010, and I love the show! It's definitely entertaining and there are lots of funny moments too.
Big Love is a drama tv series about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah, who practice polygamy. The show premiered on 12 March 2006, and has 4 seasons to date.
Big Love stars Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin, Amanda Seyfried, and Douglas Smith.
Beach Boys' God Only Knows was used as the series' theme song from season 1 to 3, and the song Home by British band called Engineers has been used for season 4.
Big Love has been renewed for a fifth season of 10 episodes, premiering on 16 January 2011. Check out the show's season 4 promo!
Modern Family is an American comedy mockumentary. The 30-minute series premiered on 23 September 2009 on ABC. It is created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd.
Modern Family stars Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, and Rico Rodriguez. Many celebrities have appeared as guest stars on Modern Family, such as Shelly Long, Edward Norton, Elizabeth Banks, Minnie Driver, Benjamin Bratt, Nathan Lane, and more.
Modern Family Cast
The show has Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series this year, beating Glee, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Nurse Jackie, and The Office.
Modern Family is currently on its second season. Check out Modern Family season 2 promos!
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior is one of CBS's latest series, which is a spin-off of the popular Criminal Minds. The new series will debut in 2011, featuring a new team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), also based in Quantico, Virginia.
Forest Whitaker and Richard Schiff
The new BAU profiling teams include Richard Schiff as FBI Director Jack Fickler, Forest Whitaker as BAU Unit Chief Sam Cooper, Matt Ryan as SSA Mick Rawson, Beau Garrett as SSA Gina LaSalle, Michael Kelly as SSA Jonathan "Prophet" Simms, and Janeane Garofalo as SSA Beth Griffith. Kirsten Vangsness will be reprising her role as Penelope Garcia, the team's technical analyst.
Matt Ryan and Michael Kelly
Beau Garrett and Janeane Garofalo
The new team has appeared on Criminal Minds season 5 episode 18, "The Fight". Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior will debut sometime in January 2011. Can't wait!
Raising Hope is an American comedy tv series. Premiered on FOX on 21 September 2010, this 30-minute series is currently at it's 6th episode of the first season.
Raising Hope is about a 23-year-old guy, who has to take care of his infant daughter, who was conceived by a one-night stand. Apparently, the baby's mother has killed her boyfriends and has been given the death sentence and executed when the baby is only six months old.
The series stars Lucas Neff as Jimmy Chance, Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance, Garret Dillahunt as Burt Chance, Shannon Woodward as Sabrina and Cloris Leachman as Maw Maw.
Raising Hope airs on Tuesdays at 9/8c on FOX. Watch the trailer!
Merlin is a British fantasy-adventure television series, premiered on 20 September 2008. The story is about the adventures of young Merlin.
Colin Morgan as Merlin and Bradley James as King Arthur
Katie McGrath as Morgana and Angel Coulby as Guinevere
The series stars Colin Morgan as Merlin, Bradley James as Prince Arthur, Katie McGrath as Morgana, Anthony Head as Uther Pendragon, Angel Coulby as Guinevere aka Gwen, Richard Wilson as Gaius, and John Hurt (the voice of Mr. Ollivander in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010) and II (2011)) as the voice of the Great Dragon, Kilgharrah.
Richard Wilson as Gaius and Anthony Head as Uther Pendragon
John Hurt as the voice of Kilgharrah the Great Dragon
The third season introduces Lord Godwyn, played by Simon Williams. We will also be seeing Morgause, played by Emilia Fox (as Lady Victoria Wotton in Dorian Gray (2009)) and Lancelot, played by Santiago Carbrera (as Isaac Mendez in Heroes). King Cenred will be played by Tom Ellis.
Santiago Cabrera as Lancelot and Emilia Fox as Morgause
Merlin season 3 has started airing on 11 September 2010 on BBC One in the UK.
Lip Service is an brand new, 6-part tv series premiering on 12 October 2010 on BBC Three. It is written by Harriet Braun, and directed by John McKay and Harry Bradbeer.
Fiona Button & Ruta Gedmintas
Laura Fraser & Romana Abercromby
Roxanne McKee & Natasha O'Keeffe
Lip Service stars Romana Abercromby, Laura Fraser (The Man in the Iron Mask, A Knight's Tale, Casanova), Ruta Gedmintas (Elizabeth Blount in The Tudors), Natasha O'Keeffe, Fiona Button (Lucy Bedford in The Palace), and Roxanne McKee (Louise Summers in Hollyoaks).
Lip Service Main Cast (Photo credit: BBC Three)
Being the UK's answer to USA's popular tv series The L Word, this lesbian tv series is said to offer scandals and mystery involving the 20-something women living in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Event is an American tv series created by Nick Wauters. Premiered on 20 September 2010 on NBC, The Event is about Sean Walker, who begins to discover the biggest cover-up in U.S. history whilst investigating the disappearance of his girlfriend, Leila.
The Event stars Jason Ritter as Sean Walker and Sarah Roemer as Leila Buchanan. It also stars Laura Innes as Sophia Maguire.
Jason Ritter & Sarah Roemer in The Event Season 1 Pilot: I Haven't Told You Everything [Source]
Other cast include Ian Anthony Dale as CIA Operative Simon Lee, Scott Patterson as Michael Buchanan, Clifton Collins, Jr. as Thomas, Taylor Cole as Vicky Roberts, Lisa Vidal as First Lady Christina Martinez, Bill Smitrovich as Vice President Raymond Jarvis, Ċ½eljko Ivanek as Director of National Intelligence Blake Sterling, and Blair Underwood as President Elias Martinez.
This new series has received some negative reviews, and most are comparing it to Lost, but I don't know. What do you reckon?
The Event airs at 9.00pm ET on Mondays on NBC. Check out the promo trailer for The Event.
I can't wait for Glee season 2! I'm a huge fan of Glee, and as I remember, every single episode of Glee season 1 managed to surprise me and left me wanting more.
Glee season 2 will premier on 21 September 2010 with the episode called Audition, followed by Britney/Brittany as the second episode. All the Glee members will return for season 2 except Dijon Talton who played Matt Rutherford, with recurring and new guest cast as well.
Glee Season 2 Main Cast
Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray
Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel
Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams Lea Michele as Rachel Berry
Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson
Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones
Mark Salling as Noah "Puck" Puckerman
Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang
Naya Rivera as Santana Lopez
Heather Morris as Brittany
Harry Shum Jr. as Mike Chang
Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester
Jayma Mays as Emma Pilsbury
Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel
Recurring Cast
Jonathan Groff as Jesse St. James
Kristin Chenoweth as April Rhodes
Idina Menzel as Shelby Corcoran
Spoiler Alert!
New characters have been added to Glee Season 2, such as Charice Pempengco as Sunshine Corazon, who will be Rachel Berry's rival. Chord Overstreet will play Sam Evans, Finn's friend and football team mate, who turns out to be his newest rival.
Carol Burnett will play Sue Sylvester's mother, and Dot Jones will appear as football coach Shannon Beiste, replacing Ken Tanaka, played by Patrick Gallagher.
Carol Burnett & Dot Jones
Cheyenne Jackson will play Vocal Adrenaline's new coach, while John Stamos will play Emma Pilsbury's love interest, Carl Howell.
Cheyenne Jackson & John Stamos
We'll also be seeing Sue Sylvester's love interest this season, which will be played by Javier Bardem. Susan Boyle will also be appearing in the Christmas episode as a cafeteria worker.
Javier Bardem & Susan Boyle
I'm excited to see guest stars that will be appearing in Glee season 2. We will be seeing Britney Spears in episode 2, Meat Loaf and Barry Bostwick in the Rocky Horror tribute episode.
Britney Spears appearing in Glee season 2
Harry Shum Jr.'s character, Mike Chang will be Tina's new boyfriend this season, and Kurt will get his first boyfriend.
I'm super excited about Glee more than any other tv series, so if you love Glee, watch the Glee Season 2 promo trailer!
