'Misfits' leads nominations for BAFTA TV Awards

Misfits leads the nominations for this year's BAFTA Television Awards, being named in four catgeories. The E4 drama, about ASBO superheroes, has gained huge acclaim. Now it has been recognised by the British Academy establishment. It is nominated in the Best Drama Series and New Media categories.

Meanwhile, its stars Robert Sheehan and Lauren Socha are nominated in categories for Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, reports BBC News.

Close behind is BBC One's Sherlock, which is nominated for Best Drama, with both of its stars, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman up for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. Cumberbatch finds himself up against Doctor Who star Matt Smith. Both shows are written and produced by Steven Moffat.

Meanwhile, supernatural hit Being Human finds itself nominated for Best Drama, with the rest of the nominations in that category going to Downton Abbey and Any Human Heart.

Also getting three nominations are Any Human Heart and BBC Four's historical drama The Road To Coronation Street. In the International category, Glee finds itself pitted against Martin Scorcese's breakout hit Boardwalk Empire.

The Philips British Academy Television Awards take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Sunday, May 22. The awards will be broadcast on BBC One on the same evening.

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Miley Cyrus 'stalker' arrested after breaking into wrong house - Tabloid Hell

A man suspected of stalking Miley Cyrus has been arrested after he tried to break into the pop star's house - but got the wrong address.

Musa Danasabe Ibrahim was arrested by officers for the Los Angeles Police after 4.15am (CPT). He was found in the garden of the house next door to where Cyrus lives.

According to X17online.com a spokesperson for the force said: "Ibrahim was trying to make entry into Miley Cyrus' house, but he got the houses mixed up."

They added: "When we arrived on scene we found him in her neighbour's yard. He was arrested for trespassing."

Ibrahim's bail has been set at $5,000 (£3,110).

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Liam Gallagher in Jose Mourinho jibe at Beady Eye show - Tabloid Hell

Liam Gallagher's in the papers once more today (March 21) - now for having a dig at Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho during a Beady Eye gig in the Spanish capital.

The band are currently in the middle of their first European tour, with the singer getting the crowd gee-ed up on Friday (March 18) at the show.

According to The Sun he told the crowd: "There's only one boss in this town, and if Jose’s here I'll have him."

The crowd didn't take the bait, though, with many happily chanting "Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole!" back at him.

The tabloid also points out that Liam may not have felt so cheery after his own favourite team, Manchester City, got beaten 2-0 by Chelsea yesterday (March 20)...

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Duran Duran: 'Our Timbaland album was a fucking nightmare'

Duran Duran have said that the making of their 2007 album 'Red Carpet Massacre' - produced largely by Timbaland - was a "fucking nightmare".

The band told The Quietus that the pairing was their record company's idea.

Guitarist John Taylor said: "That whole project was a fucking nightmare. We delivered an album to Sony that was a natural-sounding, almost rock album and they were like, 'We need something a bit pop, do you fancy doing a couple of track with Timbaland?'"

He added: "Around the same time we fell out with Andy [Taylor, the band's former guitarist] so the Timbaland stuff sounded hugely different from what we'd done before."

Keyboardist Nick Rhodes admitted that there was a communication breakdown between the two parties.

"When Timbaland saw the guitar and the bass and the drums come in to the studio, I think he was mortified because everything’s in a box for those guys," he said. "But I'm really glad we made that album, because in time I think it will stand up."

The band recently released their new Mark Ronson-produced new album 'All You Need Is Now'.

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Warpaint, Wire, Clinic for Stag & Dagger festival – ticket details

Warpaint, Wire and Clinic are among the acts confirmed to play this year's Stag & Dagger festival.

The festival takes place across six London venues on May 19 and then on May 21 in Glasgow.

Wire, Toro Y Moi and New Young Pony Club have been confirmed to play the London leg, with more acts to be announced in the coming weeks.

Warpaint, Sons & Daughters, Clinic and Three Trapped Tigers will play the Glasgow leg.

See Staganddagger.com for more details.

The London line-up so far is:

Wire
Toro Y Moi
James Yuill
New Young Pony Club

The Glasgow line-up so far is:

Sons And Daughters
Warpaint
Broken Records
Admiral Fallow
Toro Y Moi
Rachel Sermanni
Clinic
Bo Ningen
Three Trapped Tigers
Desalvo
Kurt Vile
Tribes
The Cave Singers
Numbers

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Radiohead's Tokyo new album broadcast cancelled

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Radiohead's Tokyo new album broadcast has been cancelled due to security fears.

NME understands that frontman Thom Yorke had been set to announce their new 'The King Of Limbs' record with a broadcast on Hachiko Square in Shibuya at 6:59pm (JST), which will be 9:59am UK time.

However, due to security concerns the broadcast has now been canned, reports Time Out Tokyo.

Despite the cancellation many Radiohead fans have turned up to the location expecting some kind of appearance.

Instead it is set to be shown at Thekingoflimbs.jp website at the same time. It will be be region locked so will only be available to Japanese users. It is expected to be made available worldwide at 2pm UK time.

The new album is scheduled to be released tomorrow (19). It is tipped to feature eight songs, although the band have said that they will not release tracklisting details ahead of its release.

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