Big Brother's second nomination

Big Brother 4 contestants will be asked to nominate their housemates for eviction for the second time on Monday.

Anouska Golebiewski was the first person to be voted out of the house on Friday.

The eviction night drew 3.3 million viewers but Sunday's show fared better with 3.9 million.

Jon Tickle, who was favourite to be evicted on Friday, is also odds on to leave the house this week according to bookmaker Coral.

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LA producer seeks Iraqi writers

US film and theatre producer George Larkin is hoping to give Iraqi writers a chance to stage their work in Los Angeles.

Larkin plans to produce a theatre show including short plays about the events leading up to the war in Iraq, stories during the conflict, and the effects of the aftermath.

"I'm not looking to do a specifically pro- or anti- war play. I just want to let writers tell their stories, be they dark or light," said Larkin.

The producer hopes most of the pieces will come from writers currently living in Iraq.

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Dame Edna 'could serve Queen'

Dame Edna Everage would be an ideal choice to serve as the Queen's representative in Australia, her creator Barry Humphries says.

Humphries is in Australia for a tour, and he says his flamboyant alter ego would be the idea choice to replace scandal-hit Peter Hollingworth, who quit as governor-general this week.

"She's the perfect choice. A friend of the queen, admired by the royal family, yet an avid republican!," he said.

Humphries, 69, appeared for the press outside the governor-general's residence dressed as his other alter-ego, drooling ex-diplomat Sir Les Patterson - but was turned away by security staff.

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Watchdog criticises seance shows

A TV watchdog has deemed two shows which claimed to show its presenters contacting the dead breached guidelines because they were not labelled as entertainment.

Living TV was criticised by the Independent Television Commission for seance shows Crossing Over and 6ixth Sense.

Both shows feature guest mediums who claim to contact the spirit world and pass on messages to the studio audience.

But the channel will be able to continue to screen both series as long as viewers are warned before and after of their pure entertainment value.

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Dr Kildare comes out

Actor Richard Chamberlain, who played the title role in 1960s TV series Dr Kildare, has revealed he is gay.

Chamberlain, 69, told United States TV network NBC that being homosexual was socially unacceptable when he was growing up, but it was now the right time to tell the world.

"I disliked and feared this part of myself intensely and had to hide it and became 'Perfect Richard, All American Boy' as a place to hide," he said.

"I'm not a romantic leading man any more so I don't need to nurture that public image."