Big Brother braces again

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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Banzai heads to US

Cult TV series Banzai has been picked up by US television network Fox and will be broadcast in a prime time slot in the States from next month.

The Channel 4 spoof betting show will make its debut on 13 July.

The series will be the same as the British version apart from during the Mr Shakehands Man slot, when a fake reporter shakes hands with stars to see how long it takes them to pull away.

The American version will use US celebrities such as Frasier's Kelsey Grammer because UK participants including Chris Tarrant, Donna Air and singer Louise are unknown to the US audience.

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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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