Lacey Banghard evicted from Celebrity Big Brother

Lacey Banghard has become the third person to be evicted from Celebrity Big Brother.

The glamour model left the house after receiving the fewest votes from the public.

Steps singer Claire Richards, The Hills couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt and X Factor star Rylan Clark survived the eviction.

Lacey left the house to a mainly positive reaction after the crowd spent most of the evening chanting for Speidi to leave.

She recently clashed with Heidi after stripping naked in front of her to shower.

Former Coronation Street actor Sam Robertson and model Paula Hamilton were the first two housemates to be evicted from Celebrity Big Brother.

Notre Dame Official: Player Snared in 'Catfish' Scam

Manti Te’o’s relationship with a young woman -– revealed to be part of a hoax -- resembles elements of the 2010 documentary and MTV series.

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said football star Manti Te’o has been the victim of an online hoax similar to that perpetrated in the 2010 film Catfish and the MTV series of the same name.

Te’o’s relationship with a 22-year-old woman, who died of cancer last year, was revealed Wednesday to be a hoax. First reported by Deadspin, it was unclear if the celebrated linebacker was a participant in the hoax, which played out in the pages of Sports Illustrated and on national news broadcasts. Swarbrick insisted the football player was an unwitting victim of a cruel hoax.

“I would refer all of you to the documentary called Catfish and the MTV show that is a derivative of that documentary,” Swarbrick said during a press conference Wednesday.
Catfish, from directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, centers on a young man who is tricked into falling for a fictitious young woman on Facebook.

Swarbrick described Te'o relationship as a textbook Catfish, “a scam" involving a new relationship online, a subsequent trauma (such as a car accident) and then a death. He said Te’o became ensnared in an ever-enlarging drama that involved a growing cast of characters, including friends and family members of the girlfriend.

“The pain was real. The grief was real. The affection was real. That’s the nature of this sad, cruel game,” Swarbrick said.

Te’o’s girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, was said to be injured in a car accident about six months prior to her death and was hospital-ridden in a coma for some time. She recovered, but then died Sept. 11, hours after his grandmother. The same day, Te’o lead the Fighting Irish to an upset victory over Michigan State – his inspiring story making national headlines.

But in December, Te’o received a phone call from his dead girlfriend’s phone number – with the woman’s voice he recognized as Kekua’s on the other line. Swarbrick said she tried to re-establish the relationship, making an excuse for why she'd faked her death.

On Dec. 26, the football star told his team’s coaches about the situation, and the university hired a private investigating firm to look into the case. The firm presented its findings to Te’o and his family Jan. 4, and the family planned to go public with the story next week, Swarbrick said.

According to Deadspin, a woman who was accused online of portraying Kekua’s sister on Twitter had once contacted Nev Schulman, star of Catfish and executive producer of the MTV show.
Swarbrick said it was unclear how many individuals were involved in the hoax, because people may have have been playing multiple parts. He told reporters there was never a face-to-face meeting between Te’o and his girlfriend.

“As part of the hoax, several meetings were set up where Lennay never showed,” he said. “It goes to the sophistication of this. There were all these sort of independent pieces that reinforce parts of the story all the way through."
Prior to the press conference, Te'o released a statement.

“To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating," he wrote.

'Homeland' to "reset" for third season, says exec Howard Gordon

Homeland will undergo a "reset" for its third season, exec Howard Gordon has revealed.

The Showtime drama's writing team are currently working on new episodes, producer Gordon confirmed to Entertainment Weekly.

"It is a little bit of a reset," he said of the new season. "But it is really promising at the same time."

Gordon explained that he is keen to introduce new characters and plot points in season three, citing the character of Quinn (Rupert Friend) as a successful addition to Homeland's second run.

"Quinn is an amazing character that had a really slow ramp-up but a strong, amazing finish," he suggested.

Homeland exec Alex Gansa recently claimed that season three will likely be "smaller" in scale, comparing future episodes to the work of spy author John le Carré.

Showtime's President of Entertainment David Nevins has defended the show's divisive second season, claiming that he "really liked" the latest run.

'Glee': Romance for Finn, a Valentine's Wedding, Sam and Brittany Backlash and More Teasers

During a Q&A with critics to help close out the Television Critics Association's winter press tour, the cast and EP confirmed the Valentine's Day wedding, defended new couple Brittany and Sam and teased that the Class of 2013 could follow in the footsteps of some of their former classmates. Here are 11 teasers from the cast:

1. Setting examples: Darren Criss still wants Blaine and Kurt to wind up together, despite the recent addition of Kurt's new love interest, Oliver, in the Jan. 24 return episode. "The fact that they've been working hard to stay in each other's lives is a good thing to show, but of course I want to see them together in the end!" he told reporters Wednesday during the set visit. Criss added that showing the former duo's friendship and acknowledging that they're still in each other's lives is "a good example to set."

2. Wedding bells: Exec producer Di Loreto confirmed Wednesday what THR reported in October: The Valentine's Day episode will feature a wedding. "It's fair to say that there is romance in the air. There is a wedding in the air, and what is exciting about the show is there's certain things about the show that are undeniable. … There are also some things that are going to shock the heck out of you. That's a the really fun part and that's what's coming down the pike."

3. Class of 2013: Brittany, Tina, Artie and Blaine are among the seniors who will be marching toward graduation this season, with Di Loreto expressing confidence in the Fox musical's ability to capture its characters' evolution. He teased that New York could be in the cards for some of the Class of 2013. "I wouldn't be surprised if you find a few other castmembers in New York," he told reporters. "That story is yet to reveal itself, but it seems like one of those natural conclusions. They're all going in different places, just like we all do in high school, and hopefully those are stories that we can blossom."

4. Finn's future: Finn discovered his passion and gift for teaching (despite New Directions' recent loss), but Di Loreto said it was important to show the journey of someone besides McKinley's students. "Revealing what the challenge is of being a teacher was really important to [Finn's] storyline," he said. "Romance is going to play a part in his future, too, and where that takes us has yet to be determined." Criss, meanwhile, said as of the Valentine's Day episode, Finn is "still going strong" at the helm of New Directions. "It's cool seeing him thrive and inspire," he told THR

5. Milestones and touring, oh my! After taking a year off, Di Loreto said the cast is open to touring again. "We had an amazing time during the last tour, and we'd all love the opportunity to do it again; it's really about finding time to fit it into our lives," he said. "There's a milestone coming up that you're all going to hear about very soon." Color us interested.

6. Minefield! Asked about Santana and Brittany's relationship, Heather Morris called the subject a "minefield." "It's like we were just best friends," she said of the former couple's romantic relationship. "I don't think they were great for each other even though they're best friends. Sam gives her more room to just be herself, and that's a lot of fun." Morris also said Sam allows the ditzy Cheerio more room to really be "weird." As for hope for the former lesbian couple, Morris told THR: "They're friends, but they won't get back together, I don't think." Sad face.

7. Life after McKinley: Morris has hilarious plans for Brittany following her graduation -- that is if the second-year senior graduates. "I want my character to go to jail," she said to laughter. "There should be an episode where she raises her hand to go to the bathroom and never shows back up. Then you show her later and she's in jail." Hope her cellmate is equally amusing!

8. Backlash: Chord Overstreet says he understands the backlash to Sam's romantic pairing with Brittany. "People care about a lot of things because it speaks to them, and I feel like that kind of relationship a lot of people are invested in, so they hate to see it go away," he told THR of Brittany and Santana's split. "But I also think there has to be a little separation to have that kind of tension to, 'Are they going to get back together, or are they not?' It adds the drama you need. I don't know who's going to end up together, but I think Sam and Brittany is funny because it gives a bit of comic relief. At the same time, the story she has with Santana is super sweet. I don't think the fans should be as upset -- they should be more excited for what's to come for both scenarios."

9. "Tough" times: As for how Santana will take the news that her bisexual ex-girlfriend has not only moved on with a guy but with someone she knows: "The first person you really love sticks with you the most, so I think it's going to be tough for her," he told THR.

10. Back in business: New Directions lost its choir room in the winter finale, but Criss teased that their eviction won't last long. "There was some foul play going on with the Warblers, so that might have something to do with how they come back," he said, adding there's a great potential for growth in defeat. "I like the idea of these guys when they lose: Who are they, and what does a glee club do when they can't perform? What's really the story -- the glee club or the people in the glee club? It's cool to focus on what that's going to do for them, but they will continue to perform."

11. As for Blaine's new connection with Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) Criss said their friendship "takes an interesting turn." "Blaine and Tina take a new step in their relationship -- for better or worse."

Matthew Macfadyen defends 'Ripper Street': 'It's colourful and grimy'

Matthew Macfadyen has defended BBC One's new drama Ripper Street.

The period crime drama drew viewer complaints for its violence and sexual content, but Macfadyen - who plays Detective Inspector Edmund Reid - told The Sun that "going back to seedy Whitechapel" is part of the show's appeal.

"People are fascinated by Victorian attitudes towards sex and society," the actor suggested. "And back then in the East End there was enormous poverty.

"Actually, it was the Ripper murders that brought to light the dire poverty in the East End. They showed them up to a greater audience."

The former Spooks star went on to praise the scripts for Ripper Street, calling the series "bombastic, big and colourful, and grimy as well".

"Ripper Street is a very original thing, really - there's lots of stuff in there," he said.

Ripper Street continues this Sunday at 9pm on BBC One.

Ending 'The Office': No Steve Carell, and Someone's Getting Fired

"The Office" is likely to close without a return appearance by Steve Carell's Michael Scott, creator Greg Daniels says. But Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak are expected back for the end of the show, and the final episodes will include someone in the Dunder Mifflin office getting fired.

"Steve is very much of the opinion that the 'goodbye Michael' episode and the story arc that we did leading up to it was his goodbye to the fans and to the show, and that the stuff we're doing this season is the goodbye that the rest of the show gets to have," Daniels said at a Television Critics Association panel on Wednesday.

"So at the moment we don't have any plans for him to come back," Daniels added. "There's still a lot of good things that we have planned for the rest of the goodbyes."

Not all of those goodbyes will take place in the two-part finale of the show. Daniels said the series will resolve with a story involving the documentary crew that has been chronicling life at a typical Scranton, Pa., office for the last nine seasons.

"If you look at how many characters there are here, and you think that it'll be our 200th half hour when we do the finale, I don't think we're planning on packing everything into the last episode. I would encourage people, if you are waiting for the end of "The Office" to re-tune in, I would start doing it right away," Daniels said.

Daniels adapted "The Office" from the U.K. series of the same name, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. He said the British series was ripe for adaptation because it felt like a toy that "still had some play in it" when it ended after just two short seasons and a Christmas special.

Now he is putting the toy away.

"There's an episode tomorrow night that is very good, and then the one after that is really what I would say is the beginning of the end, where we start to break down what's going on with this documentary and see behind the scenes and who's involved," he said.

Daniels said eighteen of the show's final 24 episodes are written. In the fifteenth episode, he said, someone will be fired. He declined to say whether the person being fired is a longtime cast member or a new one.

"Someone is fired. I will hint at that," he said. "There's drama and someone has to get fired."

The firing episode is expected to air Feb. 14.

Daniels declined to give any hints about how the series could end, but told TheWrap his favorite TV show ending is the conclusion of "Newhart."

"Newhart" famously ended with Bob Newhart's character from his previous series, "The Bob Newhart Show," waking up with his wife from that series, played by Suzanne Pleshette, and saying he had a strange dream. It turns out he has dreamed the events of "Newhart."

So... no chance "The Office" will end with Carell waking up from a dream?

"No, it's been done," he said. "You've got to figure out another thing."

'Britain's Got Talent' Pudsey to dance 'Gangnam Style' at NTAs

Britain's Got Talent champion Pudsey the dog will perform a special 'Gangnam Style' routine at next week's National TV Awards.

The reality TV canine, who has travelled on Simon Cowell's private jet and done the conga with Kim Kardashian since winning the talent show last year, will take to the stage at the O2 to perform Psy's world famous dance craze.

It was previously reported that NTAs host Dermot O'Leary will perform a routine with Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcey Bussell at the awards show.

Britain's Got Talent, The X Factor and Dancing on Ice will battle against the BBC's The Voice and Strictly for gongs at the ceremony.

Fans can still vote for their favourite shortlisted shows on the NTAs website.

The National Television Awards, celebrating their 18th year, take place on Wednesday, January 23 and air live on ITV.