Nicola McLean: 'It would be amazing to make Celeb Big Brother final'

Nicola McLean: 'It would be amazing to make Celeb Big Brother final'

Nicola McLean has revealed that she would not mind reaching the final of Celebrity Big Brother.

The 30-year-old glamour model has had an emotional week, telling her fellow housemates that she is missing footballer husband Tom Williams.

She claimed: "I'm not saying I wouldn't like to get to the end, but I've never thought it would be possible for me to do that.

"So that's never been in my mind. I've always felt like I'd be first out. That's me, that's the way I think."

However, she admitted: "If I could make the final, that would be amazing, but I really [feel ready to leave]."

McLean, who broke down earlier after receiving a letter from Williams, continued: "Tom gives me a lot of reassurance and a lot of confidence I don't have naturally. I look to him for a lot in all different ways."

To a shocked Gareth Thomas and Denise Welch, McLean added: "I like approval from people, and when I go in the bath and he hasn't texted me in ten minutes, I get pissed off.

"I just want him to text me telling me how much he loves me and stuff. I'm really demanding - is that really weird?"

McLean will have to survive tonight's double eviction to make it into the final week.

George Lamb's 'Bank Job' renewed for second run, to return in February

George Lamb's 'Bank Job' renewed for second run, to return in February

Channel 4 has recommissioned The Bank Job for a second run.

The George Lamb gameshow will return in February, having already aired six episodes in early January.

The format, a cross between Deal or No Deal and Take It or Leave It, sees two contestants battle it out to win money inside giant vaults.

Justin Gorman, head of entertainment at Channel 4, confirmed in a statement: "The Bank Job is a brand new kind of game show and we're very excited to be bringing it back for a second run, once again combining online and TV for a truly gripping programme."

The Bank Job's online game has been played over 4.6 million times to date.

However, the programme fell below 1 million viewers when shown on Channel 4 between January 2 and January 7.

'The Big C' to return in April, Victor Garber to guest star

'The Big C' to return in April, Victor Garber to guest star

Victor Garber will guest star in the new season of The Big C, it has been revealed.

The Emmy award-winning actor, known for appearing in James Cameron blockbuster Titanic, will play a man who causes trouble for Sean (John Benjamin Hickey) when an accidental phone call leads to a harassing situation.

Although it is not yet known whether Garber will appear in more than one episode, previous guest actors Hugh Dancy and Parker Posey took on multi-episode arcs in season two.

The Laura Linney sitcom, a comedy-drama centring around terminal cancer sufferer Cathy, will return for its third season on Sunday, April 8.

Cable network Showtime renewed the original series following continuing popularity for the show.

Meanwhile, More4 is currently screening its second season in the UK every Thursday night at 10pm.

Lead actress Linney recently claimed that The Big C, Showtime's highest-rated scripted show in nearly a decade, would not have been made five years ago.

Celebrity Big Brother's Gareth Thomas set pep talk task to win letter

Celebrity Big Brother's Gareth Thomas set pep talk task to win letter

Gareth Thomas has been handed a secret mission from Big Brother.

The Welsh rugby star has been challenged to spout sporting clichés to motivate tonight's nominated housemates.

Included are phrases such as, 'Put your game face on', 'It's a game of two halves', 'You're in a league of your own' and 'You think it's all over, it could be tonight'.

If he manages to use all 13 clichés, Big Brother will hand over another copy of his letter from home, which was shredded earlier by Nicola McLean.

For tonight's eviction, Thomas is the only contestant who was not nominated, following a shock twist from Big Brother.

The 37-year-old is currently the bookmakers' favourite to win the reality show, which concludes next Thursday.

Joshua Jackson: 'Fringe axe would bum me out'

Joshua Jackson: 'Fringe axe would bum me out'

Fringe star Joshua Jackson has expressed his hopes for the show's future.

Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly recently revealed that the sci-fi drama is losing money for Fox on Friday nights.

Jackson told IGN: "I think Kevin was being pretty honest. If we're not making them money on Friday then that show is going to get cancelled. Whether it's Fringe or American Idol, when it stops making money, you know, it's show business."

He continued: "Whether [the show ends] this year, whether we get a half-season next year, whether we get a whole season next year, whether we run for ten more years, at the end of the day... what will be important is not how long it runs but if the whole story finishes. So I'm more concerned about the finish than anything else."

Jackson previously insisted that Fringe deserves a real ending, calling on Fox to give the show's writing team enough time to reach a suitable conclusion.

"I just want to take Kevin Reilly's word that if they are going to end it this year, that they give the guys enough of a heads-up [to] get that whole endgame out," he reiterated.

"Because at this point, the most important thing to me - and this is so maudlin - but the most important thing to me about Fringe is that it finishes properly. Because you can't bring people along a journey like that for all those years and then just cut it off. It sucks."

He concluded: "That would really bum me out at the end of what's been a pretty cool experience, to not have the finish."

Fringe continues on Fridays at 9/8c on Fox. Sky1 airs the show in the UK.

SOPA, PIPA votes postponed: Congress halts controversial piracy acts

SOPA, PIPA votes postponed: Congress halts controversial piracy acts

The US Congress has officially postponed the votes on two controversial anti-piracy bills, the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delayed Tuesday's scheduled vote on PIPA "in light of recent events", after which House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith announced that his panel would not consider SOPA until there is wider agreement on the legislation.

The two acts aim to help service providers tackle websites deemed to be in violation of copyright infringement, although critics argue that they could have devastating repercussions for legitimate websites if passed.

Earlier this week, Wikipedia went down for 24 hours in protest at the proposed legislation. The site's founder Jimmy Wales later celebrated the impact of the blackout, claiming that at least 162 million people saw its message calling for the protection of a free and open internet.

Following Wikipedia's action, a number of Senators withdrew their support for the bill, while more than 4.5 million people signed a Google petition, which claimed the acts would endanger net neutrality and put a burden on legitimate sites.

Explaining his decision today, Smith noted: "I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy.

"It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products."

Reid said on Twitter: "In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday's vote on the PROTECT IP Act."

However, he added: "There's no reason that legitimate issues raised about PROTECT IP can't be resolved. Counterfeiting & piracy cost 1000s of #jobs yearly. Americans rightfully expect to be fairly compensated 4 their work. I'm optimistic that we can reach compromise on PROTECT IP in coming weeks."

Barack Obama's administration had previously declared that the bills would not be passed in their current state, as the government would not support any anti-piracy legislation that facilitates online censorship.

Under current US law, only the creators of copyright-infringing material can be sued by the copyright owners, but SOPA proposes extending the powers to any websites that carry the material.

It could ultimately mean that anyone using a website or online forum who posted material infringing copyright would potentially make the site owners liable for a lawsuit, resulting in costly legal proceedings.

Universal, Warner Bros, Viacom, ESPN, ABC, Major League Baseball and the National Football League are among SOPA's key supporters, while Marvel Entertainment and its parent company Disney are also in favour.

Facebook, Google, AOL, Yahoo, Twitter and eBay are among the opposition.

'Mythbusters' Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage on new Discovery show

'Mythbusters' Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage on new Discovery show

Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, the hosts/executive producers of the Discovery Channel's Emmy-nominated show "Mythbusters" will be part of a new show called "Unchained Reaction," according to Deadline.

The two will serve as judges on the series, which has two teams of varying backgrounds like artists, rocket scientists, animatronic specialists, engineers and regular people, against each other to build an elaborate chain reaction machine. The teams are given five days to complete a series of mechanisms based on a specific theme. According to the network, "refined mechanical movements, pyrotechnics and large-scale destruction are encouraged." At the end of the the five days, Savage and Hyneman, along with a new judge every week, will pick a winner.

"Unchained Reaction" will premiere in March, with Savage and Hyneman executive producing. "We wanted to craft a show that puts the process of problem solving and ingenuity front and center, and we've done exactly that with "Unchained Reaction," Savage said. Hyneman added, "The innovative solutions and boundless energy demonstrated by the contestants surprised us every single time."