Piers Morgan - Piers Morgan Signs Two-year Contract With Itv

Piers Morgan has agreed an exclusive two-year deal with ITV, the channel has revealed.

The former editor of the Daily Mirror newspaper can currently be seen on the judging panel of ITV1's Britain's Got Talent and will return for a third season, it has been confirmed.

Having presented Sandbanks, a three-part documentary series about the exclusive south coast resort which attracted 3.1 million viewers, Morgan will front three more documentaries for ITV in 2009.

And having presented late-night interview show You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous for the BBC, Morgan's journalistic skills will be put to use in a new entertainment talk show from ITV productions.

He is also contracted for a number of one-off specials throughout the next two years.

Peter Fincham, ITV's Director of Television called Morgan "one of the most sought-after and popular entertainment personalities on British television".

"I'm delighted that we have been able to secure an exclusive partnership with him on ITV."

Morgan himself said he was "delighted to be joining ITV at such an exciting time of change and evolution for the network".

He added: "[I] look forward to making some innovative new entertainment programmes over the next few years."


30/05/2008 10:06:18

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Artist: Hyper Frequencies

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Electronic
   

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 Red Crystal Moon

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 9

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Usher's father dies

R&B star Usher's father, Usher Raymond III, passed away at an Atlanta hospital on Friday, according to reports.
People.com say the cause of death was not immediately known and that Usher was unavailable for comment.
The funeral will take place this week at the Taylor funeral home chapel in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Usher and his wife Tameka recently celebrated the birth of their son, Usher Ramond V.

Sarah Michelle Gellar is Still Alice

Despite recent rumours that Sarah Michelle Gellar has been dumped in favour of 'Lost's' Maggie Grace (Kate), the former Buffy star insists she's still the front runner to play Alice in the movie adaptation of American McGee's computer game.
Talking to America's Radio Free, Gellar said: "It's a passion project of mine. It's a story that I'd love to see. I'm fearful at this rate that I'm going to be the Queen of Hearts because I'm going to be too old to be Alice."
That being the case Dakota Fanning may well be in line to play the part in a more family friendly version of the film.
Sarah Michelle added that 'Alice' "...is something I'd really like to see done. And unfortunately, it was the victim of regime change in the studio. And I'm not getting out. And contrary to what you may have read, it's still my project."
Given the writer's strike, there's no news yet on when the film will go into production.

Beatles to travel 'Across the Universe'

The Beatles' classic 'Across the Universe' is to become the first ever song to be beamed directly into space next week, NASA has confirmed.
Paul McCartney said it was an "amazing" achievement and John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono called it the "beginning of a new age".
The transmission of the song over the space agency's Deep Space Network on Monday will mark the 40th anniversary of the day the band recorded the song.
The song will be aimed at the North Star, Polaris, 431 light years away from Earth, and it will travel across the universe at a speed of 186,000 miles per second.
In a message to the space agency, McCartney said: "Amazing! Well done, NASA! Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul."
Yoko Ono added: "I see that this as the beginning of the new age in which we will communicate with billions of planets across the universe."
Fans have been invited to participate in the event by playing the song around the world at midnight GMT on Monday night - the same time it will be transmitted by NASA.
The event will also mark 50 years of NASA, 45 years of the Deep Space Network and 50 years since the founding of Explorer 1, the first US satellite.
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Jagger assassination plot revealed

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger survived an assassination attempt because a boat carrying his would-be killers was caught in a storm, according to a new documentary.
'The FBI at 100', a new BBC Radio 4 documentary, has revealed that members of the Hells Angels gang planned to assassinate Jagger nearly 40 years ago.
Tom Mangold, who presents the series, told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper that Jagger fell out with the Hells Angels after a member of the gang killed a fan during the band's infamous free concert at Altamont in 1969.
During the concert, for which the group had hired the local chapter to provide security, the gang terrorised the crowd and were reportedly offended by Jagger's effeminate dancing.
Later 18-year-old fan Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death in front of the stage. A Hells Angel was tried for Hunter's murder but claimed self-defence and was acquitted.
According to the documentary, the Hells Angels felt they had been duped by Jagger as fingers were pointed in the aftermath of the concert.
Former special agent Mark Young said in the documentary that a boatload of Hells Angels set out to take revenge on Jagger at his holiday home in the Hamptons, near New York City about 40 years ago.
Presenter Mangold told the Sunday Telegraph: "The Hells Angels were so angered by Jagger's treatment of them that they decided to kill him."
"They planned the attack from the sea so they could enter his property from the garden and avoid security at the front."
"The boat was hit by a storm and all of the men were thrown overboard. All survived and there was not said to have been any further attempt on Jagger's life."