The Only Way is Essex to rival Eastenders and Corrie?

 The rumours that the Only Way is Essex may become a weekly soap has got me all excited.

The cast of TOWIE collecting their BAFTA.

Bosses at ITV2 are reportedly considering upping the reality programme's status from a 12-episode series to a soap opera with a weekly slot, following news that TOWIE is one of the broadcasters' most watched shows. What a surprise?

Who could say no to more TOWIE relationship dramas between Lauren and Mark and Arg and Lydia, Nanny Pat's sausage plaits, along with seeing our fave Essex girls and boys-Amy, Sam, Lucy and the one and only Ream boy Joey. What with Kirk and Lauren's recent break-up, along with Sam giving Joey the push, and the cast's trip to Marbs, there would be plenty of material.

Soap Spoiler!! Coronation Street (30 July-5 August)

A suspicious phone call leads Gail to discover that Kylie is planning to put Max up for adoption which leaves David furious.

Meanwhile, when a water main bursts in Marc's house, Audrey invites him to move in with her. She also considers handing over control of the salon to David and Kylie so she can spend more time with Marc.

Nick offers Becky a job waitressing at the bistro, while Steve desperately tries to track down Tracy. But Becky then causes a stir when she arrives at Gail's breakfast table having spent the night with Nick, and Steve decides that two can play at that game.

Also on the street, Dev imposes a curfew on Amber after she spends the night our clubbing with Tommy, but she has some shocking news for her father. So Dev decides to move Amber into the flat above the shop, evicting Tina, who moves in with Tyrone and Tommy, but he gets caught out when he agrees to have dinner with Amber and Tina.

 Chris is left feeling awkward by Cheryl and Maria's increasing closeness. Maria thinks Chris is behaving strangely but can't quite put her finger on what is bothering him.

Bad travelling Brits on Holiday Hijack

I’ve never been able to understand Brits that go aboard and fail to venture outside their hotel. But, that’s exactly what the group on last night’s holiday hijack do. The three girls and a boy in their twenties are spoilt, work-shy and used to being waited on hand and foot in five star plus hotels.

Thank God then that they got their comeuppance and were made to swap their luxurious hotel for a West African family’s mud hut with no bathroom, only a toilet with no loo paper.

The group’s moaning continued through the five days of their stay i9n the village with single mum Bella and her family, as they were put to work. The best moment came when 20-year-old Daniel had a hissy fit and refused to stand in the sea or carry a bucket of fish on his head for fear of getting his shoes or hair dirty. However, he eventually gave in and agreed to wear someone else’s shoes, what a sport?!

Despite leading an awful example and giving us Brits a bad name, the group did turn it around, but not before dashing to a cash point on a local night out with Bella, drinking alcohol in front of the Muslim family and turning their noses up at the families accommodation, luxury in the small village within Gambia.

Of course, in true reality documentary style, the group began to embrace Bella’s culture and way of living, as the message hit home about the value of money. Clean freak Daniel even agreed to par-take in rolling in the mud on a trip to the Gambia ‘spa’ and jump in the river to clean himself. Shame really as I enjoyed watching the group squirm.

Although I can’t help but wonder whether their pledge to step outside their hotel while on holiday and discover the country is too far fetched? Will their memories of selling jewellery, de-scaling fish and hand-washing hotel laundry become a blur within their life of luxury?

One for Twlight fans-Breaking Dawn

With another three months or so until the next installment of the Twilight series comes to the silver screens, here's a fix for Twilight fans to keep you going.

Soap Spoiler!! Coronation Street

Gary is reaching the end of his tether and nastily locks Izzy's wheelchair, which he has picked up from the repair shop, in his van and doesn't tell her he has it. Then he finds Anna in his flat and discovers that she has told Izzy about his attack on Sean. Doctor Carter recommends that Gary get physchological help, but will he take it?



Meanwhile, Tracy overhears the Croppers talking about a card they have received from Becky and is quick to interrogate Slyvia for more information, before revelling in telling Steve Becky has met a new man on her holiday. The return of  a sun-kissed Becky sends Steve straight into the arms of Tracy, but how will he react when he finds out there is no new man? Also in the Barlow household, Ken's friends rally round in an attempt to shake him out of his dark mood in the wake of the James debacle.

Elsewhere, Julie thinks she may have blown it with Brian when she turns up at the reading group with Dylan, and Mark asks Audrey to accompany him to a LGBT event at which he is to speak as Marcia.

Tom wins The Apprentice

The dark horse of the competition, inventor Tom Pellereau was hired on last night’s final of The Apprentice.

Tom won a £250,000 fund to be invested into his own business, partnering with Lord Sugar, who made his decision based on the contestants’ business plans and feedback from four professionals, Margaret Mountford (lawyer and businesswoman), Matthew Riley (Yong Entrepenuer of the year 2007), Mike Suiter (owner of Shortlist Media) and Claude Littner (British business exec), who interviewed the candidates.

Lord Sugar was most taken with Tom’s business plan, an idea to sell a special chair to prevent back pain in the workforce, a big problem he said, and a service to check if people’s chairs cause them pain.

‘Maybe there is a thing about the chair, but you are me are wasting time talking to employees. The chair might work’, said Lord Sugar.

He continued to tell Tom that in his businesses, employee absenteeism is not down to back pain, and he could argue that by putting alcohol rub on people’s desk it would stop them catching the flu.

However, Sugar was more impressed with the fact the inventor had, in the past, designed a product, a curved nail file, which is now stocked in UK and US supermarkets.

‘Tom let me in on your secret’, he said. ‘How did you get into Walmart?'

‘I found out who the buyer was and created a beautiful parcel that I asked the receptionist to deliver to her. The buyer gave me half an hour and agreed to place an order’, replied Tom.

‘I didn’t know you had it in you’, said a shocked Sugar.

Runner up was Helen Louise Milligan, the favourite to win.

Lord Sugar said he was disappointed with her business plan, a concierge service for busy families and asked why she didn’t stick to what she knew, the bakery business.

‘Helen you need to have experience in the field. Concierge service is nothing to do with the business you’ve been in. Where was your head on this one?’

She told him that she had had two ideas, but obviously chose the wrong one, before putting in a last ditch attempt which back-fired, to outline her other plan to open a bespoke bakery.

Sugar implied that if it was a job he was offering, she would have won hands down.

In third place was Susan Ma. Her business idea was to sell organic beauty products worldwide, but her plan was majorly flawed, estimating a £4.5 turnover in her first year.

‘Do you know how much L’oreal and Lancome spend on getting people to by their products in shops? My money would be gone straight-away. I know about this business. You haven’t got a hope in hell’, said Lord Sugar.

‘Whilst it has always been my intention to go into the cosmetics industry, this time it’s not for me. I’m afraid to say you’re fired.’

The man with the gift of the gab and full of cliches, Jim Eastwood, came in last position after he tried to jump on the back of one of Lord Sugar’s companies, with a e-learning product for schools.

‘When did you come up with the idea Jim’, asked Sugar.

Jim said two weeks before the show started.

‘I’m worried you’re selling me and jumping on the back of my brand.’

Jim said he needed clout, but would do all the work himself. He went on to say, after Sugar said schools have no money to spend on things like this, that he intended for the business to be not for profit but realised that wasn’t appropriate.

Lord Sugar replied hastily that he had enough of those and does his bit, and wants a business that makes money in a tough economic climate.

‘Jim you’re a great salesperson, but struggled between salesman and business acumen. You wrote the plan to make me happy.’

‘Jim this was an opportunity to become my business partner. The opportunity is no longer open to you. You’re fired.

Afterwards on The Apprentice You’re Fired, Sugar admitted that him and Tom would be developing his line of curved nail files, rather than focus on the chair, outlined in his business plan. He suggested to Tom that they work with Susan, who is currently working in the business industry, when Lord Sugar admitted that he thought Susan would go far and is one to watch in the future.

Spolier! Peter Andre Here to Help (28 July)

In the last episode of this month, Pete visits Southampton to see 16-year-old Jodie Lavers, who has asked for his help in bringing her family closer together following her father's death. The family has been struggling to rebuild their lives and come to terms with their loss. Jodie has taken on the lion's share of chores and running the household to support her mum and feels that she needs to rediscover her youth.
Peter comes up with a plan, and bargains his time and skills to get Jodie and her family what they need. This involves him working at a bowling alley, a clothes shop and gutting fish on a boat.

It's takeaway for Natasha as Helen, Tom, Jim and Susan make the Apprentice final

Natasha, who has a degree in hospitality, was fired in last night’s semi-final of The apprentice, where the teams were tasked with starting their own fast food restaurant.

‘You have a degree in hospitality, understanding food and all that stuff’, said Sugar. ‘It was a long time ago’, replied Natasha, despite boasting to her team mates about her BA Hons at the beginning of the task and telling them she had run her own restaurant at uni.

‘You learnt fundamental things in your degree’, stated Sugar. Natasha said that she hadn’t been interested in the food side of things and honed in on the areas she liked.

‘It’s like doing a first aid degree and not being able to help someone (sick) in the street’, said Sugar. ‘I didn’t like doing resuscitation but had to do it.’

He added, ‘You started off as a house on fire, but I’ve found you lack lustre in the last few weeks. You’re fired.’

Lord Sugar told Karen and Nick that Natasha not being able to handle the process was a weakness and shown she couldn’t be his business partner.

Natasha, Jim (PM) and Susan went head to head in the boardroom after loosing the task with a miserable score of 4/10 for their Caracas Mexican restaurant. Whilst team Logic, Helen (PM) and Tom, earned 7/10 for their traditional British pie and mash takeaway called ‘Mypy’, putting the pair in Sunday’s final. Industry experts judged the teams on their customer service, standard of menu, their restaurant’s brand I-D and it’s potential longevity.

In the boardroom Sugar asked team Venture where their business plan was. Susan admitted they didn’t have one and hadn’t though about profit margins, proven when Jim’s sums failed to total up, coming out with a figure of 4,000 rather than 400, after an industry expert asked how much money they expected to make over a lunchtime.

Sugar also criticised the teams for slow service after waiting ten minutes for his ‘fast food’. PM Jim, who the girls ganged up on, blamed it on the equipment.

Lord Sugar wasn’t convinced and told Jim he had the manner, which some call charisma, which sometimes is a good trait in business, but it has its downfall. He added that he liked Jim’s spirit and was putting him through to the final.

Susan, he said, didn’t get on with too may people, which could be down to her being ruthless.

‘Not many people have a good word to say about you, but you’ve achieved a lot. Susan you’re in the final’, he said.

Helen, Tom, Jim and Susan face a grilling in Sunday’s final when they hand over and are questioned about their business plans.

Coronation Street soap spoiler (16-22 July)

 Peter seeks comfort and reassurance from his AA buddy Carla after feeling confused about his and Leanne's baby. Peter's sister Tracy declares she doesn't want James around anymore, but after he agrees to leave, Ken discovers he has taken out a loan against their house. He's in even more trouble when Kevin reveals that the police have arrested Rob and Janet and later that James was in on the scam all along.

 Meanwhile, Sean is still feeling left out with how close Marcus and his son Dylan have become. Owen has some important news for Anna, he's her new landlord.

There's a new employee at Underworld, Gary, who gets the job to be nearer to Izzy, but his action only results in her feeling suffocated. 

Audrey may be forced to tell Gail her new man Marc's secrets as her birthday gets close. But to her surprise, Marc offers to give up being Marcia for her.

Final Destination 5

Final Destination 5 comes to the silver screen this Summer, and judging by the trailer it's set to be even more gruesome than the other movies.

This time round a group of people cheat death when one man's premonition saves his colleagues from a catastrophic bridge collapse, but true to the brand, the survivors of the collapse are picked off one by one as the grim reaper catches up with them. Expect to be put off acupuncture or ever having your eyes lasered.

The movie, filmed in 3-D, hits UK screens on 26 August.

Peter Andre here to help-21 July

Peter is in Harrow, a place special to him as he was born there and the Andre family lived there until they immigrated to Australia.

Pete goes to the aid of Ignite Trust, a youth centre which provides support, activities and outreach work for thousands of disadvantaged young people in the area. The centre is in danger of closing, and Peter and his team have just four days to raise enough money to help it stay open. Pete comes up with the idea of a fundraising concert, involving all the young people who attend the centre, and calls in top choreographer Karamel and singing coach David Grant to help. He also bargains with his own time in order to blag a venue and raise further money, working in a beauty salon, washing a Porsche and being a ‘Petergram’ for someone’s birthday

To market with Melody, the eleventh apprentice to be fired.

Mouthy Melody set herself up for failure on .last night’s The Apprentice nominating herself as Logic’s PM for the investment task.

Lord Sugar said it was with regret that he was letting her go, but earlier had confessed he found it difficult to understand what she does (work).

‘There’s a woman with exceptional ability, but it’s a cruel process here’, he told Melody’s remaining team-mates Helen and Tom.

Logic faced Lord Sugar in the boardroom after loosing to Venture by less than £30 in a task where they had objects to sell at a profit and reinvest their money by buying other products to sell. A challenge which Sugar called ‘smell to sell.’

‘It’s not a great win’, Lord Sugar told Venture, whose PM Natasha failed to do much re-investing.

‘You had no balls, no guts, you didn’t reinvest’, shouted Sugar as he took away the team’s treat, a helicopter ride to Sandown.

‘Which of you three brain surgeons let this happen?’, Sugar asked Melody, Tom and Helen, whop up to now had a perfect record.

Tom and Melody said the blame lay with Helen, who wasted time making a four hour round trip to a linen wholesalers to purchase duvet covers for a retailer at only £3 profit per unit. The retailer ordered 30.

Lord Sugar told Helen, who asked Melody if she could take over as PM half-way through the task, and became obsessed with selling the goods to retailers, ‘That’s very unusual. Never happened before someone saying they want to take over control.’

He also said that she had made a big mistake focusing on selling to retailers as they can just go to the wholesaler themselves.

Whereas Tom, he said, an innovator and innovator, was right up his alley, a product man, but over the ten weeks he had only said there was a problem with a task when it was too late.

What saved Tom was the sales he made, selling nodding dogs and umbrellas to the public, when it wasn’t his thing.

Helen was saved by her impressive track record, having never lost before.

In next week's programme, the teams have to come up with and open their own fast food restaurants.

Coronation Street soap spoiler (9-15 July)

It's Sally's birthday but Kevin is still furious with Sophie, and refuses to forgive her for stealing his
and Jack’s nest egg. Insisting that Sophie needs to be punished, Kevin announces that he’s called
the police - leaving Sally appalled and Sophie scared.

Meanwhile, Peter is puzzled by Leanne’s suddenly upbeat mood, but when he finds a pregnancy test in her bag he discovers the reason why.  Leanne is ecstatic as the pregnancy test is positive - but Peter doesn't appear to feel the same way. A row breaks out between the pair and Peter snaps that the pregnancy is more trouble than it's worth. He storms out, but when Leanne follows him she falls down the stairs and is knocked unconscious. An unaware Peter sounds off to Ken in the pub. Stella finds Leanne at the bottom of the stairs.

Audrey is also taken aback when she pays Marc a surprise visit and discovers  Marcia coming out of the house, who asks if she wants to go for a drink.

Back to the street and Dev and Sunita are shocked as Amber announces that she is staying for the summer. It soon becomes clear that she is not the same little girl that she used to be. Happier news for Carla as she sleeps with Frank and announces they are a couple. Whereas, Hayley arranges time off work to care for Hope, and Becky reveals she is going on a date with a new man.

The cast of American Pie reunite for fourth film

The American Pie gang are back next year in what will be the forth film entitled Family Reunion.
According to sources, Jim, Finch and Stifler return to Great East Falls for their 10-year high school reunion, and as usual create mayhem.

The gang are now in their thirties, Jim is sill married to Michelle and struggling with getting to grips with being a parent to his two-year-old son. Jim's next door neighbour also has a crush on him, and the video he filmed for Nadia of him dancing has become a YouTube hit. Stifler is working as an office temp and having no luck with the ladies, while Oz became a contestant on a TV show and now lives in a mansion with his gold digger of a girlfriend. His ex, Heather is dating a middle-aged surgeon who tries to act younger than his age. Finch is an international traveller, and in the film hooks up with Trish, a bartender, who used to go to band camp with Michelle. Stiffler's mum the original MILF, is also rumoured to be making a return.

Peter Andre is Here to Help

 

Peter Andre returns to ITV on 14 July with a brand series in which he will be helping people all over the county, whether they need a hand putting on an unusual wedding or party, organising a makeover or even sharing a secret.
In the first episode of the series, Pete is in Solihull where he goes to the aid of Spanish teacher and single mum Corinne. She is struggling to juggle establishing a routine for her unruly two-year-old son Josh, working long hours and having a social life. Peter and his team have just four days to make a difference and get Josh's behaviour under control. Mr Andre uses his celeb status to enlist the help of local people, striking deals to get what he needs to transform Corinne's life and getting stuck in himself to teach classes at Corinne's school, working at the local shops and even mucking out elephants at the zoo.
He also meets up with another local single mum, Linzie, with a view to helping her out and speaking a friendship between her and Corinne.