Corrie's Kylie on downward spiral

Coronation Street actress Paula Lane has revealed it won't be a very merry Christmas for Kylie Platt.

It's been a tough year for the Platt family (what's new!) and the festive period is not going to be a bundle of fun either.

With David and Kylie's marriage all but over, Kylie is barely keeping it together, and as Christmas draws nearer she hits rock bottom.

Speaking to Digital Spy the 27-year-old actress said: "Kylie is already on a downward spiral. Her marriage is on the rocks. I think Kylie has to get right down to rock bottom in order to get back up, so that's what is going to happen.

"There'll be lots of tantrums and tears at Christmas. Kylie will be feeling sorry for herself, because she's got massive insecurities. She won't be a favourite on the street at Christmas time, and I'm fully prepared for people to say they have no sympathy for her, because actually I don't have a lot of sympathy for her either.

"I think she needs to buck her ideas up a little bit, but reverting to her wild ways is her defence mechanism. Kylie does that because she hasn't had the love, care and attention that a lot of people usually have during their childhood. She reverts back to her old self and she pushes people away, rather than accepting their help."

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New R O'C-K play Breaking Dad comes to Gaiety

Ross O'Carroll Kelly has to face down a new Tiger in town in his latest stage play Breaking Dad which will run at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre in April of next year.

Rory Nolan reprises his role as Ross in the new production with Love/Hate's Laurence Kinlan as Ronan and Philip O'Sullivan (The Tudors, Pure Mule) as Charles.

Set in the year 2022, Breaking Dad finds Ireland in the midst of an unexpected economic boom and the people are once again selling houses to each other for five times what they're worth. Bertie Ahern is also set to become Taoiseach again at the age of 71.

Ross himself is entering his middle years without a care in the world. He's got a son who's a professional footballer, a career-minded wife who's about to land the job of her dreams and his looks just keep improving with age.

Life is good. Until his teenage daughter arrives home from Wesley one night with the captain of the Blackrock College rugby team – and Ross is forced to face up to the lesson that you must reap what you have sown.

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Will Ferrell: I'm a middle-aged One Direction

Anchorman star Will Ferrell reckons his popularity with teenagers has turned him into a ''46-year-old version'' of One Direction.

The actor, who plays hapless newsreader Ron Burgundy in the comedy movie, explained that most of his fans are teenagers.

Speaking about one particular incident in Seattle, Ferrell joked: ''We had gone out to dinner, and by the time we had left the restaurant, there was a mob of high school kids outside. There was a panel that blocked part of the window and they were jumping up trying to look.

''I'm a 46-year-old version of One Direction. All five of them packed into one middle-aged guy.''

Speaking to The Sunday Times magazine, Ferrell also said he was shy growing up. 'I had to meet everyone and until I was comfortable with everyone I didn't say a word. Once I got to speak, everyone saw my true colours.

''And it'd be like, 'Wait, you're funny!' It's not that I lacked confidence. I never felt the need to impress anyone, but I wanted to feel that I belonged.''

Ferrell also doesn't think he deserves his A-list status, saying: ''[I have] massive imposter syndrome. [I always] felt that I had snuck into this black-tie after-party, and at any moment I'll discover that I'm not only not meant to be here, but I'm also not wearing a tux. I'm wearing shorts.''

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1.4 million watched Late Late Toy Show

An average of nearly 1.4 million Irish people watched last Friday's Late Late Toy Show making the seasonal special the most-watched programme on Irish television so far this year.

The average viewership figure was 1,376,600 and the show also had "a reach" of nearly two million.

The show was also available globally on the RTÉ Player and over 120,000 stream requests were received between Friday night and Sunday. There were also over 100,000 mentions on Facebook and 52,000 tweets about the show.

Kathy Fox, executive producer of The Late Late Show said: "We are absolutely thrilled that so many people got as much joy from watching this programme as we did making it. We have also been overwhelmed by the feedback from viewers who were watching from all over the world.

"We pushed Ryan in ways he hasn't been pushed before, but he didn't disappoint.  He was very brave, a little bit bold but absolutely brilliant."

The show can still be watched on the RTÉ Player.

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Sive wins Other Room Viewer's Choice gig

Kildare jazz and folk singer Sive has been announced as the winner of the IMRO Other Room Viewer's Choice poll following a public vote on the RTÉ.ie.

She will play at the 12th series of Other Voices which takes place this weekend, December 6 to 8, in Dingle and in Derry/Londonderry on February 7 to 9, 2014.

Sive joins five other Irish acts at the IMRO Other Room - Dublin-based indie folkers Slow Skies, Dublin alternative band Other Creatures, electronic rockers from Derry Grim, elctro pop Dubliners Vann Music, and Ciara O' Flynn and Mark Mc Loughlin who perform together as Pinhole.

The final act to be added to the line-up in St James Church in Dingle on Sunday December 8 is American newcomer Samantha Crain from Oklahoma.
  
 

The tull line-up for this year's Other Voices is:

Friday December 6: Patty Griffin, David Gray, Lisa O'Neill, Hozier

Saturday December 7: Mogwai, Lulu James, Willis Earl Beal, Josef Salvat, Rosie Carney

Sunday December 8: John Grant, Agnes Obel, Asgeir, David Arnold, Samantha Crain

The live action will be streamed locally in bars around Dingle (Benners Hotel, Foxy John's, Geaneys, An Chonair, Dingle Bay Hotel, The Marina and John Bennys) as well as online via www.rte.ie/othervoices

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Win! A family pass to Christmas Wonderland

We have five family passes to giveaway to the GloHealth Christmas Wonderland taking place at the RDS in Dublin from December 6!

RTÉ Ten and GloHealth have teamed up giveaway five family passes (2 adults and 2 children) to the Christmas Wonderland taking place at the RDS in Dublin from Friday, December 6 until January 12, 2014.

This year the GloHealth Christmas Wonderland has a brand new line-up with something to suit the whole family including Santa's Christmas Circus, Jingle Town (a live interactive show), a Continental Christmas Market, the famous Custard Pie Puppet Company and award winning international illusionist Guy Barrett.
 
iSkate on Ice, the largest Ice Rink in Ireland will also feature as part of the GloHealth Christmas Wonderland.
 
Funderland also returns, celebrating its 40th anniversary at the RDS. From Bounceworld and the Fun Factory to the Take Off and XXL Inversion "white-knuckle" rides, Funderland will present an array of attractions to suit all ages and tastes. 
 
"We have something for all the family at this year's GloHealth Christmas Wonderland. For the very young kids, we have the puppet show and Jingle Town, for the mothers we have the Christmas markets, for the fathers we have the ice skating to give the kids a laugh and for the older daredevils, we have Funderland," said Norman Bird. 
 
The GloHealth Christmas Wonderland is a must attend Christmas treat for the whole family. To book tickets, find out about opening times or more on the attractions, visit www.christmaswonderland.ie

For your chance to win one of five family passes (2 adults and 2 children) to this spectacular event, simply send your answer to the following question, along with your name, address and phone number to tencompetitions@rte.ie 

What does Rudolph traditionally like to eat on Christmas Eve?

a)    Fish and Chips
b)    Peanut butter sandwiches
c)    Carrots

This competition closes at 1pm on December 6, 2013. Winners are chosen at random and Editor's decision is final. There is no cash alternative for this prize. For a full list of RTÉ Rules please click here. 

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Ken Loach to get Berlin Film Festival award

Ken Loach is set to be honoured at the 64th Berlin Film Festival.

The director will receive an honorary Golden Bear award at this year's festival, which will pay tribute to is life and career by screening his 1993 film Raining Stones.

Dieter Kosslick, the Berlin Film Festival's director, said Loach is "one of Europe's great directors.

Kosslick added: "Over his almost 50-year career, he has shown an extraordinary degree of continuity, while remaining innovative at all times. His profound interest in people and their individual fates, as well as his critical commitment to society have found expression in a variety of cinematic approaches.

"We are honouring Ken Loach as a director and greatly admire him for how he reflects on social injustices with humour in his films."

The 64th Berlin Film Festival will be held from February 6 to February 16.

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Damian Lewis on Brody drug scenes

Damian Lewis has spoken about the preparation he undertook for season three of Homeland. 

The series sees his character Nicholas Brody deal with drug addiction while being held captive.

Lewis told Entertainment Weekly about the research he did into addiction before filming the series.

He explained: "I saw this extraordinary video on YouTube where a guy charts his withdrawal at different intervals... as he goes cold turkey.

"But I found it more interesting to speak to a friend of mine who's an ex-heroin addict who deals with people with addiction, and he put me in touch with ex-addicts - or, I suppose, addicts - who are now working with people. 

"I had a fascinating hour with a guy working in a Charlotte, North Carolina addiction unit at a hospital there.

"Fairly conventional modes of research, talking to people, getting anecdotal evidence, watching video and trying to reproduce that.

"[It was] fascinating, interesting and exhausting."

Lewis added: "I feel added responsibility when portraying real-life conditions because there're people out there living with these conditions and you owe it to them to represent it honestly.

"There's the added burden of trying to get it right and not letting a community of people down who suffer from this addiction. You want to represent them faithfully."

The next episode of season three of Homeland airs on RTÉ Two at 9pm on Tuesday December 3.

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Bullock not looking for a relationship

Sandra Bullock has said that she's not looking for a new relationship.

Bullock was married to Jesse James for five years, and adopted son Louis in 2010. The couple broke up shortly afterwards following allegations that James had been unfaithful.

The Gravity star told Entertainment Weekly that she is happy to raise her son as a single mother.

The actress said: "If [a relationship] should come along, great. But I feel like I'm not missing anything yet. Maybe one day I will. 

"My son is three years old, which is an amazing age. Four is an even better age. So if something happens, great, but if not, I've got plenty to do."

Bullock also opened up on how she views her life, saying that the painful moments help her appreciate positive events. 

She explained: "When people are like, 'Life is good,' I go, 'No, life is a series of disastrous moments, painful moments, unexpected moments, and things that will break your heart. And in between those moments, that's when you savor, savor, savor.'"

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Odenkirk opens up on Breaking Bad spinoff

Bob Odenkirk has opened up on the Breaking Bad spinoff, Better Call Saul.

The series, which is based around Walter White's lawyer Saul Goodman, will be written by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, AMC announced last September.

Odenkirk told Access Hollywood of his new show: "I've got the best writers in Hollywood. Maybe it's prequel? Maybe it's sequel? Maybe it's both? They're talking about mixing it up."

He added: "You may see a little of before [Breaking Bad], and a little of after. We'll see… I do feel pressure. I feel a lot of pressure to do a good job.

"I don't think you can keep Breaking Bad going. It ended. And it was great. And it was what it was. This is going to be something new. But since it's so much of the same team, it's going to be a quality piece of work.

"I just want to bring all I can bring to it, and be completely focused."

Odendirk said of working on Breaking Bad: "We had a lot of fun. We had wonderful people too. Bryan Cranston set the tone [by saying], 'We're here to work'."

He continued: "Aaron Paul is a very sweet person. [The cast are] funny people too… It was just a great group who were thankful to be in a great show."

Better Call Saul is scheduled to debut on AMC in the US next year.
 

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