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The old Skins gang have moved on and we’ll be revealing the full group of brand new Skins characters from the new series on December 19th across e4.com/skins and MySpace.com/e4skins - Don’t miss it! To whet your appetite we’ve got a sneaky peek at a few of the new characters for you in four new videos available.

Tina O’Brien is reportedly “desperate” to regain her size 8 figure. The ‘Coronation Street’ star went up two dress sizes during her pregnancy and is committed to shedding the extra pounds by the start of January.

Simon Cowell has hinted Dannii Minogue won’t be on ‘The X Factor’ next year. The music mogul - who judges promising singers on the tv talent show alongside Dannii, Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh - says he is thinking of shaking up the next series of the programme.

‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star Tom Chambers’ wife wants a Boyzone CD to spice up their sex life. Clare Chambers - who married the 31-year-old ‘Holby City’ star in October - sent a text message to Tom’s dancing partner Camilla Dallerup, asking for a copy of Boyzone’s ‘You Needed Me’, the music the pair performed the rumba to last weekend.

Nick Knowles and Brian Friedman were among the guests at the UK premiere of ‘Madame Zingara and her Theatre of Dreams’ in London last night (11.12.08). The tv presenter and ‘The X Factor’ choreographer enjoyed the “multi-sensory experience” of “decadent dining and performance art” at a marquee set up in Battersea Power Station.

In Heaven on Earth, acclaimed director Deepa Mehta highlights the isolation and disappointment faced by a family of Punjabi immigrants to Canada. When Chand (played by Bollywood superstar Preity Zinta) arrives in Brampton, Ontario to meet her new husband, she leaves behind a loving family and supportive community.

Blind Sunflowers investigates the darkness of the post-Civil War era, the effects of repression and the terrible consequences of the abuse of power. Set in 1940, a year after the Civil War’s end and a time of particularly violent oppression, Blind Sunflowers tells the tale of a family forced to lie to the outside world and live in constant terror of discovery.

Maria (Maria Heiskanen) is swept away by the loutish rake Sigfrid (Mikael Persbrandt, who delivers a phenomenal performance), and marries him at a young age. Sigfrid can’t keep a job, but possesses a unique gift for stumbling home roaring drunk at the worst possible moment. Eventually, his rage and frustration manifest themselves on the domestic front.

Find a bomb, defuse it. Find a bomb, defuse it. The job is simple enough, but the room for error is zero. Fail to defuse it, and die. This is the daily work of the United States Army’s Bravo Company. They patrol Baghdad during one of the Iraq war’s most hellish times, trying each day not to get blown up. Of all the films trying to show just what th…

So the countdown continues and here we are at number nine on our worst film category as we look at Owen Wilson’s ‘comedy’ Drillbit Taylor, which appeared on screens in January. After the success of previous Judd Apatow, producer this time around, and Seth Rogan, writer, collaborations such as Superbad and Knocked Up their new project Drillbit Taylo…