Archive for April, 2007

Sunday May 27th 2007 – Channel 4 

Justin Lee Collins loves Dallas so much that the complete DVD box set is not enough. He wants to bring back the whole cast once again……..

In this one-off special comedian Justin Lee Collins travels to the USA to try and reunite the cast of one of the greatest soaps in TV history: Dallas.
Following on from the successful Bring Back the A Team, Justin has just ten days to track down the stars of the legendary series and persuade them to attend his very own Oil Barons’ Ball in Los Angeles.

Check out http://www.ultimatedallas.com/bringbackdallas for information and exclusive preview clips and photos.

It is quite likely that fans will get to see ‘Grease’ stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John together on-screen after around 30 years in the upcoming flick Dallas.

The English born Australian singer/actress is in talks to land the role of Pamela Ewing, in the movie remake of the hit eighties soap opera.

Travolta, who played Danny Zuko in the 1978 musical, has already signed up to play J.R. Ewing.

If Newton-John gets the part, she will be playing Travolta’s on-screen sister-in-law.

Travolta revealed that Newton-John was excited about the idea of working together once again in the serial’s remake.

“We’ve had talks and I think she’d be great playing Pam Ewing. She loved the TV version and was delighted with the idea too. The movie should get shooting later in the year,” Contactmusic quoted Travolta, as saying.

The movie will be directed by ‘Bend it like Beckham’ director Gurinder Chadha.

He played ruthless oil baron J.R. Ewing on “Dallas,” but in his own life, Larry Hagman is as green as they come.

On Tuesday, the actor, 75, announced the launch of a campaign directing people how to claim telephone tax refunds and give that money to various environmental causes, including the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), which brings renewable solar energy to developing countries.

“I thought the campaign was a good idea,” Hagman told The Associated Press before a press conference. “Hopefully it will help people find a way to help the planet. We’ve got problems.”

The Internal Revenue Service stopped collecting the excise tax on long-distance and wireless calls last August, authorizing a one-time refund of tax money collected from phone service from March 2003 to July 2006. The IRS reported in February that millions had not requested the refund.

Hagman joined the refundsforgood.org campaign because of his own involvement with SELF and a dedication to green causes going back 10 years, he said.

The Web site’s founders, Jon Gorham and Michael Swartz, run the Connecticut-based company Refunds for Good Inc., which supports sustainable development projects.

Also known for his starring role on the 1960s sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie,” Hagman underwent surgery in 1995 to replace his liver with a donor organ after being diagnosed with acute cirrhosis from years of drinking.

Among ongoing lifestyle changes, Hagman converted his farm in Ojai to solar power.

He also owns a Prius, and drives a small electric car near his other home in Santa Monica.

“It looks like a traveling bird cage,” he laughed.