Monday 29 September 2008

Billie : "I Have No Interest In Breaking America"

Secret Diary Of A Call Girl has been a huge success in the US – but its star Billie Piper says she has no intention on capitalising on her high profile over there.
She is due to give birth next month to her first child with husband Laurence Fox, 30, and admits she doesn't understand the lure Hollywood.‘That world breeds neurosis and issues,’ she says. ‘I don’t think I could handle all that. That mad side of it all just doesn’t appeal.‘I’ve got a baby coming. And I know it’s going to make me a lot happier than anything else,’ she tells Grazia.
Billie, 25, is also uncertain about returning to work after the birth.'I don't know if I'm going to go: "I can't work any more. This is all I want," or if I'm going to go: "I'll do this for a few months and then need to combine it with some work,"' she says.

Sunday 21 September 2008

Pregnant Billie "I'm Craving Cigarettes"


Pregnant Billie Piper says she has been longing for a fag.

But the actress, who is due to give birth to husband Laurence Fox's child in three months, has resisted.‘I gave up smoking straight away and it was fine,’ she says. ‘But now I’m craving a cigarette sooo badly.
‘I keep on looking at [the bump] and thinking "Okay, you’re formed!’’

And Billie, 25, says chatting to her relatives makes her feel worse.‘I speak to most of my family and they say, "Oh, we smoked through all our pregnancies",' she says.'And I have to say, "But you can’t do it now".’

Wednesday 17 September 2008

Billie's Ferrel Ambition


Billie Piper wants to be in a Will Ferrell movie!

The ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ actress is keen to make the move from TV to movies, and says starring alongside the US comedian would be a dream start to her Hollywood career.
She said: “I’d love to be in a Will Ferrell movie - that would be so much fun!”
Billie - who is expecting her first child with husband Laurence Fox - is considering reprising her role as prostitute Belle du Jour for a third series of the hugely popular show.

She said: “My ambitions have all changed recently. We are talking about doing a third series of ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ next year but it’s early days. You don’t know whether you want to commit to anything because I don’t really know what is going to happen to me or the baby.”

Secret Diary Of A Call Girl gets 748,000 Viewers


The second series of ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’, in which Billie Piper plays the titular prostitute, opened far short of the first series ratings with just 748,000 viewers on ITV2 last night, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The first 30-minute episode captured a 3.8% share of the audience at 10-10.30pm, following a heavyweight marketing campaign including press ads and posters.
The first series launched with 1.9m viewers and averaged 1.1m viewers and a 7.2% share.
The second episode followed at 10.30-11pm with 715,000 viewers and a 4.7% share.
This was followed by the first episode from the fifth series of the acclaimed US drama ‘Entourage’, which had 115,000 viewers and a 1% share at 11-11.30pm.
The Channel 4 documentary ‘The 9/11 Faker’ scored a solid 3.1m viewers and a 14.2% share at 9-10pm, including figures from Channel 4+1.

The prime time slot was won by BBC One’s ‘Crimewatch’, which netted 3.7m viewers and a 17% share at 9-10pm.
ITV1’s ‘Fiddles, Cheats & Scams’ was watched by 3m viewers earning it a 13.9% share in the same slot.
It was beaten by BBC Two’s ‘Mock the Week’, with 3.5m viewers and a 15.

Wednesday 10 September 2008

SD Australian Review

Billie Piper plays Belle de Jour who says she's a whore - proudly and contentedly so.

Type: Drama
Channel: 9
Date: Tuesday September 9
Time: 10:30 PM
Her friends and family think she works as a late-night legal secretary, but as Belle de Jour (Billie Piper, Doctor Who, The Sally Lockhart Mysteries) told us in last week's opening scene she's a whore - proudly and contentedly so. "Do you go to work every day knowing your day will be profitable and pleasurable?" she says. "Do you go to sleep every night feeling satisfied and sated? I do."

Based on The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl by the real Belle de Jour, it's all very European and very 1960s - from the French score to the sensuous cinematography to the way Billie talks directly to the camera when sharing her views on sex, her life and the psychology of her job.Piper leaves little to the imagination and even less unsaid - language warning - as she plays the detached, sex-loving escort to perfection (er, I'm told), managing a combination of the risque and seductiveness that is already drifting towards pathos. This is the real Sex and the City.

ITV Makeover

(Made by me!)
ITV Secret Diary website has had a awesome new makeover with some awesome new videos and new behind the scenes photos and stills, so make sure you check it out before watching on Thursday!

Thursday 4 September 2008

Billie:The Sun


At just 25 Billie Piper has already been married twice, sunk into suicidal despair and recovered from anorexia. She has topped the charts as a teen pop star and won awards after reinventing herself as a stylish actress.

But now she is putting her hectic lifestyle behind her and facing up to the biggest challenge of her life — motherhood. The eight-months pregnant star, who married actor Laurence Fox last New Year’s Eve after a year-long romance, admits to being more relaxed than she has ever been. And she is loving taking time off work and preparing for the baby.

Billie tells The Sun: “I don’t really sit down and smell the roses, ever, but perhaps I should do it more often. Because right now life is really good, it couldn’t be better.

“I’m very much into being at home at the moment. I don’t know when I’ll work again. I’m really just enjoying relaxing and I can’t imagine doing anything else.”

Billie has come a long way from the pressured pop star who, at 16, came close to trying to take her life with pills in a Chicago hotel room. And there is no doubt she deserves a rest after five years of almost back-to-back filming TV shows including Doctor Who, The Ruby In The Smoke, Canterbury Tales and Mansfield Park.

Secret Diary


The new series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl will start on Thursday 11th September at 22:00pm on ITV2 and will be a double bill, with episodes 1 and 2 being shown back to back.

Episode 1:

A journalist tries to blackmail Belle after he spots her with a client who turns out to be a politician. She also finds trouble in the form of Bambi, a girl with aspirations of becoming a high-class escort.

Episode 2:

Belle considers plastic surgery and agrees to go a date with Alex. Meanwhile, Bambi finds herself in a dangerous situation.
I have also added a trailer to the site which is now showing on all ITV channels.