Frost magazine have interviewed Billie about A Passionate Woman. There is also one with Kay Mellor, the writer of A Passionate Woman, about casting Billie and much more.
Click here to read Billie’s interview, and here for Kay Mellor’s.

I would like to apologise for not uploading the scans of the Hello magazine article. The reason for this is that there are many other articles that I will be uploading with it; several other magazines and I’m also going to upload scans of the ‘Reasons to be Pretty’ programme so that anyone that didn’t get to the theatre can have a look at it. Sorry about the delay!

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David Walliams is a busy man. Not only is he flying around the UK to judge talent as the new Britain’s Got Talent judge, he is also working on several projects and doesn’t get a lot of free time…..

He is also working on a new BBC1 detective drama about a male/female detective duo which he has written and will play the lead. Reports suggest that he hopes to cast Karen Gillan or Billie Piper as the female lead.

Just a rumour. Probably untrue….but you never know.

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Status about purchasing tickets from Almeida’s facebook;

Reasons To Be Pretty closes this Saturday – if you haven’t seen it already and you haven’t booked a ticket, remember you can book Day Seats in person from 11am!

So if you live in the London area and want to see Billie, might be worth a try!

Reasons To Be Pretty is the final part of Neil LaBute’s trilogy of plays that explore our perception of beauty and image interplaying the relationships between men and women. It’s been said that it’s the more humane play out of the trilogy. We have a Talkback during each run of a production at the Almeida where the audience can discuss the production with the cast. Here we have some highlights from the Reasons To Be Pretty Talkback. 

What is it that Carly’s attracted to in Kent?

Billie Piper (Carly): I think its one of those things that on paper makes perfect sense, he’s like a prize boyfriend. Where they’re from, things like that really matter. They’re two good looking people and you know I think that he is quite different with Carly to how he is amongst his friends,  I’m not sure she really knows who he actually is. I think its quite fake, their relationship.

Was it difficult learning the accent?

Billie Piper: TheMidwest, that’s all we really knew…

Read what the rest of the cast had to say over at:

http://almeidatheatre.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/reasons-to-be-pretty-talkback/

* * * * “Tom Burke [gives a] delightfully wry, wisecracking performance as Greg…Billie Piper’s mixture of courage and grief in the role is deeply moving and it is wonderful to see the old bruiser LaBute writing with such tender humanity.”

Charles Spencer, The Telegraph, 18 November 2011

* * * * “Fiercely funny and incisively acted production…Kent, a serenely smug and obnoxiously sexist meathead [is] hilariously played by Kieran Bew…Billie Piper’s excellent Carly adroitly crumbles into a mass of tearful anxiety and suspicion”
Paul Taylor, The Independent, 18 November 2011

* * * * “Siân Brooke’s Steph is raw and impassioned. Kieran Bew does a superb job of evoking Kent’s particular brand of mundane villainy…And Burke is dry, wry and reflective, making Greg likeable in a beautifully unshowy fashion… this is smart, funny and humane, as well as skilfully acted.”
Henry Hitchings, The Evening Standard, 18 November 2011

* * * * “In Michael Attenborough’s brilliantly acted, beautifully designed production it’s a funny, moving piece – not least because of LaBute’s unerring gift for crackling dialogue and his memorable central character.”
Simon Edge, Daily Express, 18 November 2011

* * * * “Reasons To Be Pretty is at once another darkly comic excavation of the battle of the sexes which also charts a stark, highly moralistic male learning curve. It is sharp-shooting, eminently entertaining and often painful to watch.”
Carole Waddis, The Arts Desk, 18 November 2011

Source: http://www.almeida.co.uk/event/reasons/press

There are links to the full reviews at the source. Seems like the play is getting great publicity and reviews!

has insisted that there is nothing provocative about her role in Love Life.

The Wuthering Heights star will play Karen, the love interest of teacher Holly (Billie Piper) in the semi-improvised BBC serial.

“[Each episode is] half an hour long, for five nights on the BBC,” the actress told Digital Spy. “It’s [about] different situations of love [and] that’s why I wanted to do it.”

She continued: “It’s very hard to get two female actors, put them together in a… relationship and not make it about sex.

“[This story] was more about the connection that they share as women [and] the points that they’re at in their lives.”

Scodelario also admitted that she had been a fan of Billie Piper’s music as a child.

“The first album that I ever bought was hers,” she revealed. “But I didn’t tell her that, because I thought it might put her off a little bit!”

From: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a350031/kaya-scodelario-billie-piper-lesbian-scenes-in-love-life-not-sexual.html

Video of Kaya at the source.

Pop star-turned-actress Billie Piper has only patched up her distant relationship with her parents since becoming a mother, because they were “redundant” when she shot to fame as a teenager.

The Brit became a chart sensation in the U.K. when she was just 15 and landed her first solo number one single in 1998. She moved into her own apartment and travelled the world as she released two hit albums.

Piper then abandoned her pop career and enjoyed a short-lived, booze-fuelled marriage to U.K. TV star Chris Evans, which her parents found out about on a radio show.

And she reveals she only recently became close to her mum and dad again after putting her wild days behind her and welcoming a son in 2009 – admitting she felt she didn’t need them when she was riding her first wave of success.

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TV beauty Billie Piper has revealed she thinks she has a “frightening” face.

Billie – expecting her second child – said: “I have always felt clumsy and awkward and self-conscious.

“I’ve got these enormous features, and as a childthey were the last thing I wanted. I have always thought of myself as frightening-looking.”

Billie, 29, who has three-year-old son Winston with actor hubby Laurence Fox, 33, is now preparing to face her demons – in a play about appearance.

Reasons To Be Pretty opens in London’s West End on Thursday.

The former Doctor Who assistant said: “I’m trying to get to a place where I can believe that I am really ­attractive. It’s a big leap of the imagination.”

 

http://www.people.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2011/11/06/billie-piper-s-frightening-face-102039-23541034

There’s a double page article in The Sunday Times today featuring Billie, anyone who has some scans, let us know!

Almeida Theatre has released a trailer for Reasons to be Pretty. Click in the ‘Projects’ sidebar to view it.

Thoughts on Billie’s accent, not long till it starts! Adding screencaps to the gallery soon!

Last week Kieran Bew, Siân Brooke, Tom Burke and Billie Piper joined us at the Almeida Theatre rehearsal rooms to begin work on Reasons To Be Pretty. Each week Michael Attenborough’s Assistant Director, Natasha Nixon, will be updating us on the rehearsal process and giving us an insight into the world of the play. Here’s her first diary piece…

The company said the first 100-page issue will be available soon at U.K. newsstands across the country, complementing magazines such as Mayfair and Playboy, with future plans to have it available in U.S. stores and digitally at BluebirdsMagazine.com.

“We have so much content that print is the best way to communicate it,” Chaplin said. “Bluebird has a unique lifestyle outlook, shared by me and the girls. Whilst others aspire — or condemn — we are living it. Communicating this is what the magazine is all about. Print still has a reach that the web doesn’t. Nothing on a computer screen can compare with holding a warm paper centerfold of Natasha Marley or Gemma Massey.”

The magazine will include a free feature-length DVD included with every issue. Issue 1 comes with a soft version of the Bluebird Films movie “Passenger 69” as well as never-before-seen photos.

Bluebird TV star Natasha Anastasia graces the cover of the premiere issue and is the featured centerfold.

The magazine also includes an exclusive interview with ex-Charlie Sheen goddess Bree Olson and an interview with favorite “Doctor Who” companion, Billie Piper who also stars in “The Secret Diary of a Call Girl.”

Exclusive photos and interviews of TV girls Sammie Pennington, Ella Mai and Holly James are also part of the package.

Unknown when the magazine is out, something to look forward to!
Source; http://news.avn.com/company-news/Paul-Chaplin-Launches-Bluebirds-Magazine-450336.html

Billie’s set to help give one lucky person a makeover, and doing their eyelashes on September 18th.

The makeovers are going to be done by the following people: the hand manicure by Tom Bachik from US, nails by J-Lo, Beyonce and Victoria Beckham’s own personal manicure. The tan artist is going to be none other than UK’s favourite James Read, who has been exclusively invited for this event, and he will give his touch to the lucky winner. World’s famous Daniel Sandler, who is on the A-list of Hollywood, will do the make-up for the winner’s face, and the final finishing look is going to be done on the winner by Billie Piper and Christine Bleakley, who will do the lashes for the most beautiful eyes.

More about it at; http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/409830

Billie Piper is trying something a bit different for her next big role on stage.

She will play a security guard — she’s probably hired one or two of them over the years — in Neil LaBute’s startling play Reasons To Be Pretty.

The drama begins on November 10 at the Almeida Theatre, with Michael Attenborough directing.

Along with Billie, it also stars Kieran Bew, Sian Brooke and Tom Burke, and is part of a series of dramas from LaBute about the way we look and other people’s reactions to our appearance.

I saw a production of Reasons To Be Pretty in New York a couple of seasons back and much of the play’s heat revolves around one, really rather mundane, word — and how it can be used to devastating effect.

The word in question is ‘regular’, and it is extraordinary to observe the misery it causes.

LaBute is one of the most provocative playwrights around and this play has some stinging moments.

This is great news! Who’s going to see it?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2032748/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-Madonnas-lucky-star-Andrea-Riseborough-shines-bright-Venice-Film-Festival.html

Comedian David Walliams is reportedly set to replace David Hasselhoff on Britain’s Got Talent.

According to The Mirror, 40-year-old Walliams has been formally approached to take the former Baywatch star’s place on the judging panel following ‘disappointing’ ratings last series.

Michael McIntyre is expected to keep his place on the reality show, while pregnant Amanda Holden will not make a decision on returning to the show until later in the year.

Meanwhile boss Simon Cowell is believed to have his eye on the likes of Jessie J, Gavin & Stacey star James Corden, George Michael and actress Billie Piper as possible replacements.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1660342.php/David-Walliams-to-replace-the-Hoff-on-Britain-s-Got-Talent

Department store group Debenhams has enlisted actress Billie Piper and famous fashion designers Henry Holland, Julien Macdonald, Ben de Lisi and John Rocha to promote its new clothing campaign.
The marketing for its Autumn/Winter 2011 range has the strap line ‘Life Made Fabulous’ and the TV adverts show the designers preparing outfits in their studios before they are worn in real-life situations.

Belle de Jour star Billie Piper is the voice of the new campaign, which follows on from the retailer’s successful Spring/Summer campaign called ‘Feel Fabulous’ that also played on the idea of affordable designer clothing.
The first screening of the adverts tomorrow (August 31st 2011) will be during Emmerdale on ITV 1 and it will feature the song ‘This is the Life’ by the band Two Door Cinema Club.

Source: http://www.retailgazette.co.uk/articles/30411-debenhams-launches-fabulous-new-ad-campaign

Award-winning writer and director Dominic Savage will return to BBC One with Love Life, a serial made through improvisation. Five universal stories that explore love in the modern day each led by the following line-up of big name cast: David Tennant, Billie Piper, Jane Horrocks, Ashley Walters and David Morrissey.

Love Life explores five powerful and overlapping love stories set in the same town. Each story looks at a different relationship and explores a different dilemma or situation. When it comes to love and relationships, there is never an easy “right answer” – telling the truth is complicated, and the conflict of desire and responsibility can be explosive.

The stories are life-affirming, visceral, provocative and compelling. Most of all they are universal. The audience will feel as torn by the situations as the characters do, and each story will provoke strong responses: did the characters do the right thing in the end? What would you have done?

Writer and director Dominic Savage’s work is distinctive and unusual. Each film will be semi-improvised as Dominic works through the scenarios with the actors to find truth and authenticity. He has won numerous awards for his work, including two BAFTAs for best single drama and the Edinburgh International Film Award for best new feature.

Story Two: Holly (Billie Piper) is a young unfulfilled teacher who is in an unsatisfactory relationship with a married man. She suddenly finds herself drawn to one of her female pupils. What would happen if she were to act on these feelings?

Click here to read the full article.

Click here to vote for Billie Piper in Hello magazine’s poll. You can vote once every 15 minutes so make sure you keep voting!

Billie’s old co-star from Secret Diary, Gemma Chan, has confirmed that they will be appearing in a five part drama for the BBC called ‘True Love’ appearing with her old Doctor Who co-star David Tennant! Alongside David Morrisey and Jane Horroks!

Great news! Cant wait to see them all together!

According to the Mirror newspaper, the new episode of Doctor Who sees the return of former stars Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman and Catherine Tate.

Each of the feisty females were huge hits with fans as sidekicks to the Time Lord when he was played by David Tennant in earlier series.

And they come back in cameo roles in the episode Let’s Kill Hitler, this time alongside Matt Smith, 28.

A show source said: “They don’t have a big part to play, but fans will love to see them return and they are trying to help Matt in an hour of need.

“It is a humorous scene and it opens the door to any of them if they wanted to come back and do some more filming in the future.”

Thoughts? True or not? REALLY hope it is!

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