Billie Piper
A British scientist said she is Belle de Jour, the anonymous blogger whose accounts were turned into books and the television series Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
Brooke Magnanti told British newspaper The Sunday Times that she decided to unmask herself as the writer of the accounts because ...
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Edie Falco, Toni Collette
Showtime is bringing Nurse Jackie back early.
The half-hour drama starring Edie Falco will return March 22, 2010, the cable channel announced Friday. Jackie will be paired with fellow returning sophomore show...
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The Middleman
New releases announced today, March 19:
Flight of the Conchords - The Complete 2nd Season will be coming out August 4
The Middleman - The Complete Series will be coming out July 28
Robot Chicken - Star Wars: Episode II will be coming out July 21
Secret Diary of a Call Girl - Season 2 will be coming out June 30
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Billie Piper is back with a second season of the British series Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Sundays, 10:30 pm/ET, Showtime), in which Hannah — aka Belle, her working-girl alter ego — navigates a "real" relationship and encounters new women in her field. Piper, a former pop star, veteran of Jane Austen movies (Mansfield Park) and new mom, still treats her controversial role with wide-eyed curiosity. TVGuide.com spoke to her about her research into the world of prostitution, the overseas controversy surrounding the sexy show and which scene it was that made her feel "strange" to film.
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Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Billie Piper is getting ready to dress up, strip down and get paid to fulfill men's fantasies between the sheets — on screen, at least. In Showtime's Secret Diary of Call Girl, the U.K. native and new mother has her hands full as a high-end escort in London, walking the line between her public persona as Hannah and her private profession, where clients know her as Belle.
Piper, who began her career in England as a pop star, has tackled a range of roles since segueing into acting, from Fanny Price in Mansfield Park to Rose Tyler in Doctor Who. At the start of her second season as Belle (Secret Diary premieres Sunday, Jan. 18/10:30 pm/ET), TVGuide.com caught up with her to find out where Hannah's exploits will pick up, if her character will ever find love and how Piper will bring even more to the show for Season 3. Stay tuned for Part II of our chat with her next week.
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Secret Diary of a Call Girl courtesy Showtime
Look out, Oxygen: Showtime could be emerging as the other destination for ladies — albeit not the warm-fuzzy types. The net has announced that both new and returning female-driven shows will premiere in a triple-header on Sunday, Jan. 18. The back-to-back lineup will kick off at 9 pm with start of The L Word's sixth and final season, followed by the 10 pm series debut of United States of Tara. As previously reported, the half-hour dramedy stars Toni Collette as a suburban mom with a dissociative identity disorder. Executive producers include Juno mastermind Diablo Cody and Steven Spielberg, among others.Rounding out the night at the appropriately later hour of 10:30 pm will be Secret Diary of a Call Girl (yes, Belle du Jour's really back for more). Kicking off its second season, the series will see Belle finding new independence — and a hanger-on.Are you embracing Showtime's lady-centric lineup? — Anna DimondCatch more of the ladies — and gents — on Showtim...
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Secret Diary of a Callgirl courtesy Showtime
New releases announced today, August 14:Secret Diary of a Call Girl - Season 1 will be coming out December 2 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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Billie Piper in Secret Diary of a Call Girl courtesy ITV2/Showtime, Amy Winehouse by Mark Allan/ WireImage.com
Cheers to The Secret Diary of a Call Girl for using Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good" as its opening theme. The saucy soul tune perfectly sets the tone for Showtime's naughty new U.K. import. This week's episode, in which Belle (Billie Piper) two-timed a client during an all-night date, also made witty use of Regina Spektor's "Fidelity" during a shower scene. If only Amy — who was seen throwing elbows at an apparently too-frisky fan over the weekend — were as levelheaded as the surprisingly stable Belle, maybe they wouldn't try to make her go to rehab. • Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Billie Piper, Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Billie Piper is a nice girl who follows her instincts, for better or for worse. That's how the British actress, who'll be familiar only to Doctor Who fans and close followers of the U.K. tabloid press, came to play a high-class hooker in Showtime's controversial new series, Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Mondays at 10:30 pm/ET).
"It's not a shock-factor thing for me," says Piper. "I just thought about playing the part and what it meant emotionally, as opposed to, 'I'm going to get my t--- out.' You can't tell a story of that nature without showing the truth. I wanted it to be really honest."
It may well be Piper's honesty, coupled with the fact that she's grown up in public, that has led her to become a U.K. tabloid target. She's moved out of London to a country cottage in West Sussex because of persistent paparazzi hound
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Mary-Louise Parker, Alexander Gould and Justin Kirk by Monty Brinton/Showtime
See, I told you it was good stuff. Monday night's Season 4 Weeds premiere delivered 1.35 million total viewers — a 64 percent larger audience than the previous season opener — and in turn gave Showtime it's highest rated telecast ever (or at least since 2004, when the ratings for SHO1 started getting broken down). Leading out of Weeds, The Secret Diary of a Call Girl delivered Showtime's most-watched series debut: 949,000 viewers. — Matt MitovichRelated:• Cheers & Jeers samples the new Weeds.• Tiger's U.S. Open Playoff Victory a Ratings Winner
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