Films & TV

Following a spate of complaints from concerned dog lovers, the BBC was forced to issue a statement on behalf of its flagship program, EastEnders, announcing that it doesn’t condone the killing of dogs.

The furore exploded after EastEnders character Lucas Johnson, played by Don Gilet, made a remark that he may have killed the dog belonging to his son after it was sniffing around the burial site of his previous victim, Owen Turner. The remark clearly offended some dog loving viewers as it prompted over 100 complaints. The BBC then issued the following statement:

EastEnders does not condone the killing of dogs, just as it does not condone killing people.

Following the storyline, actor Don Gilet (who also doesn’t condone the killing of dogs) has claimed he’s scared to [read more]

Adriana Xenides is Australia’s answer to Carol Smillie, and she even used to co-host the Wheel of Fortune on Australian TV. Adriana is currently very thankful to her pet dog, Red, who saved her life recently when she collapsed while at home.

Often dogs save the lives of their owners by alerting others so they can help, or by dragging their owners to safety. Red went a stage further however and began CPR (of sorts) on Adriana. Adriana has suffered a lot recently with heart attacks, experiencing five heart attacks in the last two years. Her most recent scare happened when she collapsed while she was home alone with her dog, but Red knew exactly what to do.

As Adriana explains:

Red saved my life. I collapsed at home recently. The pain associated with my condition was so excruciating I passed out. When I woke up, it was dark, so some time had elapsed.

I could see two gold eyes watching me and in my mouth was [read more]

Losing your family dog can be a distressing experience, and Sandra Bullock’s husband Jesse James knows just how that feels as he recently lost his beloved dog CinnaBun.

Jesse James owns a motorcycle shop called West Coast Choppers on Long Beach, and the dog, CinnaBun, spends all day with him at the bike shop. Recently Jesse’s dog wandered off, which sent the biker into panic looking for him. Jesse posted flyers up around Long Beach and used Twitter to plead for help in finding his dog.

The Twitter message stated:

CinnaBun our shop dog & pet been missing since 2pm yesterday. If you find her plz call 562-983-6666

Jesse and his dog had been separated for three weeks before [read more]

While his character in Twilight, Edward Cullen the vampire, may not have a beating heart of his own, Robert Pattinson has managed to set the hearts racing in girls all over the world. Many hearts may have also skipped a beat when they read the headline that Robert has a new love of his life, but relax, it’s not of the female variety.

It was believed that Robert Pattinson and Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart were making dough eyes at each other when the cameras stopped rolling, but both have denied these rumours. Instead, Edward’s new flame is [read more]

Not the usual advert for Toyota, this TV advert for the Toyota Fortuner stars its very own talking Boxer called Buddy. Buddy is just one of many talking dogs that have made an appearance on television adverts over the years. [read more]

Bud Light have used dogs in several of their TV adverts and always seem to get people talking. This particular television advert could have got a dog trainer quite a lot of work as no doubt there are plenty of men that would love their dog to do at least one of these tricks.. [read more]

Some television commercials using dogs require the dog to do very little; others require the dog to sit or look the right way and a few, like this TV advert for Traveler’s Insurance, ask the dog to be pretty talented. He even gets the look on his face right when another dog goes past as he buries his bone!

This is a [read more]

Fresh from his success in the romantic comedy dog movie ‘Marley & Me’ where he starred as the much troubled owner of Marley, alongside Jennifer Aniston, Wilson is set to star as a dog in his next dog related movie. Owen Wilson will provide the voice for the loveable but very large Great Dane, Marmaduke, in a movie based on the popular comic strip.

The plot of the film follows Marmaduke’s owners, the Wilson family (oddly enough), as they relocate to Orange County with their Great Dane. Marmaduke has a habit of causing trouble, and even starts a war against pedigree dogs. However, Marmaduke finds [read more]

Actor David Boreanaz returns to our screens this Thursday in the Sky One series Bones where he plays an FBI agent, but the actor owes his career (and presumably some bones) to his dog.

Boreanaz is best known for his role as the vampire with a soul, Angel, in the Joss Whedon TV series ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and then in his own spin-off series ‘Angel’.

Boreanaz landed a minor guest spot on the comedy series ‘Married with Children’, but his acting career didn’t take off until one fateful day when he was walking his dog. Boreanaz was taking his dog for a walk in a Hollywood park when a talent scout spotted him and thought he would be perfect for the brooding vampire, Angel. Boreanaz underwent three auditions before finally being cast in the role that [read more]