A tight 5: January 28

THE cast of the new all-female Ghostbusters reboot has been revealed. Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig – whom film-maker Paul Feig directed in Bridesmaids – are set to appear alongside Saturday Night Live cast members Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. Word is that negotiations are ongoing, but Feig was confident enough to tweet their pictures to his 1.4million followers. The movie is due out on July 22, 2016.

PADDY McGUINNESS has announced a 48-date tour, Daddy McGuinness Live, kicking off in September. The comic and his wife,model Christine Martin,are parents of 18-month-od twins Leo Joe and Penelope Patricia. Click here for dates – tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday.

RHYS DARBY is to star in a new US comedy pilot. Wrecked is described as 'Lost meets It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia' as the survivors of a plane crash try to establish a new society on a desert island. Darby plays 'a cheerful, good-natured guy who's traveling on the plane with his enormous dog Brimlow' in the pilot for the TBS network.

RUSSELL HOWARD is to run the Bath half-marathon in March in aid of the local Time Is Precious charity, which aids young hospital patients and their families. The comic previously ran the London Marathon in 4hrs 15mins in 2010 in aid of the Epilepsy Society; his brother has the condition.

GUESTS taking part in Susan Calman's new Radio 2 panel show Listomania will include Sarah Millican, Richard Herring, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Elis James and Aisling Bea, we can reveal. Calman says of the show, to launch at 10pm on March 19, 'it's something I'm incredibly proud to be part of'.

Published: 28 Jan 2015