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Lorraine was forced to hit back at a troll who insulated her loyal viewers and called them "unemployed and feckless".The 62 year old took to Twitter to criticise the keyboard warrior following Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid's interview with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Attempting to wrap up the interview, 51 year old Susanna stated that "Lorraine was waiting", prompting Boris to query, "Who's Lorraine?" Daily Mirror's Political Editor, Pippa Crerar, tweeted of the moment: "Boris Johnson ends excellent Susanna Reid interview by asking: 'Who is Lorraine?' and there goes another 1.5 million votes." One person commented on the post, writing: "The only people who watch Lorraine are the unemployed and the feckless." Lorraine immediately hit back, tweeting: "You can say what you like about me, but don't [you] dare have a go at my fantastic viewers.This is beyond patronising." Fans also defended themselves in the comments, with one writing: "Agree Lorraine.

Radio DJ Adele Roberts won the Radio Times Moment of the Year gong on Tuesday 3 May, just hours after she had revealed to fans that she is starting her final round of chemotherapy for bowel cancer. Adele, 43, broke down in tears amid a standing ovation from the audience as she received the accolade at the Audio & Radio Industry Awards (ARIAs) for her return to Radio 1 following her cancer treatment.The former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star had opened up about her chemotherapy earlier in the day in an emotional post which also paid tribute to The Wanted's Tom Parker, who passed away from brain cancer in March.

Oven grease is perhaps one of the peskiest things to get rid of when it comes to cleaning the kitchen, especially if you have a bad habit of getting oil everywhere. Fortunately, one genius mum has shared her extremely cheap oven cleaning hack and it only needs a very common household product. Sharing her trick on Mumsnet, she recalled that a simple dishwasher tablet can easily strip the grease off even the filthiest ovens.

Comedian Dave Chappelle has been subject to an attack whilst on stage at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Video footage shared to Twitter shows an audience member run on stage and attempt to tackle the comedian to the ground as he is performing a set. A man who was reportedly armed with a gun and a knife was taken into custody.

Loved-up Cheryl Fergison has just celebrated her eleventh wedding anniversary with her enigmatic toyboy, Yassine el Jamouni.The 56 year old EastEnders star posted a cute snap of the pair snuggled up together, with the caption: “It’s our wedding Anniversary [heart emoji] 11 years of Love.” The pair married when Yassine, who is now 35, was just 24. But just who is Yassine el Jamouni? He is rarely seen, preferring to stay out of the limelight, but here's everything we know about him... Yassine el Jamouni is a shopkeeper from Morocco, who made the move to the UK the same year he and Cheryl were married, in 2011.

Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart appears to have slammed Kim Kardashian, after the latter revealed she lost 16lbs in three weeks to fit into Marilyn Monroe’s iconic ‘Happy Birthday’ dress that she wore to the 2022 Met Gala. Lili, 25, took to her Instagram stories where she appeared to blast Kim, 41, for setting unrealistic body expectations, when “millions of young men and women are looking up to you”.

Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde were pictured holding hands on Tuesday during the second day of their three-day visit to Greece.The day was spent focussing on the archaeological collaborations between the two nations, with a visit to the Temple of Poseidon in Sounio. For the outing Queen Mathilde, 49, showed looked elegant in a smart blue and white belted dress and a large woven hat as she aimed to keep the Greek sun at bay.

Cheryl Fergison has celebrated her 11 year wedding anniversary with toyboy husband Yassine el Jamouni, 35, in a sweet post.The 56 year old, who recently embarked on a new career 10 years after leaving EastEnders, took to Instagram to share a black and white photo of them looking cosy together before she gushed in the caption: "It’s our wedding Anniversary 11 years of Love," followed by two red heart emojis. Hollyoaks star Nicole Barber-Lane couldn't help but share in their joy as she wrote: "Happy Anniversary you look fantastic," followed by a smiling emoji, a kissing emoji and a black heart emoji. Meanwhile, many of Cheryl's 30,400 fans also flocked to the comments section, where one person wrote: "Congratulations to you both on your anniversary.

If we weren’t so clued in on her hairdresser’s excellent work, we’d wonder how former Love Island star Maura Higgins manages to transform her hair with a new look almost every week. She truly is the hairstyle chameleon of the UK celebrity set and has been spotted with so many different hair colours during her time in the limelight. The star was seen on the red carpet last month wearing a chic updo, and fans could clearly see that the ends of her hair had been taken much lighter in colour and are now much more honey tone.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have added a sweet new photo to their home. The subtle addition in Kensington Palace, Apartment 1A, was spotted while Prince William took part in a video call from one of the rooms in the space. William sits on a beige couch in the clip shared on Twitter, and some photos can be seen in the background.

Justin Bieber has revealed he had an "emotional breakdown" after realising his marriage to Hailey Baldwin would not "fix" all of his problems. Speaking in an interview with Apple Music's Ebro Darden, as reported by People, the 28 year old said that marriage is "a journey".

When Hollywood film star Marilyn Monroe stepped out to sing Happy Birthday to President John F Kennedy at a New York fundraising event 60 years ago, it wasn’t only her seductive singing voice that dazzled everyone.Taking to the stage at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962, she removed her white fur coat to reveal an astonishing sheer, figure-hugging dress that made history in a split second and has had people talking about it ever since. Leaving little to the imagination, the long, gold marquisette gown was smothered in sparkling rhinestones and beads.

Italy has announced that a passenger locator form is no longer required to enter the country - but other Covid travel rules will remain in place until the end of the month.

EXCLUSIVE: Anatomy of a Scandal star Rosalie Craig and Boiling Point breakout Vinette Robinson have boarded The Pod Generation, Sophie Barthes’ sci-fi romcom starring Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Anne Robinson has announced that she is leaving Countdown after just one year as host of the Channel 4 quiz show.

A "wonderful" mum who was the "light in so many people's lives" tragically died the day after her wedding.

Playmaker Connor Ronan believes the unwavering backing of the St Mirren faithful helped spur him on to a memorable campaign in the stripes.

A Dundee student has been selected as the UK’s only ambassador for a special Holocaust memorial event.

Naman Ramachandran ITN, one of the U.K.’s leading TV production and news outfits, has appointed Rachel Corp as CEO. Corp will join on September 1, with current CEO Deborah Turness, who is joining the BBC, continuing to lead the organization until then.Corp is currently editor of ITV News, produced by ITN, where she has overall responsibility for ITV’s national news programs and digital output, as well as overseeing ITV News London, ITV News-produced “Tonight” program episodes, current affairs series “On Assignment,” and live programs such as general elections and Royal events.

Dave Chappelle was the target of a violent attack in Los Angeles on Tuesday when he was rushed on stage. The star was performing at the Netflix Is A Joke event when a man charged him during his performance. MORE: Chris Rock's brother speaks out over Will Smith Oscars slap Security were forced to intervene and drag the offender away as the stunned crowd watched the live events unfold.WATCH: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars Actor Jamie Foxx was watching the show from the wings and rushed to help Dave during the shock moment. Despite the attack, Dave - who came under fire earlier this year for trans jokes during another Netflix show, The Closer - was unharmed and even went on to make a controversial joke immediately after the incident. MORE: Oscars host Amy Schumer reveals why Chris Rock didn’t leave stage after Will Smith slap RELATED: Ricky Gervais reveals how he would have handled Will Smith altercationChris Rock also seized the opportunity to make light of his own on-stage misfortune, when Will Smith slapped him during the Oscars.  Dave thanked Jamie Foxx for rushing on stage to help him During his performance later in the evening, he said: "Was that Will Smith?"Social media was lit on fire with people who viewed the performance at the Hollywood Bowl as they wrote: "Someone just rushed Dave Chappelle," and there were strings of shocked face emojis. READ: Amy Schumer makes career decision in wake of 'traumatizing' Will Smith Oscars upsetOthers weren't sure what had happened and wondered if it was some sort of joke.  Chris Rock performed after Dave and made reference to being slapped by Will Smith Dave thanked Jamie for trying to help him and told the crowd: "Shout out to Jamie Foxx by the way.

Peter Andre and his wife have taken to Instagram to celebrate some amazing family news with their fans.On Tuesday, followers of Peter's son Junior Andre got to hear the teen's music for the very first time, after months of teasing the release. And no-one was prouder than Peter and Emily Andre. Junior shared a short clip of his debut single on TikTok and also took to Instagram to share a snapshot of himself in the music studio."Might have just dropped a lil something I’ve been cooking up in the studio over on TikTok…," Junior, 16, wrote, directing fans to head over to his account to hear the song - which is titled Slide.

Warning: The following review contains major spoilers from the season one finale of Moon Knight “Episode 6” and also Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Blossoms’ gig in Stockport last night (May 3) was interrupted by a fire alarm, causing the venue to be temporarily evacuated.The band were due to play a hometown show at the Stockport Plaza after premiering their Ribbon Around The Bomb film, which is accompanying their new album of the same name.Before the band went on stage, however, the Plaza’s fire alarm went off, forcing an evacuation of the audience.Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, one audience member said: “Blossoms weren’t on yet. There’s a film on promoting their new album and they cut that short, and someone came on and said, ‘Due to circumstances out of our control our alarms have gone off and we will have to evacuate the building’.”Sorry about the fire alarm that went off at @StockportPlaza1.

Kanye West is facing a lawsuit from a Texas pastor who claims the rapper sampled his sermon on the ‘Donda’ track ‘Come To Life’.According to TMZ, Bishop David Paul Moten is suing the rapper, UMG Recordings, Def Jam Recordings and G.O.O.D Music for allegedly sampling audio of his sermon without seeking permission.Moten claims West used his sermon for 70 seconds on the track, which is more than 20 per cent of the song.The Bishop allegedly criticised the rapper and the music industry for “wilfully and egregiously sampling sound recordings of others without consent or permission”.It comes just a week after the rights holder of the King Crimson sample in West’s ‘Power’, from his 2010 album ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, announced they were suing Universal Music Group.Mechanical rights holder to Crimson’s ’21st Century Schizoid Man’, Declan Colgan Music Ltd, claims that Universal underpaid streaming royalties for the use of that song on ‘Power’.The label is allegedly paying Declan Colgan Music a percentage of what it receives from streams, which is a lower amount than what CD sales would have produced.The rights holder is claiming that Universal “failed, and continues to fail, to comply with its royalty accounting obligations”.In a statement, King Crimson’s Robert Fripp said: “There is a longer story to be told, and likely to astound innocents and decent, ordinary people who believe that one is paid equitably for their work, and on the appointed payday.“This dispute has been dragging on for several years, unnecessarily IMO,” he added.

Activision has acknowledged that the studio’s “own execution” caused a disappointing reception to Call Of Duty: Vanguard, and admitted the title “didn’t deliver as much innovation” as it would have liked.Shortly after Vanguard launched, it was reported that launch sales were down 40 per cent compared to the last Call Of Duty title, Black Ops Cold War.In Activision’s 2021 annual report, the company has now reflected on what it thinks went wrong for Vanguard.“[Vanguard] didn’t meet our expectations, we believe primarily due to our own execution,” said Activision.

Blizzard itself, the name and theme of the next World Of Warcraft expansion may have been revealed.Thanks to a public source code update on the official World Of Warcraft website, it appears as though the massively multiplayer online (MMO) game’s next expansion will be called “Dragonflight” (via Wowhead).This is supported by the mention of Base, Heroic and Epic purchase options for Dragonflight in the website’s public source code, as World Of Warcraft’s last expansion, Shadowlands, also has these three purchase options.The public source code also points to the website dragonflight.blizzard.com – which is currently inactive – and as Wowhead notes, this website appears to have been certified last week.Official news of the game’s next expansion will be coming soon, as Blizzard confirmed last month that it will be revealed on April 19, saying: “We’re excited to show you what we’ve been working on and where your adventures in Azeroth will go next.”This supposed Dragonflight expansion may be released in 2022, as since 2008’s Wrath Of the Lich King expansion for World Of Warcraft each expansion has been released two years apart. That said, the pandemic’s impact may have pushed the release back into 2023, and there’s no confirmed release date yet.Activision Blizzard is currently mired by misconduct allegations that surfaced in the middle of last year, and since Microsoft announced it was acquiring the company, multiple US Senators have accused the Xbox-owner of protecting Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick.Activision Blizzard also settled a federal lawsuit last month for around £13.7million, although it is still involved in other legal proceedings at this time.