Adele praised for inviting Grenfell survivors and firefighters to Audience With gig

K.J. Yossman As BBC Studios gears up for its annual showcase, where it introduces its upcoming hot projects to international buyers, U.K.-based Jonathan Blyth, BBC Studios’ director of comedy, and Kelly Miller, BBC Studios’ Los Angeles-based senior VP of scripted strategy, sat down with Variety to discuss what’s on their comedy slate, working with streamers and the biggest challenges they’re currently facing.What do you look for in a comedy?Kelly Miller (KM): It’s all about authentic storytelling, that lived-in experience, a talent who has something to say. Those are the comedies and the shows that are most resonant with audiences around the world, but particularly here in the U.S.Jonathan Blyth (JB): Talent is very much at the heart — front and centre.

The Tinder Swindler subject Shimon Hayut has said the women in the Netflix documentary “weren’t conned”.Hayut, who also went by the alias Simon Leviev in the recent film, recently spoke to Inside Edition about the allegations levelled against him by several women who met him on Tinder.The first part of the interview aired yesterday (February 21) with a second part due to be released today (February 22), also featuring Hayut’s girlfriend Kate Konlin.“I’m not this monster,” Hayut said of the claims of The Tinder Swindler. “I was just a single guy that wanted to meet some girls on Tinder.”The Netflix documentary alleges that Hayut convinced women he was the son and heir of diamond mogul Lev Leviev, before reportedly conning them out of millions of dollars.“They weren’t conned and they weren’t threatened,” Hayut said of the women featured in the doc, and said of the claims he was the son of Leviev: “No I am not, and I never presented myself [as such].”He went on to say he didn’t “feel bad” for the women who accused him as the allegatiosn were false, and said he is “a legit businessman” in terms of justifying his current lavish lifestyle.Hayut added: “I want to clear my name, I want to say to the world, this is not true.”Victims Cecilie Fjellhøy, Ayleen Koeleman and Pernilla Sjoholm recently set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to repay their debts after being conned.“You’re probably here because you’ve heard about our story, and we appreciate you taking the time to search and find this page,” they wrote.“The past few days have been a whirlwind, and we three (Ayleen, Pernilla and Cecilie) have been completely shocked and floored by the flood of compassion and support from everyone.

Pale Waves have announced new dates for their shows in Dublin and Belfast.

Prominent Australian TV Executive and philanthropist Neil Balnaves has died aged 77 in a boating accident, his foundation has said.

America’s Got Talent judges have paid tribute to series star Jane Marczewski, who died on Sunday 19 February after being diagnosed with cancer. She was 31.

The Mysterious Girl singer celebrated Valentine's with wife Emily last week. Writing in his New magazine column Peter said : "Valentine’s for us is all about time together, we got each other a few little bits but the most special for me was the card Emily got me. " Peter added: "As part of this beautiful card, was hidden 12 things you love about your partner and she hid each one in different locations, and I had to find them.

Coronation Street star Kimberly Hart-Simpson has recently revealed she is returning to the soap.

A lad pointed a BB gun at a college student who had a ‘silly’ argument with his girlfriend before firing at him.

Adele has given her former English teacher tickets worth £500 to attend her already sold-out concert, according to reports. The Easy On Me singer was recently left in tears when her old teacher Ms McDonald surprised her at her performance for ITV’s An Audience with Adele.The star, whose highly-anticipated new album 30 was released earlier this week, was overwhelmed to be reunited with the education professional in emotional scenes on-stage.They hugged and Adele, 33, sobbed, and following that evening, the singer has reportedly decided to offer Ms McDonald the opportunity to come to her headline show at BST Hyde Park next year.

Phillip Schofield’s view of Adele was blocked by Boy George’s hat during the filming of her Audience With ITV special to the irritation of fans. The presenter, 59, had been delegated a seat behind the Culture Club singer, 60, – who is known for wearing giant hats – and spent the evening leant to the side to catch a glimpse of Adele, 333, during her long-awaited show.

Ellise Shafer administratorAdele was wonderfully surprised when her English teacher made an unexpected appearance at her “An Audience With Adele” performance at the London Palladium on Sunday night.During the ITV special, Adele performed songs from her new album “30” and answered questions from the star-studded audience, which included Hannah Waddingham, Dua Lipa, Emma Watson, Stormzy and Emma Thompson.At one point, Thompson asked: “When you were younger, was there someone who kind of supported you, inspired you or sort of protected you from all the trials and tribulations of life and inspired you to go on?”Adele answered that she had a teacher at Chestnut Grove who taught English named Miss McDonald.

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the life and soul at Adele's show, An Audience with Adele, at the London Palladium, as clips of the star inciting the crowd to get involved while dancing along enthusiastically have emerged on social media. In one clip, the Oscar winner can be seen mouthing 'Come on!' to other members of the audience as she got out of her chair to dance, before wildly waving her arms in the air and singing along to 'Rolling in the Deep'.

Piers Morgan wasn’t invited to the An Audience With Adele concert special but he decided to criticise the singer anyway — resulting in him getting heavily roasted online. Adele recently released her long-awaited new album 30, and the singer commemorated the milestone with a special performance at the London Palladium.

It seemed like just about every UK celebrity was in the crowd for An Audience With Adele, which aired on Sunday 21 November, from Emma Thompson to Dua Lipa. However, there was one famous face that stood out perhaps even more than others, as fans spotted David Tennant had dyed his hair a new vibrant shade.The Doctor Who actor could be seen watching Adele’s performance at the London Palladium with bright red hair instead of his usual natural brown locks.

During ITV’s An Audience with Adele special, Emma Thompson asked Adele if she had someone when she was younger who “inspired” and “supported” her. Adele doesn’t hesitate with her response. “Yeah, I had a teacher at Chestnut Grove who taught me English. That was Miss McDonald,” Adele reveals to the audience.

A TV reporter has allegedly been taken off air after a disastrous $1million interview with Adele which will no longer be aired. Australian morning show Weekend Sunrise host Matt Doran travelled all the way to London to interview the pop star, 33, about her new album, 30.

Dance like nobody is watching! Emma Thompson was spotted getting her groove on during An Audience With Adele, and her moves are already going viral.

AN Audience With Adele viewers broke down in tears this evening as the singer was surprised by her old English teacher. During the show, the 33-year-old was quizzed by Emma Thompson about who had inspired her when she was young.

AN Audience With Adele fans were left open-mouthed as they spotted Emma Thompson and Emma Watson throwing some serious shapes on TV tonight. The Harry Potter stars couldn’t resist getting on their feet as Adele belted out Send My Love in front of a incredibly A-list crowd as part of the pre-recorded ITV special.

Adele just got the surprise of a lifetime. The «Easy on Me» singer was performing during her ITV concert special, An Audience With Adele, in London, England earlier this month, when she was met onstage by her former English teacher, Ms.

Adele's dazzling Audience With aired on Sunday 21 November, attended by a whole host of famous faces, from Idris Elba to Dua Lipa.The sensational concert served up some very iconic moments as the 33 year old chart-topper belted out songs from her new album, 30, as well as some of her classics. And one moment brought tears to the eyes of the audience and to Adele as the beautiful star was surprised by her old school teacher.

Adele wowed a star-studded crowd at her “An Audience With Adele” concert in London, including Emma Thompson.

Adele experienced an emotional blast from her past while recording a new special for British television.

ITV tonight (November 20). It saw Adele perform new songs and classics in front of a specially-invited audience of friends, family, fans, her own personal heroes and heroines, fellow musicians, artists, actors, sports personalities, and more.

ITV tonight. Adele was performing perform new songs and classics in front of a specially-invited audience of friends, family and her own personal heroes and heroines, fellow musicians, artists, actors, sports personalities, and more.

performed songs from her new album, 30, and older tracks to an A-list crowd including Dame Emma Thompson and her husband Greg Wise, Years And Years star Olly Alexander and Boy George at the London Palladium. Model Naomi Campbell, actors Samuel L.

READ MORE: ITV I'm A Celebrity: Show slammed for 'tacky' and 'cruel' stunts involving animals However, fans were soon in hysterics over those in the audience at the concert and flocked to Twitter to share their reactions. Actor Emma Thompson caught many viewers' attention in particular for her carefree dance moves.

Emma Thompson delighted fans as she was seen “living her best life” and dancing in the aisles on ITV's An Audience With Adele. The A-list actress was leapt out of her seat to dance to Adele's chart-topping tunes during Sunday night's one-off special.

ADELE broke down in tears during the recording of her music comeback – after she was surprised by her old teacher. The singer wept, while filming ITV’s An Audience With Adele, when she was reunited with the woman who had taught her at Chestnut Grove School in Balham, South London.

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Adele's monumental return to music is less than a week away as fans across the globe eagely await the chart-topper's latest studio album, 30.The stunning 33 year old star has not long recorded a TV special with ITV, as she rounded up an impressive list of A-List pals and headed to London's Palladium Theatre to record the one-off show. An Audience With Adele is set to air on ITV next week, on Sunday, November 21 at 7:35PM, and a preview of the highly-anticipated show has just been released.