Bill Maher Argues Will Smith Slap Is Part of a ‘War on Jokes’ Linked to Cancel Culture (Video)

MASTERCHEF scenes set our stomachs rumbling at the array of often-delicious food whipped up in minutes. With picture-perfect dishes, an immaculately-stocked larder and witty John Torode and Gregg Wallace as hosts the BBC show seems a recipe for success.

OLIVIA Bowen is an Instagram darling - but this might not be the case for her firstborn. The former Love Island star, 28, is expecting her first child with husband Alex Bowen, 30.

FEUDING Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher could reunite with the help of pop legends ABBA. The Swedish pop sensation are heading on tour this month - or at least their holographic younger selves are.

ALISON Hammond looked incredible on the Bafta TV awards red carpet this afternoon. The This Morning star joined a host of famous faces from the world of British television for the industry bash on Sunday.

DOCTOR Who star Ncuti Gatwa flashed his toned chest and a huge smile at the Bafta Television Awards. Actor Ncuti, 29, was announced as the new Doctor Who earlier today, taking over from Jodie Whitakker. He is the first black actor to take the lead role, and Ncuti couldn't stop smiling on the red carpet next to his new boss and Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies.

KERRY Katona has gushed over her "favourite photo" showing herself and her five kids. The proud mum, 41, a former Atomic Kitten singer, took to her Instagram for the sweet family throwback.

THE red carpet for tonight's Bafta Television Awards has kicked off to a dazzling start as glamorous arrivals take to the red carpet this afternoon. Unsurprisingly Michelle Keegan was one to turn heads in her fairy tale style tulle gown with sequin accents.

JADE Goody's model son Bobby Brazier is dating the daughter of a famous DJ. The handsome catwalk star, 18, confirmed his romance with Liberty Love as they kissed and engaged in various displays on PDA in London's Soho.

Two gay dads were called ‘rapists’ and ‘pedophiles’ by an unidentified man while on an Amtrak train trip along the California coast. On April 12, Robbie Pierce and his husband, Neal Broverman, were travelling with their two children when a man started yelling at them. “The next thing he said was, ‘Marriage is between a man and a woman. They stole you, and they’re pedophiles.’”Pierce and Broverman got between the man and their sobbing children and Pierce said, “Get away from my family.” The man responded, “That’s not a family! You’re rapists and pedophiles.

CORONATION Street legend Bill Roache has revealed that the secret to being fit at 90 is going to a weekly exercise class with school games and star jumps. The cobbles favourite, who celebrates the landmark birthday later this month, credits chasing games like Tag Zombie with kids for his good health.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Matthew Lillard, best known for his roles in the hit films Scream and Scooby Doo, and writer-director Bill Whirity have launched Midnite Movie Club, an NFT based project that allows holders to participate in the first ever ‘Decentralized Movie Studio’. Lillard and Whirity want to give the power back to the audience by letting them decide what films the company produces. 

too extreme.” That blew over quickly, but in 2020, the Black Student Union and the Student Inclusion Coalition supported the removal.Yeah, Lincoln “said some racist thing,” Maher said, adding that “every white person in 1860 Columbus had slaves. So did everyone in 1492, who could afford it, including people of color in other parts of the world. … You know who else had slaves? Everyone in the Bible.

COMPULSION viewers have been left shocked after they spotted an iconic star of The Bill in the Channel 5 drama. The four-part series follows a paramedic called Jenny, who struggles with PTSD after a traumatic event.

Lauryn Hill has shared her support for a California bill to limit the power of record labels over artists.Yesterday (April 14), Hill made a plea to members of the California State Assembly’s Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media to support the ‘FAIR Act’, which is also known as Assembly Bill 2926 (via Billboard).The bill, which was introduced by Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) in February, would prevent record labels from suing artists who want to leave their record contracts prematurely.“No institution should be allowed the opportunity to control the market by controlling the output of a creative being for some ridiculous, indefinite period of time,” Hill wrote on Instagram, tagging several members of the committee.“This is not only unjust, it’s dangerous, and at its core a violation of the principles of free expression. Artists’ expressions ARE their voices, and an extension of their free speech and should not be contained, caught-up or controlled beyond a reasonable amount of time by an institution with the money and power to obstruct and deny someone’s output indefinitely.”A post shared by Ms.

Fraudsters appear to be using the cost of living crisis as a means of parting Scots with their cash - by telling potential victims they've won money towards their energy bills.

Bella Thorne joined Bill Maher on his “Club Random” podcast, where she told the “Real Time” host about how her struggles with anxiety led her to start her own cannabis company, Forbidden Flowers.

Gillian Anderson recalled the first time she met Bill Clinton and was charmed by the former president.

he may have a tipping point to cross over to the Republican Party.Maher, the staunch liberal who ushered politics into late night with “Politically Incorrect” and now “Real Time” on HBO, has had taken many sojourns into centrist and center-right thinking of late. He and Rogan likened their mutual centrism to a rare form of “common sense” on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that debuted Tuesday.Maher suggested that runaway government spending — and the grift that comes along with it — just might be the thing that changes his stripes.

Gillian Anderson is looking back at the time she met Bill Clinton.

Katherine Turman With a management roster of active rock bands reliant on touring — among them marquee names Shinedown and Halestorm — plus developing artists and a midtown Manhattan office, you’d expect In De Goot Entertainment to be especially hard hit during the pandemic.Yet the full-service management company owned by indie promo guru Bill McGathy has announced seven internal promotions and restructuring, made new hires and opened a Nashville office, all in the first half of 2022.“Instead of curling into a ball and worrying about what was going to happen, we decided to get really nimble and go in every other direction possible to serve our clients,” explains Alison Shepard, the firm’s newly minted president of marketing and strategy. “During the pandemic we ended up signing several new acts, including GWAR and Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum, breaking Ayron Jones, and finding that we actually needed additional staff because we were so busy and having success.” Of the 22 artists on the roster — which skews about 75% active rock — “every one of the bands that we represent, their metrics are up during the pandemic.

A disabled mother who is behind a nationwide protest against the rising cost of gas and electricity has shared the struggles facing families amidst the soaring price hikes.

Tyson Fury's promoter Frank Warren has had to defend the undercard for next Saturday's title fight against Dillian Whyte fight at Wembley. Fury's younger brother Tommy will feature the undercard bill as he comes up against Polish veteran Daniel Bocianski following December's cancelled fight with Jake Paul.

An elderly couple can no longer afford to heat their home after their energy bills more than doubled last month - forcing them to wear coats to bed.

Brooklyn Beckham is set to take Nicola Peltz surname as his middle name after the couple tie the knot in their lavish ceremony.

Quiz show contestant has hilarious wrong answer to Martin Scorsese questionWhite House condemns 'Don't Say Gay' bill as 'misinformed and hateful'NYPD hunting for Brooklyn road rage gunmanNYC mayor condemns Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' lawMartha Stewart receives Covid vaccineSpaceX Starlink satelites: Elon Musk network provides Ukraine with internet serviceMan who woke from 19-year coma to say ‘mom’ has died at age 57Questlove appears to reference Will Smith slap onstage at Grammys 2022Trevor Noah mocks Will Smith Oscars controversy at the GrammysTravis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian kiss on the Grammy's red carpet'This is the torture of the whole nation': Zelensky says Russia is committing 'genocide'Daughter tells Judge she supports shorter sentence for her mother who kidnapped herInternational Space Station: Russia threatens to end cooperationAn emotional Hope Solo on recent troublesVirginia Governor abolishes death penaltyPsaki claps back on Fox reporter over domestic oil pricesThe motion picture academy has banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years after he slapped Chris Rock at last month's ceremony. It follows a meeting of the academy’s Board of Governors to discuss a response to Smith’s actions.

Bill Maher used a pointer to illustrate his lecture Friday night on HBO’s Real Time, as he gave a “Zapruder-ized” analysis of the Oscars moment that everyone can’t let go.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg brushed off attacks from Republicans who make light of his sexuality or he and his husband Chasten being fathers, during a Friday April 8 appearance on The View. Buttigieg, 40, explained that attacks on him personally or dangerous pieces of legislation like Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill are often politically motivated to hide the fact that they don’t have further plans to deal with issues that affect Americans.

Staying in phone contracts for longer than necessary can cost hundreds a year, according to a latest study. Mobile operator, idMobile, which is part of the Currys family, has carried out a study which shows a third of consumers could save an average of £156 a year by switching providers.

The rise of SpaceX and Elon Musk’s bid to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions are the focus of a new Netflix documentary. Return to Space is being billed as an intimate portrait of the first crewed mission launched from US soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011.

Marta Balaga Following their collaboration on short “When the Hurlyburly’s Done” and “Killing All the Flies,” Alex Eslam and Hanna Maria Heidrich share directorial duties on eight-episode German Sky Atlantic series “Souls,” which competed at Canneseries this week.Produced by Geißendörfer Pictures and Sky Deutschland, its complex plot combines the concept of reincarnation, the kind of love that cheats death and even sees one of its characters, played by Julia Koschitz, caught in a time loop à la Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day.”“It was always clear to me that this topic was way too big to focus on just one storyline,” explains Eslam, who created the series. His protagonists, who seemingly have nothing in common, represent the past, present and the future connected to one tragic event: a passenger plane accident that left many questions unanswered. Until teenage boy Jacob, fresh off a traumatic incident of his own, announces that in a previous life, he was actually the plane’s pilot.

Bill Bailey believes Chris Rock and Will Smith were both wrong for their actions after the controversial Oscars bust-up. During the live broadcast, the King Richard actor, 53, stormed on stage and smacked Chris, 57, across the face for joking about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair – the actress suffers from alopecia but sources say Chris was unaware of her condition.  During Wednesday’s This Morning, presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary asked the former Strictly Come Dancing winner if he felt ‘pressure’ to censor his material following the Academy Awards incident.