John Cleese: Cancel culture is the death of creativity

The victim stabbed to death in Altrincham was Tyson Fury's cousin Rico Burton, the Manchester Evening News understands. Officers and paramedics scrambled to the scene, on Goose Green in the early hours of Sunday morning (August 21).

Manchester City fans don't want Pep Guardiola to make any changes to his starting XI for Sunday's match against Newcastle United.

A woman was subjected to a 'serious' sexual assault whilst walking on a residential street in Bolton in the early hours of this morning.

Manchester United attacker Marcus Rashford has admitted that he is enjoying life under Erik ten Hag despite their disappointing start to the season.

A stunning mural of local heroes and global icons at a school in Wigan has left children inspired. Olympian Keely Hodgkinson is the latest to be added to the wall of icons at Platt Bridge Community School following her efforts in the World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

While it's nothing new, and we're certainly not complaining, Harry Styles' name is inescapable right now. Not content with scoring ten weeks atop the Official Singles Chart with As It Was, claiming the year's first Official Charts Double as Harry's House simultaneously nabbed Number 1, making moves in the beauty business with Pleasing and starring in upcoming movie Don't Worry Darling with girlfriend Olivia Wilde (that TRAILER, though), the One Direction star's now preparing to treat fans across Canada and the USA to Love On Tour.

A pedestrian is fighting for his life after being hit by a bus in Glasgow city centre yesterday. The 40-year-old man was struck by the bus on Midland Street, at its junction with Jamaica Street, at around 1.45 pm on Saturday.

Celtic can pull clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership and lay down an early marker in their bid to retain the league title as Hearts visit the east end of Glasgow.

A Scots great-gran who was left waiting for an ambulance for five hours endured further nightmares at a Glasgow hospital. Helen 'Ella' Nimmo, 89, waited hours in crippling pain after falling in her care home with a suspected broken hip.

It's not every day you can say you have been married for 60 years.

Eve Best is set to be inducted into the Game of Thrones hall of fame when its debut series first airs on Sky Atlantic tonight. Fans will soon come to know her as Princess Rhaenys Velaryon in the eagerly-anticipated prequel House of the Dragon.

Love Island star Tasha Ghouri has opened up on how she almost “walked out” of the villa this summer, after taking part in one of the show’s brutal challenges.Tasha, 24, tells how she was “ready to walk” away with partner Andrew Le Page, 27, following the show’s ‘Snog, Marry, Pie’ challenge. The model and dancer found herself fighting back tears after she had pies thrown at her by Luca Bish and Dami Hope during the game, with some fans worrying the other Islanders took things too far . During the episode, Luca pied Tasha, saying: "I could give you a list as long as Adam but we let it go for today and it is just a game." While Dami also pied the dancer, claiming: "The reason I pied you, I feel like you usually get away with a lot of stuff but this pie, you weren't going to get away with..." Tasha was left upset over the "nasty" comments, admitting that being pied didn't bother her but it was the reasons afterwards as it felt like a "personal attack".

Sony has stated that it had no involvement in getting Death Strandingon PC Game Pass.Despite Sony owning the intellectual property of Death Stranding, the company was not involved in the licensing deal with Microsoft for its PC Game Pass service.In Sony’s statement, a spokesperson outlined the company’s relationship with the deal, stating that “matters relating to the PC release of Death Stranding are managed by Kojima Productions and 505 Games. [Sony] has no involvement in this promotion” (via Push Square).The version of Death Stranding coming to PC Game Pass is not the Director’s Cut which released on PC in March of this year, with the service only receiving the base gamewhich was first released on PC in 2020.As Sony owns the intellectual property for the game, it is currently a console-exclusive for the PlayStation group of platforms.Death Stranding coming to PC Game Pass was teased via some cryptic tweets from the official Game Pass Twitter account before being confirmed by the same account earlier in the week.

As promised earlier this week, Offset has shared a new song called ‘5 4 3 2 1’ that was produced by Baby Keem.The new song arrives amid rumours that Migos are no longer a trio, with Quavo and Takeoff sharing a new joint single without Offset titled ‘Us Vs. Them’ earlier this month.The song, also produced by Jahaan Sweet, Mike Dean and Ruchaun Maurice Akers Jr.

Lee Bullen watched Ayr go top of the Championship at Cove - then predicted their journey to the top is only just beginning.

"Leave It to Beaver" star Tony Dow has died at the age of 77, Fox News Digital can confirm. Dow's son Christopher told Fox News Digital he spoke with his father's manager – who made the official Facebook announcement Wednesday. "Although this is a very sad day, I have comfort and peace that he is in a better place," Christopher said in the Facebook statement.  "He was the best Dad anyone could ask for.

Leave It To Beaver, is under hospice care in his “last hours”, Christopher Dow told Fox News Digital.“This is a difficult time,” he explained. “Yes, he is still alive, but in his last hours; under hospice care.”The update comes after Dow’s wife, Lauren Shulkind, mistakenly announced his death in a recent statement.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAfter a long and much-publicized interruption, Chris Cuomo wants to get after it again.Cuomo, who made that phrase the mission statement for his 9 p.m. program on CNN, is taking his bulldog demeanor and lean-in anchoring style to NewsNation, the still-nascent news outlet backed by large station owner Nexstar Media, which has in recent months made a series of acquisitions aimed at bolstering its presence in the media sector.

Corie Henson is on her way to NBCUniversal.

Social media blasted TBS host Samantha Bee in honor of her show’s cancellation on Monday. In a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, TBS announced that the show would not return for the fall season.  "’Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,’ will not return to TBS.  We are proud to have been the home to ‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’ and thank Sam, and the rest of the Emmy-nominated team for their groundbreaking work," TBS explained.

told Fox News. In his book, the author and New Yorker media critic recounts how Weinstein accuser Jessica Mann told a Manhattan courthouse in 2020 that he smelled of “poop” during their 2013 encounter in which she testified that he raped her. “The first time I saw him fully naked, I felt, I thought he was deformed and intersex,” Mann said during the trial.

"Naked and Afraid" star Melanie Rauscher was reportedly found dead while dog sitting at a home in Prescott, Arizona, July 17. She was 35. The Discovery Channel show contestant had been staying in a guest room in the house while the homeowners were out of town, according to TMZ.  Fox News Digital contacted the Prescott Police Department, but a spokesperson was unavailable for comment.

Jordan Moreau The Fantastic Four are getting one step closer to entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Kevin Feige confirmed at Comic-Con that the “Fantastic Four” movie will be included in the MCU Phase 6 and be released on November 8, 2024.

"Godfather" star James Caan's cause of death has been revealed. According to the death certificate obtained by TMZ, Caan died from a heart attack ad coronary artery disease. He was 82.

Taurean Blacque, an Emmy-nominated actor and star of hit '80s show "Hill Street Blues," has died. He was 82.  Blacque died following a brief battle with an undisclosed illness, his family said Thursday.  Born and raised in New Jersey, Blacque began studying acting in New York, where his training helped him land small roles on many popular television shows, including "Sanford and Son," "The Bob Newhart Show," "Good Times," "Taxi" and "What’s Happening!!" Taurean Blacque had a lot of guest starring roles on several shows before making it big on "Hill Street Blues." (Photo by: Herb Ball/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) While Blacque found success as a guest star, his biggest television role came when he was cast as Detective Neal Washington on "Hill Street Blues." Washington was a football player who suffered a career-ending injury before deciding to join the police force.  Blacque portrayed the streetwise detective for seven seasons from 1981-1987, the entire run of the show.

John Cleese slammed wokeness for having a “disastrous” impact on comedy during an interview with Fox News Digital. Cleese was a keynote speaker at last week’s FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas where he spoke about how to cultivate creativity, a skill he believes is essential and not just in showbiz, but sounded the alarm that political correctness has become a major obstacle, particularly for young comedians. When asked if comedians have the freedom to be funny in the year 2022, Cleese firmly responded, “No.”“There’s always been limitations on what they’re allowed to say,” Cleese said. “Why you go to Molière and Louis XIV. I mean Molière had to be a bit careful.

Fox News about it at last week’s FreedomFest in Las Vegas, in an interview that was published Wednesday.“Once you start checking everything, it’s very hard to be very creative,” the comedian said. “If you’re worried about offending people and constantly thinking about that, you’re not going to be very creative.”Since comedians can only create in “an atmosphere of freedom,” Cleese, who was a keynote speaker for the conference that “attracts people of all walks of life and across the political spectrum,” noted that it is a “difficult time,” especially for younger comedians.

Filming for "Law & Order: Organized Crime" has resumed after a crew member was shot dead in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Actor Chris Meloni and co-star Jeffrey Donovan were photographed on set Wednesday, just a day after the shooting occurred.The filming took place in the West Village. Johnny Pizarro, 31, was found unresponsive and unconscious by the New York Police Department after a 911 call was made claiming a person had been shot, Fox News Digital can confirm.  The victim had gunshot wounds to his head and neck and was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.