Why 'Hacks' Ticked Every Box for Jean Smart (Exclusive)

DEALSAerosmith have signed a deal with Universal Music’s merch-tastic Epic Rights for global brand management. “We are THRILLED to have Aerosmith, one of the all-time greatest rock icons, on the Epic Rights roster”, says the company’s SVP Global Licensing Lisa Streff. ”In anticipation of the upcoming 50th anniversary activities, we’re excited to be developing a global licensing programme that will celebrate and illustrate the band’s career at retail”.

told the BBC about the moment she showed the former Beatle photos of the planned memorial, saying: “He said a few rude words, but we were at a family party and I had the photos of the final clay on my phone. I showed him the photograph and he said ‘bleep, bleep, bleep Janie, that’s dead good like’.

When Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon opened the BRIT Awards last week with a metal version of ‘Bad Habits’ I think everyone watching – every single one – immediately screamed, “What about Cradle Of Filth?!”After all, the extreme metal band were the first to talk about working on a heavy collaboration with Sheeran and it looked a little like they’d been sidelined for some more chart-friendly metallers. It’s alright though, Ed Sheeran can manage more than one riff partnership. Things are still at the discussion stage regarding the Cradle Of Filth collaboration though.“Ed’s expressed a desire to be part of a song, and we’re currently looking at some options, and that’s about as far as it’s got”, the band’s frontman Dani Filth tells Heavy Consequence.“The thing that interests me [is] the juxtaposition between what we do and what he does”, he adds.

Guy Lodge Film CriticThat Colson Baker can act is no revelation. The rap-rocker, better known to his legions of fans as Machine Gun Kelly, has already held his own in a dozen or so roles for film and TV, demonstrating a scuzzy on-screen charisma within admittedly limited boundaries.

KATIE Price's 16-year-old son Junior Andre has told how he wants to move to Los Angeles and "find his wifey". The teenager revealed his wish to head to America amid his mum’s relationship drama. Katie's fiancé Carl Woods last night went on a lengthy Instagram rant, insisting he didn’t hit or coercively control her.

DEAR Katie, I'm the last person to criticise someone for fighting back against that bossy old bitch Mother Nature, who throws women on the scrapheap once past their first flush of fertility. You became successful in your chosen career of glamour modelling at 18.

SIMON Cowell has revealed his eight-year-old son played a part in his proposal to Lauren Silverman. The music mogul, 62, proposed to his partner of nine years in January while on holiday in Barbados and has now explained their son Eric helped him pop the question.  Appearing on Entertainment Tonight, Simon said: “One hundred percent he had to coach me.  “And we planned it.

NINETIES stars Vengaboys rose to fame more than 20 years ago - but in a new pic it appears they've barely aged. The band sold more than 25million albums worldwide and topped the UK charts with their songs Boom Boom Boom Boom and We're Going to Ibiza.

Kaley Cuoco had a Thursday to remember as she wrapped up season two of her hit series, The Flight Attendant, and received a surprise visit from her mother Layne Ann and sister Briana, for the first time.MORE: Kaley Cuoco has fans saying the same thing as she hails 'inspirational' personThe 36-year-old's family hadn't been able to visit the set this year due to COVID-19 restrictions but the pair surprised the star on her penultimate day of filming – as seen in pictures shared by on Kaley's Instagram.WATCH: Kaley Cuoco dances in her bra during 'delirious' moment"Family hasn't been able to visit set all season! Today was the day," Kaley wrote alongside a picture of them together in front of her trailer.READ: Kaley Cuoco shares bittersweet news about future of The Flight attendantRELATED: Kaley Cuoco shares glimpse at epic home bar inside LA mansion"Had to have the obvious trailer shot to prove we are on a set lol," she joked. Kaley looked gorgeous in a sequinned dress and Barbie sneakersKaley shared several pictures and videos from her penultimate day on set, including a gorgeous shot of her in character.In the black and white photo, Kaley can be seen looking at the camera whilst wearing a gorgeous sequinned dress featuring a high slit, which perfectly showed off her legs.

Rylan Clark has reassured fans that he is now feeling better as he returned to work on Thursday. Appearing on the One Show alongside Alex Jones on Thursday, the 33-year-old addressed the recent concerns about his health as he admitted to having a "dodgy time" lately.MORE: Rylan Clark releases new health update after hospital dash"How are you lovely?" Alex said as she welcomed Rylan to the show. "People have been worried." Rylan - who recently ended up in hospital - explained that he's feeling better, saying: "I'm good.

Jamie Lang Spanish Academy Award-winning filmmaker David Pérez Sañudo (“Ane is Missing”) is shifting his gaze to the small screen, writing the upcoming eight-part drama series “Detective Touré,” which he will co-pen with novelist and TV writer Carlos Vila (“Los misterios de Laura”).Based on the “Detective Touré Saga” books by Basque author John Arretxe, the series is produced by Oscar-winning studio Tornasol (“The Secret In Their Eyes”) and DeAPlaneta, a prolific sales-distribution outfit now focused on producing literary adaptations  (“Ana. All In”).Just this week, the project was picked as one of 15 finalists selected to pitch at next month’s Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions, with a €50,000 ($56,000) cash prize on the line.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAfter Mike Golic Sr. was tweeting regularly about playing DraftKings with his pals, the sports-betting company reached out to the former ESPN host and commentator — and offered him a deal for his own podcast.Golic will host a one-hour weekly video podcast alongside Meadowlark Media personality Jessica Smetana for DraftKings. The show will cover the intersection of sports news and culture and is slated to feature interviews with special guests.

A Scots health board has been ordered to apologise to the family of a cancer patient who died three weeks after being diagnosed.

A sex attacker who went 'shopping' for a victim late at night and assaulted a woman as she slept has died in a Scots prison.

Users of the social media platform Reddit have shared their sadness at the death of the largest saltwater crocodile after two years in captivity.

A consultation has been launched to discuss radical new proposals to reform the Church of Scotland in Perth and Kinross - with 14 church buildings under threat of closure.

A fuming East Kilbride resident has hit out at South Lanarkshire Council over motorists continually flouting the law by parking on double yellow lines - including their own drivers.

A hospital's 101 calls to police to report a depressed man had gone missing went unanswered for hours, an inquest has heard.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.comWhat makes HBO Max’s “Hacks” stand out from a slew of new TV offerings (and other shows about the same topic of stand-up comedy), isn’t just its stellar cast, it’s also the premise that two women share a connection, despite being worlds apart, through the desire of making others laugh. And in an even more special twist of fate, the actors also found a similar connection in how they drew from real-life comedians for their roles.“I thought that it would be a blast to play a stand-up comedian,” Smart reveals to Variety.

Hacks, now streaming on , in its second episode. Veteran comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) tells her self-absorbed new protégé (not quite the right word, but I’ll get to that) Ava (Hannah Einbinder) that jokes need punchlines.

If pop culture insists on telling stories about tortured comics with deep-rooted personal issues veiled by their stage personae, at least do viewers the courtesy of democratizing that outline and producing good examples with something to say, like “Hacks.” Created and showrun by Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, and Jen Statsky, “Hacks” has something to say.

HBO Max series “Hacks,” a darkly comedic look at the relationship between two women with disparate viewpoints — who have more in common than meets the eye.Smart stars as Deborah Vance, a veteran standup comic whose glitzy headlining career at a (fictional) Las Vegas hotel is jeopardized when the casino manager starts hiring acts catering to a younger audience. Through a series of events, Deborah’s manager, without asking, pairs her with Ava (Hannah Einbinder), an upstart twentysomething comedy writer who’s unemployed since being “canceled” after tweeting a joke about a closeted politician.