Billy Linehan, who co-created Father Ted, was found not guilty of cyberstalking a transgender adolescent but found guilty of destroying her phone. According to the testimony given at his trial, Linehan “deliberately whacked” Sophia Brooks’ phone before tossing it into the road outside of a conference in October of last year. The Irish comic writer … Read more
Just last month, while George Clarke and a few of his fellow Strictly Come Dancing stars were mindlessly browsing social media, something abruptly halted their progress. After 21 and 11 years, respectively, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman revealed in an Instagram video that they were leaving their positions as presenters of the popular BBC One … Read more
Strictly Come Dancing contestant La Voix has been forced to leave the competition after sustaining an injury. The drag queen’s departure was announced by presenter Tess Daly at the start of Saturday’s episode from Blackpool, saying she had had to withdraw on medical advice. It had been reported earlier that she could not perform on … Read more
Before Saturday’s live performance in Blackpool, Shirley Ballas, a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, choked on a fish bone and “couldn’t breathe” for twenty minutes. The chief judge of the show wrote on Instagram about the “terrifying” experience, saying, “I really thought that was it.” She commended Jane Green, her hair and makeup artist, for … Read more
Bollywood actor Dharmendra passed away in Mumbai, India, at the age of 89. The actor was honoured by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said that his death “marks the end of an era in Indian cinema.” Dharmendra’s tens of millions of supporters were incredibly devoted to him, and he frequently referred to himself as … Read more
Blanchett will guest edit BBC Radio 4’s Today show over the Christmas season. Between December 24 and December 31, broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, historian and podcaster Tom Holland, inventor Sir James Dyson, and Mustafa Suleyman, head of artificial intelligence (AI) at Microsoft, will all be guest editors. During the holiday season, the news show has delegated … Read more