‘Bar Rescue’ Host Jon Taffer Reveals Five Series Secrets, From the Show’s Initial Rejection to Walking Away Before the Remodel Is Done

Queer Eye‘s Jonathan Van Ness is breaking their silence on the allegations against them.

Celebrity Gogglebox gives us the chance to get a glimpse inside the home lives of some huge stars as they settle down for a night in front of the telly - but all may not be as it seems after some of them have spilled their secrets on filming. Famous TV fans including Rylan and his mum Linda, Bobby and Jeff Brazier, Jane McDonald, Judi Love and Gyles Brandreth have been offering their opinions on the week's viewing in the current series of the popular Channel 4 show. But fans of the show might be surprised to learn that often, it isn't the celebrity's house we're seeing at all, as well as a host of other behind the scenes secrets that those who have taken part have revealed.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Those of us who grew up with “Sesame Street” still remember Guy Smiley, the stereotypical game show host as originally voiced by Jim Henson. Guy was loud, boisterous and the host of everything from “Here Is Your Life” and “Beat the Time” to “Name That Sound!” Guy Smiley served a purpose for “Sesame Street,” and so did real-life game show hosts. It was a very specific (and also, very non-diverse) group: Bob Barker, Monty Hall, Jack Berry, Bill Cullen, Wink Martindale, Bob Eubanks, Richard Dawson, Gene Rayburn, Alex Trebek and many more.

Jon Hamm is opening up about the possibility of starting a family.

Stephen Fry is poised for a celebrated comeback as the host of 'Jeopardy!' on ITV, with whispers of a second series in the pipeline. Contestants will engage in a cerebral contest, providing questions as answers to win cash prizes.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic A lot of bong water has passed under the bridge since “Reefer Madness: The Musical” first premiered at the Hudson Theatre on Santa Monica Blvd. in 1998. Like, legalization of the demon weed in most states… plus, about a million more camp musicals that have come down the pike since then, maybe lessening any obvious need to bring back a show satirizing long-bygone pot paranoia.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Paramount’s upcoming action-packed show “NCIS: Tony & Ziva” will have issues of trust at its core, stars Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo said at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, where the “NCIS” franchise is celebrating reaching 1,000 episodes. The series, set to stream on Paramount+, focuses on their “NCIS” characters, Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David, after they have left the agency, and are bringing up their daughter, Tali, in Paris.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor At the Monte-Carlo TV Festival Saturday, Lee Jung-Jae, one of the stars of new Disney+ series “Star Wars: The Acolyte,” spoke with Variety about how he prepared for his role as Jedi Master Sol, the strengths of Leslye Headland, the show’s creator, as a showrunner, and the relationship between Sol and Amandla Stenberg’s characters.Lee, who won a Primetime Emmy for “Squid Game,” says that for 50% of “The Acolyte” role he drew inspiration from previous depictions of the Jedi Masters, and “for the remaining 50% I tried to find something that was appropriate to Sol – something that would only incarnate him.” He also consulted with an expert in “Star Wars” lore at Lucasfilm.In “The Acolyte,” the Jedi Masters are shown to be flawed. How does the show present this? “In ‘The Acolyte,’ what it tries to say is that anyone can make mistakes, but you have to accept the mistakes that you make, and put effort into correcting them or developing yourself, because any human being has some unstable thinking,” Lee says.

Jon Burlingame Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are on the verge of EGOT status… that is, if Emmy voters nominate their song from “Only Murders in the Building” and it winds up winning three months from now. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul — already Oscar winners for “La La Land” and Tony and Grammy winners for “Dear Evan Hansen” — could finally manage that feat with the witty comic patter song “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?,” sung by Steve Martin and co-written with fellow Tony and Grammy winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for the third season of the Hulu comedy-drama.

Cadbury is set to delight chocolate lovers by bringing back the beloved Cadbury Top Deck for a limited time.

SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points for Season 3 of Bridgerton.

Trampolene frontman Jack Jones has announced details his self-titled debut solo album, as well as sharing new single ‘Breathe’.As well as fronting Trampolene and working as a poken word poet, Jones is also a member of Pete Doherty’s band The Puta Madres. Now, he’s set to make his solo debut.According to a press release, the album will see Jones “put away his guitar” to embrace a new contemporary sound while delivering his usual “hard-hitting state of the nation poems of existential fear and loathing”.He’s also shared the Barnaby Fairley-directed video for new single ‘Breathe’, which features Jones donning astronaut gear as crowds swirl around him.

EXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Joker and Deadpool 2 actress Zazie Beetz has signed on to headline They Will Kill You, the first feature from Nocturna, the horror label formed this year by Skydance and Andy & Barbara Muschietti. 

Jon Stewart walked away from The Daily Show in 2015 because he felt “burnt” but he now feels “reinvigorated” on his return.

Spoiler Alert for “Ratfish (Part 1)”: Coming out in 2019 after the success of unscripted content for Dropout, Game Changer was an instant hit on the platform. Now, six seasons later, host Sam Reich is still working to bring “consistently original” ideas to the show with no signs of stopping. “Every season, I feel like I fly a little closer to the sun,” says Reich. “And every season, the response I get from the audience is like, ‘This was the best yet,’ which is a very dangerous thing to tell me as I push it more and more, further and further.”

Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin has confirmed that he will be returning to the hit BBC show when it airs this autumn.The BBC recently announced the line-up of professional dancers for the new season, confirming Amy Dowden, Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Graziano Di Prima, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk, Jowita Przystal, Johannes Radebe, Kai Widdrington, Nancy Xu, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas and Vito Coppola as returning pros, On Tuesday, June 11, Celebrity Big Brother star Nikita, 26, confirmed his return with his 282,000 Instagram followers, writing: "ANNOUNCEMENT. I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining Strictly again for my 4th season!! Can’t wait for all the new and exciting things coming upppp [red heart emojis] @bbcstrictly." The dancer and choreographer's celeb pals and Strictly co-stars raced to the comments to congratulate him on the news.

Simon Cowell has opened up about the possibility of One Direction reuniting, and explained why he wishes he had ownership of the band name.The music mogul and talent show judge opened up about the boy band during a recent interview on Stephen Bartlett’s The Diary Of A CEO podcast, where he looked back at his time forming the band on the 2010 series of The X Factor.All five members of the band – Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Liam Payne – auditioned for the show 14 years ago as solo artists and were ultimately put together as a group by Cowell during the series. They then went on to release five Number One albums and become one of the most successful boy bands of all time.“When I was talking to One Direction, I remember saying to them, ‘Our goal is for you to have enough hits that if you ever reform, that you can do stadium tours.

Sian Welby has revealed that her Capital FM co-star Jordan North will be covering her showbiz news segment on This Morning whilst she's on maternity leave.The show's main hosts, Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley, were introduced to Sian's stand-in on Monday, 10 June. As the 37 year old presenter takes leave in preparation for her first child with boyfriend Jake Beckett - an exciting announcement she previously made on Capital FM - fans will be in good hands.

A bunch of stars spent the weekend together in Greece, including Liam Hemsworth, Joe Jonas, Kylie Minogue, and Luke Evans!