James Kottak, Scorpions and Kingdom Come drummer, dead at 61

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Comedian Bert Kreischer is sticking with Netflix, signing with the streamer to film two more stand-up comedy specials. This reps the fourth and fifth specials for Kreischer at Netflix, following “Razzle Dazzle” (2023), “Hey Big Boy” (2020), and “Secret Time” (2018). The first of the two specials will be filmed by Kreischer at the Mahaffey Theater in St.

Nicholas Ralph, the star of the popular TV show All Creatures Great And Small, has shared his fears when filming a particularly challenging scene. The actor, who plays vet James Herriot, had to mimic a real life vet to the extreme scenario while filming a scene involving a nervous horse giving birth. Nicholas opened up about his scary experience, and said to The Mirror: "One of the scariest was I had to birth a foal in season three.

Scottish comedian Kevin Bridges has been announced as this year's host for the Teenage Cancer Trust event at the Royal Albert Hall. The stand-up comedian, 37, will host "A Night of Comedy" on Tuesday, 19 March with performances from Rob Beckett, Paul Chowdhry, Joe Lycett, Joanne McNally and Seann Walsh, plus special guests who are yet to be announced.This night is a part of the week-long event that will take place at the Royal Albert Hall from 18 March to 24 March to help raise vital funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity.There will also be performances from The Who with Orchestra, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Young Fathers and The Chemical Brothers to name a few at the star-studded event.

EXCLUSIVE: With Benedict Cumberbatch departing Searchlight Pictures and James Mangold‘s Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown following scheduling issues, his replacement has been found, with Edward Norton tapped to play Pete Seeger. He now joins an ensemble that features Timothée Chalamet as Dylan and Elle Fanning on board to play Sylvie Russo. Mangold will direct.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Unlike Cannes and Venice, Sundance isn’t a film festival that inspires too many standing ovations. But moviegoers at the Eccles Theatre were moved (more than once!) to stand up and applaud after the premiere of “Will & Harper,” a funny, heartbreaking and poignant documentary about Will Ferrell taking a road trip with his longtime friend, Harper Steele, who transitioned at 61.

Valerie Wu Intern Andrew Scott is Tom Ripley in the first trailer for Netflix’s coming psychological thriller series “Ripley,” which debuted its first teaser Monday morning. The Patricia Highsmith adaptation was originally set up at Showtime, but was acquired by Netflix in a sale between the companies. Directed and written by Steven Zaillian, who most recently penned Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” the series follows Scott’s Ripley, described as “a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York.” The plot follows his relationship with a wealthy man traveling in Italy with a troubled relationship with his son.

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There's nothing like a bit of ex warring to kickstart a new episode of Love Island All Stars and tonight's first few minutes didn't disappoint as Toby's exes came face-to-face for the first time. Bombshell Arabella Chi, 32, enjoyed her boys-only after party in the Hideaway wearing a plunging orange maxi dress, where she exchanged a few memories with Toby Aromolaran, who is coupled up with Georgia Steel.

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A new Love Island: All Stars teaser shows things are already heating up in the iconic villa, with exes Callum Jones and Molly Smith coming face to face while Liberty Poole finally quizzes ex Jake Cornish. Callum is tasked with picking a girl to couple up with in Tuesday's (16 January) episode, and he's left torn between choosing his ex-girlfriend Molly or one of the other girls.

channel’s most-watched show, by “Game of Thrones.”In honor of the show’s 25th anniversary, the network just dropped behind-the-scenes footage from the show that equals five hours of new content and 15 deleted scenes. Ahead of their reunion at the Emmys, creator David Chase, Bracco, Vincent Pastore, Kathrine Narducci, Aida Turturro, Steven Van Zandt and Steve Schirripa, among others, gathered to celebrate the major milestone at New York City’s Da Nico Ristorante.Two of the show’s major players were missed: late stars Gandolfini and Tony Sirico.

Caroline Brew editor Alec Musser, an actor known for “All My Children” and the 2010 comedy film “Grown Ups,” has died. He was 50. His fiancée Paige Press confirmed his death on Saturday via Instagram stories.

Former Scorpions and Kingdom Come drummer James Kottak died Tuesday morning in Louisville, Kentucky at 61. No cause of death has been given by his daughter, Tobi.

Scorpions, has died aged 61.The news was announced by his daughter Tobi, who told TMZ that her father died yesterday morning (January 9) in his birthplace of Louisville, Kentucky. Currently, no cause of death has been shared.The musician was most famed for his work with the German hard rock group Scorpions, for which he took on the role of drummer for 20 years.Joining the band in 1996, he appeared on all of their albums from 1999’s ‘Eye II Eye’ to 2015’s ‘Return to Forever’.

A woman has recalled the heartbreaking moment she discovered her sister and brother were no longer breathing after falling asleep at her flat.

Stand-up comedian and actress Jo Enright is to perform at a ladies comedy night hosted by the Upper Annandale Parish Church in Moffat.

When Married At First Sight UK's most successful couple, Adam Aveling and Tayah Victoria, tied the knot for the second time, this wedding was for real. Two years after meeting on the hit E4 show, Adam, 28, and Tayah, 27, who now share a 13 month old daughter, legally became husband and wife in a magical winter wedding at a stately home in North Yorkshire just three days after Christmas.

Erik ten Hag has suggested Lisandro Martinez and Casemiro could still be weeks away from returning for Manchester United.

Singer James Morrison's partner, Gill Catchpole, has been found dead at home, according to reports.