John Cleese complains he’s “surprisingly poor” due to divorce

Susan Buckner, best known to moviegoers as Grease‘s bubbly cheerleader Patty Simcox, died peacefully surrounded by loved ones in Miami on May 2.

EXCLUSIVE: John Pasquin (The Santa Clause, Home Improvement) is reuniting with his frequent collaborator Tim Allen to direct and executive produce ABC multi-camera comedy pilot Shifting Gears (working title), starring Allen and Kat Dennings, from 20th Television.

EXCLUSIVE: Republic Pictures has acquired North American rights to Dreamquil, the psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Banks and John C. Reilly.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Olivia Colman and John Lithgow head the cast of “Jimpa,” a multi-generational family tale involving a nonbinary teenager and her mother who take a trip to see their gay grandfather. The Australia- and Europe-set film is directed by Sophie Hyde, whose most recent film was the breakout “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.” The film is now in its third week of production in Amsterdam and will later shoot in Adelaide, Australia and Helsinki, Finland. Rights to the film are being handled by Protagonist Pictures in much of the world and by CAA Media Finance in North America, with sales kicking off at the Cannes Market next week.

First Minister-elect John Swinney praised a former Tory Chancellor who pushed through deep benefit cuts as a “believer” in devolution.

Singer-songwriter Lily Allen recently opened up about her misplaced resentment towards music legend Sir Elton John, revealing a candid letter she wrote to her former manager. In a candid clip speaking on her podcast with Miquita Oliver, Miss Me?, Lily detailed her former management by Elton John, recalling how he would check in on her regularly, offering support during challenging times. "He would call me once every couple of weeks to check in and say hi and make sure I was okay," Lily shared, reflecting on a period of her life where she struggled with personal challenges.

Glastonbury line-up as the Theatre And Circus bill has been revealed.The fields will welcome a host of circus, theatre, cabaret, music, dance and poetry acts to the iconic festival, which takes place this year from Wednesday June 26 through to Sunday June 30, 2024 at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset.Back in March it was revealed that Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA will headline the Pyramid Stage this summer, while Shania Twain will perform in the legends slot.Other newly announced acts and performances in the Theatre And Circus area include comedian Andy Parsons, poet Iona Lee, the theatre and dance group Mark Bruce Company, musician Toby Walker, cabaret act An Evening Without Kate Bush, Boom Circus and many more.You can check out the full stage line-up below.With just 51 days until gates open, here's the 2024 line-up for Glastonbury's incredible @theatre_circus fields pic.twitter.com/SmvPdkF146— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) May 6, 2024Other acts set to perform on the festival’s pyramid stage this year include LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, Burna Boy, PJ Harvey, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Kiwanuka, Janelle Monae, Olivia Dean, Paloma Faith and Keane.Meanwhile, Idles, Disclosure and The National are scheduled to top the Other Stage, while the likes of The Streets, Two Door Cinema Club, Avril Lavigne, The Last Dinner Party, Fontaines D.C., Arlo Parks and many more will be performing across the festival’s various stages.A host of other new names were recently unveiled a for the 2024 West Holts stage line-up, including Nia Archives and 47soul joining previously announced Jungle, Jessie Ware and Justice.The festival has been gradually dropping line-ups for the event’s many stages in recent weeks, including the Acoustic Stage, the

Paramount Advertising President John Halley was preparing to preside over an upfront pitch to Publicis, one of the four major holding companies in the ad business, when big news crossed the wire.

John Robb has spoken to NME about his spoken word tour, being the first person to interview Nirvana, the infamous Oasis vs Cable fight, and his ongoing belief in new music.Robb is an author, journalist and member of punk legends Goldblade and The Membranes. Starting out in zines, he went on to write for the likes of ZigZag, Melody Maker, Sounds and The Guardian among others.

John Oliver was back on Last Week Tonight after taking a week off and dinged Fox News over their coverage of college students protesting the war in Gaza.

An SNP activist who planned to challenge John Swinney for the party's leadership has pulled out of the running.

A veteran SNP activist who made a fart joke at the party's conference has claimed he has enough nominations to stand against John Swinney to become leader, according to reports.

“Andy Cohen Live,” John Leguizamo described his late co-star Patrick Swayze as “neurotic” and “difficult” to work with. The two actors starred in the 1995 drag queen cult classic “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar” alongside Wesley Snipes and Stockard Channing.Leguizamo’s comments were spurred by host Andy Cohen’s suggestion that Swayze had a sterling reputation among his co-stars.Leguizamo, 63, disagreed, “That’s different than what I experienced. Rest in peace, I love him.

EXCLUSIVE: As they open The Fall Guy, a TV series turned feature, director David Leitch and his 87North producing partner Kelly McCormick are eyeing a beloved graphic novel for a TV series.

With a long plane journey ahead of you, what you wear can pretty much make or break the journey.

Fawlty Towers.Confirmation of the new incarnation of the beloved comedy came in February, when Cleese revealed he had written a two-hour play based on three episodes from the series – ‘The Hotel Inspector’, ‘The Germans’ and ‘Communication Problems’.The production will debut at London’s Apollo Theatre on May 15, nearly five decades after the first episode was filmed at the BBC Television Centre in December 1974. Tickets can be found here.And now, Cleese has said that the slurs from the original version of ‘The Germans’, which he co-wrote with Connie Booth, will be taken out of the new adaptation.In one scene of the original, the army veteran Major Gowen uses the N-word when referring to a Caribbean cricketer, and another racial slur to describe an Asian cricketer.At the press conference launching the stage show, Cleese said: “Those scenes where the Major used a couple of words you can’t use now, racial slurs they would come under, we took them out.”“There’s always a problem with comedy that you deal with the literal-minded,” he continued.

‘Leather Tour’ all over North America in early 2024, country star Cody Johnson is coming back for seconds.From May through November, the “Son of a Ramblin’ Man” singer announced he will return to the road for more concerts at stadiums, arenas and festivals in the U.S. and Canada.While he won’t hit New York or New Jersey on this upcoming run, CoJo will get close when he performs at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on Friday, Nov.

John Patton Ford‘s feature debut “Emily The Criminal” won over critics in 2022 thanks to a riveting lead performance by Aubrey Plaza. But Deadline reports that Plaza won’t star in Ford’s upcoming series adaptation of the film, although she’ll still be involved as an executive producer.   READ MORE: Margaret Qualley, Glen Powell & Ed Harris Join A24’s ‘Huntington’ From Director John Patton Ford Legendary Television will develop the series with Ford directing its entirety.

Naman Ramachandran The London West End stage adaptation of “Fawlty Towers” will be free of racial slurs, creator John Cleese has said. “Fawlty Towers – The Play” is based on the classic 1975 sitcom and is written by Cleese and Connie Booth and adapted for the stage by Cleese. Cleese, who co-wrote the original 1975 TV series with Connie Booth and starred as Basil Fawlty, has written the two-hour play based on three of the original TV episodes – “The Hotel Inspector” and “The Germans” from Season 1 and “Communication Problems” from Season 2.

In a new interview with David Letterman‘s Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, John Mulaney revealed something Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels shared about sobriety and addiction.