The Chase's Jenny Ryan slams 'boring' Graham Linehan for complaining over Edinburgh Fringe cancellation

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first teaser trailer for anticipated Toronto Film Festival world premiere The End We Start From, starring Emmy and BAFTA winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) as a woman trying to get home with her baby amid an environmental disaster.

Anne 'The Governess' Hegarty has revealed that she and her fellow The Chase stars have a group chat to "b****" about ITV bosses.

Flesh-eating sewer monsters, genitals with wings, grave robbing, two confused “identical twins” and 90 minutes of sexual innuendo is what you can expect from comedians Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp’s stage show-turned-movie. Directed by Larry Charles and written by and starring the duo, the film also features Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion and Bowen Yang. As a viewer, I often wondered how the hell this got turned into the movie because it is so outrageous. Thankfully, it succeeds at being fun and funny because anything less would have amounted to torture. 

We guess this isn’t as serious to everyone as it is to the label PR folks who made Zach Bryan apologize. What? We were the only ones thinking it??

Jaden Thompson Ryan Murphy has taken to Instagram to announce the creation of the Ryan Murphy Productions Assistance Fund to support the cast and crew of any Ryan Murphy show, past or present, during the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Murphy is the creator behind a myriad of popular shows including “Glee,” “American Horror Story,” “American Crime Story,” “Pose,” “Hollywood” and more. To provide financial assistance to his entertainment industry colleagues who are currently out of work, the veteran showrunner and producer jumpstarted the fund with an out-of-pocket donation of $500,000.

There have been 21 seasons of American Idol so far (with another coming next year) and throughout those two decades, there have been 14 different people who have sat behind the judges table.

Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service kicked off their joint 20th anniversary co-headline tour in Washington last night (September 5).Ben Gibbard joined both of his bands for the tour with Death Cab performing their 2003 album ‘Transatlanticism’ and The Postal Service’s ‘Give Up’ in full at The Anthem.During the latter’s set, they were joined by Death Cab for a cover of Depeche Mode‘s classic hit single ‘Enjoy The Silence’ at the end of the show. You can view footage below.They also performed two versions of ‘Great Heights’, with the latter take during the encore just featuring Gibbard on an acoustic guitar and Jenny Lewis.Death Cab for Cutie + The Postal Service closed out the first night of their co-headlining tour with a Depeche Mode cover pic.twitter.com/Zxr9o1xuG4— Lorie Liebig (@lorieliebig) September 6, 2023Both shows are part of their joint US tour which continues throughout September and wraps up at the Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl on October 13.

Roy Keane launched another trademark rant before Manchester United's meeting with Arsenal after the players were seen chatting and hugging in the tunnel before the game.

Tunisia has picked Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters, which debuted in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2024 Oscars. 

The CW Network and NFL Films have set a cast of former football stars for the upcoming season of the Emmy-winning weekly studio series Inside the NFL.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Having just wrapped up a short tour of U.S. arenas, Zach Bryan has plans to go much bigger in 2024, both in tour length and, in several cases, venue size.

Chase Chrisley has a LOT to say about his star-crossed family — and their forthcoming reality TV return. But things aren’t easy on the inside for mom and dad…

The Glee cast came out in full force for the SAG-AFTRA Strike on Wednesday (August 23)!

Charlize Theron’s days of gaining weight for roles are over.

The much-loved burger restaurant Archie's has opened the doors to its new site inside Trafford Palazzo.

Camila Alves is opening up about a few monster-in-law stories with Matthew McConaughey’s momma.

Graham Linehan took to the Scottish Parliament to perform his comedy show after two Edinburgh venues cancelled.

her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy in the film “The Blind Side.” The movie was inspired by the real-life story of a Tennessee family that took in and adopted Michael Oher, who would later have a career in the National Football League (NFL).Over the past week, the illusion of “The Blind Side” has been shattered after Oher accused the Tuohy family of never actually adopting him and forcing him into a conservatorship for their monetary benefit. The Tuohy’s say Oher previously tried to shake them down for $15 million. Given the movie’s resurgence in the news, some people have questioned if Bullock’s Oscar should be revoked, a notion that Quinton Aaron, who portrayed Oher in the movie, disagrees with.“There’s a lot of hate being spread around nowadays.

Father Ted and The IT Crowd writer Graham Linehan has been cancelled in Edinburgh over his gender-critical views.The arts venue, Leith Arches, said it has cancelled the gig, which was due to take place Thursday (August 17), because it does not “align with our overall values”.In a post shared to Instagram Tuesday (August 15), the venue wrote: “We are an inclusive venue and this does not align with our overall values.”It also added that it was “brought to our attention at the very last minute of the very controversial line up”.A post shared by Leith Arches – Edinburgh Events (@leitharches)A post shared by Leith Arches – Edinburgh Events (@leitharches)“We work very closely with the LGBT+ community, it is a considerable part of our revenue, we believe hosting this one off show would have a negative effect on future bookings.”It concluded that their decision was “not influenced by the pressure of online activists, but by our regular community who use the space on a daily weekly and monthly bisis [sic].”According to the BBC, Linehan responded on Twitter, now called X, writing: “It sure sounds like discrimination on the grounds of my legally protected beliefs.”Linehan has made a number of anti-trans statements on his social media in recent years, and in 2018 was issued with a verbal harassment warning by police after he was involved in an online row with a transgender activist.More recently, he accused Lambrini Girls of “supporting sterilising children” by speaking out for trans rights.Back in 2020 he was banned from Twitter, but has since returned.Last year also saw the cancellation of a ‘Father Ted’ musical over his controversial views, with the writer saying that he’s lost family over arguments that “have consumed his life”.

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has threatened to sue an Edinburgh Fringe venue after it cancelled his show following complaints. The writer, who has been critical of transgender issues, was due to perform at Leith Arches tomorrow.