The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen gets bit by bat while opening for AC/DC

Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has insisted that The Simpsons named Duff Beer after him.The rock n’ roll star first made the claim in his 2011 autobiography It’s So Easy and Other Lies, stating that a “production company working on a new animated series” contacted him in 1988/89 to ask if they could use the name ‘Duff’ for a band of beer in the show,” owing to his reputation as a “big drinker”.Believing it was a low-budget animation project, McKagan laughed off the request and said “no problem”. However, he began to take notice when Duff became an integral part of the show, and merchandise started popping up all over the world.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent French shark movie “Under Paris” made a sneak attack on worldwide streaming last week, scoring the best launch for a non-English language film on Netflix with 41 million views in its five first days on the service. Dropping a month before the start of the summer Olympics in Paris, the movie about triathlon athletes who get devoured during a swimming race in the Seine river ranked first on Netflix’s top 10 for non-English language films across 93 countries.

Eric Idle just announced that he’s embarking on a West Coast ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live!’ tour this September.The musical one-man show — written and performed entirely by Idle — will feature never before seen sketches, original songs, jokes, stand-up comedy, humorous wisdom that comes with being a living legend and “exactly one fart joke.”He also promised “special guests, a Virtual Band and some of my favorite hitherto unseen clips,” on X, formerly known as Twitter.If seeing the beloved 81-year-old Tony and Grammy Award-winner (for “Spamalot”) live sounds like the show for you, tickets are available to be scooped up as soon as today.Fans can purchase tickets for all upcoming shows on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale is Friday, June 14.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.Idle isn’t the only Python member on the road this year.Fellow Flying Circus man John Cleese has a few shows lined up these next few months as well.You can find all of his tour dates here.After a revival on Broadway last year, “Spamalot” is still going strong at Appomattox, VA’s Wolfbane Performing Arts Center up until June 29.If you want to see the beloved show — complete with all the gags you know and love — tickets can be snagged here.In 2018, Idle dropped his best-selling autobiography “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography.”Over 292 pages, The Rutles member reflects on the meaning of his own life

Race Across the World star Betty Mukherjee broke down in tears on Loose Women as she admitted the travel contest had helped her to feel "free" for the first time over her health condition. Betty took part in the recent BBC series, which sees pairs of contestants race each other on a global route to win a cash prize, alongside her younger brother James.They became favourites with viewers who saw them develop a close bond.

Another day, another look Teresa Giudice gets roasted for!

TV doctor Michael Mosley has been missing for three days, sparking a massive search operation and a flurry of theories about his sudden disappearance. The 67 year old This Morning star was enjoying a holiday on the Greek island of Symi in the Aegean Sea when he was reported missing on Wednesday, 5 June. Reports suggest that the TV doctor had gone for a hike on the picturesque island but alarm bells were raised when he didn't return home.

Paramore have performed their first opening set for Taylor Swift in the UK leg of the ‘Eras’ show in Edinburgh – watch their performance below.The alt-rock band have officially opened for the pop star and kicked off their tour at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium, where Swift fans had been queueing for days in anticipation of the concert.Now, Paramore and Swift have landed in the UK, with Paramore playing a tight nine-song set featuring some of their greatest hits like ‘Misery Business’ and ‘Decode’.

Jax Taylor is opening up about the parameters of his separation with wife Brittany Cartwright.

“Gossip Girl” alum Taylor Momsen got bit by a bat while performing with her band The Pretty Reckless in Seville, Spain on May 29. Momsen, 30, shared an Instagram video Friday that showed the moment the bat landed on her leg as she was on stage.

Taylor Momsen had to take a trip to the hospital after being bit by a bat during a performance.

Spotted: Little J having one of the biggest “rock and roll moment”s of her life!

Bats and rock ‘n roll rarely go together. There’s Ozzy Osbourne’s legendary biting the head off one. And now, add Taylor Momsen to the list.

Thania Garcia In true glam goth spirit, Taylor Momsen of the American rock band the Pretty Reckless was bit by a bat as she was performing the band’s song “Witches Burn” in Sevilla, Spain. The band is touring as a supporting act for the European leg of AC/DC‘s “Power Up” trek.

Jax Taylor is speaking out after recent photos surfaced of him with another woman.

It is a sad state of affairs in Hollywood when you can have such talented actors as Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard, but the best you can do is stick them in boomer-baiting forgettable comedic contrivances like Summer Camp, the latest in a long line of movies for Keaton, who also is a producer on it, in which she is cast with female peers of similar age to mix slapschtick with attempted pathos and senior romance. It is the kind of formula you can sell with a simple pitch: Take three beloved septuagenarian Oscar winning and nominated stars and send them back to the summer camp where they bonded as kids. Hilarity and hijinks ensue, along with giving each a later-in-life regret or dead husband to add a bit of drama to the proceedings. Bingo! The mid-week matinees will be sellouts!

The full, official trailer for the upcoming third season of The Bear just premiered on Wednesday (May 28)!

After starting his career being best known as the hunky guy in the “Divergent” film series, Theo James has started to pick some really interesting roles as of late. With starring roles on TV series such as “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” “White Lotus,” and “The Gentlemen,” as well as a film like “Dual,” James has quickly turned into an actor worth keeping an eye on.

D:Ream have spoken to NME about their shocked reaction to their 1993 hit ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ returning to the charts after being played over Rishi Sunak announcing a general election in a downpour – and how it has led to them being asked to play Glastonbury 2024.Last Wednesday (May 22), as a drenched Sunak took to a podium outside 10 Downing Street to reveal the snap July 4 election date, in the background protester Steve Bray played the Northern Irish band’s Number One song which had long been associated with Tony Blair’s landslide victory in 1997.The clip has since gone viral on social media platforms and entered the iTunes chart Top 10 within 24 hours.According to D:Ream singer Peter Cunnah, though, the political connotations of the song had become an albatross for the band over the New Labour years and beyond.“My first reaction was ‘not again, please let me move on’,” he told NME. “We all wanted that change in ’97, that sense of positivity.

Travis Kelce wasn’t feeling the love this weekend!

Eamonn Holmes has opened up about the intense strain he faced during a lengthy five-year battle with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which he says contributed to the breakdown of his marriage to Ruth Langsford.The 64 year old TV icon was forced to sell his beloved Belfast home to cover a massive £250,000 tax bill, on top of what is believed to be a substantial amount in legal costs. Despite Eamonn's argument that he worked as a freelancer for ITV, a 2020 tribunal determined he was an employee, leading to a demand from tax authorities for backdated national insurance and income tax payments spanning several years.