Carol McGiffin blasts ‘cutthroat’ ITV as ‘dysfunctional as they come'

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias is "happy to be alive" after a scary incident involving a private jet. The 46-year-old funny man nicknamed "Fluffy" shared video on his social media of a private plane he had been a passenger on sitting in a muddy field with people walking away toward emergency services. "Emergency landing!!!" the comedian wrote on Instagram.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Carol Hanley, a six-year veteran of Whip Media, has been promoted to CEO of the company, a provider of data and analytics software to the entertainment industry. In addition, Whip Media’s board of directors elected her to the board. Richard Rosenblatt, who is stepping down as CEO after serving in the role since the company was founded in October 2014 as Whipclip, has been named the board’s executive chair. Hanley joined the company in 2017 as head of sales, after it pivoted from its original video-clip sharing business model to focus on collecting user data through the TV Time app. She was named co-president of Whip Media in April 2021 alongside Rob Gardos, former CEO of Mediamorph, the provider of entertainment content distribution and tracking services that Whip Media bought in 2019. Gardos left the company last year.

It took a few more months, but Angela Bassett finally “did the thing.” The two-time Oscar nominee has been awarded an honorary Oscar by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She joins fellow honorary Oscar winners Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton as well as Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award winner Michelle Satter.

The newest Academy Award winners have been announced.

Actor Angela Bassett, writer-director-actor Mel Brooks and film editor Carol Littleton will receive honorary Oscars and the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy’s 2023 Governors Awards, the Academy announced on Monday.The recipients were chosen by the Academy’s Board of Governors, and the awards will be presented at the 14th annual Governors Awards ceremony, which will take place on Nov. 18 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.Bassett has been nominated for Oscars for “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Her other films include “Boyz N the Hood,” “Waiting to Exhale,” “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” and “Soul.”Brooks won an Oscar for the screenplay to his first film, “The Producers,” and has also been nominated for his screenplay to “Young Frankenstein” and for the title song to “Blazing Saddles.” He also wrote for Sid Caesar’s television shows, created the television series “Get Smart” and turned “The Producers” into a long-running and Tony-winning Broadway musical.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor New voting methods will likely yield surprise Emmy nomination inclusions (and exclusions) this year. There could also be historic representation in several areas, with ethnicity, age and decades-old records shattered. HBO is no stranger to setting Emmy records. The fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” currently holds multiple records, including the most overall nominations for a drama series at 161 across its eight seasons. The network is celebrating its 50th anniversary and a new Max branding — so naturally, it wants more. If the early projections are accurate and it lands four drama series noms — “House of the Dragon,” “The Last of Us,” “The White Lotus” and last year’s winner, “Succession,” — HBO would tie the record for most series noms by a network in a single year, held by NBC since 1992.

Loose Women star Carol McGiffin has launched another scathing attack on ITV. The 63-year-old left the ITV daytime programme earlier this year, having first appeared on the Loose Women panel in 2000.

Loose Women last month, has had another dig at ITV after Dame Carolyn McCall, Kevin Lygo and Kyla Mullins faced questions in parliament following Phillip Schofield's affair controversy. In her new column, Carol wrote: "The only 'new' revelation to come out of the whole ITV bosses' pointless questioning by MPs is the obvious disdain and contempt they have for their viewers after it was revealed they refer to them as 'Tower Block Tracey's'. "Do they also think, I wonder, that by forcing their woke agenda down the audience's throats day after day they're 'educating' them? Of course they do," she added for Best Magazine.

Chelsea Handler voiced a call to action against the "horny old men" of the world. The former late night talk show host chastised Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin and Elon Musk for "spreading their seed." "There's a new epidemic sweeping the country, and no, it's not another virus," Handler said in an Instagram clip. "It's worse – horny old men who won't stop spreading their seed." Handler added, "Don't even get me started on these four horny old men who have never met a broken condom they didn't like." She shared a photo collage of Baldwin, Pacino, De Niro and Musk to accompany her sharp words.

Carol Vorderman has told her fans to 'be warned' before they flooded her with compliments over her natural look. The former Countdown star is often putting on glamourous appearances on social media and on TV when she appears on the likes of This Morning.

It’s the story that everyone’s talking about, and while it started with Phillip Schofield’s shock departure from This Morning, the focus has now fallen on the ITV network itself, with one disgruntled star after another stepping forward to blast the alleged “toxic” culture. “Shaken” and “worried” were the words used by Holly Willoughby to describe her feelings when she addressed the nation on This Morning last Monday.

Ex-Dancing on Ice judge Jason Gardiner is the latest star to have made claims about a "toxic" atmosphere at ITV, predicting that the broadcaster will "destroy itself". Jason, 51, was one of the original judges on Dancing on Ice when it launched in 2006 and became known as the ITV contest's Mr Nasty, but quit in 2019 after an on-air row with Gemma Collins who claimed he had been selling stories about her.The former TV judge has denied Gemma's claims and has now told The Sun on Sunday that he feels there is still a toxic culture at ITV even after the Phillip Schofield scandal.

Coleen Nolan set tongues wagging last week when she confessed on Loose Women that she is in a relationship again.The 58-year-old panellist proudly declared she’s "never been happier" as she opened up about how it’s taken her time to adjust to her new romance. And while speculation has been rife as to the identity of her mystery new man, OK! can exclusively reveal that Coleen’s boyfriend is in fact her ex, Michael Jones, who she met on Tinder two years ago. The pair went public with their relationship in January 2022, before calling time on things three months later.

Holly Willoughby last week as a supporting figure as she addressed the scandal around Philip Schofield's departure from the programme. A TV source told The Sun: “I’m A Celeb producers have begun negotiations with Josie’s team to try and lure her with a £100,000 contract. Talks are at an advanced stage.

Holly Willoughby appeared to be in very bright form on Thursday's show following a tough few weeks.

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Ruth Langsford has hit back at claims she is 'feuding' with her Loose Women co-star Coleen Nolan.The 63 year old presenter has already found herself embroiled in the drama surrounding This Morning - after her husband Eamonn Holmes publicly criticised Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield following the latter’s departure from the show. And earlier this week, ITV viewers accused Ruth of snubbing Holly during a live link between This Morning and Loose Women. Now, during an episode of Loose Women, Ruth addressed claims of tensions with fellow panellist Coleen, 58.

Frankie Bridge has taken to Instagram to share a collection of her favourite holiday looks with a fun video. In the clip, the singer and TV personality, 34, can be seen swapping between different outfits and posing for the camera.The star captioned the video: "Frankies faves is looking a bit different [palm tree and sun emoji] Sharing my favourite looks that I’ve worn on holiday this week! “Links on my stories - enjoy [lips emoji] Look one: @mango Look two: @leset Look three: @mango Look four: @mango Look five: @arket Look six: @mango Look seven: @mango @nobodyschild #frankiesfaves #holidayfashion #outfitinspo #affiliate." The first outfit she shows off is a red, form fitting cami dress from Mango, followed by a green skirt and top paired with a cute black cropped tee from Leset.

Naman Ramachandran A U.K. parliamentary inquiry that convened to gather evidence for the upcoming media bill pulled no punches, with top TV executives being probed on Tuesday. Though the proceedings began with the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee chair Caroline Dinenage stating that the session was not about the “widely reported issues” at ITV show “This Morning,” committee members ploughed on nevertheless. (ITV CEO Carolyn McCall has been called to give evidence to the committee next week over an affair between former ITV anchor Phillip Schofield and a young employee.) Appearing before the committee, Magnus Brooke, group director of strategy, policy and regulation at ITV, was asked about the duty of care that the editorial team and senior managers provide to staff, especially young staff, at “This Morning” and ITV in general. In response, Brooke said: “There’s a very sophisticated and significant system of safeguarding and duty of care at ITV, with a very significant set of policies.”

Holly Hagan, 30, and husband Jacob Blyth, also 30, welcomed their first child on the 5th of June.The pair, who first met in 2017 and got together officially a few months later, are seemingly as loved up as ever. After the Geordie Shore star and the footballer initially met in Ibiza at the start of 2017, they then met again a few months later in June 2017, before becoming official a short time later.Then, in 2019, after nearly two years of dating, as their relationship went from strength to strength, the loved up pair moved in together. With Holly packing up her life in Teeside and making the move to Manchester to live with Jacob on a full time basis.