John Cleese’s Channel 4 Cancel Culture Show Has Been All But Canceled…By John Cleese’s Diary

CBS has officially announced their renewal and cancellation decisions for the 2023-2024 season, and we now know season and series finale dates.

Lexi Carson Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd are set to star in “Power Ballad” a musical comedy from John Carney, who directed “Once” and “Sing Street.” They are currently filming in Dublin. “Power Ballad” was written by Carney and Peter McDonald. The official logline for the film reads, “An uplifting music-driven story about a wedding singer, a rock star and the song that comes between them.” Jonas and Rudd are both known for their work on-screen with Jonas’ credits including “Camp Rock,” Scream Queens” and “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” and a TV performance of “Jersey Boys Live!” Rudd is known for “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” “Only Murders In The Building,” “Knocked Up” and Marvel’s Ant-Man films.

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.

One of two teenagers who killed Reece Tansey in Bolton has been released after serving just three years in custody. Today the family of Reece condemned the decision to free Mark Nuttall as "a disgrace".

Preparing for summer involves stocking up on your favourite beauty buys, and for a limited time, you can now get Estée Lauder's much-loved foundation for less.The Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation with SPF 10, now £33.57 here (was £39.50), has been reduced on the Boots website as part of a huge premium beauty sale, saving shoppers £5.93. But there's a way to get it even cheaper. When you enter code 'FOUNDATION5' at checkout, you'll receive a further 5% off the popular makeup buy, bringing down the price from £33.57 to £31.89.This saves you a total of £7.61 on the RRP - but the deal is only running online.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The three Paramount Global executives installed to run the company after Bob Bakish was removed as CEO sought to reassure employees that they have a long-term strategy. On Monday, Paramount Global said Bakish was stepping down as CEO and leaving the board. In his place, the company established an “Office of the CEO” committee led by three divisional heads: George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS; Chris McCarthy, president and CEO, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks; and Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon.

Lily Moayeri While the United States continues to debate how and when hip-hop lyrics can be used in court, dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was sentenced to death on April 24 for lyrics that criticized the Islamic Republic’s ruling regime. The sentence, handed down by the ruling Republic Court of the Islamic Republic, overturns a decree from the higher Supreme Court which, according to the New York Times, found issues with the original ruling that sentenced Salehi to six years imprisonment and banned him from making music or singing for two years. The reason given for Salehi’s execution, which the Islamic Republic administers by hanging, is his involvement with Iran’s 2022 protests through his music.

Julie Seabaugh Comedy constantly shifts and changes, and tenets that might have applied years ago are also on the move. Variety spoke to some comics about everything from social media to cancel culture to figure out the new rules of the comedy scene. Live wherever. New York too expensive? Los Angeles too soul-crushing? Austin … too Texas? Touring headliners now regularly hail from more efficient hubs in Colorado, Missouri, Minnesota or anywhere else with Wi-Fi.

Kate Middleton and Prince William's "true love has been there from the outset" with the couple sharing a "deep connection", an expert has shared.The Prince and Princess of Wales have proven countless times they're a royal power couple and have now marked 13 years of marriage. The royal couple tied the knot at Westminster Abbey on Friday, 29 April 2011.

Gogglebox star George Gilbey's funeral took place on Thursday, attended by hundreds. His loved ones finally had the chance to say their goodbyes.

Nava Mau has been seeing the positive response to Baby Reindeer and is reacting to it.

Monty Python film Life Of Brian as well as Fawlty Towers in the works. He is also working on a musical version of A Fish Called Wanda, and recently hosted a programme on GB News called The Dinosaur Hour.In a forthcoming interview with SagaMagazine, Cleese puts the costly end to his third marriage to Alyce Faye Eichelberger, an American psychotherapist, as one of the main reasons he is working so hard late in his life.The couple split in 2008 after 16 years of marriage.

ABC has been making major decisions regarding which TV shows are renewed and which series are canceled this year so far.

Warhorse Studios has revealed Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, with a new trailer revealing everything fans can expect from the medieval role-playing game (RPG).A direct sequel to 2018’s Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is set to launch in 2024 and will continue the story of peasant-turned-knight Henry in 15th century Bohemia.Speaking to press, Warhorse Studios confirmed that the “majority” of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will take place in the Bohemian city of Kuttenberg, and its full world will be two times bigger than the first game.Additionally, Henry’s story will be much grander in scope. He’ll now be dealing with the “problems of kings” on a quest to avenge his destroyed village, and the first trailer teases that with scenes of large-scale sieges and urban warfare.

Monty Python star Terry Jones once threw a typewriter at John Cleese during a row.In a new interview with the Radio Times, Palin opened up about the “huge” arguments that occurred within the comedy group, which consisted of himself, Cleese, Jones, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman.“Since Python split up, and even in our time together, we have all had huge arguments,” said Palin.“The great thing is that we don’t all agree. I remember Terry Jones once threw a typewriter across the room at John.”The troupe split up in 1999 before briefly reuniting in 2014 for the variety show Monty Python Live (Mostly).

There’s big casting news for the PBS Masterpiece series Miss Scarlet and the Duke, which has now been rebranded Miss Scarlet.

Burger King UK has confirmed the return of a much-loved item just as the fan favourite gets discontinued from McDonald's. The burger giant will be bringing back their Halloumi Fries which is set to hit menus on April 23.

Saturday Night Live is back on TV, and Ryan Gosling just hosted this weekend!

A blazer is a key piece in any wardrobe and one celeb-approved piece just got a major price cut in time for spring . Molly Mae Hague's 'gorgeous' Diana-inspired blazer is now 40% off in the PrettyLittleThing sale, with the oversized outerwear making the perfect layering piece for the new season.The former Love Islander channelled style icon Princess Diana in a stunning oversized tailoring piece, which now has 40% off in the PrettyLittleThing sale.The retailer launched their Modern Muse collection back in February, and now several key pieces from the edit - which was modelled by the 23 year old - have been reduced, including our favourite Brown Houndstooth Shoulder Padded Oversized Curved Hem Blazer, £23.35 here (was £39).

Lucasfilm is finally getting back to making “Star Wars” films, tasking director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (“Ms. Marvel”) to continue the Rey Skywalker journey in the tentatively titled “Star Wars: New Jedi Order.” Actress Daisy Ridley will obviously reprise her role from the sequel trilogy, and Empire Magazine recently spoke to the actress, who talked about “owning” the role and generally less trepidatious about the part and the expectations around it.