Jason Manford is set to host a brand new gameshow which will air on BBC One and iPlayer later this year. It marks the Salford comedian's return to the channel after presenting quiz show Unbeatable, which ended with its second series last summer.
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Madonna brought out special guest Amy Schumer for the ‘Vogue’ segment of the gig.Throughout her huge ‘Celebration’ greatest hits tour, Madonna welcomes a special guest to be the night’s guest judge for the dancers’ performance of ‘Vogue’.Previous guests have included Stella McCartney, Maggie Rogers and even Santa Claus, with Schumer becoming the latest guest at the MSG gig on January 22.See her turn as the ‘Vogue’ guest judge below.Madonna brings out Amy Schumer as her special guest during “Vogue” for her Madison Square Garden show. pic.twitter.com/aIqei3NiKu— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 24, 2024The latest gig on the tour came after it was revealed that Madonna is facing a class action lawsuit filed by two fans after her December concerts in New York City’s Barclays Center began “over two hours” later than scheduled.Two ticket buyers, Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden filed a complaint alleging that the singer had breached her contract with attendees and violated New York state laws by beginning her concert on December 13 at 10:30PM rather than the stipulated 8:30PM timing.In the introduction of the lawsuit, which was first shared by Billboard, Fellows’ and Hadden’s attorneys wrote that “defendants’ actions constitute not just a breach of their contracts with Plaintiffs and Class Members, but also a wanton exercise in false advertising, negligent representation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices”.
Jason Manford is set to host a brand new gameshow which will air on BBC One and iPlayer later this year. It marks the Salford comedian's return to the channel after presenting quiz show Unbeatable, which ended with its second series last summer.
Usher brought out Alicia Keys during his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance tonight (February 11) in Las Vegas.The 58th Super Bowl is taking place at the Allegiant Stadium tonight, with the San Francisco 49ers facing off against defending champions the Kansas City Chiefs.Keys appeared early on in the performance, taking to the stage first seated behind a red grand piano as a large piece of red fabric billowed behind her. She began by performing a clip of her own song ‘If I Ain’t Got You’ before Usher joined her to deliver a rendition of their 2004 collaboration ‘My Boo’.Throughout the set, Usher pulled largely from his album ‘Confessions’, which was also released in 2004 and from which ‘My Boo’ was taken.
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Ability Magazine, Reeve increased his weight by 30 pounds and added four inches to his chest and three inches to his biceps during his training for “Superman.” He also increased his bench press from 100 pounds to 350. Reeve’s first trainer was David Prowse, who played the role of Darth Vader for the entirety of the original “Star Wars” trilogy.A 1978 “behind the scenes” video feature said that at first, “Superman producers” considered him “too young, and maybe even too skinny” for the role. Before landing on the then-unknown Reeve, producers reportedly considered bigger stars for the lead, including Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone and Caitlyn Jenner (who was then Bruce).
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Madonna has responded to a recent lawsuit filed by two fans over late start times at her ‘Celebration’ tour dates in New York City’s Barclays Center.Last week (January 17), Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden, two fans who bought tickets to the December 13 date of Madonna’s ‘Celebration’ tour at the Barclays Center, filed a lawsuit against Madonna for starting the concert more than two hours past the stipulated 8:30PM start time. The lawsuit accused her of not only breaching contracts with ticket buyers, but also of “false advertising, negligent representation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices”.Now, Madonna’s representatives and Live Nation have issued a joint statement, expressing their intentions to “defend this case vigorously”.
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Boy George’s new memoir, Karma: The Definitive Autobiography, has revealed more details of encounters with fellow pop stars – this time about Madonna.The Culture Club singer began by writing about his first time meeting Madonna. “This is where Madonna alleges she met me, and I was bitchy,” he wrote in an excerpt shared with PEOPLE. He added that while Madonna claims to have seen him dressed “head to toe in [Vivienne] Westwood” attire, he was actually exclusively wearing Sue Clowes garments at the time, making him suspect that she was interacting with a different person.He then wrote about a later encounter with the ‘Like A Virgin’ singer, this time at a New York City club called Palladium.
The Last Dinner Party appeared on The Graham Norton Show this week (January 19) – check out the moment below.The band performed their hit debut song ‘Nothing Matters‘ on the show and later chatted briefly with host Norton about the upcoming release of new album, ‘Prelude To Ecstasy‘ and their upcoming appearance at this year’s Coachella festival.Watch the band perform the song here: In today’s episode of really very insane things that are happening to us
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Madonna is facing a class action lawsuit filed by two fans after her December concerts in New York City’s Barclays Center began “over two hours” later than scheduled.On Wednesday (January 17), two ticket buyers, Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden filed a complaint alleging that the singer had breached her contract with attendees and violated New York state laws by beginning her concert on December 13 at 10:30PM rather than the stipulated 8:30PM timing.In the introduction of the lawsuit, which was first shared by Billboard, Fellows’ and Hadden’s attorneys wrote that “defendants’ actions constitute not just a breach of their contracts with Plaintiffs and Class Members, but also a wanton exercise in false advertising, negligent representation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices.” The full document can be read here.Extending the accusations to Madonna’s concerts at the same venue on December 14 and 16 – which allegedly also began “over two hours late” – the attorneys claim that the concerts’ stipulated 8:30PM start time as represented on the tickets was “material to Plaintiffs’ agreement to purchase the tickets”, and that Madonna’s failure to satisfy the expectations of an 8:30PM start time caused legal damage to concertgoers who “had to get up early to go to work and/or take care of their family responsibilities the next day”.In addition, the attorneys claimed that the concerts’ 1AM conclusion resulted in ticket holders being faced with “limited public transportation, limited ride-sharing, and/or increased public and private transportation costs”, adding that a number were left “stranded in the middle of the night”.On the violation of New York state laws, the attorneys invoked the state’s General Business Law 149,
What comes next for Beth and John? Fans of Amy Schumer’s “Life & Beth” have been waiting for that answer. The Hulu series makes its return next month but don’t expect easy solutions to the show’s difficult questions.
Bring Me The Horizon performed ‘Diamonds Aren’t Forever’ with special guest Olli Appleyard of Static Dress at their Liverpool show last night (January 17) – check out footage below.Oli Sykes and co. played the track from their 2008 album ‘Suicide Season’ during the show at the M&S Bank Arena when they introduced Appleyard to the stage, whose band is opening for BMTH on their UK tour alongside Cassyette and Bad Omens.“Who wants to hear an oldie?” frontman Sykes asked the crowd before introducing the song.
Queen have shared a new clip of the performance of ‘We Are The Champions’ from their live movie Queen Rock Montreal. Check it out exclusively on NME above.After a London premiere earlier this week, a digitally-remastered cut of the recording of the rock icons’ legendary 1981 shows at the 18,000-seat Montreal Forum will be released in 450 IMAX Cinemas tomorrow (Thursday January 18).The live movie includes 12-channel surround sound, crystal-clear images, and IMAX’s customiSed theatre geometry, as the band deliver a set packed with classics including ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Somebody To Love’, ‘Under Pressure’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ and many more.“I don’t think we quite realised it at the time, but this film has preserved one of the highest peaks in Queen’s touring life, on stage in the old glory days,” said guitarist Brian May.
The Emmys honored the television stars we lost too soon with a musical performance on Monday night. However, as we see at too many of these awards shows year after year, several big names were left out of the in memoriam segment!
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