5 d. ago BBC Breakfast halted for devastating breaking news leaving viewers furious

BBC Breakfast was paused for a breaking news segment

Politics

5 d. ago BBC Breakfast fans left furious as show paused for devastating news alert

BBC Breakfast was paused to provide a news alert about a tragic school shooting, which has left two children dead and 17 others injured

Events

6 d. ago ‘I am devastated and furious’: 12 actors controversially recast in films

From salary disputes and poor scripts to feuds and voiceovers that apparently sound ‘too old’, Hollywood is filled with stories of emergency recastings due to off-screen conflicts, writes Adam White

Culture

1 week ago Can a Netflix documentary explain what really happened to Jussie Smollett?

An eye-opening new look at the controversial, confusing story of the Empire actor whose violent attack was then disputed provides complicated new evidence Few had it made at the beginning of 2019 quite like Jussie Smollett, an actor and singer who successfully navigated child stardom on the way to becoming a fixture on the hit TV series Empire. That was until late January of that same year, when news broke that Smollett had been attacked outside his downtown Chicago apartment in a possible hate crime. (Smollett is Black and gay.) The breakout details that Smollett shared early on – specifically, that he had been jumped by two Maga foot soldiers who doused him in bleach before placing a noose around his neck – both galvanized public supporters and made them cynical. (Really? They shouted: “This is Maga country?” In Streeterville?) What’s more, the police didn’t do themselves many favors by registering their skepticism early and loudly.Ultimately, Smollett, who was suspected of stagin...

Politics

3 w. ago Billie Piper says she’s ‘worried sick’ about her sons and toxic masculinity

Actor shares 15-year-old and 11-year-old with controversial political commentator Laurence Fox

Events

3 w. ago Controversial actor Jussie Smollett returns to Fox in latest Special Forces cast

The ‘Empire’ actor’s hate crime hoax conviction was overturned last November

Politics