56 April Fools’ Day jokes from comedians and commentators

The creator of the ‘Deus Ex’ series, Warren Spector, has told GamesBeat that, while he’s concerned about people giving him hell for saying it, he thinks that NFTs are “ridiculous”.

After tying the knot on June 4, 1970, actor and comedian Billy Crystal and his wife Janice Crystal settled down to welcome two daughters, Jennifer Crystal Foley and Lindsay Crystal. Although the family likes to keep things pretty laid back and out of the spotlight, both women have appeared on the red carpet with their father and worked in show business as well, following after both mom and dad’s footsteps.

The traditional men’s suit has been removed from the ONS’s annual “basket of goods” that it uses to calculate the annual inflation rate – apparently because it’s the latest casualty of the increase in working from home since the start of the pandemic two years ago.Along with doughnuts and coal, the suit has been instantly banished. It has literally vanished.

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johnlewis.com), you can buy an Hermes nail polish in its signature ‘Orange Boite’ - about as grown-up as bright colours come.Meanwhile, my colleague Lisa Armstrong has been garnering compliments this week on her pastel lilac manicure, and I loved the pale yellow I spotted on the Paul & Joe catwalk last month – now that my dark green mani has given me a little alternative colour confidence, I might try it in the summer when I have a bit of a tan.A post shared by RE:NEW Beauty (@biosculpturegelgb)“It used to be that our best sellers were red, pink, and dark colours,” says Claire Aggarwal of Biosculpture, the gel polish company which has partnered with Anya Hindmarch on the nail bar. “Now, bright greens and pastel colours are selling well – there's no one colour that is not popular.”And evidently, Lisa is on to something with her lilac nails: “We're just about to launch a new violet shade because there’s such demand for it,” Aggarwal says.So why are we all becoming bolder in our nail polish choices, all of a sudden? It could be a version of the Lipstick Index, the term coined by Leonard Lauder, son of Estée Lauder and the beauty giant’s chairman, to describe the spike in lipstick sales during the early 2000s recession.

A Scots man fears he may have caught an infection from a discarded blood-filled needle after he accidentally stabbed himself onboard a ScotRail train.

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They have a close knit family despite their parents divorcing over two decades ago.And Rumer Willis and her younger sister Scout were spotted spending time together on Tuesday afternoon as they ran errands in Beverly Hills.Thedaughters of Hollywood legends Demi Moore and Bruce Willis appeared to be having a great time as they were captured sharing several laughs during their outing. Sisterly love: Rumer Willis and her younger sister Scout were spotted spending time together on Tuesday afternoon as they ran errands in Beverly HillsRumer, 33, got a jump on spring fashion by stepping out in an all-white ensemble that consisted of khaki pants and a matching sweater.The actress donned some Birkenstock sandals paired with white socks.

A Scot named Connor McGregor was compared to his professional fighter namesake after he stripped to the waist and brawled bare chested.

Rihanna is enjoying a night out!

A Scots garage owner with no military experience has joined the foreign legion defending Kyiv from Russian attack.

A Scots mum feared her two-year-old daughter was going to die when she turned blue and suffered a seizure in Asda.

Planning for your retirement can never start too early, especially after the UK workforce experienced an unprecedented period of uncertainty during 18-months of lockdown which saw 11.7 million employees out on furlough leave, at a cost of £70 billion.

A notorious thug caused a Covid scare at a wedding venue just hours before a couple's big day - after sleeping in the venue while infected with the deadly virus.

Zoe Saldana has shared her thoughts about the upcoming Avatar movies, admitting that she cried when she saw the first footage.

Bella Hadid has revealed that she regrets having a nose job at 14 and felt as though she was Gigi Hadid's "ugly sister". In a candid interview with Vogue US, the supermodel opened up about her anxieties, including "depression, body-image issues and eating issues", after following in her big sister's shoes to become a model.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAfter “Parasite” and “Squid Game” struck planet-wide notes with their critique of elitism, Trevor Choi’s “Smashing Frank” is a timely Hong Kong twist on the revenge-against-the-rich theme. It is being pitched at the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) that this week runs alongside the FilMart rights market.“This is a comedy-drama about four millennials who form a squad to rob the rich. During the course of the crime, they are outraged as they gradually realize that the older generation will never change their ways.

William Shatner sent his “contempt” to a police department in Alberta, Canada, after video emerged of officers drawing their weapons on a young woman dressed up as a Stormtrooper to celebrate "Star Wars" Day. While people across the world celebrated the beloved science-fiction series on May 4, one business in Alberta held a promotion in which a female employee donned a Stormtrooper costume, complete with a plastic toy blaster.

The Seinfeld co-creator Larry David has reportedly said that he is unable to believe that the Vicky Cristina Barcelona director can sexually assaulted his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow. The American comedian who featured in films like Whatever Works with Woody Allen, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Radio Days. As per the latest news reports, Larry David has stated that he enjoyed every bit of Woody Allen's book, Apropos of Nothing published by Arcade Publishing. The memoir by the director of A Rainy Day in New York was described by Larry David as being simply fabulous in each of its aspects.

Actor George Takei has revealed his announcement that he was to be the final torchbearer for the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics was actually an April Fools’ Day joke.

George Takei hasn't lost his sense of humor in these trying times.The 82-year-old actor played an April Fool's Day Joke Wednesday, posting on social media that he would be the the final torchbearer to light the Olympic Flame in Tokyo next year.'Friends! I’ve been sitting on some big news for quite some time now,' Takei, who played the role of Sulu on Star Trek, wrote.