Alex Jones: The One Show host suffers home emergency as Christmas gets off to bad start

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Following Sunday’s shocking turn of events at the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the face is all anyone was talking about on social media, and proved to be rich comedic fodder for late night talk show hosts.

Steph McGovern has shared how she is going to “miss” her co-star on Packed Lunch after they announced their move. Alan Clayton has shared how he’s “delighted” to be joining The One Show after working as a producer on the Channel 4 show.Naga Munchetty also weighed in on the news, speaking about how it was “brilliant news”.Posting on Twitter last night, Alan shared the news with his 1,800 followers.He wrote: “SELF INDULGENT ALERT.“Delighted to say that from next week I'll be joining BBC Studios as Series Producer, The One Show working with the fantastic team in the Documentary Unit, Salford to produce the Current Affairs, Arts and special project films for prime time on BBC One.”Alan had previously worked on Packed Lunch with Steph, as she shared how she will “miss” the star.Steph wrote on Twitter about the news as she shared her sadness with her own followers.Writing to her 422,000 fans, the presenter penned: “Very proud of this fella.“We’ve worked together for years, first at BBC Breakfast, then launching the lockdown show from my house and then Steph’s Packed Lunch from Leeds Dock.“He’s now finally being released back into the wild…..“I’m going to miss him.

Hollywood stars while hosting the Golden Globes previously.The comedian-turned-actor has now hit out at another awards show as he took aim at the Oscars for their expensive "goody bags", pointing out the way they would make "ordinary", "unemployed" and "poor people" feel.Ricky took to Twitter in view of his 14.6 million followers to tweet the material he would use if he opened the Oscars.He penned: "I'd start with Hello. I hope this show helps cheer up the ordinary people watching at home."If you’re unemployed for example, take some comfort in the fact that even if you had a job, your salary probably wouldn't be as much as the goody bag all the actors have just been given."He continued: "I'm proud to announce that this is the most diverse and progressive Oscars ever."Looking out I see people from all walks of life."Every demographic under the sun.

Lorraine Kelly, 62, has entered the discussion surrounding Will Smith’s outburst during the 94th Academy Awards that saw him hit Chris Rock across the face.The ITV star claimed that “very dubious characters” had been recipients of an Oscar before as she asked others what they thought about the incident.The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air walked on stage and slapped the comedian mid ceremony after the latter made a joke about the former’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.Will went on to win the Best Actor accolade for his role in King Richard, in which he portrayed tennis legends Serena and Venus Williams’ father.However, debate has raged on since on whether he should be allowed to keep the coveted award after hitting Chris.Lorraine took to her Twitter account to share a poll with her 689,000 followers.She asked: “What do we think - some very dubious characters have won Oscars over the years.”The broadcaster soon received a deluge of replies from social media users discussing the topic.Sallyina47 argued: “No, he lost his temper, and should be fined, but mocking a woman with alopecia is unacceptable.”Srkmadz typed: “Let him have it, he did deserve the Oscar for that film & role despite what happened at the Oscars, a terrible thing, handled all wrong, still shocked madam, happy with all the winners though, Congratulations to them all!”Smithy64R wrote: “No he shouldn't, his actions weren't right but shouldn't take from his performance in his film.”Jezzinportugal said: “Do you know what… one luvie slapping another ..

EXCLUSIVE: David Olusoga’s Uplands TV and Blackadder star Tony Robinson are combining on a history competition series for Channel 4 portfolio network More 4, in which UK people have to week to investigate and curate a museum about their road.

Naman Ramachandran “Floodlights,” a feature-length single drama for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer tells the story of Andy Woodward, the former professional soccer player whose revelations about the sexual abuse he suffered as a youth player sent shockwaves throughout the industry. In 2016, Woodward went public about sexual abuse by his youth coach, Barry Bennell.

Sons Of The Forest has been delayed, with developer Endnight Games admitting that the previous release date was “overly ambitious”.In a Tweet posted by Endnight Games, the studio stated that “we have realised that our May 2022 release date for Sons Of The Forest was overly ambitious,” and confirmed that the game has been delayed so that it can “deliver our vision of the next step in survival games”.With that in mind, the studio has revealed that instead of launching in May 2022, Sons Of The Forest is now aiming to release in October 2022.Alongside the delay, Endnight Games shared a brief clip showcasing some Sons Of The Forest gameplay, which shows the player eating, building a home, and seemingly playing with a co-op partner.Hey Everyone,Over these past few weeks, we have realized that our May 2022 release date for Sons Of The Forest was overly ambitious. To be able to deliver our vision of the next step in survival games, we’ve decided to move our release date to October 2022The team at Endnight pic.twitter.com/R9xRCUbtIt— Endnight Games (@EndNightGame) March 25, 2022First announced in 2019, Sons Of The Forest was given its original May release date in November 2021.You can watch the third trailer for Sons Of The Forest here, and previous teasers can be found on Endnight Games’ YouTube channel.A sequel to Endnight Games’ 2014 title The Forest, Sons Of The Forest will be a first-person survival-horror title where players must try to stay alive after crash-landing on an island filled with horrifying inhabitants.

Call Of Duty: Warzone has taken some strength out of the overperforming Ghost perk, and has also tweaked several other perks in an effort to “provide players with a variety of tools to create even more interesting stories”.In an update to Warzone detailed on March 28 (via The Loadout), Raven Software has shared that it wants “counterplay and interplay between systems to be viable” so that players can “create even more interesting stories”.To that end, the studio added that “perks are going to make for a significant part of the push towards this objective,” and has outlined several fairly major perk changes that arrived in yesterday’s Warzone update.The biggest change targets Ghost, and makes it so that players will only receive the perk’s stealth effect if they are moving. Raven Software explained that “in Caldera it is obvious that [Ghost] has become even stronger”, and felt that more counter play opportunities were needed for the perk.The update also makes changes to the Scavenger, Restock and E.O.D.

GINO D’Acampo has revealed he is leaving This Morning to go and live in Italy. The TV chef, 45, told a shocked Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield that he wouldn’t be back cooking for them until at least the autumn but maybe the winter.

The pan-European organisation for the independent music community – IMPALA – has announced a new programme called 100 Artists To Watch, which will put the spotlight each spring on independent artists making music across Europe. The new scheme – supported by YouTube – replaces IMPALA’s previous album of the year award.The first 100 Artists To Watch list features music-makers from 30 different countries and more than 30 different genres, and includes UK artists like AJ Tracey, Arlo Parks and Little Simz, plus Kojaque, Noga Erez, Brodka and Whispering Sons. You can check the full list on the IMPALA website here.Launching the new programme, IMPALA Executive Chair Helen Smith says: “IMPALA’s remit is to boost diversity across Europe, so it’s great to be introducing this new programme with YouTube.

Producer, composer and artist Mira Calix has died, her label Warp has confirmed. She was 52.“We are devastated to learn about the death of our dear Mira Calix”, said the label.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBanijay has acquired Tooco, the production banner behind the non-scripted hit “Guess My Age,” to further bolster its French outpost. Under the pact, Tooco will be part of the Banijay France brand and will focus on originating concepts for the French and international markets.Tooco, spearheaded by Aurélien Lipiansky and Mikaël Moreau, has been delivering popular French formats, such as Le club des invincibles, produced with Banijay’s Air Production; and Guess My Age which has so far travelled to 22 countries, including Italy, Spain, and Germany.

There are some beauty products that just take you back to another time when you think of them. Sun-in spray, Dream Matte Mousse foundation, Juicy Tubes, hair mascara – those were the days.

Glass Animals have matched the Spice Girls’ best performance on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in the US after their single ‘Heat Waves’ topped the chart for a fourth week.The Oxford four-piece are continuing to bask in the success of their 2020 single, which originally featured on their third studio album ‘Dreamland’.‘Heat Waves’ made it to the top of the Hot 100 earlier this month after completing a record 59-week climb to Number One, and the track is now four weeks into its reign at the top of the US singles chart.As Billboard notes, Glass Animals’ four consecutive weeks at US Number One is the longest period spent at the top of the Hot 100 by a British group since the Spice Girls spent four weeks at Number One in 1997 with ‘Wannabe’.The likes of Pink Floyd (‘Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)’), Queen (‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’) and The Rolling Stones (‘Honky Tonk Women’ and ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’) have also respectively spent four weeks at the top of the Hot 100.The current all-time record for a song by a British group staying at the top of the US singles chart is held by The Beatles, who spent nine weeks at Number One in 1968 with ‘Hey Jude’. Speaking to NME at last month’s BRIT Awards, Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley said of ‘Heat Waves’ success: “There’s something in it.

Yungblud performed his latest single ‘The Funeral’ during last night’s episode of The Late Late Show in the US – you can watch the singer’s energetic performance, during which he kissed host James Corden, below.The Doncaster artist released the track earlier this month before sharing its official video, which features a cameo from Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.Yungblud performed ‘The Funeral’ on the Corden-hosted Late Late Show last night (March 28) with his live band, who paid tribute to the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died last week, with the message ‘4 Taylor’ on their bass drum skin.During the performance, Yungblud left the stage and ran over to Corden’s desk, where he planted a series of kisses on the host’s face before running back to rejoin his band to finish the song.Yungblud later ended the performance by highlighting his band’s drum tribute to Hawkins, which Corden also acknowledged – you can watch the performance of ‘The Funeral’ above.‘The Funeral’ is expected to feature on the follow-up to Yungblud’s 2020 album ‘weird!’. In an interview earlier this year, he said the new record would contain “the most personal music I’ve ever written”.

Glass Animals have equalled a long-held US chart record with their mega-hit Heat Waves. 

Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg has said that the band “turned up the dials on experimentation” while making their forthcoming seventh album.Frontman Corey Taylor confirmed last month that the masked metal titans had completed work on their “killer” new record, which will follow 2019’s ‘We Are Not Your Kind’. A release date is not yet known.Earlier this month, Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson gave further insight into what fans could expect from the band’s next full-length effort, explaining that his “sound selection was a little more off-planet than normal” following an extensive period of touring.Speaking in a recent interview with the US radio station WZOR (via Metal Injection), Weinberg teased the “exciting” and “really interesting” elements that feature on Slipknot’s new album.“I would say we kind of turned up the dials on experimentation,” Weinberg said.

Justice League star Ezra Miller has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and harrassment, Hawaii police have confirmed.The actor, best known for playing The Flash in the DC franchise, was reportedly arrested in Hilo on Monday (March 28) after an alleged incident in a bar in Hawaii on Sunday night.According to a public statement obtained by The Guardian, Hawaii police allege Miller had become “agitated” and began “yelling obscenities” at other people in the bar singing karaoke.The actor reportedly then “grabbed the microphone from a 23-year-old woman singing karaoke and later lunged at a 32-year-old man playing darts. The bar owner asked Miller to calm down several times to no avail”.Ezra Miller was reportedly released on bail on Monday, according to the police.

Mick Jagger has announced that a new solo track called ‘Strange Game’ is coming this week.The upcoming song serves as the theme tune to the new Apple Original series Slow Horses, the first two episodes of which land on Apple TV+ this Friday (April 1). The Rolling Stones frontman co-wrote the single alongside Academy Award-nominated film composer Daniel Pemberton.Teasing the collaboration yesterday (March 28), Jagger tweeted: “I’ve been working on a fun project with the composer Daniel Pemberton… look out for it coming soon!”Pemberton said in a statement: “Working with Mick Jagger has been one of the most exciting collaborations of my professional career.

EXCLUSIVE: An influx of U.S. studios and streamers heading to next week’s Mip TV should mitigate the loss of some of the bigger European distributors, according to Lucy Smith, who runs the annual market.