'It's a slippery slope' Ricky Gervais fumes at Queen's New Year's Honours list

A Mercedes passenger filming himself hanging out of the car's sunroof on the M602 was caught out by Greater Manchester Police.

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Kay Hanley Guest ColumnistKay Hanley, best known as the frontperson for Letters to Cleo and co-founder of the activist group Songwriters of North America (SONA), felt gratified when Spotify was put in the spotlight by some musicians who hadn’t weighed in before in the wake of the Joe Rogan controversy. She writes a guest column for Variety amplifying these thoughts: “COME FOR THE ANTI-SCIENCE SMACKDOWN, STICK AROUND FOR THE WORKERS’ REVOLT.” — @DAYNAKURTZThank you for your assistance, Mr.

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Emmerdale star Isobel Steele has treated fans to a slice of her life with a comfy selfie taken at home. The 21-year-old, who plays troublemaker Liv Flaherty in the popular ITV soap, posted the brand new photo on her Instagram page on Friday evening.In the mirror selfie captioned "That new month feeling" she can be seen in a layered outfit that expresses her creative personality, with a blue flannel shirt worn underneath a dark sleeveless vest.Isobel has her hair down to her shoulders with some covering her right eye, and also appears to be wearing blusher on her cheeks.The young actress from Salford landed the role of teen troublemaker Liv Flaherty on the ITV soap in 2016, and has since won numerous awards for her portrayal - including a British Soap Award in 2018 for Best Young Actor.Isobel is playing the soap's first asexual character and has been at the heart of some big storylines revolving around her character's sexuality, alcoholism, and run-ins with the law.She has been acting since she was a child, starring in ads for Park Foods, Iceland, Harveys Furniture and Bernard Matthews Ltd between 2008 and 2010.In 2013 she played Nicky in Lost before appearing in British drama Our Zoo as Barbara in 2014.Her adoring fans reacted with delight and some surprise to her down-to-earth Instagram post this weekend, with one writing: "I didn't recognise you..

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News from Kensington Palace! As Queen Elizabeth, 95, approaches her historic Platinum Jubilee, or the 70th anniversary of when she first took the Crown, she shared a message reflecting on her time as queen. The Queen reflected on losing her father, King George, said she was “blessed” to have Prince Phillip as a partner and thanked her family for “loving support.” But perhaps most notably, the queen found herself feeling full of goodwill and stated that it is her “official wish” that Camilla Parker-Bowles, 73, the second and current wife of Prince Charles, 72, be known as Queen Consort when the “time comes” for Charles to take the throne.

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AFTER Life viewers were left open-mouthed after Ricky Gervais was seen looking "ripped" during an episode of the third season. The Netflix comedy-drama returned for its third and final chapter on Friday, with Ricky returning as widower Tony Johnson.  Still struggling to come to terms with his wife’s death, Tony is seen reminiscing as he watches old videos on his laptop in the second episode.

Queen earlier today.The Good Morning Britain weather presenter shared his thoughts on the news as he argued she “needed peace”.This comes amid Number 10 issuing an apology to the Queen over a party on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral.As many will remember, the Queen was forced to mourn in an isolated seat at the service.This was down to very strict restrictions regarding Covid in place at the time in April 2021.However, last night, it emerged two Covid-rule breaking parties reportedly took place on the day before the funeral.These were thought to be held at Downing Street, with one already confirmed by James Slack.He was the Prime Minister’s former director of communications and he has now apologised for attending.According to the Daily Telegraph, the event had been held to mark his departure from his role.Now Number 10 has apologised to Buckingham Palace over the event.They said: "It's deeply regrettable that this took place at a time of national mourning and Number 10 has apologised to the Palace.""You heard from the PM this week, he's recognised No 10 should be held to the highest standards and take responsibility for things we did not get right."Buckingham Palace has declined comment over the apology.Reacting to the news, Alex tweeted: “Thanks, but I’d imagine the Queen is done with apologies for this week.“Her Majesty needs a moment of peace.”Many of the meteorologist’s followers have reacted to his tweet with their own opinions on the incident.@Carole__Moyes wrote: “I sincerely hope #BuckinghamPalace does not accept their apology.“What they actually mean is 'Its deeply regrettable that this was discovered to have taken place....'” (sic)@chrispettican added: “The Queen needs to take advantage of her position and

He added that to not have children is a "denial of fatherhood and motherhood and diminishes us, takes away our humanity."The Pope also urged those unable to have children biologically to consider adoption.Gervais' comments come after he criticised the Queen's New Year's Honours list, arguing that the coveted honours should be given to people who have “really sacrificed all their lives".Speaking of his various awards, Ricky said it is “lovely” to receive nominations, but that taking them too seriously can lead to a “slippery slope”He told Magic Radio Breakfast: “All awards are nonsense really."Addressing the Queen's New Year's Honours list, Ricky continued: “Same as these honour lists.“When I see actors and people getting MBE’s and OBE’s for doing something they love.“That should go to nurses and soldiers and people who have really sacrificed all their lives," he added.

Golden Globes 2022, former and probably most memorable host Ricky Gervais, 60, revealed he told ceremony bosses never to ask him to host again for fear he'd cave and say yes.The comedian made headlines across the world by fully roasted Hollywood a-listers as he took to the podium at the prestigious awards show, with his last in 2020 being the most prominent.But this year, the Globes took place a little differently with not a single celebrity in attendance, after being dropped by NBC following claims of corruption and a lack of diversity surrounding the event.After five years at the helm, the quick-witted comic admitted 2020 would be his last year, as his shocking and often controversial jokes left top Hollywood stars' cringing.And it seems Ricky has decided enough really is enough, as he revealed in a new interview with LADbible that he told the ceremony never to ask him back.He said to the publication: "It could be the Golden Globes could offer me 10 million for 10 minutes work, and I'd be an idiot, I'd be a liar, to say I wouldn't consider it."But at the moment, given I've done it five times, it got better and better for me - I enjoyed them all, but it got better - and I'm planning never to do it again."I've asked them not to ask me because I can be persuaded, that's true."You know, it's not a principle."Ahead of this year's show taking place, the seven-time BAFTA winner celebrated his viral humour by posting footage of the speech he'd made at the 77th annual awards, in view of his more than 14million Twitter followers.The ceremony has been slammed as racist after an exposé in the Los Angeles Times discovered that there was not a single black person in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the

AFTER Life’s third and final season will hit Netflix later this week - and its creator Ricky Gervais has revealed that he’s been inundated with rude requests from fans.  Whether he was playing cringe-worthy boss David Brent in The Office or performing loud-mouthed stand-up comedy, Ricky has long been considered brash and polarising.  But his must-watch Netflix comedy-drama After Life has exposed his soft side, thanks to his devastatingly beautiful representation of widower Tony Johnson. As a result, it won him a whole new legion of followers - including a surprising amount of children and older adults.

lockdown parties”.The Government came under fire after footage of Boris Johnson‘s former spokesperson Allegra Stratton showed her referring to a “fictional party” as a “business meeting with cheese and wine”.It now faces fresh backlash after a recently leaked email from the Prime Minister’s principal private secretary showed that Downing Street officials held a garden gathering during lockdown.Ricky weighed in on the controversy as he spoke to ITV News ahead of the release of the latest season of After Life on Netflix.The comedian said he understood how those who abided by the restrictions throughout the pandemic felt after the reports came out.He said on Tuesday: “I get it, I get the anger. It’s palpable.“Why wouldn’t they be angry?“Myself and everyone kept to the rules.“I think I’ve been naive all my life, it’s only now that I think… why do we trust them?“Of course we shouldn’t trust the people in charge, that’s how they are in charge.“They shouldn’t be trusted,” the actor concluded.Now Ricky is preparing for the launch of season 3 of After Life on Friday, but filming the last six episodes of the show has been filled with challenges.The production process was put on hold during the coronavirus pandemic and Ricky even admitted he was anxious over whether or not the new season would go ahead.The third season was initially announced in May 2020 after season two was released in April 2020.Nearly a year later, filming finally kicked off and wrapped in June 2021.Ricky himself confessed the uncertainty of the pandemic caused him “anxiety”.He told Deadline on Friday: “It was a year of anxiety, thinking whether it would it go ahead.”“But we didn’t drop a minute due to Covid,” Ricky continued.