ITV Beat The Chasers' Paul Sinha hits back at backlash over 'unfair' question

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefComing only three years after the Palme d’Or for “Parasite,” the two Cannes prizes for Park Chan-wook as best director and for Song Kang-ho as best actor are further proof of the strength of Korean cinema’s originality, its elevated skills and its resilience.Korean movies have been temporarily overshadowed by K-pop and Korean TV dramas – think BTS and “Squid Game” – both of which flourished during the COVID era, while Korean film was struck down by the pandemic.Closed cinemas and disrupted release schedules meant that the film sector was not fully able to capitalize on the 2019 Cannes and multiple Oscar successes of “Parasite” and “Minari.” Korean film producers’ revenues crumbled between 2020 and early 2022. Talent from in front of and behind the camera shifted across to the more vibrant streaming sector.

The Chasers have become well known for their big brains and epic quizzing talents, but how much do viewers know about their love lives? The stars of ITV's The Chase have slowly revealed details about their personal lives over the years and it's safe to say there have been some turbulent relationships along the way. Some of the famous quizzers are now happily married, but one Chaser was shocked to discover they were actually related to their wife.

The Chase since 2011 and was the fourth quizmaster to join the show.The ITV quiz show, which is fronted by Bradley Walsh, gave Paul the nickname 'The Sinnerman' and he has remained a fan-favourite since he first hit screens.The popular TV quizzer, 51, came out as gay to his family when he was 35 and in 2017, spoke about his sexuality for the first time during an episode of The Chase.He tied the knot with husband Oliver Levy in 2019 and the pair have been happily married for three years.In honour of the star's 52nd birthday, Daily Star have looked inside Paul's marriage to Oliver.Not much is known about Paul's husband Oliver as he likes to stay out of the spotlight.It is unknown when Paul first met his husband, but he proposed to Oliver in 2019 and the pair tied the knot 11 months later.The Chase star has previously revealed that his hubby is just as passionate about quizzing as he is, telling GuysLikeU in 2017: "I have a boyfriend called Oliver and we are the power couple in the world of quizzing."The Sinnerman took to Twitter and jokingly hinted that was envious of his husband's skills after he won the quizzes that included some of "the world's strongest quizzers."The 51-year-old tweeted: "Yesterday I took part in three very different quizzes with the opposition including many of the strongest quizzers in the UK, Europe and indeed the world. All three were won.

Arsenal unless their new American owners buck a worrying trend.It's a relief for everyone at Stamford Bridge that Todd Boehly's takeover has gone through and they can finally sign players again. But Chelsea is just a toy for them to play with.Look at all the other American owners in the Premier League - their US sports teams all do better than the teams they own over here. Look at Stan Kroenke at Arsenal.

ITV game show The Chase was forced to quickly make changes after bosses dubbed the show "boring".The quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh, first hit our screens in 2009 and has been keeping the nation entertained for almost 13 years.However, the original structure of the show was quite different to what we're used to seeing on our screens as entertainment executive producer Sue Allison revealed the impromptu changes they had to make.Opening up on the TV Show And Tell Podcast, Sue told producer David Bodycombe and TV consultant Justin Scroggie that the classic cash builder round wasn't planned.ITV commissioner Alison Sharman saw a run through of the show and wanted to give the format a switch up after fearing it would bore viewers to tears.Sue said: "It was just quite slow, quite slow going up the board, it was a long time until the Chaser came out and all of that."At the end of it she said 'Well I think our viewers will be bored to tears if we put that out. I think we need to change it!' We were like 'oh my god'.

The Chase after fighting off a gang of muggers, ITV boss Sue Allison revealed. The professional quizzer – fondly known as The Governess on the beloved daytime show – has been a regular member on Bradley Walsh’s gameshow since 2010.After the show launched back in 2009, TV producers had been searching far and wide for a new Chaser and were eager to throw a strong female character into the mix.And it’s not hard to see why the brainbox caught their attention after the star wrote a compelling letter to bosses telling them she was a strong woman both mentally and physically.On Tuesday (May 24), the Chase producer appeared in a new instalment of the TV Show and Tell podcast where she revealed what convinced them to involve her into the show.She told listeners: “For the series I really wanted the third chaser to be a woman, a strong woman who could hold her own and could be completely herself.“That was quite a hard task.

AN ITV boss slammed The Chase as 'boring' - and forced a major change on the show. Award-winning entertainment executive producer Sue Allison opened up to producer David Bodycombe and TV consultant Justin Scroggie about the ITV programme on the TV Show And Tell podcast.

The Chase fans were left fuming after noticing a contestant's "predictable" tactics.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCinema box office this year in North America is poised to overtake theatrical revenues in China, the country that has been the world’s largest movie market for the past two years.Before the latest weekend, gross revenues in the year to date stood at $2.38 billion for the North American compared with $2.43 billion for China, according to data from ComScore.U.K.-based research firm Gower Street Analytics forecast that the North American figure would overtake China’s revenues over the weekend or early this week. That reflects business growth in North America and the current reversal in China, where anti-COVID measures are causing renewed cinema closures.Gower Street says that some 85% of global cinemas are now open for business, compared with pre-pandemic levels.

Anthony Joshua's title defence against Oleksandr Usyk in September.An official complaint about the 57-year-old ex-Sky pundit’s alleged behaviour was made to the Metropolitan Police. He was charged in March with threatening, abusive or insulting words to cause harassment, alarm or distress, and appeared before magistrates.

BEAT The Chasers star Issa Schultz has revealed his ‘rollercoaster’ transformation from a ‘nervous’ banker to a TV legend. The television quiz personality, 38, is best known for his role on The Chase Australia.

Gogglebox star Alison Worthington has confessed that she’d “snog” the Dark Destroyer from The Chase if she had the opportunity.On Friday (May 20), the beloved Channel 4 spin-off show, Beat The Chasers, aired their final instalment of the five-part game show.And it appears as though viewers at home aren’t the only people tuning into the final show, as the official Channel 4 Gogglebox Twitter account also tweeted throughout the hour-long episode to share their support online.As many fans shared their thoughts on the difficult slew of questions thrown at the contestants, the commentary show couldn’t help but share a naughty outtake from their show last week.During the show, Helena asked her mother which of the six Chasers she would snog given the choice.She asked: “Out of any of them, you’d go for the Beast wouldn’t you? If you were gonna snog any of them, which one would you snog?”The Salford-based grandma had the choice between Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Jenny Ryan, Darragh Ennis, Mark Labbett, and Shaun Wallace.But it appears as though it was the Shaun who had caught her eye as she confessed: “It would be the Dark Destroyer, I think.”It was at this point that Helena quipped: “You wanna get destroyed by the Dark Destroyer,” to which Alison cheekily replied: “It might be the other way around!”It comes after the professional quizzer was left devastated after his rare Mastermind trophy was smashed to pieces. The star won the coveted away back in 2004, and has reached out to bosses at the BBC to see if they could replace the prized possession after the accident.

THOSE tuning into ITV this week were left raging after realising that The Chase had been replaced by fellow game show Lingo. Earlier this week, fans were looking forward to tuning into another episode of the popular ITV programme fronted by Bradley Walsh.

BEAT the Chasers star Darragh Ennis took an "evil" swipe at missing Chaser Anne Hegarty during its latest episode. Thursday's evening's instalment of the ITV game show saw The Governess continue her absence after testing positive for coronavirus.

Beat The Chasers' penultimate episode came with drama on Thursday night (May 19) and fans say they have 'never been so gutted' over a contestant's loss.

Beat The Chasers host Bradley Walsh and quizzer Mark 'The Beast' Labbett were reduced to tears of laughter by one naughty question during the latest episode.Thursday's edition of the ITV quiz show saw the duo lose all composure when confronted with a piece of trivia which alluded to the 'squeezing of sperm'.The question read: "'I squeezed that sperm till a strange sort of insanity came over me' is a line in which classic novel?"While the studio audience laughed, Bradley could be seen rubbing his eyes in disbelief.He later bent at the waist as he struggled to maintain composure.The camera later panned to the The Beast, who could be seen wiping tears from his face in the hysterical moment.After maintaining his composure, Bradley said: "Certainly ain't the bible, that's for sure."He later laughed at the actual correct answer which was Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick.Bradley and The Beast weren't the only people in hysterics, as fans on Twitter also struggled to maintain their composure.One viewer wrote: "Of all the questions in the world and it has to be about sperm."Another commented: "I squeezed that sperm?What sort of show is this…"A third said: I squeezed that sperm, so my dirty mind shouted out it must be 50 Shades of Grey."Meanwhile, a fourth replied: "You squeezed that sperm until what sorry?""I squeezed that sperm. It's definitely not the Bible," another viewer concluded.The naughty gag followed Chaser Darragh Ennis making a savage gag about missing Chaser Anne 'The Governess' Hegerty.Darragh said: "It doesn't matter, Brad.

Beat The Chasers star Darragh Ennis made a savage dig at missing Chaser Anne Hegerty during the latest episode.Thursday's edition (May 19) of the ITV game show saw The Governess continue her absence after testing positive for coronavirus. Addressing her absence at the beginning of the episode, Beat The Chasers host Bradley Walsh said: "Still no Anne."The quizzer, 63, was soon on the receiving end of jokes from her cheeky co-stars.Comparing the absent Governess to Disney villain Cruella De Vil, Paul Sinha added: "We don't know where she is.

BEAT The Chasers star Shaun Wallace faced an awkward blunder as he forgot his new co-star Issa Schultz's name. The quizzing master took to Twitter to react to the hilarious clip ahead of tonight's new episode of the ITV spin-off show.

There was what could have been a very awkward moment on This Morning when Beat The Chasers star Issa Schultz admitted to not knowing who Holly Willoughby was. The quizzer was on the ITV daytime show to chat to the presenter and her co-host Phillip Schofield.

Beat The Chasers left Bradley Walsh and viewers alike in stitches as one contestant's thick accent caused the presenter to make an awkward blunder in the studio on Wednesday night. Paisley contestant Anne arrived on the podium eager to try and earn some money with her quizzing prowess, but during her initial chat with the host, things quickly took a nosedive. When asked what she does for a living, Anne quickly answered that she was a career adviser.