J.K. Rowling slams Labour leader Keir Starmer as 'unable to defend women's rights'

Reconciled. Nearly seven years after Mo’Nique — full name Monique Angela Hicks — alleged that her Precious director, Lee Daniels, had “blackballed” her from the film industry, the pair are on much better terms.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The biggest names in music will gather in Las Vegas this Sunday for the 2022 Grammy Awards, which will take place on April 3 at 5 p.m.

Saturday Night Takeaway fans were left dumbfounded as a contestant took to the stage to play Kiddie-oke and boasted the same name as Vicar of Dibley star Dawn French.The identical name caused quite a stir on the programme and online, with host Declan Donnelly, 46, jokingly asking the next player: "You're not Jennifer Saunders are you?"Fans of the ITV programme appeared to be even more baffled by the name coincidence and took to Twitter to comment.One person quipped: "Jennifer Saunders up next #SaturdayNightTakeaway," followed by laughing emojis.Another added: "I'll give Dawn credit there that was a hard song to sing #SaturdayNightTakeaway."A third said: "Yes, bring back French And Saunders on Saturday nights. #SaturdayNightTakeaway."While a fourth online user jibed: "Dawn French on #SaturdayNightTakeaway @Dawn_French."Dawn was hoping to be in with a chance of bagging the top prize of £500 as she attempted to guess the track.While the contestant who shared the same name with comedian and TV star Dawn French, seemed to know the words to the song, she failed to recall the title which was Summer Of 69.Another hilarious and unplanned moment arose during the game when Claire stepped up to the microphone.Rather than saying her name when asked by host's Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, she instead announced where she was from.

Elton John credits teenage AIDS victim Ryan White and his family with saving his life. The singer told the crowd at his concert at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Friday that spending time around White’s family caused him to make changes in his life. White was from Indiana.

asked Fox News host Jesse Watters Friday evening. “Have you ever thought about that?”After slapping Rock during the show, Smith was allowed to remain at the ceremony, receive an Oscar for Best Actor and even earned a standing ovation from the crowd when he accepted it.Watters’ question came near the end of a five-minute interview.As Gibson laughed, a handler for the star broke in to say the interview was over.“Um, thank you, Jesse.

While you may want the Oscar slap heard ’round the world to stop reverberating, its echo keeps ganing mileage. While Will Smith got ahead of the Academy and resigned last night before they could weigh in with any major punitive reprisals—a wise and canny move—the conversation continues.

KhloéKardashian's working her butt off in the gym way too hard to let it slide when someone accuses her of getting butt implants. So she's clapping back!The Good American co-founder responded to a commenter who wrote «Omg u can see her implants when stretching.

murdered at least three people is on the run after managing to escape from custody. Dominic Taddeo, 64, was a contract killer in the early 1980s in upstate New York, USA, and was sentenced to 54 years in prison in 1992 for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisation (RICO) conspiracy charges.

Google Maps fans on Reddit have only just discovered a hidden royal Easter egg on the app.When users search to look at Buckingham Palace, Balmoral or Windsor Castle they will find that the iconic yellow Street View 'pegman' becomes a cartoon of Queen Elizabeth II.

Manchester United and England left-back Luke Shaw may be “overweight”. Shaw was deployed by Ralf Rangnick in United’s crucial Premier League home clash against Leicester City at Old Trafford.

Manchester United might be rueing these three dropped points at the end of the season after a pedestrian display at Old Trafford against Leicester.Without Cristiano Ronaldo, the lack of an elite striker hampered United's efforts going forward to the point where their attacking force was almost non-existent. Rangnick opted against using his one striker Marcus Rashford to play Bruno Fernandes in the no.

Harry Maguire has been targeted by jeers and chants by Leicester fans at Old Trafford. The Manchester United captain was on the receiving end of boos during England’s friendly match with the Ivory Coast midweek - and now at Old Trafford, the same is happening again.

When Minnie Driver welcomed son Henry in 2008, the pregnancy flew in the face of a doctor’s diagnosis that she would never give birth.

Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of “going cap in hand from dictator to dictator,” as the Prime Minister flew to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to seek alternatives to Russian oil supplies.

J K Rowling is back to spreading harmful transphobic rhetoric and the LGBTQI community has responded saying she does not speak for them. The hashtag JKRowlingDoesntSpeakForMe was trending on social media following the author’s claim that “lesbians are under attack”.Trigger Warning: This story has details of homophobic and transphobic language, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.JK Rowling attempts to speak on behalf of a minority community that she isn’t part of, while sending “big love” to those who consider being gay to be a sin #JKDoesntSpeakForMe https://t.co/Rp79g0RxsK pic.twitter.com/ObL0VSxELp— Benjamin Cohen (@benjamincohen) March 13, 2022Strarmer’s comment was seized upon by Rowling to post transphobic rhetoric.

J K Rowling is back to spreading harmful transphobic rhetoric and the LGBTQI community has responded saying she does not speak for them. The hashtag JKRowlingDoesntSpeakForMe was trending on social media following the author’s claim that “lesbians are under attack”.Trigger Warning: This story has details of homophobic and transphobic language, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.JK Rowling attempts to speak on behalf of a minority community that she isn’t part of, while sending “big love” to those who consider being gay to be a sin #JKDoesntSpeakForMe https://t.co/Rp79g0RxsK pic.twitter.com/ObL0VSxELp— Benjamin Cohen (@benjamincohen) March 13, 2022Strarmer’s comment was seized upon by Rowling to post transphobic rhetoric.

At the 2022 BAFTA Awards on Sunday, Emma Watson made it clear — she’s going to shout-out all the witches out there! When the 31-year-old actress was brought to the stage by host Rebel Wilson to present, Rebel said, “She calls herself a feminist, but we all know she’s a witch.” Emma then promptly responded, per The Independent, “I’m here for all the witches!”

Emma Watson appeared to make a dig at Harry Potter author JK Rowling as she took the stage at the BAFTAs on Sunday night. It came as awards ceremony host Rebel Wilson, 42, welcomed the Hermione Granger icon to the stage with a classic joke. "Here to present the next award is Emma Watson," she began.

Harry Potter franchise, having starred in Little Women, Beauty and the Beast and other hits since.The actress left some fans wondering if she was making a dig at JK Rowling, as she took to the stage to present the award for Best Outstanding British Film at this years BAFTAs. The actress was introduced by host Rebel Wilson, as she said: "Here to present the next award is Emma Watson."She calls herself a feminist, but we all know she's a witch."Emma then emphasised on her entrance: "I'm here for ALL the witches!"Many social media users believe this to be a dig at the Harry Potter creator, JK, and took to Twitter to praise the actress for her statement.Emmath0ughts said: "Emma Watson saying 'I'm here for ALL of the witches' was absolutely a dig at JK Rowling and I couldn't love her more for it #BAFTAs."Alice38922349 added: "Emma Watson unsurprisingly continues to show the importance of love and acceptance for all whilst JK Rowling spirals even further into creating the polar opposite #translivesmatter #BAFTA2022."RealJoeGreeeen penned: "Emma Watson destroying JK #baftas."However, other social media users took to Twitter to defend the author of the multi million franchise.DavidBancz said: "I wonder where Emma Watson would be without JK Rowling?"Probably asking 'Do you want fries with that?'"Jongaunt added: "Does this women ever stop virtue signalling and s******g off the genius who made her?"Nuttygothictart commented: "Emma Watson and the cast of Harry Potter need to realise that they owe their entire career to JK Rowling."If it wasn't for JK, they wouldn't be where they are now."Host Rebel also took a swipe at the author earlier on at the show when a photo of herself at the 2020 BAFTAs appeared on the screen.She told the

A Stockport Labour councillor says he will withdraw his signature from a controversial Stop the War Coalition statement which accuses the UK of ‘sabre rattling’ over Ukraine.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has sparked backlash on social media after hitting out at Chair of the Labour Party, Anneliese Dodds, over her party's definition of a woman on International Women's Day.Taking to Twitter, the best-selling author, 56, claimed that the Labour MP, 43, was delivering mixed messages over the definition following her appearance on BBC's Woman's Hour on the same day.In view of her 13.9 million followers, Rowling fired back at a video Labour MP Anneliese Dodds tweeted on International Women's Day.The author wrote: "This morning you told the British public you literally can't define what a woman is."What's the plan, lift up random objects until you find one that rattles?"In the clip, the Labour MP "celebrated the victories women have won in the fight for equality" before promising to "lift women up".She captioned the post: "Labour will lift women up, not hold them back."Because we are the party of equality. #IWD2022"Rowling's tweet came as the Chair of the Labour Party appeared on BBC's Women's Hour on Tuesday.The politician spoke to host Emma Barnett about what "Labour's definition of a woman" is.Dodds said: "Well, I have to say that there are different definitions legally around what a woman actually is."I mean, you look at the definition within the Equality Act, and I think it just says someone who is adult and female, I think, but then doesn’t see how you define either of those things."I mean, obviously, that’s then you’ve got the biological definition, legal definition."As the BBC host pushed her to provide more clarity on the definition, Doods replied: "Oh, I think with respect, Emma, I think it does depend what the context is surely.