Jackie Weaver did NOT have the authority, according to new report

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.

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.

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.

BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker was not falling for Sara Davies’ April Fool’s Day prank yesterday and took to Instagram to call her out when she claimed to have got a tattoo.The Strictly Come Dancing star, 37, shared a snap of herself on Friday sporting a giant design on the top of her arm, but it wasn't long before the BBC host, 45, took to the comments to challenge her over the timing of her new inking.Sara even added a photo of the artist holding a tattoo gun to her arm so it looked like she had really gone through with the design.In an attempt to convince her 213,000 followers, the Dragon’s Den star captioned the post: “Look what I’ve treated myself to!“I’ve been fancying getting a tattoo for a while now but didn’t know what to get or who to go to for it, then I found out @gentlemanjimstattooclub is just down the road from our office."He’s such an amazing artist so he designed this Crafting Queen piece personal to me and I absolutely love it!”The enormous purple inking was supposed to be a nod to Sara’s business, Crafter’s Companion.Despite being very persuasive, Sara couldn’t fool her fellow Strictly contestant Dan and he took to the comments to challenge her.He shared a laughing emoji and teased: “What day is it again?” As he remembered it was indeed April Fool’s Day.Nevertheless, some of Sara’s friends did seem to fall for the trick.Strictly professional Neil Jones commented: “That’s brilliant.”Nikita Kuzmin echoed: “Yess Sara! Come on!”And Olympic snowboarder Aimee Fuller exclaimed: “Go on girl.”Eventually, Sara put her followers out of their misery and confirmed that the tattoo was fake.She said: “Can’t believe so many of you fell for my ‘tattoo’ … APRIL FOOLS!“I had SUCH a laugh planning this and I just want

Adam Woodyatt, who is famed for playing the smarmy character, is doing video messages on the net.And just like Ian, he’s up for being mean.On video site Memmo Me, his profile states he will “roast” fans in messages — a slang term for mocking someone.It also promises the videos can include “banter”.A tag line reads: “Order a personalised video message from Adam today for any occasion — birthdays, pep talks, roasts, well wishes, anniversaries or just a hello.” Adam is doing the videos to earn money after leaving EastEnders. The star walked away from the soap last year to star in a play.Since then he has admitted there is no guarantee he will return to reprise his role as Ian.Bosses are said to be keen to convince him to go back and have offered him a £300,000 salary.Adam was one of the stars to appear on the first ever episode in 1985.Since then he has become one of TV’s most famous characters.Last year, Adam was one of a handful of famous faces who entered Gwrych Castle in Wales for I'm a Celebrity...

Luann de Lesseps is weighing in on the forthcoming Real Housewives of New York reboot.

alien spacecraft crashed in Roswell, a UFO researcher has claimed. The paperwork, originally filed on March 22, 1950, and released in a recent Freedom of Information Act explains that a US Airforce investigator saw 'three so-called flying saucers' that were said to be piloted by 'three pilots of human shape but only three feet tall' in New Mexico.While some details have been blanked out, self-professed UFO researcher Scott C.

Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon pulled off the TV prank of all TV pranks by switching late-night TV shows!It was a sight to behold as Fallon strolled onto the set of  in Hollywood and introduced himself simply as Jimmy after the boisterous crowd gave him a rousing ovation.«I’ve switched places with Jimmy Kimmel, although as far as surprises you’ve seen on ABC this week this one’s a distant second,» quipped Fallon referring the Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars last Sunday. Fallon added, «It’s really strange for me to be here.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAnyone who feels the Grammy Awards can be stodgy today might want to consider how far the show has come since the 1990s.Not only was it an utterly abysmal time for fashion — The hair! The shoulder pads! The big, stiff suits! — but the music industry was riding the CD boom, which took profits to hitherto-unimagined heights and made hubris balloon even faster: The titans of the industry thought, as they often do, “We have made it, we’ll just keep doing exactly the same thing over and over and the masses will give us more and more money!” The sounds of the future — hip-hop, alternative, heavy metal — got obligatory new categories as a patronizing pat on the head for “the youngsters” (as Ed Sullivan, the mainstream entertainment curator of the Boomer generation, used to call them). By the early 1990s, the Grammy voting body had become ever more out-of-touch, complacent, arrogant and, most of all, old.

She delighted her fans by dressing up as Lady Gaga and Jessica Chastain ahead of the Academy Awards.But Kelly Ripa took a break from the Hollywood glamour on Friday, when she and her husband Mark Consuelos were spotted on a walk in New York City.The 51-year-old Live! With Kelly And Ryan star looked relaxed in a vibrant tie-dye shirt as the couple strolled past the Greenwich Hotel in Manhattan. On the town: Kelly Ripa, 51, paired a casual tie-dye shirt with a sleek blazer and dark jeans as she took a walk near Manhattan's Greenwich hotel with husband Mark Consuelos, 51Kelly paired her green, blue and red shirt with a classy black blazer, and stuck to dark colors with her slim jeans.The talk show host and occasional actress rounded out her outfit with weathered white sneakers.

After multiple failed attempts to resurrect “The Crow” franchise, including one effort starring Jason Momoa that came close in the last two years, a consortium of independent producers, Hassell Free Productions, The Electric Shadow Company, Davis Films, and Pressman Films, are bringing the film back to life. What’s more, is that it is completely set up and ready to go with all the principals in place.

Gucci Mane has shared a new song featuring Key Glock and the late Young Dolph. "Blood All On It" was produced by Doughboy Beatz and BandPlay and comes with a video shot by Omar The Director.

Manchester United's move to hand Bruno Fernandes a new contract.United confirmed on Friday that the Portuguese playmaker has put pen to paper on a new four-year deal, which will keep him at Old Trafford until the summer of 2026. Fernandes' previous deal, which he signed upon joining the club from Sporting Lisbon in January 2020, ran until 2025.Despite Fernandes' performances for United since joining the club two years ago, Merson has been left shocked by the club's decision to extend his deal before they appoint a new permanent manager.Speaking on Soccer Saturday, Merson reacted by saying: “Unbelievable, absolutely, I’m flabbergasted if I’m being honest.

Lee Daniels and Mo’Nique are patching things up.

Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel pulled one over on their fans with a hilarious April Fool’s Day prank. To the surprise (and delight) of their in-studio audiences and viewers at home, the late night hosts switched gigs, with Fallon taking over the desk over at Jimmy Kimmel Live! while Kimmel hosted The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The comedians were completely committed to the practical joke as they each had to fly across the country to pull it off: Fallon works out of New York, while Kimmel is based in Hollywood.

For late-night TV viewers, Friday, April 1 presented a tale of two Jimmies.

Bella Hadid and her boyfriend Marc Kalman enjoy a romantic dinner at Dal Bolognese restaurant in Rome, Italy on Friday (April 1).

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorGillian Anderson, speaking at a masterclass at the Canneseries TV festival on France’s Côte d’Azur Saturday, teased that she is developing “something else” based on the life of a historical figure, following her roles as Margaret Thatcher in “The Crown” and Eleanor Roosevelt in upcoming series “The First Lady.” No further details were forthcoming from the actor, who recently signed a producing deal with Netflix.Speaking about receiving recognition for her career achievements, such as the Variety Icon Award she accepted Friday in Cannes, she said it felt “kind of surreal actually,” adding, “it kind of feels like it is happening to somebody else.”Asked by French journalist Nora Bouazzouni, who was the onstage interviewer, whether she had realized that her role as Dana Scully in “The X-Files” would change the face of female leads on television when she first read the script, Anderson responded: “Oh God, no.” She saw it just as a job, and “figured it might be a year’s worth of work.” Anderson concurred with Bouazzouni’s assertion that Scully was a “badass” – “confident” and “no push over” – and that had set the tone for her whole career. “I think that the badass-ness pre-existed in me […] and she brought that out in me.

ISIS executioners has revealed his ruthless kidnappers made him and his other hostages fight like animals for their amusement. Federico Motka, was captured in 2013 near the border of Turkey and Syria and held in captivity for 14 months by a group of British-born ISIS’ executioners dubbed "The Beatles."Motka is the first surviving hostage from the ordeal to testify in the terrorism trial of British national El Shafee Elsheikh, who was allegedly behind the kidnapping scheme, which targeted over 20 Western hostages between 2012 and 2015 reports the New York Post.

EASTENDERS' die-hard fans will well remember the beloved character Pete Beale who ran Albert Square's fruit and veg stall. But the actor who played the patriarch of the Beale family left the soap in 1993, and now lives a VERY different lifestyle.