Kanye West dropped by agency amid antisemitism controversy

Peter Kay, 49, was forced to issue an apology when he appeared on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show today after he swore live on air.The star’s appearance on BBC Radio 2 comes shortly after he announced he would be making a comeback to the comedy scene. Peter and Zoe, 51, were co-presenting her BBC Radio 2 show today following the comedian’s exciting announcement that he would be going on tour after 12 years of absence from the stand-up scene. Minutes into Peter’s appearance on the show, after listening to Music for a Sushi Restaurant by Harry Styles, Zoe commented on the funnyman’s outfit. “Peter has come in today really brilliantly dressed in black with a little orange thread round,” Zoe began. “What are you on about? Think you’ve had a refresher,” Peter said in a jokey reference to the famous sweet.“I know, I need a refresher,” Zoe replied, before continuing: “You’ve got orange around you and you’re matching our Radio 2 orange branding. It’s a lovely look…”Scoffing, Peter interrupted again saying: “I’m just wearing a b****y…“Oh, sorry - I swore!” he declared, to which Zoe replied: “Did you?”“I apologise, Britain, for saying that word: b****y,” Peter continued cheekily.“Yes I’m so sorry - wait, you said it again!” Zoe exclaimed in realisation. “I know, but I could’ve said it in the context of blood,” Peter explained.“Yes, you could have done…” Zoe agreed bemusedly. “So there’s my excuse on that one,” Peter continued.

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta is laying off 11,000 staff — about 13% of the social median giant’s entire workforce.

BBC Studios is continuing its acquisitions spree in the UK. 

It's the moment we've all been waiting for and tonight is the night that Matt Hancock finally enters the I'm A Celebrity jungle.

A list of the best and worst hotel chains in the UK has been shared by consumer watchdog Which?. While some were praised for being "clean" and "comfy", others were called "run-down" and "dirty".

Three friends who went on holiday together to Mexico were mysteriously found dead in an Airbnb, leaving their devastated families desperate for answers. Courtez Hall, 33, from New Orleans and Kandace Florence and Jordan Marshall, both 28, from Virginia, were all found dead on November 2 in Mexico City, during the country's Day of the Dead celebrations, the Mirror reports.

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid slammed a Just Stop Oil protestor live on air and she was so annoyed by how the conversation went that she ended the interview abruptly.

Rangers striker Antonio Colak has been overlooked by Croatia for their final World Cup squad.

Rangers have announced an operating profit of £5.9million – a significant improvement on last year's £23.5m operating loss.

Mindless vandals have destroyed an outdoor classroom space at an Airdrie primary school by setting light to wooden play furniture, smashing bottles and leaving litter and grafitti across the area.

Janette Manrara, 38, publicly apologised to Rylan Clark, 34, after she cheekily tricked him live on television during It Takes Two.The pair, who both host the BBC Two Strictly spin off show on separate days, showed off their level of good friendship after Janette pretended to be a viewer and wrote into the show. Rylan then unwittingly proceeded to read out Janette’s fake letter, in which she declared her love for real-life husband Aljaž Škorjanec, demanding that he should return to the show to do more presenting.The seemingly staged segment of the show started shortly after Rylan had finished catching up with contestants Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu.Segwaying into the next section, Rylan said: “We always love to hear from you lot at home and we have had a lovely letter from one of you at home this week.“I have it here and I am actually going to read it out.

Gina Birch of The Raincoats has announced that she will release her debut solo album, ‘I Play My Bass Loud’, through Jack White’s Third Man Records early next year.“The album distills my years of musical, political and artistic life with these genre-breaking songs”, says Birch. “It’s a personal diary using sounds and lyrics, full of fun, rage and storytelling”.On the album’s title, she says: “There’s the whole thing about women playing their music and wanting to be heard, wanting acknowledgment or the space to do it.

Kanye West has been sued over an allegedly uncleared sample on ‘Life Of The Party’, a track that featured on the deluxe edition of his ‘Donda’ album.A company called Phase One Network says that ‘Life Of The Party’ features a sample from a Boogie Down Productions track that it controls, that being ‘South Bronx’ from the KRS-One-led outfit’s 1987 album ‘Criminal Minded’.This particular ‘Donda’ track has already been on quite the adventure. Although it was previewed at those pre-release listening parties that West staged for the album in summer 2021, it didn’t appear on the original track listing when ‘Donda’ was finally released at the end of August that year.It transpired that it had been cut from the record at the request of guest artist Andre 3000.

Steve Mason has announced that he will release his new album, ‘Brothers & Sisters’, next year. Alongside the announcement, he’s also released new single ‘No More’, featuring Javed Bashir.“To me, this record is a massive ‘fuck you’ to Brexit”, says Mason of the album.

RELEASESGorillaz have released new single ‘Baby Queen’, which you may already have heard if you’ve been playing the FIFA 2023 video game – the song appearing on the soundtrack. The inspiration for the song, says Damon Albarn, was “a dream about this princess [that I had] very recently.

Magazine publisher Condé Nast has sued Drake and 21 Savage over the promotional campaign for their new collaborative album ‘Her Loss’ which has centred on a fake edition of the media firm’s most prominent publication Vogue.As part of a promo push that involved a number of other faked brand partnerships and media appearances, Drake and 21 Savage ran a poster and social media campaign featuring a mocked up Vogue cover, and also seemingly distributed some copies of the fashion magazine tweaked so that it contained the fake cover and some other references to the record within.In its lawsuit, Condé Nast says: “This action arises out of a widespread promotional campaign recently launched by world famous musical artists Drake and 21 Savage, built entirely on the use of the Vogue marks and the premise that Drake and 21 Savage would be featured on the cover of Vogue’s next issue as a means of promoting defendants’ newly released album ‘Her Loss’”.“All of this is false”, it adds. “And none of it has been authorised by Condé Nast.

NME has announced a new initiative – competition perhaps – to give emerging artists and bands a whole load of promotion all over its website, which it’s calling – to save any confusion – Get Featured.The whole thing is a partnership with BandLab – the social music creation platform also owned by NME parent company Caldecott Music Group – and is part of the BandLab Opportunities scheme. To be considered, artists of any genre must upload and submit music via the now also BandLab-owned ReverbNation.Talking about Get Featured and the wider BandLab Opportunities programme, NME and BandLab say in a statement: “This is an ongoing opportunity that will see NME spotlight a total of four creators throughout 2023.

Judge Judy has said that Justin Bieber is “scared to death” of her. And if you’re wondering when Justin Bieber was on the Judge Judy TV show – joining John Lydon in the rank of musicians to appear in her court – it’s worse than that. They used to be neighbours.“He’s scared to death of me”, she tells Access Hollywood.

Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan's famous daughter Chloe Madeley, 35, has opened up on the "very weird" reactions she received from the public after she abandoned church protocol and strode into the 2018 royal wedding with bare shoulders and a braless cleavage for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's ceremony.The fitness expert received enraged messages from people telling her she was "offending the House of the Lord" by being too scantily clad - and she has now taken to Instagram to revisit the occasion."Remember when I didn't wear my jacket to this wedding?" she asked her followers, attaching a photo of her walking into the wedding, alongside husband James Haskell, in a low-cut, cleavage and shoulder-baring beige gown."The press hung me out to dry like I went to church in a thong," she exclaimed.Punctuating the point with a tears of laughter emoji, she added: "That was a very weird 24 hours in my life."Chloe had earlier addressed the issue, stating that she was aware when she chose the outfit that it was considered unacceptable by many to show shoulders in a religious setting.However, she insisted that she had "lost" her jacket - and assumed that she'd be overshadowed by the publicity generated when Meghan and Harry made their much-awaited appearance.Unfortunately for Chloe, that wasn't the case - and she was slammed from all sides on Instagram later.Speaking to Lorraine Kelly on her self-titled ITV show, she blamed the "overwhelming heat" on the way to St George's Chapel in Windsor for her blunder."'The invite said day dress and hat, of course we all know traditionally you have to cover your shoulders in church," she reflected."I had a jacket with me [but] it was so hot on the coach to the chapel, I was overheating."Her