'Nah, not a thing!' Jason Manford weighs in on Maureen Lipman's cancel culture fears

Less than two weeks ago, Dmytro Pidruchnyi was competing at the Winter Olympics in Ukraine’s national colors. Now he’s wearing a military uniform and ballistic helmet.

Marilyn Manson has sued Evan Rachel Wood for defamation over her sexual abuse allegations against him, which Manson claims are a "malicious falsehood." In the complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday and obtained by Variety, Manson — whose legal name is Brian Warner — alleges that Wood and "her on-again, off-again romantic partner" Ashley Gore have "publicly cast" him as a "rapist and abuser — a malicious falsehood that has derailed Warner’s successful music, TV and film career." The filing goes on to claim that Wood and Gore impersonated a FBI agent "by forging and distributing a fictitious letter from the agent, to create the false appearance that Warner’s alleged ‘victims’ and their families were in danger, and that there was a federal criminal investigation of Warner ongoing." It also alleges that Wood and Gore "provided checklists and scripts" to accusers and "made knowingly false statements," including that Manson "filmed the sexual assault of a minor." Manson has requested a jury trial and is also alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress, violation of the Comprehensive Computer Data and Access Fraud Act and impersonation over the internet. Marilyn Manson has sued Evan Rachel Wood for defamation over her sexual abuse allegations against him, which Manson claims are a "malicious falsehood." (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage for Disney Pictures) Representatives for Wood and Gore did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment.

Pat Sajak is stepping up for the contestants on Wheel of Fortune.

Hilary Duff is giving a glimmer of hope that the “Lizzie McGuire” reboot could still happen.

Charles Criss, died of a rare heart condition.Darren’s Glee castmates were among the stars offering their condolences below his post.Kanye West buries animated Pete Davidson in bizarre new music videoKatherine Ryan and husband lead red carpet arrivals at National Comedy Awards 2022FKA twigs leaves little to the imagination at NME Awards in sheer grey dressLea Michele replied: ‘Love you Darren. We will miss you Chuck.’Heather Morris commented: ‘Sending you so much light, strength and love.‘Beautiful words and I’m so sorry for your loss.

London’s Brixton Academy, with the likes of Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Ellie Goulding also in attendance.twigs– real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett – looked powerful as she stepped onto the red carpet in her partially transparent mini dress, which appeared to show off her chest.The collar of her ensemble was embroidered in red with the words ‘beast’ and she wore her hair in long blonde braidsThe artist, who has already been announced as the latest recipient of the music magazine’s godlike genius prize, placed her right hand on her hip as she posed for photos.Elsewhere, Little Mix star Leigh-Anne, who welcomed twins in August with her footballer fiancé Andre Gray, wore for a white two-piece suit featuring a matching crop top and styled her hair in pigtails.Love Me Like You Do hitmaker Ellie posed for the cameras wearing a white pant suit and a blazer with a glittering lapel.The singer welcomed her son Arthur with art dealer husband Caspar Jopling in April last year.Meanwhile, Love Island host Laura Whitmore opted for a Latex-style one-piece with shoulder pads, which she matched with black stilettos.Pop star Mabel made a surprise appearance alongside her mother, Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, and the pair posed for photos together.Sam Fender, Griff and Bring Me To The Horizon are among the acts scheduled to take to the stage during tonight’s ceremony.The annual event, which first took place nearly 70 years ago, is this year being hosted by actress and comedian Daisy May Cooper and rapper-presenter Lady Leshurr.Speaking on the red carpet, Bring Me To The Horizon frontman Oliver Sykes discussed the band’s recent performance of Bad Habits with Ed Sheeran at the Brit Awards.‘We got an email from his manager saying this is a mad idea

Kanye West appears to be burying an animated version of Pete Davidson in the music video for his new song Eazy from the upcoming Donda 2 album.The rapper, who has launched a number of scathing tirades on his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s new boyfriend in recent weeks, also mentions the Saturday Night Live comedian by name in the lyrics of the track.‘God saved me from the crash, just so I can beat Pete Davidson’s ass,’ Kanye is heard rapping as the accompanying video shows him, as a cartoon, dragging what appears to be a restrained Pete with a bag over his head.The animation then shows Kanye removing the bag from Pete, whose body is in the ground, and sprinkling seeds over his head.The video arrived hours after Kim had been declared legally single in the latest hearing in her divorce proceedings with the artist.It’s been announced that the reality TV star will change her name from Kardashian-West back to just Kardashian after a motion was granted by a judge at Los Angeles County Superior Court.Kanye has shared numerous references to Kim’s new relationship on social media in recent weeks, calling out her new beau Pete and begging for her back.His uploads included a picture of Pete’s body on a post where he branded the actor ‘a d***head’ and accused him of being Hillary Clinton’s ‘ex-boyfriend’.Kanye also vowed that Pete would not be allowed to meet the children he shares with Kim – North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two – and shared a private text allegedly from the comic. During his tirade, Kanye – who referred to Pete as ‘Skete’ in his barrage of posts on the social media app – insisted he would reunite with Kim.Although he has since deleted the posts and issued an apology to Kim, accepting responsibility for

Fontaines D.C. have reacted to winning Best Band In The World at the BandLab NME Awards 2022: “About time!”The Irish band beat out Amyl & The Sniffers, Ben&Ben, Bring Me The Horizon, CHVRCHES, Glass Animals, HAIM, Måneskin, Nova Twins and Wolf Alice for the trophy.In their acceptance speech, they gave props to CHVRCHES and Robert Smith for their performance of The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’ earlier in the night, and poked fun at the government: “We’re gonna party like Number 10 tonight!”Speaking to NME in the winner’s room at the O2 Academy Brixton on March 2, frontman Grian Chatten had a succinct response to their win: “About time.”He added: “We’ve never really won an award before, so I don’t know, I’ve never seen people so elated in my whole life.”Carlos O’Connell quipped: “We had to keep telling ourselves we were the best band in the world from the moment we started.

Sarah Everard, who went missing on March 3, 2021.Sarah's tragic death caused outrage in London and across the country, particularly after it was discovered that she was murdered by Wayne Couzens, a serving Met Police officer.Couzens' conviction, the rough dispersal of a vigil for Sarah on Clapham Common, as well as a number of other scandals in which sexist Whatsapp conversations revealed widespread inappropriate behaviour within the force, ultimately led to a loss of confidence in the Met.Recently, Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick was forced to resign by London Mayor Sadiq Khan after yet more scandals involving police officers surfaced.The Met said: "There have been other murders of women in public spaces, including the Sabina Nessa, and very recently of Sabina Nessa. All of these bring into sharp focus our urgent duty to do more to protect women and girls." An inquiry by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) recently found "disgraceful" misogyny within the force that was not "simply the behaviour of a few 'bad apples'."Couzens is now behind bars, the rapist and murderer sentenced to life in prison without parole inside HMP Frankland.The jail is in County Durham and has also housed the notorious murderers Harold Shipman and Ian Huntley.In September 2021, Couzens challenged his sentence in an appeal that is likely to take place in May this year and is expected to argue that his actions did not warrant a whole life sentence.His sentence was described as setting new legal ground as he was given a life term for the murder of one person.

The It girls are better off red.Tress trendsetters like catwalk queen Kendall Jenner, 26, and screen gems Zendaya, 25, and Sophie Turner, 26, are turning heads with crimson-colored locks. “Red hair is bold, different, and a redhead is typically the only redhead in the room,” Manhattan-based hair colorist Jenna Perry, 35, told The Post of the sizzling swing toward scarlet.

Brix Smith was at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 to accept the Music Moment Of The Year award on behalf of Liam Gallagher for his “absolutely fantastic” free gig for NHS workers.The Fall legend was speaking to NME in the winner’s room after accepting the award for Gallagher, who was unable to attend the ceremony at the O2 Academy Brixton.Gallagher, Smith revealed, DJed her wedding in Italy 22 years ago with Alan McGee as a wedding present.“I’m a big fan of his,” Smith said of Gallagher. “I’ve known him for a long time and what he did for the NHS was absolutely fantastic.“With the years that we’ve been through, the last two years and what’s going on now, there’s definitely one thing that will keep us united and uplift us, and that’s music,” she said.Smith added: “Music can help us get through anything, it really really can. So what he did for the NHS and the care workers was an amazing thing and I hope to continue doing things with my music to get us through these hard times ahead of us now.”Smith also talked about her upcoming solo album ‘Valley Of The Dolls’ and the “all-female supergroup” she formed, featuring members of My Bloody Valentine (Deb Googe on bass and Jen Marco on keys and guitar) and Deux Furieuses.

BandLab NME Awards 2022, Robert Smith gave NME the lowdown of The Cure‘s next album and exclusively told us the title. Watch our full video interview with Smith above.Having long teased the band’s long-awaited “merciless” new record – having told us that two new albums were on the way back at the last NME Awards back in 2020 – Smith tonight revealed that one of them would be “real very soon”, as well as sharing more about its sister record and his anticipated solo album.“So I’ve been working on two Cure albums, and one of them is finished,” Smith told NME. “Unfortunately, it’s the second one that’s finished.

Sydney Sweeney is gearing up to walk down the aisle!

Well, this looks intriguing!

The Masked Singer UK during their first season last year, coming second place on the show while disguised as a hedgehog.The comedian has revealed exclusively to Express.co.uk that when he was on it some of the team "didn't really know what they were doing", with the show improving since.When asked whether there was a fan or cooling device inside his heavy hedgehog costume, the comedian hastily replied "no".He continued: "I’ve got to say they have improved it since I was on it by all accounts, as I’ve heard from people that have been on it since."But that first series when they didn’t really know what they were doing you were in that costume for ages."Now I think there’s a limit, you’re only allowed in it for five minutes or something and

Express.co.uk about how he deals with criticism on social media.The comedian revealed how he was left amused after realising the hateful comments Meghan Markle has endured online are from very few sources.Jason said that hurtful comments online do not bother him as "there's always going to be someone that doesn't like you".In the candid conversation he revealed that social media is a "modern mental health pandemic" with the creators not expecting this outcome years later.He continued: "The thing that made me laugh recently was they realised that one hundred per cent of all the negative Meghan Markle comments were from about 70 accounts, or 70 people."It just shows it's really minimal."Further showing this, Bot Sentinel, a free platform

Twitter earlier this evening to laugh off an accusation he's "bigoted" after talking about anti-maskers at the Live at the Apollo Christmas special. In response, one social media user commented telling Jason that his Covid content isn't "A+ material" leading Jason to hit back.Jason responded to a news article on Twitter in view of his 399,100 followers where he laughed off being called "bigoted" for his Covid comedy content.Sharing the article, Jason posted the caption: "Keep complaining folks...

Jason Manford has laughed off an accusation he's bigoted after ruffling feathers with a joke about anti-maskers.

It was just a matter of days ago that comedian Jason Manford shared a look at his sparse but huge Christmas tree. And now, the 40 year old funnyman has done a tree-mendous decorating job and there's no doubt the Manford household will be feeling festive now.The towering tree has been kitted out with baubles a'plenty, all in different shapes and sizes.There are fairy lights paving their way around the tree too, to add a homely glow, and a fairy sits pride of place at the top.

JASON Manford has given his followers a rare glimpse inside his huge home as he decorated it for Christmas. The 40-year-old, who lives in Stockport, showed off the epic tree erected in the impressive kitchen/diner area.

Coronation Street actress Dame Maureen Lipman spoke out as a poll revealed that almost a third of Britons are likely to censor their more controversial views, even when with close friends.The 75-year-old Celebrity Gogglebox star has warned: "It's in the balance whether we will ever be funny again.""Cancel culture, this cancelling, this punishment, it's everywhere," she mourned."Punishment. An eye for an eye.