Nick Cave: Cancel culture is bad religion run amuck

Jason Aldean and his wife, Brittany, are talking about their close friendship with Carrie Underwood. The couple spoke to ET's Cassie DiLaura at the 2022 ACMs on Monday, where they were good sports about the possibility of their 3-year-old daughter, Navy, dating Underwood's 3-year-old son, Jacob, in the future.Aldean and Underwood earned three nominations this year for their hit song, «If I Didn't Love You.» When it was pointed out that Navy and Jacobs are the same age and that they could possibly be the next big country couple, Brittany wasn't opposed, though Aldean joked that Navy wasn't ever allowed to date.«That's probably accurate, yeah,» he cracks.Brittany adds, «I feel like she does what she wants.»Aldean noted that Navy is already strong-willed at three years old.«Yeah, I don't know if I am going to have much say in that,» he shares of her future dating life.

Steven Spielberg has spoken up about his disapprovalover the Motion Picture Academy’s decision to pre-record eight Oscar categories.The new schedule would mean that eight awards would be handed out in the hour before the actual Oscar telecast begins at 5 p.m. PT on March 27, in order to save time and keep the show to three hours.'I disagree with the decision made by the executive committee,' the Schindler's List director, 75, said in a new interview with Deadline.

Renee Zellweger looked simply stunning as she arrived in style for the premiere of herupcoming crime series The Thing About Pam.On Monday, the 52-year-old actress went on a promotional trail throughNew York Cityto promote the series, culminating in a red carpet screening.The Texas native went simple and chic for the main event as she showed off her very figure while posing on arrival. Stunning:Renee Zellweger stuns in simple yet chic suit that shows off her trim frame on red carpet at premiere for new crime series The Thing About Pam on Monday in New YorkThe Thing About Pam is based on a real-life story, concerning crimes committed by a woman named Pam Hupp.

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The biggest stars in country music were out in force on Monday evening at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.Morgan Wallen picked up the prestigious Album of the Year award for Dangerous: The Double Album.The win seemed to signal that Academy voters weren't fazed by Wallen's scandal last year, when he was caught shouting the N-word on camera. Looking past it? Morgan Wallen won Album of the Year for Dangerous: The Double Album at Monday's 57th Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, despite his N-word scandal last year'When I started this album, I was a kid.

Yellowstone star Luke Grimes hit the red carpet with a country casual look before presenting at the 2022 ACM Awards.The 38-year-old actor, who plays Kayce Dutton on the hit Paramount Plus series, hit the red carpet with his wife Bianca Rodrigues at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.The actor is one of the many presenters along with Reacher star Alan Ritchson, Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, Mickey Guyton, Tom Pelphrey and more. Casual Luke:Yellowstone star Luke Grimes hit the red carpet with a country casual look before presenting at the 2022 ACM Awards Luke and Bianca:The 38-year-old actor, who plays Kayce Dutton on the hit Paramount Plus series, hit the red carpet with his wife Bianca RodriguesGrimes stepped with a white t-shirt under a slightly-unbuttoned white dress shirt with a gold chain dangling from his neck.He also sported a stone-colored suit coat with light blue jeans and a brown belt for his red carpet look.

The dead are all set to walk again.Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan will lead a new series titled Isle of the Dead, a spin-off of the critically-acclaimed show The Walking Dead, Deadline reports.Isle of the Dead will be set in New York City and will follow Morgan's character Negan and Cohan's character Maggie as they head for Meridian, the town Maggie lived in after the apocalypse began. New series:Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan will lead a new series titled Isle of the Dead, a spin-off of the critically-acclaimed show The Walking Dead, Deadline reportedEli Jorné, who wrote on The Walking Dead for several seasons and served as a co-executive producer on the program as well, will be the showrunner for the new program.Dan McDermott, who serves as the president of Entertainment andAMC Studios for AMC Networks, told the outlet how excited the network was about the upcoming show.

Radio Times, the actress revealed that she doesn’t support their actions.The 75-year-old had strong feelings about the debate around the toppling of UK statues.When asked about her thoughts, Joanna commented: “All our ancestors were linked with something, so you can’t suddenly go, ‘But I don’t do that’.”She added: “If you eat sugar, you’re probably eating sugar that came from sugar factories that were worked by slaves, and so it goes round and round.“Lots of things were obviously reprehensible, the slave trade being one; you can’t defend that.“But there are different things that were done in the past which we can’t change.“We don’t do them now because we wouldn’t.”Joanna, who is hosting a new three-part ITV documentary series Great Cities of the World, where she explores the magnificent cities of Berlin, Paris and Rome, said: “So, I don’t know how much of the past you can smash up without finding that the wrecking ball has come very close to your own house.”Joanna has recently also spoken about the “distressing” impact she feels the Netflix series The Crown has had on the Royal Family.She told Radio Times that she can’t watch the show, because she “knows quite a lot of the Royal Family”.She continued: “I know how distressing it must be to have your life made up and then played out as truth.”The Absolutely Fabulous star was made an OBE in 1995 and became a Dame earlier this year, when she was given the honour as part of the New Years Honours list.Joanna, who is also a campaigner, said: “It comes as a complete and unexpected surprise and is the kindest and most beautiful present imaginable.”She also received the BAFTA TV Fellowship in 2017.With a career spanning over five decades, Joanna has appeared in everything from Ab

Awards season took another huge leap forward as the Oscars Luncheon returned for the first time in two years. And while COVID has still reared its ugly head (“The Power of the Dog’s” Jane Campion has publicly stated she has it and could not attend), there was still a slew of smiling faces among both first-time and multiple nominees.

Emmerdale fans have taken to social media to call out Jane McDonald for an embarrassing blunder on her Channel 5 travel show, My Yorkshire.During the series, Jane pays a nostalgic tour of the place she calls 'home' as she explores her home county. On the latest dose of the series, she met actor Frazer Hines, who played Joe Sugden in Emmerdale, in a village called Esholt.The Yorkshire village is where the outdoor scenes of Emmerdale were filmed for its first 20 years.Jane recounted her memories of watching Emmerdale Farm, Emmerdale's name until 1989, with her mother when she was younger.However, as Jane spoke about the village, some eagle-eyed viewers were quick to spot a blunder as she completely annihilated the name, which left some cringing.Taking to Twitter, one wrote: "@TheJaneMcDonald loving your Yorkshire series.

Champions League group would get a home draw ahead of the winner takes all ties. Celtic face KR Reykjavik on Tuesday in the first qualifying round of the competition at Parkhead and would then face another home tie if they get through against the winners of the game in Hungary between Swedish champions Djurgardens and Budapest side Ferencvaros.

Celtic who have held talks over a loan move with Brighton's no-nonsense defender Shane Duffy. The Premiership champions might also look for a new left back after Boli Bolingoli's trip to Spain, which has earned him an SFA charge to go with the wrath of Neil Lennon.

Lewis Hamilton are among the names of investors who have come together to buy W Magazine.The high-end fashion magazine was formerly owned by Condé Nast, but now has a new ownership group named W Media.As well as Karlie, Kaia and Lewis, the group also includes W Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Sara Moonves, movie producer Jason Blum, Forerunner Ventures’ Kirsten Green and Peloton’s Head of Marketing Dara Treseder.Under the new company, W is set to release ‘one aggregate print issue’ for the rest of the year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.So this will be the annual New Originals issue which hits stands later this Fall.Then the magazine plans to resume the usual six issues per year publishing schedule.W Media say they will ‘focus on

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorW Magazine, the high-end fashion publication formerly owned by Condé Nast, has a new ownership group — led by supermodel/influencer/entrepreneur Karlie Kloss.On Friday, W Magazine Editor-in-Chief Sara Moonves (daughter of ousted CBS chief Leslie Moonves) announced that she assembled a group of investors led by Kloss to acquire the brand as part of a newly formed joint venture called W Media.Other investors in W Media include movie producer Jason Blum, founder/CEO of Blumhouse Productions; Lewis Hamilton; Forerunner Ventures’ Kirsten Green; Dara Treseder, now head of marketing at Peloton; Kaia Gerber; LionTree’s Aryeh B.

Singer Nick Cave spoke out against "cancel culture" after a fan asked for his opinion on the growing tide of political correctness. The Bad Seeds singer pontificated on the virtues of mercy on his website, The Red Hand Files, where he invites people to ask him questions with no moderation.

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Selena Gomez might need a little more practice. The actress' HBO Max cooking show,, debuts on Thursday, and only ET has an exclusive sneak peek at Gomez's attempt to make ramen with Chef Candice Kumai over video chat. Though ramen may not seem like too complicated of a recipe, Gomez adorably has a little trouble following Kumai's instructions.

Nick Cave has shared his thoughts on ‘cancel culture’ in a new edition of his Red Hand Files newsletter.Asked on his views on the subject by a fan, Cave linked his answer to another question about the idea of mercy, calling ‘cancel culture’ “mercy’s antithesis”.“Mercy is a value that should be at the heart of any functioning and tolerant society,” Cave’s answer began. “Mercy ultimately acknowledges that we are all imperfect and in doing so allows us the oxygen to breathe — to feel protected within a society, through our mutual fallibility.

BBC studio where Eggheads is filmed in Glasgow.The Jeremy Vine Show host was alerted to the masterpiece’s location when Salvador Dalí came up as a question on the game show.Jeremy explained: “Recording Eggheads was a b****y punishing routine.“You started at 8am and finished around 8pm but, because of the efficiencies of TV, you’d do five shows a day for 14 days straight, with one day off in the middle.“Salvador Dalí had come up as a question on the show, and one of the Eggheads said, ‘One of his most famous paintings is round the corner from here at the Kelvingrove [Art Gallery and Museum],’ and so I thought, ‘I’m going to see that the first chance I get.’”Jeremy then discovered the painting was the artist’s famous work, entitled Christ of

DEALSShirley Bassey has signed a new record deal with Universal Music’s Decca, with a new album set for release later this year. “My new album is a celebration of 70 years in showbiz”, she says.

Winners of two Palme d’Or awards at Cannes – Rosetta (1999) and The Child (2005) – Belgian filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are known for their incisive, socially minded output. In Young Ahmed (Le Jeune Ahmed), the brothers return once again to their favourite subject, underprivileged adolescent protagonists on the margins of society or in trouble with the law.The film won the Dardennes Cannes’ ‘Best Director’ gong last year and, despite its familiar tone, feels like something of a departure for the duo who have bravely chosen to broach a rather thorny subject.