Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem become Lucy and Desi on set of Being The Ricardos

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BBC Radio 1 star Fearne Cotton has slammed cancel culture, branding it "toxic" while reflecting on her career at the broadcaster. In a new interview, the radio DJ, 40 examined the effect that cancel culture has had on the entertainment industry, branding the phenomenon a "toxic little b*****d".Reflecting on her time as one of the last presenters of hit BBC show Top of the Pops, Fearne told Big Issue's guest editor, musician Yungblud, that there has been a "shift" in how bands present themselves.Looking back on how the music scene has changed since she hosted the show, Fearne branded it a "great time," adding: "You could kind of do whatever you wanted back then."Lots of bands were quite wild and just completely themselves, essentially, without any media training, without anyone saying: ‘This is what is popular right now'."The star added that she recognised the change as she was leaving her role at the BBC, claiming there was a "shift" around this time.The Happy Place Podcast host went on: "There was certainly a shift, maybe just as I was leaving Radio 1."It felt like it was getting trickier for artists to cultivate a space that was their own.“I think culturally, it’s harder because cancel culture exists, which is a horrible, toxic little b*****d.

K.J. Yossman As BBC Studios gears up for its annual showcase, where it introduces its upcoming hot projects to international buyers, U.K.-based Jonathan Blyth, BBC Studios’ director of comedy, and Kelly Miller, BBC Studios’ Los Angeles-based senior VP of scripted strategy, sat down with Variety to discuss what’s on their comedy slate, working with streamers and the biggest challenges they’re currently facing.What do you look for in a comedy?Kelly Miller (KM): It’s all about authentic storytelling, that lived-in experience, a talent who has something to say. Those are the comedies and the shows that are most resonant with audiences around the world, but particularly here in the U.S.Jonathan Blyth (JB): Talent is very much at the heart — front and centre.

The Tinder Swindler subject Shimon Hayut has said the women in the Netflix documentary “weren’t conned”.Hayut, who also went by the alias Simon Leviev in the recent film, recently spoke to Inside Edition about the allegations levelled against him by several women who met him on Tinder.The first part of the interview aired yesterday (February 21) with a second part due to be released today (February 22), also featuring Hayut’s girlfriend Kate Konlin.“I’m not this monster,” Hayut said of the claims of The Tinder Swindler. “I was just a single guy that wanted to meet some girls on Tinder.”The Netflix documentary alleges that Hayut convinced women he was the son and heir of diamond mogul Lev Leviev, before reportedly conning them out of millions of dollars.“They weren’t conned and they weren’t threatened,” Hayut said of the women featured in the doc, and said of the claims he was the son of Leviev: “No I am not, and I never presented myself [as such].”He went on to say he didn’t “feel bad” for the women who accused him as the allegatiosn were false, and said he is “a legit businessman” in terms of justifying his current lavish lifestyle.Hayut added: “I want to clear my name, I want to say to the world, this is not true.”Victims Cecilie Fjellhøy, Ayleen Koeleman and Pernilla Sjoholm recently set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to repay their debts after being conned.“You’re probably here because you’ve heard about our story, and we appreciate you taking the time to search and find this page,” they wrote.“The past few days have been a whirlwind, and we three (Ayleen, Pernilla and Cecilie) have been completely shocked and floored by the flood of compassion and support from everyone.

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Coronation Street star Kimberly Hart-Simpson has recently revealed she is returning to the soap.

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem were seen going throwback chic as she transported herself back to the 1950s on set in Los Angeles this Friday.The 53-year-old actress is playing Lucille Ball in a biopic called Being The Ricardos opposite Javier as Desi Arnaz.In her latest incarnation as Lucy she could be seen on set modeling a sleek blue vest over a pale pink blouse with flared sleeves redolent of the period.

Nicole Kidman was seen in costume as comedienne and actress Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin's upcoming biopic Being The Ricardos on Wednesday in Los Angeles.   While on set, the Oscar-winning actress, 53, sported a shoulder-length ginger wig, cream blouse, a pastel blue vest and matching trousers.

Nicole Kidman is well into her character as Lucille Ball and the first photos from "Being the Ricardos" are attracting mixed reviews from fans. The 53-year-old actress was photographed on the Los Angeles set alongside her co-star Javier Bardem, who portrays Desi Arnaz and many fans took to social media to share their displeasure with Kidman’s casting as the "I Love Lucy" star.

They're starring as two of the most famous comic stars of the 20th century.And Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem looked nearly unrecognizable thanks to their makeup and picture-perfect costumes on the set of Being The Ricardos in Long Beach, California, on Tuesday.Kidman, 53, and Bardem, 52, were spotted chatting on set by the Queen Mary ocean liner during some downtime between takes.

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem have been hard at work filming the new Aaron Sorkin film, ‘Being the Ricardos,’ which focuses on a specific time in the late comedian Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz.Photos of the actors on set have been slowly emerging. Amazon Studios announced that principal photography began in Los Angeles at the end of March, according to Harper’s Bazaar and a few weeks ago we saw Kidman wearing a wig that resembled Ball’s signature red hair and more recently, photos of the actress and her co-star, Bardem have surfaced.

Nicole Kidman walks and talks with Javier Bardem on the set of their upcoming movie, Being The Ricardos, on Wednesday afternoon (April 28) in Long Beach, Calif.

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are slipping into character. The pair were nearly unrecognizable as they filmed a scene in Los Angeles last week for their upcoming movie, Kidman plays Lucille Ball in the movie, while Bardem stars as her husband, Desi Arnaz — and the two certainly looked the part.

Talk about Hollywood power couples! From Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, to Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz — and a few pairs of exes — there are quite a few duos who have both had the honor of winning Oscars.

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are deep in character for their upcoming biopic “Being The Ricardos”.

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem were virtually unrecognizable whilst filming their new movie in Los Angeles this week.The dynamic duo are playing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in an upcoming biopic called Being The Ricardos written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.While in character Nicole, 53, was impeccably throwback chic in an outfit that included bright yellow perfectly pressed slacks.