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Hecklers Welcome tour, which he took on the road between 2023 and 2024, and the recorded set comes from his stop at the KLV in Kettering.Set to arrive next month, the vinyl is limited to 1,000 copies – a portion of which will come with signed inserts.Hecklers Welcome came as a return for James Acaster to stand-up, and included his recount of the formative experiences in his childhood which marked the beginning of his love-hate relationship with performance. As the name suggests, it also saw him embrace the unexpected turns from the audience – incorporating the interruptions into the show.“It’s an honour and a privilege to release this show on wax with Decca, especially because we recorded it in Kettering in a venue I’ve been going to since I was seven,” Acaster said.

James Acaster has spilled the tea on his Channel 4 show getting axed after a pilot nightmare.The beloved comedian was working on a new project for the network, but when things took a southward turn during the pilot's filming, it was all thumbs down on moving forward with a series.The 40-year-old funnyman, famed for his stints on Mock The Week and bagging a whopping five Chortle Awards, not to mention his Netflix special Repertoire and the hit podcast Off Menu he co-hosts with Ed Gamble, faced a rare hiccup. Opening up on the Always Be Comedy podcast, James didn't hold back as he said: "It was three hours of filming and I'd say everything went wrong that could have gone wrong.

Robert De Niro has recently discussed the astonishing measures he took for his iconic role in the '80s blockbuster, Raging Bull.The film chronicles the journey of middleweight boxing champ Jake LaMotta, portrayed by De Niro, showcasing both his professional highs and lows and also his rocky private life. Under the direction of Martin Scorsese, the movie delves into the boxer's troubled personal affairs. As part of preparing for the part, De Niro had to gain a staggering 60 pounds, and he shared the severity of this experience on the recent episode of Off Menu Podcast.

Scottish presenter Jean Johansson is back on our screens as she helps housebuyers on A Place in the Sun.

Channel 4's Celebrity Hunted has returned for its sixth season, with former Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice taking part in the challenge.

Ed Gamble has returned as the host of hit podcast The Traitors: Uncloaked as the third series of the BBC One show landed on TV screens on 1 January.The Traitors made a welcome return with a new set of Faithfuls and Traitors set to battle it out for a share of the cash prize, all under Claudia Winkleman's watchful gaze. The show's official visualised podcast sees Ed unpack all of the drama that's been happening, along with exclusive interviews with the contestants, unseen footage and show secrets.The first episode of The Traitors: Uncloaked landed on BBC Two on 1 January at 9pm, with 11 more instalments to follow over the coming weeks.

Carol Vorderman has confessed she "thought her career was over" following a mortifying incident on a primetime ITV show.

Glastonbury line-up as the Theatre And Circus bill has been revealed.The fields will welcome a host of circus, theatre, cabaret, music, dance and poetry acts to the iconic festival, which takes place this year from Wednesday June 26 through to Sunday June 30, 2024 at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset.Back in March it was revealed that Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA will headline the Pyramid Stage this summer, while Shania Twain will perform in the legends slot.Other newly announced acts and performances in the Theatre And Circus area include comedian Andy Parsons, poet Iona Lee, the theatre and dance group Mark Bruce Company, musician Toby Walker, cabaret act An Evening Without Kate Bush, Boom Circus and many more.You can check out the full stage line-up below.With just 51 days until gates open, here's the 2024 line-up for Glastonbury's incredible @theatre_circus fields pic.twitter.com/SmvPdkF146— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) May 6, 2024Other acts set to perform on the festival’s pyramid stage this year include LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, Burna Boy, PJ Harvey, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Kiwanuka, Janelle Monae, Olivia Dean, Paloma Faith and Keane.Meanwhile, Idles, Disclosure and The National are scheduled to top the Other Stage, while the likes of The Streets, Two Door Cinema Club, Avril Lavigne, The Last Dinner Party, Fontaines D.C., Arlo Parks and many more will be performing across the festival’s various stages.A host of other new names were recently unveiled a for the 2024 West Holts stage line-up, including Nia Archives and 47soul joining previously announced Jungle, Jessie Ware and Justice.The festival has been gradually dropping line-ups for the event’s many stages in recent weeks, including the Acoustic Stage, the

James Bond in an “elaborate prank”.In a new interview with The Guardian, the comedian said that he thinks “it would be very cool” to be named as the iconic secret agent.When asked if he would like to star in a Hollywood movie, like his colleague James Acaster in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the stand-up comic responded: “It would be very cool if I was named the next James Bond, because the collective meltdown it would inspire in a section of the British press would be so profoundly hilarious that I almost think Barbara Broccoli should do it as a prank.”Kumar added: “They’ve made enough money from the franchise, why not make the next casting of James Bond an elaborate prank?”This follows recent rumoured developments in the casting of 007, after Daniel Craig stepped down from the role in 2021 with No Time To Die.It was reported last month that Kick-Ass and Tenet star Aaron Taylor-Johnson had been offered the role by production studio EON Productions, who were awaiting his response. Taylor-Johnson has neither confirmed nor denied the rumour.Kumar took the opportunity to throw a jokey remark at Acaster in his response, adding: “I think it’s a longer journey obviously to imagine me as a spy than it is to Acaster as a Ghostbuster because, let’s face it, the guy is a fucking nerd.”Elsewhere in the interview, Kumar opened up about some of the best and worst advice he has received in his career.He explained how he was “once given some pretty horrendous advice by a comedy agent,” sharing: “They told me I should do a broad, racist Indian accent in an audition.

Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson have teamed up to perform the original Ghostbusters theme on Jimmy Fallon – watch their cover below.In celebration of sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and its world premiere on Thursday (March 14), the trio joined Jimmy Fallon to perform the franchise’s theme tune. They were accompanied by The Roots, who played the theme on various classroom instruments.Parker Jr.

The cast of the movie Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was in for a little surprise when Bill Murray showed up on the red carpet with them!

Paul Rudd has opened up about his “horrible” and “restrictive” Marvel diet, revealing he would drink sparkling water as a “reward”.The Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania star described the strict measures he went to while appearing on the comedy food podcast Off Menu, which sees guests asked to recall their “dream menu” by hosts Ed Gamble and James Acaster.When asked what kind of water he preferred, the 54 year-old actor told the comedians he was still a fan of sparkling.“When I was having to train for the Ant-Man movie, and I was on a very restrictive diet, my reward was sparkling water,” he said, with an incredulous laugh. “That’s how horrible that diet was.

Prue Leith is much more than the sweet, innocent gal from The Great British Bake Off.

Saturday Night Live.The filmmaker will reunite with Ghostbusters: Afterlife co-writer Gil Kenan to pen the script for the project, which will tell the behind-the-scenes story of the show’s premiere episode on October 11, 1975.According to Deadline, the film will be based on real-life accounts of Saturday Night Live’s opening night from an extensive series of interviews conducted by Reitman and Kenan with “all the living cast, writers and crew”.This is the second film Reitman is working on for Sony Pictures. He’s also serving as a co-writer and producer on the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife, directed by Kenan.Aside from the 2021 reboot of Ghostbusters, Reitman is best known for directing films Juno, Up In The Air and Young Adult.

Producer Jason Reitman appeared via video sans footage with the Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel cast of McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd and Carrie Coon in what was the first look of the movie. Reitman confirmed that the new sequel, due out on December 20, returns the franchise back to New York City where the first movie took place.

Starring in “Midsommar” took a lot out of Florence Pugh.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Florence Pugh said during a recent interview on the “Off Menu” podcast that she “most definitely” abused herself to get into character for “Midsommar.” The Ari Aster-directed horror movie starred Pugh as Dani, a grieving American psychology student who psychologically breaks down when she joins her toxic boyfriend on a trip to Sweden’s midsummer festival. “When I did it, I was so wrapped up in her and I’ve never had this ever before with any of my characters,” Pugh told podcast hosts James Acaster and Ed Gamble. “I’d never played someone that was in that much pain before, and I would put myself in really shitty situations that maybe other actors don’t need to do but I would just be imagining the worst things.”

A fresh batch of stars are competing in a new series of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer.

Comedian James Acaster has announced a new music project, Temps, which sees him working with a range of other musicians, including Seb Rochford, Shamir and Nnamdi. An album is set for release on Bella Union next year, and first single, ‘No, No’, is out now.In 2019, Acaster published a book called ‘Perfect Sound Whatever’, in which he argued that 2016 was the greatest ever year for music, and for which he interviewed many of the artists who recorded the albums he featured.

Away from her excelling acting career and £1.3million home renovation project, Michelle Keegan is known for being a huge fitness fanatic and even co-owns a fitness brand with her husband Mark Wright. However, despite her enviable relationship with exercise and washboard abs, the 35 year old is a self-confessed “foodie” and loves nothing more than tucking to takeaways and curries with her beau. Speaking to The Sun, 35 year old Mark gave fans a glimpse inside his and Michelle’s shared love of the foodie lifestyle, explaining that: “She loves a Chinese takeaway and a curry.

READ MORE: 'I went to the old Italian deli where people queue for their incredible sandwiches'Eight years later Yard Sale has nine shops dotted across North, South and East London: Balham, Clapton, Crystal Palace, Crofton Park, East Dulwich, Finsbury Park, Hackney Road, Leytonstone, Walthamstow. They are even looking into opening another site in the next year. Not only that the boys have attracted a cult following from foodies and celebs alike including collars with Jessie Ware, Off Menu hosts Ed Gamble and James Acaster, NYC pizza legend Frank Pinello and Mercury prize nominated musician Loyle Carner.