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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.

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!

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.”

After “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” resurrected the franchise in November 2021, Sony Pictures and director Jason Reitman promptly started developing a sequel. Reitman isn’t directing the untitled sequel anymore (writer Gil Kenan is), but it’s still on track for a Christmas 2023 theatrical release.

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.

Rowan Atkinson has returned to screens as he stars in the newly released Netflix film Man vs Bee.The film, which has dropped on the streaming platform today, is an almost silent comedy that sees the actor pursued by a mischievous bee.Atkinson is renowned for his role as Mr Bean, but in 2011 announced that he intended to retire from the role, telling the BBC: “I don't want him to particularly grow old.”The comedy actor is now 67, but getting older hasn’t altered his dating life and Atkinson currently has a girlfriend who is 26 years younger than him.His relationship with his girlfriend isn’t just controversial because of their age gap, but also because she left her partner, comedian James Acaster, to be with him.Opening up about how the actor stole his girlfriend, James Acaster said he was a “goddamn saint” for keeping it a secret for so long.He also revealed that he was constantly plagued with reminders of the split because of Rowan’s huge fame.He said: “Until you get left for Mr Bean, you don’t realise how frequently he pops up."There’s a shop two streets from my house that sells masks of his face."There’s nowhere where I’m going to go that he’s not there.”Unfortunately for James, it looks like he’s set to be reminded of the split yet again as Atkinson makes a return to film.Here’s how the comedian found out that he’d been left for Mr Bean.Rowan Atkinson’s girlfriend is 41-year-old actress and comedian Louise Ford.Louise met Rowan in 2013 on the set of the West End play Quartermaine’s Terms.They starred in the play together and went public with their relationship in 2014, shortly after Rowan split from his wife of 23 years.The actor’s ex-wife Sunetra Sastry was granted a divorce on the grounds of Rowan’s "unreasonable

Nick Grimshaw and restauranteur Angela Hartnett have unveiled a brand-new weekly food podcast series, and we’re salivating at the thought of it already. The series, named Dish, will see former BBC radio host Nick, 37, and Gordon Ramsay protégé and Saturday Kitchen star Angela, 53, competing against the likes of other hit food podcasts including Jessie and Lennie Ware’s Table Manners, and Off Menu with comics Ed Gamble and James Acaster.

Ricky Gervais’ Netflix special SuperNature.Gervais has faced criticism over “transphobic” jokes in the special that was released on Tuesday (May 24), with LGBT rights organisation GLAAD describing the show as “full of graphic, dangerous, anti-trans rants masquerading as jokes”.Since the special was released, a clip from Acaster’s show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 has been shared across social media, which targets “edgy comedians” who “slag off transgender people”.In the clip, Acaster says: “They say whatever they like, edgy comedians. No one tells them what they can and can’t say.

Wilson Chapman editorAmy Schumer, James Acaster, Jimmy O. Yang and many other comedians have joined the lineup of Just for Laughs Montreal’s 40th anniversary festival.

The One Show by claiming his experience watching a lamb being born was more special than watching child birth.The 65-year-old TV presenter appeared alongside Grace Dent to promote their new show Best of Britain by the Sea, which sees the pair travel up and down the British coast to enjoy the very best food and experiences Britain has to offer.As restaurant critic and co-host Grace, 48, began explaining a memorable experience where she helped a lamb be born on a farm, Ainsley stunned viewers and everyone in the studio by gushing about the special moment and saying it didn’t compare to the birth of a child.‘It was so emotional.

READ: ITV The Chase fans brand show as ‘disgusting’ during celebrity special rerun When Clive Myrie asked James what his special subject was, the comedian said: "The history of ice cream". Despite his seeming confidence in the topic, as soon as questioning began, it was obvious that James did not know all there is to know about the frozen dessert. Many viewers took to social media to react to James' poor knowledge of ice cream, reports Birmingham Mail.

Read more: Only Fans model shows off what she looked like before spending thousands on plastic surgery Many viewers took to social media to react to James' poor knowledge of ice cream. One person typed: "The history of ice cream has to be the best specialist subject ever on Mastermind. Well done James Acaster.

James Acaster made quite the comparison between Squid Game and Celebrity Mastermind after appearing in front of host Clive Myrie. The comedian, whose topic of choice was ‘the history of ice cream’, managed to gain three points on his unique subject in the first round, with answers like ‘Creamy Boys’ and ‘Monsieur Ice Cream,’ before comparing his situation to being in Squid Game. The South Korean survival drama sees hundreds of cash-strapped players accept an invitation to compete in children’s games with a deadly twist – not quite the same as answering on Haagen-Dazs or Ben & Jerry’s.