Ricky Gervais stand-up special ‘Supernature’ to air on Netflix this month

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Michelle Williams hits the red carpet for a screening of her new film Showing Up at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on Friday (May 27) in Cannes, France.

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”.After the special was released, a clip from Kumar’s show It’s In Your Nature To Destroy Yourself Part 2 has been widely shared on social media, where he calls out Gervais for deciding to “shit on the latest minority group”.In the clip, Kumar asks: “Guys, why is everyone so angry with trans people? What did they do? There’s like 12 of them, why is everyone so upset? Everyone’s like, do you say ‘he’ or ‘she’? I don’t know, ask. It’s not an unsolvable conundrum.“Also in my experience, trans people aren’t deliberately mysterious when they do ask.”“Why can’t we do jokes about trans people? What makes them so special?”You can.

Bright Eyes have released their first set of ‘Companion’ re-recordings – check them out below.Earlier this year, Bright Eyes announced plans to reissue their entire back catalogue.The band – comprised of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcot – will reissue all nine of their studio albums over the course of the project, together with a Companion EP for each LP that features new recordings of songs from the original release, plus a cover version from an artist they found particularly inspiring at the time.Today (May 27), their first three albums – ‘A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997’, 1998’s ‘Letting Off The Happiness’ and 2000 LP ‘Fevers And Mirrors’, have been shared.“It’s a meaningful way to connect with the past that doesn’t feel totally nostalgic and self-indulgent,” Oberst said in a statement about the releases. “We are taking these songs and making them interesting to us all over again.

Angel Olsen has covered Bob Dylan’s 1964 classic ‘One Too Many Mornings’ – listen below.Olsen’s gentle reimagining of the track appears on the soundtrack to the Apple TV+ series Shining Girls (starring Elisabeth Moss).The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Claudia Sarne, with Olsen’s cover appearing as the third track on the record.Based on the novel by Lauren Beukes, Shining Girls follows Kirby Mazrachi (Moss) as a Chicago newspaper archivist who is the survivor of a traumatic assault. When she learns of a recent murder that’s linked to her case, she teams up with journalist Dan Velazquez (Wagner Moura) to understand her blurred reality and uncover the killer’s identity.In a four star review of the series, NME said: “Its mystery is a huge part of its charm, and you’ll be gripped till the very last minute, anxious to see how all the pieces of the jigsaw come together.”In other news, Angel Olsen shared her new single ‘Through The Fires’ earlier this month. The song is taken from her forthcoming new album ‘Big Time’, which is set for release on June 3 via Jagjaguwar.

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NASA has confirmed that it is officially looking into reports of UFOs after a rise in sightings inspired by a decline in stigma. The decline in stigma came after the first public congressional hearing on 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena' (UAP) in the US in 54 years this month.The US also has a new task force for tracking unidentified aerial phenomena (or UAPs, commonly known as UFOs) working out of the Pentagon, meaning that reports - old and new - are now being looked at.

Ricky Gervais couldn't help but throw a cheeky quip in Piers Morgan's direction following interview with a Taliban spokesperson for his show on TalkTV.Tuesday evening (May 10) saw the former Good Morning Britain presenter speak with Suhail Shaheen, an official representative for the Taliban.Piers, 57, challenged the spokesperson on girls' rights to an education.Ricky, who is known for being outspoken and has often clashed with Piers Morgan, was asked by fans for his thoughts.A fan, who slammed the interview as 'disgusting' tweeted: "@rickygervais what do you think about @piersmorgan interviewing the Taliban tonight?"The comedian, famous for shows like The Office, Extras and Afterlife quickly hit back: "I've lost all respect for them".Several social media users seemed to think that the actor's tweet was a play on words as Piers cracked up at Gervais' response, suggesting it was a swipe at the term "them". Fans seemed to agree with the scathing remark.

Piers Morgan's latest interview on his show, Uncensored.The Netflix actor, 60, left his fans in stitches with his view on the former Good Morning Britain presenter's latest chat, which saw him speak to the Taliban's spokeperson.The funnyman was quick to share his thoughts on the interview which aired last night.Twitter user @FrenchieParis1 asked the star: "@rickygervais what do you think about @piersmorgan interviewing the taliban tonight? #disgusting."Replying to the question in view of his 14.8 million followers, he wrote: "I’ve lost all respect for them.Following Gervais' remark, the star's fans flooded to the comments to weigh in on the joke.Twitter user @Phoen1xUp was left confused by the comedian's joke and commented: "The Taliban or Piers Morgan?"@Kittybutler0 quickly clarified: "He suggesting he’s lost respect for the taliban for lowering their standards in speaking to Morgan…it’s a clever play on words."@KingChrisVII responded to the star: "Lots of wokes are getting offended by a joke lol." (sic)While @jonnyreidmusic penned: "Ricky wins the internet today," with a series of laughing face emojis."Ricky we need you back at the Oscars", added @tising7799.It comes after Morgan revealed the latest person to appear on his TalkTV show."TONIGHT...

Ricky Gervais has slammed Piers Morgan for his interview with an official Taliban spokesman on TalkTV show Uncensored.

Dave Chappelle was the target of a violent attack in Los Angeles on Tuesday when he was rushed on stage. The star was performing at the Netflix Is A Joke event when a man charged him during his performance. MORE: Chris Rock's brother speaks out over Will Smith Oscars slap Security were forced to intervene and drag the offender away as the stunned crowd watched the live events unfold.WATCH: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars Actor Jamie Foxx was watching the show from the wings and rushed to help Dave during the shock moment. Despite the attack, Dave - who came under fire earlier this year for trans jokes during another Netflix show, The Closer - was unharmed and even went on to make a controversial joke immediately after the incident. MORE: Oscars host Amy Schumer reveals why Chris Rock didn’t leave stage after Will Smith slap RELATED: Ricky Gervais reveals how he would have handled Will Smith altercationChris Rock also seized the opportunity to make light of his own on-stage misfortune, when Will Smith slapped him during the Oscars.  Dave thanked Jamie Foxx for rushing on stage to help him During his performance later in the evening, he said: "Was that Will Smith?"Social media was lit on fire with people who viewed the performance at the Hollywood Bowl as they wrote: "Someone just rushed Dave Chappelle," and there were strings of shocked face emojis. READ: Amy Schumer makes career decision in wake of 'traumatizing' Will Smith Oscars upsetOthers weren't sure what had happened and wondered if it was some sort of joke.  Chris Rock performed after Dave and made reference to being slapped by Will Smith Dave thanked Jamie for trying to help him and told the crowd: "Shout out to Jamie Foxx by the way.

MTV Raps” now has a premiere date.The reimagined global iteration of the MTV hip-hop series will premiere on Paramount+ on Tuesday, May 24, the streamer announced Monday. In addition, Paramount+ released the official trailer, key art and lineup of featured guests.Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, “Yo! MTV Raps” is a comprehensive deep dive into the current state of hip hop.

Netflix has set May 24 for the premiere of Supernature, Emmy winner Ricky Gervais’ second stand-up special for the streamer.