Russell Brand sparks backlash with 'patronising' comments about the 'working class'

Hollywood stars have joined together to write a letter to City National’s parent company, the Royal Bank of Canada, to defund the Canada Gas pipeline. The letter, signed in solidarity, urges the Royal Bank of Canada to "withdraw support from the Coastal GasLink pipeline, effective immediately."  The letter goes on to say, "City National Bank's parent company Royal Bank of Canada is bankrolling the climate crisis and violating the rights of Indigenous Peoples."  Mark Ruffalo narrates a two-minute video explaining what the Coastal GasLink pipeline is doing to the land of the Wet’suwet’en nation.  (Getty Images) More than 65 celebrities, including Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Stiller, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, and Robert Downey Jr., banded together to send the letter to City National Bank’s parent company.  City National Bank has been dubbed as the "Bank of the Stars" and acquired the Royal Bank of Canada in 2015.  Some of the celebrities mentioned filmed a video together to raise awareness, using the hashtag, #NoMoreDirtyBanks.  Leonardo DiCaprio is joined by more than 65 other celebrities to protest the Royal Bank of Canada.

Erik ten Hag's potential arrival at Manchester United will be music to the ears of Donny van de Beek. Currently exiled from the club at Everton, Van de Beek has failed to make an impact since arriving in England. Although he joined in 2020, the Dutchman has remarkably only made 50 appearances at United.

Just three days after it was revealed that he was about to head into outer space, Pete Davidson is remaining on Earth.The 28-year-old Saturday Night Live star was revealed to be one of the six guests aboard the next flight of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company.Blue Origin announced on TwitterThursday evening that the flight of New Shepard originally scheduled for March 23 will now happen on March 29, and that Davidson will not be aboard. Grounded:Just three days after it was revealed that he was about to head into outer space, Pete Davidson is remaining on Earth Shuttle:The 28-year-old Saturday Night Live star was revealed to be one of the six guests aboard the next flight of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company Not aboard:Blue Origin announced on Twitter Thursday evening that the flight of New Shepard originally scheduled for March 23 will now happen on March 29, and that Davidson will not be aboard'Blue Origin's 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29,' the tweet began.'Pete Davidson is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission.

Dolly Parton has remained on the list of this year's nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame despite asking to be removed because she hasn't 'earned that right.'The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation said in a statement on Thursday that, in effect, it is up to the voters to decide if country music icon Parton, 76, is elected.'Dolly's recommendation, along with the other 16 nominees for the class of 2022 was sent out earlier this month to our 1,200 general ballot voters, the majority of whom are artists themselves, for consideration for induction at our ceremony,' the statement read. Voter decision:Dolly Parton, show earlier this month in Las Vegas, has remained on the list of this year´s nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame despite asking to be removedOn Monday, Parton went on social media to 'respectfully bow out' of the process, saying she did not want to take votes away from the remaining nominees.Parton had no immediate comment on the Hall's decision.

SEVENTEEN member The8 has unveiled his brand-new Chinese-language single ‘Hai Cheng’.On March 18 at 11am KST, Chinese SEVENTEEN member The8 released his fourth solo single, titled ‘Hai Cheng’, alongside its accompanying video treatment. The clip starts with The8 returning home, before he walks around the living room reminiscing the memories that took place in that space. “The day winter comes / People’s smiles are concealed by their scarves / I long to become a ray of light and caress her face / When blossoms bloom expressions,” The8 croons longingly in the chorus.Titled after Hai Cheng City, the singer’s hometown in China’s Liaoning province, ‘Hai Cheng’ marks The8’s first solo track since last April’s ‘Side By Side’, which was released in both Korean and Chinese.

No matter who you get your gas and electricity from, it's already clear that April is going to bring a large increase in energy bills.

Bolton Wanderers forward Amadou Bakayoko has been rewarded with his recent form in front of goal with a call-up for Sierra Leone and has explained why he feels now is the right time to head on to the international stage.

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Pete Davidson is getting away from all the drama… very far away! The 28-year-old star is set to fly to space with Blue Origin's fourth human flight alongside five other travelers. On Monday, Jeff Bezos' company announced that Pete would be a part of the upcoming NS-20 flight on March 23. The comedian is not the first celebrity to fly to space with Blue Origin.

Pete Davidson‘s Saturday Night Live co-star Chris Redd has a few thoughts about his friend’s recent feud with Kanye West. During a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, Chris, who’s often impersonated Ye on the show, explained why he’s of the mind to “make fun,” but has refrained from going hard on certain jokes about the situation.

Leah Remini is wondering the same thing that we all are as she teases her bestie Jennifer Lopez. The King Of Queens actress shared a throwback video of her and the pop star hanging out poolside. The actress joked with J.Lo about her inability to not look fabulous, “So Jen asked me to meet her by the pool. right?” Remini said in the clip. “OK, here’s me… normal.” She turned the camera to face her as she was wearing a baseball cap.

Trevor Noah took the high road after Kanye West tried to start another one of his infamous Instagram feuds against him. The Daily Show host left Ye a heartfelt message after the rapper hurled a racial slur at him in a since-deleted Instagram post — calling him a “k–n.” HollywoodLife has obtained Trevor’s now-deleted response, and it seems the talk show host has nothing but sympathy and well wishes for the Grammy Award-winning artist.

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson found a little peace and quiet at the local fast food joint amid their never-ending feud with Kim’s ex-husband Kanye West. They were spotted at the In-N-Out drive-thru as their food was brought out to their car by an eager employee who clearly recognized the A-list couple. Take a look at pics of their fast food date here.

After 12 years of their hit show Flip or Flop, Tarek El Moussa and Christina Haack are saying their goodbyes. In a March 17 Instagram post, Tarek shared numerous photographic memories of his time on the show and also had a sweet message for his ex-wife. “A special thank you to [Christina] for taking this journey with me,” Tarek wrote in the caption. “I think we did a pretty good job and I’m excited for what the future holds for both us and wish her nothing but the best!”

Russell Brand has been slammed on social media after he expressed his surprise about working class people using "poetic language".The 45-year-old comedian was caught up in a social media storm earlier this week after he made the bizarre admissions on his Twitter profile.This week, Russell shared a picture of his dog alongside a caption where he expressed his surprise at the working class men's vocabulary."I love Bear. He brings out the beauty in people," he wrote to his 11.3million fans online."Today two working class men independently described him in surprisingly poetic language.

Comedian Russell Brand has found himself at the centre of a Twitter storm after a bizarre tweet about a meeting with two "working class men."

Comedian Russell Brand has found himself at the centre of a Twitter storm after a bizarre tweet about a meeting with two "working class men."

https://t.co/DlBiDL4pVu2020: the year Russell Brand discovered the working class could see colours https://t.co/GdhyCQYFgDwhy does russell brand talk about working class people like he’s on a safari https://t.co/slXg9D4Ik5And Katie O’Brien tweeted: ‘As a working class person, I could use poetic language to describe the pseudo-intellectual Russell Brand.

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