Sam Smith reveals their dream to have children by the age of 35

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.

Pale Waves have announced new dates for their shows in Dublin and Belfast.

Prominent Australian TV Executive and philanthropist Neil Balnaves has died aged 77 in a boating accident, his foundation has said.

America’s Got Talent judges have paid tribute to series star Jane Marczewski, who died on Sunday 19 February after being diagnosed with cancer. She was 31.

The Mysterious Girl singer celebrated Valentine's with wife Emily last week. Writing in his New magazine column Peter said : "Valentine’s for us is all about time together, we got each other a few little bits but the most special for me was the card Emily got me. " Peter added: "As part of this beautiful card, was hidden 12 things you love about your partner and she hid each one in different locations, and I had to find them.

A lad pointed a BB gun at a college student who had a ‘silly’ argument with his girlfriend before firing at him.

Rio Ferdinand has praised Manchester United starlet Anthony Elanga for seizing the initiative during his early days with the first-team squad.

Chris Sutton believes Manchester City could regret signing Jack Grealish rather than Harry Kane last summer by the end of the season.

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

Oti Mabuse has announced she is leaving Strictly Come Dancing after seven years.

The much awaited all-British heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte has now been confirmed with Whyte signing his contract.

Little Mix led the red carpet arrivals at tonight’s MTV Europe Music Awards 2020 which are taking place virtually. It’s a big night for the Holiday hitmakers who are nominated and also hosting the awards show for the first time. However they’re missing one member as Jesy Nelson was sadly forced to pull out of the event due to an illness. Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall looked a vision as they rocked up in stunning gowns In just one of her outfits of the night, Perrie wore a black tuxedo on the red carpet with an open neck and blue tulle around her shoulders.

The MTV Europe Music Awards took place on Sunday and included a number of incredible performances.

Sam Smith has shared how the last lockdown affected their mental state after touring for eight years.

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James Jordan, 42, took to Twitter to express his thoughts over Sam Smith's performance of Diamonds while watching tonight's episode of Strictly Come Dancing.The Dancing On Ice champion faced much criticism after branding the singer a "d*ck".Sam Smith, 28, sang their single Diamonds, on Strictly's first results show of the series tonight.While James credited Sam for his performance, in view of his 270,000 Twitter followers, he wrote: "Such a fantastic singer, just a shame HE is such a d*ck.

Sam Smith opened up about their ideal timeline for having children.“I want kids,” the singer, 28, told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on Monday, October 26. “I want all of it.

Sam Smith first rose to fame in 2012 after the release of his hit single Latch.Tonight sees Sam hit our screens on The Graham Norton Show as the musical guest where the Money On My Mind singer will perform their latest single Diamonds.Earlier this month the singer was said to be dating furniture designer Francois Rocci after the pair were spotted kissing while on a date.However, Sam has since denied their relationship and instead opened up on dating.While talking on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen last week Sam said: "I'm still single, I'm on the front line with all the single people still and it's been difficult.

SAM Smith revealed their plans to have kids by the age of 35 and said: "I want to be mummy." The singer, 28 - who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns - wants to start a family soon so they can watch their children grow older. However, Sam said the hunt for a boyfriend is "exhausting" and they want to remain a singer for the time being.