Shaun Wallace fears The Chase will be axed by new ITV boss despite record ratings

Eminem's second studio album The Slim Shady LP was released 23 years ago.The 20-track record dropped on February 23, 1999 and changed the landscape of rap music forever, as well as the life of the then 24-year-old Marshall Mathers.The failed chef, who had been fired from his cooking job at Gilbert's Lodge in Detroit before the album's launch, garnered critical and commercial acclaim.The Slim Shady debuted at No2 on the Billboard 200 chart in the US and proved hugely popular, remaining on the chart for 100 weeks.It also picked up the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, with Eminem also taking home Best Rap Solo Performance for his Slim Shady track My Name Is.Here's the unbelievable story behind The Slim Shady.Eminem is today worth millions of pounds but his life before the release of The Slim Shady LP is almost unrecognisable.While working on the record, the 49-year-old rapper was working as a cook at Gilbert's Lodge in Detroit for $5.50 (£4) an hour, trying to support his young daughter Hailie.To let off steam, the fledging artist would share lyrics from the forthcoming album with his co-workers, including the lyrics to the famously dark Slim Shady track '97 Bonnie & Clyde.The song details a fictional conversation of Eminem talking to his daughter Hailie as he disposes of her mother Kim's corpse after killing her.Of her reaction to being played the track by Eminem, Gilbert's waitress Lynn Hunt previously told LA Times: "I told him it was morbid killing your baby's mother.

BBC Breakfast star Dan Walker was left in an excited mood when he discovered one of his Strictly Come Dancing co-stars was appearing as a guest on Morning Live.The 44-year-old presenter was back on our screens on Wednesday morning alongside co-host Sally Nugent.Toward the end of the show, they chatted to Morning Live hosts Gethin Jones and Kimberley Walsh to find out what viewers can expect from the latest programme.Host Dan said: "Morning Live follows us on BBC One this morning. They're on at 9.15."Gethin and Kimberley are in the chairs today."However, the father of three couldn't want to chat to their guest Graziano Di Prima, who is best known for appearing on Strictly.Dan joked: "I don't want to be rude, and I know you usually tell us whats going on, but can you just show us Graziano early on.

Mark Wright has reportedly left ITV in the lurch after quitting their new show The Game last minute by text.Show bosses are reportedly fuming at the former TOWIE star's decision to drop his plans at the last hurdle.The fitness guru is believed to have informed ITV bosses of his decision by a text message where he claimed he was "too busy" to take part in the show.Mark, 35, had signed up for the new challenge earlier this year and is thought to have attended a fitness assessment on February 15 in Manchester for the programme.He was also joined by other co-stars which included Corrie's Colson Smith, before returning to London.It wasn't just his last-minute choice that irritated bosses, it is reportedly also now difficult to cut him out of the show as he was captured on-screen during some of the assessments during the day.An insider told The Sun that bosses were gobsmacked when he pulled out after the first day of filming.According to the source, they were even more confused as he appeared to be in great spirits on the day in Manchester but seemed to have had a change of heart the following morning.The source said: “Rather than call to explain what had happened he sent a text. It went down like a lead balloon.“Mark’s excuse was that he was basically going to be too busy to commit, which to some feels absolutely incredulous given he’d already committed to filming.“Those working on the show are furious as it’s become a nightmare.

The Hong Kong Film Festival has been forced to alter plans for its 46th edition due to a spike in local Covid cases caused by the Omicron variant.

Mura Masa has recruited Lil Uzi Vert, PinkPantheress and Shygirl for a new version of 3 Of A Kind’s 2004 hit ‘Babycakes – hear ‘bbycakes’ below.The new track, which sees each of the three guests adding their own original verses in between the song’s instantly recognisable chorus, follows Mura Masa’s 2021 collaboration with Shygirl on a remix of Lady Gaga‘s ‘Sour Candy’, and his production work on PinkPantheress’ ‘Just For Me’.“I feel like ‘bbycakes’ is a future facing record,” Mura Masa said of the track in a statement.

TXT and ENHYPEN are reportedly set to hold in-person concerts this year, according to HYBE officials.At the HYBE IR Conference call for the fourth quarter of 2021 held earlier yesterday (February 22), the management company’s officials announced that several artists under HYBE’s roster are currently making plans for in-person events. These events will “proactively adopt hybrid formats, combining online and in-person performance”.“Especially Tomorrow X Together (TXT) and ENHYPEN will hold their first-ever in-person concert since their debut to connect with more fans,” a HYBE official added, as translated by Koreaboo.

Megan Thee Stallion has filed another lawsuit against her record label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, claiming the label is attempting to keep her locked into a contract by not acknowledging her recent ‘Something For Thee Hotties’ compilation as an album.On Friday (February 18), Megan – whose real name is Megan Pete – filed a complaint in Harris County District Court, “seeking a declaration that her album, ‘Something for Thee Hotties’ constituted an ‘Album’ as defined in the parties’ recording agreement”.‘Something For Thee Hotties’ was released on October 29, 2021.

Jared Leto, Jodie Comer and more have joined an all-star cover of Olivia Rodrigo‘s huge hit ‘Drivers License’.The actors and musicians joined forces for the rendition of the record-breaking 2021 track as part of W Magazine’s ‘Lyrical Improv’ series, which sees celebrities taking it in turns to read lyrics from famous songs.Also involved in the cover are Leslie Odom, Jr., Tessa Thompson, Simon Rex, Jennifer Hudson, Emilia Jones, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ruth Negga.Watch the cover below.Last month, Olivia Rodrigo shared a throwback to celebrate one year since the release of ‘Drivers License’.The song was first released on January 8, 2021 as Rodrigo’s debut single. It went viral on TikTok soon afterwards, and went on to become one of the year’s most popular songs, topping charts in the US, UK, Australia and more.In a caption posted with the clip on Instagram yesterday (January 8), Rodrigo wrote: “Happy first birthday to the little song that changed my whole life.

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The Chase viewers were sent into meltdown on Monday afternoon as ITV aired a throwback episode of the popular quiz show.Fans have been used to watching the contestants separated by perplex glass and following social distance guidelines for the past few months.However, as of Monday, there will be no new episodes of The Chase for a few weeks.Instead, the channel will broadcast old episodes and the latest choice from the achieves was a show which first aired in May 2016.As host Bradley Walsh welcomed four players to the quiz show, viewers were distracted by the studio's pre-Covid layout.Taking to Twitter, one fan penned: "Eeeee it’s proper weird seeing the contestants on The Chase not in their socially distanced booths with the glass between

The Chase fans were very distracted as they couldn't help noticing a Judy Murray lookalike take part on the ITV quiz show, as she went up against up the Dark Destroyer.Carolyn stole the show as she went head to head with Shaun Wallace as fans rushed to social media to comment on how much she looked like tennis player Andy Murray's mother, who regularly appears on television shows.

direct to your inboxThe Chase viewers were far from happy with Bradley Walsh as the latest episode aired.Four new constants were welcomed on to the show to try and beat the Chaser and walk away with a cash prize.It was, however, only Antony, Claire and Mike who made it through to the final chase after getting past Chaser Paul Sinha.The trio racked up a decent £18,000 and managed to get a solid 18 questions right to get them ahead of the Sinnerman.Sadly, they walked away without any money after being caught by Paul with just nine seconds to spare.But fans of the show were furious at Bradley for allowing one of The Sinnerman's answers to be allowed, but not one of the team's who made a similar error.Bradley asked Paul during his final round:

Daily Star's Inside Hot TV newsletter sees Ed Gleave send you telly's hot takes straight to your inbox every SundayThe Chase regular Shaun Wallace has insisted he is happy with his Chaser name The Dark Destroyer.The quiz ace has told fans he is 'proud of his black skin' amid concerns the nickname could be seen as racist.Speaking on Lorraine earlier this week, lawyer Paula Rhone-Adrien said she won't let her children watch the programme due to Shaun's name. She added that she thinks it is wrong for a 'Mastermind champion being described purely down to the colour of his skin'.After seeing fans tweet about the concern, Shaun replied: "But I’m not defined by the colour of my skin.

The Chase fans were outraged as they claimed it was 'unfair' that tonight's team were not given a point for one of their answers.Antony, Clare and Mike had achieved an 18 step lead against Chaser Paul Sinha and were playing for £18,000.During the final round, presenter Bradley Walsh had asked Paul, aka the Sinnerman, which song won the first-ever Eurovision Song Contest.Paul had answered incorrectly, so the team had the opportunity to push-back.They said: "Puppets on a String".Bradley wouldn't accept their answer as he said it was 'puppet' and not 'puppets'.Many viewers thought this was too 'harsh' and argued that the team deserved the point.One tweeted: "Puppets on a string.

The Chase star Shaun Wallace is eyeing a job on a rival quiz show.It’s his dream to be the host of Mastermind.And after its host John Humphrys announced he is quitting, Shaun is hoping he’ll finally get the gig.He said: “If I got to be the host of Mastermind, it would be a tremendous honour."It would go to show that television looks at diverse talent irrespective of your skin colour, gender or sexuality.

The Chase to be offensive, after a London lawyer sparked debate on Monday’s Lorraine over the quizzer being called The Dark Destroyer.The lawyer explained how she would not let her children watch the programme because of the Chaser's moniker, which she believes is related to the “colour of his skin”.Speaking on Lorraine, she said: “We have a fantastic game show but it's a quiz show where the only person who is black is named 'The Dark Destroyer'."Now I do not let my children to watch the first 10 minutes of this amazing quiz show, because I do not want my kids to hear this amazing Mastermind champion described purely down to the colour of his skin."Shaun appeared to be unimpressed with the comments, as he responded on Twitter.One person

The Chase star Shaun Wallace says nobody should find his Dark Destroyer nickname offensive.

The Chase fans claimed Mark Labbett was awarded a point after giving an 'incorrect' answer as they argued tonight's team should have won.During the tense final chase, host Bradley Walsh had asked: "Video On Demand is usually shortened to what three letters?"Mark answered with the word "VOD", but viewers argued that the question was asking him to state the letters and not a word.One viewer tweeted: "Hang on... On The Chase, the Question was "Video On Demand is usually shortened to what LETTERS?" Beasty Boy Mark Labbett said the WORD "vod" and was given the answer as correct!!! No no no.

Bradley Walsh's son Barney is leading the line-up for the new series of All Stars Musical.The 23 year old rose to fame starring opposite his dad in their ITV series, Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad, but now the actor is breaking out on his own to show off his musical prowess. Alongside five other celebrities, Barney will belt out a range of numbers from musicals including The Greatest Showman, Chicago and Guys & Dolls.

The Chase fans were baffled while watching Monday's episode as Bradley Walsh made a bizarre comment about a player's age.Samta, 26, was taking part in the show and had completed her cash-builder round before taking on Chaser Jenny Ryan.After her round, Bradley asked Samta how old she was and suggested that some of the questions were out of her age range.He said: "Lot of stuff out of your age [range], you're never going to know that, not in a million years."Viewers were baffled as one tweeted: "Why does Bradley keep thinking younger people won't know certain things?"While another wrote: "Yeah Bradley there's a law that stops people learning about things that happened before they were born"."How old are you? 26.

The Chase viewers were left feeling gutted for comedian Joel Dommett during The Chase: Celebrity Special on Sunday.The ITV show, hosted by Bradley Walsh, sees four contestants take on a Chaser to try and win a cash prize to share.And tonight Joel, who starred in I'm A Celebrity...