‘Stop with the lies’ Gary Lineker blasts Tory MP over ‘misinformation’ on Channel 4 sale

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She is fashion royalty.So naturally Naomi Campbell had a purple reign on her latest red carpet.The 51-year-old supermodel looked absolutely stunning as she arrived forThe Prince's Trust Gala in New York on Thursday night. Purple reign: Naomi Campbelllooked absolutely stunning as she arrived for The Prince's Trust Gala in New York on Thursday nightThe annual event is hosted by legendary musician Lionel Richie and aims to raise funds for The Prince's Trust, which provides support to vulnerable young people across the globe.She looked royal in a purple strapless ball gown featuring long sleeves and a very flowy skirt and topped it off with matching on-trend platform heels.

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Rachel McAdams opted for a bright look while attending an exclusive Lionsgate presentation of their upcoming films at the 2022 CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday.The Notebook actress, 43, wore an orange Tory Burch dress with a mock-neck top and plaid pleated skirt with ared band at the waist.Joining her at the event was Robert De Niro, 78, and Keanu Reeves, 57, who looked dapper as ever in black suit jackets. Picnic vibes:Rachel McAdams opted for a bright look while attending an exclusive Lionsgate presentation at the 2022 CinemaCon in Las Vegas on ThursdayMcAdams finalized her outfit with a pair of open-toe red heels and wore her hair down, and elegantly pinned back.

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Lionel Richie and his girlfriend, Lisa Parigi, attended the 2022 Prince's Trust Gala in New York City on Thursday evening.The 72-year-old performer, who serves as theGlobal Ambassador And Chairman of the Global Ambassador Board for Prince's Trust, appeared to be making the most of his time at the star-studded event while posing for several photos.The hitmaker and his girlfriend, 32, have been in a relationship for nearly a decade, and the former was previously married to two of his former partners. Cute couple:Lionel Richie and his girlfriend, Lisa Parigi, attended the 2022 Prince's Trust Gala in New York City on Thursday eveningRichie kept it classy in a jet-black single-button jacket that was paired with matching sets of trousers and shoes at the event.The American Idol judge contrasted the dominant tone of his outfit with a stark white button-up shirt.

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plans to sell Channel 4 don’t “make any business sense” and undermine the channel’s “tremendous economic and cultural achievement”.The Scottish filmmaker criticised the government’s proposals to privatise the publicly owned channel, which he clarified does not cost the taxpayer any money as Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries wrongfully claimed last year, because it’s paid for by ad revenue.Iannucci, known for TV shows including The Thick Of It and I’m Alan Partridge as well as feature films such as The Death Of Stalin (2017), wrote in a The Guardian op-ed that the move has been ill-thought-out as he questioned why a broadcaster that “puts billions into the economy and promotes British culture and values internationally” should be sold off.“It doesn’t make any business sense, and it’s certainly not patriotic,” he wrote. “I regularly get asked by international broadcasters why the UK government has such a destructive agenda against the country’s main television networks.“Dorries tweeted yesterday that ‘government ownership is holding Channel 4 back’, which perhaps explains part of the problem, that she sees the network as some manifestation of the Big State.

Monty Don, 66, has denounced the sale of Channel 4, which is valued at more than £1billion.The Gardeners’ World star took to Twitter, where he boasts 254,000 followers, to share his views on the controversy.Monty, who has worked for the broadcaster before, said it should be “treasured” instead of being “flogged off”.He penned: “I worked for Channel Four at the end of the nineties and early noughties and we made superb gardening programmes I am very proud to have been part of.“It should be treasured for what it is, not flogged off unnecessarily.”Monty’s remarks sparked debate among other social media users, who replied to his tweet stating their stances.Bazz1955 said: “People don't like change, one door closes another opens….”Hardywilf argued: “Problem is when that door could lead to less independence editorially from the Government.”Willfhamilton typed: “'Flogged off'.

stop the privatisation of Channel 4 has reached over 50,000 signatures.On Monday (April 4), Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries tweeted her intentions to privatise the broadcaster under the belief that government ownership is “holding Channel 4 back” from competing against streaming platforms.She said selling the channel to a private owner would give it “the tools and freedom to flourish and thrive as a public service broadcaster long into the future”.The government is hoping to raise close to £1billion by selling the channel, with the money potentially being used to boost creative training and independent production companies.A Change.org petition has been launched in response by E.L McNally to stop the plans, which has received over 50,000 signatures at the time of writing.https://t.co/7WAxfcwBBn pic.twitter.com/WOpVXzjiYk— Matt Lucas (@RealMattLucas) April 4, 2022The petition, which has been shared by Matt Lucas, Edgar Wright and Neil Gaiman, reads: “I am appalled at the Government’s intention to privatise Channel 4.”It adds: “To privatise Channel 4 would seriously undermine programming aimed at all the communities, across generations, that make up this country.

Tory plans to sell-off Channel 4 are facing a furious backlash led by former Scottish party leader Ruth Davidson.

Piers Morgan has reacted to his friend Gary Lineker's remarks about his upcoming TalkTV show with a very crude comment.Taking to Twitter, the former newspaper editor, 56, reacted to the Match of the Day star's comments after announcing that his show Uncensored will be launching on TalkTV later this month.In view of his 7.9 million followers, the star responded wittily to his friend's comments.Piers wrote: "You’ll be watching, Jugs - as with your bodily fluid control, you won’t be able to stop yourself."The star was responding to a tweet the pundit made about Piers' TV comeback in America.The former Life Stories host shared a tweet announcing a start date for his new TalkTV show.Piers captioned the post: "Admit it..

Channel 4, which would result in the broadcaster being sold off after 40 years in public ownership.As reported by The Guardian, the government is hoping to raise close to £1billion, with the money potentially being used for creative training and for independent production companies.Last year, former Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said that the privatisation of Channel 4 was “needed” in order for it to “compete with the streaming giants”.“Without [more money], Channel 4 won’t have the money to invest in technology and programming, and it won’t be able to compete with the streaming giants,” he said, according to Sky News.Earlier in the year Ricky Gervais spoke out against the potential sale of Channel 4, calling it “a real shame”.“For almost 40 years, Channel 4 has been a launch pad for new ideas and new talent,” he wrote on Twitter. “It’s been able to do that because of its remit and not-for-profit structure and it would be a real shame if that was destroyed by selling off the channel.”Channel 4’s chief executive, Alex Mahon, revealed the news to staff on Monday (April 4): “We have been informed in the last hour that the government will shortly announce that the secretary of state has decided to proceed with the proposal to privatise Channel 4,” she wrote in an email.“In our engagement with the government during its extended period of reflection, we have proposed a vision for the next 40 years which we are confident would allow us to build on the successes of the first 40.

Channel 4 is to be privatised by the Tory government in a move set to spark furious backlash.

The UK government is pushing ahead with plans to privatize Channel 4.

The new chair of UK broadcaster Channel 4 has been appointed. Media regulator Ofcom has confirmed that businessman Sir Ian Cheshire will be joining the board of the channel on April 11, taking over from interim chair Dawn Airey.

Naman Ramachandran Veteran businessman Ian Cheshire has been appointed the next chair of U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, media regulator Ofcom revealed on Sunday. Cheshire will join the broadcaster’s board on Apr.

Despite heavy lobbying, the UK government has confirmed the closure of the £500M ($657M) Film & TV Production Restart Scheme at the end of this month.