The Chase’s Shaun Wallace shuts down claims his Dark Destroyer nickname is racist

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDisney CEO Bob Chapek installed veteran exec Mike White into a new role coordinating the Mouse House’s “metaverse” efforts going forward.White, who has worked at Disney for a decade, is assuming the new role of senior VP of next generation storytelling and consumer experiences at the Walt Disney Co., responsible for connecting the dots among the company’s initiatives that blend “physical and digital worlds,” Chapek wrote in a memo to staff, obtained by Variety. White adds the metaverse role that to his existing duties leading consumer experiences and platforms in the Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) division, overseeing the technology strategy, engineering and product teams charged developing digital experiences across brands including ABC, ABC News, Disney, ESPN, FX, Marvel, National Geographic and Star Wars.

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This morning Hutchins estate attorney Brian Panish put blame on Rust producers and Baldwin for their negligence with safety during production of the western that led to Hutchins being shot and killed by a prop gun discharged by the Oscar nominated actor, an incident that also saw the pic’s director Joel Souza injured. Using an animated video to reconstruct the alleged incidents that occurred, Panish showed Baldwin cross-drawing and firing the gun straight at crew during a “line-up”.

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Los Angeles’ top health official indicated today that the county expects to lift its indoor mask mandate much more quickly than previously projected.

President Joe Biden said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains “distinctly possible,” as he made further warnings to Moscow of its implications while holding out the possibility of a diplomatic solution.

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Kat Dennings just couldn't wait to put on her wedding ring. The 35-year-old actress appeared on Monday's episode of , and explained why she and her fiancé, Andrew W.K., are already sporting their wedding bands even though they haven't tied the knot.«We're not married yet, but we went to buy our wedding bands and we were like, 'Why don't we just wear them? Who cares!' And that's the end of that story,» Dennings quipped. «Why not? There's no rules.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterParamount Plus and Showtime topped a combined 56 million subscribers by the end of last year, ViacomCBS revealed Tuesday ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings presentation and investor event. That’s up 9.4 million from where it was in the previous quarter.At the end of Q3 of 2021, Paramount Plus (formerly CBS All Access) and Showtime OTT added 4.3 million global subscribers, raising their combined total to nearly 47 million.For comparison, HBO and HBO Max ended 2021 with 73.8 million global subscribers, Disney Plus closed the year with nearly 130 million worldwide, and Netflix reached 221.8 million total in Q4.ViacomCBS said last February it expects to reach 65-75 million global subscribers between Paramount Plus and Showtime by 2024.

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Iggy Azalea, 31, appears to have a new man in her life. The Australian rapper and NBA star Malik Monk, 24, were pictured leaving dinner together on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) in Los Angeles. The pair dined at Giorgio Baldi with Malik’s teammate Anthony Davis, 28, and his wife Marlen P. Iggy and Malik now have fans thinking the they’re a romantic item, and quite frankly, the theories are probably accurate. We already know plenty about Iggy, so here’s five key facts about her potential new beau, Malik Monk.

Rust production team.On October 21 last year, Baldwin is alleged to have discharged a prop firearm during rehearsal on set at Bonanza Creed Ranch in New Mexico which injured director Joel Souza and killed Hutchins.At a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday (February 15), lawyers for the Hutchins family announced they had filed a lawsuit against Baldwin and “others who are responsible for the safety on set, and whose reckless behaviour and cost-cutting led to the senseless, tragic death of Halyna Hutchins”.Names mentioned in the lawsuit (via Deadline) include actor and producer Baldwin, producers Ryan Smith, Allen Cheney, Nathan Klingher, Ryan Winterstern, Anjul Nigam, Matthew DelPiano, and Emily Salveson. Armourers Hannah Gutierrez Reed and Seth Kenney are also named, alongside crew members Sarah Zachry, Dave Halls, Gabrielle Pickle and others.The lawsuit claims the Rust production team “disregarded at least 15 Industry Standards” of on-set safety.

Waterparks have shared an update on their forthcoming new album, teasing that it’s “80 per cent done”.The follow-up to last year’s ‘Greatest Hits’ will be the band’s fifth album, and according to a social media post the Texas trio are wading through a lot of material.Yesterday (February 14), the band’s official Twitter account confirmed that their next album – tentatively titled ‘PARX5’ – is currently “80 per cent done”. They also revealed that they’ve penned 55 songs for the project that total two hours and 23 minutes.Over on frontman Awsten Knight’s Instagram Story, he said of the new material: “Can’t even describe how good this shit is,” and that song number 54 out of 55 was his “current fave”.He also tweeted that the band “need more friends on this album”, with Phem and Against The Current‘s Chrissy Costanza throwing their hats in the ring in the replies.TAG pic.twitter.com/FA0RM5DIEi— DANNY FANDOM (@awsten) February 14, 2022Speaking to NME at Reading Festival last year, Knight revealed that there are some collaborative tracks sitting in the Waterparks vault.Texas rapper De’Wayne previously featured on their 2021 single ‘You’d Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out To Get You)’, and Aswten told NME that this wasn’t the only song they worked on.

The Chase fear it will be axed by ITV.They reckon its future would be at risk if a new boss took over at the channel.Show quizzer Shaun Wallace, who is known at The Dark Destroyer, said: “With everybody, including our host Bradley Walsh, the one thing we never do is take the show for granted.“It only takes the wrong ITV executive to say, ‘Look, it's run its course and it's gone.“That is what keeps the show fresh. We don't take things for granted.”Shaun, 60, reckons good morale behind the scenes is vital for the show to be a success.He added: “With everybody from the person who gets the coffee right up to Bradley, we treat each other as one happy family.

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.

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.

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