‘The Simpsons’ Slams Fox News in Rousing Hugh Jackman Musical Number

Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee is in full swing. The official birthday of the queen kicked off Thursday with Trooping the Colour and the lighting of the beacons. Friday's main event is the Service of Thanksgiving.

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has shared her contribution to the soundtrack for Minions: The Rise Of Gru – a trippy and tantalising cover of Lipps Inc’s 1979 hit ‘Funkytown’.Laden with synthesised strings and horns, with her vocals slathered in digital effects, Clark’s cover makes for a ceaselessly intriguing listen.

Convicted child killer and rapist Aaron Campbell has been rushed to hospital after allegedly being attacked in prison.

Social care workers are "undervalued" says a Renfrewshire politician who has vowed to continue "the fight for 15".

An East Kilbride-based mental health charity that has proved to be a lifeline for members for more than 40 years has folded.

When appearing on NBC’s Today show yesterday, presenter Savannah Guthrie asked the lawyer: “Is she able to pay a $10.4m judgement?”Ms Bredehoft then responded: “Oh no, absolutely not.”Earlier that day, Ms Bredehoft also spoke to Gayle King on CBS Mornings.When asked why the jury ultimately did not believe Ms Heard, Ms Bredehoft claimed Johnny Depp’s legal team “weren’t fighting fair”.She said: "The way that Depp’s team approached this was based on ignorance of domestic violence.  “They completely ignored the cycle of violence and just said, ‘Oh, she wouldn’t have done this if he had been hitting her’, that was their approach.”   Co-host Nate Burleson then probed whether she thought his lawyers “weren’t fighting fair”.

eneral hat which matched the pearls of her outfit.During her performance, she took her jacket off to reveal an embellished playsuit underneath.Although she did change into something slightly more covered up when she introduced the Queen to the performers backstage opting to wear a dramatic white gownShowing off her bold style and unique style, Jessie J's look was defiantly a stand out at the Jubilee concert.The star wore a black and gold geometric gown by Falguni & Shane Peacock which had sheer panels on the top.Complete with a sexy thigh-high split, the fun dress had vibrant blue feathers along the bottom half of the gown.She completed the outfit with black boots with gold finishing, gold hoops and wore her hair in a sleeked back ponytail.Cheryl Cole sang a cover of Lady Antebellum's song I Need You Now with Gary Barlow. Former X Factor judge wore a black strapless gown with a deep sweetheart neckline.

Katie Price has continued to promote her makeup master classes, despite being faced with a jail sentence. The 44-year-old encouraged fans to grab a ticket for the event where she is accompanied by her makeup artist Fern Howe-Shepherd.Tickets cost £80 per session, and the pair have been raking it in with their intimate classes with fans.She has added new dates to her tour of the UK as she teaches fans how to get her glam look.Taking to Instagram, Katie said: “Added new dates added to my makeup masterclass.

Liverpool have reportedly set a minimum price for Sadio Mane with two other clubs joining Bayern Munich in the race to sign the Senegalese star. Rumours about Mane's future began to emerge just before Liverpool's Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid, with Bayern later named as the frontrunners for his signature. Reports suggested the Reds would let Mane, who has 12 months remaining on his current contract, leave for a fee of around £25.5million.However, new claims have poured water on that figure.

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Kasabian have released ‘Chemicals’, the latest cut from their forthcoming album ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria‘, and have announced new UK autumn/winter tour dates.The pulsating new song is an ode to hope in the face of despair. It follows ‘ALYGATOR‘, and ‘SCRIPTVRE‘, which were shared last year and earlier this year respectively.Serge Pizzorno, who took over on frontman duties after the band fired Tom Meighan for his domestic violence conviction two years ago, explained of the new track: “It is me telling myself that it is going to be ok.“It was me seeing myself in those few weeks when everything kicked off.

Confidence Man have shared a new music video for their track ‘Luvin U Is Easy’, lifted from their latest album ‘TILT’.The clip for ‘Luvin U Is Easy’ stays true to the Confidence Man formula of extravagant and exciting visuals. Directed by Matt Sav, it features action shots of Janet Planet, Sugar Bones, Clarence McGuffie and Reggie Goodchild as they zip around on jetskis and dance on the bow of a yacht.Check out the music video for ‘Luvin U Is Easy’ below.Speaking of the clip in a press statement, Planet and Bones said: “Luvin u is easy, riding jetskis is hard. But we always put our bodies on the line for you.

Liam Gallagher dedicated the last song of his set – Oasis’ 1996 hit ‘Champagne Supernova’ – to a fan who died earlier this year.The song was played in tribute to Grant Taylor, a fan of Gallagher’s who’d passed away in February at the age of 22. It was a request made by Taylor’s sister Katie, who tweeted it to Gallagher last month.

Sharna Burgess showed her baby bump in a white tank top and overalls while holding hands with boyfriend Brian Austin Green on Thursday in Malibu, California.The 36-year-old dancer smiled while walking with Brian, 48, as they left a restaurant together.The Dancing With The Stars pro dancer had one shoulder unbuttoned on her overalls showing her burgeoning belly. Holding hands:Sharna Burgess showed her baby bump in a white tank top and overalls while holding hands with boyfriend Brian Austin Green on Thursday in Malibu, CaliforniaShe completed her casual maternity wear with sandals and sported a tan cap.Brian beamed while strolling with Brian who wore a brown NASA shirt, tan pants and white sneakers.

Three-time Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion flashed her panty in a revealing hot pink cut-out dress while attending the P-Valley season two premiere in Hollywood on Thursday.The 27-year-old Texan also showed a lot of leg in the revealing bandage dress and matching stilettos selected by stylist Corey T. Stokes.Hairstylist Kellon Deryck coiffed Megan's middle-parted raven bob for the red carpet festivities outside adjoining hotspots, Avalon Hollywood and Bardot.

The Simpsons took aim at Fox News and Facebook during a musical number in Sunday’s (May 22) season 33 finale.In the episode titled ‘Poorhouse Rock’, Hugh Jackman and former US Labor Secretary Robert Reich led a song about the death of the US middle class.During the number, a character resembling Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson is shown (via Deadline), saying: “Putin for president, next on Fox News.”Facebook is similarly called out for spreading misinformation in the song’s lyrics: “Facebook feeds our fright / They convince us things were great when gas was cheap and men were white.” A Mark Zuckerberg-like character is also seen pressing a red button which reads “death of democracy”.Is that a new carbon blob in Sector 7-G, @RealHughJackman? pic.twitter.com/8xjZ7HqxV7— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) May 23, 2022Jackman, voicing a singing janitor, begins the eight-minute musical number as a challenge to Bart Simpson – who is inspired by his father Homer’s job at the nuclear power plant.

Just days after Fox made a portfolio pitch to advertisers at its upfront showcasing Fox shows, including The Simpsons, and Fox News in the same breath, Matt Groenig & Co. shot back.

“The Simpsons” just gave viewers a lesson in American economic history, with a little help from Hugh Jackman.

Hugh Jackman will make his debut in The Simpsons during the season 33 finale on Sunday (May 22).In the episode titled ‘Poorhouse Rock’, Jackman will play a janitor working at the nuclear power plant alongside Homer. When Bart visits his father at work, the janitor leads a musical number about how the American middle-class prospered after World War II, allowing people like Homer to succeed.In a clip shared on Entertainment Weekly, Jackman sings: “Your dad and his buddies had it swell but gradually it all went to hell.”The song’s subject matter was in response to a 2021 article in The Atlantic titled ‘The Life In The Simpsons Is No Longer Attainable’, which argued that Homer’s job supporting a family on a working-class salary is “an almost dreamily secure existence that now seems out of reach for all too many Americans”.A post shared by Entertainment Weekly (@entertainmentweekly)Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the article, episode writer Tim Long explained that he first “thought it was funny”, adding: “But the more we thought about it, the more we thought The Atlantic had a point.

J. Kim Murphy Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer has demanded that Fox News “cease all dissemination of false white nationalist, far-right conspiracy theories” in a letter sent to the network’s leaders and owner Rupert Murdoch.In the document, published by The New York Times on Tuesday, Schumer cites an alarming statistic measured by AP, indicating that “nearly one third of American adults believe that a group of people is trying to replace native-born Americans with immigrants for electoral gains.” Schumer also cites that viewers of Fox News are three times as likely to believe the theory, with marquee anchor Tucker Carlson having amplified it “in more than 400 episodes.”“I urge you to take into consideration the very real impacts of the dangerous rhetoric being broadcast on your network on a nightly basis,” Schumer wrote.

John Legend has called for Fox News’ Tucker Carlson to be “de-platformed”, accusing the presenter of espousing a racist theory that the Buffalo mass shooting suspect allegedly posted online.Payton S. Gendron, 18, is accused of carrying out what authorities have said was a racially-motivated attack at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York on Saturday (May 14) that left 10 people dead and three injured.