US telly boss to buy Benny Hill statue after Brit funnyman 'cancelled' in UK

To love is to want to consume someone whole, to pick their skin and sinews out of the gaps between your teeth, to swallow their pancreas and wash it all down with gulps of throat-fizzing stomach acid. Take the age-old question that dominates the Grindr lexicon: do you want to be someone, be with them, or be inside them? “Bones and All,” Luca Guadagnino’s typically sumptuous, deeply romantic American parable — about a pair of teen cannibals, coming of age against the backdrop of ‘80s Reaganism — literalizes this allure, as any great anthropophagist love story should.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In vampire movies, from “Nosferatu” to the “Twilight” films to “Only Lovers Left Alive,” bloodsucking is usually more than just bloodsucking — it’s about sex, addiction, power — and that’s why the main event in a vampire movie doesn’t have to be the literal spectacle of watching fangs tear into human flesh. The elegance of the genre is that it has a built-in metaphorical sweep. “Bones and All,” Luca Guadagnino’s YA road movie about a couple of lost souls who happen to be cannibals (it’s adapted from the novel by Camille DeAngelis), is a film in which the characters behave very much like vampires. They blend into society, but they’re really a breed apart, with the ability to smell fresh meat (and one another) and a consuming desire to “feed.”

Yungblud has shared the official music video for his latest single ‘Tissues’ – you can watch it below.Released on Tuesday (August 30), the song sees the Doncaster artist – real name Dominic Harrison – sample The Cure‘s classic track ‘Close To Me’. ‘Tissues’ appears on Yungblud’s self-titled third album, which came out today (September 2).In the single’s accompanying visuals, we find Harrison dancing on-stage in a theatre full of party-goers who’ve been frozen in time.

Harry Styles has added a fourth London show to his 2023 UK and Ireland headline tour.The ‘Harry’s House’ pop star recently extended his mammoth ‘Love On Tour’ into next year, having played a run of UK/Ireland and European shows this summer. He’s currently in the midst of New York residency ahead of further multi-night billings across North America.Last week, Styles announced that he’d be returning to these shores in May and June next year.

Dave Chappelle made a surprise appearance at a Liverpool comedy club ahead of his UK tour with Chris Rock.The comedian performed an unplanned two-hour set at Liverpool’s Hot Water Comedy Club on Wednesday (August 31), where he was joined by Jeff Ross. You can check out pictures from the show below.Fellow comedian Adam Rowe tweeted that he had taken both Chappelle and Ross to Liverpool’s Chinatown following the set, describing it as “one of the maddest Wednesday nights I’ve ever been involved in”.Chappelle kicked off his short UK tour with Chris Rock on Thursday (September 1) at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

Perry Farrell has spoken to NME about recording new music for Porno For Pyros, reuniting with founding Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery in the studio, both band’s upcoming touring plans, and expansion plans for his festival Lollapalooza.In May, Pornos For Pyros reunited on stage for their first time in 26 years at Welcome To Rockville Festival, replacing Jane’s Addiction after the band pulled out due to Dave Navarro’s ongoing battle with COVID. Since then, the Jane’s offshoot have performed a headline set in Los Angeles, an intimate Lollapalooza after show, and a main stage set at the Farrell-founded festival.“The idea of getting back with Porno was something we dreamed of for a long time,” Farrell told NME.

Rihanna is enjoying a night out with her friends.

An energy giant has opened a pioneering new support room in Lanarkshire.

A youthful-looking gran has left people gobsmacked after revealing her age - and claims her appearance is all thanks to a £2 cream. In a now-viral Tik Tok video, Joan Woodhouse's granddaughter told viewers that no-one ever believes she is 92 years old.

A 60-house development in Irvine’s North Newmoor was given the green last week, despite a councillor asking for it to be rejected.

CNN White House correspondent John Harwood said that Friday will be his last day at the network.

BBC programme back in 2010 as part of the Christmas Special, performing their hit single This Ain't A Love Song.However, Roy revealed during an exclusive chat with the Daily Star that not everything went to plan for the band as they played a trick on Pete, leaving him completely red-faced.READ MORE: Scouting For Girls stars left red-faced after extremely awkward touring blunderAhead of their performance, Roy and Greg Churchouse told Pete Ellard that they had planned to dress up as Father Christmas – but this was not the case.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Everything’s Trash” at Freeform has cast Anand Desai-Barochia in a guest star role, Variety has learned exclusively. The series is based on Phoebe Robinson’s book “Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay.” Robinson stars in the series as Phoebe, described as a “30-something outspoken podcast star making her professional mark while living a broke and delightfully messy life in Brooklyn. When her ‘perfect’ older brother launches a political campaign, she’s forced to start her adulting journ-journ.” Desai-Barochia will play Gael, the CEO of Limelight Media, which is a major podcast venture. The official character description says he is “charismatic and globetrotting. He is a fan of Phoebe and Malika’s work and wants to be in business with them. Gael and Phoebe spark to each other almost immediately…their chemistry is natural and undeniable.”

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Michaela Zee editor Although “Tuca & Bertie” navigates difficult subjects such as mental health and sexual assault, creator Lisa Hanawalt isn’t trying “to be overtly political or topical” with her series.  “I’m just telling stories from my point of view — things that affect me and my friends, and the things we’ve experienced,” she said.  The adult animated sitcom revolves around best friends Tuca Toucan (Tiffany Haddish) and Roberta “Bertie” Songthrush (Ali Wong), two anthropomorphic bird women living in the fantastical city known as Bird Town. In the recently completed third season on Adult Swim, the series highlighted two topics seldom covered on screen: menstruation and reproductive health. “So many of the women I know suffer from endometriosis, from PCOS [polycystic ovary syndrome], from cysts,” Hanawalt said. “It’s such a huge problem, and it’s surprisingly difficult to diagnose.” 

Olivia Wilde is not happy about the cuts she had to make to the trailer for new her new film, “Don’t Worry Darling”. Wilde told the Associated Press Wednesday that the Motion Pictures Association ratings board forced her to remove additional scenes from that trailer that were deemed too sexual.

Daniel Ricciardo to rebuild his F1 career with a team like Williams.Ricciardo is looking for a new drive after being dropped by McLaren two years into his three-year contact, with Oscar Piastri to replace him in the Woking squad from next year. Piastri was granted permission to leave Alpine, where he has been a reserve driver, after the sport’s Contract Recognition Board (CRB) found in McLaren’s favour.Ricciardo had been linked with a return to Alpine, but that seat now looks set to be filled by AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly.

Tori and Zach Roloff's son is on his way! Proud mama Tori shared a carousel of photos on Thursday to celebrate son Jackson's first day of kindergarten. «My sweet baby j! You aren’t a baby any more!!! We are so stinking proud of our kindergartner!» the star wrote. «This kid makes my heart swell with pride. He walked into his first day of school as confident as ever! He is so sure of himself and I love how he owns a room!» she continued.

Since 2017’s “Darkest Hour,” for which Gary Oldman nabbed an Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill, Joe Wright has had a rough go of it. His follow-up, “The Woman In The Window,” was first delayed, then shunted to Netflix because of the COVID-19 pandemic to negative reviews.

NeNe Leakes is remembering her late husband on the first anniversary of his death. On Thursday, the former  star shared a series of videos on her Instagram Story in tribute to Gregg Leakes, who died in 2021 at the age of 66.

Kanye West has triggered a wave of concern around the well-being of Kardashian-Jenner matriarch Kris Jenner as he unleashes yet another blistering attack against ex-wife Kim Kardashian.Kanye leaked texts between himself and the reality star, who wrote: "From my mom - PLEASE tell him to stop mentioning my name."I'm almost 67 years old and I don't always feel great," Kris wrote through Kim in a message to Kanye.READ MORE: Kanye West slams Kris Jenner for allowing Kim and Kylie to do nude Playboy shootsShe continued: "This stresses me to no end."The private text messages led to fans of the billion dollar family to share their concern over Kris' health, but Kanye didn't seem to bat an eyelid, leaking the texts to Instagram with the cryptic caption, "God loves us".In response to Kris' plea, Kanye wrote back: "Ya'll don't have a say over my black children and where they go to school."They will not do Playboy and sex tapes. Tell your Clinton friends to come get me.