BBC report: Gary Lineker and Zoe Ball remain highest-paid stars – despite taking pay cuts | Ents & Arts News

[ad_1] Gary Lineker and Zoe Ball remain the highest-paid broadcasters at the BBC, despite both taking significant pay cuts, its annual report shows. Match Of The Day host Lineker took a cut of £400,000, dropping his salary to £1.36 million, while Radio 2 breakfast host Ball saw her pay drop by 27% to £980,000, after she requested a pay-cut during More...

Paddington 3: Eagerly awaited new movie will officially start production next year, studio says | Ents & Arts News
[ad_1] The hotly-anticipated Paddington 3 will begin production next year, its studio says, in the third cinematic outing for the marmalade-loving bear. Confirmed to be going ahead in February, the film will More...

COVID-19: Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘thrilled’ about ‘Freedom Day’ – but one show hit by coronavirus case | Ents & Arts News
[ad_1] Theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber has praised the lifting of COVID restrictions announced by the prime minister, revealing plans to celebrate so-called “Freedom Day”. Lord Lloyd Webber More...

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Majority of Channel 4’s presenters will have a disability | Ents & Arts News
[ad_1] More than 70% of Channel 4’s presenters for the Paralympics will have a disability, the broadcaster has announced. Hosts for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games include wheelchair basketball player Ade More...

Football’s Coming Home: Writer of iconic Three Lions football tune reflects on song being embraced by young fans 25 years on | UK News
[ad_1] The famous tune Football’s Coming Home has been around for a quarter of a century. Ian Broudie is still enjoying the enduring love affair between England football fans and his 25-year-old lyrics. “People More...

Iggy Azalea ‘blackfish’ criticism: Rapper thanks ‘everyone showing me hate’ over I Am The Stripclub video | Ents & Arts News
[ad_1] Rapper Iggy Azalea has thanked “everyone showing me hate” after being accused of “blackfishing” and cultural appropriation in the video for her latest single. The Australian star More...

Love Island: As a young, visually impaired fan of the show, Hugo Hammond’s casting and disability representation is better late than never | Ents & Arts News
[ad_1] It’s taken seven series of Love Island – and a considerable amount of coaxing from viewers – for the producers to cast a contestant with a disability. In 2019, ITV bosses responded to More...

Where humans fail on the world stage, send in puppets | Ents & Arts News
[ad_1] “When the wings of your stage are Turkey and the UK, there’s a very big stage to cover,” Amir Nizar tells Sky News, pawing over a map showing the 5,000 mile journey he is about to embark More...

Prince Charles reveals song that gave him ‘irresistible urge to get up and dance’ | UK News
[ad_1] The Prince of Wales has revealed a selection of his favourite tracks, including Givin’ Up, Givin’ In by The Three Degrees which he says used to give him “an irresistible urge to get up More...

Stephen Dorff: Movies are so bad these days – the whole business is in terrible shape | Ents & Arts News
[ad_1] Stephen Dorff was just a teenager when he landed his first major film role in the 1987 horror The Gate. Since then he’s gone from child star to leading man, and his career has seen him play a range More...