Facebook apologises for banning users from mentioning beauty spot Devil’s Dyke

Facebook apologises for banning users from mentioning National Trust beauty spot Devil’s Dyke after branding it ‘hate speech’ Facebook group users given bans for using the name of the Sussex beauty spot  Tech giant warned the term goes against ‘community standards’ on hate speech  Spokesman for the US social media firm apologised for their ‘clear … Read more

John Stamos wishes comedy legend Dick Van Dyke a very happy 95th birthday on social media

John Stamos wishes comedy legend Dick Van Dyke a very happy 95th birthday on social media By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 02:42 GMT, 14 December 2020 | Updated: 02:42 GMT, 14 December 2020 John Stamos took to Twitter on Sunday afternoon to wish a very happy birthday to comedy legend Dick Van Dyke. Van … Read more

Marvel consulted comedy icon Dick Van Dyke while making superhero-sitcom hybrid WandaVision

Marvel’s WandaVision has been described by one of its stars Teyona Parris as ‘six Marvel movies packed into what they’re presenting as a sitcom’. And to get the second half of the equation right, Marvel approached one of the icons of TV comedy for advice: 94-year-old Dick Van Dyke. The star of The Dick Van … Read more

The Dick Van Dyke Show creator and TV legend Carl Reiner dies at 98

The Dick Van Dyke Show creator and TV legend Carl Reiner has died at 98.  The legendary Hollywood entertainer is said to have died Monday night at his home in Beverly Hills, surrounded by his family, TMZ report.  There are no further details yet on the cause of the death of the veteran entertainer, but he … Read more

Former BBC director-general Greg Dyke calls licence fee ‘dumb’

Former BBC director-general Greg Dyke calls the licence fee ‘dumb’ and suggests it has no place in modern television Mr Dyke, 72, led broadcaster from 2000 until 2004  and said fee is out of date He said the idea of a ‘compulsory tax on the TV set sitting in the corner’ is ‘dumb’ The licence … Read more

Pierce Brosnan shows off his Van Dyke beard at Prince’s Trust

Pierce Brosnan, 66, continues to show off his Van Dyke beard as dapper star attends The Prince’s Trust Awards The Prince’s Trust helps support 11 to 30-year-olds build confidence and begin their careers through mentorship schemes and hundreds of free courses  By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 15:02 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 15:41 … Read more