15 Stories on Russell Brand
The BBC has been fined £150,000 ($220,000) after broadcasting two episodes of comedian Russell Brand's radio show in which he left abusive phone messages on an actor's phone.
The comedian, whose mother is a cancer survivor, reflects on the reality star's "easy warmth"
Lewd telephone calls by two British comedians to a well-known actor, which were aired in a BBC radio program, were "grossly offensive" and should never have taken place, the public broadcaster's watchdog group said Friday.
The BBC's highest-paid celebrity has lost more than $2 million after being suspended without pay for a series of abusive telephone calls made by himself and another of the broadcaster's stars.
A furor over bad-taste pranks on Britain's public broadcaster ignites a national debate over standards of humor
The BBC's highest paid star has been suspended for 12 weeks without pay and a senior executive has resigned over a series of abusive telephone calls made by two of its stars, the broadcaster said Thursday.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) suspended one of its best-known stars while another resigned Wednesday for broadcasting a series of "gross" and abusive telephone calls.
The controversial Video Music Awards host is in trouble in England for leaving lewd voicemails
The singer says her purity ring defense at the MTV show "came out wrong"
The teen stars have no hard feelings about the British comedian's jokes at the MTV Video Music Awards
The BBC has been fined £150,000 ($220,000) after broadcasting two episodes of comedian Russell Brand's radio show in which he left abusive phone messages on an actor's phone.
The comedian, whose mother is a cancer survivor, reflects on the reality star's "easy warmth"
Lewd telephone calls by two British comedians to a well-known actor, which were aired in a BBC radio program, were "grossly offensive" and should never have taken place, the public broadcaster's watchdog group said Friday.
The BBC's highest-paid celebrity has lost more than $2 million after being suspended without pay for a series of abusive telephone calls made by himself and another of the broadcaster's stars.
A furor over bad-taste pranks on Britain's public broadcaster ignites a national debate over standards of humor
The BBC's highest paid star has been suspended for 12 weeks without pay and a senior executive has resigned over a series of abusive telephone calls made by two of its stars, the broadcaster said Thursday.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) suspended one of its best-known stars while another resigned Wednesday for broadcasting a series of "gross" and abusive telephone calls.
The controversial Video Music Awards host is in trouble in England for leaving lewd voicemails
The singer says her purity ring defense at the MTV show "came out wrong"
The teen stars have no hard feelings about the British comedian's jokes at the MTV Video Music Awards
The VMA host had a harem, was on heroin, wrote a bestseller – and has a bright future
"It's not bad to wear a promise ring," she says in response to host Russell Brand's jokes
MTV has set a high standard for the unexpected at its Video Music Awards, but on the show's 25th anniversary, the network instead settled for throwing its full support behind Britney Spears' comeback
See Spears laugh and joke with the show's host Russell Brand
The British comic – and host of MTV's awards show – anticipates "music and mayhem"
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