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By ABC entertainment staff The Mighty Boosh, Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding Photo: Patrick Ford Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt's surrealist double act The Mighty Boosh was a gamble that ended up becoming a surprise TV hit. The comedy only ran for three seasons, from 2004 to 2007, but that was enough to garner a legion of obsessed fans who sold out a series of live The Mighty Boosh tour dates across the world. "I had people breaking into my flat to steal my clothes," Fielding recalled in a 2023 interview. "It was very rock and roll, which I quite liked, but upon reflection, it was bizarre." This year marks the 20th anniversary of the show's first broadcast, so there's never been a better time to look back at the unique cultural moment that was The Mighty Boosh's swift rise to cult...

Drake accuses record company of using bots to ‘artificially inflate’ Kendrick Lamar’s song ‘Not Like Us’ on Spotify. Photo: CNN Newsource By Ally Rosenbloom, CNN Musician Drake alleges that Universal Music Group "conspired" to artificially boost Kendrick Lamar's searing diss track 'Not Like Us' on Spotify, according to a pre-action petition submitted to a New York court on Monday. According to a copy of the petition, obtained by CNN, the rapper claims that UMG "launched a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves" with Lamar's song "in order to make that song go viral, including by using 'bots' and pay-to-play agreements." The song, part of what has become a very public feud between Lamar and the 'Hotline Bling' rapper, debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 when ...

By Tim Reid and Andrew Goudsward for Reuters Police had arrived at his home to tell him of the threat, Pete Hegseth says. Photo: Getty Images / Brett Carlsen Several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet and administration picks were targeted this week with actions including bomb threats and "swatting," a spokesperson for the transition team said on Wednesday. The threats were made on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and law enforcement acted quickly to ensure the safety of those targeted, spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. Elise Stefanik, a Republican US representative and Trump's choice to be US ambassador to the United Nations, and Lee Zeldin, a former Republican congressman who is Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, both said in separ...

Photo: MARIA ALEJANDRA CARDONA/AFP By Kara Scannell, CNN Sean 'Diddy' Combs will remain in jail after a judge rejected his latest attempt for release while the rapper and music producer awaits trial on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. Judge Arun Subramanian denied Combs' team's motion for release on Wednesday. His decision followed a two-hour court hearing on Friday where he appeared to explore potential options and questioned prosecutors' allegation that Combs continued to obstruct the ongoing investigation. "The Court finds that the government has shown by clear and convincing evidence that no condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of the community," the judge wrote in a five-page order. CNN has reached out to representatives for...

John and Patsy Ramsey, shown in May 1997, pleaded for the public's help in finding their daughter's killer. A $100,000 reward was established for information leading the the killer's arrest and conviction. Photo: CNN Newsource By Holly Yan and Jean Casarez, CNN Whoever duct-taped JonBenét Ramsey's mouth shut, bludgeoned the 6-year-old Colorado girl and strangled the child beauty queen in her own home has evaded capture for almost 28 years. Now, a new Netflix documentary series reexamines the gruesome December 1996 killing and suggests modern technology might help solve the homicide that has riveted and perplexed the country for decades. Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey features lengthy interviews with JonBenét's father and namesake, John Bennett Ramsey, who has lived under a cloud ...

Former US President and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump arrives for a "Commit to Caucus" rally in Clinton, Iowa, on 6 January 6, 2024. Photo: TANNEN MAURY / AFP By Chris Isidore, CNN President-elect Donald Trump is vowing to protect American-made cars through steep tariffs on imports. The problem is, there is no such thing as an all-American car. Trump has promised that tariffs, which are a tax on goods that are imported from another country, will be a key part of his economic plan in his second term. On Monday he announced plans to impose a 25% tariff on all goods coming from Mexico or Canada on his first day in office. The US government tracks what percentage of each car's parts is made "domestically." But under current trade law, both Canadian-made parts and US-made part...