as well, chris minns, posting this tribute saying, the all time most successful solo theatrical performer anywhere in the world barry was a legend. notjust in australia, though we re also seeing reaction from the uk, including another comedy legend, ricky gervais tweeting, farewell, barry humphries, you comedy genius. so, of course, striking a chord in australia, the uk and beyond. 0ur reporter naomi choy smith there looking at tributes to barry humphries, who s died at the age of 89. let s get a round up of the day s sports news now. over to chetan pathak. hello. all eyes on the bottom of the premier league with most of saturday s games involving sides fighting to avoid relegation. leeds united remain in trouble, just outside the bottom three after a 2 1 defeat at fulham. all the goals came in the second half. another disappointing result
lasted more than 60 years, he more than earned his place as one of rock s great guitar heroes. # hi, ho, silver lining # everywhere you go, now, baby. tributes have been pouring in since the announcement of jeff beck s death. friend and musician ronnie wood wrote. nowjeff has gone, i feel like one of my band of brothers has left this world, and i m going to dearly miss him . mickjagger also paid his tribute saying. with the death ofjeff beck we have lost a wonderful man and one of the greatest guitar players in the world. we will all miss him so much . and sir rod stewart also paid his respects to the guitarist. he was one of the few guitarists that when playing live would actually listen to me sing and respond. jeff, you were the greatest, my man. thank you for everything. ripjeff beck, who died
at the age of 86. during a long career he worked with a number of star names and was known to millions for his role on radio 4 s i m sorry i haven t a clue. his close friend, gyles brandreth, paid tribute saying wherever barry went he brought laughter with him and the bbc s director general tim davie described him as an incredible comedian and writer. if you heard or saw a great sketch, there was always a good chance barry was behind it. sarah campbell looks back at his life. # i know a fat old policeman # he s always on our street # a fat and jolly red faced man.# radio 4 s i m sorry i haven t a clue, and barry cryer sings the words of the laughing policeman to the tune of as time goes by. # he never known to frown # and everybody says # he s the happiest man in town.# barry cryer seemed a happy fellow too, and a lucky one. i spent my time mainly with people i liked and admired, laughing about something. he d started young, playing shakespeare s falstaff at school in leeds.
letter that was delivered to the leader last weekend. and honoring the life and career of the legendary carol channing who died tuesday. it s so nice to be back home where i belong channing is best known for playing dolly leavy in hello domesticall dolly. bette midler, one of the many stars paying tribute saying, quote, channing was a complete performer and will never be any other. sportscaster bob costas leave nbc after 40 years. costas telling the new york post that they reached a deal last year but decided to keep it quiet. the 66-year-old has done it all.
success, there s been lots of talk about the overbudgeted, underperforming john carter, there s been less notice for project x. it s a party flick that cost 12 million to make. it should finish in the top five this weekend passing $60 million in earnings. finally, russell brand turned himself in yesterday to new orleans police to face the music for grabbing a photographer s phone monday and throwing it through a nearby window. in a tweet brand joked he did it as a tribute saying, quote, since steve jobs died i cannot bear to see anyone use an iphone irrev very recently. that s sort of need a little bit of class there. people need to edit their tweets. with him it s always something. there s always something. yeah, he is a he got to make a little bit of noise when he s doing something. always. maybe detract from the fact that he was arrested for throwing an iphone. oh, yeah. make news in another manner. two and two. are you seeing any of the movies this weekend? 21 j