i'm in london speaking to hollywood royalty dame joan collins . this is a dame joan collins. h your presence. >> well, i haven't, but you're pretty new, aren't you? aren't i? you've been on for, like, what, 3 or 4 years? >> not even that much, but. but we feel. i think people feel established already. but you are. i'm talking to you because i'm one of the lucky ones. i'm going to see your show behind the shoulder pads one night only at the adelphi theatre. october. the 22nd. you're talking about your extraordinary life. stage, screen . published author. 19 screen. published author. 19 books tv most important . yeah is books tv most important. yeah is there anyone who's managed to straddle what, seven, eight decadesin straddle what, seven, eight decades in showbiz and still be at the top? >> yes, i was thinking about that. the other day because somebody said, you know, the last girl there is a shirley maclaine? sure. she started at the same time as me, sophia loren. yeah, she started around the same time working much there. it's true. she's not. but she's still out there being,

and steadfast behind ukraine for as long as it takes. >> the hollywood icon , dame joan >> the hollywood icon, dame joan collinspolitical correctness. speaking to gb news presenter andrew pierce, she said she was definitely not a fan of woke culture. >> i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning. i think it's gone out of control. really. you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. >> and finally, astronomers have unveiled the most detailed map ever seen of our galaxy. from the violent births of newborn stars to the hidden mysteries of the galactic core. these new images show the milky way as you've never seen it before. the map is a culmination of more than 13 years of observations. astronomers used infrared light from the european southern observatory to peer through the dust and gas, which normally hides the centre of the galaxy . hides the centre of the galaxy. you know, i'm not going to resist this. you don't need a telescope to find this particular star. it's martin daubney for the very latest gb

the hollywood icon dame joan collins has taken a swipe at extreme political correctness . extreme politicalrectness. speaking to gb news presenter andrew pierce she said she was definitely no fan of woke culture. >> i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning. i think it's gone out of control really . you can't say anything really. you can't say anything and people get offended . we've and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. >> and finally, astronomers have unveiled the most detailed map ever seen of our galaxy. from the violent birth of newborn stars to the hidden mysteries of the galactic core. the new images show the milky way as you've never seen. you've never seen. >> you've never seen. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by or go to gbnews.com/win . gbnews.com/win. >> thank you mark. now welcome to farage with me martin daubney standing in for the big man, nigel farage. now the uk is on the brink of a conflagration . we the brink of a conflagration.

. >> british cultural icon dame joan collins spoke exclusively to gb news about how woke culture hass gone mad. myself and my panel will have a look at this fabulous ladies next. welcome back to free speech nafion welcome back to free speech nation . so british cultural icon nation. so british cultural icon and star of the stage and screen here. and hollywood dame joan collins sat down with gb news andrew pierce earlier this week to give her thoughts on what's been going on in the world. she took the opportunity to slam woke culture and lament how we've all lost our idiosyncratic british sense of humour. let's take a listen . take a listen. >> tell me, about the modern world now. >> it's very fashionable now to call you all actors, but on the whole i like to be called an actress. >> it's a very pretty word . >> it's a very pretty word. it's. and it's feminine, and i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist. consider myself to be feminine and a feminist . and why should and a feminist. and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning. >> and do you think this wokery

. >> the hollywood actress dame joan collins has been speaking to gb news about her iconic career, andrent political climate. >> yes, she sat down with andrew pierce. here's a snippet. >> tell me, about the modern world now . it's very fashionable world now. it's very fashionable now to call you all actors. >> you don't. i don't call myself an actor. i call, yeah, if i'm in a room with some actors and actresses, i call us actors, and i do sometimes call myself a jobbing actor. but on the whole , i like to be called the whole, i like to be called an actress. it's a very pretty word . it's, and it's feminine, word. it's, and it's feminine, and i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist. and i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist . and why feminine and a feminist. and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning , frankly. >> yeah. a bit. and do you think this wokery thing has got a bit too much of this? wokery. >> good god, yes, you know, i do, i do, i think it's gone out of control. yeah. really? you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our

. >> i am, i am, my greatest bit is dame joan collins for her wonderful appearance on gb news and her here from her now. >> and do you think this wokery thing has got a bit too much of this? >> wokery good god, yes, you know i do, i do, i think it's gone out of control. yeah. really. you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. >> okay, so matthew , who is your >> okay, so matthew, who is your greatest briton? >> well, i tried, i tried to change mine at the last minute. so let's hope that the graphic matches this. mine is michael dawson, who was , very sadly dawson, who was, very sadly murdered last year because he told us his senior citizen and he told a cyclist to get off the road to get get off the pavement and cycle in the road. and today, at last, his family got justice as the guy who punched him has been given a five year sentence. >> okay. oh okay. all right. >> okay. oh okay. all right. >> he's in bury in greater manchester. >> so today's greatest britain is the name escapes me. sorry, michael. michael. there we go. all right . well,

. >> well, she's from that generation as well of dame judi dench and dame joan collins. then eventually she got her big break in film. and from that she had hit after hit after hit. but i mean, she's known as well for her comedic timing and her dry wit. and obviously downton abbey . wit. and obviously downton abbey. and in the harry potter movies, we saw that sister act and many more. and also her films will live on forever, much longer. after her and the tributes have been pouring in. >> rishi sunak said. an icon of the stage and screen, of course , the stage and screen, of course, gyles brandreth, who'd been a friend of hers for many, many decades , said the saddest news decades, said the saddest news one of the greats. it marks the end of a truly golden era. >> yes, and whoopi goldberg, who worked with her alongside her and sister act. she also said that dame maggie was one of a kind and that she was so lucky to have worked with her, so i guess she'll have so many fond memories. like many others who maybe never got to meet her, but got to watch her from their homes, i

in place for large parts of the country until 9:00 tomorrow morning, and the hollywood icon dame joan collinsminine and a feminist. >> and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning. i think it's gone out of control. really. you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:10 now. sir keir starmer is expected to promise that the uk is returning to responsible global leadership when he addresses the un general assembly in new york later today. >> it used to be irresponsible global leadership. >> i suppose that's the implication . implication. >> well, it comes against a bleak backdrop of ever heightening tensions in the middle east and the ongoing war in ukraine. >> however, the labour leader's use of lord alli as £18 million covent garden penthou