Last week, reality star Stephen Bear was jailed for 21 months after illegally sharing footage of him and Georgia Harrison having sex – without her consent or knowledge.
17.02.2023 - 02:05 / variety.com
Rachel Seo Karl Jacobs, a digital creator and streamer known for his close collaborations with internet superstar MrBeast, is set to make his debut as a featured creator at VidCon Anaheim 2023. As part of his programming, Jacobs will record a live episode of his podcast “Banter” with co-hosts Sapnap and GeorgeNotFound, in addition to doing a meet and greet during the four-day convention, which runs from June 21-24 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Jacobs currently boasts a following of over 28 million across Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok and Twitch. Besides his prominence in MrBeast’s content, Jacobs creates Minecraft videos that have racked up over 157 million views on YouTube and his content on TikTok has generated 129.2 million likes. His podcast premiered in 2021 and beat Joe Rogan’s “The Joe Rogan Experience,” reaching the top spot on Spotify in the United States. More recently, he announced an upcoming comic book series produced in collaboration with Dark Horse Comics.
Now, Jacob looks to expand his content empire, innovating new ways to engage fans both virtually and in person. In an interview with Variety, Jacobs spoke about his upcoming plans at VidCon and what his audience can expect from the upcoming relaunches of his YouTube channel and podcast. What made you decide that this was the year to make your debut as a featured creator at VidCon? I was always obsessed with conventions growing up. I never really got the opportunity to go to them too much. But in the past year or so, especially since COVID has died down a little bit, it’s much easier to engage with your community that you’ve been building up for years. There’s so many opportunities to get to interact with fans at VidCon, so that’s a no-brainer
Last week, reality star Stephen Bear was jailed for 21 months after illegally sharing footage of him and Georgia Harrison having sex – without her consent or knowledge.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Prominent Arab journalist Nakhle Elhage, who ran the Al Arabiya news network for 16 years, is launching a digital startup called Blinx to produce news and short form storytelling content targeting Gen Z and millennials in the Middle East and beyond. Headquartered in a high-tech Dubai Media City studio, Blinx is being dubbed as the first digital native storytelling hub in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It “will soon launch on multiple platforms,” according to a statement. The digital startup, which is financed by unspecified UAE-based investors, is offering a “more story, less noise approach,” the statement said, with content made by young people “delivering relatable content to a young audience in a way the MENA region has yet to see,” it added.
In an opening monologue in which he slammed the IFC channel and the ending of “Tár,” host Hasan Minhaj reserved his most stinging jokes for an online entertainment industry website. “I can’t wait to hear about all these jokes on Deadline,” Minhaj cracked at the beginning of the 38th Film Independant Spirit Awards.The “Daily Show” comedian continued, “There’s nothing I love more than dog s— clickbait journalism. I love how you guys make every headline sound like porn.”He asked, “Seriously, how did we let Deadline become the most important website in our industry? It has the web layout of a Craigslist ad and it governs our lives.
Love Island star Jessie Wynter once opened up on her regret over a botched boob job with her fans on Instagram.The 26 year old Australian star has been making waves coupled up with fan-favourite Will Young, 23, on this year's winter edition of the show, but outside of the villa she's a social media influencer and personal trainer. Ahead of her grand entrance as a bombshell, Jessie shared one part of her career story that didn't go the way she'd hoped. She admitted that her decision to have breast implants had led to a "nightmare," and on top of that, was worried it would affect people's perception of her.
Paris Hilton is discussing motherhood… And what’s (hopefully) coming next!
One big happy family. Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, have built quite the family over the course of their decades-long marriage.
EXCLUSIVE: Pope Francis is issuing a renewed plea for peace in Ukraine after attending an extraordinary screening at the Vatican of Evgeny Afineevsky’s documentary Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Riley Keough may be Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, but she didn’t let the pressure of trying to live up to the family name get to her while shooting “Daisy Jones & The Six,” Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel. She stars as the lead singer of a Fleetwood Mac-like band in the 1970s. “I have a quality where I don’t really care if I mess up, if I do something stupid or if I do a bad performance,” she told me Thursday night at the series premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. “I kind of just brush it off and I also have a sense of humor about it.” Keough also recalled her late mom Lisa Marie Presley didn’t flinch when she told her she was playing a singer: “She’s always supportive of everything I do.”
Matt Cohen is finding love on Hallmark!Cohen co-headlines , Hallmark Channel's new romantic movie opposite Alexandra Turshen, which premieres this Saturday. The «Loveuary» film follows a sculptor, Rachel (Turshen), who uses magic to mold her ideal man, Clay (Aaron O’Connell), into reality but begins to fall for her real-life friend, David (Cohen), and embraces the flaws that make love perfectly imperfect.
It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Costume designer Ruth E. Carter dedicated her NAACP Image Award win to the late Chadwick Boseman during a luncheon and fashion show, held in honor of the 54th annual awards on Thursday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles. As Carter took to the runway to accept her trophy for outstanding costume design on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” she used her speech to remembered Boseman, who died in 2020. “It was because of him that we came together and we mourned. We celebrated his life,” Carter told the crowd assembled on the L.A. Live event deck. “We all have him to thank for the motivation, not only of ‘Wakanda Forever,’ but also for the first ‘Black Panther.'”
Paris Hilton and Carter Reum's love story continues to get more and more adorable as they settle into life not only as a happily married couple but also as parents to an adorable baby boy.After knowing each other for years, reconnecting, falling back into love and finally tying the knot, the pair's romance has been something of a winding road to lead to where they are today.So how did their love story begin, and how has it unfolded over the course of their friendship? ET is taking a look back at Paris and Carter's romance saga with a relationship timeline.A post shared by Paris Hilton (@parishilton)More than a year after she called off her previous engagement to Chris Zylka, Paris apparently was invited to a Thanksgiving dinner by friend Halle Hammond, who happens to be Carter's sister. Paris later explained that she'd known Carter for 15 years, but then reconnected at this dinner party, and shortly after, they went on their first date.Paris and Carter were first romantically linked in the press in January at the Golden Globes afterparty.
Despite having a knack for romantic comedies, Emma Thompson is not a big believer in "romantic love." The "Love Actually" star discussed her stance on romance on the Radio Times Podcast Tuesday. "It’s incredibly philosophically calming and helpful and uplifting to remember that romantic love is a myth and actually quite dangerous.
With songs titled “Love Story,” “Forever & Always,” “Last Kiss” and “You Are in Love,” it is no secret that one of Taylor Swift’s favorite topics is romance. The Grammy winner has been dating British actor Joe Alwyn since 2016, and although the duo are extremely happy together, they keep the details of their relationship quiet.
EastEnders actress Kellie Bright has given her verdict on the mystery murder plot that has captivated viewers since airing on Monday night (February 20). The actress, who portrays Linda Carter in the BBC soap, joined Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning to give her view on the much anticipated twist.
Marta Balaga Berlin-based X Filme Creative Pool will adapt one of the most successful German-language podcasts, “Zeit Crime” (“Zeit Verbrechen”) into an anthology series for Paramount +. Awarded the German Podcast Prize, “Zeit Crime” is based on the criminal investigations of Sabine Rückert and Andreas Sentker. According to producer Jorgo Narjes, it currently boasts 5 million streams per month and an average of 1.5 million listeners per episode, “most of them female and in their late twenties.” So far, the podcast consists of more than 100 episodes. Filming started this month and will continue until the end of June 2023.
K.J. Yossman Joseph Fiennes is set to play England soccer manager Gareth Southgate in a new play written by “Sherwood” scribe James Graham. Fiennes, known for his turns in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Shakespeare in Love,” will take on the role at London’s National Theatre. “Spring Awakening” director Rupert Goold will helm the production. “It’s time to change the game,” reads the logline. “The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?”
Love Island beauty Belle Hassan looked sensational as she was questioned on Love Island Aftersun, with fans noticing her recent hair transformation. Belle, 24, who entered the Love Island villa back in 2019 as a Casa Amor bombshell, showed off her new purple hair when her and Joe Garratt, 26, joined Maya Jama to talk about their experiences on the show. Maya, 28, asked: "Belle, you know exactly what it was like.
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton has revealed she questioned whether she was asexual for a number of years before meeting her husband Carter Reum.The reality TV star, 42, opened up on her thoughts in a recent interview, saying anything sexual "terrified" her during her 20s, despite her reputation.The hotel heiress, great-granddaughter of the founder of Hilton Hotels, was often linked with other big names in the industry, including poker player Rick Salomon whom she dated and had a sex tape leaked with. She was also rumoured to have been dating Leonardo DiCaprio, Nick Carter and Adrian Grenier before she met her current husband Carter in 2019. Speaking with Harper's Bazaar about her past, she said: "I was known as a sex symbol, but anything sexual terrified me.