Meta Moves to Block News on Facebook and Instagram for Some Canadians

Maybe Tom Schwartz was serious about dropping his friendship with Tom Sandoval?

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief NBCUniversal is to expand its One Platform advertising, technology, data and measurement system further into global markets through an alliance with international broadcast and tech partners. The move was announced on Tuesday at the Cannes Lions advertising convention in Cannes, France.International partners include Atresmedia from Spain, Bell Media from Canada, Channel 4 from the U.K., Mediaset from Italy, Seven West Media from Australia, Sky Media from the U.K., Italy and Germany, and Talpa from the Netherlands, TF1 Pub of France, Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting Systems and Omnicom Media Group. “By bringing together leading local broadcasters and publishers across the world, NBCUniversal seeks to enhance the premium video ecosystem and build the foundation for greater industry advancement and collaboration at an international level, across data and identity, activation and automation, ad innovation, and measurement,” NBCUniversal explained in a statement.

As expected, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have agreed that they won’t sue each other, ending a long legal battle.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is opening up about dropping her first solo single “Don’t Say Love” after being a member of Little Mix for over a decade.

Big news in specialty this weekend as Asteroid City arrives in theaters with Wes Anderson and his army of fans behind it and a major marketing campaign by Focus Features. The director’s latest opens at six locations in New York and Los Angeles, where Focus has partnered with Landmark for the reopening of Sunset, the five-screen theater it took over from AMC early this year.

This story about the casting of “Shrinking” first appeared in the Comedy Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.Say you’re casting a thoughtful comedy about the world of psychotherapists, and you need a seasoned veteran to support the sharp young cast in a potentially scene-stealing mentor role. And then you land one of the biggest movie stars in the world, an icon who has been in two of the largest movie franchises in the last 50 years.This was the reality for “Shrinking” casting directors Debby Romano and Brett Benner when the AppleTV+ comedy was being put together.

Sarah Ferguson has praised Meghan Markle and Prince Harry for making their own "brave" decision to step back from the royal duties and move to the United States to start a new life.

NBC News announced the class of nine journalists who will be deployed to cover 2024 presidential candidates and battleground states, tracking every movement of campaigns as the race unfolds.

Gavin Newsom didn’t back down from Sean Hannity’s fiery questioning about the homeless crisis in California – including its relative size compared with de facto rival Florida – saying “we own” the numbers and blaming the cost of housing and “localism.”“The state has not made progress in the last two decades as it relates to homeless,” the California governor said flatly at the top of an excerpt provided by Fox News, which you can watch below. The entire interview, Newsom’s first with the conservative cable news network in over a decade, was scheduled to air Monday night at 9 p.m.

Shawn Mendes has released a powerful new song, titled “What the Hell Are We Dying For?”, amid the devastating Canadian wildfires.

Shawn Mendes dropped a new song Thursday night — «What the Hell Are We Dying For?» — with a powerful message behind its lyrics.The singer-songwriter first announced the newly written track just hours before it was released, along with cover art for the track, featuring the ominously orange New York City skyline, which has been transformed into something quasi-apocalyptic as a result of the devastating Canadian wildfires currently raging.The lyrics, however, divided fans between those who took the song to be about the fires and the overall dangers of climate change — something Mendes has been very vocal about over the past few years — and those who thought it might be a comment on the status of his relationship with Camila Cabello.«Smoke in the air/ the city's burning down/ I want to speak/ but I don't make a sound,» Mendes croons in the new song. «Locked in my mind, you're all I think about./ I want to save us, but I don't know how.»«If we don't love like we used to, if we don't care like we used to, what the hell are we dying for?,» Mendes sings in the chorus.

Natalie Portman was all smiles at Paris Saint-Germain's Ligue 1 match amid reports of her husband, Benjamin Millepied's alleged infidelity.Portman, who was in attendance at Parc des Princes Saturday to see PSG take on Clermont Foot 63, rocked a plaid blazer over a white shirt and blue jeans. The  actress accessorized the look with a bold, red lip and a pair of cat-eye sunglasses.In addition to cheering on PSG, Portman, who helped co-found the Los Angeles National Women's Soccer League team, Angel City FC,  was seen chatting with tennis star, Novak Djokovic, who was seated a few rows behind her.Like many of the fans in the stands, Portman was also captured taking photos of the match, which despite a loss from PSG, ended with the famed football club earning the Ligue 1 title for the 11th time.The smiling photos mark the first public appearance for Portman since French outlet  alleged that Millepied had been having an affair with a 25-year-old woman.A source told  that the alleged affair was «short-lived and it is over,» adding that the Oscar winner and her dancer husband have been privately working through their marital struggles despite the allegations.«He knows he made an enormous mistake and he is doing all he can to get Natalie to forgive him and keep their family together,» the source told the outlet.

Natalie Portman was all smiles at Paris Saint-Germain’s Ligue 1 match amid reports of her husband, Benjamin Millepied’s alleged infidelity.

Thania Garcia Paramore’s Hayley Williams has expressed regret and apologized for the way she removed two arguing concert-goers from one of the band’s recent shows in a pensive note uploaded to Discord. “I am sorry for whatever shame or embarrassment I may have caused you,” she wrote. Footage of the confrontation at the Madison Square Garden gig showed the spotlighted attendees at a loss for words when William told them they needed “to find somewhere else to take care of that shit because that’s not happening here tonight, this is our house.” Williams has routinely dedicated a portion of the band’s “This is Why” tour stops to encourage fans to be themselves in the safety and comfortability of their shows, and she wasted no time in making a similar statement at the band’s appearance in New York.

Bollywood singer Jonita Gandhi, who headlined Toronto’s DesiFest over the weekend, spoke with ET Canada about how growing up in a multi-cultural area near Toronto paved the path for her career in the industry.

Matthew Chernov From Al Pacino’s white suit in “Scarface” and Robert De Niro’s tortoiseshell sunglasses in “Casino” to James Gandolfini’s bowling shirts in “The Sopranos” and Steve Buscemi’s Derby hats in “Boardwalk Empire,” movie and TV gangsters are famous for their bold fashion sense. And the latest nattily dressed mobster to hit the screen is Dwight Manfredi, the Mafia capo played by Sylvester Stallone in the Paramount+ series “Tulsa King.” Created by Taylor Sheridan, the show stars Stallone as an aging mafioso who’s exiled to Tulsa, Okla., by his New York crime family after spending 25 years in prison. Costume designer Suzanne McCabe created Stallone’s wardrobe on the series, and she based many of her designs on the real-life Mafia bosses whose taste in expensive clothing and flashy accessories made them unlikely celebrities throughout the 1980s. “I looked at the Gambino crime family, the Franzese family, and all the usual ones that you always saw in the papers back then,” she says.

Doubling down. Pete Davidson addressed a voicemail he left for PETA after the organization slammed him for buying a dog from a pet store.

Queen‘s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has revealed that the classic song originally had a different name and lyrics.According to one of 15 pages from early drafts for the rock opera, the famous 1975 hit penned by Freddie Mercury was shown to be titled ‘Mongolian Rhapsody’ which is crossed out on a piece of paper from the now-defunct airline, British Midland Airways.Mercury’s original drafts are currently on display in a new auction exhibition at Sotheby’s Auction House in London, Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own, which shows some of his private collection and belongings.Did you know ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was originally titled ‘Mongolian Rhapsody’?Written entirely by Freddie Mercury, a never-before-seen early draft reveals untold insights into one of the greatest pop songs of the 20th century.Read more: https://t.co/m8t4hoE39s pic.twitter.com/hlSHvhxCOD— Sotheby's (@Sothebys) May 31, 2023Other edits were made to the song’s nearly six-minute-long famous second verse, which initially initially read, “Mama, there’s a war began, I’ve got to leave tonight.” The final version of the song’s lyrics read, “Mama, just killed a man.”According to the New York Post, the manuscript of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is estimated to be auctioned between $100,000 and $150,000,000. Some of the other items on display include the manuscripts for ‘Somebody To Love’, ‘We Are The Champions’ and ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ which are all autographed by Mercury.Roughly 1,500 items from his London home, which had gone untouched for 30 years, including a pair of his high-top Adidas sneakers, his aviator sunglasses, a personal leather jacket and other iconic Queen items are available to view.

pic.twitter.com/ssgk1vSryBThe bill in question would require sites such as Facebook to pay a fee to news providers in exchange for those providers’ work appearing on the platforms. Said platforms’ existing setup is largely predicated on news providers voluntarily posting rather than expecting payment for providing content.Meta argued the bill won’t serve its supposed purpose and will aid out-of-state companies, essentially positing that the bill is misguided and not worthy of Meta’s cooperation.

Standing by her man! Paige DeSorbo didn’t hold back during the Summer House reunion after Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard slammed her boyfriend, Craig Conover.