Blake Shelton is saying goodbye to after 23 seasons — but he couldn't be more thrilled about his replacement!NBC announced on Monday that country music legend Reba McEntire will officially be stepping in for the departing coach in the next season of the long-running singing competition, set to premiere this fall.Reba will draw from her iconic career as she shares her expertise with hopeful up-and-comers, joining veteran coach John Legend and returning coaches Niall Horan and Gwen Stefani.When ET's Cassie DiLaura spoke with Blake ahead of live semifinals on Monday, he shared how excited he was to have Reba taking over his coveted spinning chair."[There's] no one better than Reba, honestly," he raved. «To be honest, and I don't mean this as a dig to anybody, I'm shocked that they got her.
Meta Shares Jump On Better-Than-Expected Q1 Results
26.04.2023 - 21:27 / deadline.com
Shares in Meta Platforms jumped 12% in after-hours trading following the company’s report of better-than-expected first-quarter financials.
Despite being well below the record highs established in mid-2021, the stock has nearly doubled this year so far. It ended regular trading Wednesday at $209.40, up 1%.
Meta, parent of social media giants Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, posted total revenue of $28.65 billion. While that was up only 3% from the year-ago quarter, it was about $1 billion better than Wall Street analysts’ consensus forecast. Earnings per share slid 19% to $2.20 but still handily cleared the Street’s $2.01 bar.
Facebook ended the quarter with 2.04 billion daily users, up 4% from a year ago. Advertising across the full portfolio reached $28.1 billion, better than expectations, despite gyrations affecting all ad sellers in the marketplace. The average price per ad fell 17%, Meta said, while impressions rose 26% year-over-year.
Responding to the historic slowdown hitting the tech sector amid a worsening economy, Meta said last month it was cutting another 10,000 jobs, on top of a round of layoffs in 2022. As of the March 31 end of the quarter, total head count stood at 77,114, but that number included the just-announced 10,000 who are targeted to depart.
Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in the earnings release that artificial intelligence is “is driving good results across our apps and business.” The company is also becoming “more efficient so we can build better products faster and put ourselves in a stronger position to deliver our long term vision,” he added. Zuckerberg has declared 2023 to be a “year of efficiency” for Meta, as the company balances its ambitions in exploring the emerging
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Rebel Wilson Shares New Photos Of Baby Daughter In Adorable Mother’s Day Post
Rebel Wilson is celebrating Mother’s Day with her two favourite girls by her side.
Rebel Wilson Shares New Photos of Baby Daughter in Adorable Mother's Day Post
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Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson shares injury update and expected return date
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Drew Scott Shares How He Celebrated Son Parker's First Birthday and Praises 'Amazing' Wife Linda (Exclusive)
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10 Things ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Does Better Than ‘The Walking Dead’
Matthew Chernov AMC’s iconic zombie series “The Walking Dead” was at the height of its popularity when “Fear the Walking Dead” premiered in 2015, so anticipation was understandably through the roof for the franchise’s first official spinoff show. But despite that early excitement, “Fear the Walking Dead” never quite connected with viewers the way the original did.
Warner Bros Discovery Posts Wider-Than-Expected Loss In Q1, But Notes “Meaningful Turn” Toward Streaming Profitability
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The 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' Cast Shares Their Favorite Song From the Series (Exclusive)
series has a reputation for having some of the best needle drops in the MCU, and is no exception. From the very first moments of the first film in 2014, which featured Chris Pratt's Star-Lord bopping along to Redbone's «Come and Get Your Love» on his Walkman, director James Gunn has punctuated his fun-loving space adventure with a memorable collection of songs, immortalized on the film's aptly titled soundtracks.So, what are some of the favorite needle drops of the Guardians themselves? ET's Ash Crossan sat down with some of the cast, ahead of the release of the third and final, to find out.«Lake Shore Drive» by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah«I think my favorite song of the entire trilogy is probably the opening song for the opening movie — it's probably 'Come and Get Your Love.'… I love that song, but I also got to say there's a really special place in my heart for 'Lake Shore Drive' in the second movie, which is from my past. James and I grew up in the Midwest, and that was kind of a local hit in the Midwest.
Labour and Greens slam Tories after Shell profits are £1.4bn more than expected
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems have slammed the UK Government after oil giant Shell made nearly £1.4 billion more in profit than expected in the first three months of the year.
Lucy Fallon shares candid snap and details struggle as a new mum after opening up about birth
Coronation Street actress took to Instagram with a candid snap to mark Maternal Mental Health Week. Lucy and her footballer boyfriend Ryan Ledson announced earlier in February that their baby boy had safely been born on January 30. The actress, who played Bethany Platt in the ITV soap from 2015 to 2022, then officially introduced her first child, Sonny Jude, to the world at the end of February weeks after his arrival.
Lucy Fallon shares candid snap and details struggle as a new mum after opening up about birth
Lucy Fallon has shared an honest post about the struggle she faced becoming a new mum. The former Coronation Street actress took to Instagram with a candid snap to mark Maternal Mental Health Week.
Met Gala 2023: Karl Lagerfeld Muse Cara Delevingne Looks Better Than Ever!!
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Willie Nelson at 90: Texas legend shares a birthday to remember with George Strait, Snoop Dogg, and others
Texas troubadour Willie Nelson had a birthday party that will be remembered. "Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90" kicked off on Saturday night, which was Nelson's birthday.The two-night event at the Hollywood Bowl host performances from all music genres, including Snoop Dogg and Chris Stapleton.
Meta Shares Soar 14% on Revenue Jump, Antitrust Win
company’s mass layoffs. Last year, the company posted profit of $7.47 billion, or $2.72 per share.
'The Crown' Shares First Look Images of Kate Middleton & Prince William
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Meta Content Exec Mina Lefevre Leaves As Facebook Watch Ends Originals; ‘Red Table Talk’ Being Shopped
EXCLUSIVE: Mina Lefevre, who was Head of Development and Programming at Meta, is departing Facebook’s parent company.
Gigi Paris Shares Cryptic Instagram, Unfollows Glen Powell Amid Breakup Rumors
only a couple of days after Powell's Anyone But You co-star Sydney Sweeney. “Know your worth & onto the next,” she wrote beside a video of herself walking down a tree-lined street. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Paris also unfollowed Powell on Instagram, per , though neither Powell nor Paris have explicitly confirmed that they're no longer together. Sweeney, for the record, is still to her boyfriend of five years: restaurateur Jonathan Davino.
Meta Q1 Sales Up 3% as Social Giant Beats Wall Street Estimates
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Meta, parent of Facebook and Instagram, turned in better-than-expected earnings for the first quarter of 2023 — even as net income dropped sharply on a year-over-year basis. Overall, the company reported revenue of $28.65 billion, up 3% from the year prior, and net income of $5.7 billion (or $2.20 per share), down 24%. Analysts on average expected Meta to post revenue of $27.65 billion and EPS of $2.03, according to Refinitiv. Click here to sign up for Variety’s free Strictly Business newsletter covering earnings, financial news and more. In announcing Q1 results, the company said Facebook averaged 2.04 billion daily active users in March, up from 2.0 billion the prior quarter. Across all its apps, Meta reported daily active users of 3.02 billion on average for March 2023, an increase of 5% year-over-year.
Lucy Fallon shares adorable baby Sonny milestone as she posts new snaps
Actress Lucy Fallon celebrated a milestone of her baby boy as she took to social media with pictures almost too cute to handle.The former Coronation Street actress, who starred in the ITV soap as Bethany Platt from 2015 to 2020, welcomed her son into the world with her boyfriend Ryan Ledson back in February. Lucy has been posting regular updates on social media and was earlier spotted out and about with a friend in Liverpool.