New Oscar Rules: Social Media, The Long Game, BAFTA Is (Sorta) Dead & More

There’s one app that you won’t see Chloe Bailey on anymore – Just Jared Jr Jennifer Lopez is facing backlash for her new business venture – Celebitchy A new photo of Michelle Duggar is going viral – DListed Dixie D’Amelio, Steve Aoki, & Jimmie Allen team up for a new song – Just Jared Jr

Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has lined up another judge for its already robust roster of legal shows. It is launching Justice for the People with Judge Milian.

"Jeopardy!" has a new winner on a hot streak this week with Brian Henegar. While Henegar, who works a normal job as a guest service agent in LaFollette, Tennessee, has emerged victorious twice so far on the hit game show, he's having a very different experience on social media after viewers began suggesting that his appearance is similar to that of Adolf Hitler.

Albert Hammond Jr has spoken to NME about his new hip-hop-inspired single ‘100-99’, his upcoming solo album ‘Melodies On Hiatus’, working with Arctic Monkeys‘ Matt Helders, and progress on The Strokes’ next record.The guitarist and singer-songwriter shared his latest solo track earlier this week (April 4) and announced details of the new record – which will be his fifth solo album and the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Francis Trouble’.The LP’s first single finds Hammond Jr combining a beat inspired by ‘90s hip-hop and a glacial guitar melody as he sings: “I’m not safe / I’ve made mistakes, I would again / In spite of what it cost me.” It’s a merging of styles that he has wanted to try out for some years.“I’d write riffs and think, ‘I can imagine that looped with a beat and someone rapping over it’,” he told NME. “This song just happened to work [like that].

Gemma Atkinson broke her social media silence to share a sweet family moment with her followers. Over the weekend, the pregnant Hits Radio host told her fans that she had ditched Greater Manchester and headed for sunnier climes alongside her fiance Gorka Marquez and their daughter, Mia.

Scarlett Johansson is opening up about why she’s not on social media — and the reason is actually super relatable!

Scarlett Johansson just doesn't have a strong enough mentality to deal with social media. The actress appeared on Dear Media's "The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast" and was asked why she's not on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok or any other social media forum."I can't. My ego is too fragile," she said. "I can't deal with it.

“The Skinny Confidential Him & Her” podcast.“My brain is too fragile. I’m like a delicate flower.”The “Marriage Story” star said that she has “enough anxiety” in her life without social media.“I had Instagram once for three days and when I started realizing that I’d spent 20 minutes looking at somebody’s Instagram page who worked for a friend of mine,” Johansson said.

He’s back! Pete Davidson has returned to Instagram after a five-year hiatus from the social media platform.

the Mirror reports. Uploading a video of the animal to social media, Paul wrote: “Got back from a week in Newcastle playing Miss Hannigan in Annie to find that Tom Tom, one of my pigs, had been put to sleep. I knew it was coming as he’d been diagnosed with a tumour but even so it’s awful when you lose a pet.

Heidi Chung Note: This article is based on Variety Intelligence Platform’s special report “2023 Media & Tech Trend Tracker,” available exclusively to subscribers. With the rate of growth in digital advertising declining, some market entrants big and small in the social media space are feeling the competitive threat of Meta now more than ever.  After registering as the most popular app download worldwide in 2022, TikTok maintained that title in the first quarter of 2023, racking up more than 186 million downloads, according to data.ai.  

The late comedian Paul O'Grady posted about heartbreaking loss in his final social media post just two weeks before his "unexpected" death.The TV star's husband Andre Portasio confirmed Paul's passing in a statement that said he died “unexpectedly but peacefully” on Tuesday evening. Just two weeks prior, animal-lover Paul had taken to Instagram to lament the loss of one of his pet pigs had been put to sleep whilst he was away working. Posting a video of the pig pulling funny faces surrounded by other pigs, Paul explained that it had been put to sleep.

Tiffany Haddish has a new boyfriend and she hasn’t exactly been hiding her romance!

Voters have been warned to ensure they have the correct ID before local elections.

Lana Del Rey is back, and she’s heading for her sixth Number 1 album in the UK.  

David Beckham's pal Rio Ferdinand claimed he has never seen her eat. The Spice Girls star hit the home gym on Saturday and shared a glimpse of her workout regime with fans. Posh Spice moved to post a couples’ workout with topless David.

Matt Hancock's girlfriend Gina Coladangelo has reportedly sold her family home to Gordon Ramsay for a whopping £7.5million.

Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer has blasted Donald Trump for claims he made about the late royal. The former US President has claimed his new book Letters to Trump will feature missives from Diana, the late Queen Elizabeth II, Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un - among others.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Michelle Yeoh’s mother and family broke down in tears during the 2023 Oscars telecast, where Yeoh was awarded the best actress prize for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Yeoh’s victory made her the first Asian lead actress winner in Oscars history and only the second woman of color to win the category (Halle Berry, who presented Yeoh with the Oscar alongside Jessica Chastain, was the first for “Monster’s Ball”). The actress’ mom, Janet Yeoh, and other family members watched the Oscars live in Malaysia and cheered, wept and screamed when Michelle’s name was called as the winner. “I so love my daughter and she has made Malaysia proud,” Janet Yeoh told a news conference after her Oscars viewing party in Kuala Lumpur (via Associated Press). “Malaysia Boleh (Malaysia Can)!”

Tonight’s Oscar telecast featured a sincere (at least at first) black-and-white tribute to a film industry luminary named Otto Desć.