Spotify Zooms to 422 Million Users in Q1, Growing Overall Listeners Amid Rogan Controversy and Loss of Russia Subscribers

Met on set. Jason Momoa and Eiza González are dating! The Aquaman star and Ambulance actress are reportedly together while working on their upcoming film together, Fast X.

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Zack Sharf Liam Neeson shocked “Atlanta” viewers when he popped up for a cameo appearance during the eighth episode of the show’s fourth season. The episode, titled “New Jazz,” was written by Donald Glover. Neeson appeared as a version of himself sitting at a bar (the napkins for which read “Cancel Club”) that main character Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles (Brian Tyree Henry) strolls into.

In the latest episode of “Atlanta” Liam Neeson deals with his past—sort of.

Atlanta, which deals with his past racism controversy.In a 2019 interview with The Independent while promoting the revenge film Cold Pursuit, the actor recounted a story where he admitted he once went looking for a “Black bastard” to kill after learning a close friend had been raped by a Black man.Recalling the incident, Neeson said: “I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I’d be approached by somebody – I’m ashamed to say that – and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some ‘Black bastard’ would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him.”His comments were put back under the spotlight in the Atlanta episode ‘New Jazz’, where Alfred Miles, aka Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry), has a sequence of hallucinatory encounters after consuming “Nepalese space cakes” in Amsterdam.They got Liam Neeson talking about his racist comment at a place called “Cancel Club” on the newest episode of #AtlantaFX

Living her life. While Kim Kardashian was on a strict diet for the Met Gala, Khloé Kardashian was eating ice cream — in the middle of a dress fitting for Kylie Jenner.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticConsider it a sign of the times, maybe: In the list of seven artists that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s select industry voters elected into the institution for the class of 2022, there is not a single rock band. That can be taken as a major signifier that the pendulum among the music intelligentsia really has swung all the way from what was coined some years back as “rockism” — the belief that rock ‘n’ roll is inherently superior to other forms of popular music — to the other side of the scale: poptimism.The MC5? No go, again, this year, despite this being the band’s sixth nomination, the first having come back in 2003.

British broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered an apocalyptic comedy series starring Friday Night Dinner and The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird.

“All Rise” Season 3 finally has a premiere date.The show, which originally aired on CBS, was canceled after its second season, and then picked up by OWN, returns to the small screen on Tuesday, June 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.Castmember Wilson Bethel will also make his directorial debut this season.Warner Bros.

Angelina Jolie has been pictured in the Ukrainian city of Lviv as part of a mission for refugees.DONATE NOW: What can you do to help Ukraine?The special envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) visited hospitals and local organizations helping the injured and displaced, but shocked residents when she walked into a local coffee shop in the western city on Saturday morning.She was dressed casually in a baggy gray pants, and an oversized gray jumper, with a backpack slung over one shoulder.Walking in with a male companion, guests quickly approached her and asked for autographs.READ: 5 ways to cope with news induced anxiety right nowPARENTING ADVICE: How to talk to your children about the Ukraine/Russia conflict"I just went to have a coffee, and it’s only Angelina Jolie,: wrote local journalist Maya Pidgoretska, who posted the video to Facebook."Ukraine is simply supported by the entire world." Angelina with local childrenAngelina was appointed Special Envoy in April 2012, focusing on major crises that result in mass population displacements, undertaking advocacy and representing UNHCR at the diplomatic level.In March she spoke of the Russian invasion in Ukraine and shared a poignant post about Ukrainian children.

Imax reported a global quarterly box office total of $173.2 million, up 57% over Q1 2021 thanks in large part to the March release of “The Batman” and post-holiday holdover screenings of “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Imax also had screenings of seven local language films in countries like China, India and France. Adjusted EBITDA stood at $14.8 million, up from $2.8 million in Q1 2021 during which theaters worldwide closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify topped guidance for total monthly listeners in the first quarter of 2022, despite the loss of 1.5 million paid subscribers in Russia and a roiling controversy over Joe Rogan’s podcast that had elicited calls for a boycott.The audio streamer’s monthly average user base grew 19% in Q1, to 422 million, representing a net gain of 16 million in the period (more than twice its previous forecast). Spotify topped expectations on MAU growth even excluding a “one-time benefit” of 3 million users who had created new accounts to access the service after an outage in early March.Spotify netted 2 million Premium subscribers, to reach 182 million (up 15% year over year).

Self care looks different for everyone… but Sharon Osbourne’s form of therapy sounds wild!

Keeping their distance. Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz are still figuring out how to act in group setting after calling it quits earlier this year.

Snapchat parent Snap said its daily active users jumped 18% last quarter to 332 million, beating Wall Street targets but revenue and fell a bit short. The Santa Monica-based company like its rivals faces ad revenue headwinds from Apple privacy policy changes, macro and supply chain issues and labor costs.

As the world was processing Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the face at the 2022 Oscars, Liza Minnelli was apparently dealing with a figurative slap to the face by producers of the awards show!

Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield Norris on Wednesday. Prior to the start of the episode, the incident involving Pinkett Smith's husband, Will Smith, and Chris Rock, at the 94th annual Academy Awards was addressed. “Considering all that has happened in that last few weeks, the Smith family has been focusing on deep healing...some of the discoveries around our healing will be shared at the table when the time calls,” a message at the top of the episode read. “Until then, the table will continue offering itself to powerful, inspiring and healing testimonies like that of our incredibly impressive first guest.