Teyana Taylor, Keke Palmer and Chlöe were among the stars who hit the stage to help honor Usher at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday (June 30) in Los Angeles.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Celebrity athlete couple Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are teaming with Vox Media to relaunch and expand their podcast “A Touch More Live” and sports and pop-culture podcast. New episodes of “A Touch More Live,” which Bird and Rapinoe started as an Instagram Live series during the COVID pandemic, will premiere later this summer (with a launch date TBA).
Bird and Rapinoe will offer hot takes on the latest sports news and stories, as well as host special guests. Bird and Rapinoe’s “A Touch More Live” will be produced by Vox Media in partnership with their A Touch More production company and Togethxr, the media and commerce company co-founded by Bird and athletes Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim and Simone Manuel.
Vox Media will head up sales, marketing and distribution for “A Touch More Live,” and the company will work with Bird and Rapinoe to “explore additional franchise expansion opportunities such as live event activations.” In partnership with Vox Media, the “A Touch More Live” podcast will publish audio and video episodes weekly across platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. The video version of the podcast will be co-distributed by Togethxr.
“We are thrilled to have A Touch More partner with Vox Media to expand ‘A Touch More Live’ into a dynamic podcast that explores the intersection of sports and pop culture,” Bird and Rapinoe in a statement. “Producing the show during the pandemic sparked our larger interest in production which eventually led to us launching our company, A Touch More, so this show holds a special place in our hearts.
Teyana Taylor, Keke Palmer and Chlöe were among the stars who hit the stage to help honor Usher at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday (June 30) in Los Angeles.
Megan McKenna left shocked fans with her latest Instagram video, as she unveiled another of her unusual food combinations.The former TOWIE star has become known for her food-related content on Instagram, as she regularly shares what she's eating and cooking with fans online.The 31 year old, who is six months pregnant with her first child, is no stranger to odd food combinations, having previously revealed she enjoys sweet and savoury food mixed together among other unusual habits. In her latest Reel, she explained that she has a simple but unordinary breakfast choice. "I've been up since 04:30.
In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host, Mike DeAngelo, returns to the multiverse of “Dark Matter.” The first season finale is now available to stream on Apple TV+. The series is based on the Blake Crouch book of the same name and follows a college professor who is abducted into an alternate universe and has to fight his way back to his old life and real family.
Megan thee Stallion has said she tweaked her new single ‘Otaku Hot Girl’ days before releasing her new album so she could keep the anime references.While getting ready for the Dallas stop of her Hot Girl Summer tour, the rapper spoke to fans on an Instagram Live broadcast ahead of her third album, ‘Megan’ – which is out today (June 28).The artist – real name Megan Pete – explained how stressful it was to make ‘Otaku Hot Girl’, which samples the tune from the commercial bumps from the highly-acclaimed anime series, Jujutsu Kaisen.The song also kicks off with the English voice actor for the series protagonist Yuji Itadori, Adam McArthur, saying: “I like a tall woman with a nice big ass (Haha) / Just sayin’ / Like Grammy winner, Megan Thee Stallion.”Pete said she had to “jump through eight million hoops” to appease MAPPA – the production company that made the legendary anime.“So I sent them the song and they told me, ‘OK, you gotta change some words’,” Thee Stallion explained. “So, I said, ‘OK, cool’ [and] I changed some words.
In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo gets killed off in episode one while discussing “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.” The Netflix series is based on the Bryan Lee O’Malley Manga book series and the Edgar Wright-directed cult hit film of the same name and follows an alternate take on Scott Pilgrim falling in love with Ramona Flowers, only to find that he has to fight her seven evil exes.
The festival circuit has treated writer, director, and actor Megan Park well. Her debut feature, “The Fallout,” made a big splash at the 2021 South by Southwest Festival.
Lexi Carson Film, television and media financing firm BondIt Media Capital has closed a new credit facility of $60 million with the option to increase to $100 million, from Keystone National Group, a private credit fund and investment advisory firm. The new facility is aimed at refinancing an existing credit facility, that has been a key factor in BondIt’s growth over the last six years.
Although Tatiana Maslany might not get the chance to Hulk out again, she had fun serving body-ody-ody with one iconic guest star.
The shadow looms large over Premier League football at the moment.
Sue Radford is famed for being the mum of Britain's biggest family, along with her husband Noel.The couple are parents to 22 children in total, with ages ranging from 35 to four. Sue, 48, and Noel, 52, met as children before having their first child, Chris, in their teenage years.The parents welcomed their 22nd child, Heidie, in April 2020 and have spoken out on a number of occasions about the possibility of expanding their brood further in the future.
In this week’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo rides his dragon back to Westeros for “House of the Dragon.” The show premiered the first episode of season two on Max this past weekend and follows the internal war within House Targaryen 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen. The show stars Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans, Fabien Frankel, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Ewan Mitchell, and more.
Sophia Bush and girlfriend Ashlyn Harris are stepping out during the 2024 Cannes Lions festival!
The Baltimore Banner.They declined to report on what might have prompted the release of the chemical agent or how many people were injured.“Our officers are diligently reviewing the surveillance video to gather all the necessary information and determine the sequence of events,” Freddie Talbert, a Baltimore Police public information officer, told the Banner.Talbert said police did not have any information to support the idea that the incident deliberately targeted Pride celebrations.Online social media posts, which described people being trampled by fleeing revelers, suggested the chemical agent was mace, which had reportedly been sprayed after a fight broke out near the stage. Kate Bowers, a Cockeysville resident who was near the stage at the time, described a scene that appeared to indicate that people in the crowd were suffering from the side effects of being maced.She and her friends reported an inability to stop coughing on the day after the incident.“All of the sudden, people were screaming and running,” Bowers said.
Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver has opened up about her Type 2 diabetes diagnosis and how one piece of technology has left her feeling like she has a “superpower” with her at all times. In an exclusive interview with OK!, Sue, who recently shared an exciting career update, has discussed her experience after being diagnosed with diabetes 30 years ago and how where she once found the news “terrifying” things have become less worry-inducing. “I've had diabetes for 30 years.
Tom Morello has caught up with NME at Download 2024, and opened up about his forthcoming single ‘Soldier In The Army Of Love’.The guitarist – who has also been a part of Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage and more – caught up with us backstage at this year’s edition of the Donington festival to discuss his latest ventures.It comes just days after he announced ‘Soldier In The Army Of Love’, the forthcoming first single from his first-ever solo rock album. Set for release on June 28, the track sees the metal icon join forces with his 13-year-old son Roman, and channel the rock in its purest form.Shortly before taking to the Opus Stage on Saturday (June 15), Morello also performed an intimate last-minute gig at the historic Electric Ballroom venue in Camden, where he celebrated the news of new material with a career-spanning set including hits from across his discography.“It was an electric affair.
Musical megastar Taylor Swift is playing three gigs at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium this week, and on Friday 14 June, Sue Radford posted on Instagram that she and three of her 22 children would be in the audience to cheer the singer on. Sharing a photo in which the group of four women looked glammed up for their night at the gig, Sue added a caption that said: “That’s us all ready to go and watch Taylor Swift… Liverpool here we come.” Sue, who is known for the TV series 22 Kids and Counting, has revealed that she and her family are gearing up for a busy summer that includes decorating their 10 bedroom mansion in Morecambe.
Actress Sue Cleaver has been missing from Coronation Street for three months, and now she has finally confirmed when she will be returning to the cobbles as her character Eileen Grimshaw. Eileen flew off to Thailand in the spring to visit her son Jason (Ryan Thomas), who had been injured in a motorbike accident, and she has been away ever since, although her boyfriend George (Tony Maudsley) recently heard from her when she needed money transferred abroad to pay for Jason’s hospital bill.The real reason for Eileen’s absence is that Sue Cleaver took a break from the soap to star in the nationwide tour of Sister Act: The Musical. She played Mother Superior, but now Wendi Peters has taken on the role so Sue can return to the cobbles.
Sue Perkins has apologised after misgendering Emma D’Arcy by accident last week.During a red carpet interview, the comedian was speaking with D’Arcy’s House Of The Dragon co-star Matt Smith, when she referred to the actor as “she”. D’Arcy identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.Smith subtly corrected Perkins’ mistake by saying: “I have to say, aren’t they brilliant? They are absolutely brilliant and you’re in for a real treat with Emma this year.”He continued to praise his co-star’s work saying: “It’s a really great performance.”Perkins has since addressed the mistake, and made a post to her official X account apologising for her error.She wrote: “It was a shitty mistake.
Since she joined the cast of Coronation Street back in 2000, Sue Cleaver has become a familiar face on screens. As Eileen Grimshaw, Sue has been involved in some dramatic storylines, including one which saw her character marry serial killer Pat Phelan. However, Sue recently took some time away from the show and turned her attention to the stage when she joined the cast of Sister Act on its UK tour where she played Mother Superior.
After months of negotiations, Paramount‘s controlling shareholder Shari Redstone has broken off merger talks with David Ellison‘s Skydance.