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Emma Watkins opened up for the first time since she announced her departure from The Wiggles.

Paramount+'s , the daughter of James and Margaret Dutton is struggling to pick up the pieces as she navigates life without her partner by her side. As actress Isabel May, who plays Elsa, told ET's Cassie DiLaura earlier this week, it was one of the most «difficult» scenes she had to film on the series thus far.«It was a very emotional scene.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNBCUniversal is about to begin broadcasting the second half of a rare Olympics doubleheader — and fatigue has set in.The Winter Games in Beijing begin Feb. 4, just six months after the close of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games that were postponed from 2020 because of the pandemic.

Dorothea Taylor, affectionately nicknamed “The Godmother of Drumming”, gave Travis Barker a run for his money with her cover of Blink-182’s “What’s My Age Again?”. The video was uploaded on Dec. 27 to Druemo’s 2.15 million YouTube subscribers.

Travis Barker to a drum battle.Taylor, a private drum instructor who’s been playing for 58 years, has covered Blink-182‘s 1999 single ‘What’s My Age Again?’, taking on Barker’s incorporation of drum “rudiments” in pop-punk music.“You’re never too old, and you’re never too young, to start playing drums,” Taylor says at the end of her performance in a recorded clip, which you can watch below.“You probably never would have expected someone like me to play along to Blink. I’ve learned my rudiments over the years and was able to incorporate and understand what Travis was playing.“So, Travis Barker, are you watching? How about a drum battle?!”Taylor, who’s nicknamed “The Godmother of Drumming”, made headlines last year for going viral on TikTok with 21 million views clocked at the time for a lesson on how to play doubles.She first enjoyed viral fame in January 2020 with a drum cover of Disturbed‘s classic track ‘Down With The Sickness’, which has now registered over 15million hits on YouTube.

On what would have been her 100th birthday, the beloved TV legend Betty White is being remembered with online tributes, special screenings and animal charity challenges.

Javier Bardem is having a busy 12 months. Not only has he already shot a live-action version of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” but his Spanish dramedy “The Good Boss” made the shortlist for the Academy Award for International Film (selected over Pedro Almodovar’s critically acclaimed “Parallel Mothers” starring his wife, Penelope Cruz, no less).

Have mercy! Candace Cameron Bure faced off against Fuller House costar John Brotherton to see who knew the show best in an exclusive Us Weekly game.

When we last saw Crystelle Pereira, the sun was shining in the Great British Bake Off tent, and she was delighted to be one of this year’s finalists. “Doing Bake Off was like a cross between being on holiday and doing a baking bootcamp,” says the 26-year-old, speaking to us after the final show aired.

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Covid lockdown took away people’s freedom and their ability to live a normal life, it made youngsters Danny and Connor Higgins think about other children who weren’t as lucky as they were, who had faced restrictions for far longer. Telling their mum at the start of this year that they had made a New Year’s resolution to raise money for a charity supporting children, she began finding the details of different charities they could support.

Lily Moayeri As the songwriter of multiplatinum hits for Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, One Direction and Demi Lovato, among many others, Ross Golan’s schedule was already full when he started his podcast, “And the Writer Is …” in January 2017.

Sandra Bullock stuns in a sparkly jumpsuit as she arrives at Neuehouse in Hollywood, Calif. on Tuesday (November 30).

The 21st series of I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is back on our screens tomorrow night as celebs return to the historic Gwrych Castle in north Wales.

Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio, are getting candid about their love life.In the upcoming episode of, the couple discuss the sexual challenges they faced after her horrible tour bus crash that broke her back. ET has your exclusive look at the intimate conversation they have with daughter Emily and niece Lili Estefan.«With the accident,» Lili begins, «How did you get back into the groove? Because that must have been hard.

In her new biography A Beautiful Nightmare, Christine McGuinness opened up about being diagnosed with autism as her three children have. She and husband Paddy McGuinness had always questioned whether there was a genetic link and underwent assessments during filming for their new documentary Autism And Our Family.

Making large scale action films can be challenging for any production, but for “Escape From Mogadishu” producer Hyejung Kang, the challenge wasn’t the budget or even the scale of the film but not having access to the country the movie is based on.“The fact that we had to remake all of this in another country and it had to be based on past facts because we still cannot enter into Somalia,” Producer Hyejung Kang tells TheWrap’s Steve Pond.

Celine Dion gave her fans a reason to celebrate and feel inspired as she revealed on social media that her album, Courage, marked a major milestone.MORE: Celine Dion celebrates incredible career milestone with fans amid health scareIn a heartwarming post, the superstar singer shared that her latest studio record was celebrating two years since release in 2019.The post included several pictures of Celine from behind the scenes of a shoot wearing a skin-tight latex mini dress with her hair tied

Call Of Duty: Vanguard players report that weapon challenges in the latest shooter are not progressing, causing stalled progression for several weapons.As spotted by Dexerto, players claim that the criteria for completing challenges – which would usually reward camos – aren’t being tracked correctly.

At AFM on Wednesday, a group of executives and educators gathered for a panel centered on the challenges of securing international distribution for Black-themed content.

Los Angeles FC part-owner Will Ferrell is challenging Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham FC to a match.

Visits have been suspended at a Greater Manchester hospital due to the “challenges associated with the COVID-19 infection rate”.

Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it’s pulling out of China, citing an increasingly challenging business and legal environment as the latest foreign company to be caught up in Beijing’s tougher stance on businesses operating there.

Sharareh Drury administrator“Flabbergasted” is Georges Chamchoum’s choice word to use when thinking of Asia’s disappointingly low Oscar representation, especially given all the masterpieces that have come from the region.Two years after South Korea’s Parasite won best picture, Chamchoum believes events such as the Asian World Film Festival, of which he serves as executive and program director, are essential to raising those statistics moving forward.

Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski are proud parents of two children, a four-year-old daughter Nina, and a one-year-old son, Tommy, who was born just last year.

Chris Willman Music WriterAmid the questions about what Grammy categories Halsey belongs in with her increasingly alternative-leaning music, there’s at least one division where she’ll likely be in contention that cuts across all genres: best music film. She starred in and wrote “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power,” a 50-minute film that premiered in IMAX theaters Aug.

Netflix’s walk-out stunt in opposition to comedian Dave Chappelle should remind Americans that the leftist mob thinks they can dictate what is acceptable in comedy and what is not. Leftists fully believe that they are the sole arbiters of the social commentary — with zero tolerance for differing opinions.

Boris Johnson and wife Carrie needed a friend to form a "childcare bubble" with them over Christmas ,a Cabinet member has insisted.

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will round off a trilogy of heavyweight tussles on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson joined me virtually as part of the MGM/United Artists Releasing presentation at the Deadline Contenders Film: London event taking place today in front of an audience of awards voters in England and serving as a launch to this Oscar season.

Addie Morfoot ContributorDespite having never made a documentary, Todd Haynes didn’t hesitate when Universal Music Group’s David Blackman approached him in 2018 to make a nonfiction feature about the enormously influential rock band the Velvet Underground, which was initially mentored by Andy Warhol and launched the careers of Lou Reed, John Cale and Nico.The Oscar-nominated director — known for narrative features including “Far From Heaven” “Carol,” “Dark Waters” and the Bob Dylan meditation

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorRashida Jones learned a while ago to live with pressure.At the tail end of the runup to the 2020 presidential election, Jones was the NBC News executive supervising two of the most scrutinized events in a chaotic news cycle. First came a town hall meeting between anchor Savannah Guthrie and then-president Donald Trump, a session that sparked backlash after NBC decided to air it opposite a similar ABC News telecast with then-candidate Joe Biden.

The future looks bright for Mari Pepin-Solis And Kenny Braasch!

A new venture by Snap Inc. will pay creators for coming up with popular responses to Spotlight Challenges, a new addition to the social network’s user-generated platform.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSnap is rolling out new ways for Snapchat creators to make money on the app — part of the company’s efforts to keep the most popular content creators on its platform in the face of ongoing competition from the likes of TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.The new programs include Spotlight Challenges: an extension of the Spotlight user-generated content section that promises cash payouts of $25,000 — or more — to creators with the most-engaging videos that use specified