The BBC Has a New Boss. Will He Enforce the Radical Change it Needs to Survive?

Lauren Goodger has slammed the latest restrictions set out by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday evening as cases of coronavirus rise around the country. Boris advised people to work from home if they can in a bid to flatten the second spike, but 34 year old Lauren is not impressed.The former TOWIE star claimed she'd lost out on "a whole year of work" because of restrictions, in a post on her Instagram stories.

“I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds” (Harper One), out Tuesday.Judgment about her race happens at work, too. “It really irritated me,” she writes, referring to colleagues who tell her she isn’t black enough or Latina enough.Hostin, whose full first name is Asunción, grew up “really poor” in the South Bronx to a Puerto Rican mother and black father who were both teenagers when they had her.

Mariah Carey, 50, will no doubt be raising some eyebrows when her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey is released on September 29. It’s something that the pop diva is preparing for on an emotional side especially when it comes to what the reaction will be.

Willie Nelson has a challenging past when it comes to infidelity. In his new book, “Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band,” Nelson, 87, opens up about the ways his cheating affected his ex-wives.

A new Beatles book is set to be released next year, to accompany the Peter Jackson directed documentary ‘The Beatles: Get Back’. The book will tell the story of the making of the band’s ‘Let It Be’ album in their own words.

The BBC on Tuesday touted further improvements in its gender pay gap alongside efforts to "prioritize" diversity, but highlighted the "exceptional challenges" of the novel coronavirus pandemic and need to cut costs and "keep reforming at an urgent pace." Publishing its annual report for fiscal year 2019-2020 on Tuesday, the U.K. public broadcastersaid that during the April 2019-March 2020 period, "over 90 percent of the U.K.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster BBC has garnered criticism for the millions paid in salaries to high profile on-air talent such as ex-soccer player and current sport pundit Gary Lineker.Lineker, who hosts popular soccer program “Match of the Day,” and fronts the BBC’s FA Cup and “Sports Personality of the Year” coverage, earned £1.75 million ($2.25 million) during the 2019/2020 financial year, according to the BBC annual report, which was released Tuesday.

J.K. Rowling is facing new accusations of transphobia thanks to one of the characters in her upcoming book, Troubled Blood, set for release on Sept 15.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorIn his new book, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Reed Hastings describes himself as a “math wonk” with a “lack of showbiz knowledge.”Even so, the book doesn’t lean too heavily on engineering or MBA talk. Instead, to make its theoretical points, it uses an abundance of Hollywood-flavored anecdotes, drawn from 200-plus interviews with current and former staffers that were conducted by co-author Erin Meyer.

coronavirus crisis, Strictly Come Dancing is set to make an explosive return for its 2020 series.

New BBC director general Tim Davie on Thursday unveiled plans to cut 900 jobs and outlined other initial focus areas for his tenure. "We will keep a focus on cost reduction," he said.

Naman Ramachandran New BBC director general Tim Davie, who took charge Sept. 1, replacing Tony Hall, has announced the reduction of 900 jobs from the service, creating a “leaner organization” because of “pressure to keep focusing our money on audiences.”“We will keep a focus on cost reduction – so BBC U.K.