Apple Services Revenue Climbs 17% to Record $19.8 Billion, as iPhone Growth Slows

Canadian unscripted producer Sean Connolly has set up his own production business and tied up a multi-year strategic deal with compatriot firm Great Pacific Media.

They may be broken up, but Garrett Hedlund still has a lot of love for ex-girlfriend Emma Roberts!

Football legend Steven Gerrard has melted the hearts of fans around the world as he shared an adorable photo with his daughter Lexie to celebrate her 16th birthday. The former England player turned Aston Villa manager shares his daughter with wife Alex Curran, 39, with the pair who hail from Liverpool also proud parents to Lilly-Ella, 18, son Lio, four, and 10-year-old Lourdes.

Read more: Normal People stars to join Richard Ayoade as guest presenters for the Bafta TV awards 2020 But who is Ayoade and what is his net worth? Here’s everything we know. Ayoade was born in London and is half Norwegian and half Nigerian. He studied law at Cambridge and during that time he was the president of the theatrical club Footlights.

Tonight’s BAFTA TV Awards is being hosted by actor and director Richard Ayoade. The 44-year-old has many talents and this isn’t the first time he will be hosting the famous awards show, having first hosted it in 2020.

Will Smith’s film Emancipation, which was expected to be Apple’s next big awards project following the Oscar success of CODA, has now been delayed until 2023. Directed by Training Day’s Antoine Fuqua, the movie was going to be released in time for the autumn film festival circuit later this year, and would have marked the actor’s first release since he slapped Chris Rock during the Oscars. Smith was banned from attending the Academy Awards for 10 years following the incident.

Clayton Davis Don’t expect an “Emancipation” for Oscar winner Will Smith in 2022. Originally expected to drop on the fall festival circuit later this year, the actor’s next film from Apple, and co-produced by his production company Westbrook Studios, is planning to delay the film’s release to sometime in 2023.Directed by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”), the movie would have been the first release for Smith following his assault on comedian Chris Rock during the 94th Oscars.

Gerard Pique says former Bolton Wanderers and Real Madrid defender Fernando Hierro was his favourite player as a child as he highlighted Manchester United and Barcelona legends too as big influences.

Selome Hailu Allison Janney has been cast as Evelyn in “Mrs. American Pie,” Apple TV+’s upcoming comedy series starring Kristen Wiig with Laura Dern executive producing and eyeing a key role.Evelyn is described as a full-time Palm Beach resident and member of the high society that Maxine Simmons (Wiig) attempts to secure her place in. Set in the powder keg era of the early ‘70s, the series will follow Maxine as she navigates the line between the haves and the have-nots, the series focuses on questions of who gets a seat at the table and what people will sacrifice to get there.Janney is known for playing C.J.

Oscar and Emmy winner Allison Janney has been tapped to star alongside Kristen Wiig in Apple comedy series Mrs. American Pie, executive produced by Laura Dern. Based on Juliet McDaniel’s book, Mrs. American Pie hails from creator Abe Sylvia (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and director Tate Taylor (Breaking News in Yuba County). Dern also is eyeing a “key role” in the series.

The heartbroken mum of a Scots teenager who is thought to have drowned in a river has thanked the emergency services for helping to "bring him home".

Gerard Butler sticks his hands in his pockets while on a stroll with girlfriend Morgan Brown in New York City on Friday (April 29).

Making it work! Jennie Garth and Dave Abrams are going strong after their marriage hit a roadblock shortly after they tied the knot.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon dramatically missed Wall Street’s earnings forecast for the first quarter of 2022, as the world’s biggest online retailer saw a significant deceleration in top-line growth and faced higher costs in the period.Overall, the company posted revenue $116.4 billion, up 7%, in line with expectations — but Amazon’s slowest year-over-year growth rate in two decades. Amazon reported a net loss of $3.8 billion in the first quarter, or -$7.56 per diluted share.

Warner Bros. had taken the reigns on a live-action “Barbie” movie from Sony as previous versions of the project, featuring variations of talent, including screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno“) and actresses Anne Hathaway and Amy Schumer, fell apart.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYouTube advertising sales for the first three months of 2022 grew 14%, to reach $6.9 billion — missing Wall Street expectations and representing a major cooling off from the torrid pace the video giant had seen during the COVID pandemic.By comparison, YouTube’s ad revenue growth was 49% in the year-ago period and was up 46% for the full year 2021. Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, reported total revenue for Q1 of $68.01 billion, up 23%, and net income of $16.44 billion (or $24.62 per share), falling shy of Wall Street expectations.Click here to sign up for Variety’s free Strictly Business newsletter covering earnings, financial and investment news, and more.Financial analysts on average expected Alphabet to post Q1 revenue of $68.1 billion and EPS of $25.96, per Refinitiv.

Jean Smart is adding another feather to her cap. On Monday, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce awarded the 70-year-old actress a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, an honor, she told ET, that ranks «incredibly high» on the list of her career accomplishments.«It's funny because I never get nervous at the award shows or anything when I'm working, but I was so nervous today. I was shaking and… I couldn't remember my speech,» she said.

EXCLUSIVE: True Blood and Justice League star Joe Manganiello has joined Oscar winner Samuel L. Jackson and Oscar-nominee Uma Thurman in the upcoming dark comedic thriller The Kill Room.