Tamra Judge just got Teddi Mellencamp to spill some major tea!
31.03.2023 - 09:51 / deadline.com
The BBC has launched its review into social media guidance in the wake of the Gary Lineker scandal, with former ITN CEO John Hardie set to oversee it.
The review, which was announced by BBC Director-General Tim Davie earlier this month, will start immediately and finish over the summer.
Hardie, a former CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the ITV News, Channel 4 News and Channel 5 News operator, will examine:
The review will take into account “social media use of those working in the on-air freelance community outside News, Current Affairs and Factual journalism,” said its terms of reference. Hardie will consult the freelance community, BBC staff and trade unions while considering wider market and audience research.
Once published, changes to the social media guidance will need to be agreed by the BBC’s Executive Committee.
Today’s review was ordered following the Lineker fallout, in which the Match of the Day host was benched following a tweet comparing the language around the government’s asylum policy to that of 1930s Germany. His benching led to a walkout by dozens of presenters, pundits and commentators and, having to the review with Davie, he returned to presenting duties the following weekend.
“The BBC has important commitments to both impartiality and to freedom of expression,” said Davie. “We also have a commitment to those working with us, and for us, to be clear in what we expect from them. The social media guidance is crucial to achieving this, particularly in a fast-paced, ever- changing world of digital media.”
A similar review into social media impartiality for news journalists was carried out by former BBC Global News Director Richard Sambrook three years ago. Deadline revealed earlier this month that the BBC
Tamra Judge just got Teddi Mellencamp to spill some major tea!
Tamra Judge just got Teddi Mellencamp to spill some major tea!During an appearance on SiriusXM’s Tuesday, Mellencamp, who was joined by her co-host, revealed that she had a one-night stand with Matt Damon when she was just 20 years old.«She mentioned it on a podcast, and then went back and told producers, 'Take that guy's name out,'» Judge told Lewis. «And so now, I tell people, 'If you guys wanna know, just DM and I'll tell you who it is.'»«She tells people on the DMs. I'm like, 'Stop telling people,» Mellencamp exclaimed.
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are close friends. Aside from working on multiple projects together, their families are close, with their kids calling each of them Uncle Matthew and Uncle Woody. In a new podcast, McConaughey revealed that their bond could be even more intimate, with there being a possibility that the two could be brothers.
Watch Below: Matthew McConaughey Talks About The Night He Met Wife Camila“The last few years I had a really wonderful time getting rid of a lot of those filters that come with acting,” the 53-year-old actor told Dax Shepard on his ArmChair Expert podcast. While he may have stepped away from the camera, he revealed that the break will allow him to return to his career as a better actor. “I am now becoming more interested in actually going to play another character in a movie or TV show because all of the last four years of culminating and writing and getting these things together, and getting more into some public service, now that I’m starting to dispatch those and get them organised and put ’em in front of me, it freed me up to go, ‘The idea of going to act in the right role and the right kind of movie, film, or series, right now, sounds like an awesome vacation.’” “The last few years I had a really wonderful time getting rid of a lot of those filters that come with acting.”The Interstellar star's latest comments come just weeks after it was announced he would be featuring in a Yellowstone spin-off series. His most recent acting roles have been voice-over work for the animated children's film Sing 2 in 2021 and a leading role in Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen in 2019. "I think I’ve experienced some real good life in these last few years, in ways that I hadn’t in a while.”As the actor prepares to get in front of a camera again, he explained to Dax that his time away has been valuable. “None of this time, at all, has been in vain,” he shared on the podcast episode.“I wouldn’t dare be arrogant enough to think any of it has.
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson may be more than just peas in a pod.
Matthew McConaughey teased his upcoming Apple comedy series with Woody Harrelson in an interview with Kelly Ripa on her SiriusXM podcast Let’s Talk off Camera with Kelly Ripa. McConaughey revealed the title of the series, Brother From Another Mother, which Apple has described as an odd-couple love story that revolves around the “strange and beautiful bond” between the pair.
SiriusXM’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast, the Texas actor revealed the title of the show to host Kelly Ripa.“It’s called ‘Brother From Another Mother,’” McConaughey said of what will be the on-screen reunion between him and fellow Texan Woody Harrelson, who last starred opposite McConaughey in the first season of the HBO crime drama “True Detective.” Both McConaughey and Harrelson were nominated for Emmys for their roles in the show. The two first worked together on the satire film “Edtv” nearly 25 years ago.As previously reported, the new series will center on a “heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around the strange and beautiful bond” between McConaughey and Harrelson’s characters.
Naman Ramachandran The BBC has appointed former CEO and editor-in-chief of ITN and executive VP at Walt Disney, John Hardie, to review how its social media guidance applies to freelancers. The review, which was announced by BBC director general Tim Davie earlier this month, will start immediately and will be completed by the summer and any changes to the BBC’s social media guidance will then be published. In early March, Lineker, commenting on the U.K. government’s controversial Illegal Migration Bill, tweeted, describing it as an “immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s.” Lineker, a former star soccer player and presenter on the “Match of the Day” soccer show. was suspended by the BBC and then reinstated, raising questions about presenters’ acceptable use of social media.
A former BBC boss has said presenters like Gary Lineker who are “inextricably bound up with an important BBC programme” should have to abide by impartiality rules.
Coronation Street star has revealed that his wife has given birth to their seventh baby with a touching Instagram post. Matthew Marsden has shared how he recently became a dad again, after his wife Nadine Micallef welcomed another baby into the world on Friday, March 24. The 50-year-old actor played mechanic Chris Collins from 1995 until 1998, before leaving and exploring a pop career as well as acting in the US.
Last week saw reports emerge that the BBC may be increasing its licence fee, with the broadcaster already under fire over the handling of the Gary Lineker tweet situation.
Gary Lineker has shared a picture of himself in a BBC studio ahead of returning to present live coverage of the FA Cup quarter-final between Manchester City and Burnley.The presenter, 62, was taken off air last week by the corporation for a tweet comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany in a row over impartiality. Taking to Twitter on Saturday (18 March), the broadcaster shared a photo of himself at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester ahead of the FA Cup quarter-final between Manchester City and Burnley.
Gary Lineker will return to our TV screens later following a row which left the BBC's sport coverage in disarray. The former England international had to 'step back' from off his Match of the Day presenting duties after taking to social media to hit out at Government plans to stop small boats making the journey to Britain.
Gary Lineker’s son has spoken out after facing relentless abuse on Twitter following his father’s public fallout with BBC over small boat tweets. George Lineker shared a screenshot of someone telling him he should be “burned at the stake” for supporting his dad when the Match of the Day (MOTD) presenter was briefly suspended from the BBC. Commenting on the abuse, George wrote: “Social media’s mad isn’t it.
“Ambiguity” around social media guidelines was to blame for the BBC Gary Lineker scandal, according to Ofcom boss Melanie Dawes, who was challenged on the “creeping politicization” of UK TV news during a committee hearing this morning.
England footballing legend John Barnes says the conversation around the Home Office's controversial illegal migrant policy is being "side-tracked" by the Gary Lineker and BBC row. Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain, the former Liverpool player said headlines over the weekend could result in the message that Lineker was trying to get across, and the reason he spoke out in the first place, being 'lost'.
Gary Lineker is set to return to BBC Match of the Day this weekend following a row over impartiality.
Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Football commentator Gary Lineker is set to return to hosting duties on the BBC this weekend after being pulled off air due to comments about the U.K.’s refugee policy that were deemed to have breached the broadcaster’s impartiality policy. In a statement on Monday morning, the BBC revealed that it will conduct a review of its social media guidance “with a particular focus on how it applies to freelancers outside news and current affairs,” which is the category for star talent such as Lineker. The “Match of the Day” host said in a comment: “I am glad that we have found a way forward. I support this review and look forward to getting back on air.”
The BBC has reached a deal with Match of the Day host Gary Lineker over his social media use following crisis talks.
Self Esteem showed her support for Gary Lineker last night (March 11) by wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the words “Free Gary” at her Eventim Apollo show in London.The singer-songwriter – real name is Rebecca Lucy Taylor – shared on Twitter an image of herself sporting the tee at the show, writing “Solidarity” and tagging the BBC Sport presenter.She has followed in the footsteps of Fatboy Slim, who on Friday (March 10) displayed Lineker’s face on a video screen behind him. The move was met by huge cheers from fans who were watching the DJ perform in Manchester.It comes amid a row between the BBC and Lineker after the latter on Tuesday (March 7) called the government’s controversial plan to ban people arriving in the UK illegally from ever claiming asylum an “immeasurably cruel”.