Female & Underrepresented Directors Of Top-Grossing Films Hit Highs But No Gains For Women Of Color, USC Study Finds

Today, Jax Jones gains the Number 1 Trending Song in the UK as Where Did You Go ft. MNEK tops the Official Trending Chart. 

EXCLUSIVE: Police officer turned video game writer and technical director Morley Nelson (MIB: Alien Crisis, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct) is currently in production in Minnesota on Uncontained, a horror-thriller that he is directing from his original screenplay.

Mura Masa has recruited Lil Uzi Vert, PinkPantheress and Shygirl for a new version of 3 Of A Kind’s 2004 hit ‘Babycakes – hear ‘bbycakes’ below.The new track, which sees each of the three guests adding their own original verses in between the song’s instantly recognisable chorus, follows Mura Masa’s 2021 collaboration with Shygirl on a remix of Lady Gaga‘s ‘Sour Candy’, and his production work on PinkPantheress’ ‘Just For Me’.“I feel like ‘bbycakes’ is a future facing record,” Mura Masa said of the track in a statement.

Vanessa Hudgens lets out a few laughs while on the set of a video in Los Angeles on Friday (February 18).

Harry Styles made his legion of teeny bopper fans swoon as a founding member of One Direction — but the 28-year-old musician is all grown up now and has since become a superstar solo artist and a fashion icon for his generation. The “Watermelon Sugar” singer dares to impress on the red carpet, on stage and in magazine cover photo shoots rocking his unique blend of high-end labels and gender-fluid dressings. Harry’s headline-making style gets even more embellished when you consider all the tattoos he has added to his body over the years!

Magnolia Network star Joanna Gaines has opened up on recent hard times, sharing with fans how she "nurtured" herself back from a place of "unbalance".MORE: Magnolia Network star Joanna Gaines shares adorable family video that has fans saying the same thingThe mom-of-five wrote a new essay for the Spring issue of Magnolia Journal, the quarterly lifestyle magazine she publishes with her husband, Chip, and shared that she found herself in a rough patch in late 2021, "unbalanced by how much I was pouring out without being poured into in the ways I really needed."WATCH: Magnolia Network star Joanna Gaines shares adorable family video that has fans saying the same thing"I was learning that a well that's only ever knee-deep can't outlast a drought and that I had to figure out what it was that would pull me out of the grind and give me renewed perspective," she shared.The 43-year-old continued that she "considered what I'm already drawn to, what I already know wakes me up and brings me life — nature, the garden, being in my kitchen, and the peace that meets me there — and I leaned in".MORE: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's lavish Nashville home could rival a palaceHowever, although her family "joked that I'd gone a little extreme" she found comfort and solace in the action of reading, gardening and canning "just about anything" and that it left her, for the first time in a long time, feeling "full, truly full"."And at the end of those days, I was bursting with so much more to give. And really, that's all that I was after." she concluded.

Spotify users have cancelled their subscriptions since the controversy around Joe Rogan’s podcast broke out.In January, hundreds of scientists and medical professionals asked Spotify to address COVID-19 misinformation on its platform, sparked by comments made on The Joe Rogan Experience. The 270-plus members of the science and medical community signed an open letter, which called Rogan’s actions “not only objectionable and offensive but also medically and culturally dangerous”.Following the publishing of that letter, Neil Young demanded his music be “immediately” removed from the platform, with many high-profile artists like Joni Mitchell, David Crosby and Graham Nash following suit.Now, as Variety reports, a consumer poll from Forrester Research has found that 19 per cent of the streaming service’s customers have since cancelled their subscriptions, or plan to in the near future.

Magnolia star Joanna Gaines has shared an adorable family video that had fans all calling her youngest son the spitting image of her husband Chip.MORE: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's lavish Nashville home could rival a palace"Snow days at the farm are the best days," Joanna captioned the video that saw three-year-old Crew wrapped up warm against the snowstorm that has hit Texas walking into their farmhouse. As he entered the kitchen, he sat in a rocking chair and gave a big sigh.WATCH: Magnolia Network star Joanna Gaines shares adorable family video that has fans saying the same thing"What a sweet precious moment.

Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde have been keeping a low profile lately, but they decided to have day date in honor of Harry’s 28th birthday. The couple was seen in London on February 3 at the Royal Academy of Arts and got a glimpse of the Francis Bacon: Man and Beast exhibition. A fan snapped photos, which can be seen on Daily Mail, of Harry and Olivia amidst all the other patrons.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAs Hollywood studios battle pandemic fallout and feed movies to streaming services, audiences can expect far fewer theatrical releases than usual in 2022. Business over the next 12 months should help clarify the implications a lighter release schedule will have on the exhibition business.The major studios have slated 71 films — ranging from superhero adventures “The Batman,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Spider- Man: Across the Spider-Verse” to Jordan Peele’s mind-bender “Nope,” Olivia Wilde’s thriller “Don’t Worry Darling” and James Cameron’s long-awaited “Avatar” sequel — to open in theaters.That’s a notable uptick compared with 2021 (57 new releases) and 2020 (34 new releases), a stretch that comes with a COVID- shaped asterisk because cinemas spent many months shuttered or operating at reduced capacity.