The BBC News channel has got a roasting from the corporation’s editorial standards board for giving what amounted to free advertising for Starbucks’ olive oil coffee drink.
20.06.2023 - 23:21 / deadline.com
Reddit communities including some of its biggest, clicked into private mode June 12, meaning they’re not accessible to the broader public or even in some cases to members. The unrest, sparked by new app-developer fees, continue. But there’s been a twist, as images of John Oliver now populate the platform.
A number of big message boards including giant r/pics, honed in on the host of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver and moderators are currently only allowing photos of the late night host on their so-called subreddits. Oliver’s show went dark with the WGA strike that started May 2. He ran with Reddit’s latest protest.
“Dear Reddit, excellent work. Attn: r/pics, have at it…” he tweeted, firing off images of himself – as a wizard, in pajamas, in a green body stocking, holding a giant fork.
That’s after the r/pics message board began running “a friendly reminder” – “that r/Pics now features only images of John Oliver looking sexy. A recent poll – hosted in response to Reddit’s stated preference that everyday users have more direct control over their communities – showed overwhelming support for the change, which has therefore been enacted.”
“If your post features John Oliver looking sexy, you may ignore this message.”
Other subreddits featuringimages of Oliver exclusively include r/gifs and r/aww.
When the protests hit the site last Monday, users reported widespread problems loading content. Dozens of the thousands of communities in blackout mode had over a million subscribers — from r/videos and r/reactiongifs to r/earthporn. Some are back up since then, but many still aren’t. Some subreddits that depend on third parties may permanently shutter. In other cases, moderators insist they can’t do what they need with just
The BBC News channel has got a roasting from the corporation’s editorial standards board for giving what amounted to free advertising for Starbucks’ olive oil coffee drink.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music At a time when more than 120,000 songs are being uploaded to streaming services every day and artists are continually seeking ways to stand out, Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast, exclusively available on Spotify, has brought a big boost in streams — at least on Spotify, which happens to be the world’s biggest paid streaming service. According to data provided by Spotify, in the 48 hours following their guest appearances on the show, Anitta’s streams rose 155%, Madison Beer’s climbed 130% — and even long-established artists like John Legend and John Mayer saw boosts of 200% and 350%, respectively. The show was the most popular podcast globally on Spotify Wrapped for 2022 — behind the ever-popular Joe Rogan, of course.
“Succession” and “The Last of Us” are facing Disney+’s “Andor,” AMC’s “Better Call Saul,” AMC’s “Interview with a Vampire,” Paramount+’s “The Good Fight,” HBO’s “The White Lotus” and Showtime’s “Yellowjackets.” As for individual acting achievements between the two leaders, both Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsay were nominated for “The Last of Us,” and Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Jeremy Strong were nominated for “Succession.”As for comedies, nomination leader “The Bear” will be facing off against “Abbott Elementary” in Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. The ABC hit took home the top honor last year.
Just over a year after she tied the knot, Pixie Lott has revealed that she and husband Oliver Cheshire are expecting their first child together.The 32 year old singer, who recently debuted her huge hair transformation on Instagram, announced that she is expecting her first child with husband Oliver in a personal essay for British Vogue. Writing for the publication, the Mama Do singer and The Voice Kids coach revealed that she’d passed the 28-week mark at the beginning of the month - shortly before she and 35 year old Oliver celebrated their first wedding anniversary together on 6 June.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is gunning for the top spot on box office charts. The fifth and final adventure to star Harrison Ford as the legendary, globe-trotting explorer is targeting at least $65 million from 4,500 North American theaters in its opening weekend. The latest Indy installment is also debuting day-and-date at the international box office, where it’s aiming to add $80 million for a global start of $145 million to $150 million. Those ticket sales are decent, especially for the fourth sequel to a decades-old property that’s aimed at older audiences. But Disney spent a mind-boggling $295 million to bring the action-adventure to life. That’s not including marketing costs, such as a no-expense-spared premiere and afterparty at the Cannes Film Festival where much champagne was tippled. Even in the best circumstances, it’ll take a heroic feat — and a lot of nostalgia from long-time fans of the series — for “Indiana Jones 5” to turn a profit in its theatrical run.
Late-night comedy writers are facing “oblivion” if the Writers Guild loses its eight-week-old strike, according to late-night comedy writer and WGA negotiating committee member Greg Iwinski, a former writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Inside Amy Schumer returned to Paramount+ after six years for its fifth season – a season that Paramount was hoping could score an Emmy nomination to compete against the likes of SNL and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Taylor Swift doesn’t want any more bad blood. In multiple fan videos, the 33-year-old chart-topper addressed the crowd at the Minneapolis US Bank Stadium on Saturday night amid her, with a message to her concertgoers.Noting that she’s been moved by the displays of friendship and love she’s witnessed on tour, Swift asked that the «kindness and that gentleness» also extend to the internet. «I’m 33 years old, I don’t care about anything that happened to me when I was 19 except the songs I wrote,» the GRAMMY winner shared.
prepares to release the on July 7, she has a message for fans about online harassment. You see, Swift's music inspires a lot of passionate support from fans—sometimes at the expense of the songs' alleged subjects.
Taylor Swift is looking back at one of her most iconic breakup songs – “Dear John.”
Heidi Gardner has become one of the Saturday Night Live seniors after having joined the venerable NBC show in season 43.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The decision to realign “variety talk” and “variety sketch” this year into “talk” and “scripted variety” didn’t do much to change that. If anything, it further narrowed the field, as perennial variety talk winner “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” has now been kicked over to scripted variety. As a result, my colleague Clayton Davis counts only 14 series eligible for the outstanding talk nomination. And it’s not much better in scripted variety, where just 10 shows appear to be eligible.
Seth Meyers has become one of the elder statemen of late-night.
Barrett Wissman is gearing up for his inaugural edition of the Taormina Film Festival as the newly appointed Executive and co-Artistic Director of the Sicily-set event, running from June 23 to July 1.
Those attending Elton John's second and final gig at Glasgow's OVO Hydro have been given a warning as he makes his last debut on stage in Scotland as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.
Metallica have dropped a new live EP, ‘The Amsterdam Sessions’ – listen to it below.The four-track EP, recorded in April at Ready Set Studios in Amsterdam, consists of ’72 Seasons’ cuts ‘Lux Æterna’ and ‘If Darkness Had A Son’, alongside classics ‘Master Of Puppets’ and ‘Nothing Else Matters’.‘The Amsterdam Sessions’ is out now and can be streamed exclusively via Amazon Music below.Metallica have also shared the live video performance of ‘If Darkness Had A Son’, taken off the same live EP. You can watch their performance of ‘If Darkness Had A Son’ below.Metallica most recently released their 11th studio album ’72 Seasons’ in April via their own label, Blackened.
Indiana Jones may have had his Cannes world premiere, but Disney saved something special for the Hollywood splash of the alleged final chapter in the franchise, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Another awkward Easter egg. Raquel Leviss recounted an exchange she had with Lala Kent over a potential romance with Oliver Saunders to Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval before news broke of Scandoval.
Raquel Leviss really did THAT!
EXCLUSIVE: The late-night community is over the moon after it emerged that there will be five Emmy nominations this year.