Billie Eilish Soft Launches a Massive Back Tattoo

Actress Diane Keen, 77, has revealed that she recently suffered a "catastrophic stroke" and that her family had been told that she "wouldn't make it." The actress, who placed Julia Parsons in BBC medical soap Doctors, took to X, previously known as Twitter, to share an update with fans after she was absent from social media to two months. Sharing the scary news, she penned: "Hi lovely followers. Sorry I’ve been absent for 2 months, had Catastrophic stroke, family told I wouldn’t make it.

A neurodiversity charity is to launch a three-year specialist service for children and young people in Lanarkshire living with the challenges of neurodiversity.

Days of Our Lives” has its ups and downs just like any other soap opera. There are times of intense drama that keep fans on the edge of their seats. Murder mysteries, crime sprees, relationship issues, medical emergencies, and more have plagued the town of Salem for decades.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Meta has turned more than a dozen celebrities and influencers into robots. The tech company, at the Meta Connect 2023 confab Wednesday, announced partnerships with “cultural icons and influencers” to play and embody AI-powered chatbots that will have profiles on Instagram and Facebook. Those include Snoop Dogg, Charli D’Amelio, MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson), Kendall Jenner, Tom Brady, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and Paris Hilton.

In quick succession, filmmaker Ava DuVernay became the first black woman to win the Sundance Award for Best Directing for “Middle of Nowhere” (2010). Then the first black woman to be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Picture for “Selma” (2014).

Rachel Seo Digital content creator and entrepreneur Serena Kerrigan is set to launch SFKTV, a members-only platform for her own exclusive, longform content, on Oct. 1.

The Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner saga continues…

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Lightning International, a Hong Kong-based content and channels business, is unveiling Flash, a new turnkey channel management service, designed to help media companies streamline video distribution to their customers. The news was announced on the first day of the APOS conference in Indonesia.

Actor-turned-broadcaster Laurence Fox has been suspended by UK news channel GB News over on-air comments he made about a female journalist.

Will Smith has announced that he will be hosting a new podcast called Class Of ’88, exploring hip-hop music that was released in that year.The rapper-turned-actor will celebrate the year in rap alongside other hip-hop superstars of that era, including Queen Latifah, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels, Salt-N-Pepa, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Fab Five Freddy, Rakim, and DJ Red Alert.Per Billboard, Smith said: “Hip-hop has been a central part of my life for over four decades. I’m hyped to share my first-hand experiences and those of some of hip-hop’s greatest legends as we delve into the origins of one of the most influential genres of music in history.”Last Thursday (September 21), the trailer for Class Of ’88 was released, with Smith saying: “Today, hip-hop dominates pop culture, but it wasn’t always like that.

Megan Thee Stallion has launched a new mental health resources website called Seize The Awkward.The rap star teased the announcement of the new initiative on social media earlier this week, sharing that she was about to drop “something that can help all of us”.Yesterday (September 26), the official website for Seize The Awkward was launched. “I’ve always been told I gotta be strong. Thick skinned.

Last year everyone was trying to get their hands on Mango's faux fur coat, which was called a great dupe for the £1,850 Toteme leather-trimmed stearling jacket. Luckily, after listening to the demand, Mango has brought the coat back - and in another colourway too! Mango's appliques faux-fur coat, £119.99 here has an oversized fit, a rounded neckline and features leather toggles that fasten it together, which is what makes it such a great alternative to the Toteme version, £1,850 here.

The Glory star Song Hye-kyo has revealed that starring the the popular K-drama series has helped bring back her “joy for acting”.Song Hye-kyo recently spoke to South Korea news outlet Sports Chosun, per SBS Star, about her Grand Prize win at the second annual Blue Dragon Series Awards in July this year and her thoughts on her The Glory tole.The actress opened up about how The Glory was a genre she has “never tired before”, but that the role eventually “brought back my joy for acting”. She added: “I’ve become more interested in working on projects that are different from what I usually do”.Song Hye-kyo also spoke about how she believes her role as Moon Dong-eun in The Glory has helped “changed the minds of those who were previously unwilling to accept me in unconventional genres”, noting how she has been “offered a wider variety of projects” after the K-drama’s success.Elsewhere in the interview, the actress was also asked what she thinks the future for her The Glory character would look like after achieving revenge.

Celebrities hide their awards in some very odd places!

Father of two and My Mum, Your Dad star Elliot Davidson has already had enough of the famous life and has headed back to his normal 9-5 job.The hunky contestant from the hit ITV show, hosted by Davina McCall, might have found love with Sharon Benson and created a large fan base following but it's back to normality now as he returns to his job as a PE teacher. During a joint Q&A with his son on Instagram, he was asked by a fan: "What are you both doing now?" Elliot answered that he has "just gone back to work, so I'm doing that." Elliot son, Zach who fans will also know from appearing on the reality show, told fans that he has started preparing to begin his final year of university in London.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor The WGA emerges from the long slog of a strike and difficult contract talks with a deal that is far richer and more comprehensive than most industry observers would have predicted last spring when the fitful negotiations began. In short, the scribe tribe’s sacrifice of mounting a 148-day work stoppage — coupled with the extra pressure heaped on when SAG-AFTRA went out on strike July 14 — gave the WGA the leverage it needed to power through its agenda. Here’s a rundown of the key issues that have been settled in the tentative agreement that the Writers Guild of America reached Sept.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Taylor Swift’s power has transcended to the NFL. After the pop star caused a media frenzy on Sunday when she was spotted cheering on Travis Kelce amid dating rumors, jersey sales for for the Chiefs tight end reportedly spiked by nearly 400%.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director David Letterman relives his horrible “Airplane!” audition in the new oral history book, “Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True History of Airplane!,” an excerpt from which was published on Entertainment Weekly. Letterman was brought in to screen test for the lead role of Ted Striker, ultimately played by Robert Hays. “He wasn’t an actor, but he was funny.

Comedian Russell Kane has become embroiled in a public spat with property mogul and millionaire Martin Makepeace, who recently appeared in ITV dating show My Mum, Your Dad. Both Russell, 48, and Martin, 53, have hit out at each other on social media, with Russell sparking the row with a video in which he shared his thoughts on the show.

Lil Tay — or perhaps someone who has once again hacked into the rapper’s Instagram account — is making some accusations about her father that may result in legal action.