Audiostreaming giant Spotify will now make movies and TV shows based on its podcasts

The Stockholm-based company is counting on podcasts becoming a moneymaker, in large part through advertising, to help it become less reliant on music — and profitable. Having transformed the music and podcasting businesses, Spotify Technology SA SPOT, -2.68% now has its sights on film and TV. The audiostreaming giant and Chernin Entertainment are teaming up to create television, movies and digital-video programming based on Spotify’s hundreds of original series. The nonexclusive partnership offers another way for Spotify to capitalize on […]

September 25, 2020 34

Lifestyles

The Simpsons bring on black actor Alex Desert to voice Carl Carlson replacing Hank Azaria

Producers on Fox's long-running animated series The Simpsons announced in June that they will no longer have white actors voicing black characters, though today it's been revealed who will voice one of the show's longest-running black characters. Alex Desert (Swingers, High Fidelity) has come aboard to voice Carl Carlson, one of Homer Simpson's longtime co-workers at the Springfield Power Plant. While Harry Shearer voiced Carl in his very first appearance in the Season 1 episode Homer's Night Out, Hank Azaria, […]

September 25, 2020 124

Movies

Marvel: Times Almost Up! Jon Bernthal Reportedly Returning as Punisher

Marvel fans have longed for a version of The Punisher that reflects the comic book character and brings an appropriate representation to the screen, either television or film. Many fans feel that Jon Bernthal’s portrayal of Frank Castle on Netflix’s incarnation of the character was the most accurate to date. Well fans, be excited because it appears that Bernthal will be coming back to the role and not too far in the distant future! Star of The Walking Dead, Baby […]

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Romance / Relationship News

Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich Break Up 2 Months After Engagement

Demi Lovato just wants to give her heart a break. Just two months after Max Ehrich proposed to the pop star with an estimated $1 million diamond ring, E! News has learned their engagement is over. Demi's fans began speculating something between the typically inseparable pair was amiss when members of her inner circle unfollowed the actor on Instagram. According to her Lovatics, those close friends and family members of Demi's included her sister, Dallas Lovato, and longtime pal Matthew Scott Montgomery. What's more, a source recently […]

September 25, 2020 9

Featured

Celebrities are speaking out about their firsthand experiences with Ellen DeGeneres

Summary List Placement Ellen DeGeneres has faced a backlash throughout 2020. Following current and former staffers' claims that the talk-show host has mistreated employees and fostered a toxic work environment at "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," celebrities are taking the floor to share their own stories about the comedian. Some stars, such as Brad Garrett and Lea Thompson, expressed their negative sentiments toward DeGeneres. Others, including Scooter Braun and Portia de Rossi, have stood by the comedian and spoken highly about […]

September 25, 2020 10

Lifestyles

How stars from Amanda Holden to Rita Ora are bringing back the ‘Rachel Rack’ by going braless

SINCE we went into lockdown, we can count the number of times we’ve worn a bra on a single hand – after all, that’s got to be the one perk of being made to stay home all day. Right? Well it turns out, we’ve unintentionally been ahead of the new celebrity style trend all this time – as stars like Amanda Holden, Rita Ora and Maura Higgins have been ditching bras to bring back the “Rachel Rack”. NBC Jennifer Aniston […]

September 25, 2020 227

Romance / Relationship News

Mandy Moore pregnant with 1st child — see the announcement

Mandy Moore is going to be a mom! The “This Is Us” star announced Thursday that she and her husband, musician Taylor Goldsmith, are expecting their first child. She shared a series of black-and-white photos that show Goldsmith with his hand on her baby bump. “Baby Boy Goldsmith coming early 2021,” she captioned the pictures. Goldsmith shared a similar announcement on his own Instagram account. Moore, 36, and Goldsmith, 35, tied the knot in November 2018. They got engaged in […]

September 25, 2020 16

Joke of The Day

The Joke Of The Day: Sept 24th

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September 24, 2020 89

Lifestyles

Pope Francis Tells Parents ‘God Loves LGBTQ Kids The Way They Are’

PA Images/Pxhere Pope Francis has met with 40 mothers and fathers from an LGBTQ+ Catholic parents’ organisation, listening to their concerns about the ways in which their children have all too often been disregarded by the church. The parents, who are from the organisation Tenda di Gionata, opened up to the 83-year-old about the difficulties faced by their children within the church, and he appeared to show his support. At the end of the meeting, Pope Francis told the concerned […]

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