NBC Resolves Leslie Jones' Olympics Tweeting Issue - Read the Statement

Friday saw WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown on Fox pin the demo wars, scoring an 0.5 to easily top the night’s field.

Tenacious Talbot took care of Meadow for the FIFTH time this season to march on in the South Challenge Cup.

WNBA superstar Brittney Griner has been arrested and detained in Russia on drug charges.

Wilson Chapman editor“Zátopek,” director David Ondříček’s biopic about Olympic champion Emil Zátopek, dominated the 29th annual Czech Lion Awards, winning in eight categories across 13 nominations.The Czech Lion Awards were held on Saturday evening at Dvořák Hall in Prague’s Rudolfinum. The awards, which are voted on by a 350-person jury of members from the Czech Film and Television Academy, are considered the highest film honors in the Czech Republic.During the ceremony, “Zátopek” won awards for best film, director, actor in a leading role, cinematography, editing, sound, production design and makeup and hairstyling.

Tom Cruise must have found the fountain of youth because the man hasn’t aged a bit! While filming the latest Mission Impossible in South Africa on Friday (March 4), the 59-year-old actor looked almost exactly like he did in the first installment of the action series back in 1996! The hunky action star was all smiles as he applauded a group of locals who were singing the theme song to one of Tom’s other blockbusters: 1986’s Top Gun.

Saturday Night Takeaway viewers took to social media to request subtitles after Paloma Faith's appearance.The singer appeared on Saturday's episode as the guest and she sat in the announcer booth which had a stylish leopard print makeover. Paloma introduced herself saying: "It’s me." But despite the singer's exciting feature, fans of the ITV show said they couldn't hear what she was saying.

Molly-Mae Hague has said she’s “grown to like” a scar on her breast in a candid post. The star underwent surgery back in September 2021 to remove a lump she found in her breast . Now the former Love Islander star has shared a photo of the scar and shared how she’s grown fond of the small mark.

Fair City Saints are trying to help the orphans of Ukraine’s third biggest city with a signed shirt raffle.

Shaun Maloney insists Hibs will struggle to keep fourth spot unless their injury crisis eases after failing to score for the third game running.

Ange Postecoglou says Celtic will be fit and firing for the Premiership split - just in time for their title charge.

Jacob Elordi seems to have responded to the backlash that Ellen DeGeneres is receiving following the “Euphoria” star’s appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” earlier this week.

Rammstein have spoken out in support of the Ukraine in light of the country’s ongoing conflict with Russia.It comes after Ukraine severed diplomatic ties with Russia and declared martial law after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation last month (February 24).On Friday (March 4), the German band took to social media to post an image of Ukraine’s blue and yellow flag with the Rammstein logo in the middle, showing their support for those affected by the attacks.“The band Rammstein wishes to express its support for the nation of Ukraine as it resists the shocking attack perpetrated by the Russian government,” they wrote.

Weezer‘s Rivers Cuomo has teamed up with Australian country singer Morgan Evans for a remix of the latter’s ‘Country Outta My Girl’ – listen to it below.The country-pop tune, the original of which was released back in September, hears Evans count the ways that his Southern transplant girlfriend has maintained her country roots.“She’s a map dot with a welcome sign/ She’s a truck stop cherry Coke with ice/ Still reppin’ that Bobcat pride/ Still callin’ from an 865/ She’s a ragtop on a hand-me-down Jeep/ She’s a flat rock skippin’ ‘cross a creek/ She’s waffles with the chicken fried/ Hungover from a neon Friday night,” Evans sings on the first verse.After Evans promises that “you can’t take the country outta my girl”, Cuomo counters with boasts about his city girl: “She’s a dumb fling with the tofu fried/ She’s an X-Box, on a Friday night/ She doesn’t give a damn about sports/ Not gettin’ in your four by four/ From LAX to BNA, every day/ Yeah, she’s singing.”You can check out the track below:Cuomo recently revealed that he’s built a streaming platform to host thousands of Weezer demos.The tracks were originally released in 2020 as part of Cuomo’s “web programming class”.Available to buy in era-bundles, the demos range from Cuomo’s musical ventures pre-Weezer all the way through to 2017’s ‘Pacific Daydream’. Now, he’s built an app to play those demos and called it Weezify.

John Mayer has announced that he’s leaving Columbia Records after 21 years, and that he’s looking forward to exploring “new avenues of making music”.The singer-songwriter took to Instagram yesterday (March 4) to share the news with his fans.“After 21 years, eight studio albums, and some wonderful personal and creative relationships, I have decided not to renew my recording agreement with Columbia Records,” he began.“Hard as it is to say goodbye, I’m excited to pursue new avenues of making music, both of [sic] my own and with other artists.”“I love music more than ever, and I believe some of my best work still lies ahead,” he continued, before signing off: “With gratitude and enthusiasm, John.”A post shared by John Mayer

I Am Legend is on the way starring Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan.According to Variety, a follow-up feature – which Smith and Jordan will also produce – is in the works for Warner Bros, with a script penned by Akiva Goldsman.Smith and Jon Mone, co-president and head of motion pictures at Westbrook Studios, will produce with Ryan Shimazaki overseeing, while Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo will produce under their Outlier Society banner.James Lassiter will serve as an executive producer.

The Game has thrown down the gauntlet, claiming he’s a better rapper than Eminem, and he’s said he would happily go up against him in a VERZUZ battle.The Compton rapper is the latest artist to appear as a guest on N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN’s popular Drink Champs podcast.During the chat, Game talked about how he wasn’t a fan Eminem busting out of the courthouse building during his Super Bowl performance alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J.

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A pub manager has hit back at a diner who claimed her family buffet did not cater for their allergies and their meal was 'less than acceptable'.

Pete Davidson, 28, is not letting Kanye West‘s shocking new music video bother him. The Saturday Night Live cast member, who is currently dating Kim Kardashian, 41, was apparently “amused” by the fact that the 44-year-old rapper included a graphic animation scene in which he decapitates and buries him in the video for “Eazy,” and is actually “flattered” by the whole thing.

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 48 new deaths from Covid-19, as well as 1,382 new positive cases.

An Oscar nominee for Best International Feature, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom marks a first for the country of Bhutan, which has only ever submitted two films for consideration (and actually entered Lunana two years in a row following its earlier disqualification on a technicality). Filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji and star Sherab Dorji joined us for Contenders Film: The Nominees to discuss the making of the movie, a charming story of a teacher who is reluctantly transferred to a remote village and ends up learning quite a bit throughout his journey.

Toyota brought out the stars for its second commercial that aired during the 2022 Super Bowl!

the Washington Post . Survivors of the camps have reported acts of torture, rape, and forced sterilization. Though China to have closed the camps, in 2020 a BuzzFeed News revealed that the government had built “high-security camps—some capable of housing tens of thousands of people” in which to forcibly house Uyghurs.

Cheering from the sidelines. After Leslie Jones claimed she was “blocked” from commenting on the Olympics on social media, NBC has released a statement explaining and rectifying their gaffe.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNBC says it has “resolved” a “third-party error” that was inhibiting Leslie Jones’ social media commentary on the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.“This was the result of a third-party error, and the situation has been resolved,” an NBC spokesperson told Variety on Tuesday. “She is free to do her social media posts as she has done in the past. She is a super fan of the Olympics, and we are super fans of her.”Some of the comedian’s posts were blocked because of restrictions on sharing recorded video on social media, with NBC’s rights to the Olympics — which cost them $7.75 billion through 2032 — being very strictly observed.Jones, an Olympics live-tweeter since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and a guest of NBC’s in Rio and at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games, said in a statement tweeted Monday that she is “starting to feel like this should be my last Olympics I live-tweet.” “I know I know, another celebrity bitching.

Leslie Jones has built a cult fan following for her funny banter and genuine excitement surrounding the Olympic games. But it seems that time is coming to a close.

Let the games begin!

Former Saturday Night Live cast member and enthusiastic Olympics tweeter Leslie Jones says the the 2022 Beijing Winter games might be her last, writing today, “Leslie Jones does [not] stay anywhere I’m not welcomed.”