Roku Laying Off Another 200 Employees, 6% Of Workforce

Marks and Spencer’s shoppers have been rushing to buy the high street giant’s latest spring jacket, calling it the perfect dupe for a Chanel one that costs thousands of pounds more.Tweed jackets have long been a wardrobe staple for many, and offer the perfect balance of dressy and casual which means you can wear them with just about anything, and M&S have given their shoppers the perfect easy to wear version. Whilst Chanel’s signature tweed jackets can set you back anything from £5,000 upwards, the Marks and Spencer Pure Cotton Tweed Collarless Short Jacket, £69 here, will cost you considerably less.The M&S version mimics the same hip length boxy shape that makes the Chanel one so timeless, whilst also offering a collarless neckline and raw hems that stop it looking too formal.

Emily Longeretta Netflix’s live events continue — this time, with “Love Is Blind.” The Season 4 reunion special is set to stream live from Los Angeles on Sunday, April 16 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. “Love Is Blind: The Live Reunion,” produced by Embassy Row, will feature both couples and singles from the show as they break down all of the season’s drama. Hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, the group will also reveal who is still together today. Brandon Monk serves as showrunner and is executive producing along with Michael Davies. “Love Is Blind” is produced by Kinetic Content. Executive producers are Chris Coelen, Ally Simpson, Eric Detwiler, Brent Gauches and Brian Smith.

Netflix is going live, again.

Lizzo).Nominees are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, whose members include Questlove, Tan France, Quinta Brunson, Ziwe Fumudoh, LeVar Burton, Samantha Bee and Takashi Murakami, along many others.“The Webbys is in a unique position–every year we have the opportunity to see pivotal industry trends play out through our Nominees,” said Ciel VanderVeen, Managing Director of The Webby Awards. “This year was no exception; not only were we blown away by the creativity and quality of the work, but we were inspired by the teams that created new innovations with AI technologies, built new responsible products, and so much more.”The various nominees are eligible to win the Internet industry’s two most prestigious awards: The Webby Award, selected by the Academy, and The Webby People’s Voice Award, voted on by the online community.

The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr has announced a new solo album ‘Melodies On Hiatus’ and shared lead single ‘100-99’. Check it out below.The LP marks the fifth solo album for the guitarist and songwriter, following on from his 2018 release ‘Francis Trouble’.

William Earl Music industry veteran Michael Leon died on April 2 in Beverly Hills. He was 76. A cause of death was not revealed. A longtime label executive, who was married to powerhouse publicist Leslee Dart, Leon’s career began at Bell Records, home to albums in the 1960s and 1970s by Al Green, the 5th Dimension and Shirley Jones, whose repertoire was later absorbed by Arista. He went on to join revered independent label A&M Records in 1976, where he would ascend to senior VP and head of East Coast operations. While at A&M, Leon took on the role of VP of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and was tasked with spearheading the museum’s initial exhibition. Among his credits while at the Rock Hall: championing architect I.M. Pei for the museum contract as well as the city of Cleveland.

Love Island star Jess spoke out to fans on Instagram. "I debated posting it feels really strange to open up and feel vulnerable but you know I’m always open and honest with you all and it’s hard to pretend I’m ok as it’s been a rough week," she wrote. "But I hope that someone going through the same this might help.

When Deadline featured Alexander Rodnyansky for its International Disruptors column back in 2021, the media mogul said he’d “had five lives” when looking back at his prolific media career which spanned documentary filmmaking, founding Ukraine’s first indie TV network 1+1, managing Russian media company CTC and producing indie films.

Ed Meza @edmezavar Roch Bozino, the founder and managing director of Paris-based sales company Java Films, has died at the age of 62. Bozino passed away on March 30 from cancer. Roch founded Java Films in 2005 after having worked as a producer for many years at VM Group, where he founded the company’s international sales department in 1998 and headed its documentary distribution unit. He quickly established Java Films as one of Europe’s leading independent distributors. He was respected across the industry for his unwavering support of documentary filmmakers. Roch was known for his keen interest in political and historical documentaries in particular.

UHI Perth’s principal has joined calls urging the Scottish Government to intervene and save 80 college mental health counselling jobs at risk of potential redundancy.

She has dressed some of the world's biggest A-listers including Lady Gaga, Lindsay Lohan and Liz Hurley. Now, Manchester-based fashion designer Zeynep Kartal is using her talent to help raise funds following a series of devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria which have left millions of people in need of urgent support.

Hilaria Baldwin penned a loving tribute to her husband, Alec Baldwin, in celebration of his 65th birthday in a new Instagram post uploaded on Monday.  The yoga instructor, 39, could be seen posing with the Emmy-winning actor and their seven children in the family photo shared to her 1 million fans and followers.  The two lovebirds, who officially tied the knot in 2012, recently reached another milestone earlier Sunday by celebrating the 11th anniversary of their engagement.

Coronation Street have confirmed Bill Webster had died with his son Kevin Webster by his side. It was confirmed during tonight's episode that Bill - who was played by Peter Armitage - had passed away with his family by his side. Tonight, multiple residents of Weatherfield had it confirmed to them that Bill had passed away.

Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie died of an “ischemic stroke”, it has been revealed.The British singer-songwriter died in November following a “short illness” at the age of 79. Her death certificate, obtained and shared by US outlets, listed the stroke as one of the primary causes of her death, alongside “atrial fibrillation” and “large atrial thrombus”. According to the NHS, ischemic strokes are the most common type of stroke and occur “when a blood clot blocks the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain”.

A drug-addict thief has been branded the ‘lowest of the low’ after stealing medication in a spate of city centre raids.

Another night of American Idol saw another contestant dropping out of the competition. It’s the second consecutive night a singing hopeful exits the ABC reality series after Sara Beth Liebe opted to quit the show a night before.

Christine McVie‘s primary cause of death has been revealed in a new report citing the late Fleetwood Mac singer and keyboardist’s death certificate.McVie died in late November 2022, aged 79. Her cause of death was not disclosed at the time, with a statement from her family stating only that she “passed away peacefully” in hospital “following a short illness”.On April 3, The Blast reported that McVie’s death was primarily caused by suffering an ischemic stroke.

Chris Hemsworth put his mind and body to the test for the National Geographic and Disney+ docuseries, "Limitless." After thorough genetic testing, Hemsworth discovered he has two copies of the APOE4 gene – one from his mother and one from his father – which studies link to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.  Adding more severity to the discovery, the National Institute of Health recorded in a 2021 study that one in four people carry a single copy of the gene, but less than 3% of the population have both. Despite the recent release of the trailer for "Extraction 2," rumors have swirled that Hemsworth is "slowing down" on the work front. A source told Page Six that while Chris isn't exactly retiring, "he doesn’t plan to take on many roles because of [learning about his high risk for] Alzheimer's." "Stay healthy Chris! We love you, you’re such a great actor and if it’s true you are taking a break from acting, we support you because your health comes first," one fan wrote on Instagram.

Hailey Bieber is showing it all off!

Jack Black is gearing up to celebrate a major milestone. ET's Matt Cohen recently spoke with the 53-year-old actor, who revealed his big plans to mark 's 20th anniversary this September.Black starred in the beloved film as substitute music teacher Dewey Finn, with young actors including Miranda Cosgrove playing his students.«All those kids — dig this — they were 10 years old when we made that movie and now they're all, like, 30,» Black marveled.

David Bowie‘s former manager Tony Defries has said that the late icon planned to bring back Ziggy Stardust for a comeback tour.Bowie famously retired his alter ego at a concert at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in 1973.Speaking about his reasons for killing off Ziggy at the time, the late icon told NME: “That’s it. Period.

Scots actor George Rossi, who was best known for his role in police drama The Bill, has left behind a fortune of £8million in his will.

A new outlook. An episode of the National Geographic TV show Limitless saw that the chances of  Chris Hemsworth having Alzheimer’s Disease is at higher risk. Is he retiring from acting because of this?

Start your engines! RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 kicked off in January on MTV, and we’re already close to the finale!

Art Garfunkel has been playing live music since 1956.67 years later, the 81-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is still going strong.In April and May, Garfunkel is set to return to venues to make up three rescheduled 2022 concerts from his ‘In Close-Up Tour.’His first show will take place at Wabash, IN’s Honeywell Center on April 14.After that, the eight-time Grammy winner will perform at Englewood, NJ’s Bergen Performing Arts Center on May 11 and Ridgefield, CT’s Ridgefield Playhouse on May 12.If you need tickets to hear Garfunkel on his brief run, you can still grab them for fair prices to see a living legend.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find was $53 before fees on Vivid Seats.Considering you’ll likely hear “The Sound Of Silence,” “Homeward Bound” and “The Boxer” and so many more Simon and Garfunkel classics, that’s a bargain.Want to see Garfunkel live?Here’s everything you need to know.A complete calendar that includes all tour dates, venues, show start times and links to the cheapest tickets available for each show can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

We’re going to have to cherish all the Chris Hemsworth we get on the big screen from now on — because there’s about to be a lot less.

Midge Ure has sold his catalogue of music rights to investment company MusicBird.The company announced on Tuesday (March 28) that they had acquired the writer’s share, master recording and neighbouring rights income on more than 300 songs across Ure’s solo career and his work with Ultravox, Visage, the Rich Kids, Slik and more.“It is a significant moment for me as an artist and songwriter to see my songs find a new home at MusicBird with people who are genuinely passionate about music,” said Ure. “I think this team will take the songs to new audiences and I am excited to be working with them on that.”It is not known how much the catalogue was sold for.Ure was a member in bands such as Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids, Visage and was the lead singer of Ultravox. He produced, co-wrote and performed on several synth-pop and new wave classics such as ‘Fade to Grey’ by Visage, the Ultravox hits ‘Vienna’ and ‘Dancing with Tears in My Eyes’ and his UK Number One hit ‘If I Was’, taken from his top 10 album ‘The Gift’.He also co-wrote and produced the 1984 Band Aid charity single ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ – which was not part of the MusicBird acquisition.Back in 2019, the singer and his charity single co-writer and producer Bob Geldof angrily denied rumours that they took any of the proceeds from Band Aid.The song was that year’s Christmas Number One and went on to be the best-selling single of all-time in Britain at one point.

Kyle Richards is making movies again!

Mark Sutherland Things are looking up for Download Festival. The hard rock and metal event will celebrate its 20th anniversary edition this year with its first-ever sell-out. The fest’s promoter, Andy Copping of Live Nation, confirms that all the weekend tickets and Saturday day tickets for this year’s 90,000-capacity festival have been snapped up, with the final remaining day tickets expected to sell out in the next few days. “We’ve done some big numbers in the past,” says Copping, speaking exclusively to Variety. “But this one has been a complete other level. The festival running for 20 years and hitting that landmark sell-out figure is incredible.”

Brent Lang Executive Editor Taylor Frey, Kyle Richards and Rick Cosnett are set to star in “The Holiday Exchange.” The film is an LGBTQ holiday romance with a script that was penned by Frey. Jake Helgren (“A Christmas to Treasure”) will direct the movie about a successful businessman grappling with a break-up. Wilde (Frey) has just sold his company, but facing the holidays as a single man, he decides to swap houses on an LGBTQ app with handsome, Brilfax-bred Oliver (Cosnett). In their efforts to escape their woes, each end up meeting respective handsome locals in the forms of Julius (Samer Salem) and Henry (Daniel Garcia), who will spice up their visits. In the process romance ignites in both sunny L.A. and a charming, snowy town called Brilfax. Richards stars as Wilde’s lively and involved mother, Lola.

It turns out the world of reality dating shows is rather small because fans of Love Is Blind are wondering if that was Kwame on Married At First Sight.

KSI is apologizing.

Lady Gaga continues to dive into the role of Harley Quinn while filming “Joker: Folie à Deux“.

Ryuichi Sakamoto have been shared online.The death of the pioneering electronic musician, composer and actor was announced yesterday (April 2) following a battle with cancer.Following the announcement of his death, tributes were paid by the likes of Johnny Marr, Questlove, Massive Attack and David Bowie’s estate.Now, a collection of ringtones and alerts which he created for the Nokia 8800 in 2005, have been shared in a video, which you can view below.In honor of Ryuichi Sakamoto who passed away today, I have created a video compilation of all the ringtones and alerts on the Nokia 8800, most of which are his work. Please take a listen, some lovely sounds here.https://t.co/J9w8AyA8Jc— Tech Product Bangers (@techprodbangers) April 2, 2023The soothing ringtones including compositions entitled ‘Asian-chant’, ‘Duel’ and ‘N-choral’.During his 50 year career, Sakamoto won numerous awards [including an Oscar, a Grammy, a Bafta and two Golden Globes] for his work as a film composer, scoring the likes of The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha, and The Revenant.

Selome Hailu Lizzo’s looking to add to her posse again. The “About Damn Time” singer has opened a casting call for new Big Grrrls, her name for the plus-sized performers who back her up during live performances. In Season 1, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video in March 2022, Lizzo led a group of women through a boot camp in order to select 10 backup dancers for her currently ongoing Special World Tour. The series went on to pick up three Emmys for outstanding competition program, reality directing and reality editing. Though Amazon has not officially greenlit Season 2, a second installation would follow Lizzo as she seeks out contestants who excel in both dancing and singing.

Seymour Stein, the founder of Sire Records who launched the recording careers of Madonna, the Ramones, Talking Heads and the Pretenders, died Sunday of cancer in Los Angeles. He was 80.