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Gwen Stefani has been teasing an upcoming announcement for several weeks now, and her latest video got everyone talking.MORE: Blake Shelton pays heartfelt tribute to Gwen Stefani as he brands them 'couple goals' The No Doubt star took to Instagram at the start of the week to share footage of herself from the neck up.The singer moved her hands down her face, revealing a statement makeup look, complete with glittery eyeshadow and a bold red lipstick.VIDEO: Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton share rare insight into marriage "Making magic," Gwen simply wrote alongside the post, which received over 40,000 likes in under ten minutes.MORE: Blake Shelton sparks emotional reaction after duet with young boy who needs heart transplant MORE: Gwen Stefani's rare picture of Blake Shelton has to be seen to be believed"I am so ready for this," one fan wrote, while another commented: "Magic in the makeup! So excited." A third added: "I cannot wait!" Many more simply commented with fire emojis, meaning "hot".Gwen has given very little away as to what she is about to release, but has a link her in bio to a website titled Gxve.A post shared by Gwen Stefani (@gwenstefani)Gwen Stefani shared an exciting video teasing some major newsIt's been an incredibly exciting time for Gwen, who has not only been busy promoting her upcoming business, but has been having fun celebrating her family too.MORE: Blake Shelton reveals why he married Gwen Stefani – and fans are in tearsREAD: Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton share happy news with fansOver the weekend, not one, but two family members marked their birthdays – with her brother Todd and son Apollo both sharing the same special day.Gwen held an incredible party for her little boy on Saturday, and it looked

Christie Brinkley is speaking out about a controversial news article she was recently featured in.MORE: Christie Brinkley parties with Rebel Wilson and Cindy Crawford for special Super Bowl partyThe recent article online included a slew of famous women such as Salma Hayek and Sharon Stone, and its headline read: "32 Celebrities Who Are Over 50 and Absolutely Prove That Yes, Being Older is Attractive."The star took to Instagram to share a lengthy statement about how the media tends to categorize women after they've reached a certain age.WATCH: Christie dances ahead of exciting appearanceMORE: Christie Brinkley takes fans by complete surprise with latest celebratory pictureHer statement about ageism in Hollywood started off with: "I saw this article this morning and my first thought was these women don't have anything to prove they're just living their best life…but then I thought again about ageism in America and some of the ways that we are constantly being categorized because of our age."While the article was written with positive intentions and said of the women: "not getting older, just getting better," stating that aging is not a bad thing, Christie insisted that common phrases such as aging gracefully "should not be about one's looks but about the attitude and energy one offers the world."A post shared by Christie Brinkley (@christiebrinkley)The star's powerful statementFans and celebrities alike flooded the model's comment section with support, commending her for taking a stance. Stylist Anita Patrickson wrote: "As always you continue to inspire me.

Nightbirde, who appeared on season 16 of America’s Got Talent, died after a long battle with cancer. She was 31.

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The Royal Highland Centre has been announced as the venue for the newest addition to Scotland’s festival calendar - Connect Music Festiva l, which will take place this summer.

Find out which role Dove Cameron had not heard of before taking it on! – Just Jared Jr Find out why everyone is talking about Kim Kardashian today – Celebitchy Guess who is pregnant! – Popsugar This couple is still together, despite not being photographed in months! – Just Jared Jr

THE One Show will have a new line-up this week after Jermaine Jenas was ruled out with Covid. Viewers were expecting to see him on the show today but were greeted instead by Lauren Laverne and Angellica Bell.

LYDIA Bright really went all out for her daughter Loretta's 2nd birthday party. The proud mum-of-one made sure her little girl had the best day ever and treated her to an incredible celebration, which included real life farm animals.

Jane ‘Nightbirde’ Marczewski was one of the most inspiring contestants on all of America’s Got Talent. The musician bravely shared her cancer story on the show, which she competed on during season 16.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix co-CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, an independent film producer, are personally donating $10 million to Tougaloo College, a historically Black college and university in Mississippi, and the school’s partnership with Brown University.Of the total, $5 million will fund scholarships at Tougaloo, in Jackson, Miss., and $5 million will establish the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership Scholarship Fund at Brown, which is located in Providence, R.I. The gift is the largest ever to the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership, which began in 1964 during the civil rights movement, and has connected more than 760 students, faculty and staff from both institutions through academic exchanges, fellowships, research projects and other initiatives.

J. Kim Murphy Britney Spears has landed a record-breaking publishing deal for a tell-all memoir, Variety has confirmed with a source close to Spears.Publishing house Simon & Schuster and Spears have secured a deal for the pop star’s memoir. The book will provide Spears’ accounts of and commentary on her rise to fame, her music career and her relationship with her family.Deal terms were not revealed, but an individual familiar with Spears tells Variety the deal is “record-breaking.” Page Six reports that the agreement is worth as much as $15 million and that Simon & Schuster reportedly emerged victorious after a bidding war involving multiple other publishers.Variety has reached out to Simon & Schuster for comment.

William Earl The nascent XFL football league, now owned by superstar Dwayne Johnson, has set an R&D partnership with the NFL that is designed to “expand the game of football.”Johnson and business partner Dany Garcia aim to open XFL training camps in January of next year. The partnership with the NFL does not involve games or teams specifically but is an agreement to work together in studying the game of football and collaborating on “forward-thinking physical and mental fitness programs for players,” per a joint press release issued Monday.“We are extremely pleased to collaborate with the NFL in these important areas,” said Garcia, who is XFL co-owner and chairwoman.

Former EastEnders actor Jack Derges announced the birth of his second child and revealed an interesting choice of name too. The soap star, who played Andy Flynn on the BBC soap, shared an adorable snap of his newborn baby boy on Instagram and fans of the actor flocked to the comments to congratulate him and his partner. The 34 year old is engaged to dance academy founder Yasmin Alamiri and the star shared the happy news and introduced baby Raffi into the world.

Maura Higgins has been spotted looking gorgeous in a cut-out dress for London Fashion Week after hitting back at fans for calling her "too skinny".The 31 year old, who recently denied romance rumours between herself and radio presenter Roman Kemp, appeared in her element as she made her way out of the Oh Polly fashion event on 19 February evening. Former Love Islander Maura put on a revealing display as she donned a black mini cut-out number that showed off her washboard abs and slim waist. She paired the outfit with some knee-high black satin boots and a crocodile patterned purse that she held on to with a silver chain.

Many come back from their holidays feeling refreshed and ready to get stuck back into their busy routines, but Lauren Pope has opened up on feeling "exhausted" as her baby bump has started to feel "uncomfortable" in her second pregnancy.The pregnant mum-of-one, 39, began by explaining her return to social media after "switching off" from the world while she was on a well-deserved holiday with her one year old daughter Raine and her businessman boyfriend Tony Keterman. "I'm backkkk! So many lovely messages asking if I'm ok, I promise I am all good, thank you for checking in," she wrote on her Instagram Stories.

Dave Grohl has discussed his hearing loss, saying that he’s been lip-reading for years and that COVID mask-wearing has caused further issues for him over the past two years.The Foo Fighters frontman explained in a new interview how it impacts his life, highlighting that it somehow hasn’t affected his ability to tune into the specifics of recording music.“If you were sitting next to me right here at dinner, I wouldn’t understand a fucking word you were saying to me the whole fucking time,” Grohl told The Howard Stern Show. “There’s no way. In a crowded restaurant – that’s the worst.”He added: “The worst thing about this pandemic shit is people wearing masks.

Loose Women viewers were left in tears as the show paid a 'beautiful' tribute to Jamal Edwards.

Why do we watch revenge movies? An often argued reason is catharsis. Revenge movies have a unique way of dredging up cultural anxieties and stabbing them in the back, so when the lights come up, we can feel safer about contemporary fears and issues.

One part psychological thriller, one part murder-mystery, and one part Lifetime movie, the BBC’s latest David Oyelowo-led series, “The Girl Before” is streaming on BBC One and HBO Max now. Based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, the series (created, written, and executive produced by author JP Delaney) follows two women’s stories three years apart as they move into the same minimalist dream home, created by eccentric architect Edward (Oyelowo).

Penelope Cruz looks as amazing as ever at the photo call for her film Official Competition (aka Competencia Oficial) on Monday afternoon (February 21) in Madrid, Spain.

CNBC, the retail and computer giants are joining forces to purchase the popular platform, which sees users sharing short-form videos.The platform currently has over 80 million users in the US alone after being launched by ByteDance in 2017.

PJ “Overtflow” Brittain, 29, is one of the more influential TikTokers with 1.7 million followers on the popular social media platform. The gamer, who is known for posting Fortnite and Call of Duty content to his TikTok channel @overtflow, says the app’s potential US ban could be “devastating” to “tens of thousands” of creators. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Overtflow to share his feelings on the potential ban after Donald Trump issued executive orders on Aug. 6 that would restrict TikTok from operating in the US if they were not sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to a US-based firm by September 15.

Kevin Mayer has resigned as CEO of TikTok as the threat of a ban looms over the popular social media app. TikTok owner ByteDance tapped Mayer, the former chairman of Disney's direct-to-consumer business, in May of this year.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorWalmart stock is up more than 5% — a major move for the typically sleepy large-cap shares — on news that the retail giant is interested in teaming with Microsoft to make a bid for TikTok.Microsoft, along with Oracle and Twitter, has already been in the mix as a potential acquirer of the fast-growing social platform’s U.S. operations.Owned by ByteDance, a conglomerate founded by a Chinese entrepreneur, TikTok ran afoul of U.S.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNeedless to say, this isn’t how Kevin Mayer expected his bold career move to go.Mayer, after just three months on the job as TikTok’s CEO and chief operating officer of Chinese parent company ByteDance, said Wednesday that he is resigning amid the tumultuous geopolitical climate battering TikTok — led by Donald Trump’s anti-China agenda — which ultimately will force ByteDance to sell the TikTok app business in the U.S. (and likely other countries).

The Financial Times quoted an excerpt from the letter that said: “In recent weeks, as the political environment has sharply changed, I have done significant reflection on what the corporate structural changes will require, and what it means for the global role I signed up for.“Against this backdrop, and as we expect to reach a resolution very soon, it is with a heavy heart that I wanted to let you all know that I have decided to leave the company.”He added: “I understand that the role that I signed up for – including running TikTok globally – will look very different as a result of the US administration’s action to push for a sell off of the US business.”Mayer said TikTok expected a resolution to Trump’s orders “very soon”.The company

TikTok is going through another major shakeup.