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Martin Lawrence hits the red carpet with his fiancee Roberta Mordafar

It was a family affair for Martin Lawrence at the Los Angeles premiere for his new film Bad Boys For Life.




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Oscars voter sees wins for Joker and 1917, says there needs to be 'richer roles for actors of color'

The source saw films 'Joker' and '1917' winning big at the Feb. 9 award show but shared that more movies needed to be made for actors of color. Cynthia Eviro was only black actor nominated.




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Will Smith shoots scenes with his on-screen daughters playing Venus and Serena Williams

Will Smith was seen filming for the first time with his on-screen daughters, who are portraying tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams in the biopic King Richard.




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Will Smith rocks shorts and knee-high socks on the set of his new movie King Richard

Will Smith rocks a retro look as he starts production on his new film King Richard in Los Angeles.




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Will Smith is seen in tennis costumes with shorts for his role in King Richard

He's twice been nominated for an Academy Award, and he looks like he's totally immersing himself in a new role.




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Will Smith 'feels responsible for a lot of the misinformation' surrounding coronavirus'

'I wanted to do this because in 2008 I made I Am Legend, and I feel responsible for a lot of the misinformation,' said the action star on his wife's show Red Table Talk.




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Jada Pinkett Smith posts a makeup-free selfie to Instagram, revealing one eye is 'wayyyyy smaller'

Jada Pinkett Smith appeared to be feeling stir crazy in confinement on Friday, when she drew attention to an asymmetrical feature via a selfie on Instagram.




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Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is asking to be released early from a federal prison that's been called a 'breeding ground' for the coronavirus and where 6 inmates have already died

NetflixFyre Festival organizers Ja Rule, left, and Billy McFarland.Thousands of inmates have been released from prison in recent weeks in an effort to curtail the spread of the coronavirus.Billy McFarland, the founder behind the infamous Fyre Festival, filed a request this week for early release from prison and instead serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement.In a letter to a federal judge, McFarland's lawyers said he has pre-existing conditions, including asthma, that make him more susceptible to contracting the coronavirus and suffering worsened symptoms.The prison where McFarland is being held, FCI Elkton in Ohio, has been called a "breeding ground" for the coronavirus. At least six inmates there have died, and the prison is currently in a class-action lawsuit accusing it of not




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.Google CEO Sundar Pichai says tech companies "shouldn't get carried away" with fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and should let governments and health officials lead the response. In a new interview with Time magazine, Pichai also suggested that working from home may become more normal after the pandemic.Amazon shut all its warehouses in France because a court ordered it to reassess worker safety. Amazon said the risk of the fine was "too high" for it to keep its warehouses open, and has told all its warehouse staff to stay home for at least five days.The UK government is in talks with ID verification firms including Yoti and IDnow to develop COVID-19 immunity passports. A spokesman for IDnow, based in Berlin, told Business Insider




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday.Google is working on physical and virtual debit cards as it looks to catch Apple's lead in the fintech space. TechCrunch reports that Google is working on physical and virtual debit cards which would link to an associated checking account.The UK has greenlit a £250 million rescue package to stop thousands of startups collapsing during COVID-19. Startups can apply for government cash, but must match taxpayer money with funding from private investors.Conspiracy theories blaming Bill Gates for the coronavirus pandemic are exploding online. A New York Times analysis found more than 16,000 Facebook posts linking Gates with the virus, as well as 10 YouTube videos espousing the conspiracy theories that had garnered 5 million views.Amazon




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.Amazon is facing multiple inquiries from labor regulators into whether it unlawfully retaliated against workers who spoke out about its coronavirus response. Amazon has come under fire recently from employees, activists, and lawmakers for firing workers who criticized the company's safety measures.Zoom took months to repair a flaw that would allow hackers to take complete control of a computer. The flaw was discovered by security researchers who participated in a hackathon sponsored by Dropbox last year. Europe's coronavirus-tracing apps risk an unprecedented increase in mass surveillance, experts have warned. A rift has opened up over the design of smartphone apps to trace people in Europe at risk of coronavirus infection,




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday. Facebook is set to invest $5.7 billion in Jio Platforms, India's popular mobile internet service. The multi-billion-dollar stake makes Facebook the largest minority shareholder in Jio, which is a part of Reliance Industries Limited.The Small Business Administration has told thousands of businesses applying for disaster loans that their personal information was mistakenly leaked. A bug in the SBA's site was mistakenly showing applicants' personal information to other applicants who subsequently used the portal.Apple and Google's new smartphone alert system for tracking the coronavirus could be 'alarming' for privacy, a US senator has warned. Josh Hawley is pressing Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook to raise privacy




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.Magic Leap, the much-hyped smart glasses startup, is pivoting away from consumer tech and laying off half its staff. CEO Rony Abovitz announced that the company was making 'targeted' changes to the way it operates, with layoffs happening at 'every level' of the company.Facebook's $6 billion Jio deal has made it a major threat overnight to Amazon's growth in India. The deal is likely to supercharge JioMart, Jio's foray into online grocery and a competitor to Amazon and Flipkart.Zoom has skyrocketed to 300 million daily users, up 50% from the beginning of April, even as the company battles a privacy backlash. CEO Eric Yuan said the video conferencing company had seen a 50% increase in users since the beginning of April.Facebook




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.Amazon employees say they used data from third-party sellers to inform their production of competing products, according to the Wall Street Journal. Amazon has consistently denied it engages in the practice of collecting data from third-party sellers, even in response to criticism from politicians and investigations from antitrust regulators.Facebook allowed advertisers to target users interested in 'pseudoscience,' allowing them to capitalize on conspiracy theories that falsely blame 5G cell towers for the coronavirus, according to The Markup. The social media giant says it's since removed the ability for advertisers to target "pseudoscience," but not before it was tagged as an interest for more than 78 million users.Over 30




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.The UK has rejected Apple and Google's contact-tracing API, instead launching an app that will take a more centralized approach, according to the BBC. The move is likely to alarm privacy and security experts.Automation Anywhere said it is cutting jobs due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis. The cuts could affect more than 10% of the startup's 2,600 employees.Apple may delay mass production of the iPhone 12 by about a month, according to The Wall Street Journal. The report comes after analysts and other media reports have also suggested Apple could push back the iPhone's launch by a couple of weeks or a month because of the coronavirus pandemic.Microsoft billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates believes an upswing in nationalism




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday.Amazon may have violated New York's whistleblower law by firing a worker involved in a protest over workplace safety, the state's attorney general said in a letter to the company. The letter also said Amazon's coronavirus safety measures are "so inadequate" that they may violate federal and state workplace safety rules.Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in an internal memo seen by Business Insider that Google will "stagger" its return to offices as it extends work-from-home until June 1. Pichai said the experience of operating from home was giving Google an opportunity to reimagine the way the company works.Uber's chief technology officer has resigned following a report from The Information that Uber is planning to lay off up to




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.Apple's revenue growth ground to a halt in the first three months of the year, as the coronavirus pandemic shuttered its retail stores, dampened consumer demand for iPhones and rattled the company's global manufacturing operations. Apple reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $58.3 billion, up less than 1% from the same period one year ago, and well below the company's initial projection of between $63 billion and $67 billion. Amazon reported huge growth in first-quarter revenue but a miss on earnings on Thursday. The mixed results show how the coronavirus outbreak is leading to more shoppers on Amazon, albeit at an increased cost as the company is dealing with a number of costly changes, including supply chain lockdowns and




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been called to testify before Congress. Lawmakers want to ask the billionaire about the company's practices around independent sellers after an investigation found employees used their data to create competing products, the Wall Street Journal reported.Uber will require its drivers and riders to wear face coverings in the US as the company looks to restart its business across the globe. Uber has also been developing technology to determine whether drivers are wearing masks, according to CNN.Anti-quarantine protesters are being kicked off Facebook and quickly finding refuge on a site loved by conspiracy theorists. Business Insider has found that protesters are moving their organizing efforts to MeWe,




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.Longtime Amazon VP Tim Bray has said he quit in dismay and called the company 'chickens---' for firing workers who criticized it. The tech giant has fired multiple employees who've criticized working conditions at its warehouses.Tech billionaire Elon Musk and musician Grimes have had their first child together, according to Musk's Twitter account. Musk announced the birth of their child Monday evening on Twitter, saying, "Mom & baby all good."Uber is reportedly considering another investment in scooter startup Lime. The $170 million emergency fundraising could sink Lime's valuation by nearly 80% — and give Uber the option to buy it in 2 years.Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann sued SoftBank for backing out of buying nearly $1 billion




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday.Airbnb is cutting 25% of staff — 1,900 jobs — after its business has been slammed by the coronavirus crisis. Airbnb plans to offer affected workers at least 14 weeks of severance pay and, in the US, a year's worth of healthcare coverage.An Amazon warehouse employee in New York has died of COVID-19. Workers at the Staten Island location organized multiple strikes in April to protest pandemic working conditions. California is suing Uber and Lyft, accusing the ride-hailing companies of misclassifying their drivers. A consortium of city attorneys from the state's largest cities accused the firms of misclassifying their workers as contractors in order to avoid paying some benefits.The UK's COVID-19 contact-tracing app is about




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.Facebook has announced the first 20 members of its oversight board that will decide what controversial content is allowed on Facebook and Instagram. The "supreme court"-style body will make rulings over what controversial content will be allowed on the social network.Tesla is reportedly preparing to restart operations at its California factory in possible violation of local shelter-in-place orders. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become increasingly vocal in his opposition to coronavirus lockdowns, calling them "fascist" during a call with investors.An Amazon VP hit back at former colleague Tim Bray, who quit in protest after the company fired workers who raised safety concerns. Brad Porter, a vice president and engineer at Amazon,




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Lucy Mecklenburgh shares candid breastfeeding snap with newborn son Roman

The former TOWIE star, 28, shared a candid snap of her feeding her baby boy as she took to her Results With Bump Instagram page on Saturday morning.




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Michelle Keegan joins husband Mark Wright on his Heart evening show

Michelle Keegan joined husband  Mark Wright on his new Heart evening show on Tuesday and revealed the most annoying thing he has been doing while working at home.




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Michelle Keegan shares rare snap of her home with lavish Koi Carp pond and bridge

The Our Girl actress, 32, took to Instagram to post a picture of her incredible Koi Carp pond complete with a bridge.




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Mark Wright gushes about isolating with wife Michelle Keegan after 'long-distance relationship'

The presenter, 33, and his actress wife, 32, spent much time apart, with Mark co-hosting entertainment news show Extra in the US and Michelle travelling the world to shoot her hit drama Our Girl.




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James Argent shares throwback snap of himself feeding elephants during rehab

The reality star shared a throwback snap from his time feeding the elephants while in rehab in Thailand on Instagram on Tuesday.




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Lydia Bright performs cartwheels in her garden six weeks after welcoming baby girl Loretta Rose

The former TOWIE star, 30, proved she's back to working out as she treated fans to a glimpse of her outdoor exercise session on Instagram on Monday.




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Mark Wright squirms as he's accused of playing kinky sex games with wife Michelle Keegan

The former TOWIE star, 33, was quizzed by four fellow celebs after they met at a restaurant and played games between each course to determine who would pay the bill at the end of the evening




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Michelle Keegan showcases her pert posterior in mom jeans as she shares throwback snap

The Our Girl star, 32, took to Instagram to share a throwback snap of herself wearing the item of clothing.




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Lucy Mecklenburgh reveals how breastfeeding has helped her 'bond' with newborn son Roman

Lucy Mecklenburgh shared more details on her life as a new mother to six-week-old son Roman on Monday, as she hosted a Q&A session with fans on Instagram.




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TOWIE's Demi Sims details the 'dark days' of feeling 'trapped' in her body before coming out

Speaking to Vas J Morgan for the I AM ENOUGH chat on Monday, The TOWIE star revealed how she initially struggled with understanding her feelings as a teenager and why she felt 'trapped'




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TOWIE's Chloe Ross turns up the heat in a green ruched bikini for sunbathing session amid lockdown

The TOWIE star, 27, treated herself to a relaxing sunbathing session as she took advantage of the country's stunning weather on Wednesday.




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Billi Mucklow and Andy Carroll seen for first time since announcing they're expecting third child

The former TOWIE star displayed her growing bump in tight sportswear as she and Newcastle player Andy walked their dogs in the sunshine on Friday.




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TOWIE's Chloe Sims goes makeup-free and flashes a hint of underboob for snap

The TOWIE star, 37, flashed a hint of underboob as she showcased her surgically-enhanced assets and toned torso in a tiny black crop top.




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Mark Wright pines for his loved ones during lockdown as he shares sweet family snap

Mark Wright was pining for his family as he shared a sweet throwback snap with his loved ones on Wednesday.




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TOWIE's Bobby Norris snaps selfies while handing out 'QuaranQueen' tees to NHS staff

The clothing giant has launched a huge charity effort to help those on the frontline as well as patients, and bosses enlisted the ITVBe stars this week




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Danielle Armstrong celebrates turning 32 in lockdown and admits it feels 'really weird'

The former TOWIE star celebrated turning 32 with her fiancé Tom Edney amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown as she shared a picture of her cake on Instagram.




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Gemma Collins breaks lockdown rules by travelling over 30miles to see James Argent

Gemma Collins broke lockdown rules by travelling over 30miles to spend the weekend with on-off boyfriend James Argent.




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Natalya Wright, 19, shows off her athletic physique in sheer lace cycling shorts

The younger sister of reality TV personalities Mark and Jessica Wright is currently adhering to strict lockdown policies in the fight against coronavirus Covid-19 by remaining at home.




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Danielle Armstrong believes her baby girl will arrive this WEEKEND

Heavily pregnant Danielle Armstrong revealed she believes her baby girl will arrive this weekend as she shared a pregnancy update on Thursday.




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Coronation Street: Fans furious as 'cruel' Ken Barlow plans to abandon pet dog Eccles

Viewers took to Twitter to vent their frustration as it was revealed that Ken wouldn't be bringing his pet pooch to the Still Waters home, where he is planning to move with partner Claudia Colby.




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Catherine Tyldesley's plant-based diet keeps her healthy for son

The former Coronation Street star, 36, has told how she overhauled her diet to ensure she's in the best health as possible to be around for her son for as long as she can.




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Coronation Street SPOILER: Tensions rise between Steve McDonald and wife Tracy

The cast were out in full force to film scenes in a park in Manchester on Friday.




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Ken Barlow gives emotional goodbye to Coronation Street after 59 YEARS

The retired teacher, 80 - who has been played by actor Bill Roache for the last 59 years - had viewers in tears as he left the cobbles to move into a retirement home.




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Coronation Street and Emmerdale could be reduced to just TWO episodes per week due to coronavirus

ITV bosses are thought to be discussing how to keep the shows running in case cast members get struck down by the pandemic.




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Coronation Street's Tristan Gemmill debuts his freshly-dyed dark locks

The actor, 52, revealed during his appearance that he wanted to try out the style for his new part in Harold Pinter's play The Birthday Party which is set to open in April.




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Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine and Georgia Taylor head for a coffee before filming

The actresses were seen chatting away together as they enjoyed a quick catch up before getting into character and filming their latest scenes.




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Coronation Street and Emmerdale set to 'remind viewers of public health issues' amid coronavirus

This is an atypical move for the soaps who rarely touch on current news topics due to the fact that scenes are filmed so far in advance of broadcast




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Helen Flanagan urges people to 'keep in mind the elderly' amid the coronavirus pandemic

Helen Flanagan shared a picture of herself with her elderly grandmother as she urged people to keep an eye out for the older generation.




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Kym Marsh gears up for a return to the small screen as she will host an episode of The One Show

The former Coronation Street star, 43, will join Alex on the BBC show on March 20, after Matt confirmed he was leaving the show after nine years at the end of last year.