George Clooney has a simple strategy for being a star in the age of social media | CNN

George Clooney has a simple strategy for being a star in the age of social media | CNN

CNN  —  George Clooney has a surefire way for staying out of trouble as a public figure in the age of social media: stay off of it. In a profile for the Washington Post published on Friday, the Oscar-winning actor said he manages to avoid too much exposure to today’s 24/7 media cycle by not … Read more

Why Jennifer Lopez’s social media accounts suddenly went dark

Why Jennifer Lopez’s social media accounts suddenly went dark

It’s a mystery in the making. Jennifer Lopez stunned her fans Tuesday when her social media posts were deleted and her accounts seemingly went dark. The 53-year-old singer’s profile picture on Instagram — where she boasts 226 million followers — was replaced with a black circle and her feed was completely erased as of Tuesday … Read more

I’m a doctor and my social media addiction made me a ‘digital deadbeat dad’

I’m a doctor and my social media addiction made me a ‘digital deadbeat dad’

One day in 2020, Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler found himself standing in the kitchen zoning out as his twin teenage daughters filled him in on their day. He was too busy anxiously refreshing his TikTok feed to see how many views his latest video was getting to listen to them. “[I was] a digital deadbeat … Read more

Christina Aguilera drops new ‘Beautiful’ video about social media harm

Christina Aguilera drops new ‘Beautiful’ video about social media harm

Twenty years later, Christina Aguilera‘s song “Beautiful” may impact a new generation. The singer released a new video version of the 2002 song on Wednesday after a body-shaming comment by Britney Spears. The “Toxic” singer had posted a caption that said, “If I had Christina Aguilera’s dancers I would have looked extremely small.” Instead of … Read more

How social media is literally making teens mentally ill

How social media is literally making teens mentally ill

Suzie* was a typical 22-year-old recent college grad from the Midwest who was admitted into my mental health clinic in Austin with a variety of increasingly common psychiatric disorders: depression, self-harm (cutting her arms) and a Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) diagnosis. BPD is a serious personality disorder that has 50 times the suicide rate of … Read more

Andor Reviews: Social Media Reactions For the Star Wars Show Are Here

Andor Reviews: Social Media Reactions For the Star Wars Show Are Here

Diego Luna scrolling Twitter waiting for Andor reactions.Image: Lucasfilm How did Cassian Andor become the brash, rogueish leader who helped steal the Death Star plans and ultimately destroy the Empire? Next week, we begin to find out and it sounds like it’ll be worth the wait. Andor is the latest Star Wars show coming to … Read more

South Korea says BA.5 will not bring back social distancing

South Korea says BA.5 will not bring back social distancing

The Yoon Suk-yol administration faces its first major COVID-19 test as BA.5, a more recent subtype of Omicron, begins to drive cases in South Korea. In a televised news conference Wednesday morning, top health officials insisted that social distancing would not make a comeback. “Social distancing will not be as legally binding as it was … Read more