Celebrities Read Mean Tweets #10: VIDEO

Mean Tweets.

It's a 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' thing.

Watch the latest instalment and c'mon, tell me you didn't laugh...

Says the YouTube descripition:

The Internet is both a wonderful and horrible place. A place where people go to share their love and also their hate. From time to time, we call out the haters by inviting well-known people to read some of the not so nice things that are written about them. We’ve done it again for our 10th edition of celebrities reading “Mean Tweets ” featuring Hugh Grant, Kate Hudson, Greg Kinnear, Melissa McCarthy, Chris Evans, Jane Lynch, Norman Reedus, Margot Robbie, Anthony Mackie, Judd Apatow, Olivia Wilde, Paul Rudd, Ryan Gosling, Zac Efron, Wanda Sykes, Russell Crowe, Bryan Cranston and Kiefer Sutherland.

Pokemon GO: what is it? VIDEO

Those Pokemon screenshots on your Facebook feed... what are they all about?

THIS.

The new app Pokemon GO has begun to take over social media - and 'Pokefans' everywhere have taken to the streets to find their favourite pocket monsters. Yes.

Launching in Australia on Wednesday, it's a joint venture between The Pokemon Company, Nintendo and app developer Niantic Labs.

Pokemon GO differs from the usual handheld Pokemon video games by focusing less on battles and more on moving around in the real world to find creatures and claim territory.

That's why you're seeing screenshots of Pokemons on people's photos, you see.

Using GPS and internet services, Pokemon GO turns the whole world into a Pokemon region map and, just like in the traditional games, different Pokemon live in different places.

See the clip to explain it even further here:

New Look Instagram Explained: VIDEOS

The new look Instagram. Don't freak out. Here it is, explained, by Instagram itself:

Today we’re introducing a new look. You’ll see an updated icon and app design for Instagram. Inspired by the previous app icon, the new one represents a simpler camera and the rainbow lives on in gradient form.

You’ll also see updated icons for our other creative apps: Layout, Boomerang and Hyperlapse. 

We’ve made improvements to how the Instagram app looks on the inside as well. The simpler design puts more focus on your photos and videos without changing how you navigate the app. 

The Instagram community has evolved over the past five years from a place to share filtered photos to so much more — a global community of interests sharing more than 80 million photos and videos every day. Our updated look reflects how vibrant and diverse your storytelling has become.

Thank you for giving this community its life and color. You make Instagram a place to discover the wonder in the world. Every photo and video — from the littlest things to the most epic — opens a window for people to broaden their experiences and connect in new ways.

#INSTAGRAM NEWS, #INSTAGRAM

AmplifyLIVE 2016: WIN tickets + details

Teens and pre-teens!

What are you doing over the school holidays?

If you love YouTubers and Viners, this comp is for you!

AmplifyLIVE 2016 is here!

And Josie's Juice has TEN double passes to give away for the Sydney show at the Luna Park Big Top, on Tuesday April 12.

Here's the blurb, then details on how to enter, below:

THE INTERNET’S HOTTEST INFLUENCERS 

TO HEADLINE #AmplifyLIVE 2016 

A FESTIVAL FOR THE CONNECTED GENERATION

The internet's biggest and brightest music and social media talents will get one-on-one and perform live for their Australian fans at #AmplifyLIVE 2016 - a festival for the connected generation - on a massive tour of Australia and New Zealand in April.

TYLER OAKLEY  • MYLIFESEVA  -  KIAN LAWLEY  •  JC CAYLEN 

JAMIE CURRY of JAMIE’S WORLD

•  ANDREA RUSSETT  •  TREVOR MORAN -  TYDE LEVI  • 

JAMIE’S WORLD – KURT COLEMAN  

and more + special guests in each city

GOLD COAST – DREAMWORLD -  Tuesday 5th April 

MELBOURNE – PALAIS THEATRE – Thursday 7th April 

ADELAIDE – THEABARTON THEATRE – Saturday April 9th 

SYDNEY – BIG TOP – Tuesday April 12th 

PERTH – CONCERT HALL – Thursday April 14th 

In partnership with Rimmel London, #AmplifyLIVE is coming back for 2016 after a monumental launch in 2015 which saw tens of thousands of young Australians through the gates for a once in a lifetime intimate experience with their idols. 

In 2016, the festival will be touring nationally and this year, the festival expands outside of Australia, visiting Auckland and Wellington, all shows happening during the first school holiday break of 2016.

Award-winning #AmplifyLIVE headliner, Tyler Oakley, has been established as one of the most well renowned LGBTQ+ creators on the planet - by TIME Magazine as one of the 30 Most Influential People on the Internet - and by his more than 22 million followers across his platforms, including 8 million on his home of YouTube. Tyler’s passion for hilarious, engaging, and unapologetically personal storytelling isn’t limited to YouTube - in 2015 alone his award-winning podcast Psychobabble reached #1 on the iTunes store, he’s sold out 30 stops of his international Slumber Party themed tour, embarked on 20 stops for his international book tour for his honest New York Times topping memoir BINGE and released a no-holes-barred behind the scenes documentary called SNERVOUS. 

With a combined following of 80 MILLION across YouTube, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter, these unique creators personify a new wave of artists who are more passionately engaged with their devoted audience than ever before. #AmplifyLIVE by Rimmel London  will be the biggest chance their Australian and New Zealand fans can possibly get for a one-on-one meet and greet opportunity with their idols and the chance to see them up close and personal in a live stage show.

Nic Kelly, Executive Producer and Host of AMPLIFY’s flagship daily content series #AmplifyNOW, said today: “The way #AmplifyLIVE captivated the connected generation in 2015 was incredible and the show was a laugh-out-loud, no boring bits spectacular. We can’t wait to bring an even bigger experience to even more Australians and New Zealanders in 2016.”

MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

TYLER OAKLEY (USA) - https://www.youtube.com/user/tyleroakley

JC CAYLEN (USA) - https://www.youtube.com/user/lifewithJc

KIAN LAWLEY (USA) - https://www.youtube.com/user/superkian13

JAMIE CURRY of JAMIE’S WORLD (NZ) - https://www.youtube.com/user/theJamiesWorld

ANDREA RUSSETT (USA) - https://www.youtube.com/user/GETTOxFABxFOREVER

TYDE LEVI (Perth) - https://www.youtube.com/user/tydelevi

Connect with AMPLIFY:

TWITTER   •    FACEBOOK   •   INSTAGRAM   •   YOUTUBE   • 

#AmplifyLIVE

#AmplifyLIVE artists from all over Australia, Tom

The Sydney deets:

AmplifyLIVE 2016

Big Top Luna Park Sydney,  Milsons Point, NSW

Tue 12 Apr 2016, 06:00 PM

And here are some FAQs:

What is AmplifyLIVE?

AmplifyLIVE is a 90 minute live show featuring some of the world’s biggest YouTubers and best musical performers! There’s also a meet & greet component before the show for those who have purchased a VIP Upgrade.

How old do you have to be to attend AmplifyLIVE?

AmplifyLIVE is for all ages. 

Do I have to have a parent/guardian to attend AmplifyLIVE? 

For all the shows besides Sydney, if you are 13 or under we recommend you have a parent or guardian attend AmplifyLIVE with you, but it is not required.

For Sydney’s show, if you are 5-12 years old you are required to have a parent/guardian attend the event with you. Here’s the exact information from the venue: “Patrons 5-12 years old must be accompanied by a parent and can only purchase tickets for seats in the Mezzanine and cannot enter the GA area”

How old does the parent/guardian have to be?

The parent/guardian must be 18+.

When do tickets go on sale?

General Public tickets are on sale Friday February 19 at 10am local time in each city,

There will be a pre-sale link on the Rimmel London AU Facebook page, Monday February 15 at 5pm. 

Ticketmaster & Amplify mailing list members will be able to buy pre-sale tickets on Wednesday February 17 at 5pm.

Which cities & venues will AmplifyLIVE be held in?

AmplifyLIVE will be touring these cities & venues:

Tuesday April 5th - Dreamworld, Brisbane 

Thursday April 7th - Palais Theatre, Melbourne

Saturday April 9th - Thebarton, Adelaide

Tuesday April 12th - Big Top Luna Park, Sydney

Thursday April 14th - Perth Concert Hall, Perth

Saturday April 16th - Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland

Sunday April 17th - St James Theatre, Wellington

When can we start lining up?

Meet & Greet ticket holders may check in (get wrist-banded) from 10am

Meet & Greet ticket holders may commence lining up 30 mins prior to their M&G session.

Where can I get updates on AmplifyLIVE in the lead up / on the day?

You can get updates on AmplifyLIVE by following us across all our social media accounts! Twitter & Snapchat will be our prime sources for news on the day:

Twitter: http://twitter.com/thisisamplify

Facebook: http://facebook.com/thisisamplify

YouTube: http://youtube.com/thisisamplify

Instagram: http://instagram.com/thisisamplify

Tumblr: http://thisisamplify.tumblr.com  

Snapchat: thisisamplify

How do I convince my parents to let me go?

AmplifyLIVE is a once-a-year chance to meet your favourite YouTubers & musicians and experience a brilliant show that’s sure to leave you with brilliant memories! It’s one of the only events of its kind and has a high calibre of talent and production. This is also our FIRST time in New Zealand, and the first tour of it’s kind in New Zealand!

How can I contact you if I have a question?

You can send us an email at chat@marqueestudios.tv

LINEUP 

Who is on AmplifyLIVE’s lineup?

The AmplifyLIVE lineup is as follows:

Tyler Oakley

MyLifeAsEva (Australia only)

Kian Lawley

Jc Caylen

Trevor Moran

Jamie’s World

Andrea Russett

Tyde Levi

Kurt Coleman

+ special guests at each show!

What is a ‘Special Guest’?

The Special Guest is a unique person for each city’s show to add a little variety!

Who are the Special Guests for each city?

The Special Guests for our shows will be announced before the show.

Who can I meet at AmplifyLIVE?

If you have The Amplify VIP Ticket you will be able to hang out with Tyler, Eva, Kian, Jc, Trevor, Jamie, Andrea, Kurt & Tyde!

For all info, click on the website here.

For info on Facebook, click here.

To go in the running to win one of TEN double passes on offer, here is all you need to do:

- 'Like' the Josie's Juice Facebook page

- Follow me on Instagram and Twitter if you are on the social media platforms. Also, share the AmplifyLive photo on my @josiegags Instagram page by taking a screenshot of it, then using these hashtags: #regram #josiesjuice #competitions #giveaways #prizes #AmplifyNOW #AmplifyLIVE

- Share this blog link on your Facebook wall

- Comment below on why you'd like to win ONE double pass to the event (only the Sydney event tickets at Luna Park are up for grabs here) AND email me at josiegags@optusnet.com.au so I can contact you in case you are a winner (so many people forget this step and don't enter a valid email address below, and I spend lots of time trying to track you down, or simply give the prize to the next person - not fun for anyone!)

(If you find it hard to comment below because your device won't let you - sometimes that happens on an iPhone, for example - simply send me your entry and address via email at josiegags@optusnet.com.au).

*Competition is open to Australian residents only.

Winners will be advised by email, by Monday April 11. Good luck!

Bombd: Social Media Phenomenon - How To + VIDEO

The next big social media phenomenon has made its home on the Gold Coast, and is sweeping around the world.



It's called Bomb’d, and it has been touted as "the hottest new social media app that your parents won’t understand" by Techly, who has predicted that Bomb’d will be the next big thing and has legs to take on Snapchat and Instagram.

YES.

Okay, before I go on... here's a clip to give you the DL:

The Bombd team are moving this Aussie app to a global base, and are in the process of launching in (US) 'Spring Break', with more than 150,000 college aged students being targeted to jump on board the next big thing and the future of social media. The success so far at Spring Break has been enormous, with the massive demand and huge influx of users sending and triggering tens of thousands of bombs, causing the app to go into meltdown.

Based on the success of Bombd at Schoolies week in Australia, Bombd bested the initial growth rate of social media titan Snapchat, with Bombd gaining 10,500 active users in its first three weeks after launching, compared to Snapchats gain of 3,000 users during the same period. 74% of these users remain active and engaged daily users.

This is huge!

Bombd has been known for its controversial usage activity including sending and receiving “booty bombs”. This hot bed of scandal is expected to expand and multiply as Bombd launches at Spring Break. 

Locally, the Australian app, valued at $10m before launch (which is kinda insane), has seen people like Kurt Coleman, Gold Coast-ian and Australia’s selfie king mobbed in the middle of Surfers Paradise as a result of the app during the Schoolies launch, triggering a bomb to hundreds of his followers which resulted in an influx of fans knowing his location and following him through the streets like a social media pied piper. 

The interesting thing about Bombd is it says no to the faux-cial media movement, and is about real time, right now content. There are no filters, are no retakes – the feedback on the ground at Spring Break is that people are ready for this new wave of social media that isn’t fake and just a highlights reel. 

This is what Bombd looks like:

So, how does Bombd work?

Users simply send a “bomb” to their buddies with a one-hour expiry time to trigger. When the bomb recipient triggers this, patent pending technology auto-activates the camera and a 7-second countdown appears on the screen. At ‘1’ the camera captures a picture and blasts this back to the original sender. Bombs can be individual (peer to peer) or sent to multiple members (‘Squads’). The end result is a personal feed full of the content you want, from who you want and when you wanted it.

On-demand social media explodes into market

Some questions you may have...

Could this be the end of the faux-cial media phenomenon?

It’s a world first, and kids are loving it. Bomb’d is the latest social media app calling itself the ‘Uber’ of social media. It’s addictive, it’s fun and promises real life, no fakery. The app itself is a mix of on- demand platform Netflix, coupled with the addictiveness of Snapchat and the visuals of Instagram. Social media has now turned on-demand, in what could be the antidote to the ‘faux-cial media’ phenomenon.

Bomb’d touts itself as being “RN AF” (Right Now As F*@!) and is real life and right now. It is the first social media app globally to allow users to request content from their buddies, and lets people find out what their friends are doing right now in an honest, un-curated way. Its aimed at 14-25 year olds and responds to their frustrations of fake, photo-shopped and boring content from the people they follow.

The attraction is in the simplicity; users download Bomb’d from the App Store and send a “bomb” to their buddies. This sends a notification that gets triggered, and patent pending technology activates the recipients’ camera. A photo is then sent back to your buddy. The request for real life, on demand content has increased the apps usage with strong growth since launch.

Bomb’d has grown organically in the music industry, with early versions of the app adopted by a range of local and global artists who have silently been using it to connect with fans, see gigs and share real-life rock star moments.

“We wanted to make an app that is real with, no fake and filtered images, if you want to see what your squad or even celebrities are really doing, Bomb’d lets you do that in real time,” says the usually shy Bomb’d Team. “The technology and innovation behind the development of Bomb’d is an exciting upgrade for real social media as a whole. The incredible growth proves this new on-demand generation are ready for change.”

BOMB’D is available from the App Store. Visit www.bombdapp.com.

Do it, people.

Playboy to Drop Nudity: PHOTOS

You may have just heard that Playboy magazine will be dropping nudes from it's pictorials.

Yes, really.

And so, you'll not be seeing as much skin as this (apparently):

And this (yes, that's Kim Kardashian):

Yep. Charlize Theron.

Says the excellent article to explain it all in the New York Times:

Playboy’s circulation has dropped from 5.6 million in 1975 to about 800,000 now, according to the Alliance for Audited Media. Many of the magazines that followed it have disappeared. Though detailed figures are not kept for adult magazines, many of those that remain exist in severely diminished form, available mostly in specialist stores. Penthouse, perhaps the most famous Playboy competitor, responded to the threat from digital pornography by turning even more explicit. It never recovered.

You see, last month, Cory Jones, a top editor at Playboy, went to see its founder Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion.

The New York Times piece says:

In a wood-paneled dining room, with Picasso and de Kooning prints on the walls, Mr. Jones nervously presented a radical suggestion: the magazine, a leader of the revolution that helped take sex in America from furtive to ubiquitous, should stop publishing images of naked women.

Mr. Hefner, now 89, but still listed as editor in chief, agreed. As part of a redesign that will be unveiled next March, the print edition of Playboy will still feature women in provocative poses. But they will no longer be fully nude.

Its executives admit that Playboy has been overtaken by the changes it pioneered. “That battle has been fought and won,” said Scott Flanders, the company’s chief executive. “You’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it’s just passé at this juncture.”

And so, from March, not as much nudity.

Read more here.

Your thoughts?

Also, read about Hugh Hefner the activist and rebel.

(And if you want more nudes, just Google Image search: playboy nude photos - don't tell anyone I told you that, yeah...?

And: THE most popular post on Josie's Juice for the past few months? This old post on Sophie Monk full nude pics. Oh, you guys!

Here is the very first Playboy cover, in 1953, featuring the iconic Marilyn Monroe:

Gigi Hadid Instagram Post: Body-Shaming Shutdown PHOTO + VIDEO

Gigi Hadid, international model, gorgeous catwalk-er, featured in the video clip for the Calvin Harris song 'How Deep Is Your Love' (see below).

This is what she looks like: healthy, beautiful, strong, and in her own words, she has an athletic body:

But, she has clearly had enough of the fat shamer, and had just posted THIS on Instagram:

I know, can you believe she even has to say any of the above?

Here she is explaining herself - again - in an E News clip:



And more of that 'bodacious' (remember that word) bod, all images from the Australian Seafolly swimwear campaign:

'Dislike' button coming to Facebook

It's coming.

Facebook is to add a 'dislike' button to its social network, founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced.

If you're a long term user, you may be forgiven a 'dislike' button existed at some point.. it didn't. But: back in 2007 there was a 'thumbs up' and a 'thumbs down' button.

And a 'dislike' button has been constantly requested by users since the introduction of the now-iconic "like" button in 2009. Yes, it has only been around since then, not since the very beginning of Facebook.

In a Q+A session held at Facebook's headquarters in California, Zuckerberg said the button would be a way for people to express empathy, and added that Facebook was "very close" to having it ready for user testing.

"People have asked about the 'dislike' button for many years," Mr Zuckerberg told the audience on Tuesday.

"Probably hundreds of people have asked about this, and today is a special day because today is the day that I actually get to say we are working on it, and are very close to shipping a test of it."

He added that he did not want it to be a mechanism with which people could "down vote" others' posts.

Instead, it will be for times when clicking 'like' on upsetting posts felt insensitive.

So, let's be sensible when it's instated, people! Be nice, be 'dislike' appropriate.

R U OK Day Australia 2015: VIDEOS + Opinion Piece

So, 'R U OK' day has rolled around again.

You know the day now: bright yellow messages, celebs posting inspo-words, friends putting it up as almost an obligatory status update on Facebook.

But: what does it actually mean?

Well, I could pull out the (very on-message, kind and real) PR blurb. And the videos below are excellent, and also very real.

But for me it means:

- Do not ignore when a friend is down. That means, if they are posting a cryptic - or obvious - message on Facebook, don't pretend you didn't see it. Reach out. Perhaps you don't connect with them much. This could be your opportunity to show them your do value their friendship. Nobody has ever thought less of a person for caring for them, even if you don't get a warm reaction, you'll plant the seed that you care, and they'll feel liked or loved. Isn't that a nice feeling? We ALL want that. Then: follow through and meet up, or do something for them. Or just check in again with them.

- Check in on your brother or sister if the family is in crisis. Death in the family is a big one for this: if you've all been through a common grief experience, stick together, rather than drift apart. Drifting builds resentment and can start to build hate where there should be love. Start the R U OK message in the home. Just like charity.

- Ask your closest co-worker, even your boss if it's appropriate, how they are doing, especially if you know they are struggling. We spend SO many hours together, it's little wonder we care so much about people we work with. Reach out, ask them. It could open a whole new level of friendship, which has the added advantage that you can ask them how they are doing several times a day, even lunch with them, offering a lovely cushion of support, all while working with them. It's kinda perfect.

- I know for myself that, there are particular people I really, truly hoped would reach out to ME in my time of grief, when they definitely should have known better. My yardstick: if they've been to my home, celebrated good stuff with me, have my phone number - they should definitely have reached out, called, popped over. Not a text. Not a Facebook message. An actual, reach out, "how are you" connection. I can't recover from that - unless that person really makes an actual effort to connect with me. Anything else just feels like an obligation on their part, to keep me at arm's length in case they need me for something. That doesn't wash with me. Asking 'R U OK' actually means old school connection - phone call, visit, actual real life (not virtual) love.

SO: do it... ask people in - our out - of your circle - if they are okay. They will feel better for it, and you'll be surprised at how much you do too.

Watch the R U OK videos from the official site below. The Facebook page is HERE.