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Disney/PixarAlright, this is a weird one. Pixar’s Ratatouille is about to make its Broadway debut thanks to a TikTok meme. Presented New Year’s Day by Broadway’s Seaview Productions, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical is a tale of love, ambition, and a chronic misuse of the word “ratatouille.” Tickets to the livestream…

Malaysia’s police officers have been warned not to appear on TikTok in their uniforms after one of them went viral on the platform dancing to Black Eyed Peas while on duty.  Inspector-General Abdul Hamid Bador, who is the head police chief for the entire country, said in front of reporters…

The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed that a review it undertook on controversial video-sharing platform TikTok was simply a standard network evaluation.Addressing the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media on Friday, Home Affairs first assistant secretary Hamish Hansford said a risk assessment was undertaken on TikTok internally…

The idea was first born from a video created by Em Jaccs (@e_jaccs) called Ode to Remy. That got noticed by composer and arranger Daniel Mertzlufft, who created an orchestral score around it with inspiration from The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Frozen and other Disney musicals. Other creators…

"I know I'm gonna get through it." Lizzo has always been proudly outspoken when it comes to body image and body positivity. Everyone has vulnerable moments, and in a recent TikTok video, she got real with her fans and followers about having "negative thoughts" regarding her own body image. "I…

TikTok is officially the most downloaded app of 2020, according to an annual mobile trends report from mobile app analytics firm App Annie.According to the findings—which were released by Fast Company on Wednesday—the Chinese-produced mobile app beat out Facebook for the most downloads this year, when factoring in both iOS…

December 9, 2020 | 12:00pm | Updated December 9, 2020 | 4:41pm A hairy situation involving an airline passenger who took revenge on an inconsiderate woman sitting in front of her has taken off on social media. TikTok user Janelle Elise Flom posted video of a woman flinging her long…

TikTok’s loss in India hasn’t fully translated into Indian short-video apps gain.Four months after the Indian government banned the Chinese short-video platform over data security concerns, only 40% of the time Indians were spending on TikTok has shifted to its Indian rivals, according to consultancy firm Redseer.In June, when TikTok…

(Image credit: Bigstock / Palinchak) The Trump administration faces further legal obstacles in its ongoing effort to ban Chinese video-sharing app Tiktok. In his final days in the White House, the US president is seeking a tough-on-China technology legacy, including blacklisting China’s largest chipmaker. Meanwhile, a bill passed by the…