Using home videos and a huge private archive, Avicii – I’m Tim has landed on Netflix today (31 December).

And with interviews from those close to him, a friend of the Swedish music star has shared his heartbreaking regret.

This was followed by his first album True which, of course, featured the major smash song, ‘Wake Me Up’. He went on to have a list of popular releases before retiring from touring in 2016, after years of stress and poor mental health.

Bergling then died by suicide in 2018, while on holiday in Oman.

Netflix’s new documentary looks at his ‘winding journey’ through live from his ‘very first breath at the maternity ward in Stockholm in 1989 to the tragic end’.

It adds: “This is a film where Tim himself is the narrator and he shares his inner self in a way we haven’t heard before.”

It’s narrated by Bergling himself. (Netflix)

During the doc, Bergling’s friends and family open up about his death as his close friend Jesse Waits says: “I don’t think anybody really know why or what happened, nobody really knows what was going through his mind, everybody can speculate.

“He seemed good to everybody I talked to that were around him, he was in a good place. It’s hard to accept.”

Waits continued to reveal his regrets over the music talent’s death as he wishes he’d been there and been able to help him during that tragic time.

“I know this is something that is inevitable, but if I was there I could have fixed it,” he said.

The director had access to a huge archive. (Netflix)

“Whatever he was going through, I’d be like, ‘F**king shut the f**k up, f**king put your shoes on, and let’s go out f**king outside for a walk.

“I’m sure everybody feels that they could have changed something, especially his family.”

The documentary is narrated by Bergling himself with director Henrik Burman explaining to Billboard: “When I determined that he’d be the one who’d narrate this story, I thought that maybe it was how I could be close to him. Maybe that’s how I can meet him.”

With the blessing of the star’s parents, Burman had full access to the Avicii archives, finding hours of interviews with the record producer from throughout his career.

“There were moments in these interviews where he’d say, ‘This really describes me as a person, so if there’s ever a documentary made about me, you should use this to tell the story,’” Burman added.

You can now stream Avicii – I’m Tim on Netflix.

Franco was accused by five young actors of sexual misconduct or exploitative behaviour.

All five were either students of his acting school, or mentees of Franco.

This resulted in Franco being sued by two students, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, who attended Franco’s Studio 4 acting school which has since been shut down.

(Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

The pair settled with Franco out of court for £1.7 million.

The actor was also accused of ‘forcing’ a former girlfriend to perform oral sex on him in a car.

Following the allegations made against him, Franco stayed silent in the media, leading attention to turn to others close to him.

His brother Dave has never commented on the controversy to either support or decry him. However, Dave’s wife Alison Brie was asked about the matter on a red carpet.

Speaking to E! news, Brie said in 2018: “I think that above all what we’ve always said is that it remains vital that anyone who feels victimized should and does have the right to speak out and come forward.

Alison Brie and Dave Franco (Steven Simione via Getty Images)

“I obviously support my family, and not everything that’s been reported is fully accurate, so I think we’re waiting to get all the information.

“But of course, now is the time for listening, and that’s what we’re all trying to do.”

Seth Rogen also spoke in an interview with the Sunday Times in which he said he would not be working with James Franco moving forward.

Following this, Franco appeared on a podcast in 2021 on SiriusXM to discuss the allegations and resulting fallout.

When asked about Rogen’s comments, Franco said they were ‘hurtful in context’, but went on to say: “He had to answer for me ‘cause I was silent.

“He had to answer for me, and that’s why I am doing this interview. I don’t want Seth or my brother to have to answer for me anymore.”

Rogen’s full comments regarding the allegations were: “What I can say is that I despise abuse and harassment.

“I would never cover or conceal the actions of someone doing it, or knowingly put someone in a situation where they were around someone like that.

“The truth is that I have not and I do not plan to [work with Franco] right now.”

When asked in the SiriusXM podcast why he stayed silent for so long on the allegations, Franco said it was because he needed ‘to listen’ to ‘people that were upset with’ him.

Millions of people take part in the annual challenge to go alcohol-free for the first month of the year to have a bit of a detox after a booze-fuelled festive season.

Let’s have it right, a lot of us have drank enough throughout December to last us an entire year – so the idea of going 31 days without liquor is quite enticing.

Experts insist you will notice a number of health benefits if you take part in Dry January, however, some people remain unconvinced by the point of it.

A few Brits think it’s counterproductive to cut out alcohol for just one month while continuing to get hammered for the other 11. And they have a point – but the purpose of the campaign which was first launched by Alcohol Change UK is to encourage people to simply reconsider their relationship with booze.

It prompts us to take stock of how much alcohol we are drinking and whether we might be teetering into dangerous territory with our drinking habits.

But you don’t just have to take my word for it, as this man revealed what results he had after putting himself on a booze ban for 30 days.

Many Brits will be opting to give up the booze for January (Getty Stock Image)

YouTuber Jordan LoNigro decided to document his challenge and share his results online in the hopes of inspiring others to take a leaf out of his book too.

In a video originally shared in May 2019, he explained that he was motivated to ditch drunken nights out after a booze-heavy few weeks, which resulted in some pretty grim hangovers.

The photographer and videographer, based in South Carolina, then revealed what changes he had noticed after not consuming any alcohol for more than four weeks, as well as the biggest realisation he had.

He excitedly announced that he had lost 10 pounds ‘just by simply cutting out alcohol for a month and eating a little bit healthier’.

“So that’s pretty awesome,” Jordan said. “I feel like I have a bit more energy, I feel a lot less sluggish than I usually do. I’ve been more creative.

Jordan LoNigro noticed some surprising changes after giving up booze for 30 days (YouTube/@jordanlonigro)

“I haven’t been waking up with hangovers on the weekends, so I’ve been using my time to my advantage and just being more all-around productive, so that’s been great as well. And lastly, I saved money.”

The content creator explained that even if you are just grabbing one beer with a meal, these small purchases add up over the course of a month.

However, Jordan admitted it wasn’t all smooth sailing, even if the 30 day challenge did leave him feeling better mentally and physically.

“Now let’s talk about some cons – or to put it better, some realisations I’ve had doing this challenge,” he continued. “My relationship with alcohol…it was a bit more challenging than I thought it was gonna be.

“The area I live in, there’s just so many things that involve drinking, so many activities that involve drinking. When I cut that out, it was like, wow.”

He explained that he lost weight, had more energy and saved money (YouTube/@jordanlonigro)

The YouTuber explained it dawned on him that he would have probably drank on numerous occasions ‘without even thinking about it’, rather than for a special event – prompting him to realise the extent of his relationship with drinking.

“Moving forward, I’m just going to be a little bit more aware of when I drink and how much I am drinking,” Jordan went on, before discussing the ‘most challenging’ aspect he faced while giving up booze further.

He told how his social life had taken a hit as he realised that a lot of activities involve drinking, but when your teetotal, ‘you don’t want to go put yourself in those environments’.

“So you just stay at home and chill,” he said. “And you don’t really hang out with people too much.”

He explained the cold weather also played a part in this, as he couldn’t preoccupy himself by heading outdoors.

As well as prompting him to overhaul his relationship with alcohol, Jordan says the challenge gave him new-found admiration for those who don’t drink.

“I just did this challenge for 30 days, but there’s a lot of people out there even people that are very close to me that live a sober lifestyle,” he added.

“That would be very hard to do.You would really have to reformat your whole life, really be aware of your surroundings and that would be very challenging – so to anyone out there that lives that kind of lifestyle, respect to you.”

ICYMI, The Simpsons has ‘predicted’ a fair few world events over the years.

The TV show has long been associated with seemingly foreseeing some of the biggest global news, including the Hawk Tuah girl, a major music collab, the UK’s cost of living crisis and the US 2024 election map.

Back in 2000, the season 11 episode ‘Bart to the Future’ aired and eerily referenced Trump’s rise to power as the 45th US president.

Fans have always been completely baffled over how the show does it, but turns out there could be some predictions on the way for 2025 – and it’s not looking like good news.

A global apocalypse

Hubpages reminds us that in one episode of The Simpsons, ‘Thank God It’s Doomsday’, Marge decides to give the kids a haircut, but Bart and Lisa want to go to a new, cooler hair salon in the mall.

Homer takes the kids there anyway, despite Marge objecting, but it goes horribly wrong when chaos ensues at the salon and the pair are left with half-shaved heads.

Hiding from some of their classmates, Bart, Lisa and Homer run inside a movie theater where they end up watching a film about the Rapture.

After the movie, Homer is frightened and believes the Rapture is on its way. He begins saying that ‘stars are falling from the sky’ and ‘the end is near’.

Homer predicts an apocalypse (FOX)

While people believe Homer at first, the apocalypse never arrives and he is outcast, but he soon realises he actually got the date wrong and the apocalypse is still set to happen.

Moments later, he is floating in heaven where he pleads with God to save his family. After some negotiating, God agrees to turn back time and Homer awakens from his ‘dream’ before reuniting with his loved ones

While it might sound a little far-fetched, fans believe the themes of time travel and apocalypse could be a prediction for 2025.

World War 3

With global conflicts heightening in 2024, it’s unsurprising that people have been taking a World War 3 prediction seriously.

Since The Simpsons aired, there’s been a few references to a potential World War 3. In one 1987 short, Homer is convinced that WW3 has started and insists the family rush to a homemade shelter in the garden.

Meanwhile, a separate scene from ‘Lisa’s Wedding’ sees Lisa’s British fiancè, Hugh Parkfield, visit Moe’s Tavern with Homer and Bart in the future.

Moe acknowledges that Hugh is British and tells him that they ‘saved their a** in WW2’, to which Hugh responds: “Well, we saved your a**e in WW3.”

Eerily, Moe simply says: “That’s true.”

“Since many of The Simpsons’ predictions have come true, will this prediction about World War 3 also come true?” one person asked on Twitter.

Homer thinks WW3 is happening (FOX)

Zombie Apocalypse

An episode released in 2009 titled ‘Treehouse of Horror XX’ sees the world infected by a virus that transforms humans into zombies.

Bart seems to be the only person immune to the virus, so the family rush to reach a safe zone to protect him. But in a bizarre twist, the residents of Springfield believe eating Bart could make them immune to the zombie disease.

In an even more bonkers conclusion to the episode, Bart manages to ‘vaccinate’ the population by contaminating their food before they eat it.

Most of it is totally unrealistic, of course, but it does have themes we’ve seen before during Covid times.

Social media users think they could be on to something, with one writing on TikTok: “This is what i have been asking myself all these years after watching zombie movies, thinking who brought the idea? And I knew it that one day it will come into reality.”

Turns out it was also predicted in 2024, however, with another writing in 2023: “The Simpsons has ‘predicted’ a zombie apocalypse in 2024.

The second season of the incredibly popular Netflix show arrived on the streaming platform on Boxing Day (26 December).

As well as Lee Jung-jae returning to the role of Gi-hun, who is hellbent on destroying the Squid Games once and for all, the new series features some new contestants. Amongst the new additions to the show, which include former K-pop musicians, T.O.P from BigBang, ZE:A’s Yim Si-wan, and Iz*One’s Jo Yuri, is Park, who plays Hyun-Ju in the show.

Hyun-Ju is a transgender woman and former Marine, who enters the Squid Games to pay for gender-affirming surgery.

However, the actor has faced a considerable amount of criticism after sharing an explicit image from a porn parody of Squid Game on his social media.

Park Sung-hoon plays the character of Hyun-Ju, a transgender woman (Netflix)

On his Instagram Stories, Park shared the DVD cover of a Japanese porn film called ‘Squirt Game’ – however, it was swiftly deleted.

In South Korea, distribution of pornographic material is a felony and can result in a one-year prison sentence and a fine.

Some fans initially believed that his account had been hacked, according to Pink News, however, the timing supposedly accentuated the criticism as Korea JoongAng reports that it was apparently posted as the country entered in a seven-day mourning period for the Jeju Air plane crash which occurred on Sunday (29 December).

Park shared the DVD cover on his Instagram Stories (Instagram/@boxabum)

Some took to Twitter to voice their opinion on the situation, with a few claiming he should be removed from his upcoming TV series, The Tyrant’s Chef, Dexerto reports.

Park’s representative agency, BH Entertainment, has since released a statement to issue an apology.

They wrote: “Actor Park accidentally posted the image, which he received in a direct message, by mistakenly pressing the wrong button.

“The actor himself was also very shocked. He is deeply sorry for making such a mistake in these circumstances and promises to be especially careful to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”

Park Sung-Hoon apologised via his agency (iMBC via Getty Images)

Park’s casting as a transgender woman also faced some backlash, as many social media users criticised the decision since the actor is a cisgender man.

However, Squid Games’ creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, said to TV Guide that he’d anticipated this ‘discussion’ when creating the character, adding: “In the beginning we were doing our research, and I was thinking of doing an authentic casting of a trans actor.

“When we researched in Korea, there are close to no actors [who] are openly trans, let alone openly gay, because unfortunately in Korean society the LGBTQ+ community is still marginalised and more neglected, which is heart-breaking.”

Netflix also confirmed that they had worked with trans and LGBTQ+ consultants when creating the second season, NBC News reports.

LADbible has contacted Park’s representatives and Netflix for comment.

That’s right, it’s over for Gen Alpha as tomorrow (1 January) marks the rise of a new beginning.

While plenty of people are still dwelling on ‘Gen Z this’ and ‘Gen Z’ that, babies born after midnight tonight are part of a whole other label – and people ‘can’t believe’ what they will be called.

A new generation is incoming (Getty Stock)

I’m not talking about the popular names lined up for newborns in 2025 but the fact they will be a part of Generation Beta.

Yep, the next wave of kids born between 2025 and roughly 2039 will be known as Gen B.

Those dates are flexible, of course, just like past generations, but one things for sure; Gen Beta begins at midnight. Gen Alpha ran from 2010 to 2024 with Gen Z (and here’s where the arguments begin) going from 1997 to 2013 after millennials from 1981 to 1996.

But users on Twitter are coming in hard, as one person wrote: “Might be the worst name they could of thought of.”

Another echoed: “Being called a Beta Baby is crazy work.”

“Well, that’s an unfortunate name,” someone else writes, as another is pretty made up: “Thank goodness I wasn’t born a Beta.”

“Imagine being called ‘Beta’ your entire life,” a different user said.

And while some predict big advancements coming from this new generation, one user is less optimistic, writing: “This will be the worst generation ever mark my words.”

Some of big wishes for this lot too as they write: “I hope Gen Beta kids have a better, less technology dependent childhood than Alphas’s.”

2025 brings Gen B (Getty Stock)

While others have worries for them: “Generation beta is crazy. Why would they choose that? these kids aren’t gonna survive the lunch table.”

Although it’s worth pointing out that nearly all the other kids they’ll be sat with at the ‘lunch table’ are going to be Gen B too.

Plenty of users predict that ‘these memes will write themselves’, as others simply say ‘ouch’.

But there’s still that optimism from some as one writes: “In majority they will be kids of millennial and some of initial Gen Zs…all in all children of 90s kids.

“Hoping for best ever born generation as their parents are from best times of earth non tech followed by tech times.”

Fool Me Once was a massive surprise hit for Netflix, becoming the platform’s eighth most-viewed English-speaking show of all time.

The streamer has decided to follow this up with yet another Harlan Coben adaption, which was released this morning (1 January).

The show is called Missing You and follows a missing persons detective who comes across her former fiancé on a dating app.

The twist is that he went missing without a trace years ago.

The cast is absolutely stacked, including Rosalind Eleazar, Ashley Walters, Richard Armitage (of course), Sir Lenny Henry, and Jessica Plummer.

Author and creator Coben told Tudum: “Suppose the love of your life vanished, then one day you’re scrolling through one of those apps.

“And all of a sudden he’s back, and it leads to death and destruction and family secrets and all sorts of buried reasons for why he left the first time.”

And the reviews have already been flooding in.

Collider has given the thriller an 8/10, saying ‘the show never loses momentum with a steady rhythm of episodes’.

It added: “Missing You is an extremely bingeable series that offers good answers to its mysteries if you stick with it.

“Before that happens, however, you’ll be on a rollercoaster of twists and seemingly random events that pay off sooner rather than later.

Jessica Plummer and Rosalind Eleazar (Netflix)

“It boasts excellent performances – especially from Eleazar – and, in general, is exactly what you expect from an investigative series. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it sure knows how to spin it.”

Fandom Wire gave the show 7/10, saying: “The new British Netflix adaptation of another Harlan Coben novel, Missing You, is elevated by a strong, layered backstory and excellent performance from Slow Horses’ Rosalind Eleazar.

“That’s not to say the series is a hard-hitting drama, but the series version of a beach read that is meant to be a crime mystery that is light and entertaining rather than something gritty.”

Missing You has also been praised for its diversity.

Sir Lenny Henry spoke in an exclusive interview with LADbible about this, in which he said: “I read the book first, when I was asked to check it out to see if I wanted to be in it.

“I just thought, ‘This is going to be awesome’.

The show landed on Netflix today (1 January) (Netflix)

“Then when I showed up on the set, it was very diverse. So there were black people and brown people and lots of women, and it was just a very diverse set.

“It’s something you don’t… having been in the business a long time when I did Three Little Birds, we did that because I was a producer, but generally, Quay Street Productions [co-producers of the show] have done a thing here.

“To put marginalised people at the centre of a story, to bring them into the centre space and go take the pointy end and to have it be like this, and to have it succeed it’s just a wonderful thing to be part of.”

Missing You is available to stream on Netflix from 8am on 1 January.

The Gossip Girl star has been embroiled in a legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star, having made a legal complaint against him just two weeks ago, which was released to the public via the New York Times.

Baldoni denied the claims made in Lively’s first lawsuit, with his lawyer, Bryan Freedman, calling the claims ‘categorically false’

There were rumours that Baldoni, 40, was preparing his own complaint against Lively after she accused him of sexual harassment and attempting to ‘destroy’ her reputation, which she alleged had caused her ‘severe emotional distress’ behind-the-scenes.

The 37-year-old has since followed up the original complaint, which was filed with the California Civil Rights Commission, by formally suing Baldoni in federal court in New York.

The second lawsuit from Lively is more formal, and was filed yesterday (31 December), where the actor is demanding ‘punitive’ and ‘compensatory’ damages as well as a jury trial.

She added that they also caused ‘severe and serious emotional distress’ and ‘lost wages’.

Lively has filed a second lawsuit against Baldoni (Katie Jones/Beauty Inc via Getty Images)

Her attorneys provided a statement to The Daily Mail, alleging that there has been ‘further retaliation and attacks’ since she has spoken out against her co-star.

It read: “Earlier today (31 December), Ms. Lively filed a federal complaint against Wayfarer Studios and others in the Southern District of New York. Ms. Lively previously sent her California Civil Rights Department Complaint in response to the retaliatory campaign Wayfarer launched against her for reporting sexual harassment and workplace safety concerns.

“Unfortunately, Ms. Lively’s decision to speak out has resulted in further retaliation and attacks.”

Her legal team went on: “As alleged in Ms. Lively’s federal Complaint, Wayfarer and its associates have violated federal and California state law by retaliating against her for reporting sexual harassment and workplace safety concerns. Now, the defendants will answer for their conduct in federal court.

“Ms. Lively has brought this litigation in New York, where much of the relevant activities described in the Complaint took place, but we reserve the right to pursue further action in other venues and jurisdictions as appropriate under the law.”

This follows a $250 million lawsuit brought against The New York Times, with the plaintiffs including Baldoni, publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel among seven others, alleging libel and false-light invasion of privacy, Variety reports.

Baldoni is also suing The New York Times for $250 million (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Vital Voices Global Partnership)

They claimed that the information in the lawsuit, which included text messages and emails, published by the newspaper was ‘cherry-picked’ and stripped of context to ‘mislead’.

Freedman told Variety that The New York Times had allegedly ‘cowered to the wants and whims of two powerful ‘untouchable’ Hollywood elites, disregarding journalistic practices and ethics once befitting of the revered publication by using doctored and manipulated texts and intentionally omitting texts which dispute their chosen PR narrative’.

Speaking on the suit from Baldoni earlier this week, a New York Times spokesperson said: “The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead. Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and at length in the article.

“To date, Wayfarer Studios, Mr. Baldoni, the other subjects of the article and their representatives have not pointed to a single error. We published their full statement in response to the allegations in the article as well. We plan to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”

LADbible has reached out to Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal teams, Wayfarer Studios and The New York Times for further comment.