Quenlin Blackwell, a content creator and entertainer who rose to fame on Vine before transitioning to YouTube and TikTok, is expanding her career into acting and hosting. Blackwell, who has amassed over 16 million followers across two platforms, recently made her acting debut in the HBO comedy series I Love LA, portraying a dramatized version of herself. She also hosted the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscars Party, describing her role as a “conduit to connection” for celebrities. Blackwell attributes her success to maintaining an authentic persona rather than optimizing for algorithms. She describes her comedy as a communal practice rooted in making her family laugh. Regarding her YouTube series Feeding Starving Celebrities, she stated the show was inspired by friends Lil Nas X and Destin Conrad. She noted that the series aims to provide a safe space for guests to be “human” and “personable” without the pressure of seeking “salacious” content for views. In a separate development regarding music technology, Boy George and Culture Club have rerecorded the hit “Karma Chameleon” using AI to recreate the vocal characteristics of the original 1983 recording. The project, launched by the music technology company Artist Included, aims to provide George with creative control and a new revenue stream. According to Paul Kemsley, the rerecord was prompted by a commercial sync license for Virgin Voyages, where George received only an appearance fee because he does not own the master rights to the original song. The AI was trained using archival demos to capture the “nuance” of George’s youthful voice while incorporating the “warmth and experience” of his current life. The technology took 18 months to refine, as early iterations produced high-pitched, cartoonish results. Artist Included plans to rerecord Culture Club’s entire back catalog, a process Kemsley claims will take approximately two weeks. The new masters will allow the band to see an increase in publishing revenue while bypassing the need for approval from former drummer Jon Moss.