Editor’s Note

Ambica Sachin Never Appear Too Perfect - Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power A tenet Ambica tries hard to live by. ambica@khaleejtimes.com

Twitter’s latest move to sanitise its space by deleting the accounts of defunct users has come at a heavy price for certain celebs. While reports have it that in Bollywood alone, many big shots have lost hundreds of thousands of precious followers, the real cost of this move is yet to be ascertained. In a world where your brand equity and social status is proportional to the number of ‘followers’ you have amassed on social media, the current action by Twitter must surely hurt. Big B, SRK and Salman, we hear, have gone into a huddle post this social media disaster.

On the other side of the world, Scarlett Johansson found out how powerful social media can be, when she was forced to quit an upcoming movie due to a fierce backlash on the said medium over her plans to portray a transgender role – one which critics online felt undermined Hollywood’s efforts to promote diversity and representation in cinema.

Forbes’ recent assertion that Kylie Jenner is likely to become a billionaire at the age of 22 has been met with shock and disbelief. Many of her critics are probably unaware that along with her famous lips, her Instagram account, which boasts 111m followers, is also responsible for her envy-inducing fame and millions.

While celebs and their managers think up ways to up their game, we can’t wait to sing along to I have a Dream at the theatres this weekend as Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again releases. Read all this and more in today’s edition of City Times.

Enid Parker

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Arti Dani

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Michael Gomes

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Maan Jalal

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