Jamie Foxx, Rita Ora and Gary Barlow

The Daily Lowdown: Jamie Foxx hospitalized due to 'medical complication'

The Oscar-winning actor has been filming with Cameron Diaz

Senior Features Writer
April 13, 2023

Welcome to your Daily Lowdown from HELLO! In today's episode, we're discussing Jamie Foxx's daughter confirming in a statement that the Oscar-winning actor had been admitted to the hospital after suffering a "medical complication".

Not only that, Rita Ora will perform at the Eurovision Song Contest and Blink 182 announce last-minute at this weekend's Coachella Festival.

Take a listen to the episode below…

Oscar-winning actor and singer Jamie Foxx has been hospitalised following a medical emergency, his family confirmed. The Dreamgirls star has been in Atlanta in recent times filming his upcoming movie Back in Action alongside Cameron Diaz but was given emergency medical attention after suffering health complications, although the specific details about his condition are unknown. Jamie's daughter Corinne took to Instagram to share a statement on her father's health, updating fans that the 55-year-old, who is also adored for his career as a singer and comedian, is already on the way to recovery and thanked fans for their support and prayers. We're hoping the actor gets well soon!

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Jamie Foxx

In a very last-minute announcement, Blink 182 have revealed they will be playing at this year's Coachella festival. The rock trio confirmed the news on social media stating that they will take to the stage at the Californian festival this Friday at the Sahara Tent. Their performance will mark the band's first performance together since 2014 after their reunion show dates that were scheduled for last month were cancelled due to drummer Travis Barker's injury. Blink 182 will join a huge bill of acts including main headliners like Bad Bunny, Frank Ocean, Blackpink and Bjork.

Eurovision is just around the corner and the annual song contest have announced a string of exciting names who will be guest performers. The BBC announced that Rita Ora and Rebecca Ferguson are set to take to the stage to sing a medley of their biggest hits at the semi-final knock-out stages which are taking place in Liverpool on Tuesday 9 and Thursday 11 May, before the grand finale which will take place live on Saturday 13 May. Eurovision will also welcome a number of Ukrainian artists including Julia Sanina and her band, The Hardkiss, and more to perform to pay tribute to the winning country after it was announced that they could not host this year's contest due to the ongoing conflict.

Rita Ora will perform at Eurovision

Are Take That set for a major reunion? The band have been teasing fans that they could be set to bring together all five original members once again after they posted a photo on social media along with a caption that read: "Never forget we will have fun like this again sometime soon," leading fans to speculate they will reunite for new music or perhaps a performance at the upcoming Coronation or the British Summer Time Hyde Park festival. It comes soon after singer Mark Owen shared that the group were back together in a studio recently although he did not confirm whether they were recording new music as a whole. We're looking forward to hearing more!

And Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Prince Harry will attend his father King Charles' Coronation next month, however, his wife Meghan Markle and their two children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will not. A statement from the palace explained that the Duke of Sussex will attend the Coronation Service at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May, which happens to be Archie's fourth birthday, while Meghan will remain in California with their two children.  The details of Harry's role in the Coronation are currently unknown.

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