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    'Bridgerton' Star Rege-Jean Page Heading to 'SNL' as First-Time Host

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    The Duke of Hastings depicter has booked a hosting gig on ‘Saturday Night Live’ with Bad Bunny as a musical guest, following the massive success of his Netflix steamy drama series.

    Feb 15, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Breakout “Bridgerton” star Rege-Jean Page has landed a huge TV gig in America as the host of next week’s (20Feb21) “Saturday Night Live”.
    The British hunk will front the sketch show with Bad Bunny as the music guest.
    This will be Page’s “SNL” debut while Bad Bunny appeared in a remote production of the NBC show in April (20), alongside Keenan Thompson.

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    Meanwhile, it has been revealed Rege-Jean has a secret girlfriend.
    The 31 year old, who picked up an army of new fans with his portrayal of the hunky Duke of Hastings in the steamy Netflix show, is reportedly smitten with writer and part-time soccer player Emily Brown.
    According to the Mail on Sunday newspaper, the couple shares a home together in North London. They were recently spotted embracing in the street before he flew to New York for a week of “Saturday Night Live” rehearsals.

    Page has been tipped to take over from Daniel Craig as the next James Bond, with his “Bridgerton” co-star Adjoa Andoh among those backing him to get the role, “I think the thing with Rege is, he is beautiful. Don’t tell him I said that. He is very smart, he is a fantastically funny, sharp actor, so he could take on any role you give him really. Annoyingly, he could. He would be a marvellous James Bond if they ever decided to go that way, no doubt at all.”

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    Zack Snyder's 'Justice League' Likely to Hit Small Screen in March as Four-Hour Film

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    A new trailer for the ‘Watchmen’ director’s version of the blockbuster movie features super-villain Steppenwolf kneeling before Darkseid, in addition to offering more scenes of Ray Fisher as Cyborg.

    Feb 15, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Zack Snyder’s four-hour “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” epic will no longer drop as installments on streaming site HBO Max.
    HBO and DC bosses confirmed the plan to chop up the film in parts during the virtual DC Fandome event last summer (20), but it now appears the film will hit the small screen as one blockbuster on 18 March (21).
    A new trailer features all the “Justice League” stars and includes scenes that were cut by Joss Whedon, who completed the 2017 film after Snyder was forced to step down as director due to a family tragedy.
    Fans were left underwhelmed by Whedon’s film and badgered Snyder to patch his version back together. The filmmaker agreed to do just that in 2017, and added reshoots to the film.

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    In one new scene, that features in the latest trailer, super-villain Steppenwolf (Ciaran Hinds) appears, kneeling before a bigger boss – Darkseid, while the climax of the teaser features Jared Leto’s “Joker” making a big cameo in a chat with Ben Affleck’s Batman from Snyder’s “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice”.
    There are also more scenes of Ray Fisher as Cyborg in the new trailer.
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    Snyder confirmed he would be swelling the character’s appearance in his “Justice League”, despite the actor’s ongoing public spat on social media against Warner Bros. regarding their handling of his accusations of onset misconduct against Whedon. Fisher’s claims have sparked a series of accusations about Whedon’s bad behavior behind the camera.

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    Jared Leto Denies 'Suicide Squad' Rat Prank Story, Insists He Never Gave Margot Robbie Twisted Gift

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    The 30 Seconds to Mars frontman sets the record straight on the claims that he sent his onscreen love interest a rat gift, several years after the release of the DC anti-hero movie.

    Feb 15, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Jared Leto has exploded the Hollywood myth he sent Margot Robbie a rat gift while they were playing twisted lovers in “Suicide Squad”.
    The actor and singer played Joker in the 2016 movie, opposite Margot’s Harley Quinn, and during the press tour for the blockbuster, they both sold the media on the prank story.
    Five years later, Leto has come clean, insisting he only gave her a vegan cinnamon bun.
    In an interview with GQ about his various movie roles, Jared said, “It’s funny how all this stuff takes on a life of its own. I never gave Margot Robbie a dead rat, that’s not true. I actually gave her a lot of… I found this place in Toronto that had a great vegan cinnamon bun… so that was a very common thing.”
    Margot opened up about rat-gate in an interview just before the film’s big release and claimed the rodent she was sent was alive.

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    “(I got a) nice love letter with a black box with a rat in it – a live rat,” she said. “If Harley got something from Joker, she’d probably cherish it.”
    The 30-year-old actress embellished the rat tale, admitting she was scared of the creature at first but kept it and grew quite fond of her pet, until she had to give it up.
    “I was like, ‘I’m not going to kill him’,” she explained. “So I ended up keeping him as a pet. I ended up getting him, like, a sweet little play pen, a slide, a hammock, and a leash because I wanted to take him to set and walk him around… But then our landlord at the place I was staying found out.”
    Meanwhile, Leto, who has reprised his Joker character for Zack Snyder’s upcoming “Justice League” epic, reveals he loved stepping into the villain’s shoes again.
    “I guess it’s this generation’s version of taking on an infamous Shakespearean character,” he tells GQ. “Lots of people have played the part before, lots of people will play it in the future, so really it’s an opportunity to do something new and to explore challenging territory.”
    Leto shot new scenes for Snyder’s four-hour blockbuster and appears at the end of a new trailer, chatting to his superhero nemesis Batman, played by Ben Affleck.

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    'Mission: Impossible 7' Filming Put on Pause Again Due to Revolts Among Cast and Crew

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    The production on the upcoming seventh ‘Mission: Impossible’ film starring Tom Cruise has been shut down again as the cast and crew members allegedly refused to work.

    Feb 15, 2021
    AceShowbiz – The cast and crew of the new “Mission: Impossible” movie have paused filming amid more coronavirus-related issues.
    The action movie starring Tom Cruise has been busily filming in the Middle East over recent weeks, but production work has been halted after people reportedly refused to work and demanded to head back to the U.K. before the country’s new travel restrictions are implemented.
    An insider explained, “The whole production has hit yet another issue and there have been revolts among the cast and crew.”
    “For quite a few of them, the prospect of having to quarantine in a hotel back in the U.K. is a step too far and they’ve demanded to be flown home before the rules change. The studio has had to fund a jet back and the missing cast and crew will inevitably cause another delay.”
    “It was hoped that filming in the UAE would provide some flexibility but that changed when the UK shut its borders.”

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    The upcoming film – which also stars the likes of Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, and Hayley Atwell – has been delayed numerous times due to coronavirus-related issues.
    And the situation is said to be taking a toll on the production staff, a number of whom no longer “feel it’s worth.”
    The source told The Sun newspaper, “Morale is really down and many of the younger staff who aren’t earning the big bucks just don’t feel it’s worth it any more.”
    The eagerly-anticipated movie first went into production in February, shortly before much of the world entered lockdown because of the pandemic.
    And due to various delays over recent months, there appears to be some concern over whether the film’s release will need to be delayed.

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    Daniel Kaluuya Took Opera Singing Lessons to Prepare for His Role as Black Panthers Leader

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    The ‘Get Out’ actor reveals he learned to sing opera to perfect his voice as late revolutionary activist Fred Hampton in the powerful movie ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’.

    Feb 14, 2021
    AceShowbiz – “Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya took opera singing lessons to help him prepare for speech scenes in his new Black Panthers movie “Judas and the Black Messiah”.
    The Brit plays Panthers leader Fred Hampton in the powerful film and needed to prepare for a series of sequences in which he had to speak like a passionate revolutionary to crowds of followers without losing his voice, so to strengthen his vocal range he tried a little opera therapy.
    “I had to condition my vocal chords and engage my diaphragm, because I’d be doing speeches for, like, 12 hours,” he tells “Good Morning America”. “Like any muscle, you need to get it strong in order for you to sustain that, in order not to do permanent damage to it.”
    “I also had to study cadence, because Chairman Fred Hampton had a different cadence to when he spoke and when he did speeches and I wanted them to feel different but feel like the same person at the same time.”
    Meanwhile, in a separate TV interview, the actor revealed he trained himself to become ambidextrous.

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    The star decided to learn a new skill during the first COVID lockdown in the U.K. last year (20), and impressed himself with his progress.
    “I… taught myself to write with my left hand,” he explained on Britain’s “The Graham Norton Show”.
    “On the first day it looked like I was writing while the house was being bombed, but to see the progression in six months was amazing.”
    “It makes you realise that doing stuff you normally do and then doing it a different way challenges the way you do everything.”
    However, not all of Kaluuya’s time was spent picking up useful skills – he also found himself ditching his usual diet as he began to indulge in all of his favourite foods while stuck at home.
    “I let go and ate everything!” he laughed.

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    Jason Biggs: My Biggest Regret Is Turning Down 'How I Met Your Mother'

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    The ‘American Pie’ actor is still beating himself up over turning down the role in the CBS hit TV series that would have reunited him with co-star Alyson Hannigan.

    Feb 14, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Jason Biggs will always regret turning down a big TV payday because he wasn’t ready to tackle a small screen project.
    The star reveals he was initially offered the lead role in comedy “How I Met Your Mother”, which would have reunited him and his “American Pie” co-star Alyson Hannigan, but he passed – allowing Josh Radnor to take on the role of Ted Mosby.
    The CBS series was a big hit and ran for nine seasons.
    “I was offered the role,” Biggs told SiriusXM’s “The Covino & Rich Show”. “It’s probably my biggest regret, you know, on passing. I think I was in a phase of, at the time – it sounds so obnoxious to say right now – but at the time it was like, ‘OK, do I want to do TV?’ ”

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    “I don’t know that I was quite ready to go that route.”
    “Big picture, I have no regrets. I’m very lucky, very fortunate. I’m still here. That’s number one. But yeah, if I had to pick out something I wish I had done differently, I would’ve taken that gig for sure. Absolutely.”
    Asked if he ever spoke to Hannigan about turning down the role, Jason added, “We’ve never really talked about it. I don’t know that she knows, actually.”
    “How I Met Your Mother” also starred the likes of Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris, and Cristin Milioti. It received 30 Emmy nominations and won ten.

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    'Captain Marvel 2' Locks Zawe Ashton as New Villain

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    The upcoming second ‘Captain Marvel’ movie has found the main baddie in the ‘Not Safe for Work’ actress, ultimately pitting her against Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers.

    Feb 14, 2021
    AceShowbiz – British actress Zawe Ashton has scored her big break after landing the role of the new villain in the “Captain Marvel” sequel.
    The “Dreams of a Life” star will face off with Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, in the follow-up to the 2019 superhero blockbuster although specific character details have yet to be released.
    “WandaVision” story editor Megan McDonnell has penned the script for “Captain Marvel 2”, which will be directed by Nia DaCosta.
    Ashton joins a cast which also includes Iman Vellani and Teyonah Parris.

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    “Captain Marvel 2” is currently scheduled for release in November 2022.
    Other upcoming Marvel big screen projects include “Black Panther 2”, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”, “Black Widow”, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”, “The Eternals”, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”, “Thor: Love and Thunder”, and a “Spider-Man: Far From Home” sequel.
    The studio is also working on a number of TV projects following the conclusion of Phase Three of Marvel Cinematic Universe. Phase Three started with “Captain America: Civil War” in 2016 and ended with “Spider-Man: Far From Home” in 2019.
    The series include “WandaVision” starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, “Loki” starring Tom Hiddleston, “What If…?” starring Jeffrey Wright, “Ms. Marvel” starring Iman Vellani, “Moon Knight” with Oscar Isaac attached to play the lead role and Ethan Hawke to portray the main baddie, “Hawkeye” with Jeremy Renner set to return as the titular character and Hailee Steinfeld added in the supporting role, and “She-Hulk” with Tatiana Maslany attached to play the main heroine.

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    Ludacris Trained in Kitchen by Professional Chef in TV Special

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    The ‘Area Codes’ hitmaker takes on a challenge in kitchen as he’s learning how to cook from chef Meherwan Irani for an upcoming cooking show dubbed ‘Luda Can’t Cook’.

    Feb 14, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Rapper/actor Ludacris is heading into the kitchen to pick up a few culinary skills for a new cooking special.
    The “Area Codes” hitmaker is the first to admit he is pretty useless when it comes to whipping up tasty treats, but he hopes to change all that with “Luda Can’t Cook”, in which he will be trained by professional chef Meherwan Irani.
    “When men like myself are hungry, we just want to eat,” he told Billboard. “We don’t want to take 30 minutes to an hour to cook.”
    However, he was amazed by all the international flavours and new techniques he discovered from Irani, who gave him a lesson in Indian food.
    “It was an eye-opener and so many lightbulb moments for me,” Ludacris confessed.

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    The hip-hop star, who is a co-owner of the Chicken + Beer restaurant at the Atlanta, Georgia airport, is spoiled at home by his wife, model Eudoxie, who serves up a lot of her favourite foods from her native Gabon for her man and their family.
    “She does all the cooking, which is part of the reason I can’t cook,” he insisted. “She has her own style and she’s very, very good at it.”
    And Ludacris admits he never learned how to make the basics when he was young because cooking wasn’t a skill his mother, Roberta, really mastered until later in life.
    “I love my mother with all my heart. My mother was not the best cook in the world,” he shared. “Her food and cooking has gotten better and better over a long period of time.”
    However, he claims there is one dish he can pull off on his own. “The whole Luda can’t cook is only 99 per cent true,” he smiled. “There’s one per cent; I can cook tacos.”
    “Luda Can’t Cook” will debut on America’s discovery+ streaming service on 25 February (21).

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