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    'Bridgerton' Season 2 to Focus on Anthony in His Quest for Love

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    The Netflix racy drama series has been renewed for a second season which is expected to revolve around the family’s eldest son Anthony Bridgerton searching for a suitable wife.

    Jan 22, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Racy period drama “Bridgerton” has officially scored a season two renewal, with actor Jonathan Bailey taking centre stage as his character Anthony searches for a suitable wife.
    Just a month after the series debuted on streaming service Netflix, bosses have formally given the green light to another season, with production set to get underway in the U.K. this spring (21).
    The news was shared in a special edition of show narrator Lady Whistledown’s Society Paper, which was posted online on Thursday (21Jan21), confirming the “Bridgerton” storyline would continue with a focus on the titular family’s eldest child, Anthony.
    The series, narrated by Dame Julie Andrews as Lady Whistledown, is inspired by the book franchise of the same name by Julia Quinn, with season two based on the 2000 novel, “The Viscount Who Loved Me”.
    “The incomparable cast of Bridgerton will return to production in Spring 2021,” the Society Paper read.

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    Casting for Anthony’s new love interests is currently underway.
    Quinn’s fictional series features eight books, with each story revolving around the love life of each Bridgerton sibling.
    Season one of the Netflix adaptation, created by Chris Van Dusen and co-produced by TV mogul Shonda Rhimes, centred on the romance between Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke of Hastings Simon Bassett, respectively portrayed by Phoebe Dynevor and Rege-Jean Page.
    Van Dusen wants to bring Dynevor and Page back for season two in some capacity although he’s not yet sure how much they will feature.
    Asked if they will return for another run, he told U.S. breakfast show “Today”, “I hope so. They are now, of course, the Duke and Duchess of Hastings, but in my mind they will always be Bridgertons and I think they will always be part of the show.”

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    Paula Abdul Manages to Guess Cricket's Identity on 'The Masked Dancer'

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    The Cricket has been sent packing on the fourth episode of the first season and one of the judges managed to guess the identity of the person behind the elaborate costume.

    Jan 22, 2021
    AceShowbiz – [SPOILER ALERT!] Brian McKnight was the latest celebrity unveiled on “The Masked Dancer” on Wednesday night (20Jan21), and admitted there was no way he’d have danced on national TV without a mask.
    The Grammy-nominated star was unmasked as Cricket on the episode, with judge Paula Abdul guessing his identity after he gave a final performance to Montell Jordan’s “This Is How We Do It”.
    And after the episode aired, McKnight spoke to People about the experience and said that, while he’d expected to be called for sister show “The Masked Singer”, he relished the opportunity to take on the unexpected with the dancing competition.

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    “I think when I was asked to do this, the thing that appealed to me – because I’m not a dancer – is that nobody would know that it was me,” he said. “It’s really kind of cool. There’s no way I would’ve done this without a mask on… I got to be in the public’s eye again in this magnitude, which I hadn’t been in quite some time, so I’m really grateful for the opportunity.”
    The father-of-four also admitted that being judged for his dancing moves was a new experience for him – but he did his absolute best.
    “Being on stage and singing my songs is second nature. Having to know steps and do these dance moves so that the whole world will scrutinise them, but at the same time they’re not knowing that it’s me, is kind of a weird play on your emotions and your feelings,” he mused. “You want to do it well, you want to do it right, but if you don’t, they don’t know who you are until they know; and will they remember that you messed up? I just wanted to be as good as I could be under the circumstance. You go out there and do your best.”

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    Matthew Rhys to Turn One-Man Show 'Playing Burton' Into Audible Production

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    Speaking about bringing Richard Burton back to life through the new radio play, ‘The Americans’ actor praises his legendary fellow Welshman for ‘blazing the trail for us all.’

    Jan 21, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Matthew Rhys will bring his legendary fellow Welshman Richard Burton back to life in a new radio play for Audible.
    The “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” star, who earned seven Oscar nominations during his career, was almost as famous for his partying and colourful off-screen love life, which included two marriages to Elizabeth Taylor – and “The Americans”‘ Rhys has been a fan of his work for decades.
    When he was an 18-year-old drama student in London, the Emmy winner saw the one-man show “Playing Burton”, which was all about his hero’s life and career and told from the actor’s own perspective, and the play, written by Mark Jenkins, really changed his life.
    It also follows his hildhood in an impoverished mining community in South Wales to becoming one of the most acclaimed as well as highly-paid actors in his generation. It will also feature his love affair with fellow “Cleopatra” co-star Elizabeth Taylor as well as his public battle with alcoholism and related health issues prior to his death at the age of 58.

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    Now he’s taking on the role for himself in a new production for Audible’s Theater programme – and he couldn’t be more honoured.
    “The reason I wanted to act was because of Richard Burton,” Rhys tells Variety. “Since first seeing his incredible performance in ‘Look Back in Anger’ to still listening to his audio (recordings) of ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Under Milk Wood’. He blazed the trail for us all and showed us it was possible.”
    Burton died of a brain haemorrhage, age 58, in 1984.
    Catch Matthew as his acting hero on Audible Theater from 28 January (21).

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    Tom Holland Feared He'd Be Fired by Marvel After 'Captain America: Civil War'

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    The ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ actor opens up about his anxiety of being cut as Spider-Man after making his debut as the web-crawler in the sequel to ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’.

    Jan 21, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Tom Holland was unsure that he would continue to play Spider-Man even after making his debut as the web-crawler in “Captain America: Civil War”. In an interview for Variety’s Actors on Actors with Daniel Kaluuya, the Brit opens up about his anxiety of being fired by Marvel after filming the third Captain America movie.
    “From the moment of shooting ‘Civil War’ to ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’, I was convinced they were going to fire me,” Holland admits. “I don’t know why. ‘Civil War’ hadn’t come out yet, and I just didn’t hear anything from anyone. I can’t really explain it. It was awful.”
    Thankfully, much to Holland surprise, he didn’t get fired. “…but they didn’t – obviously. It’s been crazy, mate,” the 24-year-old actor expresses his relief as he shares how he’s been enjoying playing the friendly neighborhood superhero, “I’ve loved every minute of it.”
    During the interview, Holland also details the long process of audition to nab the role. “There’s three stages of life changing,” he says. “It’s weird. The audition process was horrible. It was seven months of auditioning. I must’ve done six auditions, and they don’t tell you anything.”

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    But Holland seems to have a good memory of doing a screen test in Atlanta opposite Robert Downey Jr. a.k.a. Iron Man. “There was me and six other kids, and Downey was there, so we all tested with Downey, which was crazy,” he recalls. “It’s the best audition I’ve ever done, him and I were riffing off each other. My agents told me that Marvel likes you to learn the words exactly – you can’t improvise. And then, on the first take, Downey just completely changed the scene. We started riffing with each other, and I mean, to sound like a bit of a d**k, I rang my mum afterward and was like, ‘I think I’ve got it.’ ”
    Holland returned for another screen test six weeks later, where he performed a fight scene with Captain America (Chris Evans). “They flew us back to Atlanta, me and one other guy, and we did this scene, which was so surreal,” he shares. “By that point, it had been an amazing enough of an experience that if I hadn’t got the part, I would’ve felt like I’d at least achieved something to get to that point.”
    The “Cherry” star says he only found out that he’s officially cast as Spider-Man through the news. “I got my computer, and my dog was sitting next to me,” he says. “I type in ‘Marvel.’ I’ve still got the article saved on my computer. It said, ‘We would like to introduce our new Spider-Man, Tom Holland.’ ”
    Not being able to contain his excitement, Holland says he “broke my computer, because I flipped it up in the air.” He continues, “It fell off my bed; my dog went nuts. I ran downstairs. I was telling my family, ‘I got the part! I got the part!’ And obviously, that was right about the time when Sony had got hacked, so my brother, Harry, who’s quite tech savvy, was like, ‘No. There’s no way that’s real. They would have called you. They’ve been hacked.’ And then the studio called me and gave me the news. It was so bizarre how it happened.”
    Holland is currently filming the third Spider-Man movie, which has Jon Watts back at the helm. It is currently scheduled for release on December 17, 2021 in the U.S., though its subject to change as the coronavirus pandemic has postponed the production.

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    Ledisi to Star Opposite Columbus Short in New Mahalia Jackson Biopic

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    Before landing the part in ‘Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story’, the RnB singer has stepped into the shoes of the Queen of Gospel in Martin Luther King Jr.’s 2014 biopic ‘Selma’.

    Jan 21, 2021
    AceShowbiz – R&B singer Ledisi will be stepping back into the shoes of the Queen of Gospel Mahalia Jackson for a new film.
    The musician previously portrayed Mahalia in 2014’s Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic “Selma”, and now she has been tapped to reprise the role for “Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story”.
    She will star in the project opposite “Scandal” actor Columbus Short, who will play Mahalia’s close friend and civil rights icon King, Jr.
    “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” alum Janet Hubert and Wendy Raquel Robinson from “The Walking Dead” have also been cast in the movie, written by Ericka Nicole Malone and directed by Denise Dowse, reports Deadline.
    “Remember Me”, named after one of Mahalia’s signature songs, will follow her career success between 1956 and 1963, during which she grew close to King, Jr. and became a key voice in the Civil Rights Movement.

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    Celebrating her new role, Ledisi said, “I am honored to be given a chance to paint the world through Mahalia’s eyes and sing her songs.”
    “Watching Columbus Short transform into Dr. Martin Luther King has been inspiring. I am sharing space with so many amazing actors and with Ericka Nicole Malone’s words and being under the direction of the great Denise Dowse’s I am thrilled to be telling the story of New Orleans Gospel Legend Mahalia Jackson (sic).”
    And Short added, “I have dreamed of playing this role for many years. It’s truly a great honor to portray a man that has made such an indelible impact on society and to all of ours lives (sic). I am thankful to Ericka for the opportunity and proud to play alongside a wonderful cast.”

    Mahalia isn’t the only music legend Ledisi has portrayed onscreen – she also played Patti LaBelle on TV drama series “American Soul” last year.

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    'KUWTK' Final Season Will Feature Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Divorce Drama

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    If a new report is to be believed, Kim and husband Kanye West’s marital problem is set to play out in upcoming season 20 of the famous clan’s long-running reality TV show.

    Jan 21, 2021
    AceShowbiz – “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” will end this year and it will reportedly feature one of the most crucial moments in Kim Kardashian’s life. If a new report is to be believed, her and husband Kanye West’s marital problem is set to play out in upcoming season 20.
    A source revealed to E! News, “The Kardashians intend to go out with a bang. They’ve filmed Kim discussing her marriage problems.” The insider, however, noted that the famous clan made sure that it wouldn’t leak before the new season premieres as “everybody involved is on a nondisclosure agreement, because the finale won’t screen until later in 2021.”
    Meanwhile, another source claimed to Us Weekly that Kanye was “less than thrilled” that their marrital issues will be aired on the show.
    Earlier this year, Kim and her family celebrated the end of filming on “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” by treating the camera crew to luxury Rolex watches. According to TMZ, the reality TV stars gave each of the 30 crewmembers a watch that costs $10,000 for each.

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    Kim previously shared her feelings after wrapping the filming for her family’s long-running reality TV show. “We just finished filming forever, like ever, ever. We’re done, we’re never filming again – isn’t that so crazy?! So we’re having a drink with the crew in my backyard, hanging out. Cheers to – I don’t know. 15 years; 20 seasons of craziness and lots of love,” she said in an Instagram clip.
    The SKIMS founder announced in September 2020 that “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” will end this year. “It is with heavy hearts that we’ve made the difficult decision as a family to say goodbye to Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” Kim revealed on Instagram.
    She went on saying, “After what will be 14 years, 20 seasons, hundreds of episodes and numerous spin-off shows, we are beyond grateful to all of you who’ve watched us for all of these years – through the good times, the bad times, the happiness, the tears, and the many relationships and children. We’ll forever cherish the wonderful memories and countless people we’ve met along the way.”
    “Thank you to the thousands of individuals and businesses that have been a part of this experience,” she added, “and, most importantly, a very special thank you to Ryan Seacrest for believing in us, E! for being our partner, and our production team at Bunim/Murray, who’ve spent countless hours documenting our lives.”

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    Ginger Gonzaga Added to 'She-Hulk' Series

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    The ‘Kidding’ actress has secured a major role in the upcoming Marvel series about Bruce Banner’s cousin who becomes all-powerful following an emergency blood transfusion from her relative.

    Jan 21, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Jim Carrey’s ex, Ginger Gonzaga, has landed a major role in the upcoming “She-Hulk” series.
    The “Kidding” star has signed on to join Tatiana Maslany in the upcoming Disney+ series. She’ll play the best friend of Maslany’s attorney character, Jennifer Walters – Bruce Banner/The Hulk’s cousin.
    “Avengers” star Mark Ruffalo will reprise his role as Banner and The Hulk and Tim Roth will be back as The Abomination for “She-Hulk”, which will be directed by Kat Coiro and Anu Valia.

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    “She-Hulk” is just one of the many web TV series in development at the Mouse House streaming service 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 other projects 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, and “Hawkeye” with Jeremy Renner set to return as the titular character and Hailee Steinfeld added in the supporting role.
    Meanwhile, the next Marvel big screen projects include “Black Panther 2”, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”, “Captain Marvel 2”, “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.

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    Tom Holland Circling Willy Wonka Role in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' Prequel

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    In the upcoming movie, the ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ actor is reportedly in contention to play the major role previously played by Gene Wilder and then Johnny Depp.

    Jan 21, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Tom Holland is reportedly in the frame to play Willy Wonka in the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” prequel.
    The actor – who is best known for playing Spider-Man – is among the contenders for the coveted role in the upcoming movie.
    Timothee Chalamet is also being eyed for the role, according to Britain’s The Sun newspaper, which reports that Warner Bros. has been working on the prequel for a number of years.
    The studio hopes that the film – which is based around the characters from Roald Dahl’s children’s novel – will go into production later this year and is planning to release the movie in March 2023.

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    In 2018, Ryan Gosling, Donald Glover, and Ezra Miller were all linked to the part, but they are no longer thought to be in the running for Wonka.
    The first big-screen adaptation was made in 1971. Directed by Mel Stuart, it starred Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, Peter Ostrum as Charlie, and Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score and Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
    In a second movie version directed by Tim Burton, Willy Wonka was played by Johnny Depp while Charlie was portrayed by Freddie Highmore. They were joined by the likes of David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, and Noah Taylor. The 2005 film grossed $475 million worldwide.
    The third adaptation has been in development since 2016 after Warner Bros acquired the rights to the character from the Dahl estate.

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