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    Elton John Allegedly Signs Deal With Netflix for New Documentary

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    The upcoming project titled ‘The Pillars of Hercules’ has reportedly been developed by the Rocket Man’s longtime guitarist Davey Johnstone for a long time.

    Jan 5, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Sir Elton John has reportedly signed up for a special NETFLIX documentary.
    The music legend was the subject of one of the top films of 2019 when Taron Egerton played him in the “Rocketman” biopic, and it has now been confirmed he’s set to give fans an even deeper insight into his crazy life with a new documentary, which is believed to include many of the parts left out of the movie.
    According to Britain’s The Sun newspaper, “The Pillars of Hercules” – inspired by Elton’s middle name, Hercules – will cover events set in the ’70s, including never-before-seen backstage footage of the singer and the late Beatles legend John Lennon.
    Elton’s long-time guitarist Davey Johnstone has been working on the documentary for years and is now hoping to do a deal with Netflix.
    “(The documentary features) stories within the Elton John Band which weren’t shown in the Rocketman biopic. Davey has Elton and his husband David Furnish’s seal of approval,” a source told the newspaper.

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    Davey previously put the documentary on hold for six years to avoid it clashing with both the “Rocketman” movie and Elton’s Farewell concert tour as he didn’t want fans to be inundated with new content out of fear nothing would “do well.”
    He told the Greatest Music of All Time podcast, “It was entirely right that I should do that as I did not want to get in the way of those projects.”
    “If it is too diluted then nothing does well. I had a lovely conversation with David (Furnish) the other day in which they were really happy that I was going ahead and doing it again.”
    “Quite honestly I would never do anything, especially of a documentary nature, about anything we did without them being OK with it. So with this documentary we are in the throes right now of putting together all the last things we need.”
    “There are two more interviews we are looking to get and we will probably be finished with all the recording by late January and then we will go into editing and we will be ready about Easter.”

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    Jodie Whittaker Rumored to Leave 'Doctor Who' After Season 13

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    Rumor has it, the actress who plays the thirteenth incarnation of the Time Lord will not return to reprise her role after completing the upcoming 13th season.

    Jan 5, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Jodie Whittaker is reportedly gearing up to leave “Doctor Who” at the end of the current series.
    The actress made history as the first female incarnation of the Time Lord, but is believed to have told BBC bosses that she’s hanging up her Sonic Screwdriver once and for all after the upcoming 13th season.
    “It’s all very hush-hush but it is known on set that Jodie is leaving and they are gearing up for a regeneration,” a source told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper. “Her departure is top secret but at some point over the coming months the arrival of the 14th Doctor will need to be filmed. It’s very exciting.”
    When contacted about the report, the BBC played coy, issuing a statement which read, “We won’t be commenting on any speculation around Jodie’s future on the show.”

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    If the report of Jodie’s departure is correct, she would be the third Doctor to leave the programme after three seasons – following in the footsteps of Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi.
    The report about her exit comes after it was announced that British comedian John Bishop is joining the show for the next season.
    Bishop made his debut on the show in an episode airing Friday, January 1. At the end of the outing, he was announced as the Time Lord’s companion for the next installment.
    “I have loved the last few months on set and I am looking forward to working with the brilliant team in 2021,” he tweeted after the episode. “Honour to join such a legendary show.”

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    NeNe Leakes Dubs Andy Cohen 'Sociopath' and Drags Former 'RHOA' Star Kim Zolciak

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    NeNe calls out the franchise over the different treatment between her and Kim, her fellow OG star of ‘RHOA’, who is given a solo TV show ‘Don’t Be Tardy…’ after exiting ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’.

    Jan 4, 2021
    AceShowbiz – NeNe Leakes isn’t done blasting “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and its executive producer Andy Cohen. Following her exit from the Bravo reality TV show, NeNe appeared to label Andy a “sociopath” in a series of Instagram Story posts.
    “That sociopath making sure he’s the only one that gets to shine,” NeNe wrote alongside a video of a lion strolling a parking lot. The Swagg Boutique owner continued in another post, “Everyone is manipulated.” While NeNe didn’t name anyone in her posts, people assumed that she was taking a jab at Andy.
    Additionally, she called out the franchise over the different treatment between her and Kim Zolciak, her fellow OG star of “RHOA”, who is given a solo TV show “Don’t Be Tardy…” after exiting the show. “How ironic is it that all the ORIGINAL BLACK housewives were all demoted, and the ONLY WHITE housewife promoted and still working today! Just food for thought,” NeNe wrote on December 22, 2020.
    The next day, she clapped back at a fan who seemingly thought that she was bitter for not being offered with a satisfying deal for season 13 of “RHOA”. “Someone help me out here. @NeNeLeakes is calling for a boycott of @BravoTV, who made her rich and famous,” the fan tweeted in response to NeNe calling for “RHOA” boycott earlier in December. “For over 11 years. Then she had a mental breakdown on camera, and all the women turned on her. But she is accusing them of what? Racism? Y’all help me out. @Andy,” the fan added.

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    Correcting the fan, NeNe wrote back, “I made them rich and famous.”
    This arrived after NeNe took to her Twitter account to ask her fans to boycott season 13 of RHOA which premiered on December 6 last year. “Y’all ready to start this boycott yet? What has happened behind the scenes is WRONG!” NeNe tweeted. “While others were being promoted, BLACK WOMEN who created shows, created genres, built franchise and built networks were being DEMOTED … TURN OFF YOUR TV’S.”
    In a separate tweet, the “Glee” actress went on to urge her fans, “Sign the petitions when you see them, repost the boycott flyers when you see them, turn off your TVs.”
    Speaking with Entertainment Tonight last October, NeNe detailed why she deciced to depart from “RHOA”. “I left the show,” NeNe explained. “I had an offer on the table. I did not think the offer was a fair offer.” When asked if she’s open to return to the Bravo show, NeNe appeared to shut down the possibility, saying, “I wish them all the best, really, I do. But I don’t think that’s the place for me.”

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    Prince Harry's Mental Health Docuseries With Oprah Winfrey Gets Stalled

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    Speaking of her partnership with the Duke of Sussex on the Apple TV Plus series, the OWN founder reveals it was Meghan Markle’s husband who approached her about working together.

    Jan 4, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Prince Harry’s Apple TV+ series with Oprah Winfrey has reportedly been delayed.
    The Duke of Sussex joined forces with the TV mogul to create a mental health documentary series for the streaming service and although it was supposed to be released last year (20), the show is now not expected until at least spring 2021.
    According to sources at Britain’s The Sun newspaper, “Covid-19 restrictions, Harry’s exit from the Royal Family and move to the U.S. have slowed down production.”
    Harry and his wife Meghan Markle previously announced the show on their Sussex Royal Instagram account in 2019.
    The post said, “We are excited to announce The Duke of Sussex and Oprah Winfrey are partners, co-creators and executive producers on their forthcoming mental health series launching on Apple in 2020.”

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    Oprah revealed that it was Harry who approached her about working on the show together, and they are both credited as co-executive producers.
    She said, “We were having a discussion about, ‘What are the things that really matter to you in the world?’ And I’d asked Prince Harry that, and he said, ‘Climate change and mental health wellness.’ ”
    “I went, ‘Gee, me too!’ So, from there, the conversation went to, ‘I’m doing this thing for Apple…’ and when I finished the conversation, he said, ‘Oh, if you need any help with that Apple thing…’ (and I was like), ‘Actually, I do!’ Would I have asked him? Probably not, so that’s how that (partnership) came about.”
    Meanwhile, since quitting as senior royals last year, Harry and Meghan have moved to the U.S. with their son Archie and signed deals with Netflix and Spotify for assorted projects, including the couple’s first podcast which debuted in December (20).

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    Christian Serratos Thanks Jennifer Lopez for Kind Response to New 'Selena' Series

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    The ‘Walking Dead’ actress admits she was blown away when she heard that J.Lo was looking forward to seeing her onscreen portrayal of Selena Quintanilla-Perez in the new series.

    Jan 2, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Actress Christian Serratos found out Jennifer Lopez was a big fan of her new show about doomed Tejano singer Selena at the same time as everyone else – by reading the news on social media.
    Selena Quintanilla-Perez died aged only 23 in 1995 after being shot by her fan club manager, and the “Dreaming of You” hitmaker was played by Lopez in the subsequent 1997 film, about the star and her tragic death, titled, “Selena”.
    Now “The Walking Dead” actress Christian is playing the Mexican-American in new Netflix show, “Selena: The Series”, and when she read the superstar was “so excited… to see it,” she was blown away by the “really heartwarming” endorsement.
    “Yeah I didn’t see that coming at all,” Serratos said on “The Kelly Clarkson Show”. “I’m such a fan of hers and I grew up watching that movie (Selena). I know that movie backwards and forwards, and she did such an amazing job playing Selena.”

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    “I saw it (comment) on social media with everyone else. I didn’t know that was coming and it was really heartwarming.”
    But being such a big fan of J.Lo’s portrayal meant Christian really felt the “pressure” for her own performance to hit all the right notes, too.
    “It gave me a lot more pressure,” she admitted, “because not only was I stepping into Selena’s shoes but I’m having to follow in the footsteps of Jennifer, but I was so happy when I saw that (comment).”
    And she also really drew “inspiration” from her small screen alter ego.
    “It was my first opportunity to lead a show and have that responsibility. I learned so much about the business. She (Selena) was such an inspiration when it came to being strong and incredibly graceful,” she added.

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    Andy Cohen Slams NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio in Drunk Rant During New Year's Eve Coverage

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    Another viral moment from the New Year’s Eve coverage for CNN is when the 52-year-old Bravo executive tries to get co-host Anderson Cooper to try dropping acid with him.

    Jan 2, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Andy Cohen had some choice of words for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The TV host ripped the Mayor during the New Year’s Eve coverage for CNN that he hosted alongside Anderson Cooper in Times Square on Thursday night, December 31.
    Andy put the mayor on blast after CNN aired some footage of de Blasio dancing in Times Square with his wife, Chirlane McCray. Taking a shot of tequila on air before blasting the mayor, the Bravo executive producer exclaimed, “Do something with this city!” The 52-year-old continued, “Honestly, get it together!”
    “That’s how I felt when I saw Mayor de Blasio dancing just now,” Andy went on to say. “I just don’t need to see that in the beginning of 2021.”

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    In the broadcast, Andy also joked he would soon be “tiptoeing back to Bravo,” the home of his talk show “Watch What Happens Live”. “But while I have this platform, I have some other stuff I want to say too. All right?” Anderson then responded, “You’re that guy in the bar,” to which Andy confirmed, “Yeah, I am.”
    Another viral moment from the broadcast was when Andy tried to get Anderson to try dropping acid with him. “Well it’s time. We’re doing it tonight,” Andy told his co-host, who said that he had never tried the drug before. “You’re coming over after the show.”
    “Watching drunk Andy Cohen try to convince drunk Anderson Cooper to try acid is why I stay up until midnight on 12/31,” one amused viewer tweeted. Another fan similarly wrote, “It is CRIMINAL that we have to wait a whole YEAR to see @Andy and @andersoncooper get drunk together on TV every year. It’s the event I need at least once a week. Make it so.”

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    Phoebe Dynevor Grateful for 'Safe and Fun' Sex Scenes in 'Bridgerton'

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    The ‘Waterloo Road’ actress thanks the producers behind her new Netflix series for ensuring the cast members always felt safe when filming the intimate scenes.

    Jan 2, 2021
    AceShowbiz – “Bridgerton” bosses recruited an intimacy co-ordinator to make sure the Netflix hit’s intimate scenes were racy and safe.
    Phoebe Dynevor and Rege-Jean Page steamed up the screen in the Christmas Day period drama and now the actress has revealed she worked with an expert behind the scenes to craft the “great” sex scenes.
    “My first-ever scene was in episode six, where Simon is going down on Daphne,” Dynevor tells Grazia, “and it was so great, because it felt safe and fun. You choreograph it like a stunt, or a dance. It’s crazy to me that (an intimacy co-ordinator) hasn’t been there in the past.”
    “I’ve done sex scenes before that I can’t believe I did. It was only five or six years ago, but it would not be allowed now.”

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    And Phoebe admits she’s as much of a fan of “Bridgerton” as viewers. “I love her coming-of-age story and her sexual awakening,” she says. “I love… watching her figure it out for herself. She’s a late bloomer, but it’s not like she can Google it.”
    The new TV series is produced by Shonda Rhimes. It’s one of her projects for Netflix following her departure from ABC after working for the Alphabet for 15 years.
    “I felt like I was dying,” she said of der decision to find a new home for her craft. “Like I’d been pushing the same ball up the same hill in the exact same way for a really long time.”
    To the bosses at the streaming giant, she said, “The first thing I said was, ‘You’re not going to get another Grey’s Anatomy – not Grey’s Anatomy in a cornfield, Grey’s Anatomy on a baseball field or Grey’s Anatomy at an airport, that’s just not happening.’ And he said, ‘I’d never expect it to.’ ”

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    Elisabeth Rohm Lands Lead Role in Sandy Hook Massacre TV Movie

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    The former ‘Law and Order’ actress has been tapped to portray a mother heartbroken by the loss of her son in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre back in 2012.

    Jan 2, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Actress Elisabeth Rohm is set to portray a heartbroken mother searching for hope after losing her son in the Sandy Hook massacre in a new TV movie.
    The former “Law & Order” star will also direct and executive produce the project, based on Scarlett Lewis’ memoir, “Nurturing Healing Love: A Mother’s Journey Of Hope and Forgiveness”, reports Deadline.com.
    The film will follow Lewis’ journey of love and survival after the unimaginable death of her boy Jesse, who was one of 20 children killed by a lone gunman in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut in 2012. Six adults were also slaughtered in the tragedy.

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    Jesse is said to have helped save the lives of nine other kids after shouting to his fellow students to run, when the gunman’s weapon temporarily jammed as he entered their classroom, and his bravery, along with the message of “Norurting Helin Love” (Nurturing Healing Love), which he had scrawled on the family’s kitchen chalkboard days before his death, inspired Lewis as she embarked on the heartbreaking new chapter of her life.
    In a statement announcing the project, Lewis said, “I’m very excited about this partnership and even more elated to spread my beloved son’s message of courage. We all have the capacity for the courage Jesse showed on that day. It’s the courage to be kind and gentle, to do the right thing, to forgive, to step outside of our own pain. That’s the courage to choose love.”
    The film is the latest on Rohm’s slate – she will make her directorial debut with “Girl in the Basement”, another movie inspired by real-life events of a woman imprisoned in her family home.

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