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    Report: 'True Blood' Reboot Is In Early Stages on HBO

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    ‘Riverdale’ and ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is reportedly tapped to direct the reboot of HBO’s hit series, which ran for seven seasons on the network.

    Dec 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Bon Temps is seemingly heading back to HBO. According to a new report, HBO is developing new version of its series “True Blood”. “Riverdale” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is reportedly tapped to direct the new project, which is allegedly in early stages. TVLine is the first one to report the reboot.
    Meanwhile, “NOS4A2” creator Jami O’Brien is set to write the pilot. Additionally, the report claims that Alan Ball, the creator of the original series, will return. Ball is allegedly on board as an executive producer alongside O’Brien.
    Should the report be true, this will not be the first time for Aguirre-Sacara to work with O’Brien. The two also worked on the HBO series “Big Love” back in 2011. HBO, however, declines to comment on the matter.

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    “True Blood” is a TV take on Charlaine Harris’ series of novels, “The Southern Vampire Mysteries”. The series followed Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress living in the fictional rural town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. It was set in a world where vampires live among humans due to a synthetic blood substitute that allowed vampires to stop hunting humans. Other fantasy creatures featured io the show included werewolves and witches.
    Also starring on the Golden Globe and Emmy-winning series were Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten and Rutina Wesley. They were joined by Kristin Bauer van Straten, Lauren Bowles, Carrie Preston, Chris Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, Joe Manganiello and the late Nelsan Ellis.
    “True Blood” ran for seven seasons on HBO from 2008 to 2014. It was a hit series on the network, serving as its most-watched series since “The Sopranos”.

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    Dianne Wiest Looks to Never Using Script Again After Fun 'Let Them All Talk' Improvisation

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    The ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ actress joins Meryl Streep and Candice Bergen in Steven Soderbergh’s comedy drama about an acclaimed author inviting her two college friends to a cruise.

    Dec 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Actress Dianne Wiest had such a great time improvising her lines in new movie “Let Them All Talk”, she “never” wants to be tied to a script again.
    The “Bullets Over Broadway” star joins Meryl Streep and Candice Bergen in Steven Soderbergh’s comedy drama, about a famous author who invites her two old college friends to join her on a cruise across the Atlantic.
    The filmmaker instructed his leading ladies to make up their conversations onboard the cruise ship as they went along, and the unconventional production process was a refreshing change for the veteran actors.
    “We had certain points that we had to get forward by the end of it (the scene), but it was sort of open-ended and we could talk for as long as we wanted, or as short as we wanted,” Streep told U.S. breakfast show “Today”.

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    “In the beginning it was, ‘Woah…,’ ” said Bergen, “(but) once you got used to that it kept everything very vibrant and alive, and fun, actually.”

    And for Wiest, the gig was a dream come true, “I love improvising, I just love it so much because you’re so really free to look at the other person and really listen and just be there.”
    It was so much fun, Wiest isn’t interested in having to stick to a script on future projects. “It was heaven,” she said on America’s “Watch What Happens Live”. “I never want to use a script again!”
    “Let Them All Talk” debuts on America’s HBO Max on Thursday, December 10.

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    'Spider-Man 3' Reported to Bring Back Charlie Cox's Daredevil

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    Meanwhile, Tobey Maguire has been spotted visiting a costume shop for a fitting amid rumors that he’s in talks to reprise his role as Peter Parker in the upcoming MCU movie.

    Dec 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – MCU is about to be expanded in “Spider-Man 3”. Following rumors about the return of several familiar faces from previous “Spider-Man” franchises, it’s now reported that the upcoming movie will also bring back a superhero from Marvel’s TV series.
    According to Murphy’s Multiverse, Charlie Cox, who starred as the titular character on Netflix’s “Daredevil”, is set to reprise the role in the Tom Holland-starring movie. He played blind lawyer Matt Murdock and his vigilante alter ego on the show from 2015 until it got canceled after three seasons in 2018.
    Back in April, there had been a fan theory that Cox could possibly show up in “Spider-Man 3” as Matt Murdock, who offers Holland’s Peter Parker legal counsel after his secret identity was basically outed to the world in “Spider-Man: Far From Home”. However, the actor denied any involvement in the upcoming movie at the time, telling ComicBook.com, “I hadn’t heard those rumors, but it’s certainly not with my Daredevil. I’m not involved in it. If that’s true, it’s not with me. It’s with another actor.”
    Cox, however, admitted that he’s interested in making an MCU debut at one point in the future and teaming up with Holland. “Look, I had a great time. I’m so grateful I got to play that character as long as I did. Of course, I’d love to keep going. I’d love to be involved with it,” he said.
    “As a fan of the Marvel movies, I’ve loved the little stuff where they pop up here and there but because we were on Netflix, we weren’t able to do as much for legal reasons, I don’t know why,” he weighed in on the complicated Netflix and Disney/Marvel deal. “But I love the idea of Jessica and Matt showing up in the background or Matt as a lawyer advising Peter Parker. That’d be really, really cool.”
    The rights to Daredevil and other characters that previously appeared on Netflix’s series, including Jessica Jones, The Punisher, Iron Fist and Luke Cage, have recently returned to Disney and Marvel Studios though, making it possible for the studio to use any of these characters in “Spider-Man 3”.

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    Meanwhile, Tobey Maguire’s latest sighting has fueled speculation that he will be back as his version of the web-crawler in the “Far From Home” sequel. The actor was spotted visiting a costume shop for a fitting on Wednesday, December 9.
    The Spider-Man of the Sam Raimi-directed trilogy dressed comfortably in a gray T-shirt under a navy blue puffer coat with black Nike shorts and black slides with black socks. He was wearing a face mask and carrying a water bottle as well as his cell phone when arriving at Eastern Costume.
    Maguire’s arrival for a costume fitting comes after it’s reported that he was still in talks to reprise his role as Spider-Man in Marvel/Sony’s “Spider-Man 3”. Meanwhile, Andrew Garfield and Kirsten Dunst’s deal to appear in the film has reportedly been sealed.
    Garfield portrayed Peter Parker a.k.a. the web-crawler in 2012’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” and its 2014 sequel. As for Dunst, she played Peter’s love interest Mary Jane opposite Maguire in Raimi’s “Spider-Man” trilogy. Both actors are reportedly set to reprise their respective role.
    Alfred Molina and Jamie Foxx are allegedly said to have sealed the deal to return as Doctor Octopus and Electro respectively, while other villains rumored to be featured in the film include Venom (Tom Hardy), Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin and Green Goblin.
    “Spider-Man 3” is currently in production with Jon Watts serving behind the lens. Zendaya Coleman and Jacob Batalon are among the returning stars.

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    Taraji P. Henson to Normalize Mental Health Conversation in Black Community Through 'Peace of Mind'

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    When talking about her new Facebook Watch series on ‘The View’, the ‘Hidden Figures’ actress claims that she and co-host Tracie Jade Jenkins are hoping to pick up a few tips for themselves as well.

    Dec 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Actress Taraji P. Henson wants to use her new Facebook Watch series about mental health to show people what therapy is all about.
    The “Hidden Figures” star is launching “Peace of Mind with Taraji” on Monday (December 14), when she and her best friend, Tracie Jade Jenkins, will welcome a series of guests to discuss issues prevalent in the black community – and how to process them.
    “I just want people to see themselves in this whole mental health discussion,” she explained on America’s “The View”.
    “What I really want to do is normalise this conversation, take the stigma out of mental illness, or mental health, because we really don’t talk about it in the black community.”
    “We’ve always been told to pray your problems away, talk to your pastor, be strong, push through, and that’s just not healthy,” Taraji shared.

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    “And so, on the show, I want people to see that just because we’re celebrities doesn’t mean we don’t have problems; money doesn’t make your problems go away. So we have celebrities come on who identify with different mental issues, and then we have civilians, regular people, come on who are dealing with the same thing, and then you have a therapist… to give us tools, tools to deal with whatever the topic is of the show.”
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    And Taraji and Tracie won’t just be serving as co-hosts – they are also hoping to pick up a few tips for themselves: “I have my issues as well…,” the actress said, “so we’re there, just like the audience members, to learn.”
    One of their celebrity guests was Gabrielle Union, who opened up about dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) relating to her harrowing rape experience during her youth.
    Taraji, a longtime mental health advocate, told “The View”, “I think when people think about PTSD, they think about veterans, but PTSD, I actually experience it every time I scroll on Instagram and see a black name attached to a hashtag, who’s just been murdered, unarmed, hands up in the air (sic). That’s PTSD for me, so we’re really trying to educate people on the terms, (and) because we don’t talk about it, we really don’t know we’re experiencing some of these.”

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    'The View' Blasts 'Entitled Brat' Olivia Jade Following 'Red Table Talk' Interview

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    While Whoopi Goldberg opts to not give harsh comments, her co-host Ana Navarro doesn’t mince her words by calling out the YouTube personality over her parents’, Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, involvement in college admission bribe.

    Dec 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Despite Olivia Jade Giannulli’s’ public apology over college admission bribe, “The View” co-hosts didn’t seem to be soften towards the daughter of Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli. In the December 8 episode of the talk show, the ladies of “The View” dragged Olivia following her appearance on Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk”.
    Of the interview, co-host Sunny Hostin, whose two children are both student athletes, said, “I don’t think she went far enough, but I do put most of the blame on her parents.” She went on adding, “They should have taught her better. It’s been very difficult for me to understand. Because while my children have grown up with a certain amount of wealth, as I did not, we made sure to teach them that cheating is never appropriate.”
    “For many Black children, being an athlete is one of the only entrances into college,” Sunny explained. Referring to Lori and her husband’s attempt to fraudulently admit Olivia and her sister Isabella Gianulli to USC as part of the crew team, she continued, “And for Olivia Jade to try to take one of those legitimate spots from another athlete I just think is deplorable. And she didn’t address that.”
    Sara Haines agreed that it might take a while for people to accept Olivia’s apology. “It was a step she had to take, but she’s got about 99 more before she’s earning respect back, and I think her actions will speak louder than her words,” she opined. “I’ll give her a minute. But I don’t buy her ‘I grew up in a bubble’ excuse. She’s 20 years old; I expect more from my four-year-old.”

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    While Whoopi Goldberg opted to not give harsh comments, co-host Ana Navarro didn’t mince her words by calling out the YouTube personality. “I really have no interest in talking about this entitled brat and her enabling parents,” she said. “I don’t really have the bandwidth to give a hoot about Olivia Jade wanting her platform back.”
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    Olivia addressed her parents Lori and Mossimo Giannulli’s involvement in the college bribery scandal in the Tuesday episode of Jada, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris’ Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk”. “There is no justifying or excusing what happened because what happened was wrong,” the social media personality admitted. “And I think every single person in my family can be like, that was messed up. That was a big mistake.”
    “I think for anybody, no matter what the situation is, you don’t want to see your parents go to prison, but also I think it’s necessary for us to move on and move forward,” she went on saying.

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    George Clooney Hospitalized With Stomach Pains Due to Extreme Weight Loss for 'Midnight Sky' Role

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    The Oscar-winning actor reveals he landed in hospital after struggling with stomach pains due to weight loss as he prepared for his role as a desperate astronomer in a new movie.

    Dec 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – George Clooney was hospitalised with pancreatitis after dropping close to 30 pounds (13.6 kilograms) for his new movie, “The Midnight Sky”.
    The 59 year old wanted to look the part as a desperate astronomer who had survived an apocalyptic event, but he took his weight loss plan a little too far and was rushed to the hospital with stomach pains just before filming began.
    “I think I was trying too hard to lose the weight quickly and probably wasn’t taking care of myself,” the Oscar winner, who spent weeks recovering, tells The Mirror.

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    “It took a few weeks to get better and as a director, it’s not so easy because you need energy. We were out on this glacier in Finland, which made it a lot harder work. But it certainly helped with the character.”
    “I didn’t know that the guy was 70 because I hadn’t read the book when I read the screenplay,” Clooney told Deadline. “I just knew that he was really sick… I was more gaunt and more drawn in.”
    “It was a balancing act. We had a skeleton crew, so we’re carrying camera boxes ourselves. You could only do a take out in the snow (in Iceland) without goggles and I could only last for about a minute and 10 or 15 seconds before my eyelids would freeze shut. So I’d have to come back in and they had a blow dryer.”
    “We were sitting in a van and they would blow dry my eyelids so my eyelashes would melt. Then I’d go back out and shoot the scene again.”

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    Mariah Carey's Christmas TV Special Cost $5.2 Million to Produce

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    Rumor has it, the ‘All I Want to Christmas Is You’ hitmaker has spent more than $5 million to produce her newly-released star-studded festive television special.

    Dec 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Mariah Carey reportedly spent $5.2 million (£4 million) on her Apple TV+ Christmas special.
    The chart-topping singer is said to have spent an eye-watering amount of money on the star-studded special, which features appearances from the likes of Ariana Grande and Snoop Dogg.
    “Mariah wanted her Apple TV special to blow everything else out of the water,” a source told Britain’s The Sun newspaper. “And it did just that – not only in the reviews and ratings but in the budget. Overall it cost £4 million to make, with cash being spent on securing the big names.”

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    Mariah was determined not to cut any corners with her special and was therefore willing to commit a huge amount of money to ensure it was as she’d hoped it would be.
    “Mariah does nothing by half and the special was created with huge production values,” the insider continued. “Her styling alone, including hair and make-up, cost more than $165,000 (£125,000), let alone the other $26,000 (£20,000) that she racked up in expenses and costs. But everyone who knows Mariah knows she’s worth every penny.”
    The special was released earlier this month (Dec20) and has already reached number one in the Apple TV+ Charts in 100 countries around the world.
    Jennifer Hudson, Jermaine Dupri, Ballet dancer Misty Copeland, comedian Billy Eichner, and “Mixed-ish” child star Mykal-Michelle Harris also made appearances along with Marey’s nine-year-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe. Meanwhile, Tiffany Haddish narrated the trailer.

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    Kourtney Kardashian to Make Movie Debut in 'She's All That' Reboot

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    The ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ member is officially announced to join her beastie, TikTok star Addison Rae, in the upcoming movie reboot ‘He’s All That’.

    Dec 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Kourtney Kardashian will star opposite BFF Addison Rae in upcoming reboot “He’s All That”.
    The mother-of-three announced her latest gig in a post on her Instagram page as she shared a snap of herself in bed reading a script and wrote alongside it, “studying @hesallthatmovie.”
    Addison then commented on Kourtney’s post, writing, “worrkkkkkkk.”
    Following the Instagram interaction, the “He’s All That” official account reshared Kourtney’s picture on their page, and revealed the reality star’s character name in the movie.
    “Introducing Jessica Miles Torres #HesAllThat,” they wrote.

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    The pair will appear alongside “Cobra Kai” star Tanner Buchanan in the gender-bending remake of Rachael Leigh Cook’s 1999 classic “She’s All That”.
    R. Lee Fleming, the screenwriter behind the original, is working on the remake, in which Rae will play a popular high schooler, who takes on a challenge to turn a loser into a prom king.
    “He’s All That” won’t be Kourtney’s first acting role – she made her acting debut on soap opera “One Life to Live” in 2011.
    Kourtney’s casting news comes as her family reality TV show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” is coming to an end.
    As the ratings are declining, the show will not return to TV after the current season concludes.
    The matriarch and momager Kris Jenner blamed social media for the ‘KUWTK” ending. “When we first started, there was no Instagram or Snapchat or other social media platforms,” she claimed. “The world has changed. Now there are so many, the viewer doesn’t have to wait three or four months to see an episode. We can give them all of the information anyone would ever want to know in real time.”
    Rumor has it, the family are eying to take the show to streaming service after being abandoned by E!.

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