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    'First Cow' and Chadwick Boseman Among Nominees at 2021 Gotham Awards

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    The Kelly Reichardt-directed movie collects the most nominations at the 30th Gotham Awards while the late ‘Black Panther’ star is up for Best Actor prize.

    Nov 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Period drama “First Cow” leads the nominations for the 30th Gotham Awards with four nods.
    Director Kelly Reichardt’s film is up for acting awards, Best Screenplay, and Best Feature, a category in which it will battle with “The Assistant”, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”, “Nomadland”, and “Relic”.
    There are also multiple nods for “Nomadland”, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”, “The Nest”, “Miss Juneteenth”, and “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”, and the late Chadwick Boseman has scored a Best Actor mention for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” – he’ll be up against “Sound of Metal” ‘s Riz Ahmed, “The Nest” ‘s Jude Law, John Magaro (“First Cow”) and Jesse Plemons (“I’m Thinking of Ending Things”).
    The Gothams, which traditionally kickstart the movie awards season, will be held on 11 January (21) at Cipriani Wall Street, but without in-person attendees.
    The list of nominations is:
    Best Feature:

    Best Documentary:
    “76 Days”
    “City Hall”
    “Our Time Machine”
    “A Thousand Cuts”
    “Time”

    Best International Feature:
    “Bacurau”
    “Beanpole”
    “Cuties (Mignonnes)”
    “Identifying Features”
    “Martin Eden”
    “Wolfwalkers”

    Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award:

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    Best Screenplay:

    Best Actor:

    Best Actress:

    Breakthrough Actor:
    Jasmine Batchelor – “The Surrogate”
    Kingsley Ben-Adir – “One Night in Miami…”
    Sidney Flanigan – “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
    Orion Lee – “First Cow”
    Kelly O’Sullivan – “Saint Frances”

    Breakthrough Series – Long Format:

    Breakthrough Series – Short Format:
    “Betty”
    “Dave”
    “I May Destroy You”
    “Taste the Nation”
    “Work in Progress”

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    Gerard Butler's 'The Plane' Gets Ditched Over COVID-Related Production Insurance

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    The Christian Gudegast-directed movie, which was one of the biggest acquisitions at 2019’s American Film Market, was originally scheduled to start shooting in Malaysia in October.

    Nov 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Gerard Butler’s new action movie, “The Plane”, has suffered a big blow following a decision by studio bosses at Lionsgate to bail out.
    Deadline sources claim the company chiefs have abandoned the Christian Gudegast-directed movie, which was one of the biggest acquisitions at last year’s (19) American Film Market, due to COVID-related production insurance.
    Dealmakers are now seeking a new distributor, who will cover expenses should a coronavirus outbreak hit the set, forcing a shutdown.
    In the film, Butler will portray a pilot forced to land his commercial plane in a war zone and fight off the efforts of feuding militias keen to take him and his passengers hostage.

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    The film was supposed to start shooting in Malaysia last month (October), but when COVID cases spiked there, filmmakers moved the project to the Dominican Republic and stalled the shoot again due to a coronavirus crisis there. The current plan is to start filming in the spring in Malaysia.
    In the meantime, Butler will make another movie, “Kandahar”, in the United Arab Emirates. He is also set to reprise his role as Mike Banning in “Night Has Fallen”, the fourth installment in the “Has Fallen” franchise.
    According to Deadline, Ric Roman Waugh will direct the upcoming sequel, with Robert Kamen writing the script and Butler also in line to produce. The film will start shooting at Millennium Media’s Nu Boyana Studios in Bulgaria in the near future.
    The first three films, “Olympus Has Fallen” (2013), “London Has Fallen” (2016) and “Angel Has Fallen” (2019), have combined a total gross of more than $520 million globally.

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    'Hustlers' Producers Come Out Victorious Against Real-Life Stripper's Lawsuit

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    District Court Judge Denise Cote has dismissed Samantha Barbash’s legal claims that Jennifer Lopez based her role of Ramona on her and that the film’s drug use depiction was inaccurate.

    Nov 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The real-life stripper who inspired Jennifer Lopez’s character in “Hustlers” has lost her lawsuit for invasion of privacy and defamation.
    Samantha Barbash filed her legal claim in New York in January, claiming J.Lo based her role of Ramona on her, even though she had rejected an offer from executives at the superstar’s Nuyorican Productions company to sign off on the rights to her life story for the hit drama, about a group of exotic dancers who con their wealthy broker clients.
    Barbash, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy, assault, and grand larceny in 2015, also sued for defamation, because Ramona was portrayed as “using and manufacturing illegal substances in her home where she lived with her child” – something she insists never happened.

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    The defendants challenged the allegations and requested the case be dismissed, and on Tuesday, November 10, their wish was granted by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote.
    The judge ruled Barbash couldn’t claim invasion of privacy because her “name, portrait, picture, or voice” was never used in the marketing of the film, according to the New York Post.
    Regarding her defamation argument, Judge Cote noted the film’s drug use depiction was inaccurate, but as Barbash failed to prove actual malice, the lawsuit was tossed and the case closed.
    The judge wrote, “Barbash pled guilty to drugging individuals without their consent. The Pressler Article reports that Barbash concocted the recipe for the mixture of illegal drugs that rendered the scheme’s victims vulnerable to the fraud. Nor does the FAC plead that the Defendants acted with malice in asserting that Barbash herself used drugs. That assertion is the least offensive of all of the statements of which Barbash complains and is naturally connected to the scheme to which Barbash pleaded guilty and which she discussed with journalists.”

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    Zack Snyder to Put the Focus of Another 'Justice League' Spin-Off on Darkseid

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    The filmmaker behind a four-part director’s cut series of ‘Justice League’ admits to already have that answer to the question about what happens when Ray Porter’s villainous character comes to Earth.

    Nov 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Zack Snyder is planning a “Justice League” spin-off focusing on Ray Porter’s villain Darkseid.
    The filmmaker, who is currently completing a director’s cut of “Justice League” which is set to air as a four-part series on HBO Max next year (21), is now mulling over another superhero/supervillain project thanks to a chat with Porter.
    “If you said to any of the actors in the movie, ‘Well, what happens in the movie?’, or, ‘What happens later…’ and they go, ‘Well, I got the script and it’s cool and I kind of know this and…’ So Ray and I were talking about this and what’s cool or what’s the right response to some questions,” Snyder said during a League of Mayhem livestream.
    “It’s a fair question to ask me, you know, like what do I say to the world about, you know, what happens when Darkseid comes to Earth? Then what? You know, is that a thing?”

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    “The truth is that did I write and did I have and conceive a complete ‘Do I know what happens when Darkseid…?’ Yes, I do know what happens. To say and to speculate about what that is would be exciting, I think that’s a fine thing.”
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    And Porter has made it clear he’s keen to play the bad guy again.
    “I would love to see a continuation of it,” he explains. “I personally would love to see a continuation of Zack’s story… That would be great. I’ve not heard anything about it, but you know. Hope.”

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    Selena Gomez's Casting as Gay Mountaineer Silvia Vasquez-Lavado Met With Objection

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    Many disagree that the former ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ actress, who is straight, portrays the openly gay explorer in upcoming movie ‘In the Shadow of the Mountain’.

    Nov 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Selena Gomez has been dragged on Twitter for taking on the role of an important character from LGBTQ+ community. The 28-year-old singer/actress has been announced to play trailblazing gay mountaineer Silvia Vasquez-Lavado in an upcoming biopic.
    Titled “In the Shadow of the Mountain”, the film is based on upcoming memoir of the same name by Vasquez-Lavado, The Hollywood Report reports. The Peruvian-American explorer became the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits, the tallest mountain on each continent from both the Messner and Bass lists, in June 2018.
    Elgin James, FX’s “Mayans MC” co-creator who also wrote and directed “Little Birds”, has been tapped to write and direct “In the Shadow of the Mountain”. Scott Budnick is producing through his company One Community, alongside Oscar winner Donna Gigliotti and her Tempesta Films banner.
    Gigliotti said of turning Vasquez-Lavado’s story into a big-screen project, “Silvia is a force of nature. Scott and I are so excited to work with Elgin and Selena to tell this story of resilience, courage, adventure and humanity.”
    Budnick added, “We are thrilled to get to work bringing Silvia’s incredible and inspiring story to life onscreen.”

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    While Gomez has a quite long list of acting credits, many disagreed that she got chosen to take on the role of the real-life lesbian figure. “There are plenty of gay actors in the world who could play this person,” one person expressed objection to the casting.
    “But she’s not gay. Where are all the lesbian actresses,” another reacted to the reports. “as much as i like selena it is kind of interesting how people are praising her for taking a role from lgbt actors but ripped Scarlett Johansson a new one for taking a role from a marginalized group of people like what?”
    One other person thinks that Gomez didn’t deserve the role because of her “mediocre” skills. “I’m less upset at the gay thing and more upset that Selena somehow gets all these roles while being a mediocre actress,” the said person argued.
    However, many have defended Gomez’s casting, with one rhetorically asking, “the actors who play psychopaths in movies are psychopaths in real life?” Another clapped back at the critics, “Sooo, only gay actors can play gay people now? Are they gonna go back in time and cancel Brokeback Mountain?”
    A fan is already rooting for the “Monte Carlo” star, gushing, “OMG SELENA GO GET YOUR OSCAR.”

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    'KUWTK': Kourtney Kardashian 'Caught Off Guard' by Scott's Disick's Rehab Plan

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    In a promo for an upcoming episode of the reality show, Scott asks his baby mama, with whom he shares three children together, if it’s alright with her if he goes to a rehab facility to treat his depression.

    Nov 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – A new episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” will see Scott Disick working on his mental health issue. In a new sneak peek for the upcoming Thursday, November 12 episode, Scott can be seen opening up to his baby mama Kourtney Kardashian about his plan to go to rehab to treat his depression.
    “I was just thinking, I don’t know, this whole COVID staying in, like no structure, it just like doesn’t work for me. It’s like making me feel like I just can’t handle staying home, not working. Recently, all I’ve been doing is like trying to find things to do, like doing this, doing that. And just like renting a house in Malibu for an escape, and then that turned into a total s**t show with paparazzi. It’s like, okay, this is no sanctuary at all,” he shares to Kourtney.
    “In my mind, I’m thinking I wasted all this time, I can’t have any privacy, I can’t have any time by myself. This is ruined. Like, I just can’t handle having nothing really to do and the truth was I started feeling more and more anxious, more and more depressed — like I was going to do something bad if I didn’t figure something out or take myself out of this position,” Scott, who was dating Sofia Richie at the time, admits in a confessional. “I think now is the time to work on it.”
    He then tells Kourtney that he never feels happy, adding, “Like, I just didn’t grieve my parents correctly, or give it enough time. And I just want to be the best person I can be for my family.” Scott, who lost his parents less than a year apart in 2013 and 2014, then asks the reality TV star if it’s alright for him to leave her with their three kids while he goes to the rehab for a month.

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    Kourtney is “more than happy” to support Scott, though she admits that she’s “caught a little off guard because for the first time Scott isn’t being asked to go away, he isn’t having an issue with alcohol or drugs, and it’s like his idea. So I think it feels really different.”
    She went on saying, “And I want him to be the best that he can, you know, for my kids and for himself and for me. And so I’m more than happy to support him in any way that I can. This time, I think it’s really bringing up important work that we all have to do.”
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    Scott eventually entered a rehab facility, though he checked out in May after a picture of him participating in an online session was leaked online. “Shockingly as a result of the HIPA violation of the facility and his violation of privacy, he has checked himself out and is immediately returning home,” Scott’s attorney Marty Singer said in a statement at the time. “We are alarmed by this extreme invasion of privacy and plan to take immediate legal action.”

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    BLACKPINK Sideline Panda Episode From Reality Show Amid Handling Backlash

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    The ‘Kill This Love’ hitmakers have been hit with accusations they had endangered the animal’s health by not wearing the correct protective gloves after its teaser was released.

    Nov 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – K-pop band BLACKPINK’s new reality show has been shelved after their handling of a baby panda in the video sparked backlash in China and South Korea.
    The “Kill This Love” hitmakers were shown holding Fu Bao, a baby panda born in July, in the promo for their new show, “24/365 with BLACKPINK” – sparking accusations they had endangered the animal’s health by not wearing the correct protective gloves.
    Representatives of their label, YG Entertainment, denied they had breached safety protocols in place to protect pandas from disease, but announced the show would not go live on their YouTube channel this week (end November 15) as planned.
    “When BLACKPINK met the baby panda, all members wore hygiene gloves, masks and protective clothing … hands and shoes were disinfected at every transition,” their statement, as reported by The Guardian, reads.

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    “Nevertheless, in respect of international cooperation practices and recommendations from panda experts who say that nonprofessionals having close contact with the baby panda can cause misunderstandings, we decided to withhold the release of the related video.”
    The panda cub was introduced to the public last week after its arrival to parents brought to South Korea from China in 2016 as part of China’s “panda diplomacy” initiative, which sends the animals to zoos overseas.
    The footage of BLACKPINK handling Fu Bao sparked fury in China, with users of Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, denouncing their handling of the animal while wearing make-up in posts that received millions of views.
    “Blackpink” and “panda” hashtags also trended on South Korean Twitter after the trailer’s release, with some users urging officials to return the pandas, complaining they are not native animals and are too costly to look after.

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    Annalynne McCord Ready to Take Her Sexuality Back by Doing Nudity on 'Power' Spin-Off

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    When explaining why she finally agreed to strip for ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’, the former ‘90210’ star reveals the story behind her previous reluctance in doing topless and nude scenes.

    Nov 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Actress AnnaLynne McCord is baring all for the first time in her new project to celebrate the hardships she has faced in recent years.
    The former “90210” star has always refused topless and nude scenes in TV dramas and movies, insisting that many of them seemed unnecessary, but now she’s stripping for “Power Book III: Raising Kanan”, currently in production in New York City.
    “I never wanted to do nudity because I felt like women sometimes are made to feel they have to,” AnnaLynne tells the “Watch With Us” podcast. “I was told when I was 14 years old by this model guru guy…, ‘You’ll never make it in Hollywood or in modelling if you’re not going to do nude!’ I was like, ‘Oh, really? I think I’m gonna prove you wrong.’ ”

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    “This is the first time I’m doing it. I’m taking the top off. For me, it’s about a statement. I’ve never done it in my career, and I wanted to (after) a lot of things that have happened to me in my life. I’ve spoken a lot for women and issues of sexual abuse and sexual assault. I was like, ‘You know what? I’m ready to do it, because I want it to be about taking my sexuality back, taking my power back in that way.’ ”
    In 2014, McCord revealed she was sexually assaulted in her teens and began speaking to students and young women who had shared her experience.
    “The entire trajectory of my life has altered,” she adds. “That little 18-year-old arrogant, teeny-bopper who came into the world of Hollywood with all of her crazy energy and her rigid ideologies is a very different 33-year-old woman. Why I do what I do is what has really changed.”
    “I love acting. I love that I get to do what my nine-year-old self dreamed of doing when she was little. I got to make her dream come true. And that makes me so very happy. But for me, now, if I’m not making a statement in some capacity, I’m not interested.”

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