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    Carly Hughes Blames 'Toxic Environment' for Departure From 'American Housewife'

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    Showrunners Rick Wiener and Kenny Schwartz have reportedly been ordered to undergo sensitivity training as a result of the internal probe conducted by ABC following the actress’ complaints.

    Nov 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Actress Carly Hughes has quit U.S. sitcom “American Housewife” after accusing show officials of creating a “toxic environment.”
    Hughes had portrayed Angela for four seasons, and appeared in the season five premiere, which was filmed before the coronavirus shutdown and aired on 28 October.
    However, she was absent from the most recent episode of the TV comedy, and now it’s been revealed she has departed the show for good.
    In a statement issued to Deadline, Hughes explained, “I was no longer able to work in the toxic environment that was created on American Housewife. I made the decision to leave to protect myself from that type of discrimination.”
    “As a black woman in entertainment, I feel the responsibility to stand up for what I deserve, what we all deserve – to be treated equally. I wish the show well, and I am excited for a new chapter and to be able to pursue the opportunities ahead.”

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    She stopped short of detailing the exact nature of her complaints, but officials at ABC Signature launched an “extensive” investigation into Hughes’ grievances, which reportedly prompted creator Sarah Dunn and producer Mark J. Greenberg to step down from the production team.
    Showrunners Rick Wiener and Kenny Schwartz were also ordered to undergo sensitivity training as a result of the internal probe.
    Responding to the news of Hughes’ exit, a show representative told Deadline, “Carly was a valued member of the cast, and we had hoped she would return to the show this season.”
    “The concerns she raised led to positive changes to the workplace and improvements to the culture, but we respect the decision she made to move on. We wish her nothing but the best.”
    “American Housewife” stars Katy Mixon as a confident mother raising her flawed family amidst seemingly perfect parents and kids in a wealthy Connecticut town.

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    Ewan McGregor Snaps at Paparazzi on Set of His New Show

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    The ‘Trainspotting’ actor is caught on camera losing his cool with a shutterbug who took pictures while the star was filming his new Netflix miniseries ‘Halston’ in New York.

    Nov 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Ewan McGregor launched a foul-mouthed rant at a paparazzi close by the set of his new Netflix show.
    The Scottish star, 49, was on the set of new miniseries “Halston” in New York’s Central Park when he flew into a rage at paparazzi photographer Steve Sands who was taking snaps.
    In a clip filmed last Thursday (05Nov20), the star, who plays late fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick, storms towards the snapper and shouts, “Stop talking to me… I’m walking behind this f**king flag!”
    It is not known exactly what the “Doctor Sleep” star was referring to, but sources tell The Sun there was a piece of material being held up by the crew.

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    “It was pretty shocking,” they told the publication, adding, “You could clearly hear him yelling f**k in his Scottish accent.”
    An insider also claimed the photographer was being a nuisance and the star was trying to protect the crew, but Sands, 64, shared, “I got into a tit for tat on the set. Then Ewan yells at me. That was the end. I don’t hold anything against him.”
    The miniseries will chronicle the rise and fall of Roy Halston Frowick who helped define the 1970s and 1980s fashion scene. The research was done through speaking to the late designer’s old friends and former assistants.
    The project was written by Sharr White (“The Affair”), directed by Daniel Minahan (“American Crime Story”), and produced by Ryan Murphy. “After 20 long years of twists and turns, the limited series Halston starring Ewan McGregor began production today,” Murphy said earlier this year when they kicked off the filming.

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    Candace Cameron Bure Gets Real About Why She Turned Down Offer for Family Reality Show

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    When explaining her reason for saying no to the show pitch, the ‘Fuller House’ star confesses that she has never even been approached for the ‘Real Housewives’ franchise.

    Nov 9, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Fuller House” star Candace Cameron Bure and her family were pitched their own reality TV show.
    The 44-year-old actress tells Us Weekly she was approached about a series but turned down the offer because she thinks her relatives aren’t “interesting enough” to attract an audience.
    “I think we’re pretty boring,” she says, adding, “It just wasn’t something that works for us.”

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    Candace, however, admitted that they did get an offer in the past, though it didn’t work. “We were approached for reality [TV], but a long time ago and it just wasn’t something that works for us,” she shared.
    She went on nixing the idea of joining the “Real Housewives” franchise, one of today’s most popular reality series franchises airing on Bravo. She said, “I’ve never been approached for Housewives (TV franchise ‘Real Housewives’) …, nor have I ever seen a Housewives show. (I) don’t think that one’s for me.”
    Candace and her husband Valeri Bure share three children – Natasha, 22, Lev, 20, and Maksim, 18 – and have been married for 24 years. The family has been spending time together at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.
    “It totally tested us, but in the best of ways,” the “Dancing Through Life” author confessed, but added that the situation eventually made them closer. “I’ll be honest because we try. We both travel so much. So we were like, ‘This might be the most amount of time we’ve actually spent together in years. This is either going to make us or break us.’ And you know what? It’s made us.”

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    Matthew Broderick Confesses to Almost Turning Down 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'

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    During an interview on ‘Quarantined with Bruce Bozzi’, the husband of Sarah Jessica Parker explains that he thought the John Hughes film would stereotype him as an actor who talks to the camera.

    Nov 9, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Matthew Broderick almost didn’t star in the classic 1980s film comedy “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, which made him famous.
    The 58-year-old actor starred as a high school student in the film, who fakes sickness to stay at home and spends the rest of the day getting into trouble with his best friend and girlfriend – while his dean is trying to spy on him.
    However, Matthew tells Sirius XM’s “Quarantined with Bruce Bozzi” he thought the film would stereotype him as an actor who talks to the camera, and became close to turning down the now-iconic role.
    “I thought (the script) was great,” the star shares, “and I had a teeny hesitation because having just done (the plays) Brighton Beach (Memoirs) and Biloxi (Blues), I was like, ‘Wow, I’m talking to the audience, just like in these plays’… And even in (the 1985 movie) Ladyhawke he talks to the camera a bit.”

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    “You know, when you’re young or starting out you think, ‘I have to do something different’,” he adds.
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    Fortunately, Matthew was encouraged to accept the role in the John Hughes film, recalling, “Before I had hung up the phone, (my agent) was like behind me in the room, saying, ‘Yes, you should do it’.”
    “He flew to New York. ‘I’ll see you tomorrow. Let’s just not talk about it anymore now, I’ll see you tomorrow,’ and he came and was suddenly in the room with me, saying, ‘Yeah, I do think you should do it’.”

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    'RHOP': Ashley Darby Gets Emotional as She Misses Son During Cast Trip to Portugal

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    During the trip to Madeira, the new mom is joined by fellow cast members Gizelle Bryant, Robyn Dixon, Dr. Wendy Osefo, Karen Huger and Candiace Dillard, while Monique Samuels isn’t invited.

    Nov 9, 2020
    AceShowbiz – New mom Ashley Darby couldn’t stay being apart from her son Dean and husband Michael Darby for too long. In the Sunday, November 8 episode of “The Real Housewives of Potomac”, she could be seen getting emotional during a cast trip to Portugal. She claimed that she felt anxious leaving Dean behind for the first time.
    She asked her close friend Eve to help take care of Dean during the day so that Michael could put their son to bed after he came home from work. However, Dean wasn’t the only reason she was nervous. Prior to this, Michael admitted to visiting a strip club and doing something he “regrets” when Ashley left him alone with their baby.
    “Dean and I are going to spend a lot of time together,” Michael said in the new episode. Ashley then asked, “Are you going to behave while I’m gone?” to which Michael responded, “Absolutely.”
    “One of the things you mentioned was that sometimes you just need to talk and get it out before you make a decision that you don’t want to make, so you can call me,” she told Michael.
    During the trip to Madeira, Ashley was joined by fellow cast members Gizelle Bryant, Robyn Dixon, Dr. Wendy Osefo, Karen Huger and Candiace Dillard. Ashley didn’t invite Monique Samuels following her brutal physical altercation with Candiace back in November 2019. They had dinner after they arrived and the drama started immediately with Wendy and Karen’s beef.

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    Later in the episode, Gizelle asked Ashley about her relationship with her husband. “I’m finally starting to feel better. I’m officially 100 percent back in my marriage,” Ashley told the ladies. Gizelle then replied, “One hundred percent? That was like, in a month you went from 60, 40 to 100.”
    “There were a lot of things we hadn’t talked about,” Ashley admitted, though she claimed that she wasn’t bothered if something happened when she was away. “I’m more understanding about the circumstances,” Ashley said, adding, “I wasn’t being the supportive wife that I had been.”
    Robyn then chimed in, “I want you to stop taking responsibility and putting the weight on you being a new mother, and trying to navigate that. He needs to support you because this is something new that you’re going through.” The 41-year-old, who has history when it comes to dealing with infidelity, urged Ashley to hold her husband “accountable” for his actions.
    “I didn’t have the energy to care about what my husband was doing, and I’m getting that from Ashley. But she’s got to hold him accountable,” she explained in a confessional.
    Ashley then called Eve, who told her that Michael hadn’t come home yet. When she called him, Michael told Ashley that he was in a meeting. She told him that she needed to at least tell Eve if he was going to be a little bit late.
    It didn’t sit well with Michael who responded, “I can’t do this. I’ll call you when I get home. … I can’t be molested like this. This is crazy.” That prompted Ashley to cry on her bed. “I just want to go home. I miss my kid,” she said. Despite the rough night, the couple was able to resolve the issue.

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    Alec Baldwin 'Overjoyed' to Stop Playing Donald Trump

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    The 62-year-old ‘The Boss Baby: Family Business’ star also shares a black-and-white picture of him as the defeated presidential candidate who brings a paper sign with ‘You’re Welcome!!!’ written on it.

    Nov 9, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Most people were rejoicing when Joe Biden was declared as the new president of the United States, dethroning Donald Trump. Alec Baldwin was among those people, but he had another reason why he was “overjoyed” following the announcement of the results of November 3 presidential election.
    On Saturday, November 7, the “The Boss Baby: Family Business” actor tweeted, “I don’t believe I’ve ever been this overjoyed to lose a job before!” Alec was referring to his role as POTUS on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”. With Donald’s defeat, he doesn’t have to impersonate the businessman-turned-to-president, whom Alec openly dislikes, again.

    Alec Baldwin was ‘overjoyed’ to stop playing Donald Trump on ‘SNL’.
    In another tweet, the 62-year-old star shared a black-and-white picture of him as Donald, who brought a paper sign with “You’re Welcome!!!” written on it. “It’s been fun,” Alec simply captioned the snap.

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    The actor shaded Donald on Twitter.
    He went on shading Donald in a follow-up tweet. “It will be comforting when we have a President who doesn’t Tweet twice as much as I do … They’re gonna need an enormous shipment of tissues sent to Mar-a-Lago … On to my next wish. That everyone who voted in this election maintains that commitment and votes in the 2022 midterm elections. Let’s keep this going!!!” he said.
    The election outcome was called by major media outlets on Saturday, just hours before a new episode of “SNL” featuring Alec’s Donald aired. “As anyone who died halfway through Tuesday knows, I was re-elected president of the United States,” he said.
    Meanwhile, “SNL” cast member Gary Kroeger talked about Alec’s long-running performance in the episode, which was hosted by Dave Chappelle. “I won’t miss Baldwin’s Trump at all,” Gary said. “That doesn’t mean I didn’t like it, I did, and still do, but there hasn’t been a new twist on his characterization in a couple of years. How could there be? It was done to death.”
    Alec snagged a Primetime Emmy award in 2017 for the role.

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    Spice Girls' Geri Horner Channels Queen Elizabeth I on YouTube Series 'Rainbow Woman'

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    The Ginger Spice channels her inner royal as she portrays the Queen of England and pays tribute to the British monarch in the first episode of her YouTube Series ‘Rainbow Woman’.

    Nov 9, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Geri Horner has launched her YouTube series “Rainbow Woman” with a grand tribute to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth I.
    The monarch reigned 44 years, from 1558 until her death and, in the new show, which premiered at 12 pm GMT on Sunday (08Nov20), Geri transforms into the ruler.
    In a message announcing the series, Geri pens, “I want to share something from my heart… something real, something I hope will inspire. Rainbow Woman is my love letter to you. It’s about sharing our spirit.”
    “I’m taking you on a girl power adventure of discovery,” continues the Spice Girls star. “Together, we go up a mountain, down the river and back in time … and with music I wrote, it’ll be a 360 experience, for you, for us, for everybody.”
    “Thank you for being there for me. I want to be here with you … for all the rainbow people,” she says of the series, which is described as “a collection of vibrant vignettes following her on big and little adventures, each hued with humour and their own message of hope and positivity.”

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    Written, directed and executive produced by Geri, a new episode will be unveiled every Sunday on Geri’s YouTube channel with bonus content for fans to follow.
    Throwing herself into the role, she said, “It has been said that I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, yet the heart and stomach of a king.”
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    “Fear not, you’ve been more loyal to me than any prince. I was just practicing. You’re my favourite. But never forget, we’re a charge of light striking through that despairing rain,” she continued as she knelt on the floor before it was revealed the unseen recipient of the speech was actually her cute pug dog dressed in a Tudor ruff.

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    Dave Chappelle Slams White People for Refusing to Wear Masks in 'SNL' Monologue

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    The funnyman kicks off ‘Saturday Night Live’ by taking a dig at ‘white’ people for refusing to wear masks amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic because it’s ‘oppressive.’

    Nov 9, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Funnyman Dave Chappelle has hit out at Donald Trump’s white supporters who don’t wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic.
    While hosting “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) this weekend (07Nov20), the comedian fired at complaints that face masks are “oppressive” while giving them a lesson in Black history.
    “You don’t even want to wear your mask because it’s oppressive? Try wearing the mask I’ve been wearing all these years!” Dave said. “I can’t even tell something true unless it has a punchline behind it. You guys aren’t ready. You’re not ready for this. You don’t know how to survive yourselves.”
    “In fact, we’re the only ones that know how to survive this,” he continued, adding, “Whites come, hurry, quick, come get your n***a lessons.”
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    Elsewhere in the show, Alec Baldwin reprised his famed imitation of U.S. leader Donald Trump to imagine his concession speech after Democratic nominee Joe Biden beat him to become the 46th POTUS.
    As Trump, Alec started off his speech by claiming that he was re-elected as president, saying, “As anyone who died halfway through Tuesday knows, I was re-elected president of the United States.”
    During the skit, he pointed to a map of the U.S. and boasted about how red the states were – only to realise it was a Covid map and not representative of his Republican party.
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    He then chanted, “Stop the count!” until he was told off-screen that he was actually behind, to which he started chanting, “Count every vote.”

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