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    'Candyman' Director Nia DaCosta In Talks for 'Captain Marvel 2'

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    The female director who helmed the new ‘Candyman’ reboot has been in negotiations with Marvel chiefs to sit behind the lens for the upcoming ‘Captain Marvel’ sequel.
    Aug 7, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Nia DaCosta, the director of the new “Candyman” reboot, will reportedly take the reins on Marvel’s forthcoming “Captain Marvel” sequel.
    The first movie, which starred Brie Larson as the iconic comic book character, was directed by duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck and made $1.13 billion at the global box office.
    According to Deadline, Marvel chiefs have been taking meetings with prospective directors for the sequel over the past few months and have decided on DaCosta to take over from the pair, directing from a script by WandaVision story editor Megan McDonnell.
    If her hiring is confirmed, it means the 30-year-old will be helming the biggest budget movie ever made by a black female filmmaker as its cost will likely dwarf the $115 million (£87.4 million) budget of Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time”.
    The reported move would continue Marvel’s push to increase the diversity of its stable of directors, with Asian-American Chloe Zhao taking charge of “The Eternals” franchise.
    DaCosta is a rising star in Hollywood, following her critically acclaimed indie movie “Little Woods”, with Jordan Peele, picking her to direct his Candyman reboot – a film whose trailer has made waves on social media even though its release has been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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    'RHOBH': Lisa Rinna Accuses Denise Richards of 'Deflecting' With Brandi Glanville Sex Claims

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    The ladies reunite for another group dinner when Denise makes a shocking revelation about Brandi, saying that she’s had sex with some of the people from the group.
    Aug 7, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The new episode of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” arrived on Wednesday, August 5. In the episode, Lisa Rinna had a meet-up with Denise Richards in her hotel room as she wanted to hear more about her relationship with former cast member Brandi Glanville, who claimed they hooked up. However, what Denise told her was different from what she said to others.
    “I’ve seen [Brandi] a couple times in my life. She wanted to do a podcast and I told her I was out of town, so she asked could she come up and interview all of the cast,” the 49-year-old said to Lisa during a one-on-one chat over coffee. Lisa then asked how long Brandi stayed in Northern California, to which Denise replied, “I don’t know, actually, maybe a day. I think she stayed overnight.”
    Later, Lisa asked Denise if she called Brandi to imply that she was going to take legal action over her hookup claims. “It’s not cool. … First of all, I do not have an open marriage and I have not cheated on my husband,” Denise explained, adding that Brandi made such claims for “shock value.”
    Lisa didn’t buy her words because Denise’s statements were contradicting each other. She previously denied ever speaking to Brandi before or after Kyle Richards’ charity event, but she told Lisa that she actually did.
    “Anything that I’ve felt about [Teddi Mellencamp], I’ve said to her face. I’m going to be super honest. Brandi said, ‘I want to let you know things that the group has been saying behind my back,’ ” Denise told Lisa. Lisa, however, didn’t dig deeper because Denise’s words were confusing.
    Later, the ladies reunited for another group dinner. That was when Denise made a shocking revelation about Brandi. “Brandi has said that she’s had sex with every single woman that she’s come in contact with, including some of the people from this group,” Denise told others. When Dorit Kemsley laughed, Denise said, “I’m not joking.”
    Kyle then looked at Lisa, saying, “That would only be between you and me. I’ve never had sex with a woman.” Lisa then shared, “I think it’s a little bit interesting that you’re saying that right now … I’ve never heard that.” Noticing that others didn’t believe her, Denise yelled, “She said the same thing about me.”
    Lisa then fired back, saying, “If you’re trying to deflect, it’s not working. I don’t think Brandi Glanville has ever said she’s had sex with me. I can be honest about that. I don’t think she’s ever said that, so don’t say that. Don’t even put that out there.”

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    Dwyane Wade to Take Double Duties in 'The Cube' Remake

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    The former Miami Heat player will serve as the host and the executive producer of the game show that sees pairs of contestants completing a number of challenges from inside a small Perspex cube.
    Aug 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Retired basketball superstar Dwyane Wade has signed on to host the U.S. version of hit British game show “The Cube”.
    The former Miami Heat player will also executive produce the 10-part series, which tasks pairs of contestants with completing a number of challenges from inside a small Perspex cube.
    The American version of the show will feature the latest augmented GFX and camera technology to give viewers a real sense of the pressure the contestants are under.
    “As a former athlete, I enjoy competition and I appreciate the skill set needed to compete in high-tension and fast-paced environments,” Wade says. “As executive producer and host, I’m looking forward to teaming up with contestants to embark on a quest that is both physical and mental, as well as adding my own flavour to the show that will make this a fun family viewing event.”

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    'Kindergarten Cop' Screening Canceled Following Accusation of Romanticizing Over-Policing

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    A planned drive-in screening of the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring movie in Portland, Oregon is pulled after an author claims that the 1990 film glorifies the traumatization of children by police.
    Aug 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Kindergarten Cop” is under scrutiny amid the protests of police brutality in the U.S. as part of the Black Lives Matter movement. A planned outdoor screening of the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring movie in Portland, Oregon has been canceled following accusation that the movie romanticizes over-policing.
    The 1990 film was selected by the NW Film Center to open a “Cinema Unbound” summer drive-in movie series at Zidell Yards. The choice was made to honor “its importance in Oregon filmmaking history” along with a tie-in to its 30th anniversary.
    However, NWFC has had a change of heart after a complaint about how the film is exploitative and has no comedic or redeeming qualities. Portland author Lois Leveen went on a Twitter rant to point out her issue with the film, comparing it to “Gone with the Wind” which was recently pulled from HBO Max after claims that it romanticizes slavery.
    “What’s so funny about School-to-Prison pipeline? Kindergarten Cop-Out: Tell @nwfilmcenterthere’s nothing fun in cops traumatizing kids. National reckoning on overpolicing is a weird time to revive Kindergarten Cop. IRL, we are trying to end school-to-prison pipeline,” she began. “There’s nothing entertaining about the presence of police in schools, which feeds the ‘school-to-prison’ pipeline in which African American, Latinx, and other kids of color are criminalized rather than educated.”
    “5- and 6-year-olds are handcuffed and hauled off to jail routinely in this country. And this criminalizing of children increases dramatically when cops are assigned to work in schools,” the left-leaning author continued. “Yes, KINDERGARTEN COP is only a movie. So are BIRTH OF A NATION and GONE WITH THE WIND, but we recognize films like those are not ‘good family fun,’ ” she added. “They are relics of how pop culture feeds racist assumptions. KINDERGARTEN COP romanticizes over-policing in the U.S.”
    Responding to the criticism, NWFC has since replaced “Kindergarten Cop” with documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble”, in honor of the late congressman. NWFC, however, claimed that the cancellation of “Kindergarten Cop” drive-in screening had nothing to do with the tweets and instead credited “overwhelming demand” and with its “staff and community members” for the change.
    Lois later slammed the organization for failing to acknowledge its blunder. “I think what you meant to type was, ‘Yes, we made a grave error in not realizing the implicit racism in that programming decision. We apologize and are rethinking who makes our programming decisions hereafter,’ ” she tweeted. “How deep a white normativity hole will @nwfilmcenter keep digging?”

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    Jana Kramer Feels 'Terrible' Having to Halt Filming Over Early Symptoms of Pneumonia

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    The former ‘One Tree Hill’ actress, who had only just started filming a new untitled movie project when she fell ill, assures fans that she tested negative for COVID-19.
    Aug 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Singer and actress Jana Kramer has been left devastated after having to halt filming on her new movie to focus on her health.
    The “One Tree Hill” star had only just started filming a new untitled project when she fell ill and reveals doctors diagnosed her with the early symptoms of pneumonia.
    “I’m really upset right now,” emotional Jana told her fans via an Instagram Story video on Wednesday (August 05). “I just got back from the ER. I have pneumonitis, which is early on pneumonia (sic).”
    “I was having a really hard time breathing. I got tested again for COVID, it is negative again, so somehow whatever my head cold (was) went into my lungs.”
    Producers have agreed to stall filming until Kramer feels better, but she admits she feels “terrible” about not being able to work.
    “I’m just so upset about it,” she added. “I’m going to rest for the two or three days (and) take a bunch of medicines.”

    Kramer is also shutting down social media so she can focus on getting better: “I’m going to be off here for a minute, because If not, I’m going to continue to be upset, because I’m not working. Love you guys. Sorry for the sob story, but I just wanted you to know why I’m going dark,” she explained.
    Jana celebrated the start of the new movie, which began on Monday (August 03), by posting a snap of herself with love interest Brandon Quinn.

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    Eric Andre Encourages Fan Petition Calling for Him to Be New Host of 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'

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    Ellen DeGeneres has been accused by past and present employees turning her back on producer misconduct and harassment behind the scenes on her daily talk show.
    Aug 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Comedian Eric Andre has endorsed a fan petition calling for him to replace talk show host Ellen DeGeneres amid accusations she’s not as nice and kind to staff as she claims to be.
    Andre has shared links to a Change.org petition, which boasts over 20,000 signatures, calling for him to take charge of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”.
    The news comes a week after Ellen issued an apology to past and present employees, who have accused her of turning her back on producer misconduct and harassment behind the scenes on the show, as friends and foe take sides.
    The “Finding Dory” star’s former on-air sidekick Tony Okungbowa has become the most high-profile member of Ellen’s network to speak out about the “toxicity” on the set, telling Entertainment Weekly, “While I am grateful for the opportunity it afforded me, I did experience and feel the toxicity of the environment and I stand with my former colleagues in their quest to create a healthier and more inclusive workplace as the show moves forward.”
    DeGeneres is currently part of an investigation into workplace practices.
    Okungbowa joins Lea Thompson and Brad Garrett among those attacking Ellen for her show’s alleged “toxic work environment,” while Katy Perry and Kevin Hart have stood up for the host, insisting they never experienced any bad blood behind the scenes during their visits to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”.

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    Tom Hanks In Early Negotiations for 'Pinocchio' Remake

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    If the ‘Bridge of Spies’ actor is signed on for the upcoming big-screen project, he will reunite with Robert Zemeckis who directed him in ‘Forrest Gump’ and ‘Cast Away’.
    Aug 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Tom Hanks is set for yet another nice-guy role in Disney and director Robert Zemeckis’ live-action “Pinocchio” revamp.
    The Oscar winner, who is known as the nicest man in Hollywood, is in early negotiations to play the titular puppet boy’s father, Geppetto.
    Disney bosses wanted Hanks for the role of the woodworker when Paul King was attached to direct, but the actor’s schedule didn’t allow for the project at the time.
    Deadline sources claim Hanks has now seen the script and he and director Zemeckis have spoken about the role.
    They both won Oscars for “Forrest Gump” and they have since worked together on movie hits “Cast Away” and “The Polar Express”.
    Next up for Hanks will be filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic, in which the actor will portray music svengali Colonel Tom Parker.
    Hanks was in Australia preparing for the shoot in March (20), when he and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for COVID-19. The production was immediately shut down. Filming is now scheduled to start Down Under this autumn.

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    Amanda Seales Left 'The Real' Because She Was Banned From Talking About Certain Things

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    The ‘Insecure’ star claims she walked away from the all-female TV panel because she felt like she betrayed her people as she’s asked to avoid certain topics.
    Aug 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Amanda Seales left U.S. TV show “The Real” because it was “breaking” her spirit.
    The 39-year-old actress announced in June (20) that she was leaving the daytime programme after just six months officially on the panel.
    But in a conversation with comedian Godfrey on Instagram Live over the weekend (01-02Aug20), Amanda revealed the real reasons for her exit, admitting that being on the show felt like a “betrayal to my people.”
    “I left The Real because it was breaking my spirit … I was being asked to not talk about certain things that felt like a betrayal to my people,” she said. “And then on top of that, I didn’t want to be somewhere that I felt like people weren’t being honest with me and where people felt scared of me because of my Black woman-ess.”
    Seales illustrated her point by recalling one of her experiences on “The Real” when a white female producer was given the task of helping her put together a segment titled “Smart, Funny and Black” – a game she created to test someone’s knowledge of Black popular culture.
    “I was so excited to get to play my Smart, Funny and Black game on The Real,” she said. “They assigned it to the one white woman producer, but we have three Black women producers and one Black guy producer and I was like ‘Why are you producing this?’ and she was like, ‘So and so assigned it to me,’ and I said, ‘But why would you be producing this? You’re a white woman. You don’t understand what we’re going to be talking about.’ ”
    Things didn’t end well as the producer in question “went crying to someone and said I attacked her.”
    “I couldn’t stay in a place like that,” she said, adding that she was also constantly receiving backlash from trolls, who used to come for her “beyond comprehension.”
    Following her chat with Godfrey, Amanda took to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday (05Aug20) to insist that she didn’t have any issues with her co-hosts Loni Love, Jeannie Mai, Tamera Mowry-Housley, and Adrienne Houghton.
    “Do not try to create some false dissension between me and the co-hosts of The Real…” she said. “What ya’ll don’t understand is grown women do grown women business. That’s what y’all don’t understand, and what I gotta do with my business ain’t got nothing to do with them sisters.”

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