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    Report: Zac Efron Is Offered $1.5M to Join 'I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Australia'

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    Channel 10 executives allegedly are hoping to have the ‘High School Musical’ alum to star in the next season of the show, which is set to be filmed in Australia due to COVID-19 travel restriction to South Africa.
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Zac Efron is currently living in Byron Bay to avoid coronavirus pandemic in the United States. If a new report is to be trusted, that seemingly gives Channel 10 an idea to get the star on the show as “The Greatest Showman” star is reportedly in talks to appear in the Australian version of “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!”.
    According to New Idea, Channel 10 executives are hoping to have the “High School Musical” alum to star in the next season of the show, which is set to be filmed in Australia due to COVID-19 travel restriction to South Africa. It is said that Zac is offered $1.5 million to participate in the upcoming season.
    “Channel 10 are saving a fortune filming in Australia [instead of South Africa] and can now afford some bigger names,” a source explains. “Zac is the No. 1 and most-wanted participant.”
    While it remains to be seen whether Zac will accept the gig, the new season is scheduled to start production in January 2021.
    This arrives after Zac sent fans into frenzy after his new Netflix travel series premiered Friday, July 10. The new series features Zac’s “journeys around the world with wellness expert Darin Olien in search of healthy, sustainable ways to live.” However, it wasn’t just the beautiful locations that made fans swoon.
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    Following the first episode of the series, fans took to social media to talk about Zac’s incredible body. “Suddenly I am in love again with Zac Efron,” one fan wrote. “Sexual awakening when I was a teenager: Zac Efron. Sexual awakening as a 29 year old adult: Zac Efron,” someone else added.
    “Me: I’m straight and married. Zac Efron: Oh hi there. Me: Well, I’m not that straight or married,” another user said. Echoing the sentiment, a person tweeted, “I’d like Zac Efron’s parents’ phone number so I can just leave a 3 minute voicemail of me applauding.”

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    'The Office' Actor Leslie David Baker Turns to Kickstarter for 'Uncle Stan' Spin-Off

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    ‘Uncle Stan: Coming Out of Retirement’ will present Dunder Mifflin employee Stanley Hudson getting a call from his nephew, Lucky, who runs a motorcycle and flower shop that belonged to his late wife.
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Leslie David Baker has taken to crowdfunding website Kickstarter to get his idea for a reboot of “The Office” off the ground.
    The actor, who portrayed beloved character and Dunder Mifflin employee Stanley Hudson for nine seasons of the U.S. version of the show, has launched the campaign to fund his proposed show, “Uncle Stan: Coming Out of Retirement”.
    Picked as one of Kickstarter’s Projects We Love, the series would see Baker’s character getting a call from his favourite nephew, Lucky, a recent widower with two children who runs a motorcycle and flower shop that belonged to his late wife.
    When Lucky calls up his uncle for guidance and support, “Uncle Stan is coming out of retirement, because what do you do after you retire? You go somewhere else and find something else to get tired of.”
    Baker told Entertainment Tonight: “And in this case, it’ll be his favourite nephew and his great-niece and nephew, and chaos ensues.”
    Explaining his reasoning for seeking fans’ help to launch the project, he added: “After having gone and done a lot of personal appearances at sporting events and Comic-Cons, I kept getting the question of, ‘What happened to Stanley after his retirement? Where is he, what’s going on with him?’ ”
    “This character was and is so beloved that people wanted to know what is going on with him,” he shared. “And after several years, after his retirement, I said, ‘You know what? There is a life for this character after ‘The Office’.”
    “So let’s explore that, let’s look at it and see what he’s doing. We wanna know what his hopes, wishes, dreams, ambitions were.”
    The American version of Ricky Gervais’ workplace TV comedy, which aired from 2005 to 2013, was a big hit, launching the careers of several stars including John Krasinski, Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, and Mindy Kaling, among others.

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    'Never Have I Ever' Star Dreams to Having Steve Carell and Mindy Kaling in Season 2's Cast

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    Speaking about the next installment of her Netflix show, leading actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan also admits that she is keen to ‘dive into all the characters’ stories more.’
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Never Have I Ever” star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan has opened up on her casting hopes for the show’s second season.
    After a new instalment of the Netflix show was confirmed earlier this month (July), the star, whose character Devi ended the first season coming to terms with her father’s death as she was in the midst of a love triangle between arch-nemesis Ben Gross and jock Paxton Hall-Yoshida, mused on what’s to come for her onscreen counterpart.
    Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, she shared she’s keen to “dive into all the characters’ stories more,” and praised the show for “having such a variety of different personalities, different stories coming from different backgrounds.”
    While it’s unclear when “Never Have I Ever” will be able to kick off production, due to COVID-19, Maitreyi does have ideas for new characters for the show’s second outing – with “The Office” superfan keen to see Steve Carell come onboard.
    “I always joke, ‘What if Steve Carell came on and he played Devi’s uncle that she never knew?’ ” she quipped. “I realize that it makes no sense! … I would want Steve Carell because it would just be jokes… Like, he could just walk past (the scene), but that’s all you need.”
    She’d also like to see co-creator Mindy Kaling join the cast, insisting the multi-talented star “needs to be on season two.”
    “That’s not negotiable… That would be awesome to be able to act with her,” the star gushed. “Anybody could play a family member. She could play somebody in the school. She could do whatever.”
    “She could play Devi’s dad’s sister. She can be an aunt, like the cool aunt!” she pitched. “Yes, she would be the cool aunt that enables all of Devi’s behavior!”

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    Comic-Con 2020 to Go Virtual for a Week of Extensive Panel Discussions

    ‘Fear the Walking Dead’, Women Rocking Hollywood 2020 and Constantine: 15th Anniversary Reunion are among the featured spots offered to fans during the event taking place online from July 22 to 26.
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Comic-Con is going virtual for the first time ever, with film and TV fans set to get up close and personal with their favourite screen stars from the comfort of their own homes.
    While the annual San Diego gathering has been called off due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event is headed online for a week of virtual panel discussions, dubbed [email protected]
    The event will take place 22 to 26 July and is free of charge, featuring stars of hit shows from “Fear the Walking Dead” to “Family Guy” taking part in the Internet gathering.
    While various online activities kick off Wednesday 22 July, Thursday sees the beginning of the TV panels, with science fiction shows including “His Dark Materials” and “Van Helsing” both landing featured spots.
    For animated fans, there’s a Cartoon Network Studios First Look, while Amazon Studios is hosting a triple bill of panels on “Utopia”, “Upload” and “The Boys”.
    Friday offers up a treat for fans of “The Walking Dead”, with panel talks on the main show, “Fear the Walking Dead”, and “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”, featuring stars from across all three programmes, including Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan and Josh McDermitt.
    It also sees the beginning of the movie panels, which kick off with Charlize Theron: Evolution of a Badass – An Action Hero Career Retrospective.
    Meanwhile, the weekend sees talks from those behind “The Simpsons”, “Family Guy”, and “American Dad!”, along with progressive panels including Women Rocking Hollywood 2020: Supporting Female-Helmed Film and TV.
    And over in films, there’s a Constantine: 15th Anniversary Reunion, featuring Keanu Reeves, director Francis Lawrence, and producer Akiva Goldsman, as well as the First Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Film 30th Anniversary.
    For the full line-up, and details on how to access the events, click here: https://www.comic-con.org/frontpage.

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    Jamie Lynn Spears Pitches Pre-Teen Daughter for New 'Zoey 101' Series

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    While teasing a potential reboot of her hit Nickelodeon show, the younger sister of Britney Spears hopes her eldest daughter, Maddie, can follow in her footsteps.
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Singer/actress Jamie Lynn Spears is pushing TV bosses to give her pre-teen daughter her old role in a new “Zoey 101” series.
    The 29-year-old portrayed lead character Zoey Brooks on the hit Nickelodeon show for three years until she fell pregnant with her eldest daughter, Maddie, in 2008, and now she is hoping the 12-year-old can follow in mum’s footsteps.
    “Maybe she could play Zoey when she was younger or something,” Jamie told ET Online while teasing a potential reboot of the program.
    Spears has been in talks about bringing “Zoey 101” back to life on the small screen, but the coronavirus pandemic has put discussions on hold.
    “It’s just (hard during) quarantine and all this stuff,” she explained. “I think putting everyone’s safety first is what we are trying to do right now. And conversations that were started before this have kind of (taken) a slow pace, as everything else in the world.”

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    Jada Pinkett Smith Sets New Facebook Watch Record With August Alsina Affair Confession

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    Her ‘Red Table Talk’ special, titled ‘Jada Brings Herself to the Table’, becomes the platform’s most-viewed original episode within a 24-hour period after drawing more than 15 million views.
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Jada Pinkett Smith has set a new Facebook Watch viewing record after coming clean about her affair with singer August Alsina in an episode of her “Red Table Talk” show.
    The actress sat down with her husband, Will Smith, for a candid chat about their marriage, during which she confessed to embarking on a romance with Alsina during a secret separation around 2016.
    The “Red Table Talk” special, titled “Jada Brings Herself to the Table”, debuted on Friday, July 10, and drew more than 15 million views in its first 24 hours online – becoming the platform’s most-viewed original episode within a 24-hour period.

    It easily smashed the previous record-holder, another revealing instalment of “Red Table Talk”, from 2019.
    That episode, which drew 7.6 million views in its first 24 hours, featured Kylie Jenner’s former best friend, Jordyn Woods, speaking out for the first time about her cheating scandal with basketball player Tristan Thompson. At the time, he had been in an on/off relationship with Kylie’s big sister, Khloe Kardashian, the mother of his baby daughter, True.

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    'Avengers: Endgame' Directors Agree With Anthony Mackie on Lack of Diversity in Marvel

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    Anthony and Joe Russo respond to the Falcon depicter, saying he is not wrong about the lack of diversity in Marvel and agreeing that they ‘can always all do better.’
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Avengers: Endgame” directors Anthony and Joe Russo accept they have to work harder on diversity issues after coming under fire from one of their leading men, Anthony Mackie.
    The brothers admit the actor was spot on when he called out Marvel movie bosses for failing to create roles for black actors and crew members, telling Variety last month (Jun20) he has mostly worked with all-white crews on the seven blockbusters, in which he has portrayed Sam Wilson and his alter ego, Falcon.
    “It really bothered me that I’ve done seven Marvel movies where every producer, every director, every stunt person, every costume designer, every PA, every single person has been white,” Mackie said, noting that the only Marvel film to feature a large black cast and crew was “Black Panther”.
    “If you only can hire the black people for the black movie… are you saying they’re not good enough when you have a mostly-white cast?” Mackie asked.
    And his “Endgame” directors are backing his outburst – Joe Russo tells MovieMaker, “I think we can always all do better at diversity, constantly in this business, and in every facet of every industry – so he’s not wrong at all. I think that we all have to work harder to keep endorsing and supporting diversity on both sides of the camera.”
    Brother Anthony adds, “We have a ton of respect for Anthony Mackie. He is not only an amazing actor, but he’s an amazing person, and we’ve loved our collaboration with him.”

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    Evan Rachel Wood's Mom 'Upset' by Her 'Westworld' Death

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    The actress would love to return to the HBO hit series as Dolores Abernathy one day as she recounts her mother crying following the demise of her character on the show.
    Jul 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Actress Evan Rachel Wood had a really hard time keeping the season three death of her “Westworld” character quiet – especially from her “devastated” mum.
    The “True Blood” star was sworn to secrecy when she heard the sad news about her future on the hit HBO show, but she was most worried about how her mother would react.
    “So (co-creator and showrunner) Jonah (Jonathan Nolan)… broke the news to me. He said that she (character Dolores) was going to die; he was very blunt about it…,” the star tells Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket”.
    But keeping the information to herself was harder than she imagined.
    “I’m bummed out and going through this mourning period, and I can’t tell anybody why or what’s going on or how the season ended,” she continues. “Honestly, the person that it was the hardest for was my mother… I knew she was going to be devastated. And she was, but more than I anticipated.”
    “I called her up and she’s just weeping… I had to… give her some kind of hope, but for the most part, that was the hardest phone call I think. I understand why she was so upset; she takes it personally any time a character that I play meets their demise. It’s a personal attack.”
    And Evan is hoping to have some good news for her mum one day soon because a possible return to the show for her dead character has been suggested.
    “I want to come back,” she adds.

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