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    Rachel Weisz Nervous About Physically-Demanding Role in 'Black Widow' After Childbirth

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    The new mom admits she feels apprehensive about taking the role in Marvel’s action movie less than a year after giving birth to her child with Daniel Craig.
    May 7, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Rachel Weisz found it “daunting” taking on the physically challenging role of spy Melina Vostokoff in “Black Widow” less than a year after having her daughter.
    The 50-year-old stars alongside Scarlett Johansson in the Marvel spin-off, with her character acting as a mother figure for Scarlett’s alter ego. But given that filming on the movie began before Rachel’s daughter with Daniel Craig turned one, the screen star felt more than a little apprehensive about throwing herself into such a demanding project.
    “I think all women would recognise that as daunting,” she told Harper’s Bazaar U.K. “I didn’t have my core, shall we say. It was a good incentive to do some Pilates and dance cardio…”

    Rachel is also hoping the film, when it’s released in November 2020, will help do more for the on-screen representation of women.
    “The Eighties and Nineties were really s**t for women,” she sighed. “But I used to watch a lot of black and white movies with my mum – Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, they were very powerful in the narratives. Bette Davis didn’t have superpowers but she’s powerful as hell.”
    “I do think it’s important for girls growing up to see stories where women are front and centre, and to see a female politician, or a female prime minister. It’s about identification, it’s seeing possibilities. We need more stories about women. We need more role models!”
    As for her own role models, Rachel admitted Wonder Woman is one of her biggest on-screen heroes.

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    Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert Clap Back at President Trump for Mocking Late-Night TV Ratings

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    The two late-night show hosts respond to Donald Trump’s ridicule, saying the president should focus on the coronavirus pandemic instead of television ratings.
    May 7, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert have slammed U.S. President Donald Trump for focusing on their show’s ratings when he should be helping Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic.
    America’s Twitter-loving leader took to the social media platform on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 to praise Fox News host Greg Gutfeld for drawing in more viewers than late night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Kimmel, who he branded a “wacko.”
    “Wow! Congratulations to Greg Gutfeld, a one time Trump Hater who has come all the way home,” he tweeted. “His Ratings easily beat no talent Stephen Colbert, nice guy Jimmy Fallon, and wacko ‘last placer’ Jimmy Kimmel. Greg built his show from scratch, and did a great job in doing so.”
    Kimmel responded to the President’s tweet with a video slamming the billionaire politician for focusing on TV ratings at a time when tens of thousands of Americans have died of Covid-19
    “This is what it feels like when the ‘President’ of the United States attacks you personally,” he captioned the clip, before denouncing America’s leader as failing to focus on helping citizens get through the crisis.
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    “I hope he wasn’t talking about me,” the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host joked, before continuing, “I think this was another typo situation. I think what he meant to tweet was, ‘I am completely devastated by the loss of life caused by this insidious virus. My thoughts are with the families of those who have passed. I pledge to spend every waking moment working to make sure our medical workers have the support they need and every American has access to tests. PS – congrats to Greg Gutfeld.’ ”
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    Colbert also shot back by referencing comments from Trump questioning how he got his job by mocking the President’s appointment of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a key adviser and saying in his own video, “It’s nice to know that Trump is staying laser-focused on the ball during a crisis.”

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    'American Horror Story' Creator Has to Rethink Season 10 Plot Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

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    Weeks after COVID-19 shut down productions worldwide, Ryan Murphy admits that he has been contemplating between pushing production back by a year or changing theme.
    May 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The coronavirus pandemic has forced TV guru Ryan Murphy to rethink the plot for the next season of “American Horror Story” because the shoot was “weather-dependent”.
    The writer/producer had been gearing up to start work on the 10th season of the hit drama show when the COVID-19 crisis hit in March, shutting down productions worldwide.
    It’s still unknown when filming will be able to resume, and as a result, Murphy has been debating whether to push production back by a year, or change the theme of season 10 completely so he and his cast and crew can begin shooting new episodes of the anthology series when U.S. authorities lift lockdown restrictions.
    “A lot of what I was going to shoot was dependent on a very specific moment, it was a weather-dependent show,” Murphy told TheWrap. “So now I don’t know (what will happen with season 10)… I don’t know if I’ll accelerate another season or wait till next year to shoot this one.”
    He continued, “You know, nobody (from the FX network) so far has called me up and said, ‘OK, we have a plan to move forward for shooting’. So until that day, everybody is kind of on pause.”
    “I honestly don’t know (what we’ll do). But it’s a great season and I know all the actors are chomping at the bit to get into it, so that’s all I know.”
    Murphy has been keeping details about the next “American Horror Story” run under wraps, although prior to the Hollywood shutdown, he did confirm the return of franchise regulars Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Evan Peters, Leslie Grossman, and Billie Lourd, as well as the involvement of special guest Macaulay Culkin.
    He shared the casting news via Instagram back in February, when he appeared to hint at a beach theme by unveiling each name against a backdrop featuring waves crashing on the sand as Orville Peck’s “Dead of Night” played over the footage.

    Season 10 had been due to premiere later this year.

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    Tom Cruise Teaming Up With Elon Musk and NASA to Film in Space

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    NASA’s administrator confirms the ‘Mission: Impossible’ actor is having discussions about shooting a film at the International Space Station with Musk’s SpaceX.
    May 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Tom Cruise is taking a space-themed movie to the next level by shooting an upcoming film in outer space. The “Jack Reacher” star is teaming up with SpaceX, the rocket company started by Elon Musk, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to film the feature film project at the International Space Station.
    NASA’s administrator Jim Bridenstine confirmed on Tuesday, May 5 that there have been discussions with the 57-year-old Hollywood star about filming in space. The agency, however, refused to divulge more details. “Not at this time,” Matthew Rydin, the press secretary for Mr. Bridenstine, wrote in an email. “We will say more about the project at the appropriate time.”
    Deadline first reported the news about Cruise’s space-themed movie, which will be the first narrative feature film to be shot in outer space. The site said that it would be an action-adventure film, but not part of the “Mission: Impossible” film series that the actor has starred in since 1996.
    It’s also noted that the project is still in its early stages and no movie studio is attached just yet.
    Cruise is no stranger to taking risks to film dangerous stunts in his action films on his own. In 2011’s “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”, he scaled the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world which is located in Dubai, and executed stunts 123 floors up. He hung from the side of a jet plane during takeoff in 2015’s “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”. During the filming of “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”, he broke his ankle while leaping from one rooftop to another, forcing the production to take a break. He also hung from a helicopter in the 2018 film.
    The actor, who reprises his role as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in “Top Gun: Maverick”, is also a licensed pilot as his co-star Glen Powell recently recalled seeing Cruise flying his P-51 Mustang during the filming of the “Top Gun” sequel. “After wrapping a shooting day, Tom would rocket off into the sunset in his P-51,” the “Scream Queens” alum shared, which he said inspired him to get his own flying license.

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    Mira Sorvino Fears Mistress Character on 'Hollywood' Linked Her Back to Harvey Weinstein

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    During a recent SAG Foundation Conversations at Home interview, the Oscar winner talks about the main differences between what happens to her Jeanne Crandall character and herself in real life.
    May 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Mira Sorvino feared fans and critics would dwell on her relationship with Harvey Weinstein when they saw her playing a studio head’s mistress in new period TV series “Hollywood”.
    The Oscar winner was at the forefront of allegations surrounding Weinstein’s predatory behavior and sexual misconduct, which eventually landed the disgraced movie mogul behind bars, and she was worried many people would link her latest character to the scandal.
    But she hopes that critics can appreciate her character, Jeanne Crandall, is a woman from a certain era and her relationship with Rob Reiner’s Ace Amberg was consensual, unlike the one she had with Harvey, whom she maintains blacklisted her in Hollywood when she turned down his advances.
    “There were these studio girls who were on 18-month contracts with all the studios and essentially passed along from executive to executive,” she says in a recent SAG Foundation Conversations at Home interview. “They were never really intended to become break-outs. They were there as the kind of in-house… fresh girls. They would be dated, used up and their contracts would be dropped and onto the next. It was really a cruel and unfair system.”
    “In this story when we get to the part where she’s (my character) having an affair with the studio head, Ace Amberg, and that she has been for 10 years; we see her as a creature of her time. When I saw the scene I thought, ‘Oh no, are people going to think that this character was me,’ because of my role with the whole #MeToo movement and the fact that I steadfastly rejected Harvey Weinstein’s advances and then was punished for it by being blacklisted.”
    “Where I refused to sleep with the studio head, she (Crandall) willingly is in a consensual relationship with the studio head. Although her relationship, I do believe, contained affection and I don’t think the studio head was predatory in a frightening way, I would say that Rob Reiner’s character is exercising his right as the king to have any of the court ladies at his behest.”
    When it came to shooting one hot and heavy scene with Rob, Mira was offered an intimacy co-ordinator to make sure every movement was choreographed and there was as little discomfort as possible.
    “I was kind of terrified of the scene where he shows her this affection and when we got to the scene and actually shot it, Rob was also I think quite nervous about it,” she explains. “They took the curse off of it with an intimacy co-ordinator and I’ve never worked with one in my entire career. I have done countless sex scenes; I can’t even count how many I’ve done and there was never someone choreographing them or making us feel comfortable.”
    “Having this gentleman on set was really helpful and took away the awkward fears and violating in any sense. It was totally above board and even offered us padding even when we were fully clothed so nothing was pressed against anything when we pressed against each other… We ended up having so much fun it was like a Monty Python sex scene.”
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    “So ultimately, when I thought is it gonna be lurid or will people say that’s Mira with Harvey when absolutely it’s the opposite, none of that came to pass and I felt really good about it in the end.”

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    Mick Jagger Parodies COVID-19 PSA by Demonstrating How to Be Productive During Quarantine

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    Starring in the skit for ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’, The Rolling Stones frontman gets onboard to support a non-profit providing for children in need during the coronavirus pandemic.
    May 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Mick Jagger made a hilarious appearance in a tongue-in-cheek PSA clip during Monday’s (May 04) instalment of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”, as he advised fans How to Quarantine.
    The segment was filmed remotely for the U.S. late night show, which is currently being produced from the stars’ home due to the coronavirus pandemic.
    However, producers managed to get The Rolling Stones frontman onboard for the skit, which parodies a black-and-white BBC news report from the 1940s, and advises viewers how to occupy their time during lockdown.
    After being implored by the narrator of the clip to be productive during the lockdown, the “Start Me Up” star is seen tending to a series of chores, including brushing up on his cooking skills, herding sheep, pruning roses, and growing vegetables.
    The sketch was filmed in support of non-profit Save the Children, helping provide for children in need during the Covid-19 crisis.
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    Mick recently took part in the iFor India concert, which raised money for those affected by the pandemic in India, and also teamed up with his rocker bandmates for Lady Gaga’s “One World: Together At Home” virtual coronavirus relief concert.

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    Cynthia Bailey Denies Getting Fired From 'RHOA': 'That Is Completely False'

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    Prior to this, it was said that the Bravo honchos decided to fire Cynthia and fellow ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star Eva Marcille because their ‘storylines were the weakest.’
    May 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Cynthia Bailey is not going anywhere. “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star sets the record straight after it was rumored that she was axed from the popular Bravo reality show.
    She reveals to The Shade Room that she has no plan to leave the franchise. “I have no plans to leave ‘RHOA’ at this time. Every year there are rumors saying that I am getting fired, or not returning,” she explains. “I’ve been a peach holder consistently for 10 years now. I love my cast, and my Bravo family.”
    The TV star also hints that she most likely will be appearing in the upcoming season 13, saying, “I am looking forward to next season.”
    Addressing the reports that she is being offered a “reduced role” by the CEO of the production company, Cynthia insists “that is completely false.” She continues, “We just recently filmed the reunion, and have not started contract negotiations yet.”

    Prior to this, it was said that the Bravo honchos decided to fire Cynthia and fellow “RHOA” star Eva Marcille. “Cynthia and Eva’s storylines were the weakest. We knew there was going to be a change going forward, bring in new Housewives and get rid of [some] old ones,” an executive claimed. The insider noted that “it’s important to constantly refresh the cast with new blood.”
    Additionally, the source debunked rumors about NeNe Leakes leaving the show. “No Nene is not getting fired. She’s the best part of the show,” said the informant.
    When asked about when the show would officially fire Eva and Cynthia, the source explained, “They’ll be notified the final decision after the reunion show airs, until then, they have no idea that they’re [likely] out of a job.” Despite that, the executive hinted at the “slight” possibility that the show would keep one or both of them on the show, especially if the Coronavirus quarantine continues.

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    Tyra Banks Slammed After Old 'ANTM' Clip of Her Telling Off a Model Over Gap Tooth Resurfaces

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    In the video, Tyra advises contestant Danielle Evans to close the gap in her front teeth, saying, ‘Do you really think you can a have a covergirl contract with a gap in your mouth?’
    May 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Tyra Banks has some explaining to do. The former “America’s Next Top Model” host and judge is under fire after an old clip from season six of the reality competition show resurfaces online, featuring her alleged problematic behavior.
    The clip was brought to attention by Twitter user @OladapoAisha, who posted it on her account on Tuesday, May 5. In the video, Tyra advised contestant Danielle Evans to close the gap in her front teeth.
    “So, Danielle, you went to the dentist, but you refused to have your gap closed. Do you really think you can a have a covergirl contract with a gap in your mouth?” Tyra said, to which Danielle optimistically responded, “Yes. Why not?”
    While pointing at her own teeth, Tyra explained, “This is all people see. It’s easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. It’s not marketable.” Danielle then said, “Just a little bit is okay, but I don’t wanna completely close it.”
    Judge and runway coach J. Alexander chimed in, “Well, I guess she just left the gap wide open for another girl, baby.” Despite that, Danielle ended up winning the season.

    “Why was this allowed to air wtf Tyra banks is going to straight hell,” Oladapo captioned the footage, which quickly set the tongues wagging. Some people on the blue bird app noted that some other professional models also have gap tooth. ” ‘It’s not marketable.’ Meanwhile Georgia May Jagger has a big a** gap tooth and is one the main faces for Rimmel Woozy face,” one person stated.
    “@tyrabanks is really trash. It’s like she started this show to intentionally treat these young woman in such a horrible way… the same way she thought [Naomi Campbell] treated her. She gave herself the authority to treat these women like trash and had judges who backed her up. Smh,” added another fan.
    Meanwhile, a user alleged, “In another season Tyra actually makes a girl’s tooth gap LARGER. Tyra is insane.” Someone else recalled when Tyra “really force a girl to go nude on camera for an AUDITION. And had Janiece of all people (who accused [Bill] Cosby for sexual assault )TO BACK HER UP AS A JUDGEFlushed faceFlushed faceFlushed faceTHE IRONY OF IT ALL.”
    Tyra has yet to respond to the criticism.

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