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    John Boyega and Oscar Isaac Caught Up in Sandstorm on 'Star Wars' Movie Set

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    In never-before-seen footage, the two actors are seen taking shelter from the strong winds while filming ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ in the desert of Jordan.
    May 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Actors John Boyega and Oscar Isaac were forced to take shelter in the midst of shooting “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” after they were caught up in a sandstorm.
    Part of the 2019 blockbuster was filmed on location in Wadi Rum, Jordan, and to mark Star Wars Day on Monday, May 4, 2020, Boyega shared previously-unseen video footage from the desert shoot, which was temporarily halted as they tried to take cover from the strong winds.
    “Happy Star Wars day everyone!” Boyega captioned the Instagram post. “Here’s myself and Oscar chilling during a sandstorm! We couldn’t shoot… good times though.”
    In the clip, the actors are shown using blankets to shield their faces from the sand as they lay behind a large photography umbrella, with Isaac jokingly covering his whole face and quipping, “I’m scared. I can’t see anything. There’s so much sand.”

    “It’s good for the skin, think of it as exfoliation,” a voice in the distance can be heard saying, as Boyega remarks, “That’s what he says!”

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    Selena Gomez Lands New Cooking Show

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    The ‘Lose You to Love Me’ singer is announced to front an online cooking series and show off her skills in the kitchen amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
    May 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Selena Gomez has become the latest star to get creative with a new series from self-isolation by hosting of a new HBO Max cooking show.
    The singer will present the 10-episode show from her kitchen with a different guest master chef joining her remotely for each segment.
    Together, the two will work on a variety of dishes while highlighting a food-related charity.
    “I’ve always been very vocal about my love of food,” Gomez said in a statement. “I think I’ve been asked hundreds of times in interviews if I had another career, what would I do and I’ve answered that it would be fun to be a chef. I definitely don’t have the formal training though! Like many of us, while being home I find myself cooking more and experimenting in the kitchen.”
    The news of Gomez’s new show comes a day after her ex Justin Bieber launched “The Biebers”, a new Facebook Watch talk series with his wife Hailey.
    Miley Cyrus, Joe Jonas, and Charli XCX have hit the jackpot with streaming shows available during the coronavirus lockdown while Amy Schumer has also launched a cooking show with her chef husband, Chris Fischer, from their home. The project, “Amy Schumer Learns to Cook”, debuts on the Food Network this week.

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    'The Mandalorian' Season 2 Gets 'Sin City' Director and 'Ant-Man' Helmer

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    Both Robert Rodriguez and Payton Reed have been confirmed to sit behind the lens for the upcoming second installment of Disney’s hit ‘Star Wars’ spin-off.
    May 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Filmmakers Robert Rodriguez and Peyton Reed have been unveiled as directors for the second season of “Star Wars” spin-off series “The Mandalorian”.
    Both stars broke the news of their involvement in the Disney+ show on Monday, May 4, 2020 as fans worldwide marked Star Wars Day.
    “I am truly humbled to say I now have had the very rare privilege of directing the biggest star in the universe,” “Sin City” ‘s Rodriguez posted on Twitter, alongside a snap of himself posing with Baby Yoda.

    Meanwhile, “Ant-Man” director Reed simply shared a picture of his branded director’s chair with the helmet worn by Pedro Pascal’s titular bounty hunter character on top of it.

    Peyton Reed confirms ‘The Mandalorian’ directing gig
    It’s not yet known how many episodes they each shot for the second season, which already wrapped production, but they will join returning directors Dave Filoni and Rick Famuyiwa, who each filmed two instalments a piece for the first season, as well as series creator Jon Favreau and “The Mandalorian” co-star Carl Weathers.
    Season two is set to premiere in October 2020.
    In the meantime, fans can check out the docuseries, “Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian”, which takes viewers behind-the-scenes with interviews with the cast and crew, round-table conversations, and never-before-seen footage.
    The eight-episode show, which debuted on Monday, is hosted by Favreau.

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    Ozzy Osbourne's Son Jack Confirms Biopic

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    According to Jack Osbourne, a big-screen adaptation chronicling his famous father’s early solo career and life with wife Sharon is ‘absolutely’ in the works.
    May 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – A biopic about Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne’s early solo career and the singer’s life with wife Sharon is in the works, according to son Jack.
    Speaking during an appearance on web series “The Jasta Show”, the son of the hitmaker and “The Talk” host confirmed, “There is absolutely things in motion right now to make (the movie) a reality.”
    “I think in the next few months, you’ll probably see something coming up about it. But we haven’t landed (at a studio) yet. So, fingers crossed.”
    Asked who will play him in the movie, Jack said, “I think the time period I would do it in, I would be a child in it. So I wouldn’t be so heavily featured. It’s gonna be more about my mom and dad making their way through the world. I would be in the background just being annoying.”
    Sharon first revealed work was ongoing on a biopic about her childhood and early days with Ozzy, telling Variety, “I don’t want to do another rock and roll, sex, drugs and money movie about a musician.”
    “That’s not what I’m doing. There hasn’t been a movie about a woman that actually works on the management side – that’s a true story – and somebody that succeeds through the struggle and you come out the other side.”
    In the meantime, the new documentary “Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne” is set to premiere this summer 2020 on the A&E network, with Jack gushing of the feature, “It’s f**king awesome! As much as I love (the 2011 documentary) God Bless Ozzy (Osbourne), this is so much better…”
    “I think this does a better job of kind of cramming in his entire life in a two-hour film. We start from childhood and we go all the way up to his recent Parkinson’s diagnosis. So it’s all in there.”

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    'Battlestar Galactica' Remake Gets 'Assassin's Creed' Scribe

    The upcoming ‘Battlestar Galactica’ series is moving ahead as the show secures Michael Lesslie who previously penned the script for the ‘Assassin’s Creed’ movie.
    May 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The new “Battlestar Galactica” series has been fast-tracked with “Assassin’s Creed” screenwriter Michael Lesslie signing on.
    Lesslie, who also wrote the spy drama “The Little Drummer Girl”, will join “Mr. Robot” and “Homecoming” executive producer Sam Esmail for the much-anticipated small screen venture.
    “I am beyond excited to be taking on this iconic and inspirational show,” Lesslie said in a statement. “As a lifelong devotee, I know that the possibilities of Battlestar Galactica’s world are infinite and that each iteration has raised the bar for epic and intelligent sci-fi storytelling.”
    “Battlestar Galactica” began life as a 1978 film. A spin-off series launched the same year. A second series ran from 2004 to 2009 and followed a group of humans on the verge of extinction amid a robot war.

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    'Thor: Ragnarok' Helmer Taika Waititi Officially Signs Up for New 'Star Wars' Film

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    The Academy Award-winning filmmaker behind ‘Jojo Rabbit’ has been announced to direct an upcoming feature film in the space-fantasy franchise and co-write the script.
    May 5, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Taika Waititi is saddling up to go to a galaxy far, far away. The “Thor: Ragnarok” helmer has been officially announced to work on a new “Star Wars” feature film for theatrical release.
    The news was announced on Monday, May 4, which happens to be a day when fans celebrate the “Star Wars” media franchise created by George Lucas. Known as Star Wars Day, the date was chosen for the pun on the catchphrase “May the Force be with you” as “May the Fourth be with you.”
    Taking to “Star Wars” official Twitter page, Disney and Lucasfilm revealed that the filmmaker, who recently won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on “Jojo Rabbit”, will co-write the upcoming “Star Wars” movie with Academy Award nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns.
    Rian Johnson, who directed 2017’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”, is among those who are excited to learn of Waititi’s involvement in the project. He retweeted the official announcement and gushed over it, “I have NO idea what kind of SW will come out of Taika and Krysty’s and Leslye’s brains, if I tried to guess I’d be wrong, and that is the most exciting thing I can imagine.”

    Rian Johnson reacts to news of Taika Waititi directing a new ‘Star Wars’ film.
    Along with the announcement, Disney and Lucasfilm also stated that Emmy-nominated writer Leslye Headland (“Russian Doll”, “Bachelorette”) is currently developing a new untitled “Star Wars” series for Disney+. She will write, executive produce and serve as showrunner for the series.
    Waititi’s possible involvement in the “Star Wars” movie was first reported back in January. The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news at the time, noted that it was unknown whether the project is the same one or separate from the one that is being developed by Kevin Feige, whom Waititi was closely working with on “Thor: Ragnarok”.
    While this will be the first time the Kiwi director is working on a big-screen installment of the space-fantasy franchise, he is no stranger to the “Star Wars” universe, having directed the final episode of season one of the live-action series “The Mandalorian” which streams on Disney+. He also voiced a bounty hunting droid named IG-11 on the series.

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    Report: 'RHOA' to Axe Cast Members Eva Marcille and Cynthia Bailey

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    In related news, Eva allegedly ‘felt disrespected’ during a heated fight at ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ season 12 reunion, which will air on Sunday, May 10.
    May 5, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” reportedly is making a huge casting change for its new season. A new report suggests that the Bravo honchos decide to fire not only one, but two cast members, Eva Marcille and Cynthia Bailey.
    “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 reveals to MTO News. The insider notes that “it’s important to constantly refresh the cast with new blood.”
    Additionally, the source debunks rumors about NeNe Leakes leaving the show. “No Nene is not getting fired. She’s the best part of the show,” claims the source.
    When asked about when the show will officially fire Eva and Cynthia, the source explains, “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 hints at the “slight” possibility that the show will keep one or both of them on the show, especially if the Coronavirus quarantine continues. But for now, it is assumed that season 12 is the last season for both Eva and Cynthia.
    In related news, Eva allegedly “felt disrespected” during a heated fight at ‘RHOA” reunion, which will air on Sunday, May 10. “Eva Marcille came in hard at the reunion, which surprised a lot of people,” a source told HollywoodLife.com. “There were rumors that she may lose her peach, but after the reunion, that would be surprising.”
    “Eva was probably the most loud and vocal about her feelings out of anyone, which really caught a lot of people off guard, including the cast,” the source went on to say. “Nobody thought she’d play that hard, but she definitely came to play! She’ll be at the center of many heated discussions. Some of the things the ladies were saying, particularly NeNe [Leakes], really bothered Eva and she was so happy that she finally got the chance to address people face-to-face. She felt disrespected.”

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    Zoe Kravitz Gets Real Why 'Divergent' Films Were Not Among Her Favorites

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    The ‘Big Little Lies’ actress, who portrayed Christina in the film franchise, makes the confession during an appearance on the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast.
    May 5, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Actress Zoe Kravitz isn’t a fan of her work in the “Divergent” film franchise because she had no idea where the story was supposed to go.
    The 31-year-old starred alongside Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, and Ansel Elgort in the movies, based on the dystopian book series of the same name by Veronica Roth, but Kravitz admits she didn’t enjoy the blockbuster filmmaking process.
    “Those films, (with) all due respect, those weren’t my favourite films that I’ve made, and I think as we went on, the story really kinda got lost and nobody really knew what we were doing anymore, and that makes it really hard,” she confessed on the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast (https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/zoe-kravitz).
    “I’m happy to go wherever (in her acting), if I know what we’re making and why, but once you lose sight of that, it becomes really hard.”
    Kravitz also attributes having to shoot so many scenes against a giant green screen while in the heat of the summer in Atlanta, Georgia for her dislike of the three releases, which began with 2014’s “Divergent”.
    She added, “I think it depends what it is too, like, when you’re running away from something… and it’s a million degrees, and you can’t see anything (because) it’s all CG (computer-generated)…”

    Although the releases performed well at the global box office, the first instalment, shot by Neil Burger, garnered mixed reviews from critics, while the follow-ups, 2015’s “Insurgent’ and 2016’s “Allegiant”, which were both directed by Robert Schwentke, were more negatively received. The reaction led to a planned fourth movie, inspired by the second half of the Allegiant novel, to be scrapped altogether.

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