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    Katy Perry Claims 'American Idol' Is Going to Get 'Really Creative' Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

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    During a Facebook Live session, the ‘Roar’ hitmaker responses to question how she and fellow judges, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, will continue filming after COVID-19 confines people to their home.
    Apr 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Upcoming episodes of “American Idol” will get “really creative” amid the coronavirus lockdown, judge Katy Perry has teased.
    As the global health crisis continues to claim the lives of thousands of people around the world, enforcements have been introduced to confine people to their homes in a bid to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
    As such, numerous TV shows have been affected, with production shutting down filming on all in-progress series last month (March). “Idol” was one such show, and during a Facebook Live session on Sunday (April 12) night, judge Katy was asked how she and her fellow judges, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, will continue filming the programme amid the lockdown – which shows no sign of ending any time soon.
    “What’s going on with the show since we’re all still in quarantine?” Katy said as she read the question from one viewer.
    “Well, I think that we’re all gonna have to be very creative,” she answered. “I know that we’re going to get really creative and you’ll just have to be tuning into that creativity that we are probably going to create from our individual homes… We’ll see how this goes.”
    Katy, who also said she’d “love to” perform on the new season of Idol if at all possible, opened up about how she’s coping during the lockdown.
    The “Never Worn White” star is currently expecting her first child with fiance Orlando Bloom, and admitted she’s having “ups and downs” as she negotiates the unprecedented situation.

    “Just think of the things to be grateful for and that puts your mind in a good place,” she urged. “I love you. I miss you guys. It’s a crazy time. This is a weird and wild time and I’m sure a lot of you are going through a lot of emotions. I’m in the same club… I wish I had some answers.”
    “I hope that we can all get our smile back again soon. You guys stay safe and stay healthy.”

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    Incarcerated 'Tiger King' Star Joe Exotic Unraveled to Be 'Scared to Death' of Big Cats

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    Rick Kirkham, the producer behind Netflix’s ‘Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness’, additionally recalls how ‘unbelievably cruel’ the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park’s former owner could be.
    Apr 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Joe Exotic is “terrified of big cats”, according to “Tiger King” producer Rick Kirkham.
    “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” debuted on Netflix last month, and focuses on incarcerated Oklahoma zoo boss Exotic, real name Joe Maldonado-Passage, and his plot to kill his bitter rival Carole Baskin.
    It’s been a worldwide smash hit for the streaming service, with Joel McHale taking charge of a reunion special, “The Tiger King and I”, on Sunday night (April 12), which featured the return of some of the programme’s most loved characters, including producer Kirkham.
    In his chat, Kirkham told McHale that despite his “Tiger King” nickname, Joe was actually petrified of big cats, and had them sedated whenever he had to get close to them for work.
    “He was scared to death of lions and tigers,” Kirkham said. “In the shots you see where he’s in with the two tigers, the white one is blind and the other one is tranquilised. It’s idiotic to think how he’s become famous as ‘the tiger king’ when he’s so terrified of big cats.”
    Kirkham also recounted a horrific story about the “unbelievably cruel” Joe, describing how he’d given reassurances to a tearful woman that he’d give her horse a “good life” on his property.
    “Before she got off the park – he said, ‘Rick, roll your camera. Roll your camera. Come on, you’re gonna love this Rick’, – he walked up, pulled a gun out of his holster and shot the horse dead in the trailer and then cut it up with a chainsaw and then fed it to the tigers that day,” Kirkham recalled. He also claimed that Joe would kill the old tigers and “feed them right to the other tigers”.
    Elsewhere in the reunion special, Jeff and Lauren Lowe, the couple who took over Joe’s Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, reflected on another allegation touched upon in the series – that Baskin killed her ex-husband Don Lewis and fed him to the tigers.
    Asked whether or not he believed that Baskin murdered Lewis, Jeff replied: “There’s no question in my mind that she did it, and we’ve claimed that for years and years and years.”
    “Abso-f**king-lutley,” his wife Lauren agreed emphatically.
    Baskin has always vehemently denied having anything to do with Lewis’ disappearance. She said in an interview with the Tampa Times on Friday that she’s been receiving death threats herself since the show started streaming, and her publicist told Us Weekly that while she hadn’t been asked to be part of “The Tiger King and I”, she wouldn’t have participated anyway due to her portrayal in the programme.

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    'RHOA': Porsha Williams Fires Back After Kenya Moore Alludes She's 'Fake'

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    Kenya claims that ‘there are definitely two’ fake cast members on the current cast members of ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’, though she only reveals one of them.
    Apr 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kenya Moore recently made an appearance on “Out Loud with Claudia Jordan”. In the Friday, April 11 episode, which also featured Donny Harrell and Mike Hill, she talked about rumors that the show was “fake.”
    “How much of the show was scripted? Because people seem to think that a lot of it is fake,” Claudia, who is a former “RHOA” star, asked Kenya. In response to that, Kenya replied, “I can say that the show isn’t scripted at all but there are people on the show that are fake.”
    Claudia then pressed her to name the fakest one among the ladies. “I think at this point there are definitely two,” Kenya shared, though she didn’t reveal the names. “I think you butted heads with both of those people,” she hinted.
    Seemingly trying to stop talking about it, Kenya sang praises for Claudia. “She’s a great friend. I’ve known her for 20 years,” she said. “It’s been a long, long time and this woman knows several secrets of mine. She has kept my secrets for a very long time and that is why I will always trust her.”
    Mike Hill, Cynthia Bailey’s fiance, wanted Claudia to just drop the name, but she refused. “If I was on the show, then I would be very clear. I’d have no problem speaking up for what I see is bulls**t or a fake behavior. But I’m not in the film,” the Fox Soul host explained. “This is about Kenya.”
    Kenya did eventually reveal one of the “fakest” housewives, saying, “NeNe is one for sure.” Meanwhile, people think that the other housewife that Kenya referred to was Porsha Williams since Jordan previously had a beef with her.
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    It didn’t take long before Porsha caught wind of the interview. She addressed the alleged diss in a recent episode of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen”. “I think that she’s bored [and] that she has nothing else to do,” Porsha said.
    Referrencing to Kenya’s claims that her friendship with Tanya Sam was fake, Porsha continued, “I enjoy Tanya. Like, why do my friendships have to be fake, and yet her friendships are real? She shades her friend right there on the show for everybody to see.”

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    Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Adam Sandler Join 'Saturday Night Live' Tribute to Late Hal Willner

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    Days after the music producer passed away from symptoms consistent with the coronavirus, cast members past and present come together virtually to honor his memory.
    Apr 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Saturday Night Live” stars including Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Adam Sandler joined forces this weekend to pay a touching tribute to the show’s late music producer Hal Willner.
    The Pennsylvania native passed away on 7 April, after reportedly suffering from symptoms consistent with the coronavirus, and during Saturday’s, April 11, remotely-filmed show, comedy castmembers past and present came together virtually to honour his memory.
    Kate McKinnon opened the segment by telling viewers, “The music becomes such an integral part of the sketch that you kind of don’t notice it, but without it, it wouldn’t make any sense.
    “On SNL, the guy who scores it only has a few hours. The guy’s name is Hal Willner and we lost him this week.”

    Sandler then appeared onscreen from his home, saying, “We are going to miss you so damn much,” while Kenan Thompson added, “We’re going to miss his presence and passing him in the hallways.”
    Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, John Mulaney, and Pete Davidson also shared their fond memories of Willner, who joined the SNL crew in 1980, before the likes of Fey, Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, and Molly Shannon joined the tribute to deliver a group rendition of Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day”.
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    The SNL special, the first new episode to air since the sketch comedy series suspended production in March amid the COVID-19 pandemic, also featured coronavirus survivor Tom Hanks as the surprise guest host, along with surprise cameos from Larry David and Alec Baldwin, who reprised their respective roles as former U.S. presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and incumbent leader Donald Trump.
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    Coldplay frontman Chris Martin served as the musical guest, performing a cover of Bob Dylan classic, “Shelter From the Storm”.

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    'RHOBH' Star Erika Jayne Defends Brandi Glanville Amid Denise Richards Hookup Rumors

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    The hookup rumors started when the ‘RHOBH’ cast went on a trip to Rome in late November 2019 where the ladies confronted Denise about a possible affair with Brandi.
    Apr 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Denise Richards keeps denying Brandi Glanville’s claims that they used to hook up when she’s still married to husband Aaron Phypers. One of them must be lying, and their “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” co-star Erika Jayne thinks that it is definitely not Brandi.
    “I know Brandi through Yolanda [Hadid] and I know that Yolanda always thought Brandi was truthful and my interactions with Brandi have been very straightforward and I don’t think that she has a reason to say something this impactful if in fact it was not true,” Erika shared to HollywoodLife.com. “There’s no way she’s pulling it out of thin air. I’ll just tell you that.”
    However, Erika had no idea what actually happened between the two. “I don’t know what actually happened. You know so there are two sides to every story,” she elaborated. “So Denise has got her side and Brandi has got her side. I don’t know how Denise is going to, or, if Denise is even going to want to talk about it. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know what Denise has said in her interviews about the whole thing.”
    “I don’t know if it’ll be about her being in a relationship with Brandi or whether she said these things about it. I really don’t know what happened,” the 48-year-old Bravo personality continued.
    The hookup rumors started when the “RHOBH” cast went on a trip to Rome in late November 2019. The ladies confronted Denise about a possible affair with Brandi, and further fueling the speculations, Denise has not been wearing her wedding ring since the alleged Brandi hookup story broke.
    Denise, however, denied the rumors as a rep for her said that “the story isn’t true.” Meanwhile, Brandi appeared to break silence on the rumors as she wrote a cryptic post on Instagram on January 9. “When you want to respond but are not ‘allowed’ to…,” so she captioned a snap of herself laughing and looking zen on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen”.
    The 47-year-old fueled the speculations with a not-so-PG tweet directed to Denise on February 3. It started after Denise took to her Twitter account to ask her online devotees for help to decide a new tag line for her for the new season of the Bravo reality show. “Any good tag lines for me for #rhobh ?!? And no… I did not quit,” she tweeted. Later, Brandi appeared to respond to it in a now-deleted post that read, “I might be married to a man but I am still allowed to eat p***y.’ ”

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    Carole Baskin Furious With 'Tiger King' Filmmakers After Becoming Target of Death Treats

    In her first interview since the documentary debuted on Netflix, the animal rights activist reveals that she has had to turn her phone off which she used to field calls from emergency services.
    Apr 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Animal rights activist Carole Baskin is furious with “Tiger King” documentary makers because she has become the target of death threats following her portrayal on the hit Netflix series.
    The true crime saga, titled “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness”, focuses on incarcerated Oklahoma zoo boss Joe Exotic and his plot to kill his bitter rival Baskin, who runs a big cat rescue facility in the state, but it also shines a light on the 1997 disappearance of her second husband, multi-millionaire Jack ‘Don’ Lewis.
    No one was ever charged with his murder, but he was declared legally dead in 2002.
    Florida-based Carole claims the completed series is not what she initially signed up for, because all she ever wanted to highlight was the abuse suffered by animals in the captive tiger trade, and instead, she feels duped into appearing onscreen.
    In her first interview since “Tiger King” debuted on Netflix on 20 March, Carole tells the Tampa Bay Times, “I just feel so angry that people have totally missed the point. And the point is these cubs are being abused and exploited and the public is enabling that.”
    Her third husband, Howard Baskin, adds, “There’s almost no way to describe the intensity of feeling of betrayal (sic).”
    Carole claims the show has turned her into a public hate figure, subjected to harassment and even death threats, making her too scared to leave her home or answer her cell phone, through which she used to field calls from emergency services regarding help for injured big cats.
    “I’ve had to turn my phone off,” the 58-year-old says. “I can’t tell the real ones (calls) from the fake ones because they’re always out of state numbers anyway.”
    In “Tiger King”, Exotic accuses Carole of killing Lewis and feeding him to her tigers, allegations she firmly denies, and while she is not considered to be a suspect in her ex’s death, local police have reopened the cold case in the hopes fans of the show will provide them with new leads.
    The Baskins’ interview emerges as fans sink their teeth into a new bonus episode of “Tiger King”, in which actor and TV personality Joel McHale interviews people who appeared on the docu-series.
    The “Tiger King and I” was released on Sunday (April 12), and features chats with the likes of John Finlay, Erik Cowie and Kelci Saffery.

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    Jeffrey Morgan and Wife Hilarie Burton Invite Fans Into Their Home for Their Talk Show

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    The ‘Walking Dead’ actor and his actress wife are adding talk show hosts to their resume as they officially land a show ‘Friday Night in With the Morgans’ on AMC.
    Apr 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Jeffrey Dean Morgan and his wife Hilarie Burton are inviting fans into their home for a new talk show.
    “The Walking Dead” star and the actress will host weekly talk show “Friday Night in With the Morgans” on AMC network from April 17, 2020, The Wrap reports.
    The programme will feature 30-minute episodes filmed from the couple’s home in upstate New York as they discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
    “Each episode will have a free-flowing, raw feel featuring unfiltered conversation about how we’re all getting through this unprecedented moment, as this charismatic couple connect with friends, neighbors, animals and the broader community of fans,” a statement from AMC network representatives reads. “Each week they will come together for conversations about how they are handling life in quarantine, practically helping communities, finding joy and even humor in these unprecedented times, entertaining themselves, and others, while in isolation – all done via video chat.”
    The Morgans, who wed last year, are expected to invite a number of famous guests on to the show, including actor/writer/director Mark Duplass and Jeffrey’s fellow “The Walking Dead” star Christian Serratos.
    “From our home here at Mischief Farm, we look forward to shining a light on those who are doing good in the world, catching up with old friends and connecting with the awesome fan base we’ve gotten to know over the years,” Jeffrey and Hilarie shared.

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    'Friends' Cast to Air Special 'Rehearsal' Ahead of Official Reunion

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    An online meeting where the cast are discussing ideas for the upcoming HBO reunion is expected to air to tide fans over until the coronavirus outbreak dies down.
    Apr 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The eagerly-anticipated “Friends” reunion special could take place virtually over video conference app Zoom, according to new reports.
    Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer had all been due to make their sitcom comeback on the HBO Max show, which had been scheduled to launch at the same time as the new streaming service, where subscribers will be able to find all of the classic comedy’s original episodes.
    However, Hollywood’s shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic has derailed production, officials have confirmed to Deadline.com.

    While the new premiere date has yet to be revealed, reports have suggested that Courteney and reunion director Ben Winston have captured footage through Zoom, which be turned into a special additional episode to tide fans over until pandemic restrictions are lifted.
    “As soon as filming was cancelled, everyone started panicking as it took so long to get their schedules to align, there was a deep fear it may take a year or even longer to get them all back together again,” a source told Britain’s The Sun newspaper.
    “Courteney immediately set up a Zoom meeting for them and they all logged on to discuss ideas – brain-storming and bringing in the producers for a session which they called a mock rehearsal and chatted for almost two hours,” they said. “Their Zoom sessions have been brilliant fun, and there’s some hilarious material on there which they hope can be aired as either a series of teasers, or even a stand-alone special.”
    LeBlanc previously suggested the gang had managed to regroup and film the one-off special before the Covid-19, telling “The Kelly Clarkson Show”, “(It was) the six of us together, talking about the good old days.”
    “Friends” aired for 10 seasons, concluding its decade-long run in 2004.

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