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    Michael B. Jordan Looks Back at His Navy SEAL Training for 'Without Remorse' Preparation

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    Comparing his new action thriller to ‘Black Panther’, the ‘Creed’ star additionally reveals that he wanted it to pay tribute to the ‘Mission: Impossible’ and ‘The Bourne Identity’ franchises.

    Apr 12, 2021

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    Actor Michael B. Jordan put his fitness to the ultimate test by enduring Navy SEAL training to prepare for his new action thriller “Without Remorse”.

    The “Black Panther” star is no stranger to keeping in shape for movie roles, like his Marvel super villain Killmonger, but he had to step up his workout regimen for the adaptation of the Tom Clancy novel to stay true to his character John Kelly’s military background as a former Navy SEAL-turned-CIA agent.

    He said, ” ‘Black Panther’ was action but it was a different type of action. This was… I don’t know man, it’s so specific. There’s going to be a whole community of military that are going to be watching this thing for all the little details and I wanted to make sure we get them all right.”

    “It was Navy SEAL training,” he explained to Total Film. “I worked with Buck Doyle, who’s a Marine Special Forces guy. I spent a lot of time with him on his ranch, gun training and tactical training. And I worked with James Dever, who’s an ex-Marine as well, [doing] weapons training, explosives, diving, skydiving, plane crashes…”

    There was another reason Michael, who also served as a producer on the project, wanted to make his character and the film’s action sequences as authentic as possible, because he wanted “Without Remorse” to pay tribute to the “Mission: Impossible” and “The Bourne Identity” franchises.

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    “I loved these type of movies growing up y’know?” he shared. “And to be able to build the action sequences… to go from a plane crash to diving underwater to jumping to the side of a burning car to jumping through glass to gunfights and hand-to-hand combat…”

    “For me, it was my ideal movie and I wanted to pull from a lot of movies that I loved growing up, like ‘Bourne’ and ‘Mission: Impossible’.”

    And Michael is relishing his new role as a producer, “I want to have a bigger voice and I’m starting to have one now and it’s fun.”

    “Without Remorse” is set for release on the Amazon Prime Video streaming service on April 30.

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    Andy Cohen Hints at 'Housewives'-Styled Reunion Show for 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians'

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    The ‘Real Housewives’ producer claims ‘nothing is off limits’ as he is going to host a reunion special with the Kardashian/Jenner family when their reality TV series ends.

    Apr 12, 2021

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    Andy Cohen has insisted “nothing is off limits” for the upcoming “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” reunion show.

    The 52-year-old television star is set to host a reunion special with the Kardashian/Jenner clan once the 20th and final season of their E! reality series has finished airing later this year.

    And Andy has now spilled more details on the upcoming show, which he says will “look like a real reunion show” and will see the famous family – including Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian West, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Rob Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, and Kylie Jenner – discuss the highs and lows of all 20 seasons.

    He told SiriusXM, “We’re going to cover all 20 seasons of ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’, in a kind of ‘Housewives’-style reunion show. Nothing’s off-limits with this crew. I don’t know if I can even say when we’re filming it, but we’re filming it.”

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    “It will look like a real reunion show that you know and love, and this is something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time, and then when they announced that it was their final season, I was like, ‘We’ve got to do this. We have to do this the right way, you know?’ ”

    The final season of “KUWTK” premiered on March 18 after the family confirmed the programme would be ending back in September.

    Kim Kardashian previously hinted they wouldn’t be long gone after the “KUWTK” concluded. “Our new show on @hulu will be coming after the final season,” the mother of four told her followers.

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    'Nomadland' Director Chloe Zhao Becomes First Female to Win DGA Award in Over a Decade

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    The female filmmaker makes history with her big win at the 2021 Directors Guild of America Awards, more than 10 years after Kathryn Bigelow took home the prize.

    Apr 12, 2021

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    “Nomadland” filmmaker Chloe Zhao has inched ever closer to Oscars victory after making history by securing the top prize at the 2021 Directors Guild of America Awards.

    Zhao has been racking up the accolades during the current awards season, and on Saturday (10Apr21), she added the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film honour to her resume for her work on the Frances McDormand drama.

    She becomes only the second female director to claim the prestigious award, following in the footsteps of Kathryn Bigelow, who was saluted for 2008’s “The Hurt Locker”.

    Zhao beat out “Minari” ‘s Lee Isaac Chung, “Promising Young Woman” ‘s Emerald Fennell, “Mank” ‘s David Fincher, and”The Trial of the Chicago 7″ ‘s Aaron Sorkin to take home the title, and she used her acceptance speech during the virtual ceremony to heap praise on her fellow nominees.

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    After sharing her admiration for each peer’s work, she added, “Thank you for teaching me so much and showing me your support.”

    Her latest victory is a promising indicator for Zhao’s chances of earning the Best Director gold at the Oscars, as DGA officials have previously only chosen a different winner on eight occasions in the organisation’s 73-year history.

    Last year (20) was one of the few anomalies – Sam Mendes picked up the DGA’s top prize for “1917” while Bong Joon Ho was named Best Director for “Parasite” at the Academy Awards.

    Meanwhile, “Sound of Metal” director Darius Marder was recognised in the First-Time Feature Film category, as “The Flight Attendant” ‘s Susanna Fogel, “Homeland” ‘s Lesli Linka Glatter, and “The Queen’s Gambit” director Scott Frank led the TV prizes, with Don Roy King winning his seventh DGA award for his work on longrunning U.S. comedy show “Saturday Night Live”.

    The full list of winners is:

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film: Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland”
    Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director: Darius Marder, “Sound of Metal”
    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw, “The Truffle Hunters”
    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series: Scott Frank, “The Queen’s Gambit”
    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series: Lesli Linka Glatter, “Homeland” (Prisoners of War)
    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series: Susanna Fogel, “The Flight Attendant” (In Case of Emergency)
    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming: Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live” (Dave Chappelle; Foo Fighters)
    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials: Thomas Schlamme, “A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote”
    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs: Joseph Guidry, “Full Bloom” (Petal to the Metal)
    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs: Amy Schatz, “We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest”
    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials: Melina Matsoukas, “You Love Me, Beats by Dr. Dre – Translation]”
    Robert B. Aldrich Award: Betty Thomas
    Frank Capra Achievement Award: Brian Frankish
    Franklin Schaffner Award: Joyce Thomas
    Lifetime Membership Award: Paris Barclay

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    'Nomadland' Wins Big at 2021 BAFTA Film Awards, Full Winners Are Revealed

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    The Chloe Zhao-directed movie takes home the Best Film title, Best Director, and Best Leading Actress for Frances McDormand at the EE British Academy Film Awards.

    Apr 12, 2021

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    Chloe Zhao has become the second female moviemaker in 12 years to win the Best Director gong at the 2021 EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs).

    Her film “Nomadland”, which stars Frances McDormand as a woman who loses everything in the Great Recession and embarks on a nomadic journey through the American West, also beat out Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks” to take home Best Film, after both movies were tied at seven nominations apiece ahead of Sunday’s (11Apr21) ceremony.

    In addition, McDormand was named Best Leading Actress as “Nomadland” was also celebrated for its cinematography.

    Zhao became the first female to win the best director title at the event since Kathryn Bigelow who took home the prize in 2009 for war drama “The Hurt Locker”. She was one of four female directors nominated at the 2021 awards.

    Zhao dedicated her Best Film award to “the nomadic community who welcomed us into their lives,” adding, “Thank you for showing us that ageing is a beautiful part of life, a journey that we should all cherish and celebrate. How we treat our elders says a lot about our society and we need to do better.”

    Elsewhere, Sir Anthony Hopkins claimed the Best Leading Actor prize at the virtual ceremony in London, triumphing over awards season favourite, late actor Chadwick Boseman.

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    Supporting honours went to Daniel Kaluuya, for “Judas and the Black Messiah”, and 73-year-old “Minari” star Yuh-jung Youn, who expressed her delight that the typically “snobbish” Brits had given her work the seal of approval.

    Emerald Fennell was left flustered after her script for “Promising Young Woman” landed the Best Original Screenplay title, but recovered to accept a second award for Outstanding British Film.

    Meanwhile, Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller’s “The Father” was named Best Adapted Screenplay, and Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round”, starring Mads Mikkelsen, triumphed in the Best Film Not in the English Language category.

    A glamorous Priyanka Chopra Jonas presented the first award of the night, for Best Animated Film, which went to Disney and Pixar’s “Soul”, which also won for Best Original Score.

    Bukky Bakray, 19, won the public-voted EE Rising Star Award, and Ang Lee was honoured with the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship, which was presented to him by “Paddington” star Hugh Grant.

    The virtual proceedings, hosted by Edith Bowman and Dermot O’Leary from the Royal Albert Hall, began with a tribute to British royal Prince Philip, who passed away on Friday (09Apr21). He was also later remembered in the In Memoriam section alongside Chadwick Boseman, Sean Connery, Christopher Plummer, Ennio George Segal, Irrfan Khan, Nikita Pearl Waligwa, Ben Cross, Sir Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Max Von Sydow, Cicely Tyson, Dave Prowse, Kirk Douglas, Dame Barbara Windsor, Sir Alan Parker, and Dame Olivia De Havilland, among others.

    Musical entertainment was provided by British stars Liam Payne and Celeste, who sang her song “Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, and Leslie Odom Jr. perform a transatlantic duet from Los Angeles, with Corinne Bailey Rae, who was at the Royal Albert Hall.

    The full list of BAFTA winners is as follows:

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    'Rocks' Star Bukky Bakray Wins Rising Star Award at 2021 BAFTAs

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    The actress who shot to stardom with her role in Sarah Gavron’s movie beats Conrad Khan, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Morfydd Clark, and Sope Dirisu to win the coveted title.

    Apr 12, 2021

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    “Rocks” actress Bukky Bakray has won BAFTA’s EE Rising Star Award.

    The 19-year-old actress from East London took home the prestigious accolade after appearing in BAFTA-nominated film “Rocks”, directed by Sarah Gavron, triumphing over fellow nominees Conrad Khan, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Morfydd Clark, and Sope Dirisu.

    Gavron discovered Bakray at school, aged 15, and cast the youngster in her first-ever acting role.

    Her win was announced by James McAvoy, winner of the first ever BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2006, the only publicly voted award, who appeared on stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall in front of the virtual audience.

    The teenager looked stunned at her win as she accepted a kiss from her mother on her live Zoom link, amid loud cheering from friends and family at home.

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    “Thank you so much Bafta and EE, I appreciate this so much,” she said. “The highlight of this awards journey has been recognition in a category with my fellow nominees, I can’t describe how humbling and what a blessing it is to be put on the same boat as those talented human beings.”

    “I’ve got a special appreciation for the Rocks family as well. Thank you for seeing something in me that I never saw in myself. Thank you EE for continuing to spotlight new and emerging talent.”

    As well as her EE Rising Star Award, Bakray has received nominations from the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) and London Critics Circle, and was also shortlisted in BAFTA’s Leading Actress category, losing out to Frances McDormand for “Nomadland”.

    She is currently enrolled in Theatre Peckham’s Originate Acting Course, where young performers receive specialist training from top-tier drama institutions, such as Guildhall School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

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    Amanda Seyfried Takes Singing Lessons as She's Campaigning for 'Wicked' Role

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    The ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ actress is desperate to land her dream role of Glinda the Good Witch as she has been campaigning for five years in hopes to play the character.

    Apr 11, 2021

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    Amanda Seyfried has wanted to play Glinda the Good Witch in a movie adaptation of the musical “Wicked” for five years.

    The “Mank” star has revealed she sent director Jon M. Chu a clip of herself singing “Popular” from the show with the aim of landing the role.

    Speaking on Variety’s “Award Circuit” podcast, she said, “I’ve been campaigning for Wicked for five years.”

    The 35-year-old actress has been taking singing lessons and regularly practices the song.

    “I’ve never been more ready to hit those notes,” she insisted.

    And the “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” star even has an idea of who she’d like to star alongside her as Elphaba, suggesting Anna Kendrick and Anne Hathaway would be ideal for the role of the Wicked Witch of the West.

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    “For a while it was Anna Kendrick, because I thought that her Elphaba would be really solid, and, you know, I sing the high notes and she can sing, she can be the alto,” she said.

    “At one point, it was Anne Hathaway, too. She could obviously be Elphaba.”

    However, her first choice would be her “Les Miserable” co-star Samantha Barks.

    “There’s nobody else like Samantha Barks,” she gushed. “Samantha is my No. 1, I mean, there’s no better singer in the world I think.”

    Amanda won’t give up trying to land her dream gig, but will “let it go” by the time she is 50.

    She admitted, “There’s things that you will always be attached to and want to do, no matter how old you get, but if they still haven’t made Wicked by the time I’m 50, then fine, I’ll let it go.”

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    'Younger' Spin-Off Envisioned as Female Version of 'Entourage'

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    TV writer Darren Star is hoping to turn the spin-off of the Hilary Duff-fronted television series into a ‘female Entourage’ with the lead star returning alongside a whole new cast.

    Apr 11, 2021

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    Prolific TV writer Darren Star has high hopes for his planned “Younger” spin-off focusing on Hilary Duff’s character, describing it as a female version of “Entourage”.

    The hit drama is set to end with its upcoming seventh season, but Star has been busy developing a follow-up series, which would follow Duff’s editor-turned-publisher, Kelsey Peters, from New York to Los Angeles as she pursues “another dream.”

    The idea has yet to be given the green light by TV bosses, but the “Sex and the City” and “Beverly Hills, 90210” creator is enthusiastic about the potential of the spin-off.

    “We’re talking about it. It’s a big question mark whether it’s going to happen,” Star told Variety. “It could be great, but we never know if these things are going to happen until they’re going to happen.”

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    Despite the uncertainty of the project, Star envisions Duff returning as Kelsey, surrounded by a whole new cast of characters.

    “It would be a totally new universe,” he shared. “The best way to describe it is that it would be a bit of a female Entourage with Kelsey as the lead. Still, the caveat is if it’s going to happen.”

    The final season of “Younger” debuts on U.S. streaming service Paramount+ on 15 April (21).

    Series regular Debi Mazar paid tribute to Hilary Duff following the cancelation in February this year, “Last night I filmed my final scene with [Duff] after 7 seasons on [Younger]. I adore this woman & I’m so proud of her. Not only is she a FIERCE broad, an amazing mother, but also a generous, seasoned actress with a wicked sense of humor. Hilary was brave enough to finish out this season in NYC (she’s a Los Angeles gal) during a pandemic, and VERY pregnant!!! Congratulations on your wrap!”

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    Noel Clarke Dedicates BAFTA Award to 'Underrepresented' as Early Winners Are Announced

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    The BAFTA Film Awards kicks off Saturday night with the early winners led by the drama movie ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ starring Viola Davis and late Chadwick Boseman.

    Apr 11, 2021

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    Actor/director Noel Clarke dedicated his honorary Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema BAFTA award to the “underrepresented” in a passionate and moving speech on Saturday night (10Apr21).

    The brains behind the “Hood” franchise and the hit British TV series “Bulletproof” was the only winner to pick up the trophy in person during the Opening Night segment of the 2021 BAFTAs, which continues on Sunday.

    As he took to the stage, he referenced the now infamous moment he “bounced off my chair and popped my collar” as he was named winner of the BAFTA Rising Star award back in 2009.

    “For years I never really understood why I did that. I couldn’t articulate it,” he explained. “People have told me how arrogant it was, and that I shouldn’t have done it, and I’ve always said to myself, ‘If I ever got back on this stage again, I’d apologise for it’. I’m not going to do that. Recently I realised why I did it, I felt vindicated – I won something that at the time, someone like me was never supposed to. Something I’d been told that I couldn’t.”

    “My journey in this business has been a battle at time, and as I stand here right now I know that a lot of the work I’ve done is not BAFTA worthy. I think this is about the journey. It is about the times maybe it was worthy and wasn’t recognised. I stand on the shoulders of giants – I’m not here without the people before me. I hope people see that I’ve tried to illicit change in the industry.”

    “So this is for the underrepresented. Anyone who sits at home believing that they can achieve more. This is particularly for my young black boys and girls out there who never believed that this could happen to them. I’m just, I’m so, so thankful for this.”

    Clarke concluded his speech by telling viewers that, while he ended his 2009 speech with the words “Yes we can,” the same is true today – although it’s slightly “tougher.”

    “So I wanted to end this one a little bit different,” he explained. “Sometimes you’ll feel like it’s not achievable. It is. Sometimes you’ll feel like you’re not good enough. You are. Sometimes you’ll feel like you don’t deserve it. You do.”

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    BBC Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo presented the awards on Saturday evening from London’s Royal Albert Hall, with a panel of guests including film critic Rhianna Dhillon and actress and former BAFTA nominee, Joanna Scanlan.

    After introducing the evening’s entertainment, Clara’s tone changed as she paid a sombre tribute to Prince Philip – BAFTA’s first-ever President back in 1959 – who passed away on Friday (09Apr21), aged 99.

    “The Duke of Edinburgh occupies a very special place in BAFTA film history and he will be missed,” she said.

    Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is the current president and had been due to take part in a virtual conversation with costume designer Jenny Beavan and Make Up & Hair designer Sharon Martin, but pulled out following his grandfather’s death.

    BAFTA-nominated actor Leslie Odom Jr. made an appearance on Saturday’s Opening Night, to sing “Speak Now” from his film “One Night in Miami…”, while Hussain Manawer performed spoken word piece “Moving Image”, which included the names of all 58 BAFTA nominated movies, from Blenheim Palace.

    While Clarke was the only person to accept his prize in person, a total of eight other awards were announced during the evening – in categories including Sound, Production Design and Special Visual Effects.

    The remainder of the winners will be announced on Sunday night (11Apr21).

    The eight award winners announced on Saturday night are as follows:

    Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award: Noel Clarke
    Casting: “Rocks” – Lucy Pardee
    Costume Design: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” – Ann Roth
    Make Up & Hair: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” – Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal
    Production Design: “Mank” – Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
    British Short Film: “The Present” – Farah Nabulsi
    British Short Animation: “The Owl and the Pussycat” – Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf
    Special Visual Effects: “Tenet” – Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley
    Sound: “Sound of Metal” – Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Philip Bladh, Carlos Cortes, Michelle Couttolenc

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