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    Kingsley Ben-Adir and Bukky Bakray Nominated for 2021 BAFTA Rising Star Award

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    The ‘One Night in Miami…’ star and the ‘Rocks’ actress are among the nominees for this year’s Rising Star title at the upcoming 74th annual British Academy Film Awards.

    Mar 4, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Bukky Bakray and Kingsley Ben-Adir are among the nominees for BAFTAs 2021 EE Rising Star award.
    The nominees were announced at a special virtual event on Wednesday (03Mar21), with Conrad Khan, Sope Dirisu, and Morfydd Clark rounding out the hopefuls.
    Bukky’s role as Olushola ‘Rocks’ in the film “Rocks” saw the 16-year-old named as a contender for the gong – which is voted for by the public – while Kingsley, 35, was nominated for his role in Regina King helmed “One Night in Miami…”

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    Speaking of the honour, Bukky said, “I told my brothers, and when I told them they were just really shocked. They were all shocked. When my agents told me I told them they were lying but I remember my brothers telling me ‘it’s your time champ.’ ”
    “I honestly feel so blessed to be recognised so early on in my career. I still can’t believe this, I’m not sure I ever will either. All the warmth and love from BAFTA and EE is beautiful and I’m grateful. Thank you.”
    Morfydd was nominated for “Saint Maud”, Kingsley earned his nomination thanks to his role in Regina King’s “One Night In Miami…”, Conrad for “County Lines”, and Sope was named for his role in horror movie “His House”.
    The winner will be announced at the BAFTA Film Awards on 11 April (21). Previous winners include James McAvoy, John Boyega, Letitia Wright, Kristen Stewart, and Daniel Kaluuya.

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    Robin Wright Gets Emotional Upon Learning About Jill Biden's Reaction to Her Directorial Debut Film

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    During her appearance on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’, the ‘Land’ star is shown a clip from the White House interview the talk show host had with the new First Lady.

    Mar 3, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Robin Wright’s (previously Robin Wright Penn) movie directorial debut has been given a big thumbs up by America’s new First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden.
    The “Forrest Gump” star appeared on Kelly Clarkson’s U.S. talk show days after Biden was interviewed by the pop star last week (ends February 26), and revealed she and her husband, Joe Biden, had watched the actress’ new film, “Land”.
    In a clip from the White House chat Clarkson played for her guest, Biden said, “She (Wright’s character) goes out into the wilderness and survives. It’s a beautiful movie. You should see it.”
    Thrilled Robin responded, “That makes me wanna cry. That’s amazing. I mean, what they’ve been through and that it’s such a hopeful end to the movie… I hope it hugged their heart.”
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    Wright briefly met Biden once at an event and added, “What an incredible woman.”
    “Land” is based on the original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah. Premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, it also saw Demian Bichir and Kim Dickens starring opposite Wright.
    The drama film follows Wright’s character, Edee Mathis, as she goes off the grid and tests her survival skills by living in a cabin in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. With the help of a Native American, she begins to confront her demons and surprises herself with her own will to survive.
    Ass for her experience filming the movie, Wright opened up about the challenge that shocked her the most. “It was stomaching the skinning of the animal. And I eat meat,” the actress told USA Today. “But I just – I don’t want to see that. You don’t think it’s going to shock you. And it does.”
    “I mean, you couldn’t have a more distant comparison between what it was like shooting ‘House of Cards’ to shooting and directing ‘Land’. (For ‘House of Cards’) we were on a stage outside of Baltimore for six years on sets in an airplane hangar,” she explained. “This was a completely different beast because you’re dealing with nature.”

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    Oprah Winfrey Unveiled Among Those Fooled by Eddie Murphy's Disguise in 'Coming to America'

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    When speaking to late night host Jimmy Kimmel, the ‘Coming 2 America’ star praises special effects maestro Rick Baker for transforming him and Arsenio Hall into their hilarious barbershop characters.

    Mar 3, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Oprah Winfrey had no idea Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall were the actors behind the hilarious barbershop characters in their classic comedy “Coming to America”.
    The funnymen wore heavy prosthetics to tackle a variety of parts, in addition to their lead roles, in the 1988 original, and they returned to the makeup chair once more to reprise the beloved characters for the long-awaited sequel, “Coming 2 America”.
    “A lot of people don’t know that’s us in those makeups,” Murphy told late night host Jimmy Kimmel on Monday, March 01, revealing media mogul Oprah was one of them.
    “Last week, I was doing another interview with Oprah and… I said something about the barbershop [scenes] – and I’m that Jewish man – and she was like, ‘What do you mean, you’re the Jewish man?'”
    “I said, ‘Oh yeah, I’m the old Jewish guy in the barbershop,’ [and] she was like, ‘What?!’ She couldn’t believe it. And she’s seen the original ‘Coming to America’ and [its sequel] and all this time didn’t know.”
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    Murphy insists he doesn’t blame Oprah for missing that detail for so many years, because the prosthetics were the work of special effects maestro Rick Baker, who made them look so realistic, the former “Saturday Night Live” star once even scored the number of an elderly lady while in disguise.
    “Those makeups are amazing,” he said. “Originally they were designed by Rick Baker – the genius – and those makeups… it’s like, I can go talk to you and you won’t know that it’s a makeup. It’s amazing.”
    Hall, who was also present for the interview, recalled, “Eddie hit on an old lady once. Rick Baker let us walk around, he said, ‘Just try it out, move your face, you’ll see how it works,’ and we went out… and then [Eddie] got an old lady’s phone number! She thought he was a real old dude!”
    And although the old pals had a blast donning the heavy cosmetics to bring the barbershop crew back to life onscreen for “Coming 2 America”, Murphy insists there will never be a spin-off – because the process is simply too time-consuming.
    Asked if they’d ever consider such a project, Murphy quickly responded, “Oh no, it takes six hours to do those makeups.”
    “To do a whole movie? A movie takes three months to do, [so] to do a whole movie with those people would take like, a year to make the movie.”
    But Murphy’s reasoning didn’t deter Kimmel, who quipped, “I see that as your problem and not ours!”

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    Rachel Lindsay Criticizes Franchise for Moving Forward With 'Bachelorette' Production Amid Scandal

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    The former ‘The Bachelorette’ star also addresses Taylor Nolan’s resurfaced racist tweets in which she insulted minority groups such as Jews, Asian Americans and Indians.

    Mar 3, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Rachel Lindsay thinks it’s to soon for “The Bachelor” franchise to move forward amid racism scandal involving host Chris Harrison and current contestant of Matt James’ “The Bachelor” season Rachael Kirkconnell. In a new episode of her podcast, Lindsay suggested that the franchise needs to resolve the issue before going into a production for new season of “The Bachelorette”.
    “They’re about to go into production for ‘The Bachelorette’,” Lindsay, who recently deactivated her Instagram account due to online harassment, said in the Tuesday, March 2 episode of “Higher Learning”. “I think they should just stop until … they get the train back on the tracks.”
    The former “The Bachelorette” star went on to say, “You’re going to go another season, but you still have all of these issues. How have you fixed them coming into a new season? You really haven’t. I think that they need to take a beat, figure things out, regroup and then bring the product back to us in a way that we can all enjoy it like we used to.”

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    During the episode, Lindsay also addressed Taylor Nolan’s resurfaced racist tweets. The posts saw Nolan insulting minority groups such as Jews, Asian Americans and Indians in addition to using several homophobic and fat phobic slurs.
    “I think people are very upset and shocked and disappointed. I’ll throw myself in there,” said Lindsay. Of Nolan, who starred in Nick Viall’s “The Bachelor” season alongside Lindsay, the latter added, “She’s been very vocal, she’s been very definitive in what she believes and then to see something that is so opposite of that – it’s shocking. At first, I was like, ‘Is this real?’ ”
    “I have the same energy with Taylor that I have with anybody who does something that’s wrong,” she went on to say. “I said the same thing with Chris Harrison even though that message seems to be getting lost,” she said. “I said the same thing with Rachael [Kirkconnell]. You’re never going to hear me say, ‘Cancel this person. This person is done. I’m done with them’ What you’ll hear my say is, ‘We have to hold this person accountable.’ ”

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    Alice Eve Leads Horror 'Queen Mary' and Ariana Greenblatt Joins Game Adaptation 'Borderlands'

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    The ‘Iron Fist’ actress has been cast for an upcoming horror movie while the ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ has been added to a big-screen take on a popular video game.

    Mar 3, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Alice Eve is to star in horror movie “The Queen Mary”.
    The 39-year-old actress has boarded the flick which is being directed by Gary Shore from a script he has written with Stephen Oliver and Tom Vaughan. It is hoped the project will be the first of a planned trilogy.
    Plot details on the film are being kept under wraps but it is inspired by tales of haunting on the famed ocean liner that is now permanently docked in California. The multi-storied ship receives two million visitors per year and was named Time magazine’s most haunted place in the world.
    Mali Elfman is producing the movie alongside Mark Tomberlin and Jordan Rambis who are executive producing for Imagination Design Works.
    In a statement, Tomberlin said, “We were immediately obsessed with Gary’s intelligent and twisted multi-film take on a great American legend and could not be more excited working with an extremely gifted actor in bringing this story to audiences around the world.”
    Alice’s previous credits include the TV series “Belgravia” and she is currently shooting “The Power” for Amazon Studios.
    Meanwhile, Ariana Greenblatt has joined the cast of “Borderlands”.

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    The 13-year-old actress – who appeared as young Gamora in “Avengers: Infinity War” – has been signed up to play Tiny Tina in director Eli Roth’s upcoming big screen video game blockbuster adaptation.
    “Ariana is a spectacular new talent in cinema,” the filmmaker said. “She has already worked with many of my close collaborators and everyone raves about her. She blew us all away in her audition, and I cannot wait to see her bring the wild, insane and unpredictable Tiny Tina to the big screen.”
    “She’s going to blow up onscreen like one of Tina’s grenades.”
    In the game franchise, the explosives expert’s parents were sold to Hyperion as guinea pigs for genetic experiments, which cost them their lives.
    Once Tiny Tina – who was introduced in “Borderlands 2” – has escaped Hyperion’s reach, she decided to get revenge on Flesh-Stick, who is the man who sold her family.
    The film is set in the future when four “vault hunters” travel to the planet Pandora on a mission to hunt down an alien vault said to contain advanced technology.
    Greenblatt – who is also set to appear in the likes of “65”, “In the Heights”, and “Awake” – will be part of a stellar cast, with Lionsgate assembling an all-star line-up for the big budget movie.
    Cate Blanchett is lined up to play thief Lilith while “Jumanji” co-stars Kevin Hart and Jack Black reunite as soldier Roland and sarcastic robot Claptrap, and Jamie Lee Curtis has been cast as archaeologist Tannis.

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    'The Voice' Recap: Singer Earns Four-Chair Turn With Emotional Performance

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    Featuring the second part of Blind Auditions, the new outing sees coaches Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, John Legend and Blake Shelton trying to get talented singers on their team.

    Mar 3, 2021
    AceShowbiz – “The Voice” season 20 aired its second episode on Tuesday, March 2. Featuring the second part of Blind Auditions, the new outing saw coaches Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, John Legend and Blake Shelton trying to get talented singers on their team.
    The first contestant to perform that night was Gean Garcia, the son of a Spanish Christian artist named John Carlos. He opted to sing “All I Wanted” by Kodaline and it was such a stunning performance as all the coaches turned for him though Nick was blocked by Blake. Gean eventually picked Kelly as his coach.
    Aaron Konzelman then hit the stage to sing “Ordinary World” by Duran Duran. His special rendition piqued Blake and John’s interest as they both hit their button. The coaches fought to get Aaron on their respective team but Aaron chose to be on Team Blake.

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    Hitting the stage to perform later was 17-year-old Carolina Rial, singing “Stay With Me” by Sam Smith to honor her late father. Kelly and Nick tried to convince Carolina that they would be the best coach for her, but she went to Team John. The next singer was also young. Ethan Lively opted to sing “You Look So Good in Love”. Blake loved it so he turned while the other coaches didn’t. Ethan automatically went to Team Blake.
    Up next was YellSmiles, but unfortunately no one turned for her. The next contestant was Zae Romeo who sang “Falling”. He shared that he once ran away from home because he didn’t feel loved. He was gone for about 10 days before he saw posters about him up all over town as his adoptive parents had been looking for him. That made him go back home and realize that he was loved.
    His emotional performance earned him a rare four-chair turn. He eventually chose to be on Team Nick.

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    Michaela Coel and Daisy Edgar-Jones Among Nominees at 2021 Royal TV Society Awards

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    The ‘May I Destroy You’ creator and the ‘Normal People’ actress lead the nominations at the upcoming Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Awards as they battle it out for the best actress title.

    Mar 3, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Michaela Coel and Daisy Edgar-Jones breakout show will battle it out for the Actor (Female) prize at the 2021 Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Awards.
    Coel’s critically-acclaimed show “I May Destroy You”, which aired on BBC One and HBO, has garnered three nominations for Mini-Series, with Coel earning nods for both Actor (Female) and Writer – Drama. The recognition comes after the show and creator, Michaela, were snubbed during the nominations for the 78th Golden Globe Awards.
    Hit show “Normal People” collected more nominations for leads Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones, who both picked up nods in the Actor (Male) and Actor (Female) categories.
    Edgar-Jones will also compete against Glenda Jackson in the Actor (Female) category for “Elizabeth Is Missing” while Shaun Parkes’ turn in “Small Axe” and Lennie James in “Save Me Too” complete the category for male actors.
    Billie Piper’s dark comedy, Sky Atlantic drama “I Hate Suzie”, which sees Piper play former popstar Suzie Pickles, who has her life thrown into disarray when compromising photos of her with a man who isn’t her husband are leaked online, has received two nods for Drama Series and Writer (Drama) for Lucy Prebble, and Sky Atlantic’s “Save Me Too” in the Actor (Male) category for Lennie James and Drama Series gained two more nods for the channel.

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    The final nomination for the Drama Series category is BBC Three and BBC One Wales’ “In My Skin”.
    A new Comedy Entertainment category sees Channel 4’s “The Big Narstie Show”, BBC Two’s “Antiviral Wipe”, and “The Ranganation” battle it out.
    While Sky One’s “Brassic”, Netflix’s “Sex Education”, and BBC Three’s “The Young Offenders” are nominated in The Scripted Comedy list.
    Chair of the Awards, Kenton Allen, said, “The standard of entries has been outstanding and demonstrated the breadth of high-quality content that has informed, entertained and kept audiences going through what has been such a uniquely difficult time.”
    “We very much look forward to and hope everyone will join us on the 16th March to celebrate the nominees and winners and another outstanding year of television.”
    The virtual ceremony, hosted by Jonathan Ross, will take place on 16 March (21) at 6:30pm and will be streamed live on the RTS website.

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    Emma Corrin and Josh O'Connor Grateful Prince Harry Is Comfortable Watching 'The Crown'

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    The Princess Diana depicter is ‘incredibly moved’ and her co-star, who depicts Prince Charles, is ‘delighted’ that the Duke of Sussex is ‘way more comfortable’ watching their show than reading tabloids.

    Mar 3, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Emma Corrin was “incredibly moved” to learn that Britain’s Prince Harry watches “The Crown”.
    The actress stars as Harry’s late mother Princess Diana in the Netflix show and won a Golden Globe for her portrayal on Sunday night (28Feb21). And following the Duke of Sussex’s admission that he’s “way more comfortable” watching “The Crown” than reading fake news about his family in tabloids, Emma told Entertainment Tonight that she was touched to learn of her famous viewer.
    “It’s difficult, with The Crown, since it is so fictional, it feels so removed from the actual royal family,” she mused. “But on the other hand, the characters are based on real people, so there is something there. I felt incredibly grateful to him. I was incredibly moved by what he said.”

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    “Obviously, I played his mother and that would have been such a sensitive thing. I was very moved he acknowledged it. I’m glad he enjoyed it; I was very grateful for those words.”
    Meanwhile, Josh O’Connor – who plays Harry’s father Prince Charles in the show – added, “I’m delighted. I’m delighted that he watches it. I think anyone who watches it is a great… you know, that’s what we’re there for.”
    The Duke was quizzed about his thoughts on the Netflix show during an interview with James Corden. “They don’t pretend to be news,” the royal replied when asked what he made of the programme. “It’s fictional, but it’s loosely based on the truth. Of course, it’s not strictly accurate. It gives you a rough idea of what that lifestyle, what the pressures of putting duty and service above family and everything else, what can come from that.”

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