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Killer acting role leads to killer skin care? Not exactly, but both are true for Jodie Comer, who is known for her role as the sociopathic but charismatic assassin Villanelle on the darkly comic “Killing Eve,” just back for Season 3. These days, Ms. Comer, 27, is sheltering in place with her family in Liverpool, England, where she grew up. Hear what she’s putting on and also cooking up.Caffeine FirstFor me, it’s definitely coffee before anything. I treated myself to an espresso machine recently, and it’s changed my world. I read a little bit. Then at some point, I get up and wash my face and kind of do what I’d be doing anyway if I was going to a day’s work.Getting Into Her SkinWhen I was in high school, I literally used to baby wipe my face. I’m mortified to admit this. Through my late teens, I was a big makeup girl. I was born in Liverpool, and I don’t know if you know this, but the girls here and in Manchester and Essex too, we love our makeup. I mean the full get-up. So much effort goes into all that. I loved it — the eyes, the full face. That was definitely me.Skin care wasn’t something I thought about much until a friend introduced me to a facialist in London, Jasmina Vico. It was through Jasmina that I became educated about the importance of skin care and how it can signal what’s going on in your body. Like now, I recently changed my contraceptive, and my skin has gone crazy. I didn’t realize how much hormones can freak out.I’ve always had kind of good skin — I’m really lucky. Now, it’s like, Whoa! I know, I know, I’m trying to not be a drama queen. Being indoors so much more probably doesn’t help and disturbs everything a bit. I think there’s something to letting the sun be on skin.The New RoutineNow I’m on a routine with a step-by-step with Noble Panacea products. The brand approached me, and I liked how the products complement one another. I particularly like the eye cream and the serum. I find the serum kind of great if you’re working out. I have oily combination skin, and I don’t want anything heavy on my skin when I work out, but I don’t want it feeling dry either. The serum hydrates just enough.And the moisturizer has such a gorgeous consistency. It feels like there’s a thin layer that continues to moisturize all day. I try to exfoliate once a week. I use the Clarisonic tool with the different brushes. I usually do that on Sunday.Makeup CleanseThe film I was doing went on hiatus. When I came back home to Liverpool, I cleaned all of my makeup brushes. I’m waiting for the day when we can all go out and party together again. The brushes, they are ready to go!Right now, I’ve just given up. I haven’t worn makeup for the past couple of weeks. I have no shame on Zoom meetings either. When I’m on sets, they’re constantly reapplying makeup. It’s kind of nice to let my skin breathe. That’s my excuse at least!In more regular daily life, I love Hourglass. You just can’t go wrong. I love the foundation sticks. They have a thick consistency, but I put it on the back of my hand and then put it on with my finger tips. I also have the highlighting palette. That’s always good for giving me the illusion of a healthy glow. I get them here at Space NK.I was very lucky that Pat McGrath sent me some of her products when I met her last year. I love her mascara, and there’s a lipstick in a color called Love Supreme. The shade is very close to my natural color but a little bit more pink. Otherwise, Nars lip crayons, they’re always a good go-to.I used to buy crazy colored lipsticks. When I was out of work when I was younger, I actually did a makeup class in Liverpool. I just hoarded makeup then. Now I’m just into giving my natural lip a boost.What Does Killer Makeup Look Like?When I think of Villanelle, I think comfort above everything. For her, makeup is not a necessity. So for her look, it’s natural and simple, day to day, and then she experiments with the other personas she inhabits. But more often than not, when I rewatch something, I’ll think, “Oh God, that makeup feels too much.” I don’t think she would be into upkeep. I don’t think she has the time to take out a lip liner and reapply.FragranceI wear Le Labo Santal 33. I feel like everyone in the universe wears it now. But it smells different on each person — or so I want to think! I definitely copied off an actress I worked with. We would ride the lift every day, and I would smell it on her, and it would be that amazing smell. But we’re all copying each other. I have no shame in admitting.Gym TimeI do Pilates with my trainer David Higgins. He’s in London, so we just do a FaceTime call. I need someone to make sure I’m not slacking. Also, we have a little makeshift gym in the back of my parents’ house. We’re all making appointments for it — it’s good fun.Or I just use these elastic bands that I have for travel. And I have a foam roller. If I just stretch out and roll my back and legs, I feel like it releases so much tension. It’s satisfying to hear all the clicks on your back — it’s like I’m a new woman. Otherwise, I’m just taking walks, really.What Diet?I just had six chocolate digestive biscuits! I’m having one of those days. I did download the Deliciously Ella app. They have a lot of vegan and vegetarian recipes, and me and my mum have been trying them. What I’ve realized during this time is how much I enjoy cooking. If I’m working long hours, I can’t be bothered. It’s the first thing that goes.There’s a place in London called Detox Kitchen, and the lady who owns it has been doing little Stories on Instagram on how to make a meal of what’s left in your fridge. You can also make the meals and stick them in the fridge or freezer — although there are four of us in the house, so nothing really makes it to the freezer.Chocolates are big. It was just Easter. We have so many mini eggs. I don’t know if you have them, but they are just so good.The weird, crazy, bizarre thing when you’re off work is that you lose track of time. We might be half into the day and it’s sunny out and we’re like, “Should we have some wine?” It’s like, “No!”You can’t do that every day, but there is really no right or wrong. The Pilates keeps me sane, but then so does the chocolate. Just do what you need to do in the moment. More

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The Amanda Woodward depicter will join Marcia Cross, Josie Bissett and more virtually as part of the ‘Stars in The House’ series to benefit actors affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 28, 2020
AceShowbiz – The cast of “Melrose Place” is set to reunite as part of the Stars in The House YouTube series to benefit actors affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Marcia Cross, Heather Locklear, Josie Bissett and more stars from the hit 1990s series will gather virtually on Tuesday, April 28, to discuss their time on the show.
Viewers, who will be able to submit questions as part of the events, will be encouraged to donate to The Actors Fund’s relief efforts. The reunion will air live on YouTube on Tuesday at 8pm EST (https://www.youtube.com/theactor’sfund), just days after Locklear marked one year of sobriety in an emotional post on Instagram.
The 58-year-old actress celebrated the milestone by sharing an inspirational quote from Maya Angelou, which began: “I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights.”
Alongside the uplifting words, former “Melrose Place” actress Heather referenced the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing guidelines as she wrote: “Hugs will come later! 1 year sober today!!!.”

The “Melrose Place” cast members will join the stars of “Glee”, “Frasier” and “Desperate Housewives”, who previously gathered as part of the YouTube reunion series.

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Debuting on Quibi on April 27, the Jonas Brothers member’s ‘Cup of Joe’ features highlights from his 2019 trip around the world and other famous guests, including his wife Sophie Turner.
Apr 28, 2020
AceShowbiz – Joe Jonas has launched his new travel show with the help of Tina Fey and Matthew McConaughey.
The Jonas Brothers star debuted “Cup of Joe”, which features highlights from his 2019 trip around the world with his bandmate brothers, on new streaming service Quibi on Monday, April 27.
During a stop in New York, Joe sat down with Tina Fey, while McConaughey makes an appearance on an episode highlighting the sights of Austin, Texas. Other segments take place in Berlin and Los Angeles.
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Other guests featured in the eight-part series include Lewis Capaldi, Nicole Scherzinger, Lewis Hamilton, Jack Black and Joe’s wife Sophie Turner.

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This arrives after NeNe allegedly decides to walk off the filming after the Bravo reality TV star’s former friend Yovanna Momplaisir spills the tea against her about the infamous ‘SnakeGate’.
Apr 28, 2020
AceShowbiz – NeNe Leakes has confirmed the rumors about her walking off during filming for “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” season 12 virtual reunion. The Bravo personality addressed the matter in a new YouTube video in which she calmly confirmed, “Yes I walked off. Yes I walked off.”
Insisting that she “didn’t regret a thing,” NeNe continued saying, “I would do it again, and again, and again. Lots of things I do, I don’t always regret them because everything is a lesson to me. Also I’m the kind of person that act on how I feel and I’m true to who I am. I always want to be very true to who I am. I’ve never been thirsty.”
According to reports, NeNe decided to walk off the filming after her former friend Yovanna Momplaisir spilled the tea against her about the infamous “SnakeGate” in which Yovanna was said to be having an audio recording of Cynthia Bailey allegedly badmouthing her co-star NeNe during an interview. However, during the taping, which took place on April 23, Yovanna confessed that she never actually had the file.
Additionally, Yovanna said it was all a ploy NeNe made to create a storyline. She allegedly mentioned that she decided to go along with her friend’s plan because she thought it would help her become a full-time member instead of a friend.
That led to an online beef between Yovanna and NeNe as they were trading insults on Instagram. “What I posted last night was responses to some things that NeNe was posting,” the Bravo star shared in an interview on Sunday, April 26. “She has since deleted the things that she posted on social media and it’s just funny that these are things that she did not come to the reunion with. In fact, my entire segment with her she chose to leave and not address anything. So, it’s just strange, because she should have she should have planned her case where she’s paid to.”
“You guys are gonna have to watch the reunion. Everything is laid out there. Every single thing is laid out there,” she added about the “SnakeGate”. Yovanna also added that she wasn’t afraid of NeNe. “Absolutely not,” she said. “She met her match. She underestimated the wrong one.”

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After stunning performances from Grace Leer and Just Sam, Johnny West concludes the new episode of the ABC singing competition with a perfect rendition of ‘What a Wonderful World’.
Apr 27, 2020
AceShowbiz – The show must go on. Coronovirus didn’t make the Top 20 of “American Idol” lose their fighting spirit to be the winner as in the Sunday, April 26 episode they were seen performing from their homes.
Performing first was Kimmy Gabriela, who sang “Leave My Lonely” by Ariana Grande in her backyard. That was such an amazing performance that earned her praises from the judges. “You took it to the next level and you killed it,” Lionel Richie raved.
Up next was Jovin Webb who impressed the judges with a rendition of “With a Little Help From My Friends” by Joe Cocker. Judge Katy Perry was so in love with the performance, telling him that he “separated himself” from the rest of the competition with his performance. Following it up was Franklin Boone, who opted to sing “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”.
Meanwhile, Olivia Ximines opted to offer a powerful version of “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish. The judges noticed that Olivia showed a pleasant growth from before. As for Louis Knight, she sang “If the World Was Ending” from her bedroom. The judges loved his artistry, though Katy noted that he sounded “a bit nasally.”
The next performer was Maykayla Phillips. She chose to belt out “Greedy” by Ariana Grande. The judges were satisfied with the performance, but Katy asked her to pick a song that “tugs at the heartstrings” more if she was voted to the top 10. Singing “Run to You” by Whitney Houston was Aliana Jester. It was not an easy song but she nailed it.
Faith Becnel then sang a powerful rendition of “River” and earned praises from the judges. Later, it was Nick Merico’s turn to perform “Hey There Delilah” and judge Luke Bryan said that he wished Nick would dig down “just a little more.”
Lauren Spencer-Smith then sang a rendition of “Mamma Knows Best” before Cyniah Elise performed “Warrior” by Demi Lovato. Francisco Martin, meanwhile, picked Katy’s song “Teenage Dream” and got an approval from her.
Also performing that night was Sophia James (Wackerman), DeWayne Crocker Jr., Dillon James and Arthur Gunn. Julia Gargano belted out Christina Perri’s “Human”, prompting the judges to rave about her performance. After stunning performances from Grace Leer and Just Sam, Johnny West concluded the night with a perfect rendition of “What a Wonderful World”.
Only ten will move to the next round. The results will be revealed in the May 3 episode.

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What’s on TVPRODIGAL SON 9 p.m. on Fox. There are few subjects as rich in storytelling potential as parent-child conflict and law enforcement. This series, which wraps its first season tonight, includes a lot of both. It follows Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne), an N.Y.P.D. investigator who is trying to evade the legacy of his serial killer father, Martin Whitly (Michael Sheen). His attempts to distance himself from his paternal inheritance were stymied when a copycat case required him to turn to Martin for help. Last week’s episode ended with Malcolm being arrested and charged with an offscreen murder. In the finale, perhaps we’ll see if he has followed in his father’s bloody footsteps.BREEDERS 10 p.m. on FX. This dark comedy series about the challenges of child rearing couldn’t have come at a better time. With schools canceled and playgrounds shut down because of the coronavirus, many parents are reckoning with their offspring. Paul (Martin Freeman) and Ally (Daisy Haggard) don’t have a global health crisis to contend with but they’ve got their hands full anyway raising their kids, Luke and Ava. The arrival of Ally’s estranged father Michael (Michael McKean) earlier in the season added another ball for them to juggle. As the pressure has mounted, Paul and Ally have moved toward and away from each other. Ally caved to Paul’s desire to get married but remained distracted by work and eventually began spending her weeks in Berlin on assignment. In the finale, we’ll see how this arrangement, which has already shown signs of strain, ultimately pans out.What’s StreamingDEAD SOULS: PART 1 (2018) Stream on Mubi. In his review for The Times, Bilge Ebiri called Wang Bing’s documentary about survivors of Mao Zedong’s re-education camps “monumental.” He also explained that the film, whose three parts runs for more than eight hours together, “does not seek a complete accounting” of the camps and their legacy. “It’s partly about the inability to convey the full horror of these experiences,” Ebiri wrote. To avoid overstepping, the director focuses on the survivors themselves: “He lets the camera run as his subjects speak at length about the horrific things they saw and the comrades they buried — or, in many cases, didn’t get a chance to.” The second part of the documentary will be released on Mubi on Tuesday, with the final installment following on Wednesday.NEVER HAVE I EVER Stream on Netflix. In this new teen comedy series created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan plays Devi, an Indian-American teenager keen to put her difficult freshman year behind her. She decides to take the new school year as an opportunity to retool her identity and enlists her friends Fabiola (Lee Rodriguez) and Eleanor (Ramona Young) in a plan to elevate their lowly social status. Devi’s desire to become popular isn’t just motivated by normal adolescent insecurities. She’s also working through her father’s recent death and trying to reconcile the different dimensions of her identity. More

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The former friends have been exchanging insults on social media for the past few days, and now Yovanna has explained what goes wrong between her and her co-star.
Apr 27, 2020
AceShowbiz – NeNe Leakes and Yovanna Momplaisir’s friendship took a bad turn during filming for “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” season 12 virtual reunion. The former friends had been exchanging insults on social media for the past few days, and now Yovanna has explained what went wrong between her and her co-star.
“What I posted last night was responses to some things that NeNe was posting,” the Bravo star said to HollywoodLife.com on Sunday, April 26, referring to her and NeNe’s online spat over who’s to blame for the infamous Snakegate scandal.
For those who need a refresher, Snakegate scandal was when it was said there was an audio of Cynthia Bailey allegedly badmouthing her co-star NeNe during an interview. Yovanna was previously accused to be the one having the audio proof, prompting everyone to call her the “snake.”
Back to the new interview, Yovanna continued saying, “She has since deleted the things that she posted on social media and it’s just funny that these are things that she did not come to the reunion with. In fact, my entire segment with her she chose to leave and not address anything. So, it’s just strange, because she should have she should have planned her case where she’s paid to.”
“You guys are gonna have to watch the reunion. Everything is laid out there. Every single thing is laid out there,” she added about the Snakegate.
When asked why NeNe attacked her online, Yovanna said, “Because she’s mad that she’s about to be exposed.” She went on to say, “I think that it’s, it’s just her way to, like I said, manipulate people’s minds before the truth actually comes out. This is just what you call desperation. So it’s just funny that these receipts that she keeps posting, they’re doctored up and they’re all one sided.”
“She went Casper the Ghost at the reunion,” Yovanna said of NeNe. “Shes tried time and time again to prevent me from speaking my truth, so what you guys are seeing play out on social media is merely an attempt to manipulate people’s minds before the actual reunion airs, so this is her trying to do damage control because she knows it’s going to come out in the next few weeks.”
Yovanna also added that she wasn’t afraid of NeNe. “Absolutely not,” she said. “She met her match. She underestimated the wrong one.”
This arrived after it was said that Yovanna claimed that NeNe made her lie about the recording because she never had one. During the reunion, Yovanna allegedly mentioned that she decided to go along with her friend’s plan because she thought it would help her become a full-time member instead of a friend.
Following the tapping, NeNe took to her Instagram account to share a screenshot of Yovanna’s text to her. The text saw Yovanna telling NeNe that they shouldn’t expose all of it in the reunion, which was contradicting with what Yovanna allegedly did during the taping.
Clapping back to NeNe’s shade, Yovanna wrote on her account, “Judge @bravoandy had all the RECEIPTS at the reunion. You were a NO SHOW!! CASE DISMISSED!!” In a separate post, she also set the record straight that she “didn’t know Kenya Moore in April 2019” and question why were NeNe’s receipts “only one sided?”

“RHOA” season 12 reunion will air on May 10 at 9 P.M. on Bravo.

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In the final seconds of HBO’s romantic thriller “Run” on Sunday night, Archie Panjabi’s heat-seeking-missile Fiona steadily lowers to her knees and ever-so-gently slides her phone underneath a hotel door to record her targets, Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever’s irresponsibly-reunited former lovers Billy and Ruby, (loudly) going at it. If that move reminded you of a certain leather-jacketed, high-booted, and brilliantly sly investigator from “The Good Wife,” you’re not the only one.“My first thought when I read that scene in the script was, that’s such a Kalinda moment,” Panjabi said in a Zoom call from Los Angeles one evening last week.No surprise it took just a few minutes for Kalinda to come up in our conversation, considering the character won Panjabi an Emmy and put her on the map, both as an actress and as tabloid fodder. But — wipe your drool — the 47-year-old British actress was quick to shut down questions about that scene with a smile.She is, however, game to talk about 18-page auditions, childhood trophies and how in May, HBO viewers will get a double dose of the actress when she appears both on “Run” and “I Know This Much is True,” a six-part drama based on Wally Lamb’s best seller, where she plays a wise psychiatrist to twins Dominick (Mark Ruffalo) and Thomas (yup, Ruffalo again) Birdsey. Quite a month for someone who was once told that Indian women can’t make it in Hollywood. These are edited excerpts from our conversation.Fiona is a manipulative, shoplifting, calculated semi-stalker. So I’m guessing she was a dream role?It happened very quickly. I got sent the script and I had the weekend to decide whether to do it. I love [the series creator Vicky Jones and the executive producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge] and I love Merritt and Domhnall, and the chemistry between these two characters is so engaging. I thought, wouldn’t it be fun to play a character that is thrown in with the motive of tearing them apart? It’s delicious.You have such strong chemistry with both Merritt and Domnhall; I didn’t know if you wanted to seduce them or skewer them.That’s what Vicky is good at doing. To be honest, there were times when I didn’t understand the bond between Fiona and Ruby, and I would call Vicky over and she would say, “Sometimes you’re not supposed to like someone, but you just have this chemistry.” I’d never done anything like that.Fiona may be the antagonist, she’s not a stereotypical villain because at times she’s the most sympathetic character.One could read the script as it was written that Fiona was a complete [expletive] and she’s really nasty. But it was important to Vicky and [the director Kate Dennis] that it wasn’t that. The tone of the show is unique to the point that even as actors, all of us didn’t quite know what it was. Which made everything about this project out of my comfort zone.How so? Fiona feels like such an Archie Panjabi character.Maybe after playing a character for six years you lose a bit of confidence in your comfort zone. They obviously cast me so they thought it was in my range. I don’t mind being a little bit insecure. Sometimes I think it helps on set because you’re more open and wanting to trust your director and the other actors.Let’s talk about “I Know This Much is True.” You play a therapist named Dr. Patel, which reminds me that I owe an email to my therapist Dr. Patel.Your therapist and hundreds of thousands of other doctors in the world. That was the first thing I thought of with her name. It’s a big joke in London that every other doctor is called Dr. Patel. It was a huge responsibility how I was going to convey this one.Did you seek out this role or did the creator Derek Cianfrance (“Blue Valentine”) come to you?Derek likes to meet everyone, get to know their personalities. I had Skype sessions and lots of chats and I even flew out to see him. And I did an 18-page scene.An 18-page audition?They asked me to put myself on tape, which really doesn’t come up that much because I get offered a lot of stuff. But I had to come off my ego and I thought, I don’t mind because I want to work with these people. I had to put 18 pages on an iPhone. Afterward, I thought I really had the voice of this character. The similarity between her and other roles I’ve played is a calmness on the outside but you know every single wheel is turning on the inside.You’ve done a few episodes of American comedies, from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” to “BoJack Horseman.” Did you want to change the image of you only playing that type of calm-on-the-outside character?When I was 15 or 16 I entered a drama competition in London and I came in first and I got a cup called the “Versatility Cup.” And that always stuck with me that I wanted to be able to play anything, even roles I felt I couldn’t play. I would never have thought I could have played Kalinda. I remember reading the character description and it was “stunningly beautiful Erin Brockovich.” I said, that’s not me.But you still went for it.At the time I was putting myself out for pilots and I wasn’t getting anything. And then I got an email from my agent who said, “I think you should possibly have a look at this.” I spent hours with my other half recording at home. From what I understand, I was the last on the list after they’d seen everybody.Do you remember what scene you read for your audition?It was when she opened her buttons and said, “These are better than subpoenas.” I thought, Oh God, my mum will be horrified.Was she?No, she was amused.You won an Emmy for playing Kalinda in 2010 and a decade later, there are still questions about tension on the set between you and Juliana Margulies that was rumored to be so bad that you couldn’t even film your final scene together. Will you ever tell your side of the story?You’re very naughty, Jessica.Are you surprised people want to hear your perspective?Let’s put it this way. We are living in a world where everybody wants to know everything. I completely understand why everyone asks about it. Everybody I meet asks me about it, in some roundabout way. I just feel like, I’m doing work because of that character. Before Kalinda, I was always coming in for a few lines and it was hard to get roles. If people always want to know what happened, OK, it’s a small price to pay for all the wonderful things that show has given me. It sounds diplomatic, but it’s how I feel.Did it tarnish your memories of the series?I’m not very complimentary of things. I’m very British and I like to self-deprecate, but I do feel the Alicia and Kalinda scenes were one of the highlights of the show. I’m very proud of them.But you’re taking everything else to the grave?Yeah. I’ve said what I’m going to say.Any chance Kalinda will pop up on “The Good Fight”?I don’t know. I still get a lot of love for her, but she came in as a mystery and she left as a mystery. I don’t know if bringing back a character like that feels right. It took me time to get out of that character and for people to see me in a different light.Last year you helped develop “Adversaries,” a show about a L.A. lawyer who moves to the heartland and confronts prejudices, which was supposed to be on NBC this season. What interested you about that premise?I was keen to tell a story about diversity. My character was brought up by strict parents and Asian and she works with someone who’s American, and through them we get insight into their different backgrounds. We still don’t understand why [NBC] put that aside.You once had an agent who told you that you’d never work as an Indian woman. Is there anything you’d want to say to her now?I was in my 20s then and I do feel, with respect to her, that she was justified in saying that to some degree. When I was growing up, my family used to say, “How many women of your background are onscreen? Virtually none.” I don’t hold it against her for saying it at the time.You really don’t hold onto rage, do you?I’m British and I’m Indian. So that combination is: Keep the peace! More