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The ‘Ugly Betty’ star, who is expecting her second child with husband Ryan Piers Williams, confirms her departure days after the series was renewed for season 6.
Feb 29, 2020
AceShowbiz – Pregnant actress America Ferrera is checking out of hit comedy “Superstore” after five years on the show.
The “Ugly Betty” star, who is expecting her second child with husband Ryan Piers Williams, will bow out as big box retail employee Amy at the end of the current fifth season, just days after the series was renewed for a sixth run on U.S. network NBC.
In a statement, Ferrera, who also serves as an executive producer and occasional director on the show, writes, “The last five years on Superstore have been some of the most rewarding, enriching and enjoyable years of my career.”
“Producing, directing and acting with this wonderful cast and crew has given me opportunities to grow as a person and storyteller. I’m so grateful to my partners at NBC and Universal Television for the support and belief they have always placed in the show, and I’m most thankful to the brilliant Justin Spitzer for creating the funny, smart and relevant world of Superstore and inviting me to be a part of it.”
“As I start the next chapter for my family and career, I wish only the best, and much continued success, to my beloved Superstore family.”

Lisa Katz and Tracey Pakosta, co-presidents of scripted programming at NBC Entertainment, add, “America’s immeasurable contributions to ‘Superstore,’ both in front of and behind the camera as well as an ambassador for the show, can’t possibly be quantified. We feel so fortunate to call her both a colleague and friend.”
“Superstore”, which co-stars Ben Feldman and Lauren Ash, also counts “Venom (2018)” director Ruben Fleischer among its executive producers.

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Lee Phillip Bell, a co-creator of two of daytime television’s most successful and enduring soap operas, “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful,” died on Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91.Her death was confirmed by Eva Basler, a spokeswoman for the Bell family’s company, Bell-Phillip Television Productions.Ms. Bell also hosted a daytime talk show in Chicago for more than three decades and as a broadcast journalist produced and narrated award-winning documentary specials.She teamed up with her husband, William J. Bell, in creating “The Young and the Restless,” which has been on the air since 1973, and “The Bold and the Beautiful,” which celebrates its 33rd anniversary in March. The dramas have attracted millions of viewers while tackling difficult topics like incest, alcoholism and teen pregnancy.“The Young and the Restless” centers on a pair of fractious Midwestern families and has been a springboard for up-and-coming stars like David Hasselhoff and Tom Selleck. “The Bold and the Beautiful,” which premiered in 1987, is set in a ritzy Los Angeles fashion house.In 1975, Ms. Bell won a Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding drama series for “The Young and the Restless.” She received a lifetime achievement award from the Daytime Emmys in 2007.Loreley June Phillip was born in Riverside, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, on June 9, 1928, to James and Helen (Novak) Phillip. As a girl she often helped out in her parents’ floral shop.After graduating from Northwestern University in 1950 with a degree in microbiology, she returned to her family’s shop, working alongside her brothers and soon appearing with one of them, Russell, on a local television talk show, on WBKB, to demonstrate flower arrangements.Her on-camera presence impressed the station’s managers, and Ms. Phillip was asked to fill in as an announcer, a weather girl and a kind of home economics correspondent. She got her big break when the station was looking for someone to fill in for one of its leading talk show hosts, Lucky North, while Ms. North went on vacation.“Young women from all over Chicago showed up and auditioned,” Ms. Bell said at the Daytime Emmys ceremony in 2007. “Lucky thought they were all too good and didn’t want to lose her job, so she convinced the station to hire me instead.”The fill-in role led to stints hosting five- and 15-minute segments on weekdays and weeknights and ultimately to her own long-running show, “The Lee Phillip Show” (the name was changed a handful of times), on which she explored social issues and interviewed prominent people like Presidents Gerald R. Ford and Ronald Reagan, Judy Garland, Clint Eastwood, Oprah Winfrey, Lucille Ball, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.Her documentary specials for WBBM covered topics like foster care, divorce and rape. One special, “The Rape of Paulette,” in which she interviewed rape victims and examined a criminal justice system that often failed to bring rapists to justice, won a local Emmy and a DuPont Award from Columbia University after it aired in 1973. Her work for WBBM won 16 regional Emmys.She met William Bell while he was working as an account executive for an advertising agency in the same building as WBBM. They married in 1954, and Mr. Bell quit his advertising job to write for several soap operas, including the perennial “Days of Our Lives.”Ms. Bell continued to host and produce daytime talk shows for WBBM, but with her husband she also developed “The Innocent Years!” for CBS in 1972, before changing the title to “The Young and the Restless,” feeling it better fit the mood of the 1970s.The couple moved to Southern California in 1986 to work on “The Bold and the Beautiful,” which became a kind of sister CBS show to “The Young and the Restless,” with several actors appearing on both.Mr. Bell died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease in 2005. Ms. Bell is survived by her sons, William and Bradley; her daughter, Lauralee Bell Martin, an actress who appears on “The Young and the Restless”; her brother Russell; and eight grandchildren.William Bell is president and chief executive of Bell-Phillip Television Productions. Bradley Bell is executive producer and head writer for “The Bold and the Beautiful.” A daughter-in-law, Colleen Bell, was ambassador to Hungary under President Barack Obama and is executive director of the California Film Commission. Another daughter-in-law, Maria Arena Bell, is a former head writer of “The Young and the Restless.”Though her shows were known for being progressive and, at times, provocative, Ms. Bell believed her work was simple at its core.“We do the very same thing, don’t we — Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch and the daytime dramas,” she said on receiving her lifetime achievement award at the Daytime Emmys. “We reach out to people through our stories, through our words and examples. And hopefully, at the end of the day, we’ve touched someone’s life in a better way, and helped them.”The Associated Press contributed reporting. More

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The Migos star, who reached out to series regular LL Cool J for his acting debut on the police procedural series, will have his new song ‘Danger’ premiered in the same episode he’s set to appear.
Feb 28, 2020
AceShowbiz – Rapper Offset is joining the CIA to play an undercover agent on “NCIS: Los Angeles”.
He will make his acting debut in the show’s current 11th season, joining series stars Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J’s characters to save a special agent being held captive, according to TMZ.
In a special behind-the-scenes video, hip-hop star-turned-actor LL reveals Offset reached out to him about making a guest appearance on “NCIS: Los Angeles”.
“Offset and I, we’ve been talking on and off,” LL explains in the clip. “He kinda came to me and was like, ‘Yo, I’d like to be involved with it.’ ”
“One thing led to another and they (producers) did their process, went through their thing, and here we are.”
And LL credits the Migos member with seeking to challenge himself by avoiding typecasting, “When you’re (a) rap artist, they think you’re gonna play a gangster or you’re gonna play a thug… and he’s completely away from all of that… He’s completely breaking type, which I think is great.”
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Offset, real name Kiari Kendrell Cephus, made sure to do his homework before shooting the desert scenes, so he could prove his acting talents.
“I wanted to be able to show that I could do anything that someone sets in front of me,” he says. “I was studying it because I wanted to make sure I could fill the whole role. I’m doing all my own stunts!”
In addition to making his acting debut, Offset, whose wife Cardi B made her acting debut in hit 2019 movie “Hustlers”, will also have his new track, “Danger”, receive its world premiere in the episode, which is set to air in the U.S. on Sunday, March 01.

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While Eva seems to be against the idea of NeNe leaving the show, NeNe’s nemesis on the Bravo series Kenya Moore appears to be more than happy should it happen.
Feb 28, 2020
AceShowbiz – The lack of NeNe Leakes’ screen time in current season 12 of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” sparks speculations about her being “phased out” by Bravo. NeNe has shut down the rumors, and co-star Eva Marcille has also addressed the rumors, alluding that she can’t really imagine “RHOA” with NeNe.
“I pray not. I hope not. Now that would be sad. That would be a sad day for Housewives, because NeNe is NeNe,” she tells HollywoodLife.com. She also notes that NeNe has been on the show “since day one,” referring to first season premiere back in 2008.
“Ups, downs, and round and round, the role has seen NeNe grow and evolve, and they root for her, and they laugh, and they know her and that’s their girlfriend,” Eva goes on saying. “And so I think she would be extremely missed. I don’t want to see her go, because who’s going to fill those kind of shoes?”
While Eva seems to be against the idea of NeNe leaving the show, NeNe’s nemesis Kenya Moore appears to be more than happy should it happen. “Oh, well, I guess she’d need to ask Bravo why they’re cutting her out of many episodes of this season,” Kenya said during her appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” earlier this month. “I’m not the one behind the editing, you know. I’m not the one behind doing the editing.”
“You’re saying that she’s being phased out?” Andy asked, to which Kenya responded, “I think she is. That’s not something I can absolutely say. I mean, if you’re being cut out of episodes, clearly the sign is…,” before Andy cut her off.
“But I don’t think she’s being cut out of episodes because I think everything that was shot with NeNe was in the show,” Andy said. “We’re not cutting anything. … I’m saying that everything shot–there’s nothing that’s been left out.”
NeNe doubled down Andy’s remarks, tweeting, “I HAVE NOT been cut out of any episodes! I negotiated my episodes just like everyone else did! I’m getting every dime i asked for! Thank you for asking and clearing that up @andy That means a lot to me.”

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It remains to be seen what drama that Marc Daly is referring but during the event, he did make controversial remarks about his displeasure of being married to the Bravo personality.
Feb 28, 2020
AceShowbiz – Kenya Moore’s estranged husband Marc Daly took to his Instagram account to issue an apology for overshadowing a charity event. His recent post appeared to hint at upcoming drama between him and his “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” wife Kenya at the event.
Writing on the photo-sharing site, the businessman said alongside a photo of him with the men of “RHOA” ladies, “As a person of color, it is of paramount importance for me to showcase the positive aspects of my people, hence the reason for my involvement in the Black Man’s Lab experience. Unfortunately, my genuine attempt at doing something positive was compromised by my personal situation. For that, I sincerely apologize and take sole responsibility.”
Marc continued, “I want to thank all those involved with the Black Man’s Lab for their support after the event. I would like to end by saying, I have full admiration for the organization and am always available to engage and contribute to its efforts. Best wishes, Marc Daly.”

It remains to be seen what drama that Marc is referring to in his post. However, during the event, which was teased in a sneak peek of the upcoming episode of her Bravo reality show, he did make controversial remarks about his displeasure of being married to Kenya. “Asked whether or not he was “enjoying the ride that comes with being married,” Marc firmly answered, “I hate it. Everybody knows that.”
This arrives after Kenya dropped the name “Daly” from her online bio on Instagram. Her bio now reads, “Wife, Mother, Actor, Film/TV Producer, Writer, Director, Former Miss USA, TV Personality CEO of Kenya Moore Hair Care.”
Kenya Moore married Marc Daly, a restaurant owner, in St. Lucia in June 2017. She gave birth in November 2018 to their first child, a daughter named Brooklyn after the city where the parents first met. She filed for divorce in September. He’s accused of cheating on her.

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Having been television’s longest-running primetime live-action series, this Dick Wolf-created show has extended its run as it gets renewed for season 22, 23 and 24.
Feb 28, 2020
AceShowbiz – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” has extended its run as one of the world’s biggest TV hits with a record-setting 22nd, 23rd, and 24th season.
Dick Wolf’s show is currently on its record-setting 21st season, making it TV’s longest-running primetime live-action series, and now it has been picked up for another three runs.
The previous record holder was Wolf’s “Law & Order”, which ran for 20 seasons from 1990 to 2010, and western series “Gunsmoke”.
Actress Mariska Hargitay also makes history on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” this season – her Lt. Olivia Benson has become the longest-running character in a primetime live-action series.

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What’s on TVTHE KINGMAKER (2019) 9 p.m. Showtime. Gold and diamonds commingle with political unrest and poverty in “The Kingmaker,” Lauren Greenfield’s documentary portrait of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines. Through interviews — including with Marcos, who speaks here at length — and other footage, Greenfield (“The Queen of Versailles”) examines Marcos’s time as first lady during the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s; her subsequent flight and exile; and her place in contemporary politics. The film ultimately “becomes less about one woman, her malevolent charms and quirks, and develops into an unsettling look at imperial power,” Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The New York Times. “Greenfield trots out the plunder and of course the shoes — those notorious emblems of Marcos’s excess — but also examines the appalling costs of that luxury,” Dargis wrote. “It’s an ugly story shrewdly told, with a sense of humor and also a deeper feeling for history.”RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE 8 p.m. on VH1. “Friday, February 28th, 13 new candidates enter the race.” No, that sentence isn’t pulled from the nightmares of the Democratic presidential candidates bracing themselves for Super Tuesday; it’s from a trailer for the latest season of RuPaul Charles’s flagship drag show, which will kick off its search for “America’s first drag-queen president.” That search will be aided by a collection of celebrity guests peppered throughout the season, including Nicki Minaj, Whoopi Goldberg, Leslie Jones, Chaka Khan and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.DATELINE 9 p.m. on NBC. In 2013, Karl Holger Karlsen pleaded guilty to murdering his son in order to collect a life insurance policy. Earlier this month, Karlsen was convicted of killing his wife years earlier for the same reason. Those cases are the focus of this week’s edition of NBC’s “Dateline” series, which brings together interviews with those close to the events — including Karlsen himself.What’s StreamingTHE EDGE OF HEAVEN (2008) Stream on Criterion Channel; rent on Amazon. The writer-director Fatih Akin won the best screenplay award at the Cannes Film Festival for “The Edge of Heaven,” his critically acclaimed look at generational differences and the experience of Turkish immigrants in Germany. As the lives of its disparate characters — mothers and daughters, a father and a son — weave together, “there is a sense of human connections becoming stronger and thicker, of a fragile moral order coalescing beneath the randomness and cruelty of modern life,” A.O. Scott wrote in his review for The Times. “By the end,” he added, “you know the characters in it so well that you can’t believe you’ve seen the movie only once, yet on a second viewing it seems completely new.”ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES (2020) Stream on Netflix. Elle Fanning and Justice Smith star in this adaptation of a Y.A. novel by Jennifer Niven, directed by Brett Haley (“The Hero”). The story centers on a pair of Indiana teenagers, Violet (Elle) and Theodore (Smith), who help each other cope with mental illness. More

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‘The Sopranos’ actress stops by ‘The View’ to promote her new police drama series, ‘Tommy’, and shares her thought on the fact her top cop character is a lesbian.
Feb 28, 2020
AceShowbiz – Actress Edie Falco accidentally turned the air blue on Thursday (February 27) after letting slip an expletive on daytime TV.
“The Sopranos” star was promoting her new police drama series, “Tommy”, on America’s “The View” when she admitted she was unfazed by the fact her top cop character, Abigail ‘Tommy’ Thomas, was a lesbian.
“It did not occur to me as something to take into account when I read it (in the script),” Falco shared. “It was just, this is what she does, this is the job she’s gonna take on, and how will that be different because of who she is as a person, as opposed to the fact that she’s a woman or that she’s gay?”
She continued, “It feels like maybe it’s time – it’s long past time, if you ask me – where that’s not the first thing you know or you ask about someone, their sexuality. It feels like what a bizarre thing to even know. Who gives a s**t, right?”
The 56-year-old quickly realised her blunder, which was bleeped out by TV censors, and laughed off the mishap by cheering, “Whoo!”
“I think Carmela kicked in there for a second!” show co-host Joy Behar quipped, referencing the star’s mob wife character on “The Sopranos”.
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Falco, who is known for tackling edgy characters on cable TV, where language and content rules are more relaxed, smiled as she explained, “See, I don’t work on network (TV) much…! That’s what that is. I had a moment!”

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