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    First Explosive Trailer of 'Godzilla vs. Kong' Teases Reignited Old Feud

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    Previewing the long-awaited epic showdown between the two titans, the official sneak-peek video also offers first look at a girl who is able to communicate with King Kong.

    Jan 25, 2021
    AceShowbiz – The first official full -length trailer of “Godzilla vs. Kong” is finally here for fans’ viewing pleasure. Hyping up the anticipation for the release of the long-awaited crossover movie, the video is full of epic mayhem as it offers a glimpse of the epic showdown between the two titular monsters.
    The video opens with a look at a pretty calm King Kong, which seems to be under control while its human protectors are trying to find it a real home. The key to it is apparently a girl, an orphan named Jia, who shares a bond with the giant ape and is able to communicate with it.
    But their quest gets extra complicated and dangerous when they cross paths with Godzilla in the ocean. The two clash as they appear to have an old feud between their ancient species, which is now reignited with humanity getting caught in the middle.

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    Millie Bobby Brown’s Madison Russell, who has encountered the mountain-sized lizard in 2019’s “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”, thinks that something is provoking the monster into hurting humans and demolishing cities. Meanwhile, Alexander Skarsgard’s Nathan Lind believes that Kong is mankind’s last hope. “We need Kong. The world needs him to stop what’s coming,” the geologist says in the video.
    According to the official synopsis, “As Monarch embarks on a perilous mission into fantastic uncharted terrain, unearthing clues to the Titans’ very origins, a human conspiracy threatens to wipe the creatures, both good and bad, from the face of the earth forever.”
    “Godzilla vs. Kong” also stars Rebecca Hall as Ilene Andrews, Brian Tyree Henry as Bernie Hayes, Shun Oguri as Ren Serizawa, Eiza Gonzalez as Maya Simmons and Demian Bichir as Walter Simmons. Additionally, Kyle Chandler reprises his “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” role as Dr. Mark Russell and Zhang Ziyi also returns, with Van Marten cast as her assistant.
    Directed by Adam Wingard, the upcoming fantasy film is scheduled to be released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max on March 26 after delayed from its initial November 2020 release due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Sacha Baron Cohen Spills How Clueless Cops Allowed Him to Pull Off Best 'Borat' Sequel Stunt

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    In a new interview with Ben Affleck, the comedian goes into details about the time officials came perilously close to blowing his cover as Donald Trump during ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ shooting.

    Jan 25, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Sacha Baron Cohen owes hapless U.S. police and security officers a huge debt of gratitude for helping him pull off one of the best stunts in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”.
    The Brit reprised his role as Kazakh newsman Borat in the 2020 follow up to the 2006 comedy hit and admits law enforcement officials came perilously close to blowing his cover when he dressed up as former American leader Donald Trump for one of the film’s pivotal moments.
    In a new Variety Actors on Actors interview with Ben Affleck, Cohen reveals he was being “wanded down” by security agents when they heard a “Beep”.
    “The guy says, ‘What is that?’ And I go, ‘It’s my pacemaker’,” the funnyman says. “I’ve got a field producer next to me who’s completely c**pping himself. (Because) we’re going to get busted.”
    And then the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer spotted a wire, which was part of a hidden device allowing Cohen to communicate with his producers.
    “He goes, ‘What is that?’ And I didn’t know what to say,” explains Cohen. “I was completely stumped. He goes, ‘Oh, that’s the wire leading to your pacemaker, right?’ I was like, ‘Obviously’. He goes, ‘All right, come through.’ ”

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    Once inside the event – a Conservative Political Action Conference – Cohen pulled off his funny scene and was quickly apprehended by a bunch of Secret Service officers, demanding to know his true identity.
    And again, he was saved by an officer, who wasn’t quite on top of his game.
    “One of the cops goes, ‘Give me your ID….’,” he adds. “I go, ‘Listen, I’d like to, but my ID is in my shoe. Do you want me to take off my shoe?’ ”
    Feeling sure he was busted and the whole premise of the movie was ruined, Cohen held his breath, before experiencing one more giant stroke of good fortune.
    “And the guy goes, ‘No, forget it’,” he smiles.

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    Allison Janney Offended by Her 'Germophobe' Co-Star's Request Before Kissing Scene

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    The ‘Lazy Susan’ actress admits in a new interview that she ‘took it very personally’ when one of her ‘germophobe’ castmates thought he’d catch a disease from kissing her.

    Jan 24, 2021
    AceShowbiz – One of Allison Janney’s “germophobe” co-stars insisted she used an antibiotic cream before their kissing scenes.
    The Oscar winner admits she felt “unnerved” by the request from her unnamed scene partner and she “took it very personally” that he thought he’d catch a disease from her.
    “Even before COVID, I had a scene partner who I had to kiss with, and he was such a germaphobe, he would put Neosporin on his lips and ask me to put it on mine, too, before he would kiss me,” the “I, Tonya” star said during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”.

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    “I thought, ‘What does he think I put in my mouth?’ I don’t know. It kind of unnerved me, but people are germaphobes… I will not say who it was.”
    Unlike in 2019 that saw her starring in numerous projects like “Troop Zero”, “Ma”, “Bad Education”, “The Addams Family”, and “Bombshell”, Allison Janney only had one movie “Lazy Susan” last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic. She shared screen with Sean Hayes in the 2020 comedy.
    The actress will next be seen in a new comedy drama titled “Breaking News in Yuba County”. She is joined by the likes of Mila Kunis, Awkwafina, Wanda Sykes, Juliette Lewis, Samira Wiley, and Regina Hall. It revolves around a woman who suddenly becomes a local celebrity after her husband goes missing.
    Meanwhile, for her future project, Allison hoped she could reunite with her “Bad Education” co-star Hugh Jackman. She explained, “He’s fun to flirt with. I had so much fun working with Hugh. He was incredibly playful and let me shove the sandwich into his mouth in our first scene together, which was an improv moment. I just knew just from him being from the theater that he would be great to work with.”

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    'A Quiet Place' Sequel Pushed Back for Third Time Following Spike in Covid-19 Cases

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    The upcoming ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ has been delayed until September 2021 after the new movie was previously pushed back from March 2020 to April 2021.

    Jan 24, 2021
    AceShowbiz – The “A Quiet Place” sequel has been postponed for the second time.
    Paramount originally pushed back the release of “A Quiet Place Part II” from March 2020 to 23 April (21) but the company has now further delayed the release, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
    It will now be released on 17 September, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
    The original movie was directed by John Krasinski, who also starred in the post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film.
    It follows the story of a family trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world in which creatures with heightened hearing used sound to attack humankind.

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    The sequel will follow the same family continuing their fight for survival outside of their hometown, and although Krasinski’s character died in the first movie, he will make an appearance in the sequel through flashback sequences.
    Meanwhile, it was previously revealed the movie is set to get a spin-off – helmed by Jeff Nichols – which will be connected to the events of the original film.
    Krasinski – whose wife, Emily Blunt, also stars in both “A Quiet Place” and the upcoming “A Quiet Place II” – came up with the idea for the new story, but Nichols will be writing and directing the project.
    Krasinski will be on board as a producer through his Sunday Night banner alongside Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller.
    The first movie came out in 2018. It received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score and an Oscar nomination for Best Sound Editing. It additionally earned Emily Blunt an SAG nomination for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

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    George Clooney Confesses to Showing Up Drunk to 'One Fine Day' Set

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    While chatting to Michelle Pfeiffer for a Variety Studio: Actors on Actors segment, the Oscar winner recalls upsetting makeup crew for breaking eye socket during a lunchtime basketball game.

    Jan 23, 2021
    AceShowbiz – George Clooney had to film a scene with Michelle Pfeiffer while he was still drunk after a heavy night out with pal and business partner Rande Gerber.
    The movie star admits he was far from professional when he showed up on the set of 1996 film “One Fine Day” still hammered.
    The Oscar winner made the confession while chatting to Pfeiffer for a Variety Studio: Actors on Actors segment, revealing he didn’t think he had work the next day when he agreed to a night out with his friend.
    “I woke up… and I was like, ‘I feel OK!’ ” George recalled, “and I looked in the mirror and I was like, ‘Ah, I’m still drunk.’ And I got to the set and walked into the trailer and you (Pfeiffer) looked at me and you go, ‘What?’ and I was like, ‘I didn’t know we were going to work today,’ and you go, ‘You’re still drunk!’ ”

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    “I kept trying to spray whatever mouth spray I could because I smelled like a distillery.”

    Clooney also upset the film’s makeup crew by taking an elbow to the face during a lunchtime basketball game.
    “I broke my eye socket,” he chuckled. “It kept swelling and I was like, ‘I can still shoot.’ Remember, we actually shot scenes where we blocked half of my face with a kid?”
    A concerned Pfeiffer asked her former co-star whether the injury healed completely, “because you shattered your eye socket.” He said, “Pretty much. Yeah,” before jesting, “It works fine now. Only when I sneeze.”

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    Denzel Washington Spills How Making 'The Little Things' With Rami Malek and Jared Leto Affected Him

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    Portraying Joe ‘Deke’ Deacon in the psychological crime thriller, the Academy Award winner also claims to be tempted in passing action stunt to one of his younger co-stars.

    Jan 23, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Denzel Washington was “energised” making “The Little Things” alongside Rami Malek and Jared Leto.
    The actor portrays Joe ‘Deke’ Deacon in the psychological crime thriller and he admitted working with the two younger fellow Oscar winners made him up his game on set.
    “It absolutely energised me, having those two on the film,” he told the Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye, “I’m like, ‘Uh-oh. I’d better read the script’. Obviously joking!”
    One scene in the movie sees Denzel’s character – who he described as having “a lot of haunting darkness that follows him like a cloud” – have to climb up a drainpipe and run across a rooftop and he admitted he wanted to pass that on to one of his younger co-stars.
    “There comes a time in one’s life where you’re just not the guy running across the rooftop,” he laughed. “I said to Rami, ‘You go run across the rooftop!'”

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    However, Denzel eventually decided to do the scene.
    The “Fences” actor also added he thinks it’s hilarious he’s regarded as a sex symbol.
    “I’ve finally made it as an over-the-hill fat guy…and they still love me! Either that, or they just feel sorry for me,” he grinned.
    Meanwhile, Denzel also praised his late “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” co-star Chadwick Boseman, who died following a secret battle with cancer last August (20).
    He said: “(He was a) brave man. He kept it to himself, and didn’t complain. (Even though) he knew he wasn’t going to make it.”

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    Hugh Grant In Talks for Guy Ritchie's New Spy Movie

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    The ‘Undoing’ actor is reportedly in negotiations to reunite with the ‘Sherlock Holmes’ director in an upcoming feature film which will be fronted by Jason Statham.

    Jan 23, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Hugh Grant is in talks to star in Guy Ritchie’s new spy thriller – his second movie with the British director.
    Deadline report the 60-year-old is set to join Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Cary Elwes, and Bugzy Malone in the movie which was formerly titled “Five Eyes” although a deal has not been closed yet.
    Hugh has previously collaborated with Richie when he played the role of Fletcher in the 2019 film “The Gentlemen”.
    The new movie follows MI6 agent Orson Fortune (Statham) who is recruited by a global intelligence agency to track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
    Reluctantly paired up with CIA tech expert Sarah Fidel, Fortune sets off on a globetrotting mission where he will have to use his charm, ingenuity and stealth to infiltrate billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds.

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    Guy is directing and producing from a script written by Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. Bill Block is producing for Miramax, who are fully financing the project – which is being filmed in Qatar and Turkey.
    Hugh Grant only had one TV project last year amid the pandemic, sharing screen with Nicole Kidman” in “The Undoing”.
    He was also quite idle partly because he was taken down by Covid-19 along with wife Anna Eberstein. “I had it, my wife and I had it way back in the winter,” he told Stephen Colbert in November. “I’ve had an antibody test only a month ago.”
    When he was ill, he felt his eyeballs were “about three sizes too big” and he felt as though “some enormous man was sitting on my chest, Harvey Weinstein or someone.”
    “You start to panic because by then people were just starting to talk about this as a symptom,” he shared. “And I started sniffing flowers, nothing, and you get more and more desperate. I started sniffing in garbage cans and you want to sniff strangers’ armpits because you just can’t smell anything. I eventually went home and sprayed my wife’s Chanel No. 5 directly into my face, couldn’t smell a thing. I did go blind.”

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    Neil Patrick Harris: There's Something Sexy About Straight Actor Playing Gay Role

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    The former ‘How I Met Your Mother’ actor weighs in on whether straights actors should play gay roles, insisting that he would ‘definitely’ hire the best actors regardless of their sexualities.

    Jan 23, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Neil Patrick Harris has weighed in on the debate about whether straight actors should be cast in gay roles, insisting that if they’re the “best actor” for the gig, then it shouldn’t matter about their sexuality.
    The actor, who is openly gay in real life, famously played straight character Barney on “How I Met Your Mother”, and has no issue starring as gay or straight on screen,
    “I think there’s something sexy about casting a straight actor to play a gay role – if they’re willing to invest a lot into it,” he told The Times newspaper. “I played a character for nine years who was nothing like me. I would definitely want to hire the best actor.”

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    “In our world that we live in you can’t really as a director demand that (an actor be gay or straight). Who’s to determine how gay someone is?”
    Neil’s remarks come after Kristen Stewart, who is also openly gay, spoke about her thoughts on the debate while promoting her lesbian romcom “Happiest Season” last year.
    Asked if only gay actors should star in gay roles, Kristen replied, “I think it’s such a grey area. There are ways for men to tell women’s stories, or ways for women to tell men’s stories.”
    “But we need to have our finger on the pulse and actually have to care. You kind of know where you’re allowed. I don’t have a sure-shot answer for that.”

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