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    Demi Lovato to Clear Up Rumors About Her Overdose in Upcoming Docu-Series

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    The ‘Skyscraper’ hitmaker is reportedly going to talk about the overdose, that almost took her life back in 2018, for the very first time in the upcoming YouTube series.
    Jul 3, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Demi Lovato will reportedly open up on her 2018 overdose in her forthcoming YouTube series.
    The “Confident” hitmaker spent two weeks recovering in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, followed by a stay in a rehab facility, after relapsing following six years of sobriety in July 2018.
    After managing to get clean and return to her career, the star has now reportedly agreed to detail her experience in the new online series in an effort to quash speculation surrounding the incident.
    A source told Britain’s The Sun newspaper, “Demi’s experience in 2018 was horrific and will continue to affect her for years to come, so she hasn’t felt able to speak about it properly yet.”
    “But she has written much of her upcoming album about the situation and wants to address exactly what happened to her in the hope she can prevent anyone else suffering a similar experience.”
    Adding the star has been “nervous about speaking about what happened because she doesn’t want anything to be misconstrued,” the insider claimed Demi, “Decided her own series would be the best way as she will have the power to control exactly what is spoken about.”
    “Much of it has already been done and the plan is for it to be released this summer,” they revealed.
    The deal has apparently been overseen by manager Scooter Braun, who was behind Justin Bieber’s YouTube series, Seasons, earlier this year (20), which supported his chart-topping album “Changes”.
    WENN has reached out to Demi’s representatives for comment.

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    AMC Insists to Keep 'Mad Men' Blackface Episode to Maintain 'Historical Authenticity'

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    Bosses at AMC have refused to delete the controversial episode featuring one of the characters in blackface, claiming the scene is crucial to preserve the ‘historical authenticity.’
    Jul 3, 2020
    AceShowbiz – AMC bosses won’t be pulling a controversial episode of “Mad Men”, featuring blackface from the network, in an effort to maintain “historical authenticity.”
    According to the Los Angeles Times, the episode in question – season three’s “My Old Kentucky Home” – will be shown in its entirety, along with trigger warning ahead of the programme, warning it contains “disturbing images related to race in America.”
    “One of the characters is shown in blackface as part of an episode that shows how commonplace racism was in America in 1963,” it reads.
    In a statement explaining the decision, AMC officials wrote, ” In its reliance on historical authenticity, the series producers are committed to exposing the injustices and inequities within our society that continue to this day so we can examine even the most painful parts of our history in order to reflect on who we are today and who we want to become.”
    “We are therefore presenting the original episode in its entirety.”
    Shows including “30 Rock”, “Golden Girls”, “Scrubs”, and more have been pulled from various networks and streaming services due to episodes featuring blackface in the wake of ongoing Black Lives Matter protests against systematic racism.
    Mad Men stars Jon Hamm and January Jones and ran from 2007 to 2015.

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    Lesley Manville Lands Princess Margaret Role for Final Season of 'The Crown'

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    To replace Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen’s sister on the fifth season of the show, the 64-year-old actress will star opposite Imelda Staunton who has been confirmed to play Elizabeth II.
    Jul 2, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Actress Lesley Manville has been cast to play Princess Margaret in the final season of hit series “The Crown”.
    The 64-year-old will replace Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen’s sister on the fifth season of the show, while Imelda Staunton has already been confirmed to play Elizabeth II, picking up the royal role from Olivia Colman.
    The younger Princess Margaret was portrayed by Vanessa Kirby on series one and two.
    Manville and Staunton are old acting colleagues, having appeared alongside each other in “Vera Drake” and the “Maleficent” films for Disney, while Manville has also won acclaim for her recent roles in “Phantom Thread” and “Hampstead”.
    “The Crown”‘s fourth season is expected to air later this year, but there’s no fixed production start date or release for season five.

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    Tori Spelling Hints at Reunion for 'Beverly Hills, 90210' 30th Anniversary

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    The ‘BH90210’ actress reveals she is teaming up with co-star Jennie Garth to work on ‘something’ to celebrate the upcoming 30th anniversary of the television show.
    Jul 2, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Tori Spelling has teased “Beverly Hills, 90210” fans that she and co-star Jennie Garth have “something in the works” to mark the upcoming 30th anniversary of the show.
    Last year (19), the majority of the original cast of the teen sitcom reunited for a reboot titled “BH90210”, but it was cancelled after just one season. And while Tori has admitted she wishes “it had gone on longer,” she’s now looking forward to marking a big 90210 anniversary later this year.
    “October is actually the 30-year reunion of the day the show first premiered,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “We have to do something. Jennie (Garth) and I do have something in the works and we are in pre-production.”
    In the meantime, Tori is enjoying watching reruns of the original series alongside her five children. But she admitted there’s certain aspects of the series that her kids watch in disbelief.
    “It’s funny, my kids watch it and they’re like, ‘Oh the fashion! You dress just like us!'” she laughed. “And it’s like, ‘No, you dress just like us!'”

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    'America's Got Talent' Builds Drive-in Theatre to Resume Production

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    The contestants are expected to perform on an outdoor stage at a drive-in theater that allows the judges to watch the performances while social distancing.
    Jul 2, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “America’s Got Talent” has resumed production on an outdoor stage to allow judges Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel space to watch performances while socially distancing.
    Just six episodes of the popular TV talent show had been completed before filming ground to a halt during the audition stage in mid-March (20) as the coronavirus pandemic began, but series creator Cowell was determined to find a way to allow successful contestants the opportunity to compete as normal and continue shooting season 15.
    Production picked up again last week (ends26Jun20) ahead of “America’s Got Talent” live episodes, with the show moved out of its usual location at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre to an outdoor set-up in Simi Valley, California, where officials designed a stage to look like a drive-in movie theatre.
    The first post-shutdown instalment will feature the four judges entering the venue in separate cars, before taking their seats in socially-distanced director’s chairs, as they make their picks for the Judge Cuts segment, which has been reduced from the usual four episodes to just one, airing in the U.S. on 28 July (20).
    Meanwhile, the production plan’s new safety precautions also include mandatory face masks for everyone on set when not talking on camera, individuals handling their own microphones, and crewmembers sticking to their specifically assigned areas throughout shooting to prevent intermingling between different teams.
    Officials have yet to decide where the live shows will be filmed, but producers are reportedly trying to find a way to include an audience of some sort during the episodes, which are due to start on 11 August, according to TheWrap.

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    'Killing Eve' Producer Promises to Improve Diversity Amid Criticisms Over All-White Writers

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    The executive producer of the Sandra Oh-fronted show has responded to backlash over the lack of writers of color working on the award-winning television series.
    Jul 2, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Killing Eve” executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle has promised to improve diversity on the show’s writing team after criticism over the lack of writers of colour working on the show.
    A post on Twitter by a writer, Kayleigh Llewellyn, which showed that every season four writer on a final day Zoom call was white, sparked a backlash against “Killing Eve” producers, who have been praised for giving women major creative roles and casting Asian-American Sandra Oh as the title character.
    According to Britain’s NME website, Gentle addressed the issue during a recent SeriesFest virtual panel, “Killing Eve: Behind the Lens”, promising to do better and hire a more diverse team going forward.
    “The make-up of the room should be more racially diverse than it is, and we’re really aware of that and I take full responsibility for it,” she said. “You look at that room and it’s full of brilliant female writers, we’ve got a really strong LGBTQ contingent, but it’s not good enough and we need to do better.”
    The show’s boss added that the criticism, which came as the Black Lives Matter protests highlighted racial injustice across the world, has provoked much “soul-searching” among her team.
    “We’ve all had long talks and lots of soul-searching and we can come up with excuses, we can come up with platitudes, we can talk about the people that we’ve spoken about in the past, but we’ve got to do better. All of our writers know we’ve got to do better,” Gentle explained.
    “But also, the production from the ground up – the entire production – we’re looking at in terms of how we can make concrete change, because it’s incredibly important to us and it’s got to be change that lasts and is effective. I think this is an extraordinary moment, and we’ve got to make a difference. It’s not good enough.”
    Oh, who stars as Eve, had previously told Variety magazine during a chat with Kerry Washington, “The development of people behind the camera is very slow in the U.K. Sometimes it would be me and 75 white people.”

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    'AGT' Recap: Howie Mandel Gives His Golden Buzzer to Show's First Spoken Word Artist

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    Also performing that night are harmonica-playing act Brothers Gage and two-time Olympic runner Shevon Nieto, the latter of which showcases her amazing vocal with an original song for her husband.
    Jul 1, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “America’s Got Talent” returned with a new episode on Tuesday, June 30. The episode saw that Heidi Klum wasn’t present due to health problem, while Eric Stonestreet was still there to fill in her place. Kicking off the show was Cheer Athletics, a competitive cheer group from Texas.
    It was such an amazing performance, making Sofia Vergara’s jaw drop in awe. Meanwhile, Howie Mandel said that the group was “terrific” with Simon Cowell noting that “AGT” audience would love this act.
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    Following it up was young piano player Jacob Velazquez, who offered a beautiful original song before transitioning Fall Out Boy’s “Centuries”. Simon raved about his “amazing aura” and added that the act was “one of his favorite auditions of the season.”
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    Michael Yo later took the stage to perform a stand-up comedy. Howie and Eric loved the performance and clapped before he even concluded his performance. Simon applauded Michael for his “fantastic” audition, while Eric told him that he “nailed it.”
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    Also performing that night were harmonica-playing act Brothers Gage and two-time Olympic runner Shevon Nieto. The latter showcased her amazing set of pipes with a performance of an original song she wrote for her husband Jamie titled “Through The Good & The Bad”. The judges raved about it as Howie called it “beautiful” and Sofia told her that she has a “wonderful” voice.
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    Up next was young cello player Elijah who opted to showcase his talent by performing Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings”. That convinced Simon that he had “great potential.” As for Kenadi Dodds, she sang an original song called “One Way Ticket To Tennesse”, and blew Simon’s mind.
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    Comedian Crystal Powell also earned a praise from Simon, who said that she was “naturally funny.” Concluding the night was Brandon Leake, who took the stage to perform an audition poem as an ode to his sister. Sofia was brought to tears with the emotional performance which was enough to make Howie push his Golden Buzzer for him. Brandon was sent straight to the live shows!

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