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      Mahershala Ali Lands Lead Role in HBO Series About Boxing Legend Jack Johnson

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      The ‘Moonlight’ actor is set to play the world’s first black heavyweight boxing champion in an upcoming TV show based on the documentary ‘Unforgivable Blackness’.
      Jul 1, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali has signed on to play boxing legend Jack Johnson in a new HBO series.
      “Unruly” will be based on the documentary “Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson”, directed by Ken Burns.
      Ali previously played Johnson, the world’s first black heavyweight boxing champion, in a stage production of “The Great White Hope” in 2000.
      Jackson once took part in a boxing match, dubbed “the fight of the century,” in 1910 against James J. Jeffries and ruled the boxing world from 1908 to 1915.

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      Nick Cannon's New Show 'Celebrity Call Center' to Debut July 13 on E!

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      The upcoming TV show is expected to feature celebrities such as Nikki Bella, Nene Leakes, Vivica A. Fox, Alyssa Milano, and Kelly Osbourne dishing out advice to fans.
      Jul 1, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Nick Cannon’s Celebrity Call Center is among the new lineup of shows in development by bosses at E!.
      “The Masked Singer” host will executive produce the series, based on the UK show, which will give ordinary people the chance to seek advice from their favourite stars.
      Set to premiere on 13 July (20) at 10 P.M. PT/ET, the small screen venture will feature Brie and Nikki Bella, Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker, Todd Chrisley, Nene Leakes, Mikey Day, Vivica A. Fox, Loni Love, Dorinda Medley, Alyssa Milano, Kelly Osbourne, and Shangela.
      TV personality Leakes will also headline the comedic beauty competition “Glamsquad Showdown” alongside celebrity stylist Brad Goreski. Relationship series, “The Seven Year Stitch”, meanwhile, will be hosted by “The Real Housewives of Orange County” stars Terry and Heather Dubrow.

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      Lena Dunham Acknowledges 'White Privilege' As She's Criticized Over Her Poor Pitch for 'Girls'

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      The ‘Girls’ creator and actress admits ‘white privilege’ helped her career as she landed in hot water for selling her show with a page-and-a-half-long pitch, which she once described as terrible.
      Jul 1, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Lena Dunham has acknowledged that “white privilege” had a big hand in helping her find a foothold in Hollywood.
      The 34-year-old actress took to Twitter to respond after discovering she was trending on the social media site due to a tweet from The Hollywood Reporter which read, “@LenaDunham was 23 when she sold #Girls to HBO with a page-and-a-half-long pitch, without a character nor a plot.”
      The tweet was then retweeted by numerous BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) filmmakers and actors, who compared their own experiences in the industry to Lena’s, with the “Girls” star quick to respond to the flurry of tweets mentioning her Twitter handle.
      “Whenever I find out I’m trending, I have to immediately check if I’m alive!” she began. “Then, I try and see if there’s a constructive dialogue to have on Twitter. Often there isn’t, but today there really WAS. It actually wasn’t a dialogue – it was just me agreeing that the Hollywood system is rigged in favour of white people and that my career took off at a young age with relative ease, ease I wasn’t able to recognise because I also didn’t know what privilege was.”
      “The past 10 years have been a series of lessons. The lesson now? Sit down. Shut up, unless it’s to advocate for change for Black people. Listen. Make art in private for a while- no one needs your book right now lady. Give reparations widely. Defund the police. Rinse & repeat.”
      The topic of racial inequality has been widely discussed in recent weeks following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers, which sparked Black Lives Matter protests around the world.

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      Alison Brie 'Truly Sorry' for Voicing Asian American Character in 'BoJack Horseman'

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      Just days after Kristen Bell and Jenny Slate stepped down from ‘Central Park’ and ‘Big Mouth’, the actress behind Diane Nguyen’s voice claims to ‘have learned a lot from them.’
      Jun 29, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Alison Brie regrets voicing a Vietnamese-American character in cult animated show “BoJack Horseman”.
      Just days after Kristen Bell and Jenny Slate announced they were stepping down from cartoon hits “Central Park” and “Big Mouth” due to the fact they are voicing black characters, Brie has voiced her concerns about portraying an Asian.
      “In hindsight, I wish that I didn’t voice the character of Diane Nguyen,” she writes on Instagram. “I now understand that people of color, should always voice people of color. We missed a great opportunity to represent the Vietnamese-American community accurately and respectfully, and for that I am truly sorry. I applaud all those who stepped away from their voiceover roles in recent days. I have learned a lot from them.”

      “BoJack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg recently responded to concerns about Brie’s character on the show, stating: “We should have hired a Vietnamese writer, and a Vietnamese actress to play Diane – or if not that, changed the character to match who we did hire.”

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