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    Ice-T Proud of 'Law & Order' Boss for Firing Writer Threatening Looters Amid BLM Protests

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    The ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ actor praises the creator Dick Wolf for ‘cleaning the house’ after the series spin-off writer threatened violence against looters.
    Jun 5, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Rapper/actor Ice-T has applauded “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf for taking immediate action to fire a series spin-off writer for threatening violence against looters during protests in Los Angeles.
    Craig Gore hit headlines on Monday, June 1, 2020 after he shared a series of controversial posts on Facebook, including a photo of himself carrying a firearm, as a warning to anyone who disobeyed the city’s curfew following violent clashes between demonstrators and police during Black Lives Matter rallies.
    “Sunset (Boulevard) is being looted two blocks from me,” he wrote. “You think I won’t light motherf**krs up who are trying to f**k with my property I worked all my life for? Think again.”
    Gore had been working on the forthcoming Chris Meloni show, “Law & Order: Organized Crime”, but Wolf condemned his actions and cut all ties with the writer on Tuesday. He was also fired by his Hollywood agency, Paradigm, as a result of the posts.
    And Ice-T, who is a series regular on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, is proud to have Wolf as his boss.
    “Oh s**t…,” the hip-hop veteran tweeted after learning of Gore’s firing. “The Big Boss is cleaning house… RESPECT.”
    The protests have continued across the U.S., demanding an end to police brutality and justice for George Floyd, an African-American man who was killed at the hands of a white cop on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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    BAFTA TV Awards 2020 Nominations: Jodie Comer Up Against Glenda Jackson

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    ‘Chernobyl’ dominates with 14 nominations across the main and craft categories, while ‘The Crown’ will battle it out with ‘Gentleman Jack’ for the title of Best Drama Series.
    Jun 4, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Jodie Comer and Glenda Jackson will compete for the Leading Actress gong at the 2020 BAFTA TV Awards.
    Jodie receives another nomination for her performance as deadly assassin Villanelle in “Killing Eve”, while two-time Oscar winner Glenda is up for her portrayal of a woman battling dementia in “Elizabeth is Missing”
    The other contenders for the prize are Samantha Morton (“I Am Kirsty”) and Suranne Jones (“Gentleman Jack”).
    Battling it out for the Leading Actor in a Drama award are “The Capture”‘s Callum Turner, Stephen Graham (“The Virtues”), Takehiro Hira (“Giri/Haji”) and Jared Harris for “Chernobyl”. “Chernobyl” also has the most nominations across the main and craft categories with 14.
    The show, about the 1986 nuclear disaster at a Soviet power station, is also up for the Mini-Series award alongside “A Confession”, “The Victim”, and “The Virtues”. The nominees for Best Drama Series are “The Crown”, “The End of the F***ing World”, “Gentleman Jack”, and “Giri/Haji”.
    Stellan Skarsgard (“Chernobyl”), and Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”), are also among the nominees in the supporting acting categories.
    “Fleabag”‘s Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Sian Clifford both land a nomination for Female Performance in a Comedy Programme, competing with Gbemisola Ikumelo (“Famalam”), and Sarah Kendall (“Frayed”). “Fleabag” also lands a Scripted Comedy nod.
    “Succession”, “When They See Us”, “Unbelievable”, and “Euphoria” are all up for the International award.
    Meanwhile, TV host Graham Norton and “Famalam” actor Ikumelo received two individual nominations each.
    New talent has broken through too, with first-time nominees comprising 57 percent of the performance category nominations, with Ikumelo and Turner, joined by “Sex Education” star Ncuti Gatwa, “Top Boy”‘s Jasmine Jobson, and Naomi Ackie of “The End of the F***ing World”, among the BAFTA first timers.
    In regards to representation across nominations – with which BAFTA has been criticised for in recent years – this year’s awards has seen a 22 percent rise in nominees of colour compared to last year.
    Behind “Chernobyl” in nominations in the main and craft categories is “The Crown” with seven nods, “Fleabag” and “Giri/Haji” with six apiece, “His Dark Materials” and “The Virtues” with five, as well as “Killing Eve”, “Sex Education” and Netflix drama “Top Boy”, which land four nominations each.
    The 2020 British Academy Television Awards, presented by British comedian Richard Ayoade, will take place on July 31 in a closed studio, with nominees invited to accept their awards virtually.
    The full list of nominees for the main awards is as follows:
    COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
    “The Graham Norton Show”
    “The Last Leg”
    “The Ranganation”
    “Taskmaster”
    CURRENT AFFAIRS
    “Growing Up Poor: Britain’s Breadline Kids” (Dispatches)
    “The Hunt for Jihadi John”
    “Is Labour Anti-Semitic” (Panorama)
    “Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag”
    DRAMA SERIES
    “The Crown”
    “The End of the F***ing World”
    “Gentleman Jack”
    “Giri Haji”
    ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
    Frankie Boyle – “Frankie Boyle’s New World Order”
    Graham Norton – “The Graham Norton Show”
    Lee Mack – “Would I Lie to You”
    Mo Gilligan – “The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan”
    ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
    “The Greatest Dancer”
    “The Rap Game UK”
    “Strictly Come Dancing”
    “The Voice UK”
    FACTUAL SERIES
    “Crime and Punishment”
    “Don’t F**k With Cats”
    “Leaving Neverland”
    “Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure”
    FEATURES
    “Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back”
    “The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan”
    “Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing”
    “Snackmasters”
    FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
    Gbemisola Ikumelo, “Famalam” – BBC Studios/BBC Three
    Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag” – Two Brothers Pictures/BBC Three
    Sarah Kendall, “Frayed” – Merman, Guesswork Television/Sky One
    Sian Clifford, “Fleabag” – Two Brothers Pictures/BBC Three
    INTERNATIONAL
    LEADING ACTOR
    Callum Turner – “The Capture” – Heyday Television, NBC Universal/BBC One
    Jared Harris – “Chernobyl” – Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games, HBO/Sky Atlantic
    Stephen Graham – “The Virtues”
    Takehiro Hira – “Giri/Haji”
    LEADING ACTRESS
    Glenda Jackson – “Elizabeth is Missing” – STV Productions/BBC One
    Jodie Comer – “Killing Eve” – Sid Gentle Films/BBC One
    Samantha Morton – “I Am Kirsty”
    Suranne Jones – “Gentleman Jack”
    LIVE EVENT
    Blue Planet Live
    Election 2019 Live: The Results (ITV)
    Glastonbury 2019
    Operation Live
    MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
    Guz Khan – “Man Like Mobeen”
    Jamie Demetriou – “Stath Lets Flats”
    Ncuti Gatwa – “Sex Education”
    Youssef Kerkour – “Home” – Jantaculum
    MINI-SERIES
    “A Confession”
    “Chernobyl”
    “The Victim”
    “The Virtues”
    NEWS COVERAGE
    Hong Kong Protests
    ITV News At Ten: Election Results
    Prince Andrew & The Epstein Scandal (Newsnight)
    Victoria Derbyshire: Men Who Lost Loved Ones to Knife Crime
    REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
    “Celebrity Gogglebox”
    “Harry’s Heroes: The Full English”
    “Race Across the World”
    “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK”
    SCRIPTED COMEDY
    “Catastrophe”
    “Derry Girls”
    “Fleabag”
    “Stath Lets Flats”
    SHORT FORM PROGRAMME
    “Anywhere But Westminster”
    “Brain in Gear”
    “Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle”
    “Toni_With_An_I”
    SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
    “The Abused”
    “David Harewood: Psychosis and Me”
    “The Family Secret”
    “The Last Survivors”
    SINGLE DRAMA
    “Brexit”: The Uncivil War
    “Elizabeth is Missing”
    “The Left Behind”
    “Responsible Child”
    SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
    “Casualty”
    “Coronation Street”
    “Emmerdale”
    “Holby City”
    SPECIALIST FACTUAL
    “8 Days: To the Moon and Back”
    “Seven Worlds, One Planet”
    “Thatcher: A Very British Revolution Production Team” – BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit/BBC Two
    “Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story”
    SPORT
    2019 Rugby World Cup Final: England v South Africa
    ICC Cricket World Cup Final
    FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 Semi Final: England v USA
    Wimbledon 2019 Men’s Final
    SUPPORTING ACTOR
    Joe Absolom – “A Confession”
    Josh O’Connor – “The Crown” – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
    Stellan Skarsgard – “Chernobyl” – Sister Pictures
    Will Sharpe – “Giri/Haji”
    SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    VIRGIN MEDIA MUST SEE MOMENT
    “Coronation Street” – The Death of Sinead Osborne – ITV Studios/ITV
    “Fleabag” – Confessional scene – Two Brothers Pictures/BBC Three
    “Game of Thrones” – Arya Kills the Night King
    “Gavin and Stavey” – Nessa Proposes to Smithy
    “Line of Duty” – John Corbett’s Death
    “Love Island” – Michael recouples after Casa Amor

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    'Peaky Blinders' Creator Recalls How Jason Statham Lost Starring Role to Cillian Murphy

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    In a new interview, Steven Knight admits that he initially set his sight on having the ‘Mechanic: Resurrection’ star lead the cast as brutal Birmingham crime boss Tommy Shelby.
    Jun 4, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight had his sights set on Jason Statham to lead the cast of his hit series before Cillian Murphy forced him to reconsider.
    The writer and director met both actors in Los Angeles and came away from the get togethers convinced Statham was the man to play brutal Birmingham, England, crime boss Tommy Shelby.
    He tells Esquire, “One of the reasons was because physically, in the room, Jason is Jason.”
    But Murphy helped to change his mind with a text, which read simply: “Remember, I’m an actor.”
    “Cillian, when you meet him, isn’t Tommy, obviously, but I was stupid enough not to understand that,” Knight adds. “He can transform himself. If you meet him in the street he is a totally different human being.”

    Production on the sixth season of “Peaky Blinders” was set to start as the coronavirus pandemic shut down the film industry in the U.K.

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    'RHOBH': Brandi Glanvile Offers Details About Her Alleged Hookup With Denise Richards in New Teaser

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    The other ‘RHOBH’ stars later confront Denise about the claims that Brandi tells them at a cast dinner, prompting Denise to cry and exclaim, ‘That is not true!’
    Jun 4, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Details about Brandi Glanville and Denise Richards’ rumored hookups are finally here. In a new teaser for “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, Brandi can be seen giving explicit details about her alleged affair with her former “RHOBH” co-star, who is married to Aaron Phypers.
    Speaking to Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Lisa Rinna, Erika Jayne and Teddi Mellencamp at a cast dinner, Brandi shares, “Denise and [her husband] Aaron [Phypers] have this whole open thing…I f***ed her, woke up the next morning [and] she said, ‘Aaron can never know this. He’ll kill me.’ ” Denise was absent from the outing.
    Later, the other Housewives confront Denise about the claims that Brandi tells them previously. “What the f**k?” she exclaims while crying. Denise then insists, “That is not true!” While the other ladies are still trying to process the whole thing, Dorit believes that Denise tells the truth. “I believe Denise,” she says.
    The ladies then become worried when Garcelle Beauvais reveals at a party that Denise is a “no show” to their planned meet-up. She tries to call the actress but she doesn’t pick up. “I hope to God she’s okay. My heart is racing. I’m really, really scared,” Dorit, who also tries to call Denise, anxiously shares.
    Unfortunately, Denise doesn’t seem to be okay. She’s featured engaging in an argument with the camera crew before the teaser ends.
    The hookup rumors started when the “RHOBH” cast went on a trip to Rome in late November 2019. The ladies confronted Denise about a possible affair with Brandi, and further fueling the speculations, Denise has not been wearing her wedding ring since the alleged Brandi hookup story broke.

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    NBC Reporter 'Safe' After Getting Hit With Flash-Bang Grenade While Covering Seattle Protests

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    Jo Ling Kent was live on air reporting the demonstration in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood when a flash-bang grenade likely thrown by police to protesters hit her arm.
    Jun 3, 2020
    AceShowbiz – An NBC News correspondent has given an update on her condition after she was seen in a video getting hit with a flash-bang grenade during a live broadcast on Monday night, June 1. Jo Ling Kent was reporting a protest in Seattle when it happened.
    Taking to her Instagram and Twitter page on Tuesday, Jo assured everyone that she and her team are “ok” and “safe” despite the incident caught on camera. “Hey everyone. Thankfully, our whole team is ok and safe. I’m totally fine,” she wrote, adding, “my jacket sleeve got singed and that’s it.”
    Jo expressed her gratitude to her team and people who expressed their concerns, saying, “Extremely grateful to my producer @ezra.kaplan, photographer @sammywinslade, audio @coryleibin and our two security guards. And thank you for the sweet texts, calls and tweets.” In her tweet, she also apologized for “the curse words” as some people were heard throwing expletives in the video of her reporting.

    Jo, wearing a mask to protect against tear gas, was reporting from a sports complex about the demonstration in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood when her left arm was hit by a fiery, orange burst. The network initially said that it was a firework, but after reviewing the footage the news channel determined that it was a flash-bang grenade mostly likely fired by police.
    In the video, Jo said police were approaching the demonstrators before they began throwing flash-bang grenades at the protesters. Jo and her crew quickly left the area, as protesters scrambled and ran to safety.

    Brian Williams, NBC’s in-studio anchor, said that the network has dispatched security details to accompany reporters covering the protests. A number of news reporters have been injured, arrested or harassed while on the job covering the protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
    Meanwhile, the Seattle Police Department declared that the Capitol Hill protest had become a riot after demonstrators threw “rocks, bottles and fireworks at officers and is attempting to breach barricades one block from the East Precinct.”

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    Vanessa Morgan Defends 'Riverdale' Co-Stars After Criticizing Her 'Sidekick' Character

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    Lili Reinhart, who plays Betty Cooper, and Asha Bromfield, who is known for playing the Pussycats on the Archie Comics show on The CW, among those who show support for Vanessa.
    Jun 3, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Vanessa Morgan took to Twitter to speak out about how tired she was to see how “black people are portrayed in media.” The Toni Topaz of The CW’s “Riverdale” recently declared on her account that she was not going to be “quiet anymore.”
    “Tired of how black people are portrayed in media, tired of us being portrayed as thugs, dangerous or angry scary people. Tired of us also being used as side kick non dimensional characters to our white leads,” so she wrote in her statement. “Or only used in the ads for diversity but not actually in the show. It starts with the media. I’m not being quiet anymore.”

    Vanessa Morgan criticized media for how it portrays black people.
    Responding to a fan’s tweet, Vanessa wrote, “Lmao too bad I’m the only black series regular but also paid the least. girl i could go on for days.”
    Later on Tuesday, June 2, Vanessa said, “Finally feel like I can speak up for myself and my fellow brothers and sisters and be heard. Usually everyone is fake listening. I really hope a change is coming.”
    She also made it clear that she wasn’t directing the criticism towards her “Riverdale” co-stars, including Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, KJ Apa, Madelaine Petsch and Charles Melton. “My role on Riverdale has nothing to do with my fellow castmates/friends. They don’t write the show. So no need to attack them, they don’t call the shots & I know they have my back,” Vanessa said.
    Lili, who plays Betty Cooper in the Archie Comics show, quickly showed her support for Vanessa. “We love you, V. And support you 10000%,” Lili replied to her.

    Lili Reinhart showed support fgor Vanessa.

    Asha Bromfield also declared she stood with Vanessa.
    Lili isn’t the only Vanessa’s “Riverdale” co-star who responded to the latter’s tweet. Asha Bromfield, who is known for playing the Pussycats on the show, also spoke out in response to Morgan’s statement. “Don’t even get me started with how Riverdale treated the Pussycats,” she tweeted. “We had so much more to contribute than standing in the background and adding sass to a storyline. I stand with you @VanessaMorgan.”

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