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      Phoebe Waller-Bridge Left Flustered by Original 'Fleabag' Jokes at First Rehearsal

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      The ‘Killing Eve’ showrunner recalls the first rehearsal of ‘Fleabag’ and claims she was ‘genuinely being quite shocked and a bit embarrassed’ by the unapologetic jokes.
      Apr 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Phoebe Waller-Bridge was taken aback when she revisited her original “Fleabag” scripts years later.
      The award-winning writer/actress’ one-woman show was the original inspiration for the acclaimed TV series, and a performance recorded at London’s Wyndham Theatre last year 2019 was recently released for video-on-demand services as a charity fundraiser.
      Speaking on Friday’s April 24, 2020 instalment of “The Graham Norton Show”, the star opened up on the show’s journey to success, and admitted that, after originally penning scripts in her mid-20s, she was “shocked and embarrassed” by some of the lines.
      “I was in my mid-20s when I did it originally and everyone involved was full of attitude, and totally unapologetic about what we wanted to say and do with the work,” she said. “When I re-mounted it in New York in my early 30s I remember in the first rehearsal opening the script – which is quite a lot edgier than the TV show – and genuinely being quite shocked and a bit embarrassed.”
      “I really didn’t think I could say some of the lines,” she mused, adding, “But once I got back into the character it was a lot easier.”
      Self-isolating fans in the U.K. and Ireland can watch the show on the Soho Theatre’s On Demand site while it debuted on Amazon Prime Video for users in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
      Downloads cost around $5, and benefit charities aiding those affected by the global pandemic, including The National Emergencies Trust, NHS Charities Together, Acting For Others, and the newly-established Fleabag Support Fund, aimed at providing grants of $3,000 to freelance workers in the U.K. theatre industry.

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      'Peaky Blinders' Adds 'The Irishman' Star Stephen Graham

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      The former ‘Boardwalk Empire’ actor is expected to join the cast members of the British television show when it resumes filming as soon as coronavirus is over.
      Apr 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Stephen Graham is joining the cast of hit U.K. TV show “Peaky Blinders” when it resumes filming after the coronavirus.
      According to British newspaper The Sun, the star has said he was about to start filming on the show just before shooting shut down last month, March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
      “I was supposed to be starting Peaky Blinders but that has been put on hold indefinitely,” he revealed. “My agent spent a lot of time putting that together.”
      Stephen will join its star Cillian Murphy in the cast and will follow Tom Hardy, Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, and Sam Claflin as the latest big name to sign up for the hit show.
      Shooting on “Peaky Blinders” was officially halted on March 16 – four days before U.K. officials announced pubs, restaurants and bars would have to close, and Helen McCrory revealed that she, Cillian, and its producers asked the BBC to halt production.
      “Together with the producers, we approached the BBC and said we’re going to pull this now before we have to do this down the line,” she told Deadline.com.

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      Bret Michaels Inspired to Revive Dating Show 'Rock of Love' After 'The Masked Singer' Stint

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      The Poison rocker is hoping to bring back his television show ‘Rock of Love With Bret Michaels’ after he competed on the FOX singing contest as The Banana.
      Apr 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Poison star Bret Michaels wants to revive his dating show “Rock of Love With Bret Michaels” – with a twist.
      The star is the latest celebrity to be unmasked on Fox reality TV series “The Masked Singer”, and his stint on the programme, which features stars performing in elaborate disguises in a bid to fool the shows judges and viewers at home, has inspired him to think up some new concepts.
      Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Bret mused he’d like to bring back his VH1 show, which saw eligible single women competing for the star’s affection, in a new format where the potential couples are kept hidden from their suitors.
      “I threw it out there the other day, joking, ‘I’m thinking Banana of Love. We take Rock of Love to a whole new level,’ ” he said, referring to his The Banana costume of “The Masked Singer”.
      “So imagine you’re in some kind of outfit and then they have to love you for your personality,” he explained. “Every show says that, but no one really means it. This would actually mean you would have to be loved as a masked human being and they would actually like you as a person. And then you’re hoping when the mask comes off the other part of the chemistry works. So, Banana of Love.”
      While he’s happy to pitch the idea, Michaels said he’d have no interest in being a contestant on it.
      “I’m a family man, but let’s just say I would be a great host,” he explained. “I would be great at giving advice that they could either listen to or completely ignore, if they’re smart.”

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      'Dawson's Creek' Reunion Blocked From Hulu's New Series 'Little Fires Everywhere'

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      The web television drama miniseries starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington almost features a reunion between Joshua Jackson and his former co-star Kerr Smith.
      Apr 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – An onscreen “Dawson’s Creek” reunion between Joshua Jackson and Kerr Smith on the set of “Little Fires Everywhere” was nixed as it was considered “too distracting.”
      Showrunner Liz Tigelaar reveals shortly after Jackson landed the role of attorney Bill Richardson in the limited series, she thought it would be great to bring Smith onboard for a cameo, having previously worked together on 2010 drama “Life Unexpected”.
      However, Tigelaar soon had a change of heart about the idea as the thought of having Jackson and Smith – known for their breakthrough roles as Pacey Witter and Jack McPhee – share the screen again, 17 years after “Dawson’s Creek” wrapped for good was too much for her to bear.
      In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, Tigelaar, who also served as a writer for “Dawson’s Creek”, explained, “I wanted to put Kerr Smith in so bad, but the only thing I could do was (have him in a scene) with Josh Jackson, and I thought it was going to be too distracting for Jack and Pacey to be reunited.”
      She “felt so bad” about leaving Smith out of “Little Fires Everywhere”, but knew “Dawson’s Creek” fans would already have enough to get excited about with scenes of Jackson walking around half-naked in his “tighty-whities.”
      “Josh has already been in his tighty-whities. So much has happened,” Tigelaar reflected, adding of the potential Smith cameo, “It’s going to be jarring. It’s going to be like, ‘Jack’s here?’ ”
      “My heart couldn’t handle it, either!”
      “Little Fires Everywhere” also stars Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington and is adapted from author Celeste Ng’s bestselling novel of the same name. The eighth and final episode premiered on streaming service Hulu on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

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      'RHOA': NeNe Leakes Made Yovanna Momplaisir Lie About 'SnakeGate' Audio

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      Elsewhere during the reunion special, Kenya Moore accuses her longtime nemesis of cheating on her husband with a guy named Rodney who lives in Washington D.C.
      Apr 25, 2020
      AceShowbiz – More details about what went down during “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” reunion have found their way online. This time, it was about the infamous “SnakeGate” in which Cynthia Bailey allegedly badmouthed her co-star NeNe Leakes during an interview. However, it turns out that it was merely a lie.
      Yovanna Momplaisir, who was revealed to be the one having the audio proof, attended the reunion special and confessed that she never actually had the file. She also said that it was all a ploy NeNe made to create a storyline, according to Lovebscott.com. Yovanna allegedly mentioned that she decided to go along with her friend’s plan because she thought it would help her become a full-time member instead of a friend.
      Besides the “SnakeGate”, NeNe and Kenya Moore unsurprisingly went at it again during the reunion. While the “Glee” alum attacked the former beauty queen over her rocky marriage to Marc Daly, Kenya accused her of having a secret boyfriend named Rodney in Washington D.C.
      For those who need a reminder, rumors of NeNe having a secret boyfriend started around last month, with a report claiming that she first met him while opening her Baltimore store in May 2019. “She spends a lot of time in Maryland not only because of this boutique, but also because of her side guy,” so a source said. “She flaunts her relationship with him around openly like they’re together.”
      Back to “RHOA” reunion, Kandi Burruss previously [u=news/view/00152839.htmlrevealed that the reunion was so explosive that some people decided to walk out. “That was stressing me out, and then when we got off, I just felt exhausted,” she added. “I talked to a couple of the girls afterwards. I know I talked to [Marlo Hampton]. Marlo was like, ‘Girl! I need a drink! I am done! I need a whole relaxation moment.’ ”

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      'RHOA': Cast Members 'Walked Out' in 'Aggresive' Virtual Reunion

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      According to Kandi Burruss, some arguments during the reunion got escalated with them ‘yelling and screaming’ to each other, to the point that ‘it was hurting my ears.’
      Apr 25, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast members may not be physically facing off each other in the upcoming reunion, but that doesn’t make this less tense. In a new interview, Kandi Burruss shared that the virtual reunion, in fact, was so explosive that some people decided to just walk out.
      “I think some people still have more to say. Some people walked out,” the 43-year-old Bravo personality spilled the tea to HollywoodLife. While she wasn’t able to say more than that, Kandi insisted that she told the truth. “I’m not going to lie. Well, for me, it was aggressive,” she said.
      “I would say aggressive because I mean the arguments were going so crazy sometimes that [host] [Andy Cohen] is trying to get us to stop and he can’t because we’re not in the room with him so nobody can stop us from talking or saying what we need to say, so people are just going for roadkill when they say what it is they need to say until finally some of us had to be muted,” so she continued.
      Kandi also shared that some arguments got escalated with them “yelling and screaming.” She recalled, “It was hurting my ears. I literally had to send production a text like please turn down my headphones.”
      “That was stressing me out, and then when we got off, I just felt exhausted,” she added. “I talked to a couple of the girls afterwards. I know I talked to [Marlo Hampton]. Marlo was like, ‘Girl! I need a drink! I am done! I need a whole relaxation moment.’ ”

      Kandi didn’t reveal which cast members who were involved in the screaming match, but it’s more likely that they’re longtime rivals NeNe Leakes and Kenya Moore. The latter previously hinted  that she’s looking “forward to exposing for the person she really is.”
      “I think this is a reunion of exposure. And I have the receipts to back it up. I have the people to back it up. I have everything I need so that the world will know just who she really is,” she teased.
      However, she hinted that NeNe wouldn’t be the only one among the cast members whom she would be coming after. “Well, my focus is addressing all of the women that I’ve had issues with,” so she shared. “I think that I will do what I’ve always done which is just to be really honest and be factual and to keep it as classy as I possibly can under the circumstances.”
      Kenya didn’t mention any names other than NeNe. However, it’s possible that she might be attacking Porsha Williams and Tanya Sam later.

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      Omarion Teases at Going 'Little Deeper' Into Apryl Jones and Lil Fizz Drama on 'The Connection'

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      The B2K rapper also talks about his ‘unbothered’ essential oils, saying, ‘The scent is gonna truly represent the attitude and embody sometimes the position you need to take.’
      Apr 25, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Omarion is gearing up for his upcoming Zeus network series titled “The Connection”. Prior to the premiere, the B2K rapper sat down with PeopleTV to reveal what people could expect from his new TV series.
      “A lot of people know that I have a way of addressing things. As a creative person, this is my main language, creativity,” he shared. “I think the interesting thing about creativity is that creativity has many perspectives and I think there’s always lessons and takeaways from life’s situations. Looking at it now, I’m so honored to be able to be the example for a lot of people in their relationships.”
      When asked if he would address the drama surrounding her baby mama Apryl Jones and ex B2K groupmate Lil Fizz, Omarion responded, “We’re definitely gonna be diving into that… I will be diving a little deeper into the intricacies and some of the challenges because really that’s all it is, it’s just a challenge.”
      However, it seemed like it wouldn’t take much portion of the show since Omarion revealed that he had been busy with his new venture, “unbothered” essential oil. “The scent is gonna truly represent the attitude and embody sometimes the position you need to take,” Omarion said. “Sometimes you need to deal with things head-on, but sometimes you need to be unbothered.”

      For the past months, Omarion and Apryl have been making headlines after she confirmed that she was dating O’s B2K groupmate Lil Fizz before eventually splitting. O was known to be unbothered by the whole thing, though he started to break his silence in interviews earlier this year.
      “I don’t have a relationship with Fizz. I think that there should be [an] opportunity for us to talk one day. I don’t know when that is, but there should be opportunity… Because it’s such a question to people. So, it kinda creates this layer of ‘I don’t know,’ ” he said on Big Boy’s “Neighborhood” in February, before adding that Fizz and Apryl were already dating when B2K was on the “Millennium Tour” in 2019.
      The former couple didn’t say anything to him though, as Omarion found out about their relationship through rumors. “I wanna be clear though, what me and Apryl had is what me and Apryl had. We created something really beautiful and we gave something truly beautiful to each other that’s really irreplaceable. So, at the end of the day, even though I have public issues, I wish no ill intent or malice towards anyone,” Omarion insisted.

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      Phoebe Waller-Bridge Extends COVID-19 Charity Streaming of 'Fleabag'

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      Having raised more than $1 million for coronavirus relief, the ‘Killing Eve’ showrunner prolongs the release of her one-woman show on-demand services until the end of May.
      Apr 25, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge is giving isolated fans extra time to check out her live theatre performance of “Fleabag” after raising more than $1 million (£809,000) for coronavirus relief.
      The Brit’s one-woman show, the original inspiration for the acclaimed TV comedy, was recorded at London’s Wyndham Theatre last year (19) and was released on video on-demand services for a limited two-week run in early April.
      Downloads cost around $5 (£4), with funds benefitting causes including The National Emergencies Trust, NHS Charities Together, Acting For Others, and the newly-established Fleabag Support Fund, aimed at providing grants of $3,000 (£2,500) to struggling freelance workers in the U.K. theatre industry.
      The initial streaming period proved to be so popular, raising in excess of $1 million, Waller-Bridge has now extended the show’s availability until the end of May.
      Fans in the U.K. and Ireland can check out the gig via the Soho Theatre’s On Demand site, (https://ondemand.sohotheatre.com/), while users in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand can access it via Amazon Prime Video (https://www.primevideo.com/).

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