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    'American Idol' Recap: Security Guard Makes History After a Stunning Audition

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    Meanwhile, Genavieve Linkowski returns to perform an emotional rendition of ‘How Am I Supposed to Live Without You’ by Michael Bolton, a tribute for her sister who died in a car accident.
    Mar 2, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “American Idol” season 18 continued its auditions on Sunday, March 1 episode, and this time it was in Savannah. Kicking off the episode was Kimmy Gabriela who performed a stunning rendition of “Let’s Hurt Tonight” by OneRepublic in front of judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie.
    Luke believed Kimmy was special and thought that she was Top 10 material. Kimmy was sent to Hollywood alongside a few numbers of singers including Amelia, Erin Kirby and Jordan Jones. Following it up was Lauren Mascitti who sang an original song titled “If I Can Lose You”. The song impressed Lional and unsurprisingly she headed to Hollywood.
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    A security guard named Courtney Timmonds then made history as she was brought by host Ryan Seacrest to the judges to audition because she missed the deadline. She performed a gorgeous rendition of “Rise Up” by Andra Day, prompting Katy to gush that she’s “one of the best singers we’ve seen today.” Courtney was sent to Hollywood after they shared an emotional moment together.
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    Performing Pink’s “What About Us” was Lauren Spencer-Smith. She was praised by Katy who told her she’s got a “God given gift.” Lauren would join others in Hollywood. Next up was DeWayne Crocker Jr. who sang “Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin. The judges loved his range and would expect to see more of him in Hollywood.
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    Also being sent to Hollywood was Dillon James. He amazed everyone with his performance of a soulful rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love”. Katy admitted that she was “intrigued” by Dylan’s “unusual voice,” and other judges also seemed to share the same sentiment. Unsurprisingly Dillon headed to Hollywood.
    Geena and Shannon Gibbon also wowed the judges during their auditions and headed to Hollywood. Concluding the night was Genavieve Linkowski. She performed an emotional rendition of “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” by Michael Bolton, a tribute for her sister who died in a car accident.
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    The judges loved it and she got three yes to go to Hollywood.

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    'RHONJ' Star Teresa Giudice Is 'Embarrassed and Angry' Over Season Finale

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    In the finale, which aired on Wednesday, February 26, Melissa Gorga spilled the tea that Teresa encouraged Danielle Staub to pull Margaret Joseph’s hair during their fight at a boutique.
    Mar 2, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Teresa Giudice isn’t proud of what she did in the season 10 finale of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey”. According to a new report, the episode “was really hard for Teresa to watch” since she was revealed to be telling Danielle Staub to pull Margaret Joseph’s hair during their fight.
    A source continued telling HollywoodLife.com on Sunday, March 1, “She was really embarrassed and angry and is so ready to move on from this season and on to the next.” However, it didn’t make her want to exit the Bravo reality TV series.
    “In zero way is this making her not want to come back. She loves the show and the platform it gives her and has no plans to walk away despite the backlash she’s received from the episode,” added the insider. “She’s happy that her castmates have supported her since walking away from her friendship to Danielle.”
    The 47-year-old TV personality is allegedly “confident that she and Marge (Margaret) will eventually be fine again and she gets why she’s upset.” However, “Teresa is still done with Danielle. They spoke at the reunion and she has no plans to speak to her again anytime in the near future. She’s done.”
    In the finale, which aired on Wednesday, February 26, Melissa Gorga spilled the tea that Danielle told her that Teresa encouraged her to pull Margaret’s hair during their fight at a boutique. Upon knowing that, Margaret lashed out at Teresa, saying, “Why would you ever tell her to pull my hair? How sick is that? You f***ing love this girl so much that you’re gonna f***ing just let her hurt me? For what? For what? You’re a real f***ing a**hole. I’m like f***ing freaked out. This is your f***ing friend? This is who you wanna associate with?”
    After being blasted by Margaret, Teresa appeared to be pissed off because she knew that Bravo would most likely use this for storyline. “You guys are f**ing assholes. I’m going home!” she shouted after flipping one of the cameraman the bird and throwing her drink.
    Later, Teresa called Danielle and confronted her. “I didn’t agree with attacking someone. That was your f***ing decision, and then afterwards, what did I tell you afterwards? I’m so mad at myself. I don’t ever wanna hurt anybody again. It’s f***ed up. I’m not like that,” she told Danielle. She then decided to end her friendship with Danielle, saying, “I wish you all the best, I just don’t wanna be friends anymore. I had enough. Alright, bye,” before hanging up.

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    Elisabeth Moss Would Give Up Her Salary to Have Meryl Streep on 'Handmaid's Tale'

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    The ‘Invisible Man’ actress is desperate to have her idol guest star on her television series that she would ‘do anything’ including sacrificing her TV fee.
    Mar 2, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Actress Elisabeth Moss would sacrifice her TV salary on “The Handmaid’s Tale” to land Meryl Streep as a guest star.
    The 37 year old hasn’t been shy about expressing her admiration for her idol Streep as she promotes her new horror film “The Invisible Man”, and she is desperate to work with the three-time Oscar winner on her dystopian drama series, based on author Margaret Atwood’s seminal 1985 novel of the same name.
    “I would do anything,” gushed Moss, who also serves as an executive producer on “The Handmaid’s Tale”, which is filmed in Canada.
    “I would give up my salary, I would give up other actors’ salaries! They would too, they would be into it!” she laughed on U.S. daytime show “Strahan, Sara and Keke”. “We would pool (our funds), we would go, we would personally carry her to Canada!”
    However, Moss fears her obsession with Streep could land her at the receiving end of a protective order after naming the acting veteran as the person she would most like to spy on if she was invisible.
    “I’ve never met her. I walked by her on the street once,” she shared. “I’ve never worked with her, obviously. I am obsessed with her… She’s a legend…”
    “But I keep talking about her in interviews, and one of the big questions I get is, ‘What would you do if you were invisible?’ And I usually answer that I would watch Meryl Streep act up close, as a performer – not like, in her home or in her trailer, just watch her act. But I’m pretty convinced she’s gonna find out about this and have a restraining order against me!”

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    Orlando Jones Reacts After Co-Star Ricky Whittle Accuses Him of Faking Racism Claims

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    The Mr. Nancy depicter hits back at his former ‘American Gods’ co-star after the latter suggested the racism story was just Jones’ tactic to gain public sympathy.
    Mar 1, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Orlando Jones shared DMs from his former co-star Ricky Whittle who plays the lead role on “American Gods”. In his private message, Whittle expressed his dissapointment towards Jones for telling the public in December 2019 that he was fired from the Starz television series because of his race.
    Whittle disagreed with Jones. The British actor described the situation as “incompetence” and not “racism.” He suggested Jones only used the race card to get back at the producers because Jones was angry. He also slammed Jones for putting him and the other cast members in an awkward situation.
    He accused Jones of faking his racism claims, “Using the racism card to burn ur friends house down is clever but we both know it’s just incompetence not racism & we are caught in the crossfire. U have put me and the cast in a bad situation that’s unfair. I get ur angry, I get THEY cost u money, We totally had ur back on the incompetence, but pulling the race card to insight public trolls is a bulls**t tactic & u know it.”
    “I’m proud of all the powerful ethnic stories we are telling this season & yes I wish you were still here,” Whittle added. “Honesly, I hope to remain friends but have to say what ur causing is upsetting & im disappointed.”
    While Whittle wrote a lenghty message, Jones responded with a very short message. “So am I,” so he replied to Whittle’s disappointment.
    Whittle responded by admitting Jones “wrote some beautiful stuff and really helped get us through a tough season 2,” but he insisted he and the other cast members just didn’t understand “where the racism card comes in.”
    Getting no reply from Jones, he eventually wrote another message, “I know you’re just looking after you and yours, I respect that. Good luck, we always have love for you man and hope you get what you want fella #bless.”
    Jones chose to respond to Whittle publicly. He scoffed at his former co-star, saying it was a little too late for Whitte to reach out to him. “This person didn’t call me in September when I was fired or November or December. Has my cell, email, WhatsApp etc,” he revealed, adding that Whittle only sent him DMs because of the SAG investigation.
    Jones continued to put Whittle on blast over his seemingly fake concerns, “This man has no idea what transpired between me, Freemantle and Starz. Nvr asked. Nvr cared. Now he says he’s ‘caught in the crossfire.’ He also says, ‘I’m using the racist card to burn ur friends house down.’ ”
    He mocked, “Holy s**t! Wait, we’re friends? Yay!”

    Orlando Jones hits back at Ricky Whittle
    He continued, “I’m so sorry my firing is SO upsetting to ‘we.’ When RodneyB & I were fixing ‘we’ in s2. ‘We’ was powerless & thankful. What makes u think ‘we’ experience as actors was anything like mine as an actor, writer, producer? How is my life, just like your lives? How are ‘we’ & me alike?”

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    Hilary Duff Would Love to Move 'Lizzie McGuire' Reboot From Disney to Hulu

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    The former child actress describes Disney’s PG rating as limitations so she would love to bring her reboot series to Hulu after the project was put on hold by the Mouse House.
    Mar 1, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Hilary Duff has vented her frustrations over the upcoming “[t=Lizzie McGuire” reboot at Disney+.
    Last month, January 2020, the project was put on hold as the show’s original creator Terri Minsky left the production after filming two episodes, amid claims studio bosses weren’t happy with the direction of the revived show was taking.
    Earlier this week, Hilary, who plays the title character in the show, hinted she was unhappy with the network, and on Friday the 32-year-old actress took to Instagram to voice her concerns.
    “Was incredibly excited to launch ‘Lizzie’ on D+ and my passion remains!” she wrote. “However, I feel a huge responsibility to honor the fans’ relationship with LIZZIE who, like me, grew up seeing themselves in her.”
    She continued, “I’d be doing a disservice to everyone by limiting the realities of a 30 year old’s journey to live under the ceiling of a PG rating… It’s important to me that just as her experience as a preteen / teenager navigating her life were authentic, her next chapters are equally as real and relatable.”
    The star went on to suggest a possible resolution for the issue would be changing network altogether, adding, “It would be a dream if Disney would let us move the show to Hulu, if they were interested, and I could bring this beloved character to life again.”
    Hilary’s post comes after it was reported a TV series loosely based on the 2018 LGBTQ+ coming-of-age movie, “Love, Simon”, had been dropped by Disney + and picked up by Hulu, as it was apparently not “family friendly” enough.
    At the time of the claims, she posted a screenshot of a headline reading, “Love, Simon TV Show Pulled From Disney+ as It’s Not ‘Family-Friendly,’ ” and added, “Sounds familiar…”

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    Anthony Mackie Confirms He'll Be First Black Captain America in 'Falcon and Winter Soldier'

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    The Marvel actor who plays Sam Wilson in MCU reveals he will take over the role of Captain America in the upcoming series with Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes.
    Mar 1, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Anthony Mackie has confirmed his character Sam Wilson will take over the role of Captain America in Disney+’s upcoming series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”.
    Chris Evans debuted as the iconic superhero in 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger”, but his storyline came to an emotional and touching conclusion at the end of “Avengers: Endgame”, when his character Steve Rogers passed his iconic shield on to Mackie’s Sam Wilson to take up the mantle of Captain America.
    Speaking at the premiere of “Altered Carbon”, the 41-year-old actor confirmed to website shadowandact.com he’ll take on the “daunting” task of “being a black man and becoming Captain America.”
    “At this day and age in America, I think we are open-minded to the idea of having my face represent us, as a country,” Anthony shared. “And my race represent us as a country because we’re truly a melting pot. So there is no distinctive look or feel or design of an American. We’re all Americans.”
    He added, “To be Captain America, I want my Captain America to represent everybody. Not just a specific group of people.”
    The star also teased details of the series, hinting fans will get to know Sam more in the show, which launches in August 2020.
    “You really get to know Sam Wilson. You really get to know Bucky Barnes, as individuals and human beings and their thoughts and feelings,” he said. “So, I’m excited for people to see that part of Sam because in Avengers and in Captain America, he really was just like there for a brief time whenever Steve needed him. But now you get to see the ins and outs of his home life.”
    He continued, “These shows are very different than the movies. These shows are art pieces. They are individual… They’re not origin stories. They’re more a day in the life story.”

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    'Hawaii Five-0' to Wrap Up After 10 Seasons

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    In a statement about the series’ ending, CBS Entertainment president Kelly Kahl gushes, ‘We cannot be prouder of its quality, longevity and are thankful for the passionate fan-devotion it inspired.’
    Feb 29, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The “Hawaii Five-0” reboot is set to wrap for good at the end of its current 10th season.
    The hit crime drama series, starring Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan as task force partners Steve McGarrett and Danny Williams, will conclude with a two-hour finale in April, reports Deadline.
    Kelly Kahl, President of CBS Entertainment, which produces the show, says, “It’s never easy to say goodbye to a hit franchise that carried on the legacy of the original with such distinction while establishing its own signature style.”
    “From episode one, ‘Hawaii Five-0’ has been a huge success for us… We cannot be prouder of its quality, longevity and are thankful for the passionate fan-devotion it inspired.”
    Developed by Peter M. Lenkov, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci, the series was launched in 2010 as a re-imagining of Leonard Freeman’s classic police procedural, “Hawaii Five-O”, which originally aired for 12 seasons until 1980 with Jack Lord as McGarrett and James MacArthur as Williams.

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    Mama June Looks Unkept and Sports Rotting Teeth in New 'From Not to Hot' Trailer

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    Before the promo of upcoming season 4 of the WE tv series ends, fans are glimpsed with the current state of Mama June who doesn’t look great as her front teeth is seemingly rotting.
    Feb 29, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Mama June: From Not to Hot | Family Crisis” returns with more drama. In a new trailer for season 4 of the WE tv show, June Shannon a.k.a. Mama June can be seen being brought back into the family after months of dealing with the law following her and boyfriend Edward “Geno” Doak’s drugs-related arrest.
    The dramatic clip opens with the flashback of June and Geno being arrested back in March 2019 for drug possesion and an alleged altercation. The pair pleaded not guilty in October but that doesn’t make June’s daughter Honey Boo Boo (Alana Thompson) regain her trust for her mom.
    “I don’t even know who she is anymore,” Honey Boo Boo admits as someone adds in voiceover, “Geno’s got such a hold on her.” Meanwhile, June’s 20-year-old daughter Pumpkin (Lauryn Shannon) doesn’t hold back when it comes to blasting her mom’s boyfriend whom she dubs “a piece of s**t.” She adds to the camera, “I don’t think Mama really understands that everything she does affects all of us too.”
    Later in the trailer, “Marriage Boot Camp” psychiatrist Dr. Ish Major is making an intervention to Mama June as he tries to convince Honey Boo Boo that her mom loves her. As if that isn’t dramatic enough, Jennifer, the current wife of Mama June’s ex Sugar Bear (Mike Thompson), is seeking for full custody of Honey Boo Boo since she doesn’t think that Pumpkin is capable to take care of the 14-year-old.
    Before the clip ends, fans are glimpsed with the current state of Mama June. She doesn’t look great as her front teeth is seemingly rotting. Making her look messier is her unkept hair. She is getting emotional when she opens the door where Pumpkin is waiting.
    “No one knows what the real story is,” June says to the camera while holding back her tears.
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    “Mama June: Family Crisis” returns on Friday, March 27 at 9 P.M. on WE tv.

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