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    Cate Blanchett to Play Cult Leader on Refugee Drama 'Stateless'

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    In addition to the 50-year-old actress, the cast of the Tony Ayres-directed series, which is set to debut in America on 1 March, includes Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic West and Jai Courtney.
    Feb 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Cate Blanchett is to star in refugee TV drama “Stateless”.
    The mini-series centres on an immigration facility in the actress’ native Australia and chronicles four strangers, including an Afghan refugee and a flight attendant. Blanchett stars as a cult leader.
    The 50-year-old will collaborate with longtime friend, writer Elise McCredie, and director Tony Ayres for the six parter.
    Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic West and Jai Courtney round out the cast of the series, which will debut in America on 1 March.

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    'LHH: Miami' Star Saucy Santana Hints at Getting Revenge on Miami Tip for Being 'Tea Runner'

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    The beef between Santana and Tip stems from the latter’s comments on social media, claiming that Santana isn’t a victim of a hate crime like the latter claims.
    Feb 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Love & Hip Hop: Miami” newbie Saucy Santana sparks feud with Miami Tip, the manager of his best pal Sukihana. Santana felt that Tip rubbed him the wrong way after she revealed on social media that Santana wasn’t a victim of a hate crime like the latter claimed. Now, he seemingly planned something to get even with her.
    In a preview for an upcoming episode of “Love and Hip Hop: Miami”, Santana could be seen discussing their planned tour with Sukihana and Kamillion. “So, I wanna do a mixtape release party,” Santana said. “Y’all gotta be there. I may invite Pre too.”
    However, Santana told Sukihana not to invite Tip. “That manager, girl, she’s out of it,” he shared.
    “So recently, my good sis Santana got shot on his arm,” Sukihana explained in confessional. “Santana felt like the shooting was a hate crime because he’s gay, but Tip went on social media and said that the reason that he got shot is because he was actin’ crazy at the strip club.”
    “A lotta times, people confused like, oh, he’s a gay rapper or he’s a LGBT rapper. I’m just a rapper, period. And I been through… somre real hood s**t. Like, girl, you makin’ me look crazy out here,” Santana ranted. When Sukihana suggested that Tip might want to set the records straight, he responded, “It wasn’t like you were settin’ the record straight. You wanted to be a tea runner, false tea at that.”
    At the end, Santana appeared to change his mind and let Sukihana to invite Tip to his party. “She like the spotlight, so let her come,” Santana said.

    The beef between Santana and Tip stemmed from Tip’s comments on the shooting incident at a strip club which was targeted at Santana. He claimed that he was shot because he’s gay, but Tip begged to differ. In an Instagram Live, Tip claimed, “Santana pulled down his pants. Security said, ‘You can’t do that in here, my brother.’ So, Santana, he get loud and go crazy on the security guard. It wasn’t a LGBT discrimination.”

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    Ariana Grande Channels Musical Fairy of Hope in Jim Carrey's 'Kidding'

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    Making a cameo appearance in the latest episode of the dramedy series, the ‘Thank You, Next’ hitmaker shows off her musical ability alongside the lead actor and Catherine Keener.
    Feb 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Ariana Grande joined Jim Carrey for a pixie dust-infused cameo on the latest episode of his series “Kidding” on Sunday, February 23.
    Directed by Michel Gondry, who previously teamed with Carrey for “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, the episode features the “Side to Side” hitmaker as Piccola Grande, the Pickle Fairy of Hope.
    Grande appeared in two musical segments, including the Broadway-style track “Stick Together”, which also featured Carrey and co-star Catherine Keener.
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    The singer announced the appearance last August (2019)

    “Nothing is crazier than getting to work with and spend time with someone whom you’ve idolized and adored since before you could speak,” she wrote alongside an image of herself and Carrey embracing. “Actually, what’s even crazier is discovering that person to be more special and warm and generous in person than you ever could’ve imagined.”

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    'Hunters' Creator Stands by Controversial Holocaust Scenes

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    Officials at the Auschwitz Memorial have criticized the Amazon Prime drama for its fictional deadly game of human chess, but creator David Weil explains the importance of the scenes to the series.
    Feb 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The creator of Al Pacino’s new TV show “Hunters (2020)” has defended the show over controversial scenes that fictionalised atrocities committed during the Holocaust.
    The Amazon Prime Video drama, which follows a team of Nazi Hunters in New York in the 1970s, led by Pacino’s Holocaust survivor Meyer Offerman, features flashbacks to scenes in Nazi death camps – including one that features a fictional deadly game of human chess.
    Officials at the Auschwitz Memorial have criticised the show, tweeting, “Auschwitz was full of horrible pain & suffering documented in the accounts of survivors. Inventing a fake game of human chess for @huntersonprime is not only a dangerous foolishness & caricature. It also welcomes future deniers. We honor the victims by preserving factual accuracy.”

    Creator David Weil, whose mother survived Auschwitz, has hit back at the idea scenes from the Holocaust should never be fictionalised for dramatic effect in a statement to Variety magazine.
    After citing his personal connection to the horrors of the Holocaust, and explaining how his team had deliberately chosen to avoid characters’ camp numbers corresponding to real victims, Weil addressed the controversy over the chess scene.
    “In speaking to the ‘chess match’ scene specifically… this is a fictionalized event,” he wrote. “Why did I feel this scene was important to script and place in series? To most powerfully counteract the revisionist narrative that whitewashes Nazi perpetration, by showcasing the most extreme – and representationally truthful – sadism and violence that the Nazis perpetrated against the Jews and other victims.”
    He went on to claim that he wanted to show a fictional atrocity, rather than a specific act that was perpetrated against real victims.
    Weil concluded by writing that he is “forever grateful to the Auschwitz Memorial for all of the important and vital work that they do” and added, “I believe we are very much on the same side and working toward the same goals.”

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    'The Bachelor' Recap: Madison Gives Peter Weber 'Suite Ultimatum' Prior to Fantasy Suite Dates

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    The new episode of the ABC dating show sees the pilot and the three women, Madison, Hannah Ann and Victoria, heading to Australia where they will spend the Fantasy Suite week.
    Feb 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – It’s finally time for the fantasy suit for Peter Weber’s season of “The Bachelor”. However, before they got there, the Monday, February 24 episode of the ABC show began right where things were left off last week. After pulling him aside following the rose ceremony, Madison hinted to Peter that she’s saving herself for marriage.
    “Next week, if you were to sleep with somebody else, it would be really hard for me to move forward in this,” so she told Peter. That only made Peter confused and he replied, “I feel like that’s not fair to the [other] relationships [with Hannah Ann Sluss and Victoria Fuller] I have, but I don’t want to give you doubt in any way and make you feel like I think any less of what we have.”
    “In no way do I want to give you an ultimatum or tell you what you can and can’t do. I hope you know that,” Madison responded. “But for me, actions speak louder than words, and I’m just really big on that.”
    Later, Peter and the ladies went to Australia. The first date was between Peter and Hannah Ann. They opted to have some fun on jet skis. Peter and Hannah Ann then had a makeout session on the beach after he told her that he’s falling for her. They later decided to spend the night together in the fantasy suite.
    The next date went to Victoria. Peter tried to clear things out with her as Victoria insisted to him that she didn’t “ruin relationship” like his ex Merissa Pence claimed. They fortunately agreed to put the drama in the past and enjoy their helicopter ride.
    Later at night, Victoria opened up to Peter about how she was treated in a past relationship and that was why she found communication difficult. She got emotional because she was worried that she wasn’t giving Peter the answers he wanted. However, they later managed to talk it through and spent the night together in the fantasy suite.
    Meanwhile in the girls’ hotel room, Madison told Hannah Ann that she wouldn’t be happy if Peter slept with someone else. Hannah Ann didn’t say much but in her confessional, she admitted that she was “really thrown off” by that because Madison should have known “what [she] was coming into” by joining “The Bachelor”.
    Then it was time for a date with Madison. They climbed to the top of the talest building in the country. During the date, the two realized how much they’re in love with each other and at the night portion of the date, Madison revealed to Peter that she’s saving herself for marriage.
    Peter respected her. Madison then said that while she didn’t want to be judgemental, she wasn’t willing to compromise if he slept with one or both of the other women. When peter admitted that he was intimate during his other fantasy suite dates with the other women, Madison was upset and hurt.
    Peter and Madison cried together and he apologized as he didn’t want to lose Madision. It remains to be seen what would happen next as it will play out in the upcoming March 2 episode that will also feature the “Women Tell All” special.

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    BTS Spills Their 'Carpool Karaoke' Car Was the Biggest 'Late Late Show' Ever Rented

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    Having just released their new album ‘Map of the Soul: 7’, the K-pop sensations share their experience filming scenes for ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ segment.
    Feb 24, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Producers at “The Late Late Show with James Corden” had to rent an extra big vehicle when the seven members of BTS (Bangtan Boys) signed on to appear in the Carpool Karaoke segment.
    The K-pop sensations, who released their new album “Map of the Soul: 7” on Friday, February 21, have already filmed their scenes for the show which airs February 25, and they told Entertainment Tonight they were surprised by the experience.
    “It took like three, four hours. I heard it’s the biggest car they ever rented because we’re seven (members). Some van, like, really hot inside,” singer RM shared. “Like, 16 cameras inside and Corden wasn’t driving it. I didn’t know, I thought he really drove, but safety first.”
    Although James Corden usually drives, he’s previously explained that he doesn’t drive the vehicles if the team thinks it might not be safe, due to various production elements.
    The “Boy With Luv” group also confessed they were excited to share new music with fans, and confessed the new record gives a glimpse into “what’s inside our souls”.

    BTS is also going to be embarking on a “Map of the Soul Tour”, which kicks off in April.

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    Tami Roman Alludes to Evelyn Lovada Being the Reason of Shaunie O'Neal Fall-Out

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    Stopping by Keyshia Cole’s ‘Fox Soul’, Tami explains the current state of her relationship with the her former co-star of the hit VH1 reality TV series which Shaunie also executive produces.
    Feb 24, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Tami Roman exited “Basketball Wives” last season due to the tension between her and former co-star and friend Shaunie O’Neal. People seem to be curious about the current state of her relationship with Shaunie, and Tami addressed the matter in a recent interview.
    Stopping by Keyshia Cole’s “Fox Soul”, Tami explained, “I thought in my mind that we were close. I thought that we had a camaraderie and sisterhood and mutual respect for each other.” Speaking of her shocking exit at the end of season 8 of the hit VH1 reality show, Tami added, “I found out over the past three seasons that the lack of friendship was shown rather than the sisterhood as it pertained to me, which was unfortunate because I care for Shaunie.”
    “I think that when I went back to the show, ‘Basketball Wives LA’ in 2015, I thought that cast was great. We had [Mehgan James], and we had [Brandi Maxiell], we had [Malaysia Pargo], [Jackie Christie]. I thought it was great. And then 2016 entered what I like to call the demon seed,” she continued.
    Seemingly alluding that Evelyn Lozada was the reason behind her fall-out with Shaunie, Tami shared, “The whole dynamic changed. And for me, it was just not a happy place to be once she returned. And this is no secret. She doesn’t like me, she never has liked me, I tried to be friends, and so now I’ve accepted that she doesn’t like me, so now I don’t like you.”
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    “I tried numerous times. I really truly did, and to find out that there were a lot of workings going on behind the scenes and emails being sent and negative, derogatory things being said about my health and my miscarriages all the way up to the network executives, I felt like at that point, that was crossing a line for me. So there was no way we could have ever worked together, for me,” she continued.

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    Skeet Ulrich to 'Explore Other Creative Opportunities' Following 'Riverdale' Exit

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    Also leaving the teen drama series, Marisol Nichols says in her statement that she had ‘an incredible time bringing Hermione Lodge to life’ and calls her ‘amazing cast’ family.
    Feb 24, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Skeet Ulrich has stunned “Riverdale” fans by revealing he is leaving the show.
    The actor has portrayed F.P. Jones in the teen drama since it launched in 2017, but now he’s moving on to “explore other creative opportunities”.
    “I’m incredibly grateful for the friendships I’ve made on Riverdale, and I will miss seeing everyone on a daily basis,” Skeet shared in a statement on Sunday (February 23). “I’m proud to have been part of such a talented group of people, in front of the camera and behind.”

    Marisol Nichols has also revealed she is leaving “Riverdale”.
    The actress, who portrays Hermione Lodge on the show, has released a statement to TVLine, which reads: “I had an incredible time bringing Hermione Lodge to life and working with my amazing cast, who became family.”
    “We had so many wonderful times together during the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. We really do have the best fans ever. I am looking forward to the next chapter and am excited about the future.”
    Commenting on the exits on Sunday, “Riverdale” showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa said, “Part of life in Riverdale – and part of growing up – is saying goodbye to people. I’m grateful to Skeet and Marisol for their incredible work on the show these last four years, and we all wish them well on their future endeavors.”
    “F.P. and Hermione will never be far from our hearts. And, of course, they’re always welcome back in ‘Riverdale’.”
    Neither castmate will return for the fifth season of the show.

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