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Natalie Portman has been an accomplished actress who began her acting career with award-winning performances at the young age of 12. The actress debuted in Luc Besson's critically acclaimed film, Leon: the Professional and is all set to play Mighty Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder this year. Natalie Portman Accidentally Reveals 'Big Spoiler' About Her Character In Thor: Love and Thunder Over the years, Portman has been vocal about her traumatic experience as a young actress and being exposed to the dark side of the industry. The actress had been sexualised by the media and fans at an early age due to her films. According to reports, there were radio shows running a countdown to her 18th birthday. During a podcast interview, she said that it made her feel unsafe and she begin portraying a different image of herself. She told the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, "I was definitely aware of the fact that I was being portrayed ... as this Lolita … [Read more...] about Natalie Portman Created An Image Of Respectful, Smart Woman After Being Sexualised As A Young Actress

News 12 dominated with 80 nominations for the 65th annual New York Emmy Awards nominations, which were revealed today. The NY chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Telemundo’s WNJU squeezed past Univision’s WXTY for second place, 53 noms to 52. Spectrum News NY1 and MSG Networks tied for fourth place with 45 nominations apiece, just ahead of WNBC News’ 44. The winners will be honored at a ceremony in October, with a date and venue TBA. The gala will be livestreamed on the New York Emmys website. Here are all the nominees for 2022 New York Emmy Awards: OVERALL EXCELLENCE CNY Central Overall Excellence – January 1, 2021 CNY Central, WSTM-NBC3, WTVH-CBS5, CW6 The WNET Group Overall Excellence Submission – January 1, 2021 The WNET Group Newsday 2021 – December 17, 2021 Newsday Roberto Yanez – January 1, 2021 NEWS EXCELLENCE Spectrum News NY1: News Excellence – January 27, 2021 Spectrum News NY1 Telemundo 47 – … [Read more...] about New York Emmy Nominations: News 12 Dominates Field; Telemundo & Univision Outlets Top All Others

EXCLUSIVE: S. Epatha Merkerson and Judith Light have been tapped to star in an episode of Peacock ’s Poker Face , a mystery drama series from Rian Johnson, his T-Street banner and MRC Television. Details of their roles, as well as plot details of the anthology-like series are being kept under wraps. They join previously announced cast, including Natasha Lyonne, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Chloë Sevigny, Dascha Polanco, Lil Rel Howery, Adrien Brody, Stephanie Hsu, Benjamin Bratt, David Castañeda and Ellen Barkin. Knives Out and Star Wars filmmaker Johnson is the creator, writer and director of Poker Face and will also executive produce alongside T-Street partner Ram Bergman and the company’s television president Nena Rodrigue. Lyonne also will serve as an executive producer via her Animal Pictures. The company’s Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens will co-executive produce. Merkerson, who portrays Sharon Goodwin on Chicago Med , won an Emmy, an Indie … [Read more...] about ‘Poker Face’: S. Epatha Merkerson & Judith Light To Star In Rian Johnson’s Peacock Series

EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Majors has signed with WME , reuniting with his first agent Elan Ruspoli at the agency. He is currently in production on Magazine Dreams, in which he stars and serves as an executive producer on the project under his Tall Street Productions. Majors will play a Black amateur bodybuilder who struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. This fall, Majors will go into production on the film adaptation of Walter Mosley’s The Man In the Basement, Majors also serves as an executive producer on the project under his Tall Street Productions. Majors is coming off a huge 2021 which included his introduction into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Kang the Conquerer, the next villain to cause havoc in the MCU. He unveiled the character in Marvel’s Loki TV series and is expected to reprise it in Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantumania. He also starred in the critically acclaimed Netflix western The Harder They Fall, which also … [Read more...] about Jonathan Majors Signs With WME

No reason to curb your enthusiasm, TV fans: JB Smoove and Melissa Fumero are set to read the Primetime Emmy nominations on July 12, the TV Academy said today. Both will appear in Blockbuster, the upcoming Netflix comedy set at the last remaining Blockbuster Video outlet. Brooklyn Nine-Nine alum Fumero stars alongside Randall Park, and Curb Your Enthusiasm ‘s Smoove is set to recur. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma will join the duo for the announcement, which will be livestreamed at Emmys .com. Smoove is a comic and actor best known for playing Leon on HBO’s long-running Larry David comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm. He won an Emmy last year as Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama for Quibi’s Mapleworth Murders, and his other credits include Spider-Man: No Way Home and voice roles on Fairfax, Woke and American Dad! Fumero starred as Officer Amy Santiago on all eight seasons of the NBC/Fox sitcom … [Read more...] about Emmys: JB Smoove & Melissa Fumero Set To Read Nominations Next Month

EXCLUSIVE : Myles Bullock ( BMF ) and Vince Staples ( Lazor Wulf ) are the latest additions to the cast of 20th Century Studios ’ White Men Can’t Jump reboot. They join an ensemble that also includes Jack Harlow, Sinqua Walls, Lance Reddick, Teyana Taylor, Laura Harrier, Tamera ‘Tee’ Kissen and more, as previously announced. The upcoming film will offer a new take on Ron Shelton’s 1992 sports comedy, starring Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes and Rosie Perez, which saw Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts and in a basketball tournament. Harlow is stepping into the role originated by Harrelson, with Walls taking on Snipes’. Bullock will play Renzo, one of Kamal’s (Walls) best friends since high school. Sarcastic and a bit of a goofy guy, he is the tallest player on the court who hates being forced to get rebounds but will step up his game if it means supporting the team. Details as to the role Staples … [Read more...] about ‘White Men Can’t Jump’: Myles Bullock & Vince Staples Join 20th Century Studios Reboot

SS Rajamouli's RRR has been garnering praise from all around the world, and the recent stars to praise the South Indian film are The Vampire Diaries actor Joseph Morgan and his actress-wife Persia White. Some of the other stars who have praised the film are Captain America writer Jackson Lanzing, Doctor Strange screenwriter Robert C Cargill, etc. RRR OTT Record: Rajamouli's Film Creates All-Time Record Across The World! Praising the film, Joseph took to his Twitter account and wrote, "Had a bit of time off shooting and @RealPersiaWhite and I watched two incredible movies. RRR & Everything Everywhere All At Once. Both were astounding. We laughed and cried and gasped in amazement. Just stunning cinema." Soon after, Joseph responded to a fan tweet and added, "It was an absolute masterpiece, from start to finish. I've been thinking about it ever since." Apart from desi fans, the official Twitter account of RRR Movie also celebrated the praise. … [Read more...] about The Vampire Diaries’ Joseph Morgan Praises SS Rajamouli’s RRR, Calls It Absolute Masterpiece

Ashley Kline-Shapiro has been promoted to vice president, unscripted and slate publicity for ABC Entertainment and Walt Disney Television (WDT) Alternative. In her new role, she will continue to oversee unscripted publicity for ABC Entertainment and will add Live with Kelly and Ryan — as well as a newly established slate publicity and special projects team — to her purview. She will also be responsible for all executive media relations for Rob Mills ’ expanded portfolio, working in close partnership with the corporate communications team and colleagues across Disney TV Studios and Hulu Originals. Kline-Shapiro will continue to report to Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul, who was recently elevated to executive vice president, publicity and events, ABC & General Entertainment, and is part of Shannon Ryan’s organization. “Ashley is a gifted publicist whose bold campaigns have distinguished ABC Entertainment unscripted content as best in class,” said Bulochnikov-Paul in a … [Read more...] about Ashley Kline-Shapiro Upped To VP Unscripted & Slate Publicity For ABC, Walt Disney TV Alternative

SAN FRANCISCO—Sonny Barger seemed to be wiping tears from his eyes. He looked over at his attorney, blinking, and started to grin. The two men shook hands. Penny Cooper, another lawyer, was moving to each of the four men in turn, giving each a congratulatory peck on the cheek. After seven weeks, it was over in a rush; Sonny Barger and three of his key lieutenants in the Hell’s Angels were found by a jury to be innocent of murdering Severo Agero, a fumbling Brownsville, Texas, dope dealer whose body was found in the bathtub of a burning Hayward, California, house last May. Barger and the others would remain in jail under heavy bail, awaiting trial on other charges related to drug dealing, but whatever hopes State Attorney General Evelle Younger had of this case decapitating what he claims is a key criminal syndicate in California appeared to be being dismissed along with the jury. Prosecutor Donald Whyte sat grimly at the opposite side of the courtroom. His case had collapsed when the … [Read more...] about Angels in Court: The Strange Tale of Baby Huey

Future Islands frontman Samuel T. Herring has been cast opposite LaKeith Stanfield in The Changeling , Apple TV+’s upcoming drama series based on Victor LaValle’s bestselling book of the same name. The role marks Herring’s acting debut. Adina Porter and Clark Backo also star in the drama from Annapurna and Apple Studios. Written and adapted by Kelly Marcel ( Cruella, Venom), The Changeling is a fairytale for grown-ups. A horror story, a parenthood fable and a perilous odyssey through a New York City you didn’t know existed. 2022 Apple TV+ Pilots & Series Orders Stanfield stars as Apollo, a passionate rare book hunter. Herring plays William Wheeler, a man who befriends Stanfield’s Apollo in a quest to win back his wife and children. Porter plays Apollo’s mother, Lillian, and Backo is Emmy, Apollo’s wife. In LaValle’s book, when Apollo and Emma have their baby, Brian, it feels like both a reward and a challenge for the new dad. Apollo, the son of a … [Read more...] about ‘The Changeling’: Future Islands Frontman Samuel T. Herring Joins Apple Series Cast In Acting Debut