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Showtime has renewed hit drama series The Chi for a fifth season. The premium cabler announced the news just hours after Sunday night’s season 4 finale. The renewal comes amid strong ratings for the series, which is averaging 4.2 million weekly viewers and is on pace to become the most-streamed Showtime series ever, according to the network. Season 5 is slated to premiere in 2022. Created and executive produced by Lena Waithe and executive produced by Common, The Chi is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. Season four of The Chi spotlights the benefits and challenges of community policing on the South Side after Jake (Michael V. Epps) has a fateful run-in with a group of officers. In addition to Epps, the Season 4 series regular cast includes Jacob Latimore, Birgundi Baker, Alex Hibbert, Shamon Brown Jr. Curtiss Cook and …

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EXCLUSIVE: Sky drama The Midwich Cuckoos has become the latest high-profile UK shoot to experience a temporary delay after a crew member tested positive for coronavirus . The shoot resumed today (August 2) after a two-day hiatus, Deadline has confirmed. The crew member registered a positive result during regular testing and did not come into close contact with other personnel on the shoot. They continue to self-isolate at home. The shutdown was precautionary and allowed wider PCR tests to be conducted; further cast and crew continue to be tested twice a week as per Sky policy. “Throughout this time, the safety of our colleagues and customers remains our number one priority,” said a Sky spokesperson. “ The Midwich Cuckoos production was temporarily suspended with a single crew member, who did not come into close contact with others, now self-isolating after testing positive for Covid . Production has resumed today (Monday 2 August).” Recent weeks have …

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UPDATE, with video Kathy Griffin revealed today that she has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will undergo surgery to have half of her left lung removed. “I’ve got to tell you guys something,” the comic wrote on Twitter today. “I have cancer. I’m about to go into surgery to have half of my left lung removed.” Later in the message, she assures her followers, “I’m gonna be just fine.” The 60-year-old Griffin, who says she has never been a smoker, said that doctors “are very optimistic” about her outcome, noting that the cancer is “stage one” and contained to her left lung. “Hopefully no chemo or radiation after this and I should have normal function with my breathing.” She said she expects to be up and about in a month or less. In an exclusive interview on tonight’s Nightline , Griffin tells Juju Chang, co-anchor of the ABC news series, that the diagnosis was made a few weeks ago. “I’m still a little bit in shock,” Griffin says in a clip from the episode. She …

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Giancarlo Esposito has confirmed his return in season 3 of The Mandalorian , and better yet, he says the new episodes will soon start filming. In the first two seasons of the hit Star Wars Show, Esposito has shined in his role as the antagonist Moff Gideon. For each of the first two seasons, he has earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and with plans to return for season 3, he could end up getting even more. Recently, Esposito was at GalaxyCon Raleigh where he addressed the current status of The Mandalorian season 3 . Per WRAL, the Emmy nominee confirmed that we will see more of Moff Gideon in season 3, though he didn't offer any details about the plot. Esposito also mentioned how The Book of Boba Fett , a spinoff series to The Mandalorian , just recently wrapped filming. The actor then suggested that filming season 3 is what's next on the agenda for Star Wars at Disney+. "They just finished shooting Boba Fett and soon they will start on season 3," Esposito …

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Harking back to his role of a tough and dedicated hockey coach in the acclaimed sports drama Chak De! India, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Monday encouraged the Indian women's hockey team, who made their maiden entry into the Olympic semifinals, to bring a gold medal. Shah Rukh played Kabir Khan in the 2007 Shimit Amin-directorial film which saw his character lead the Indian women's hockey team to their win against Australia in the World Cup. Coincidentally, the reel victory was scripted in real life today after the team, led by Dutch coach Sjoerd Marijne and captain Rani Rampal, created history by advancing to its first ever semifinal at the Olympics in Tokyo after beating three-time champions Australia by a solitary goal. After the win, Marijne apologised to his family for delaying his travel plans in a tweet, quipping "Sorry family. I coming again later. (sic)" To which Shah Rukh, true to his witty persona, replied saying bringing a gold medal …

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Marathi actor and host Sankarshan Karhade recently revealed that he has been blessed with twins on June 27. After a month of his babies' birth, Sankarshan shared the first picture of his little munchkins on Instagram. Notably, the actor welcomed a boy and a girl and revealed that they are healthy and his wife Shalaka Pande is absolutely fine. While sharing the picture with his babies, Sankarshan Karhade revealed his son and daughter's names. He wrote, "चि. सर्वज्ञ (SARVADNYA) संकर्षण कऱ्हाडे, कु. स्रग्वी (SRAGVI) संकर्षण कऱ्हाडे, (सर्वज्ञ : सर्व जाणनारा , ज्ञानी .. ; स्रग्वी : पवित्रं तुळस..) #latepost #27june2021 #twins #babyboy #babygirl #onemonthbirthday ❤️ #father #feelings #babazalo #mynewfriends." In the above picture, one can see cute babies are lying on the bed, while Sankarshan is playing with them. The moment is quite beautiful for his fans and friends from the industry. Fans can't stop gushing over the beautiful picture. Interestingly, several …

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Divyanka Tripathi has been hitting the headlines since a long time. The actress, who has impressed and surprised everyone by doing daredevil stunts in Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 , was in the news for rejecting Bade Acche Lagte Hain . She had earlier revealed that she didn't take up the show as she couldn't connect with the character. However, there are reports that suggested that she was not finalised as she looked older than Nakuul Mehta, the male lead of the show, post her look test. Now, the actress has opened up about rejecting the show and also addressed the reports that said that she looked older than Nakuul. Divyanka On Rejecting Bade Acche Lagte Hain About her rejecting BALH , the actress told ETimes TV, "After working for so many years into this industry if it is me or anyone as an actor we should have at least this liberty to choose a project which I am passionate about. If I don't feel for that project, it would be wrong on my part to accept the offer …

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During elimination task in Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 , Arjun Bijlani, who was supposed to do elimination stunt, was given an advantage as he won K-medal and was asked if he wanted to exchange the medal instead of performing the task. Arjun said yes and chose Sourabh Raaj Jain, who was pitted against, Anushka Sen and Mahekk Chahal. Since Sourabh took most amount of time compared to the other two, he was eliminated from the show. This didn't go down well with Abhinav Shukla and Shweta Tiwari as they felt it unfair to take Sourabh's name, who has never failed any task or left it incomplete. Sourab felt that Arjun should have taken Nikki Tamboli's name as she was just back in the game without performing any task and aborting them all previously. Not just netizens, even Sourabh's wife Riddhima too felt it was unfair to take the actor's name for direct elimination despite never failing to perform a task. Take a look at Riddhima's post and netizen's and Arjun's tweets. …

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Kunal Kapoor, who has been writing stories since working as an assistant director is finally inching towards his dream of becoming a filmmaker. The actor has revealed that he is turning producer with a biopic on India's Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan. Kunal has chosen the biopic of Shiva Keshavan to start his career as a storyteller. Shiva Keshavan is considered India's greatest Winter Olympian. Shiva called India's fastest man on ice is also known for his determination to the sport. He represented the country in six consecutive Winter Olympics and was also its lone representative during the 1998 and 2002 Games. Talking about Shiva, Kunal added, "He is an amazing athlete. What drew me to Shiva Keshavan was not only the fact that he has represented India in the Olympics six times, but that it was also a story about the spirit of India and the incredible things we manage to achieve with limited resources. It's a story of resilience and the path less taken; …

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Last week, the sessions court which was conducting a trial against Sooraj Pancholi on charges of alleged abetment to suicide in Bollywood actress Jiah Khan's death case, passed an order stating that the trial should be transferred to a special CBI court. The trial in Jiah's death case had began in March 2019. After Sooraj's mother and actress Zarina Wahab expressed her relief over the court's decision, the Hero actor too, opened up on the new development in the case while speaking with a leading tabloid. Sooraj told Bombay Times that the case should have been in the special CBI Court from the beginning. He said that he should be penalised if the court finds him guilty, adding that if doesn't then he should be set free from all the charges. Sooraj Pancholi On Being Under Constant Scrutiny Post Jiah Khan's Death: I Am Over It Now He was quoted as saying, "I am a little satisfied with this because my case should have been in the special CBI Court …

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