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Deadline reports Jennifer Coolidge, who recently won her second Emmy for her role in HBO’s The White Lotus, has been tapped for a role in the live-action adaptation of the popular video game Minecraft, joining Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Wednesday’s Emma Myers, The Color Purple‘s Danielle Brooks and Just Mercy‘s Sebastian Eugene Hansen. Plot details have yet to be revealed. Minecraft, which allows players to use blocks to create structures and worlds, reached 100 million users just a few years following its 2011 debut …

House of Villains host Joel McHale confirmed to Entertainment Weekly and People on the Emmys red carpet on Monday, January 15, that the E! reality series has been renewed for a second season to begin production in February. The Big Brother-style “outrageously sinister competition elimination series,” per E!, “brings 10 of reality television’s most iconic and infamous villains under one roof.” The contestants “must outsmart, out-manipulate and out-scheme each other through a series of challenges in order to win a cash prize and the title of ‘America’s Ultimate Supervillain.'” The season 2 cast is still up in the air …

Lynne Marta, the actress best known for her appearances in the films including Joe Kidd and Footloose, and as a regular on Love, American Style, died Thursday, January 11, in her Los Angeles home after a battle with cancer, her friend Chris Saint-Hilaire tells The Hollywood Reporter. She was 78. Marta’s numerous TV credits include Starsky & Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, Vega$, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco and Barnaby Jones. Her other big screen credits include Red Sky at Morning, Help Me … I’m Possessed, Blood Beach and Three Men and a Little Lady …

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Shortly after Pauly Shore announced on Wednesday that he’d be playing Richard Simmons in an upcoming biopic, the now-reclusive fitness guru attempted to distance himself from the project.

“You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore. I have never given my permission for this movie. So don’t believe everything you read,” Simmons, 75, shared on Facebook, though Shore never specifically made such a claim.

“I no longer have a manager, and I no longer have a publicist. I just try to live a quiet life and be peaceful. Thank you for all your love and support, Simmons concluded.”

“While we would love to have him involved, we respect his desire to privacy and plan to produce a movie that honors him, celebrates him and tells a dramatic story,” The Wolper Organization, producers of the film said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. “We know he is deeply private and we would never want to invade that, how ever [sic] he is an amazing person, that changed millions of peoples [sic] lives and the effect he has had on the world needs to be recognized.”

Mark Wolper of the Wolper Organization said in an earlier statement that the goal of the biopic was “something heartfelt, with the tone of Little Miss Sunshine,” per the outlet.

The project was inspired a meme pointing out the striking resemblance between Shore and Simmons.

Shore can currently be seen as Simmons in the teaser to The Court Jester, a short that will run during February’s Sundance Film Festival, but is reportedly unrelated to the feature, according to the trade.

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Back in May, Aquaman and Expendables franchise star Dolph Lundgren revealed he’d been fighting cancer since doctors successfully removed a malignant tumor in his kidney in 2015.

The 66-year-old Rocky IV star revealed to In Depth with Graham Bensinger that in 2020 new scans revealed new tumors, including one “the size of a small lemon” on his liver. At the time, his doctor gave him less than two to three years to live. “I thought it was it for sure,” he said.

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It looks as if Pauly Shore fans are getting what they’ve memed about — for the actor to portray fitness guru Richard Simmons in a dramatic biopic.

Back in September, Shore responded to fans who noticed that the now-55-year-old former Encino Man star resembles Simmons, now 75, who hasn’t been seen in public since 2014.

“I reached out to him,” Pauly explained at the time. “I heard he’s living deep in Big Bear [California]. We’ve been playing phone tag (yes, he still has a phone). I’m trying to make it happen for you guys.”

He also implored his followers, “In the meantime, hit up Hulu, Amazon, Disney, HBO and all the big producers. I definitely can morph into this guy,” adding, “I’ll see you at the Academy Awards 2025.”

As the feature film comes together, Shore can now be seen as Simmons in the teaser to The Court Jester, a short that will run during February’s Sundance Film Festival.

“What’s my first rule?” Shore asks as Simmons backstage during a talk show appearance. “Like yourself,” he answers.

“Your weight doesn’t matter. If you like yourself, you’re going to be fine. But I’ve been where you are right now,” he continues.

“And where I am right now, is I just love myself,” he says, as we see he’s talking to a heavyset guy who is working on the show. “And I think I can show you how to get here.”

The Hollywood Reporter says the short is unrelated to the feature film about Simmons in which Shore will star.

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The nominees have been announced for the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards, singling out those projects across a variety of media “for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.”

Among the 310 nominees across 33 categories this year are HBO’s The Last of Us and its recently canceled pirate adventure on Max, Our Flag Means Death; on the big screen, The Color Purple earned a nomination, along with the rom-com Anyone But You and the acclaimed satire American Fiction.

The bicoastal GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held on Thursday, March 14, in Los Angeles and on Saturday, May 11, in New York City.

Here are the nominees in the main entertainment categories. A full list can be found here.

Outstanding Film – Wide Theatrical Release
All of Us Strangers – (Searchlight Pictures)
American Fiction – (Amazon MGM Studios)
Anyone But You – (Columbia Pictures)
The Blackening – (Lionsgate Films)
Bottoms – (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The Color Purple – (Warner Bros.)
It’s a Wonderful Knife – (RLJE Films)
Knock at the Cabin – (Universal Pictures)
Moving On – (Roadside Attractions)
Shortcomings – (Sony Pictures Classics)

Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV
Cassandro – (Amazon Prime Video)
Christmas on Cherry Lane – (Hallmark Channel)
Friends & Family Christmas – (Hallmark)
Frybread Face and Me – (Array Releasing)
Nuovo Olimpo – (Netflix)
Nyad – (Netflix)
Red, White, and Royal Blue – (Amazon Prime Video)
Runs in the Family – (Indigenous Film Distribution)
Rustin – (Netflix)
You’re Not Supposed To Be Here – (Lifetime Television)

Outstanding New Series
The Buccaneers – (Apple TV+)
Class – (Netflix)
Culprits – (Hulu)
Deadloch – (Amazon Prime Video)
Everything Now – (Netflix)
Found – (NBC)
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies – (Paramount+)
The Last of Us – (HBO)
The Other Black Girl – (Hulu)
Tore – (Netflix)

Outstanding Drama Series
9-1-1: Lone Star – (Fox)
The Chi – (Showtime)
Chucky – (SyFy/USA Network)
Doctor Who – (Disney+)
Good Trouble – (Freeform)
Grey’s Anatomy – (ABC)
Quantum Leap – (NBC)
Riverdale – (The CW)
Station 19 – (ABC)
Yellowjackets – (Showtime)

Outstanding Comedy Series
And Just Like That… – (Max)
Good Omens – (Amazon Prime Video)
Harlem – (Prime Video)
Harley Quinn – (Max)
Our Flag Means Death – (Max)
Sex Education – (Netflix)
Somebody Somewhere – (HBO)
Ted Lasso – (Apple TV+)
What We Do In The Shadows – (FX)
With Love – (Amazon Prime Video)

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Black Cake – (Hulu)
Bodies – (Netflix)
The Confessions of Frannie Langton – (Britbox)
The Fall of the House of Usher – (Netflix)
Fellow Travelers – (Showtime)
The Full Monty – (FX on Hulu)
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – (Amazon Prime Video)
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – (Netflix)
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off – (Netflix)
Transatlantic – (Netflix)

Outstanding Reality Program
Bargain Block – (HGTV)
Family Karma – (Bravo)
I Am Jazz – (TLC)
Living for the Dead – (Hulu)
Queer Eye – (Netflix)
Real Housewives of New York City – (Bravo)
Selling Sunset – (Netflix)
Swiping America – (Max)
TRANSworld Atlanta – (Tubi)
The Ultimatum: Queer Love – (Netflix)

Outstanding Reality Competition Program
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula – (Shudder/AMC+)
The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion – (MTV)
Drag Me to Dinner – (Hulu)
Love Trip: Paris – (Freeform)
My Kind of Country – (Apple TV+)
Next in Fashion – (Netflix)
Project Runway – (Bravo)
RuPaul’s Drag Race – (MTV)
Survivor – (CBS)
The Voice – (NBC)

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Jacob Elordi is apparently pretty nervous about his Saturday Night Live hosting debut Saturday, according to a new promo.

The spot sees the Saltburn star freezing as he psyches himself up to walk down the three steps that lead to where he’ll deliver his monologue inside Studio 8H.

“They all make it look so easy,” the actor laments to himself, as he has flashbacks of previous hosts, including a high-heeled Kim Kardashian and Zac Efron, who slid onto the stage in 2009.

SNL‘s Punkie Johnson and Marcello Hernandez are then shown spying as Elordi ponders his next move, with Punkie asking him, “Hey man, you good?”

What follows is a montage of the sketch show’s stars trying to get the actor to master the three-step entrance, to no avail.

He then tries it — and face-plants — as his would-be helpers make a quick getaway.

“I’m good,” Elordi mumbles into the stage.

If he manages the three steps, the Priscilla star will join singer and Mean Girls performer Reneé Rapp, the night’s musical guest, on the night of January 20 on NBC.

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Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace reported health news regarding, respectively, Kate, the Princess of Wales, and her father-in-law, King Charles III, on Wednesday.

Kate is recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery, Kensington Palace confirmed, noting she was admitted to The London Clinic on Tuesday for a “planned” surgery.

The palace did not provide further details on the type of surgery Kate underwent, but confirmed to ABC News that her medical issue is noncancerous.

The surgery was successful, according to the palace, but Kate, the wife of Prince William and mom of their three young kids, is expected to remain hospitalized for 10 to 14 days before returning to the family’s home to recover.

Meanwhile, Buckingham Palace announced on the same day that King Charles will undergo a procedure next week to address an enlarged prostate.

“His Majesty’s condition is benign and he will attend hospital next week for a corrective procedure,” the palace said in a statement Wednesday. “The King’s public engagements will be postponed for a short period of recuperation.”

Charles, 75, had been scheduled to attend meetings and events at Dumfries House later this week, events that have since been postponed, according to the palace.

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The second season of the hit reality series The Family Stallone will debut on February 21, Paramount+ announced on Wednesday.

All 10 episodes of the sophomore season starring Sylvester Stallone and his family will debut that day for Paramount+ subscribers in the U.S. and Canada.

To catch fans up, beginning Wednesday, February 7, MTV will air back-to-back encore presentations of the entire first season, with four episodes dropping each week. The first two episodes from season 2 will air on the network Wednesday, February 21, and Thursday, February 22.

The streaming service teases of the second season: “[A]fter four decades as one of Los Angeles’ most famous families, the Stallones are leaving Hollywood for good and moving east. With daughters Sophia and Sistine following their dreams in New York City and Scarlet navigating college and a new love in Miami, Sly and Jen [Jennifer Flavin Stallone] set up roots in Palm Beach as empty nesters.”

It concludes, “But distance can’t keep this family apart as the season culminates in a life-changing trip to Italy to explore their family history, rekindle love and make a lifetime of memories.”

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A day after Succession‘s six-Emmy winning night, Seth Meyers moderated a panel discussion, gathering the show’s stars and creators, who looked back at the hit show.

Monday night’s Emmy winners Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen, show creator Jesse Armstrong and director Mark Mylod joined castmates Brian Cox, Nicholas Braun, J. Smith Cameron and Alan Ruck at the event held on Paramount Pictures’ Los Angeles lot.

Cox brought the house down giving his version of when he was informed that his character, media mogul Logan Roy, would not live to see the finale.

He recalled a “fetching” phone call with Armstrong, in which he jokes he was “given the ultimate short shrift.”

Cox explained, allegedly quoting Armstrong, “‘Get the f*** off the set. … we’ve had enough of you, you’ve done enough damage to this whole f****** production. I’m killing you off and that’s it, OK?'”

Cox continued, “And I said, ‘Jesse, that is absolutely fine … I think it’s one of the best decisions you possibly made during this whole f****** production.'”

His comments drew laughs from the audience before Armstrong countered, “It was in the Ivy [in Los Angeles], it was over some nice food and it wasn’t so much rough talk. Brian is very charming and saw immediately the dramatic possibility.”

Cox then “set it straight,” explaining, “It was very clear and absolutely right what Jesse did. I completely agree and I thought that’s fine because I still get paid.”

“And that, at the end of the day, is the main thing, that one still gets paid,” he said to laughs.

“So there I am happy in my demise, and these f****** have to work their a** off,” Cox bellowed, cracking up the panel and the audience.

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While Martin Scorsese‘s Killers of the Flower Moon has taken a backseat to Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer for much of the awards season run-up to the Oscars — notwithstanding trophies won by Flower Moon‘s lead Lily Gladstone — the crime epic was just named Best Film by AARP The Magazine.

Flower Moon was declared the winner of AARP’s annual Movies for Grownups Awards; Nolan took Best Director for Oppenheimer.

Jodie Foster took home the Best Supporting Actress honor for her work in Nyad, opposite her Best Actress winning co-star Annette Bening.

Rustin‘s Colman Domingo was named Best Actor, and Robert De Niro won Best Supporting Actor for Flower Moon.

The Best Screenplay honor went to Barbie‘s Noah Baumbach and 40-year-old wife Greta Gerwig, who skated the usual rule that all Movies for Grownups nominees must be over 50, because Baumbach is 54.

Elsewhere, The Color Purple was named Best Ensemble, Golden Globe winner The Holdovers was named Best Intergenerational Film, and Bradley Cooper‘s Maestro was named Best Time Capsule.

Started in 2001, the Movies for Grownups have only correctly predicted the Best Picture Oscar winner four times, most recently with 2018’s Green Book.

Incidentally, the category of Best Reality Show wasn’t part of the magazine’s annual list until there was a reality series specifically set up for an audience of a certain age — and no surprise, The Golden Bachelor took that honor this year.

Elsewhere in TV, newly-minted two-time Emmy winner Jennifer Coolidge was named Best Actress for The White Lotus, Bryan Cranston earned Best Actor for Your Honor, and Succession was named Best TV Series.

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