Month: July 2020

Netflix revealed “The Crown,” which focuses on the British royal family, has been renewed for a sixth and final season. Series creator Peter Morgan said in a statement:  “As we started to discuss the story lines for Series 5, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons.”

The streaming service confirmed the news on Twitter, writing: “News from the palace: we can confirm there will be a sixth (and final) season of @TheCrownNetflix in addition to the previously announced five!”

Morgan, who also executive produces The Crown, originally had explained his decision to bring the show to an end after Season 5, saying, “At the outset I had imagined ‘The Crown’ running for six seasons, but now that we have begun work on the stories for season five it has become clear to me that this is the perfect time and place to stop,” he said in a statement. “I’m grateful to Netflix and Sony for supporting me in this decision.”

As of press time, there was no word on when Season 6 will begin filming.

         

Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ Confirms Its Final Sixth Season: This Is How Far The Story Will Go

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Benjamin Keough – the grandson of Elvis Presley, and son of Lisa Marie Presley — has died at age 27. Presley’s representative Roger Widynowski said in a statement Sunday to The Associated Press that Ms. Presley was “heartbroken” after learning about the death of her son.

TMZ reports that Keough died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday in Calabasas, California. “She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11-year-old twins and her oldest daughter Riley,” Widynowski said in the statement. “She adored that boy. He was the love of her life.”

Presley is also mother to actress daughter Riley Keough, 31, and 11-year-old twin daughters, Harper and Finley, whom she shares with ex-husband Michael Lockwood.

Lisa Marie Presley ‘heartbroken’ after son Benjamin Keough dies at 27

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Lady Gaga will be starring in Valentino Beauty’s latest fragrance campaign. The Italian fashion house announced Gaga as the new face of Voce Viva, a perfume dreamt up by Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli.

“Imagined as a voice to spread a message around the world, Valentino Voce Viva invites everyone to touch hearts, inspire others and live their dreams,” the brand said in a press release. “Expressing the Maison’s values of inclusivity and individuality, Voce Viva celebrates one of the women’s most intimate sense.”

Valentino selected Gaga for her Italian roots, inclusivity, and individuality. “Lady Gaga means freedom, self-consciousness, pure heart,” Piccioli said in a statement. “Her participation in this campaign elevates the symbolic power of the project to the highest level. She is the icon of a generation. Her message of freedom, passion for art, self-consciousness and equality is the same our Valentino community stands for. I am so proud for having her in.”

Gaga’s campaign will debut this September.

Lady Gaga Is the Face of Valentino’s Next Fragrance

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Lady Gaga has another major beauty gig under her belt, though this time it has nothing to do…

07/10/2020 10:54 AM

 

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Actress Naya Rivera is presumed dead after disappearing at a lake in Southern California, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Chris Dyer said at a news conference Thursday, “We’re presuming that an accident happened and we’re presuming she drowned in the lake. Search and rescue efforts for the actress have now shifted to a recovery operation. The goal is still to bring Miss Rivera home to her family.”

Rivera, 33, vanished from Lake Piru on Wednesday evening. According to authorities, she went to the lake that afternoon and rented a pontoon boat with her 4-year-old son, Josey.  Dyer said Thursday that the boat was overdue for return around 4 p.m. local time, and a rental employee found the boat on the north end of Lake Piru. Rivera’s son was on the boat, but the actress was nowhere to be found. One life jacket was found on the boat and the boy was wearing another. Investigators found Rivera’s purse and her identification, but no other clues on the boat.

Search efforts began immediately and continued until about 10 p.m. Wednesday. The search resumed Thursday morning and will continue until sunset and was expected to resume at daybreak on Friday. Detectives have spoken to Rivera’s son and as a result of that conversation do not believe Rivera made it to shore. Rivera’s son is healthy and with family. 

Rivera played Santana Lopez on the Fox show “Glee” for six years beginning in 2009. She was previously married to actor Ryan Dorsey, with whom she shares son, Josey.

‘Glee’ star Naya Rivera, 33, missing and presumed dead after boating with son

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The actress is missing as search for a “possible drowning victim” is underway at a lake just…

07/09/2020 8:01 PM

 

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Jude Law is set to play Captain Hook in Disney’s live-action Peter Pan & Wendy, directed by David Lowery. The film will be a retelling of the classic 1953 animated film.

This will be the fourth attempt to tell a variation of the Peter Pan story in live-action form. The first was Steven Spielberg 1991 film Hook, which starred Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, and Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook. The 2003 film Peter Pan had Jason Isaacs taking on the Captain Hook role, followed in 2015 with the film Pan, which starred Hugh Jackman.

Lowery previously directed the live-action Disney film Pete’s Dragon in 2016. 

Jude Law will be joining Ever Anderson as Wendy and Alexander Molony as Peter Pan in the film written by Toby Holbrooks and based on the J.M. Barrie novel.

Another Live-Action ‘Peter Pan’ Is Coming, and It Reportedly Has Its Captain Hook

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Now before you jump down Disney’s throat about the multitude of live-action Peter Pan…

07/08/2020 10:50 AM

 

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