Month: September 2020

Succession Star Jeremy Strong Originally Auditioned to Play a Different Character – Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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Succession Star Jeremy Strong Originally Auditioned to Play a Different Character – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

This past weekend, Succession snagged the top prize at the Emmys. Several of the actors were nominated at the 2020 Emmy Awards, and Jeremy Strong — AKA Kendall Roy on the HBO TV series — was lucky enough to take home a trophy for his acting on Succession. Strong seems born to play Kendall. But he wasn’t always lined up to portray the would-be-heir to the Roy family throne. Which character did the actor audition for initially? How ‘Succession’ star Jeremy Strong got cast on the HBO show Jeremy Strong on Succession Season 2 | Zach Dilgard/HBOThe Wrap recently outlined Succession cast member Strong’s career. Though he wasn’t much of a household name before the HBO show, Strong has appeared in a whopping 4 Best Picture nominees. As the publication reported: …...
The 2020 ARIA Awards Is Set for Sydney, With Some Changes – Billboard
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The 2020 ARIA Awards Is Set for Sydney, With Some Changes – Billboard

The 2020 ARIA Awards will be staged this November, in a COVIDsafe format. The Australian recording industry flagship awards ceremony will be held Nov. 25 at its regular spot at The Star Event Centre in Sydney, only there won’t be any spectators. Entering its 34th year, the ARIAs will be "virtual, but real," ARIA CEO Dan Rosen tells Billboard. "There will be an ARIA stage with real people on it." The Star "just won’t have a live audience in there." YouTube will stream performances online through an ongoing partnership, and free-to-air broadcaster Nine Network will beam the show across Australia. After the bushfires, and now the pandemic, canceling the ARIAs would have been a gut punch for the music industry and the broader Australian public. Music “gets people through these...
Stockton poet needs votes to win ‘America’s Got Talent’ – KCRA Sacramento
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Stockton poet needs votes to win ‘America’s Got Talent’ – KCRA Sacramento

Stockton native and poet Brandon Leake is one day away from finding out if he is the winner of NBC’s talent competition “America’s Got Talent.”Leake, a spoken word artist, performed on the finals Tuesday night. He is one of 10 finalists on the show. The winner will be announced Wednesday. Fans can vote for Leake here. Voting closes at 4 a.m. Wednesday.During his performance, Leake talked about his daughter. The love he feels, his fears of being a father and his hope for her future.In July, Leake's poem about the death of his baby sister and the love he felt for her moved judge Howie Mandel to give him the "golden buzzer." That decision fast-forwarded Leake to the live shows.In early September, Leake delivered a heart-wrenching poem where he mentioned Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breo...
Kelly Clarkson Calls 2020 A ‘Dumpster Fire,’ Addresses Divorce In Return To TV – CinemaBlend
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Kelly Clarkson Calls 2020 A ‘Dumpster Fire,’ Addresses Divorce In Return To TV – CinemaBlend

As for her divorce, from what Kelly Clarkson was willing to share, it sounds like her split from Brandon Blackstock did not just take fans by surprise. The talk show host also indicated that she did not see it coming. So, whatever led to her decision to divorce her husband of nearly a decade seems to have come out of relatively nowhere during the coronavirus quarantine.
Meghan Markle and Harry hit back at ‘hate’ and ‘negativity’ as they call on people to vote – Express
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Meghan Markle and Harry hit back at ‘hate’ and ‘negativity’ as they call on people to vote – Express

The Duke and Duchess appeared on a TIME 100 special hosted by US TV broadcaster ABC last night. The show gave viewers an insight into the people featured in this year’s prominent TIME100 list, compiled by TIME magazine every year with the aim of highlighting influential figures. {%=o.title%} Both Harry and Meghan featured in the broadcast, and took the opportunity to urge people to vote ahead of the US election this November. Meghan said: “Every four years, we're told: 'This is the most important election of our lifetime.' “But this one is. When we vote, our values are put into action, and our voices are heard.” Prince Harry added, according to People magazine: “As we approach this November, it's vital that we reject hate speech, misinf...
Daneliya Tuleshova Is ‘Alive’ With Impressive Sia Cover on ‘AGT’ Final: Watch – Billboard
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Daneliya Tuleshova Is ‘Alive’ With Impressive Sia Cover on ‘AGT’ Final: Watch – Billboard

There are many things you should never attempt. Covering a Sia song for an audience of millions is one of them. The Aussie singer and songwriter has the range and talent to turn powerful, experienced singers into sobbing messes. Daneliya Tuleshova didn’t heed the warnings. And it really didn’t matter. The 14-year-old from Kazakhstan covered “Alive” for the finale of America’s Got Talent on Tuesday night, and no one was injured or harmed. You could say, she's very much alive in this competition. Singing before an impressive digital forest backdrop, Tuleshova belted out Sia’s classic without the absurd high notes but still managed to make it her own. Fun fact, Tuleshova was nine when “Alive” was release. Feeling old? You’re not the only one. Tuleshova, a one-time contestant ...
CDC Now Says COVID-19 Isnt Airborne Threat. Scientists Say That’s Wrong. – HuffPost
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CDC Now Says COVID-19 Isnt Airborne Threat. Scientists Say That’s Wrong. – HuffPost

Scientists are firing back at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the federal agency on Monday reversed its identification of the coronavirus as an airborne virus, a conclusion that many experts say scientific evidence has supported for months now. The CDC’s brief recognition of the virus as being airborne on Friday was celebrated as long overdue by concurring scientists, who expressed relief that the agency was finally catching up. Three days later, however, the agency said that new language in its coronavirus guidance had been published in error. “The CDC is broken. Seriously broken,” Matthew Fox, an epidemiology and global health professor at Boston University, tweeted in response. Scientists and public health experts scoffed at the CDC’s flip-flop. Not only wa...