Viola Davis is getting to work on her next project!
10.06.2022 - 16:43 / etcanada.com
Matt James admits it was “frustrating” watching his season of “The Bachelor” as the show’s first Black lead in 2021.
James told the Los Angeles Times: “There was nothing to lay the framework — my background, who I was or why I’m here.
“The show went straight into seeing these women doing crazy things. It was very frustrating to watch.”
The piece stated that the show failed “to show him as an accomplished young Black man who had overcome many personal and professional challenges.”
James’s season would be draped in controversy with the Chris Harrison drama and the issues surrounding Rachael Kirkconnell, to whom James gave his final rose. They split after the show once a 2018 photo of her attending an antebellum South-themed party in 2018 was released and it was revealed she had ‘liked’ racially insensitive posts on social media.
They’ve since got back together.
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In James’s new book First Impressions: Off-Screen Conversations With a Bachelor on Race, Family, and Forgiveness, he doesn’t mention the controversy often.
“I didn’t want to use that story for people to engage with my book,” he said. “There will be another Bachelor, and there will probably be another Black Bachelor, and there will be another tell-all book. I wasn’t interested in that. If that’s what interests fans, and that outweighs the personal things I want to share, then my book isn’t for them.”
The star added of the drama already being heavily reported on, “There wasn’t anything left to rehash. My relationship had been made into a sideshow, a complete circus. Rachael and I have moved on. We’re one of the only couples from that franchise still going strong. The reason is, we’re
Viola Davis is getting to work on her next project!
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were spotted on the set of the untitled Nike movie for the first time. The two were spotted walking and talking while drinking Diet Cokes on set in Los Angeles. Affleck is set to direct, write, co-star and produce while Damon will star, write and produce the film about former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro's life story, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Halle Bailey is opening up about getting teary over seeing her magical transformation in .The actress and singer spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier on the red carpet at this year's BET Awards, at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, and she revealed how she's seen a few scenes of Disney's live action take on the iconic story while doing post-production work, and it really moved her.«I've seen little clips… and I cried the other day,» Bailey recalled. «Because I was like, 'I don't understand how this is happening! How this is even me?'»«It's very overwhelming,» she added with a smile. «I get really emotional just talking about it.»While is currently in post-production — and slated to hit theaters May 26, 2023 — Bailey is also appearing in the upcoming film version of the musical adaption of .«We're supposed to be wrapped next week, so crossing my fingers that we get it done, and I've been having a great time,» she marveled. «I pinch myself every day on that set… to be a part of such a historic film that we've all known growing up.»«It's like, 'Wow, what can we do to make this even greater than it already is?' Because it's such an amazing base, and I'm just grateful to be part of the whole project.» — which also stars Fantasia Barrino, Colman Domingo, Taraji P.
Los Angeles isn't what it used to be for some celebrities as they continue to trade in the glitzy glamour for nature and open space. Celebrities from James Van Der Beek to Haylie Duff have made the decision to relocate their families from California to areas near Texas. The stars spoke about nature, feeling normal, being disconnected and having more space when discussing their reasons for the moves.
Camila Cabello's back out on the dating scene, and she has her friends to thank.A source tells ET that the «Señorita» singer and the man she was seen out with last week, Austin Kevitch, have mutual friends and it was Kevitch, the co-founder and CEO of the dating app Lox Club, who asked them to set him up with the singer. The source added that «they went out and had fun together.»It's not the first time that the 25-year-old singer has been linked to a dating expert.
Camila Cabello's back out on the dating scene, and she has her friends to thank.A source tells ET that the «Señorita» singer and the man she was seen out with last week, Austin Kevitch, have mutual friends and it was Kevitch, the co-founder and CEO of the dating app Lox Club, who asked them to set him up with the singer. The source added that «they went out and had fun together.»It's not the first time that the 25-year-old singer has been linked to a dating expert.
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Modine (Stranger Things) will star in the cycling drama Hard Miles, which is currently in production in Los Angeles and Lone Pine, CA.
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight), ABM Sumon (Dhoka) and Matt Passmore (Jigsaw) are among cast joining Frank Grillo (Captain America) in Asif Akbar’s spy thriller MR-9, which is now underway.
Matt James, who made history last year as the first Black (male) lead on one of TV’s biggest shows, The Bachelor, has had over a year to reflect on the experience and now says he sees the full scope of the opportunity lost. Given the landmark nature of his role, James says he expected the show’s producers would use the conversations around race and other matters he was having with the contestants and then-host Chris Harrison to illuminate the issues the country was facing in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd. But when he saw the show after it was edited, those discussions and even the reality of his own accomplishments were subsumed by the show’s fluffier fare.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are teaming up again for a new movie that Ben is going to direct and the star-studded supporting cast was just announced.
Matt James is opening up about his season of The Bachelor and how he feels the show failed his story.
Britney Spears’s ex-husband Jason Alexander has been charged with four misdemeanours after crashing the singer’s Los Angeles home during her wedding with Sam Asghari. Spears and Alexander were childhood friends ahead of their short-lived marriage.
LeBron James wants to roll the dice and take his talents to Las Vegas.
Ben Affleck is spending the day in the director’s chair.
LeBron James has big plans for his hometown of Akron, Ohio. On Tuesday, the LeBron James Family Foundation announced plans to open up the I Promise HealthQuarters, a multimillion-dollar facility that will offer medical, dental and optometry services, as well as physical and recreational activities to students from James' I Promise School and the local community. «It takes a village to help raise a kid and make a true difference! Love my kids and their families!» the Los Angeles Lakers forward tweeted, as he shared news about the announcement. The community health and wellness center is set to open in 2023 and will be within walking distance from the I Promise School and across from House Three Thirty, a hub that helps with job training and financial literacy.