Miss Universe Co-Owner Declares Diverse Contestants 'Cannot Win' In Resurfaced Video After Miss USA Titleholders Resign!

After seeing Cord Jefferson win the Adapted Screenplay Oscar for his work on American Fiction, the widely acclaimed adaptation of his 2001 novel Erasure, author Percival Everett has set up his latest book, James, at Universal Pictures, with Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) in talks to direct, Deadline can confirm.

Percival Everett, whose novel “Erasure” was adapted as “American Fiction.” Steven Spielberg will executive produce the movie through his company, Amblin Partners, with Taika Waititi in early talks to direct the project. Everett will write the screenplay and will serve as executive producer. Published in March by Doubleday to critical raves, “James” reframes the classic story of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of Jim, an enslaved man who floats down the Mississippi River with teenaged Finn, a good friend of Tom Sawyer.

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Bleecker Street released the first trailer for The Fabulous Four, a wedding comedy with an iconic bridal party, during Sunday’s 77th Tony Awards.

Selena Kuznikov The trailer for “The Fabulous Four,” starring Bette Midler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Megan Mullally and Susan Sarandon has dropped, wedding bells galore. Per the film’s logline, “‘The Fabulous Four’ is an uproarious comedy about a group of life-long friends (Sarandon, Mullally and Ralph) who travel to Key West, Fla., to be bridesmaids in the surprise wedding of their best college girlfriend Marilyn (Midler).

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Miss Universe pageant builds among fans. The 73rd edition, set to take place in 2024, will be held in Mexico.

With the UK preparing to go to the polls on American independence day, presidential fundraisers came to London last night.

the 73rd edition of Miss Universe is building as women from all corners of the globe prepare to vie for this year’s coveted crown. The iconic pageant is set to take place in November in Mexico, and countries are gradually unveiling the names of the contestants who will represent them in the grand ceremony.

Cloaked celebrities return to the legendary Scottish castle for a game of detection, backstabbing as The Traitors returns for a brand-new series.The second American season of the show will air on BBC Three next week - beginning on Wednesday 12 June. Alan Cumming will take Claudia Winkleman’s place as host and will welcome 22 contestants to compete in games and gruelling roundtables all in the hope of winning a cash prize. As it’s the US series, most of the celebrities won’t be well-known to a UK audience.

John Swinney has said that he would "engage with" Donald Trump if he wins the US election and then comes to Scotland.

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin recently made a big announcement that excited their fans. The famous couple, along with their seven children, will be starring in their reality TV show, “The Baldwins.” The upcoming series promises to give viewers a candid look into their daily lives.According to a source who spoke with PEOPLE, Hilaria Baldwin, 40, is thrilled about the new venture.

Jennifer Hudson is one of the most-awarded entertainers in Hollywood and she could be adding another prize to her collection this weekend.

Sheynnis Palacios, the first Nicaraguan Miss Universe, is on her way to breaking a record. After the winners take home their crown, they spend the next year on an extensive tour around the world, representing the organization and promoting charitable causes as global ambassadors. Palacios’ has been on hers, and she has already added over a dozen stamps to her passport.If Palacios keeps going at the rate she is, she may break a Miss Universe record.

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(Alec also has a daughter, Ireland, from his marriage to Kim Basinger, and a grandchild via Ireland), are TLC's latest “giant family,” following in the wake of Jon and Kate Plus 8 and 19 Kids and Counting. By TLC standards, they're actually not that big, but the actor thing is a twist.

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Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip, the transgender co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization, was caught on tape saying that women from nontraditional backgrounds — transgender women, married women, divorced women, and plus-sized women — “can compete but they cannot win.”It is unclear from the video whether Jakrajutatip is referring to the Miss Universe Pageant itself — or a potential, separate reality competition involving pageant contestants.Jakrajutatip made the comments during a Miss Universe board meeting last November.During the meeting, Jakrajutatip said it would be good for the pageant’s image to allow a diverse group of women to compete.“This is a communication strategy, because, you understand…they can compete but they cannot win,” she says in the video, which online news outlet Vox obtained from Rodrigo Goytortua Ortega, the former CEO of Miss Universe Mexico, who was present at the meeting. “We just put the policy out there.

Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip, the transgender co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization, was caught on tape saying that women from nontraditional backgrounds — transgender women, married women, divorced women, and plus-sized women — “can compete but they cannot win.”It is unclear from the video whether Jakrajutatip is referring to the Miss Universe Pageant itself — or a potential, separate reality competition involving pageant contestants.Jakrajutatip made the comments during a Miss Universe board meeting last November.During the meeting, Jakrajutatip said it would be good for the pageant’s image to allow a diverse group of women to compete.“This is a communication strategy, because, you understand…they can compete but they cannot win,” she says in the video, which online news outlet Vox obtained from Rodrigo Goytortua Ortega, the former CEO of Miss Universe Mexico, who was present at the meeting. “We just put the policy out there.

K.J. Yossman Last month Eddie Marsan faced a happy dilemma: two high-profile projects in which he co-stars –Apple TV+ series “Franklin” led by Michael Douglas and Sam Taylor Johnson’s highly-anticipated Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black” – were both being released on the same day, April 12, in Marsan’s native U.K. (“Back to Black came out in the U.S.