Uzo Aduba is set to give this year’s commencement address at Chapman University‘s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. The three-time Orange Is the New Black Emmy winner will deliver her speech May 18 at the school’s Wilson Field in Orange, CA.
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Apink, Girls’ Generation and more have allegedly been “detained” in Bali, Indonesia after reportedly filming a show in the country without permit.Today (April 26), South Korean news outlet SPOTV reported that four K-pop idols – Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon, Apink’s Bomi, Secret Number‘s Dita and ex-I.O.I member Nayoung – have been detained in Bali, alongside other cast and crew members of the upcoming reality television programme Pick Me Trip in Bali.According to the news outlet, the K-pop idols arrived in Bali on April 21 and were scheduled to leave on April 25. However, their departure from Bali was stopped after local authorities discovered that the show the was being filmed without appropriate permits.All of the cast and crew, which amounts up to around 30 individuals, have allegedly had their passports confiscated and are currently residing in a hotel while the case is under investigation.
According to SPOTV, the earliest they will be able to return to Korea would be early next week.Citing an unidentified agency representative, SPOTV reported that the detainment was due to a “visa issue”, as translated by Koreaboo. The individual also alleged that they were “able to get in contact with [the cast and crew” as of yesterday evening” and believes that they “will be able to return following their investigation”.“The cast members don’t even know why they have been detained.
It’s frustrating that the production team is not sharing details about the situation in a reasonable manner,” the representative added. “I think we will understand the situation once the investigation is complete.
Uzo Aduba is set to give this year’s commencement address at Chapman University‘s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. The three-time Orange Is the New Black Emmy winner will deliver her speech May 18 at the school’s Wilson Field in Orange, CA.
Billy Idol has reflected on his sobriety journey and decided “not to be a drug addict anymore” and is now “California sober”.The 68-year-old iconic rocker shared that he is now “California sober” – when a person gives up on alcohol and hard drugs but continues to consume marijuana – in an interview with People adding that he doesn’t consider himself to “be a drug addict anymore.”Idol told the publication that his decision to become sober came after he nearly lost a leg in motorcycle accident back in 1990.“I really started to think I should try and go forward and not be a drug addict anymore and stuff like that,” he said of the accident. “It took a long time, but gradually I did achieve some sort of discipline where I’m not really the same kind of guy I was in the ’80s. I’m not the same drug-addicted person.”He continued: “I mean, AA would say, ‘You’re always a drug addict.’ And that may be true, but I don’t do anything that much anymore.
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Fail Better.“I thought everybody wanted this,” the 58-year-old said. “And then it’s like, ‘Wow, I must have really f—ed this up.
Olly Murs has opened up about the emotional way his late friend Caroline Flack, who tragically passed away in 2020, continues to have a presence in his life.The singer and TV star revealed that Caroline often appears in his dreams, offering him comfort.The singer, 39, who recently welcomed his first child with his wife Amelia Tank, presented The X Factor alongside Caroline in 2015 and was close friends with the host, said: "I would love to talk to Caroline again. She was a huge part of my life and career. Special person, special friend." "We had an interesting relationship, but it was great.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jerry Seinfeld is finally a movie director with the upcoming premiere of his feature debut “Unfrosted.” Backed by Netflix, the star-studded comedy is a fictional account of the creation of Pop-Tarts toaster pastries. In a new interview with GQ magazine, Seinfeld reflected on his experience jumping into moviemaking for the first time so late in his career. “It was totally new to me.
Former Pop Idol winner, Michelle McManus impressed fans with her slim and striking transformation after deciding to quit alcohol completely.The singing sensation, who won the nation's hearts in the second series of the ITV singing show in 2002, has reinvented herself remarkably in recent years after confronting her struggles head on.The mum of two openly acknowledged her need to alter her relationship with alcohol - and the All This Time singer insists she feels happier and healthier for it. Finding her sobriety five years ago when she was pregnant with her first child, the Scottish siren confessed that her over-drinking was because of low self-esteem.
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