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Being Hollywood royalty could be paying off royally.For Amara Skye, who is competing on the new series “Claim to Flame,” where relatives of celebrities battle for a $100,000 prize, getting her grandmother Whoopi Goldberg’s opinion is important.“Her approval always matters to me,” the New Jerseyan told The Post in her first interview ever.So when casting directors first reached out to the 32-year-old artist via a DM on Instagram, she conferred with grandma, who was skeptical at first.“In the beginning, she didn’t understand sliding in the DMs and how people do stuff now,” she explained. “She kind of thought it was a fake thing and told me to be careful.”However, once the paperwork arrived, “The View” co-host was on board, and Skye pursued “the opportunity of a lifetime.”On the ABC show, which premiered July 11 and airs its third episode Monday night, cast members withhold their identity and costars have to guess which A-lister is their kin.

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh Off the Boat producer/author and Boogie filmmaker Eddie Huang has a new one hour drama in the works at Showtime, entitled Panda.

Whoopi Goldberg is ready to reprise her role as Deloris Van Cartier and her witness protection alter ego, Sister Mary Clarence. ET's Rachel Smith spoke with the 66-year-old actress during the press day on Tuesday, where she gushed about revisiting the character.Goldberg played coy when asked what she could spill about the upcoming film, but did elaborate on how the timing was right. «I've been trying to do this for six years,» she said.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefA marathon screening of all three “Infernal Affairs” films has been announced for the much delayed 46th edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.The three films, all restored and upgraded to 4K digital prints, lead off a six- film section of Chinese-language restored classics at the festival.The HKIFF was this year postponed from its usual March-April slot to August, due to the fifth wave of the COVID pandemic which closed Hong Kong cinemas for the first months of 2022. It will now take place from Aug.

Vivienne Chow “Anita,” the biopic of the late Canto-pop queen Anita Mui, led the race of the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night with five awards, including recognitions for the film’s actors and technical achievements. But the best film and best director awards went to action thriller “Raging Fire” directed by the late Benny Chan.Sunday’s event, which was postponed from its original schedule in April, was the first in-person edition of the awards ceremony after two years of COVID hiatus — the 2020 edition was held online and 2021 was suspended.The number of films released in Hong Kong has dramatically dropped over the past years as cinemas were forced to close doors for prolonged periods under the government’s COVID measures.

WATCH BELOW: Hamish Blake and Rudy get creative in lockdownThe proud parents kicked off her special day by posting sweet tributes dedicated to their little girl on their Instagram Stories.Hamish posted a video of him walking hand-in-hand with Rudy, and he wrote, "Happy 5th Birthday to the best non-wife girl I ever met. I'm the luckiest dad in the world to have you on the end of my arm telling stories Ru."Meanwhile Zoë gave fans a peek into their intimate family celebrations over the weekend.Zoë shared tributes to her daughter on Instagram.She posted a picture of Rudy tucking into mini pancakes, captioning the shot, "Birthday Breakfast of champions" and then showed off their party decorations, which featured a rainbow five and a mermaid tail."How is she already five," gushed the proud mum.Zoë posted a snap of Rudy holding her birthday gifts, and she gushed about her by writing, "Happy #5 to the coolest, most delightful, self-assured, and unknowingly wittiest firecracker I've ever known.

Raging Fire, starring and produced by Donnie Yen, was awarded best film and best director for late action maestro Benny Chan at the Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) on Sunday night. The ceremony took place at Kowloon Bay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, the first time it had been held as a fully-fledged, in-person event since 2019.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTrinity Cine Asia has acquired upcoming Hong Kong comedy “Chilli Laugh Story” for distribution in the U.K. and North America. The work-from-home story of the director Coba Cheng’s relatives sees a locked-down family starting an online business during the pandemic.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe once vibrant Hong Kong film industry is struggling to recover from the effects of COVID and related problems, a local report has warned. The report identified problems with theatrical box office, local production, co-production with mainland China and film investment.The Motion Picture Industry Association and Hong Kong Box Office Ltd. regular half year report showed that cinemas in the city had been closed for 104 days this year, including Chinese New Year and Easter, both normally peak periods.

Hong Kong novelist and screenwriter Ni Kuang, who penned some 300 screenplays including The One-Armed Swordsman and The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin, has died. According to local media, he passed away on Sunday at age 87.

Echoes Of The Rainbow screenwriter and director Alex Law Kai-yum has died. The Hong Kong filmmaker passed away in hospital on Saturday; no cause of death was given. He was 69.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAlex Law, one of Hong Kong’s most accomplished filmmakers died on Saturday. He was 69.Law (aka Law Kai-yui) died in hospital with his life partner and long-time filmmaking partner Mabel Cheung by his side.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNi Kuang, one of Hong Kong’s most distinguished screenwriters and novelists, has died. He was 87.He died on Sunday in Hong Kong, with local media reporting skin cancer as the cause of death.Ni wrote some 300 screenplays, many in the martial arts genre and many for the Shaw Brothers studio with co-writer Chang Chen. He wrote the scripts for classic films “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” and “One Armed Swordsman” and had a hand in two of Bruce Lee’s six movies “The Big Boss” and “Fist of Fury” though the writing credit went to Wei Lo.As a novelist, Ni wrote the “New Adventures of Wesley” a series of detective stories that often featured aliens and extra-terrestrial creatures.

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Whoopi Goldberg is taking a much needed break fromThe View studios and basking in the sun in the Bahamas, and though the whole crew and her co-hosts have tagged along as they celebrate The View's 25th anniversary, the actress can't help but look beyond her time on the show.MORE: Whoopi Goldberg defends Rebel Wilson in powerful statementShe made a virtual appearance on another beloved show, Good Morning America, as her time in the Bahamas began, and detailed to Michael Strahan all the exciting things fans could expect to see.However, as interested as Michael was in what The View would be offering during their week away, he didn't hesitate to ask about Whoopi's time away from the show.WATCH: Whoopi's problematic comments about the HolocaustMORE: Exclusive: Whoopi Goldberg's difficult childhood that influenced her recent projectHe asked her: "I'm curious about off the air. You're in paradise, you're gonna have a little break, what kind of plans do you have when you're not on the air? What are you going to do?"The host obliged, and hilariously stated the obvious: "Well, I'm sitting in the sun, looking crispy."She kept joking: "You'll notice you almost can't see me, unless I smile.

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Goldberg has joined the bicoastal production company Nickel City Pictures as Vice President of Film and Television. In the new role, he will report to President Mark Fasano and oversee development of the company’s slate, which is focused on commercial film and television content across all genres.

EXCLUSIVE: Alice Eve (Belgravia), Shelley Hennig (Unfriended) and Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) have signed on to star in Jon Keeyes’ thriller The Last Girl for Yale Entertainment, which will head into production in Ireland this summer.

Vivienne Chow A Taiwanese filmmaker has made his short film inspired by Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests available online for free after it failed to get approval from the city’s censorship authorities.Wu Zi-en, director of “Islander,” has uploaded the full 25-minute film noir to online platform Vimeo last week, after it became the third film in a month to have been censored by Hong Kong authorities.The city last year changed censorship regulations to effectively ban any film that is politically sensitive or poses a threat to national security.“Islander” follows a man and his grandson’s journey to visit the son, who has been placed behind bars as a political prisoner in Taipei. The film was selected as part of the Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival in Hong Kong, but its public screening was canceled because the film did not receive the approval in time. Fresh Wave organizers did not respond to Variety‘s request for comment.

Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater! The 39-year-old actress has welcomed her third child with the 45-year-old actor. Rabe seemingly confirmed the news on Father's Day with a new picture of Linklater holding the new baby. «To the best there is,» Rabe captioned a black-and-white photo of the actor, who looks away from the camera. In the photo posted on Instagram, Linklater holds what appears to be the leg of a little baby — whose face does not appear in the picture. ET has reached out to the couple's reps for comment. A post shared by Lily Rabe (@lilyrabe)Rabe confirmed her third pregnancy in September on the red carpet at the opening gala for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.