‘Friday Night Lights’ star Taylor Kitsch says no to a reunion

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Taylor Kitsch It is believed that a reboot or revival of “Friday Night Lights” could happen. “You might see it, but I’m not going to be a part of it,” the actor, who played Tim Riggins on the beloved NBC series, told me. “I’m done. I’m fine. I want to continue growing as an actor. Back to the rigs – let him live in everyone’s memories. Whatever, whatever it means to them, let him lie there.” However, let me be clear – Kitsch has no feelings Bad about “FNL”: “It was a huge stepping stone to me, but I’m a different actor now. It allowed me to explore the process, be green and accept it.”

Kitsch can currently be viewed on Amazon Prime’s “Terminal Menu” for this Chris Pratt.

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Big Fredia Coming to Los Angeles. The music star will receive the inaugural Platinum Alchemy Award at this year’s Outfest as well as the title of Alchemy Party this weekend.

She visited one of the last times she was in Los Angeles Beyonce Recording studio for first time listening to “Break My Soul”. Fredia’s vocals from “Explode” appeared on the single, which was dropped on June 20. “When I was leaving the studio, they were like, ‘Do you want to see her?'” Fredia told me Tuesday during a phone call from Cleveland, Ohio, as she was preparing to perform at the inaugural convention of the National Independent Places Association. “I was like, holy shit!” I just smile as I approach her and she opens her arms and opens my arms and we hug each other. She thanked me for letting her use my song, but I said, “No, thank you!”

The song is the second time Freedia has collaborated with Queen Bey. I also heard about “configuration”.

Big Freedia will also love to work with them Janet Jackson: “I just performed one of my songs at Essence so I’m already talking about it.”

Outfest kicks off tonight, July 14, at the Orpheum Theater with the premiere of Billy PorterThe director’s debut “Anything is Possible”. The Alchemy Party takes place at Catch One on July 17, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

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President of Paramount Pictures Brian Robbins Tell diverse In June that studio and JJ Abrams They were “close to the starting line” for the new “Star Trek” movie. but, John Chu, who plays Solo, says one big hurdle is scheduling the star-studded cast. “There have been some starts and stops over the years, so we’ll see, but whenever I hear a lot of buzz about it, I get really excited,” Li Zhou said at the Don’t Make Me Go premiere, “But it’s hard to get all these people at the same time.” room at the same time. Chris Pine does things. Zoe Saldana Busy.”

In Don’t Make Me Go, Cho plays a man with a fatal brain tumor who goes on a road trip with his daughter (Mia Harris) reunited with her mother. “He’s just a really complete personality,” Zhou said. “It’s the kind of movie that I really like. I don’t see that kind of movie very often. It’s something I really wanted to invest my energy in and [director] Hannah Marks He was someone I thought could do that to him. I loved her work. And when I find someone to follow, I follow. I start walking.”

“Don’t Make Me Go” premieres on Amazon Prime Video on July 15.

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Reese Witherspoon Not only is she the producer of “Where the Crawdads Sing” – she was also the unofficial regional advisor for the film. “She came on the raft when she came to lay,” Taylor John Smithwho plays the title role Daisy Edgar Jones In the movie, he told me. “She was asking us about all her southern slang. I remember [actor Harris Dickinson] Learn that the plural of ‘y’all’ is ‘all y’all’ and that his mind is open.

It’s funny that Edgar Jones admits that she didn’t know what crawling was until she signed on to the project: “I think they might actually sing.”

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Make sure to check out ‘The Gray Man’, the new super-fun thriller from Netflix Ryan GoslingAnd the Chris EvansAnd the Ana de Armas And the Reggie Jean Paige From Anthony And the Atmosphere Rousseau. You can also watch all of my interviews with the actors and creators at Wednesday’s world premiere in Hollywood here and here and also more. diverse‘s Twitter. Yes, I spoke to Mr. Gosling about “Barbie”.

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Joshua Jackson He looks all sorts of handsome these days with a shaggy two-month-old beard and longer-than-usual locks of hair. As my beloved wife [Jodie Turner-Smith] He told me today, “It gives ‘Castaway,'” the actor, who was recently hired as interim CEO of Liquid Media Group, the company he co-founded in Vancouver, told me.

His shaggy look is for his work in The next series of the adaptation of the movie “Fatal Attraction”. “At first this was cool. I don’t have to shave. Then the stage after that was, ‘Oh, I’m going to scratch my skin,'” says Jackson.

Facial hair wasn’t the only thing that made him feel uncomfortable entering filming, which is set to begin July 18. While discussing his underwear choices for his bedroom scenes, he also spoke to his intimacy coordinator about what he would use. Covering his lower areas for nude scenes. “I found myself trying to find a way to describe rooster sock without saying ‘rooster sock,’ and I was fumbling in and tripping over it,” Jackson recalls. Finally she was like, ‘It’s okay, I know you call it a cock sock. ‘ But yeah, I was like, ‘I’d like to avoid those if possible because they’re uncomfortable.’

For Liquid Media, the company recently launched the Projecktor platform to connect freelance content creators to help them secure funding, monetization, and distribution opportunities. “I want our company to be able to jump in and get to know the creators and say, ‘We’ll be able to provide you with the services you need to not only make money from this project, but to survive long enough to be able to do the next stage,'” Jackson says. In an ideal world, we jump right in at the start and help out in the later stages of development, then packaging, financing and then distribution. Projecktor gives content creators a great place to be proud to display their work.”

In addition to naming Jackson interim CEO, Liquid also recently appointed the former president of American Apparel and EVP and CFO of Blockbuster. Tom Casey to its board of directors.

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Before I sign my exit, I just wanted to send love to diverse Editor in Chief Claudia ElerWho is on medical leave at the moment. Get well soon. Hope to see you all soon.