OHMYGOSSIP — John Lithgow will star in ‘Pitch Perfect 3’.
The ‘Crown’ actor – who has an extensive background in musical theatre – has signed up to appear in the third installment of the popular musical comedy, Variety reports.
Plot details for the latest saga involving a cappella group Barden Bellas is being kept under wraps, so it hasn’t been revealed what role John, 71, will play in the movie.
Trish Sie is directing the film from a script written by Kay Cannon, assisted by Mike White and Dana Fox and some of the cast revealed last month they had begun filming.
Rebel Wilson – who plays Fat Amy in the movie – shared a photo on Instagram with her co-stars Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow and captioned the image: “#PP3 #Bellas Day One Pitches x (sic).”
And 31-year-old Anna, who plays the role of Beca Mitchell in the production, also shared the same photograph on her social media page.
She wrote: “Team. (sic).”
And Brittany – who plays Chloe Beale in the franchise – recently teased the third instalment of ‘Pitch Perfect’ is “just around the corner”.
Alongside an image of the blonde beauty with a few of the other Bellas including Elizabeth Banks, she wrote: “#PP3 is just around the Corner (sic).”
And it is believed Ruby Rose is also set to feature in the film, which will be released in December this year.
However, Skyler Astin – who played Anna’s on screen boyfriend and lead singer of a cappella group The Trebles, Jesse Swanson – has revealed he and the rest of the all-male vocal group won’t feature in ‘Pitch Perfect 3’, despite appearing in both ‘Pitch Perfect’ and ‘Pitch Perfect 2’.
He previously tweeted: “Yes. As of now, the Trebles and I won’t be in the third Pitch Perfect movie. They seem to be taking the story in a different direction (sic).”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Billy Dee Williams is certain Donald Glover will be great as his ‘Star Wars’ character Lando Calrissian because he’s a “very talented young man” with his “own ideas” about the role.
Glover has been cast as a young Lando in the Han Solo anthology movie and will appear alongside Alden Ehrenreich, who will portray Han at the beginning of his days as an intergalactic smuggler.
Williams played Cloud City chief Lando in the two original trilogy movies ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘The Return of the Jedi’ and at the request of Glover her went for lunch with him to discuss the character and he was impressed by his plans for the character and the questions he asked.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Williams said: “He’s a very delightful young man, I must say. We had a very nice lunch and we talked for a very long time and it was very easy.
“I guess he was doing what normal actors do. They just want to find out what direction they want to take so they gather their information. So, we just sat and talked, and I didn’t want to impose on anything he wanted to do – he’s got his own ideas, I would imagine. I know he has his own ideas. He’s a very talented young man … Donald is eclectic, I think that’s really important particularly for the character of Lando. He is particularly eclectic in the way he approaches his art. When I talked to him I really got the sense of him being a worldly person.”
Although Williams, 79, is pleased that Lando is being brought back in a film he admits it will be strange for him to see somebody else bring his alter ego to life on the big screen, because it’s the role he is most famous for.
The ‘Batman’ actor said: “To me, I guess what it is that I identify so much with Lando. I mean, Lando has been very much a part of my life for over 30 years. When I go out and do conventions and stuff like that, even though people know me from all the other things that I’ve done, certainly [Lando] takes precedence. I just never thought of anybody else being Lando. I just see myself as Lando.”
Following his casting, Glover admitted it is a “big deal” for him to be playing Lando because an action figure of the hero was the “first toy” he ever got.
The 33-year-old star – who also releases music under the moniker Childish Gambino – said: “Lando’s a big deal. He’s the first toy I ever got … It’s interesting, when you have something iconic and people pay attention to it, it’s hard. You want to live up to the expectation, but you can only live up to your own.”
The as-yet untitled Han Solo film will be directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller and also stars ‘Game of Thrones’ actress Emilia Clarke and Woody Harrelson who is to play a mentor to Ehrenreich’s Solo – who was originally played by Harrison Ford in four films.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Marcia Gay Harden says she isn’t allowed to be “overtly sexual” whilst promoting ‘Fifty Shades Darker’.
The 57-year-old actress stars as the mother of the S&M loving hunk Christian Grey in the upcoming second instalment of the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ film franchise, and has said despite the movie’s often raunchy nature, the cast have been banned from talking about the sex scenes by their bosses at Universal.
She said: “We can’t talk too much about nipple clamps.
“It is a love story after all — I don’t think they want us being too overtly sexual in interviews.”
And the Oscar-winning actress says she’s had a hard time keeping her lips sealed about the steamy scenes, and has found herself in trouble with the movie’s bosses for things she’s put out on Twitter.
She added to The Sun newspaper: “I used to send out some naughty little tweets, along the lines of this ‘sweater clasp’ and I was told by Universal that I couldn’t do it any more, but I’ll tell you one anyway.
“I’m a good girl, I fell in line. Because it’s supposed to be more about the ‘romance’.
“Maybe I went too far … I don’t know.
“I sent out a picture of a sex toy and I was like, ‘Dear Christian, thank you so much for that lovely bracelet under the Christmas tree. Perhaps it wasn’t meant for me. Oh well, so pretty.’
“And all the fans would write back, ‘No that wasn’t for you Mama Grey, oh no.’ That was a lot of fun but it was shut down.”
Meanwhile, leading stars Jamie Dornan – who plays businessman Christian Grey – and Dakota Johnson who stars as Anastasia Steele, have admitted they became “great friends” on the set of the movie which made filming their scenes together “more comfortable”.
Jamie said recently: “I was only cast five weeks before we started filming the first movie, and that’s when I met Dakota for the first time. [Now] it’s been three years, [and] Dakota and I are very close.
“We’ve got a great sort of love and respect for each other. We’re great friends and I think that makes it easier, you know? So it’s definitely more comfortable.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ruby Rose is desperate to work with Meryl Streep.
The 30-year-old star feels “lucky” because she’s already managed to achieve so many of her professional ambitions, but Ruby has admitted she remains eager to work with the Oscar-winning actress.
She shared: “I’ve been really lucky that I’ve worked with all my heroes throughout these films that I may never need to work again. But … until Meryl. Meryl Streep.”
Ruby also opened up about her role in Taylor Swift’s so-called squad, in which she appears alongside the likes of Martha Hunt and Karlie Kloss.
She told the ‘TODAY’ show: “I always laugh at people [acting] like it’s an accolade.
“It’s like, they don’t want to talk about, like, ‘You won a SAG award,’ or, ‘You did ‘Orange’. Like, ‘You made it. You’re friends with Taylor Swift.'”
Meanwhile, Ruby recently admitted she feels “very blessed” to be in tune with her sexuality.
The Australian actress – who is in a relationship with singer Jess Origliasso – feels “empowered and strong” to be able to be open about her “healthy sex life” because she knows other people are unable to be due to cultural differences.
She explained: “I’m very confident and in tune with my sexuality. I feel very blessed for that, because in different places around the world, people can’t be. I’m lucky I can explore.
“I have a very healthy sex life, and there’s something very empowering, strong, and feminist about being open and comfortable in that world.”
What’s more, the ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ star said the idea of getting married is more important because of the equal rights example it sets, rather than the institution itself.
She said: “For me, marriage is more about equal rights than the act of getting married.
“When you don’t have equal rights, it trickles down to kids who think, ‘My aunt’s gay so she can’t get married, or I’m weird because I feel the same way.'”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Christina Ricci says she doesn’t “have the right temperament to be an older actress”.
The 36-year-old actress would like to focus more on directing and producing as she gets older as she hates being told what to do.
She told The Observer Magazine: “I find that I don’t have the right temperament to be an older actress. I’m not very good at being told what to do and how to behave. I used to think that was just because I was young and now I think, it’s just who I am.
“I’ve been around some great film-makers and I was smart enough to pay attention. I’ve also been around some really bad film-makers, and was interested in figuring out why they’re so bad. Like any child: if you make people forget you’re there then they’ll say things that you would never hear otherwise. So I think I have a lot to contribute; the stories I would like to tell are not stories that have been told a million times.”
Christina started her career as a child star and loved playing Wednesday Addams in ‘The Addams Family’ movies because she loved the dry wit of her character.
She said: “I was a lazy child, one of those kids who hated being told to smile. I would think, eurggh, go away. So I loved playing that part. We were a very dry, sarcastic family so I was well disposed to it.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ryan Reynolds has joked he was left “neutered” after filming ‘Life’.
The 40-year-old actor – who has daughters, James, two, and four-month-old Inez with wife Blake Lively – stars with Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson as the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) in the sci-fi thriller and they spent three months in constrictive harnesses being pulled around on wires by members of the crew to replicate being in zero gravity and learning to appear as if they were floating by movement coaches.
Ryan quipped of the experience: “You think, ‘This is going to be a cinch.’
“And then they jam this harness on you that pulls your testicles in your throat. I sneezed and I am actually now neutered.”
But Jake understood why the preparations took so long.
He told Empire magazine: “It takes a while to get into that space, to access your feelings.
“There are 40 people pulling us all around from above. The physical part is a huge element of it.”
Ryan recently claimed having two children has given him a “functioning family”.
He said: “They look alike. You can see that she’s sort of a little mini version of our older girl.
“But, no, it’s great. It’s like an actually cohesive, working, functioning family. It’s amazing to see my older daughter taking care of my younger one. ‘The Lion King’ was right! The circle of life exists.”
It isn’t the first time the ‘Green Lantern’ actor has gushed over James’ ability to take care of their youngest daughter as he previously described the sight as “profound”.
Ryan said: “It was kind of profound. I just love watching my older daughter take care of the newborn. That’s been kind of neat to see.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tom Hiddleston was “humbled” by humpback whales he got to see whilst shooting ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ in Australia.
The 35-year-old actor insists the “power of the natural world” is far greater than anything that makes humans feel they have “supremacy” over other creatures, and had his own wake up call during his daily runs when he was Down Under reprising his role as Loki.
He said: “We like to think we’re at the pinnacle of human history and our technological advances are evolving our supremacy over all the other animals of the Earth. But we still need to be humbled by the power of the natural world.
“I was in Australia doing ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ and I had a house in Queensland and I could run along the beach and I saw humpback whales.
“Every time I saw them I felt smaller, that out there were these enormous intelligent creatures. We all feel this profound need for that.”
Tom has been busy shooting ‘Kong: Skull Island’ in Vietnam, Hawaii and Australia and felt incredibly lucky to be a part of the ensemble blockbuster.
He told SFX magazine: “There was this palpable sense among every member of the cast that to be in a ‘Kong’ film was such a privilege and to be in these locations.
“Because there’s something very timeless about the myth of ‘Kong’ and the idea of mankind going into undiscovered countries, going into the jungle and being humbled by the power of nature as represented by ‘Kong’.
“Jordan [Vogt-Roberts, director] chose three exquisite locations on the planet where nature is at its most beautiful and terrifying.
“These were places of natural beauty and also danger. We just felt so lucky to be there.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Damien Chazelle always wanted Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone for ‘La La Land’.
Although Emma Watson and Miles Teller were previously linked to the leading roles in the Oscar-nominated movie, writer and director Damien admitted Stone and Gosling were always his dream stars.
Speaking at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, he said: “When I started writing ‘La La Land’ about six years ago, I dreamed about having Ryan and Emma in the movie. No one is more shocked than I am that they actually did it – and not just that they did it, but that they poured their heart and soul into it. I still pinch myself that any of it happened.”
Emma and Ryan have both been nominated for an Oscar for their work in the movie and Emma recently said it was “beyond any of her wildest imaginings”.
She said: “What a morning. I am so grateful and I’m so happy to share this feeling with my ‘La La Land’ family. The greatest part of life is connecting with people, and I love the deeply talented, kind and passionate people I was lucky enough to work with on this movie.
“I’m also overjoyed that the movie has connected with audiences in the way it has, and that it’s hopefully bringing a kick in their step to those who watch it. This is beyond any of our wildest imaginings and we can’t wait to celebrate together.”

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