January 28, 2021 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Zendaya and John David Washington are the stars of the the upcoming film Malcom & Marie — a black-and-white romantic drama that showcases a couple as their relationship is tested. The film, out February 5, is already getting Oscar buzz, however, some critics are fixated on the 12-year age gap between the actors.

Zendaya addressed this during an appearance on E!’s Daily Pop on Wednesday and attributed it to one simple thing,”I’ve played a 16-year-old since I was 16,” the 24-year-old said.

“You have to remember, also, people grew up [watching] me as a child,” the Euphoria Emmy-winning actress added. “It’s like watching, I guess, your younger sibling now, you know, they’re grown…So it’s hard for people to wrap around the idea that I am grown in real life. You know, even though I do play a teenager on television still.” 

Washington, 36, didn’t elaborate on the matter, but he did share that he was thankful they were able to film Malcom & Marie amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

“I didn’t know what the industry was going to look like,” he said. “I didn’t know if I was going to have an opportunity to do what I love to do the most, which is act.”

Malcolm & Marie premieres on Netflix February 5. 

By Danielle Long
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January 28, 2021 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Netflix/Denise Crew(LOS ANGELES) — Looks like Marie Kondo will have another little one to “tidy up” after: her third child.

The bestselling author and star of Netflix’s Tidying Up with Marie Kondo star announced the exciting news in an Instagram post on Wednesday.

“I have some news! Another bundle of joy on the way. ??” she captioned a photo of herself cradling her baby bump.

The post was flooded with well-wishes for the KonMari Method founder and her family. She did not reveal her due date in the pregnancy announcement.

Kondo and her husband Takumi Kawahara married in 2012. They are already parents to two young daughters, Satsuki and Miko.

While promoting her book, Kiki & Jax: The Life-Changing Magic of Friendship in 2019, the organizing expert discussed how having her daughters inspired her to write a children’s book.

“I was thinking about how I could teach my daughters how to tidy, and I noticed that they loved books,” she told HuffPost. “They always wanted to mimic what they learned in books, so I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be wonderful if I could somehow use books to teach them how to tidy?'”

Kondo has also written four books on organizing, including the bestselling 2010 guide, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.

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ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(NEW YORK) — On Thursday’s edition of Good Morning America, it was revealed that co-anchor Michael Strahan has tested positive for COVID-19. 

“He wanted us to let you know that he tested positive,” co-anchor Robin Roberts said, noting that viewers had noticed Strahan hadn’t been in the studio this week. “He’s at home quarantining right now,” she explained. 

“So many of you have…reached out to him,” George Stephanopoulos added, saying of his co-anchor, “He says thank you for the concern, very grateful for that and the well-wishes. He’s also feeling well and looking to be back here shortly.” 

The GMA personality added that the show’s staff that was in studio both in front of and behind the camera had been cleared by ABC parent company Disney after contact tracing was done for those who had been in Strahan’s orbit.

Co-anchor Amy Robach, who has been on camera earlier than usual in Strahan’s absence, joked that she told him to hurry back, “because I’d like to set my alarm back an hour.”

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