Justin Simien and Jaclyn Moore Reveal Inspiration Behind 'Dear White People's Musical Final Season (Exclusive)

Emmerdale fans couldn’t help but gush over a heartbroken Priya Kotecha as she gave an emotional farewell to former flame Ellis Chapman while he jetted off to Australia.During Wednesday’s instalment of the popular ITV soap, viewers watched the emotional businesswoman well up as she watched her ex leave the village for good.Until recently, the raven-haired beauty had been avoiding the traveller after she learnt of his plan to move overseas through a third party.But as he finished packing up the last of his things ready for the big flight down under, Priya made the decision to drop all of her upcoming meetings for the day to say a final farewell to dashing hunk one last time.And it appears as though viewers were just as moved by her touching speech as they gushed over the actress online.This is a live TV story and is constantly being notes updated.Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest TV updates.TV & Showbiz reporters are working to source the latest information, reaction, pictures and video related to this story.You can also follow us on Twitter @DailyStar, or follow us on Instagram @dailystar to get the latest TV and celeb gossip 24 hours a day.Or like our Daily Star Showbiz Facebook page to get the day's biggest stories, and have your say on them.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star showbiz newsletters?You can do this on this page by simply entering your email address above and hitting 'subscribe'.Download the Daily Star app for flash alerts on the biggest stories of the day, so you don't miss out.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star news bulletins? You can do this on this page by simply entering your email address above and hitting 'subscribe'.

Love Island stars Faye Winter and Teddy Soares have boasted that their sex life is '100 times better' now than it was in the Love Island villa.Six months after placing third on the ITV dating show, the pair are more loved-up than ever with Teddy gushing that he “lusts” after her sexy lingerie and that the pair enjoy “trying new things”.Despite a fiery stint in their relationship, the pair have come out stronger than ever - and it seems one place where they really impress one another is in the bedroom. The pair have confessed that their sex lives are a lot better now than in the villa, mostly due to the freedom to bonk without being cautious of their co-stars.

A leading Republican politician hoping to become the next governor of the state of Oregon is now embroiled in a different kind of “swing state” controversy!

It appears as though we’re in a Zac Efron renaissance!

This is one of our favorite videos we have EVER made! We do an unboxing and then my J.R. and Perez watch The Grudge! The OG one from the early 2000s. He loves horror films and we had never seen this classic before. A first for us both! And, of course, we had to spook him! Perez’s snort laugh was coming in hard! This whole thing is just…. so JOYOUS! Watch!

The competition is going global, and the popularity ranking is switching up fast!

Sharon Stone has something in common with the late Princess Diana who was the most famous woman in the world until her death in 1997.The Basic Instinct actress told Rake magazine this week that the two were both hunted as they were followed by crowds of fans wherever they went.'We got famous in the same generation,' said Stone who became a household name with 1992's film Basic Instinct. 'Anywhere one would go who was famous, like Diana, or me at that moment, is that hundreds if not thousands of people would show up everywhere you went.' Like the princess:Sharon Stone has something in common with the late Princess Diana who was the most famous woman in the world until her death in 1997 The fame game:The Basic Instinct actress told Rake magazine this week that the two were both hunted as they were followed by crowds of fans wherever they wentShe added that fans came in person because it was before cell phones.

Bob Odenkirk has detailed his heart attack on the set ofBetter Call Saulfor the first time.The 58-year-old actor talk to the New York Timesabout the scary moment which saw him 'turning bluish-gray' back in July which left him in the hospital.He explained: 'I’d known since 2018 that I had this plaque buildup in my heart.I went to two heart doctors at Cedars-Sinai, and I had dye and an M.R.I. and all that stuff, and the doctors disagreed.'The two physicians gave different options with Odenkirk ultimately choosing to wait out doing anything about it instead of starting medication.

Jennifer Lopez has shared that both she and Ben Affleck were caught off guard by their rekindled romance.'Yeah, I don't think anybody was more surprised than us,' Jennifer, 52, said with a laugh on The Ellen DeGeneres Showthis week.'Bennifer' were one of the buzziest couples of the early aughts until their engagement fell apart in 2004 - only for them to reunite last year. Candor:Jennifer Lopez has confessed that both she and Ben Affleck were caught off guard by their rekindled romance On again:'Bennifer' were one of the buzziest couples of the early aughts until their engagement fell apart in 2004 - only for them to reunite last year; pictured this Tuesday'Would you ever have imagined that it comes full circle and ends up like this?' Ellen asked Jennifer on her chat show.'No, you never could imagine something like that could happen,' said the Jenny From The Block hitmaker.

Quentin Tarantino's wife Daniella is pregnant with their second child.The director's representatives confirmed to PEOPLE that the family-of-three will soon become four with a new addition this year.Tarantino and his wife welcomed their first child, a son named Leo, in February 2020. Congratulations! Director Quentin Tarantino's wife Daniella is pregnant with their second child; seen in 2019Daniella is the daughter of Israeli singer-songwriter Tzvika Pick, and the couple first met in 2009 when Tarantino was promoting Inglorious Basterds in Israel.

Go Team USA! Nina Dobrev cheered on Shaun White, while he competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics for snowboarding on Wednesday February 9. The 33-year-old actress posted tons of videos of her TV screen while her boyfriend, 35, shredding up the slopes to try to win yet another gold medal for the United States in Beijing. Nina topped it all off with a sweet photo with her boyfriend on screen to show that even miles apart, she’s rooting for him.

Snoop Dogg says he won’t let the big Super Bowl stage rattle his nerves. The ultra-smooth rapper said he will worry about his upcoming halftime performance after the fact.“For me, when performing, I never let the moment get bigger than me,” said Snoop Dogg in a recent interview with The Associated Press from his studio compound in Inglewood, California, a suburb of Los Angeles where the Super Bowl will be held Sunday. He’ll take the stage with Dr.

After Nelly’s sex tape was leaked on social media, the singer has issued a statement apologizing for the “private” moment being shared publicly.

Zack Sharf The rollercoaster journey of casting the title role in George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” is documented in Kyle Buchanan’s upcoming oral history book “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road.” An excerpt published by Vulture reveals that casting Max Rockatansky boiled down to Tom Hardy, Armie Hammer and Jeremy Renner after an exhaustive search that also included Michael Fassbender, Joel Kinnaman, Heath Ledger, Eric Bana and more.Buchanan, who is also the awards season columnist for the New York Times, reports: “Near the end of the process, Hardy emerged as a front-runner alongside Jeremy Renner and Armie Hammer. Hardy and Hammer even read together as part of their audition, and when Hardy gnashed his teeth and spat at his scene partner, Hammer told Miller that Hardy needed to be Max more than he did.” Audition cameraman Todd Matthew Grossman told Buchanan, “Jeremy and Armie were equally wonderful, but there was something about Tom in the room where it felt like that was Max, without a doubt.

more than 464,000 followers on Instagram.Davis, 30, started selling online health and wellness packages back in 2014 after she became a popular social media influencer. The savvy star created the company Brittany Dawn Fitness LLC, which quickly garnered thousands of paying customers in plans ranging in price from $92 to $300 per month.According to the new lawsuit, obtained by the Dallas Morning News, Davis was contacted by at least 14 women suffering from eating disorders.

EXCLUSIVE:  Lionsgate has renewed its first-look film deal with 3Pas Studios, the production company run by producer Ben Odell and bilingual star Eugenio Derbez, Deadline has learned.

Fox is developing a pitch black comedy about a meteorologist whose life unspools after a freak injury at work.

musical interludes, Afro-futuristic reveals, and emotional turmoil, there's one thread woven throughout the final season of  that serves as the biggest mystery of the series finale; what happened to Reggie?Although Marque Richardson's uber-talented computer programmer is accounted for in the fourth season's present-day storyline, he's noticeably absent from the flash-forwards that feature Sam (Logan Browning), Lionel (DeRon Horton), Joelle (Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins), Troy (Brandon P. Bell), Coco (Antoinette Robertson) and Gabe (John Patrick Amedori) as they come together to look back at the most formative year of their lives.

When writer/director Justin Simien’s debut indie movie, “Dear White People,” first arrived at the beginning of 2014, it was a sharp, insightful and prescient breath of fresh air— woke— a good three years before the word was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2017, several months before “stay woke” became a BLM call to action following the shooting of Michael Brown in the summer of 2014. When the movie evolved into a Netflix series three years later, it still had much to say, still delivering a funny, observational look at a Black Ivy League college with thoughtful characters who constantly challenged what was falsely advertised then as a “post-racial,” post-Obama society.

BreAnna Bell “Dear White People” may be saying goodbye to Netflix with this fourth season, but the show is going out with a bang as not only a musical season, but also one that flashes 15 years into the future to see where the characters land post-graduation from Winchester University. In a series of show-stopping numbers, creator Justin Simien put together quite the farewell show for fans.There’s much to be admired in this colorful storyline that woefully weaves in part of our dystopian (almost apocalyptic, even) current situation due to the coronavirus pandemic and the world’s current fears of a never-ending lockdown.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the fourth and final season of “Dear White People,” streaming now on Netflix.When Justin Simien was adapting his 2014 satirical film “Dear White People” into a half-hour television series, he created a bible for the show that included a reference to Donald Trump becoming president. And then Trump did just that.