Zendaya has new ‘Euphoria’ pact
“Euphoria” star Zendaya has negotiated a new deal with HBO that will make her one of the highest paid TV actors in Hollywood, according to Puck News.
The Golden Globe and Emmy winner, 26, will be earning close to $1 million per episode for her deeply poignant portrayal of the series’ central character, Rue Bennett, a tortured high school student who grapples with substance abuse in the wake of her father’s death.
“Euphoria” has been one of the buzziest shows of the last few years. Some love it, some hate it, but most everyone agrees Zendaya gives a performance worth celebrating.
Zendaya joins the ranks of fellow $1 million milestone members, including the lead cast of “Friends,” the lead cast of “Game of Thrones” and Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon for “Big Little Lies.”
According to a 2021 Deadline report, Angela Bassett set a record for highest earning Black female actor on network TV, earning $450,000 per “9-1-1” episode. Kerry Washington earned more than $1 million per episode for co-starring and coproducing alongside Witherspoon in “Little Fires Everywhere.”
Zendaya hitting the $1 million mark possibly makes her the youngest, highest paid Black female actor on television.
‘Naatu Naatu’ coming to Oscars:
M.M. Keeravaani’s joyously energetic anthem “Naatu Naatu” will be performed at the Oscars, the show’s producers said Tuesday. With music by Keeravaani and lyrics by Chandrabose, “Naatu Naatu” is one of the most memorable sequences from the Telgu-language action epic “RRR.”
Singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava will travel to Los Angeles to perform the tune, which is competing for the best original song trophy.
The 95th Oscars will air March 12 on ABC.
Hamm, Osceola reportedly engaged:
“Mad Men” star Jon Hamm is reportedly engaged to his “Confess, Fletch” co-star Anna Osceola. People magazine reported Monday that the actors got engaged after two years of dating. Representatives for the couple did not immediately respond to requests for confirmation. Hamm, 51, and Osceola, 34, reportedly met on the set of “Mad Men” in 2015 but were not romantically linked until 2020, People reported.
Producer Mirisch dies:
Walter Mirisch — the Oscar-winning producer who oversaw such classics as “Some Like It Hot,” “West Side Story” and “In the Heat of the Night” — has died of natural causes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Saturday. He was 101.
Mirisch died Friday in Los Angeles, according to a statement from the academy’s CEO Bill Kramer and its president Janet Yang.
Mirisch, who had served as academy president and an academy governor, received the best picture Academy Award for 1967’s “In the Heat of the Night.” He also received two honorary Oscars for his body of work and his humanitarian efforts.
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