After a challenging week, things heated up on The Golden Bachelorette.
Joan Vassos had a hilarious group date that allowed some of the men to show off their moves while she also began to grow her connections with others.
“I solidified some connections with some of the guys and I get more and more hopeful every week,” she said.
Jonathan, Pascal, Dan, Charles L., Gary, Mark, Gil, Chock and Keith were chosen for the group date and were given a lesson by some of the original Chippendale members on how to body roll and more.
They each then took the stage to show off their moves for Vassos and to raise money for Stand Up to Cancer, an organization that fights cancer through collaborative research and fair access to care.
After their performance, each of the men got some time with Vassos, including Chock, whose connection with her has grown since their one-on-one date at Disneyland. At the end of their date, Vassos gave Chock the group date rose because she said she continues “to see a future” with him.
Following the group date, Chock received the heartbreaking news at home that his mother died and decided to leave the mansion to be with his family.
After Chock departed the mansion, Vassos set out on her date with Jordan. The duo went ice skating and Jordan got a rose at the end of their date.
On her one-on-one date with Guy, Vassos opted to get to know him more over cooking lemon baked ziti at her house.After their date, Vassos gave him a rose and said she can picture Guy in her life.
Prior to the rose ceremony, Vassos had one-on-one time with each of the men. And while she shared meaningful moments with all of them, she was over the moon when Chock returned to the mansion.
Chock told Vassos that he was “crazy” about her and “had to come back” to see her.
At the end of the night, Vassos said goodbye to Charles L., Gary, Dan and Gil. Here are the men that remain:
Chock, 60, an insurance executive from Wichita, Kansas Guy, 66, an ER doctor from Reno, Nevada Jordan, 61, a sales manager from Chicago, Illinois Pascal, 69, a salon owner from Chicago, Illinois Jonathan, 61, a shipping consultant from Oakland, Iowa Mark, 67, an army veteran from Leesville, Louisiana Keith, 62, a girl dad from San Jose, California
The Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni film It Ends with Us has been a smash hit, but could offscreen drama between the lead actress and her co-star producer-director prevent them from reuniting for the onscreen drama’s sequel?
With box office totals for the $25 million movie possibly reaching as high as $300 million before its run ends, Variety estimates, the movie has become the best-earning project for both leads — and will make a fortune for Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios production shingle.
There’s even a follow-up book to the original from Colleen Hoover called It Starts with Us, which technically could spin a sequel.
However, an insider tells the trade, “There’s probably no world where these two will work together again,” adding, “This is uncharted territory.”
Neither star has directly addressed the rumored bad blood, which some reports say stemmed from Lively overriding Baldoni on the final cut of the movie. Other whispers were that Baldoni was allegedly something of a bully on set. Lively also took flak for promoting a film about an abusive relationship as if it was a rom-com.
There’s also the matter of her husband, Ryan Reynolds, allegedly rewriting a scene without either telling Baldoni — and possibly while the Writers Guild was on strike in 2023.
Whatever the real story is, it’s obvious that a sequel to a blockbuster won’t be the no-brainer it usually is in Hollywood.
Baldoni’s abusive character, Ryle, has a smaller role in the second book, but he’s still a producer and the rights-holder on any potential follow-up, so he and Lively still would have to cooperate to get it made.
As for directing the sequel, he toldEntertainment Weekly at the movie’s premiere, “I think there are better people for that. I think Blake Lively’s ready to direct.”
Destin Daniel Cretton, who directed the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe entry Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and is developing the Disney+ Marvel Studios series Wonder Man, might just swing into the director’s chair on Tom Holland‘s fourth Spider-Man movie.
That’s according to The Hollywood Reporter, which says Cretton is in talks to become the fourth director to tackle the web-slinging hero. He would follow Sam Raimi, who directed Tobey Maguire as Spidey in three films; Marc Webb, who helmed two with Andrew Garfield; and Jon Watts, who directed Holland in three Spider-Man blockbusters.
Officially, Marvel Studios is characteristically mum, but according to THR, getting Holland in the mask again is a priority for Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, which share the rights to the hero — and if Cretton locks in, cameras could roll early next year.
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