June 20, 2021
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Salma Hayek was 'shocked' to land Marvel's 'Eternals' role
Salma Hayek says she was "shocked" to land her role in the new film Eternals.
The 54-year-old actress discussed playing Ajak in the upcoming Marvel movie during Tuesday's episode of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
Ajak is a Marvel Comics character who is the leader of the Eternals, a race of long-lived humans with superpowers, in the new film.
When asked if she felt prepared for the part due to her past roles in action films, Hayek said she was surprised by her casting.
"I was shocked. Can you imagine? You get a superhero character in your fifties? Mexican. Woman. In your fifties? I couldn't believe it," she said.
Hayek then shared her "most exciting moment" from filming the movie.
"It was very unexpected, because there are superhero moments, but the coolest one was galloping in a meadow with a horse. And that's when I thought to myself, 'Not only I'm doing a Marvel superhero movie, but I'm doing, like, a really different, cool one,'" she said.
Eternals is directed by Chloé Zhao and co-stars Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Kit Harington and Angelina Jolie.
Marvel released a first teaser trailer for the film in May that gives a brief backstory on the Eternals.
Eternals opens in theaters Nov. 5.
On The Tonight Show, Hayek also played The Whisper Challenge, a game where she and host Jimmy Fallon took turns wearing headphones with loud music playing and tried to guess what the other was saying.
Hayek stars in the new film The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard with Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson.
Judge approves Harvey Weinstein extradition to LA on sexual assault charges
 A New York judge on Tuesday ordered Harvey Weinstein to be extradited to Los Angeles to face sexual assault charges.
Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case denied a motion by Weinstein's attorney to delay his extradition and local prosecutors said the Los Angeles District Attorney's office plans to transport Weinstein sometime by mid-July.
Weinstein's attorney, Norman Effman, said he plans to appeal the order.
He added that Weinstein is not trying to avoid trial and said Los Angeles County could conduct a virtual arraignment.
"If LA wants jurisdiction to commence proceedings, fine," Effman said.
The former movie producer is serving a 23-year prison sentence at Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison near Buffalo, N.Y., after he was found guilty of first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape last year.
He also faces 11 counts of sexual assault in Los Angeles, including four counts of forcible rape, four counts of forcible oral copulation, two counts of sexual battery by restraint and one count of sexual penetration by use of force.
Effman had challenged the transfer to Los Angeles to face those charges, citing Weinstein's health.
"The reason he's at Wende is it's the regional medical center," he said. "He's in the middle of treatment right now."
Erie County Assistant District Attorney Colleen Gable, however, countered that Los Angeles County had met the requirements for the transfer and Weinstein's health could be attended to in Los Angeles.
"It's Los Angeles -- it's not some remote outpost that doesn't have medical care," Gable said.
The CW's new fall season begins in October
The CW announced premiere dates for their Fall schedule. New premieres begin Friday, Oct. 1 with Penn & Teller: Fool Us at 8 p.m. EDT.
The network announced its weekly schedule for the fall on May 25. The CW will air original programming on Saturday nights for the first time in the network's history, beginning with the iHeartRadio Music Festival on Oct. 2 at 8 p.m.
Nancy Drew returns for its third season Friday, Oct. 8 at 9 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 9, The CW's regular Saturday block of Whose Line Is It Anyway at 8 p.m. and World's Funniest Animals at 9 p.m. begins.
The game show Legends of the Hidden Temple premieres at 8 p.m. and Season 2 of Killer Camp begins at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10. Superheroes DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 7 and Batwoman Season 3 return on their new night, Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 8 and 9 p.m. respectively.
Season 4 of Legacies premieres Thursday, Oct. 14 at 9 p.m. All-American Season 4 premieres Monday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. followed by the re-imagining of The 4400 at 9 p.m.
Walker returns for its second season Thursday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. The only November premiere announcement is The Flash Season 8 and Riverdale Season 6 on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 8 and 9 p.m. respectively.
The CW previously announced specials The Waltons' Homecoming, The Scooby Doo Reunion Special and Beebo Saves Christmas. The network has yet to announce dates for those specials.
Midseason shows All-American: Homecoming, Naomi. Charmed, DC's Stargirl, Dynasty, In the Dark, Kung Fu, Roswell New Mexico, and Superman & Lois will air in 2022.
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