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'Bachelor in Paradise' EP teases 'very sexy reboot' for season 10
The citizens of Bachelor Nation are creatures of habit. Like Wayne and Garth, we fear change. But change is coming to Bachelor in Paradise, rose lovers — and it's time to talk about it. In addition to a new location (Costa Rica!) and a new twist (the Goldens are coming!), Bachelor in Paradise also has a new showrunner, Scott Teti (Claim to Fame), and he's ready to give ABC's beach-based dating show a makeover. "It's an amazing opportunity, because this franchise has been around for so long and had so much success, and it's exciting to be a part of that," Teti tells Entertainment Weekly. "It's also super exciting to be able to reboot [the show] both visually and creatively in a format sense." Promising an "upgraded, sexy style across the board," Teti says the new season of Paradise will also incorporate elements from its precursor — the late, great Bachelor Pad. If that doesn't pique your interest, rose lovers, nothing will. Read on to learn more about Teti's plans for Paradise, from "relationship games" to "elevated comedy" to the possibility of romance between the Golden contestants and the younger singles. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Let's talk about the big move to Costa Rica. Why is the show moving? SCOTT TETI: Before I came on, the location [change] was already in motion and had been approved. So, I think the drive to move was based on shaking things up stylistically with a new vibe and a new kind of Paradise. This also is very production friendly. It's a very private beach. It's very secluded, but it also has the ability for our production to stay on one side of the sister hotel, and the newer portion of the Azuara Beach Resort, where we will be filming, is right next door. It's this beautiful sexy, new location. Unlike in Mexico, where the contestants slept in open-air cabanas, everyone will get proper hotel rooms this season. Can you confirm that everyone will have air conditioning? Everyone will have air conditioning, yes! We're in Costa Rica this time and it's got this very wild, beautiful vibe. The hotel where they're going to be staying is more upscale and has a sexy chicness to it that feels a little bit elevated than the traditional kind of Paradise world we've been in. The cast can literally open up the doors to their rooms and swim out into the pool under bridges, and then up to a beautiful bar that is touching the beach. Are you excited to not have to film really sweaty people all the time? They were just so sweaty in Mexico. Between the air conditioner and the pool and the ability to swim right out into the pool, I imagine they're not going to be sweating unless they are running up and down the beach. So yes, I'm excited to be filming people that aren't constantly sweating, but maybe [they'll have] a little bit of a glisten to just give it a sexy vibe. More importantly, there is no way you could have subjected the Golden cast members to the brutality of the Playa Escondida accommodations, with the crabs and the bugs and the heat, right? [Laughs] Yeah, I mean, look, I think they're going to be pleasantly surprised down here. There's no shuffleboard set up yet, but we're going to make sure that they have their perfect Paradise to keep them rested and hydrated. Let's talk about the Goldens joining the group. People have a lot of questions. For example, if Leslie, 66, and Hakeem, 30, hit it off, can they date each other? Well, I would say that this rendition of Paradise is designed to encourage those to stay within their lanes. But yes, anything can happen in Paradise. You wouldn't be opposed to a May-December romance if it developed? Hey, who am I to say? Former Bachelorette Hannah Brown is joining the hospitality staff, alongside bartender . Tell us about what she'll be doing. She'll be handing out champagne before the rose ceremonies, checking in with people, seeing how they're doing. She is kind of taking on the role of, if you will, like a Director of Paradise Relations. She'll be checking in with the cast before the rose ceremonies, or even if somebody needs help with a romantic getaway to spice things up, she'll be there. She's going to be in the mix as this director of hospitality kind of role, checking in, giving advice, maybe even providing a little yoga experience to free the minds of some people. It's going to be fun. Will be back? We don't have the Truth Box, but we have so many other twists and turns and things that are new. Something that's super exciting is to be able to reboot the franchise both visually, creatively, in a format sense. We are bringing in elements that have a little bit of competition to them that we're calling chemistry or relationship tests, and they are really going to enlighten the cast and help them learn things about themselves, about each other. Things that might be admirable qualities might surface, things that are red flags might pop up as a result of these tests. Some of the tests are designed to show people how compatible they are or possibly how incompatible they are. So they're really going to shake things up and drive a lot of story in that sense. They're really designed to organically help them in their quest for love, and they're going to be fun and they're going to be surprising, and I think people, including the audience, are going to be caught off guard a lot of ways. essentially copied its format from , and now it sounds like is maybe incorporating some of the -style challenges? We're taking a different approach, in that I don't like to use the word "challenge." That's why I think we're really digging into relationship or chemistry tests because that's what they are. I will say that we're taking a lot of time to think about them and creatively how to implement them and not be so on the nose with things and keep people surprised at the results that we're getting. Bachelor Pad definitely is a little bit of an inspiration here. Hopefully people are excited that we're bringing elements of the Pad back. It's clear a lot of elements of the show are being refreshed and tweaked, but people are really attached to . Can we expect that to stay? I'll just say that everything about the style of the show, we're trying to elevate. From new cameras and lenses to frame rates to the way it's shot — we're trying to implement an upgraded, sexy style across the board. A lot of that involves the music and the storytelling as well. When it comes to the main titles, it's already being worked on, and we are trying to give that a 2025 spin. We are going to implement that in a way that feels stylistically upgraded, if you will. But the same song, please? Potentially, yeah. That's what we're working on. What makes a good contestant? First of all, it's someone who's really looking for love. If you don't have that from the start, it's not there. That's been front and foremost, who is really looking for love. And really getting a sense of who is attracted to who right off the bat and who's going to make a good match, as well as who's going to make good story because of things that are going on in their real world. When they find out that this person is here or that person's here, is it going to drive a different kind of story or jealousy? Who's going to embrace it and not kind of self-edit and pull back? And who is a hot commodity that people are putting on their checklist? We've got a team that is constantly researching this and that is in tune with the cast and talking to them. We have a good sense of who's going to come into Paradise and be pleasantly surprised with who's arriving and who's showing up on the next day and the next day. That's the fun of it. Is there a literal checklist? Because the contestants are always talking about the list: 'You were on my list.' 'Oh, he was on my list.' Yes. And Caitlin Stapleton, who heads up our cast team, is amazing, and so in tune with everybody. There is a list of who is attracted to who for these reasons and those reasons, and who wants to get to know this person. That's all part of it. We want this experiment to work. To just throw a bunch of random people in there and hope that they find love [wouldn't work]. You want to go in with a little notion of like, "Okay, this is already charged from the beginning." The show has a great premise, and it really works. But there's always one part in the season where it's too early to stop bringing in new people, and yet it's too late for new people to form real connections with anyone already on the beach. How do you plan to navigate that tricky period? I think that was the impetus to change the format and examine how do we start with this traditional Bachelor in Paradise model — though even that's going to have new twists and turns as we go, and the cast is not aware of that at this point. How do we keep this going or actually shift a gear, if you will, so that now you're driving forward with these relationships in a different way? That's where these relationship tests really start to drive story in a way that pushes this in a little bit of a Bachelor Pad direction so that you're driving to something and it gets more exciting. You're finding people who are deeper in love and driving towards something special. For people who have never seen , or who maybe gave up on it and are thinking about tuning back in, why is season 10 the time to jump back into the pool, so to speak? I would say that it's all the things that people loved about Bachelor in Paradise with elements of Bachelor Pad, along with every cast member from Bachelor Nation in an elevated, sexy new style, elevated comedy, more twists and turns than ever before, surprises, and really storytelling that keeps people on edge through every rose ceremony. You will not know what's happening, hopefully between four to five stories, not just one or two. It's an elevated experience overall, and we're really pushing the limits. We've done a lot of due diligence on the creative end for months now, trying to experiment with elevated devices that we can put into the show, where we're getting into the cast's heads. So often, everyone falls in love so quickly in Paradise and what must be going on in their head? It will hopefully look and feel like a very sexy reboot of what everybody has loved for many seasons. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Bachelor in Paradise premieres Monday, July 7, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
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How explosive new UFO doc got Marco Rubio and other high-ranking officials to break their silence on aliens
We are not alone in the universe. Proof of that statement alone would constitute the most important discovery in human history. But in the new documentary, The Age of Disclosure, it's just the tip of the iceberg. Premiering Sunday at SXSW, the groundbreaking doc — featuring interviews with 34 senior members of the U.S. legislative, military, and intelligence communities — "reveals an 80-year cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life and a secret war amongst major nations to reverse engineer technology of non-human origin," per an official synopsis. Though it sounds like the realm of science fiction, unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) sightings, particularly over military installations, have caused enough real-world bipartisan concern to spark congressional hearings on the subject. "We've had repeated instances of something operating in the airspace over restricted nuclear facilities, and it's not ours. And we don't know whose it is. That alone deserves inquiry, deserves attention, deserves focus," U.S. Senator-turned-Secretary of State Marco Rubio says in the authoritative voices from both sides of the aisle — including Rubio, Sen. Mike Rounds, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and many more — The Age of Disclosure goes beyond what has already been made public, alleging that the U.S. government has been hiding evidence of alien encounters for over 80 years, and offering explanations as to how such a massive secret could be kept hidden for so long. Below, The Age of Disclosure director and producer Dan Farah answers our burning questions about the film, including how he managed to earn the trust of high-profile officials with firsthand knowledge of UAPs and what he hopes to accomplish with the film. Related: The View's Ana Navarro praises Donald Trump for potentially adding 'qualified' Marco Rubio to cabinet ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: It's striking how the dozens of high-ranking officials interviewed in the film seem to take the existence of UAPs as indisputable at this point. DAN FARAH: Oh, yeah. No, it is happening, indisputably. This is the biggest disinformation campaign in the history of the U.S. government. Clearly, the facts around this topic have been covered up for 80 years and kept from the public, and every single high-level, credible person I interviewed did not think that was right. They knew that was the case, and they did not think it was acceptable. Something I'm proud of with the film is that it's really not people sharing theories. It's people who have direct knowledge of the topic as a result of working for the U.S. government, sharing what they can lawfully disclose about what they know, and that is what I think separates the film from everything else that's been made on the topic. Every single one of them has classified knowledge that they could never share, but they're breaking their silence on what they lawfully can disclose. How were you able to get so many subjects to speak on such a taboo topic? I think a lot of people participated in the movie specifically because they knew they were going to be surrounded by other credible people. So it wasn't one guy going out on a limb and putting his reputation on the line. There was strength in numbers, is a good way to say it. And when I would get introduced to some of these high-level people, a senator, a high-level intelligence official, an admiral, a general, I would tell them, off the record, who else is going to be there alongside them arm in arm. How did you become interested in this subject? I came at this as an outsider. My interest in it really comes from growing up in the '80s and '90s and watching movies like E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind countless times. Three or four years ago, I was doing some research on the topic, and through a mutual friend, I got introduced to a couple of intelligence officials who worked on this topic for the U.S. government. One of them was [former intelligence officer] Lou Elizondo, and Lou introduced me to some of his other colleagues that worked with him, and then some of those people introduced me to some other people. As I was doing research, I went down this rabbit hole, and I started meeting a number of very credible intelligence and government officials who had direct knowledge of this topic. So I asked the same questions anyone would. Related: Demi Lovato dishes on alien abductions and making contact on UFO docuseries Unidentified What is your goal with this documentary? I would say my intent is, simply put, to uncover the truth on a topic that has been covered up for 80 years and kept from the public. One thing I realized pretty quickly from my interviews is that at a time when Democrats and Republicans don't agree on anything, the leadership in our country on both sides of the aisle think this is the most significant issue of our time. When you hear elected leaders who have run for president or have very significant roles in our government say that to your face, it's pretty eye-opening because they're people who are aware of classified information they could never share. Their conclusion after being aware of the facts is that this is something that keeps them up at night and that they're worried about. The more I realized that that was the collective opinion of a lot of leadership in our government, the more I realized it's important for a film like this to be made to educate the public, because if it's that serious of a situation, the public should be aware of at least the base facts. Were there people you wanted to interview who didn't want to talk about this or people who thought maybe making this movie is not such a good idea? One of the challenges I faced making the documentary was that I got introduced to a number of government officials and intelligence officials who I spent significant time getting to know and getting comfortable with the idea of participating in the film. These people all felt it was important to participate and bring the truth out to the public. A number of them ultimately decided not to participate due to various concerns. Those concerns ranged from the historical stigma around the topic and fear that it might in some way hurt their reputation or their political standing, but also included some people passing because they were concerned that their safety would be in danger. What are some of your biggest takeaways from making this film? I think it was very eye-opening to me that every single person I interviewed was not questioning any of the base facts that we normal people are questioning. Are we alone in the universe? Does the U.S. government know more than it's told us? Those weren't questions. The questions and the concerns were: What happens if an adversarial nation with bad intentions reverse engineers this technology and weaponizes it before we can figure it out? That's a concern that is the equivalent of what would happen if only one country, and it was an adversarial country, had nuclear weapons. It's a bad set of circumstances. Then the other thing that I thought was very eye-opening was that all the interview subjects made it clear that this technology could revolutionize the way we live. It could solve the energy crisis, it could change the way we get from point A to point B, the way we travel. It could expand our horizons, it could take humanity to the stars. So there's all these pros, these positive things that could come out of this technology. But at the same time, there are all these really dangerous and concerning circumstances that could come out of this technology. Related: Kids in the Hall star Dave Foley says he spotted a UFO: 'I saw something' In addition to technology, you speak with people who believe the government is in possession of alien bodies. Numerous people in this film go on the record about the recovery of non-human bodies. And what I think is one of the most fascinating things is the film points out to the public that Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader, and Senator Rounds, a leader in the Republican Party, co-sponsored an act called the UAP Disclosure Act that literally tried to pass laws to declassify facts around the recovery of non-human bodies and non-human technology. You can pull up the act online and read it. One of the more concerning claims is that there seems to be a concentration of sightings around military bases, specifically sites where we store our nuclear weapons. When you hear Air Force security guards who we trust to guard our nuclear weapon facilities, when you hear them say completely straight-faced and dead serious that they saw a UAP the size of a football field enter the secure airspace above a nuclear weapons facility, it's concerning to say the least. Related: Nope's Jordan Peele: 'I believe there are aliens out there' Some of the interview subjects have had their credibility called into question in the past. David Grusch was the subject of an exposé about . The Pentagon Luis Elizondo's work with the AATIP. Physicist Harold E. Puthoff has been criticized for his . What would you say to those skeptical of their testimony? Lue and Dave Grusch were asked by Congress to testify under oath because Congress knows how real deal they are and wanted them on the record. Congress doesn't invite non-credible people to testify in congressional hearings on national television. I think Hal Puthoff is one of the most interesting people in the world. First off, the guy's a genius quantum physicist. He's extremely intelligent, and he's been working as a scientist on classified projects for the U.S. government since the '70s. He's been involved with a lot of really cutting-edge programs that our government and intelligence agencies have financed, and he has maintained a really high-level security clearance since the '70s. He's not someone you can't take seriously, in my opinion. And just because he's been involved with things that are not known to us, topics that are not known to us, doesn't make it any less real. Was there anything you uncovered that you thought was too sensitive to be put in the movie? Yeah, a hundred percent. There was a lot of footage from interviews that was extremely fascinating, and by all means, bombshell testimony that I ultimately felt was a bridge too far for your average person to wrap their heads around. Maybe, down the line, there'll be an extended version or deleted scenes. Did you speak with anyone who claimed that we have communicated with non-human intelligence? Yes. Where do you see this all going? Will the government ever come clean? I've been told by leaders in both political parties that they intend to use the film as a stepping stone to bring the truth out. That'd be very cool. They believe the film will become their most effective tool for educating the public and other elements of government on the truth because it does the job for them. As a filmmaker, it's really exciting to make a film that not only is interesting and informative to the public but also can actually be helpful to people in a position of power within our government to bring more transparency to the public. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
