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Mar 28, 2019 | 6:45 AM

JUSSIE SMOLLETT WANTS TO TELL HIS STORY: Jussie Smollett is actively seeking interview opportunities in a bid to rehabilitate his image, TMZ reports. His career has dried up since he was arrested and charged with staging a fake attack; though Chicago dropped the charges this week, the offers haven’t reappeared, per TMZ. Do you think Smollett can fix his image? (TMZ)

ANGELINA JOLIE IN TALKS TO STAR IN THE ETERNALS: The Marvel Cinematic Universe is set for some A-star power, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Angelina Jolie is said to be in talks to join Chloe Zhao‘s The Eternals. It would be her first superhero movie, but her second comicbook adaptation, after 2007’s Wanted. (THR)

IS TOM CRUISE CONSIDERED A DEITY BY SCIENTOLOGISTS? As Tom Cruise and his daughter Isabella continue to move up the ranks in the Church of Scientology, people who are lower on the totem pole consider him a “deity” and are ordered to see his movies several times over, Page Six reports. One his most high-profile critics, and a former church member, Leah Remini has said: “He is second to David Miscavige – the savior of the free world.” (Page Six)

WHAT RITA WILSON TOLD TOM HANKS AFTER CANCER DIAGNOSIS: Four years after learning she had breast cancer, the star is opening up about what she went through. The 62-year-old wrote on social media that she had thoughts for her longtime husband, Tom Hanks: “So I had a serious discussion with my husband that if anything happens, I wanted him to be super sad for a very long time, and I’d also like a party, a celebration.” That notion inspired her to write the song “Throw Me a Party,” which is the first single on the upcoming album, Halfway to Home, she wrote. Wilson is now in remission. (People)