Per Praisedc/hellobeautiful Lifetime made the following announcement on Monday:

Nia Long is set to star opposite Idina Menzel in Lifetime’s remake of the 1988 film Beaches. They will play the leads, portrayed in the original by Barbara Hershey and Bette Midler, respectively. “Beaches” follows the serendipitous meeting of two youngsters on the Venice Boardwalk, who, though worlds apart in lifestyle, embark on unexpected and lifelong friendship. CC (Menzel) is an aspiring singer trying to make it in Los Angeles. Hillary (Long) is the daughter of a prominent civil rights lawyer who struggles to find her own destiny. Their friendship—even with its ups and downs—sustains them for decades.

In case you’ve never seen the original, ‘Beaches’ was about a strong friendship that happened out of the blue between two young ladies. The two became best buds at a young age but kept in touch with each other through letters over the years until they finally met up with each again by happenstance years after they’re first meeting on the boardwalk. It’s a “get your box of tissues” & “true girlfriend” classic of a friendship that stands the test of time through relationships, marriages, children and even death. Bette Midler plays a struggling entertainer who can’t seem to get a break. While Barbara Hershey played a rich debutante who seemed to always have it made; opposites definitely attract in this biopic. Idina Mendel is set to play Bette Midler a.k.a CC Bloom in the film. Idina was the voice of Elsa in the widely popular Disney movie ‘Frozen.’

Usually movie remakes are sub-par to the original but with Nia Long on board, I’m sure this remake will be very good. The film began production yesterday in Vancouver and is set to be released in 2017.

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A new Twitter beef is brewing

In true Kim Kardashian fashion she took to social media in the wee hours of the night or morning (depending on your location) and dropped a nude selfie in attempt to break the internet once again. The reality star released this photo on her social meida outlets with the caption “When you’re like I have nothing to wear LOL.” In poured the retweets, praises and opines of many fans and celebrities on Kim’s naked selfie.

While many speculated if the photo was recent or not, and if she was merely flaunting her post baby body.  Kim did in fact take to Twitter to shed light on the photo. “Im flattered some of u guys thought my post earlier was a recent pic! That was my blonde moment a year ago & 25lbs less! #MondayMotivation”

Well a few celebrities weren’t pleased with Kim’s post and fired off shots via Twitter.  Bette Midler tweeted “Kim Kardashian tweeted a nude selfie today.  If Kim wants us to see a part of her we’ve never seen, she’s gonna have to swallow that camera.”

Piers Morgan got in on the action and tweeted “I know the old man’s $50 million in debt, Kim-but this is absurd. Want me to buy you some clothes?”

Kim decided to enter the Twitter battlefield and personally addressed her haters who had something to say about her racy nude pics.  Sounding off and @ing them each, Kim started off her with “sorry I’m late to the party guys I was busy cashing my 80 million video game check & transferring 53 million into our joint account.”  Then she directly tweets Piers Morgan saying “hey @piersmorgan never offer to buy a married woman clothes. thats on some ashley madison type shit #forresearch.” Then onto Bette with “hey @BetteMidler I know it’s past your bedtime but if you’re still up and reading this send nudes #justkidding.” As she continued to let her Twitter fingers address a few more, Kim ended her rant with another nude photo with a hashtag that read “liberated.”

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