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Omarosa Says Ivanka Trump Should Host Apprentice Reboot Over Don Jr.

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Omarosa Manigault Newman, a.k.a Omarosa, made it clear she was in full support of a reboot of “The Apprentice,” but only if Ivanka Trump helmed the new iteration over her brother, Donald Trump Jr.

The “Apprentice” icon, who appeared on the very first season of the competition series, as well as its spinoff “The Celebrity Apprentice,” weighed in on the possible reboot during a Friday appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.”

“I’m not surprised about the talk of resurrecting ‘The Apprentice,’ because it was a really good show,” Omarosa said. “I’m surprised that they are considering Don Jr. as the host. That was the most surprising aspect of the story.”

As Omarosa went on, she defended that the original iteration of the “Apprentice” worked because of the president’s various business successes, citing the elder Trump’s golf courses and hotels as an example.

“I mean, what will Don Jr. talk about in terms of his business successes?” she added. “Of course, he’s worked for his father, but I don’t know that he’s had his own individual success.”

In contrast, Omarosa highlighted that Ivanka would make for a compelling host, highlighting her “different level of charisma” and independent business success.

“She has good business acumen,” she continued. “She’s had her clothing line. Her jewelry line. Her Planet Harvest, which she’s working on now. She has lots of business successes — and she’s really sharp in the boardroom.”

Watch Omarosa’s full commentary below.

Omarosa’s reaction came two days after the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon executives were in the middle of talking about an “Apprentice” reboot with Don Jr. as the possible host. Per the outlet, discussions surrounding the potential “Apprentice” reboot were in “the early stages,” as Amazon hadn’t even approached the Trumps yet about the show.

A spokesperson for Amazon told the outlet, “Since our acquisition of MGM, we have had preliminary internal discussions about what’s next for ‘The Apprentice’ as a property.’”

The spokesperson also told the outlet that the reboot in-question isn’t in active development, nor has any possible host been selected.

The elder Trump hosted the competition series — which saw contestants compete for a job within his organization — from 2008 to 2015 on NBC. The show was wildly successful, prompting a celebrity-centric spinoff, titled “The Celebrity Apprentice,” which ran for eight seasons between 2008 and 2017. Trump also became a pop culture phenomenon for his signature catchphrase, “You’re fired,” often delivered alongside a finger-gun gesture.

Trump’s son frequently appeared on the show, serving as as a boardroom advisor and guest judge across 70-plus episodes. However, we should note, Ivanka appeared on “The Apprentice” as a boardroom advisor and judge across 87 episodes. A tidbit for Amazon to consider, perhaps?

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Lindsay Lohan, Henry Golding to Star in Netflix Movie Return to You

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For her next lead role, Lindsay Lohan is embracing nostalgia with a very important DVD.

Lohan and Henry Golding are set to star in the Netflix romantic feature Return to You. Lohan also serves as a producer for the film that Mark Waters will direct from a script by Eric Champnella.

Set in 2008, Return to You stars Lohan as a high-powered but lonely attorney who mistakenly receives a heartfelt DVD from a dying woman to her husband. Lohan’s character uses clues from the recording to attempt to track down the husband.

Lohan and Brad Krevoy serve as producers for the movie that counts Olivia Krevoy, Jimmy Townsend and Galen Fletcher as executive producers.

For Lohan, Return to You marks a reunion with Waters, her director on two hit films — 2003’s Freaky Friday and 2004’s Mean Girls — that helped propel her to Hollywood stardom. Lohan reprised her role as Freaky Friday’s Anna Coleman in 2025 sequel Freakier Friday opposite co-star Jamie Lee Curtis, but that feature had Nisha Ganatra in the director’s chair.

Waters’ recent projects include last year’s Netflix romantic comedy La Dolce Villa and the forthcoming biopic Hershey.

Lohan can soon be seen starring on the Hulu series Count My Lies, alongside Shailene Woodley and Kit Harington. Golding is set to star with Brie Larson and Lily Collins in the Amazon MGM Studios comedy Close Personal Friends.

During a recent cover story for Vogue Arabia, Lohan discussed having become more vocal throughout her career. “With age comes a different kind of confidence,” she said. “When I was younger, I wasn’t so comfortable saying how I felt about a character and being involved with the process of it. And I love that part now.”

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Dan Trachtenberg Developing New ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Pic (Exclusive)

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EXCLUSIVE: After breathing new life into the Predator franchise at 20th Century, Dan Trachtenberg and Disney have found their next property to give a fresh spin on. Sources tell Deadline the Prey director is coming on to direct an original idea inspired by the classic Disney tale Sleeping Beauty. The untitled project is in early development and is inspired by the classic fairy tale, taking the story in an entirely new direction with Trachtenberg’s distinct sensibility.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, Insiders add that this take has no connection to the Maleficent films starring Angelina Jolie. Trachtenberg and Raya McClendon came up with the story with Alex Anfanger and Dan Schimpf penning the script.

Trachtenberg and his long time producing partner Ben Rosenblatt will produce as will Star Wars producer Michelle Rejwan. EVP of production Jessica Virtue is overseeing the project with Creative Executive Alina Mota, reporting to Disney Live Action President Daria Cercek.

Trachtenberg and Disney have strong ties after he successfully helped relaunch the Predator franchise with his hit Prey, that was not only a massive success on Hulu but also heard strong critical prase as well landing an Emmy nomination for best TV movie. He followed that up with the Predator: Badlands as well as the animated Predator pic Predator: Killer of Killers for Hulu, which also has a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes; all three of Dan’s entries hold the record for highest rated on Rotten Tomatoes in the Predator franchise.

He is currently in pre-production on a top secret pic at Paramount.

Anfanger and Schimp are the co-creators of the Comedy Central series Big Time In Hollywood, FL.

Trachtenberg is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Johnson Shapiro Slewett and Kole, Anfanger and Schimp are repped by Mosaic, CAA, and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.

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