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  • Meghan Markle Returns to Acting After an Eight-Year Hiatus. From Hallmark Romance to a Robert Pattinson Drama, Revisit Her Filmography.

    After eight years away from acting, Meghan Markle is making her Hollywood comeback with a small role in Close Personal Friends, an Amazon MGM comedy about two couples—one famous, one civilian—costarring Lily Collins and Brie Larson. According to reports, the Duchess of Sussex will play herself in the film, which also stars Jack Quaid and Henry Golding. And she has already been spotted on set. “She was joking that she felt a bit rusty, but it was obvious that she had rehearsed and that it was a big deal for her to be back,” a source told People on Monday of Meghan’s return.

    Directed by Jason Orley, according The Hollywood Reporter, Close Personal Friends tells the tale of two lovers who meet a celebrity couple on a trip to Santa Barbara, California—which, coincidentally, is not far from the Montecito compound where Meghan has been living with her husband, Prince Harry, and their two children, Archie and Lilibet, since stepping back from royal duties in 2020. Vanity Fair has reached out to Meghan’s representative for comment.

    Once upon a time, before Meghan married Harry in 2018, she famously played lawyer Rachel Zane on the Canadian series Suits, which had a sudden resurgence on streaming during summer 2023. Her final episode aired on April 25, 2018, with her character walking down the aisle just three weeks before Meghan did herself, becoming a Duchess and effectively halting her acting career. “I don’t see it as giving anything up, I just see it as a change,” Meghan said during her official engagement interview alongside Prince Harry in 2017. “I’ve been working on my show for seven years. So we’re very, very fortunate to be able to have that sort of longevity on a series, and for me, once we hit the 100-episode marker, I thought, You know what, I have ticked this box.”

    Now, after two seasons headlining her own lifestyle talk series, With Love, Meghan, Meghan is returning to scripted film and TV. But unlike other performers who have made buzzy exits from acting, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Cameron Diaz, less is known about Meghan’s past oeuvre. She was so under the radar pre–Prince Harry that she couldn’t even get booked on Bravo’s freewheeling late-night series, Watch What Happens Live, Meghan recounted on a 2022 episode of her now-shuttered podcast, Archetypes. Host Andy Cohen jokingly called it “the biggest blunder in the 13 years of the show.”

    Ahead, all the TV and movies to revisit before her return to the big screen.

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  • Movie and TV stars join picket lines in fight over the future of Hollywood

    Movie and TV stars join picket lines in fight over the future of Hollywood

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis, Rosario Dawson and other top movie and TV actors joined picket lines alongside screenwriters Friday on the first full day of a walkout that has become Hollywood’s biggest labor fight in decades.

    A day after the dispute brought production to a standstill across the entertainment industry, Sudeikis was among the picketers outside NBC in New York pressing for progress following the breakdown of contract talks with studios and streaming services. Dawson, star of the film “Rent” and the “Star Wars” TV series “Ahsoka,” joined picketers outside Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California.

    “Lord of the Rings” star Sean Astin marched with chanting protesters outside Netflix’s offices in Hollywood. Also present at Netflix were “Titanic” and “Unforgiven” actor Frances Fisher and “The Nanny” star Fran Drescher, who is president of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

    The actors’ arrival energized the picket lines outside Netflix, where music blared and the sidewalks were packed with demonstrators.

    Hollywood productions and promotional tours around the world have been put on indefinite hold as actors join writers on the picket lines.

    SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, center, pose with SAG-AFTRA members during a press conference announcing a strike by The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on Thursday, July, 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. This marks the first time since 1960 that actors and writers will picket film and television productions at the same time. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

    Hollywood actors are joining screenwriters in the first dual strike from the two unions in more than six decades, with huge consequences for the film and television industry.

    Smoke rises as an engine for an Epsilon S rocket exploded during a test at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's testing site in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, July 14, 2023. (Kyodo News via AP)

    A rocket being developed by the Japanese space agency has exploded during testing but there were no reports of injuries.

    This image released by Apple TV+ shows Lee Pace, left, and Terrence Mann in a scene from "Foundation." (Apple TV+ via AP)

    A sprawling, mighty galaxy was created in season one of “Foundation.” Now it’s time to rip it down. Season two of the ambitious Apple TV+ sci-fi series flashes forward some 140 years and it’s quickly clear that the clones who form the story’s authoritarian order are losing their grip.

    Elsewhere, “Once Upon a Time” actor Ginnifer Goodwin stood with protesters at Paramount Pictures.

    The famous faces of Oscar and Emmy winners will likely be seen with some regularity on picket lines in New York and Los Angeles, adding star power to the demonstrations outside studios and corporate offices.

    The walkout is the first double-barreled strike by actors and screenwriters in more than six decades.

    In recent weeks, many actors made a show of solidarity with the 11,500 writers, who walked out in May. On Thursday, 65,000 members of the actors’ union formally joined them on strike.

    The two guilds have similar issues with studios and streaming services. They are concerned about contracts keeping up with inflation and about residual payments, which compensate creators and actors for use of their material beyond the original airing, such as in reruns or on streaming services. The unions also want to put up guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence mimicking their work on film and television.

    Many on the picket lines took aim at Disney chief executive Bob Iger, who said Wednesday that the damage the strikes will do to the entertainment economy is “a shame.”

    Justine Bateman, right, speaks outside Netflix during a Writers Guild rally as a strike by The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is announced on Thursday, July 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. This marks the first time since 1960 that actors and writers will picket film and television productions at the same time. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

    Justine Bateman, right, speaks outside Netflix during a Writers Guild rally as a strike by The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is announced in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

    “I think that when Bob Iger talks about what a shame it is, he needs to remember that in 1980, CEOs like him made 30 times what their lowest worker was making,” actor Sean Gunn, who starred in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” said outside Netflix.

    Now Iger “makes 400 times what his lowest worker is. And I think that’s a shame, Bob. And maybe you should take a look in the mirror and ask yourself, ‘Why is that?’”

    No talks are planned, and no end is in sight for the work stoppage. It is the first time both guilds have walked off sets since 1960, when then-actor Ronald Reagan was SAG’s leader.

    “What we won in 1960 was our health and pension plans and the existence of residuals. That was the most important strike in LA union history, and now we’re on strike together again, and honestly, this strike is even bigger,” Adam Conover, host of the TV series “Adam Ruins Everything” and member of the Writers Guild negotiating committee, said outside Netflix. “We’re going to win. If you are gaining momentum like we are, 70-odd days into a strike, you are going to win.”

    Conover was one of many picketers, including Sudeikis, who are members of both unions.

    The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents employers including Disney, Netflix, Amazon and others, has lamented the walkout, saying it will hurt thousands of workers in industries that support film and television production.

    The actors’ strike will affect more than filming. Stars will no longer be allowed to promote their work through red carpet premieres or personal appearances. They cannot campaign for Emmy awards or take part in auditions or rehearsals.

    The strike triggered cancellations of red carpet events scheduled for next week for “Special Ops: Lioness,” starring Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman, and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.”

    A “Haunted Mansion” premiere event at Disneyland on Saturday was set to go on as planned, but with no actors in attendance to promote the film.

    Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said it was clear that the entertainment industry “is at a historic inflection point.” She urged all parties to work around the clock until an agreement is reached.

    “This affects all of us and is essential to our overall economy,” Bass said in a statement.

    The writers’ strike had already stopped much of television production, and the actors joining them immediately led to a shooting shutdown for many major films, including “Deadpool 3,” “Gladiator 2” and the eighth installment of Tom Cruise’s “Mission Impossible” series. All are scheduled for release next year.

    The writers’ strike also shut down late-night talk shows and “Saturday Night Live,” as well as several scripted shows that have either had their writers’ rooms or production paused, including “Stranger Things” on Netflix, “Hacks” on Max and “Family Guy” on Fox. Many more are sure to follow them now that performers also have been pulled.

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    This story has been corrected to fix the misspelling of Jason Sudeikis’ last name and Ginnifer Goodwin’s first name.

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    Associated Press Writer Krysta Fauria contributed.

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  • Jason Sudeikis says he changed his Ted Lasso character because of Donald Trump | CNN

    Jason Sudeikis says he changed his Ted Lasso character because of Donald Trump | CNN



    CNN
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    Ted Lasso is a nicer character because of Donald Trump.

    That’s according to star and creator Jason Sudeikis, who plays the loveable, folksy coach on the Apple TV+ series.

    In an interview with The Guardian’s The Observer, Sudeikis said he was having dinner with his then romantic partner Olivia Wilde in 2015 when he “wondered if he could revisit a character called Ted Lasso that he had created for a comedy skit two years earlier.”

    Lasso, according to Sudekis, was originally “belligerent.” Growing political tensions at the time inspired him to develop the character in a new direction.

    “It was the culture we were living in,” Sudeikis said. “I’m not terribly active online and it even affected me. Then you have Donald Trump coming down the escalator. I was like, ‘OK, this is silly,’ and then what he unlocked in people… I hated how people weren’t listening to one another. Things became very binary and I don’t think that’s the way the world works. And, as a new parent – we had our son Otis in 2014 – it was like, ‘Boy, I don’t want to add to this.’ Yeah, I just didn’t want to portray it.”

    As a result, the character became the warm, affable, positive quote machine viewers first came to love at the height of the pandemic in 2020.

    Sudeikis and some of the other members of the “Ted Lasso” cast recently visited President Joe Biden at the White House in March for a discussion about mental health.

    While there, the star called the character he plays “wish-fulfilment.”

    “You know, ‘Be the change you want to see in the world,’” Sudeikis told The Observer, paraphrasing Mahatma Gandhi. “Well, how about, ‘Write the change you want to see in the world’? Part of the joy of getting to do this neat job I’ve got to do is the wish-fulfilment. Not just getting to play the characters, but also, what do you want to put out there into the world?”

    The third season of “Ted Lasso” is currently streaming on Apple TV+. The show is produced by Warner Bros. Television, which like CNN is part of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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  • Jason Sudeikis Says ‘Ted Lasso’ Was Totally Different Before The Trump Era

    Jason Sudeikis Says ‘Ted Lasso’ Was Totally Different Before The Trump Era

    While the exceedingly optimistic soccer coach has been a font of feel-good vibes since the show’s start in summer 2020, Lasso was initially imagined to be a much more “belligerent” bloke.

    Asked why the “Ted Lasso” team decided to pivot away from a more gruff lead, the Apple TV+ star said, “It was the culture we were living in.”

    “I’m not terribly active online and it even affected me,” he went on. “Then you have Donald Trump coming down the escalator. I was like, ‘OK, this is silly,’ and then what he unlocked in people.”

    After that, Sudeikis decided he “didn’t want to portray” Lasso as a bully.

    “I hated how people weren’t listening to one another,” the actor continued. “Things became very binary and I don’t think that’s the way the world works.”

    This isn’t the first time Sudeikis has taken issue with Trump.

    “I don’t know if he’s a good boss,” Sudeikis said of Trump. “He seems kind of like the Ronald McDonald of bosses. He’s more of a figurehead. He probably makes decisions but I bet people are kind of like, ‘Ah [waves dismissively].’”

    Season 3 of “Ted Lasso” premiered in March and is now streaming on Apple TV+.

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  • So Is ‘Ted Lasso’ Ending With Season 3 Or Not?

    So Is ‘Ted Lasso’ Ending With Season 3 Or Not?

    It’s right there in the theme song: “I guess this might well be it.” Ted Lasso may or may not be concluding for good after its third season wraps up next month. But although heaven knows everyone has tried, it’s been strangely difficult to confirm speculation surrounding Lasso’s fate—with everyone from star and cocreator Jason Sudeikis either downplaying the possibility, or being stubbornly coy.

    If the Emmy-winning series does call it quits after three seasons, it will be the latest hit show to end on its own terms alongside some august company: Netflix’s Stranger Things and You, Prime Video’s Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and HBO’s Barry and Succession, most of which air their final episodes this spring. The Handmaid’s Tale is also set to end sometime this year after six seasons. But despite season three officially being at the halftime point, everyone involved with the Apple TV+ comedy has refused to definitively declare this season the show’s last. 

    Rumors about the show’s three-season run began back in 2021. “The story that’s being told—that three-season arc—is one that I see, know, and understood,” Sudeikis told Entertainment Weekly. “As far as what happens after that, who knows? I don’t know.”

    His fellow executive producers shared differing viewpoints about whether or not Lasso should end now. “The initial story Jason had in his head is a three-season arc, [but] I’m hopeful there’s more Ted Lasso stories to tell after three seasons,” said Bill Lawrence, who has since cocreated Apple TV+ dramedy Shrinking with Lasso’s Brett Goldstein. “Hey, in my head, I’m like, Ted Lasso moves home and he should coach the professional team that’s a block away from Jason’s home in real life.”

    But Brendan Hunt made the case for quitting while the team was still ahead. “I think it would be pretty cool if, in the face of how much everyone likes this show, that we stick to our guns and really just do three seasons,” he told the outlet. “But even as committed to that idea as Jason may have been, none of us were prepared to the degree to which people love this show…I think that could make hard-hearted old Sudeikis soften up a little bit.”

    Speculation well and truly ramped up when Goldstein spoke with UK’s Sunday Times last June. “We are writing it like that. It was planned as three,” he said when asked about the series ending, before quipping: “Spoiler alert—everyone dies.” Goldstein would later tell Variety that determining the show’s fate is “a hard decision. Because it’s this wonderful thing, and these three seasons feel really perfect. Do you gamble? Do you leave the table? Or do you keep going because you have more?”

    Perhaps the closest thing to confirmation came around the show’s March premiere, when Sudeikis told Deadline: “This is the end of this story that we wanted to tell, that we were hoping to tell, that we loved to tell. The fact that folks will want more and are curious beyond more than what they don’t even know yet—that being season three—it’s flattering.” He added, “Yeah, I think that we’ve set the table for all sorts of folks…to get to watch the further telling of these stories.” 

    And that’s been the company line ever since. Essentially, Ted Lasso is sort of, basically over for Sudeikis—but could return in future form with some of the show’s other players.

    Various AFC Richmond personnel echoed similar sentiments to Vanity Fair at the show’s season three premiere in Los Angeles. “It is the end of this particular story thread,” said Hannah Waddingham, who earned an Emmy in 2021 for her performance as team owner Rebecca Welton. “You’ll know why once you see it.” She continued, “I genuinely have no idea what’s next. I’m not sure Jason even knows what he wants to do, but I’d love to see a spin-off series with Keeley [Juno Temple], Rebecca, and Higgins [Jeremy Swift]. There are so many characters that are beloved that it would be reasonable for them to do a spin-off. We will have to wait and find out.”

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  • “Ted Lasso” cast visits White House to promote mental health care

    “Ted Lasso” cast visits White House to promote mental health care

    Actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis, who stars as the eponymous soccer coach in the TV series “Ted Lasso,” paid a visit to the White House Monday — accompanied by the cast of the hit show — to encourage people to make it a point to check in on the mental health of their friends, family and co-workers, and to “ask how they’re doing, and listen, sincerely.”

    Comedian Jason Sudeikis, who plays the title character — an American coaching a soccer team in London — and other cast members met with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden to talk about how mental health contributes to overall well-being.

    Mental health and looking after one another is a theme of the show, Sudeikis told reporters from behind the lectern in the White House briefing room, as he helped press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre open her daily briefing. The Emmy-winning, feel-good show on Apple TV+ just opened its third season.

    “While it’s easier said than done, we also have to know that we shouldn’t be afraid to ask for help ourselves,” said Sudeikis. “That does take a lot, especially when it’s something that has such a negative stigma to it, such as mental health and it doesn’t need to be that way.

    Ted Lasso Cast Join Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for Press Breifing
    Jason Sudeikis of “Ted Lasso,” speaks from the podium at the White House as cast members Toheeb Jimoh, Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham and Brendan Hunt join press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for the daily press briefing, Mar. 20, 2023, Washington, DC. 

    Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images


    “And if you can ask for that help from a professional, fantastic,” he continued. “If it needs to be a loved one, equally as good, in a lot of ways.”

    Mental health is part of Biden’s bipartisan “unity agenda.” He also has called on lawmakers to direct more resources toward fighting what some say is a crisis. The administration also has surged funding to bolster a new 988 suicide and crisis line, and to put more mental-health professionals in schools.

    Sudeikis said there should be no stigma attached to reaching out for help because everyone knows someone who has needed someone to lean on, or has been that person themselves.

    “No matter who you are, no matter where you live, no matter who you voted for, we all probably, I assume, we all know someone who has, or have been that someone ourselves actually, that’s struggled, that’s felt isolated, that’s felt anxious, that has felt alone,” he said.

    “It’s actually one of the many things, believe it or not, that we all have in common as human beings,” Sudeikis continued. “That means it’s something that we can all, you know, and should, talk about with one another when we’re feeling that way or when we recognize that in someone feeling that way.”

    He issued a special appeal for folks in the nation’s capital.

    “I know in this town a lot of folks don’t always agree, right, and don’t always feel heard, seen, listened to,” Sudeikis said. “But I truly believe we should all do our best to help take care of each other. That’s my own personal belief. I think that’s something that everyone up here on stage believes in.”

    After his remarks at the White House briefing, Sudeikis fielded a question — albeit from a plant in the press corps, British actor James Lance, who plays The Independent’s sports columnist Trent Crimm on “Ted Lasso.” 

    “How do you feel about Kansas City being named as one of the host cities for the 2026 World Cup,” Lance asked. Both Sudeikis and Ted Lasso are from Kansas City. (Kansas City has in fact been selected as a World Cup host city.)

    Sudeikis quipped, “Here I was, hoping for a softball,” then added, “you know what? I’m very excited, truth be told. Kansas City is gonna be one of these teams. I mean, I love this town.” He went on to say, “What I am genuinely worried about is once we get all these folks from all over the world to come to Kansas City and see our city, eat our food, meet our people, you’re gonna have, you know, a lot of folks who won’t want to move away.”   

    The Bidens have seen some of “Ted Lasso” and are familiar with its messages of hope and kindness, according to the White House.

    Joining Sudeikis at the daily briefing were cast members Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt and Toheeb Jimoh.

    Sudeikis and his cast members were the latest entertainers to visit the White House and associate themselves with issues the Democratic president and first lady are raising awareness about.

    Singer Olivia Rodrigo visited during the pandemic to help encourage young people like herself to get vaccinated against COVID-19. BTS, the popular Korean boy band, helped promote Asian inclusion and combat bias against Asian Americans.

    Actor Matthew McConaughey delivered a passionate appeal for tighter gun laws last year after the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers.

    Singer/actors Mary J. Blige and Selena Gomez participated in separate events with Jill Biden focused on cancer awareness and youth mental health, respectively.

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  • Jason Sudeikis and ‘Ted Lasso’ cast will meet with Biden for mental health discussion | CNN Politics

    Jason Sudeikis and ‘Ted Lasso’ cast will meet with Biden for mental health discussion | CNN Politics


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    CNN
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    Ted Lasso and President Joe Biden are teaming up to – as the television football coach would say – “believe” in the importance of mental health.

    Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden will host actor Jason Sudeikis and other members of the cast of “Ted Lasso” at the White House on Monday for a conversation on mental health, AppleTV+ announced Sunday.

    Cast members joining the discussion include Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Toheeb Jimoh, Cristo Fernandez, Kola Bokinni, Billy Harris and James Lance.

    A White House official said the meeting will focus on discussing “the importance of addressing your mental health to promote overall wellbeing.”

    The president on Sunday tweeted a photo of a yellow poster bearing the word “BELIEVE” above a door leading to the Oval Office. The sign is reminiscent of one affixed above Lasso’s office door in the AFC Richmond locker room on the show.

    The Emmy Award-winning show, which is now streaming its third season on AppleTV+, has tackled mental health issues in its storyline, chiefly through its title character played by Sudeikis, an affable coach who seeks therapy after grappling with panic attacks.

    “In regard to the mental health stuff, it was just there. It’s been there forever, but it’s really come up a lot in just knowing where the characters were headed and how important it is to work on yourself to help your team,” Sudeikis told Us Weekly in 2021. “And I think that we were trying to explore that and personify it in a way and kind of trojan horse that there’s bigger issues in this fun, silly little comedy show.”

    “People have really responded to that,” Sudeikis continued “And myself and other people in the cast and the writing staff get messages daily from people thanking them for really opening their eyes to what it means to go to therapy and what it means for someone in their own life to go to therapy and just speaking about these things and taking the stigma off of any form of health whether it be nutrition or mental, emotional health.”

    “Ted Lasso” is produced by Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company.

    Biden has made improving mental health a key portion of the “unity agenda” he debuted in his 2022 State of the Union address when he urged the country to “take on mental health.”

    “Let’s do more on mental health, especially for our children,” Biden also said in this year’s State of the Union address. “When millions of young people are struggling with bullying, violence, trauma, we owe them greater access to mental health care in their schools.”

    The Biden administration has focused on “training more providers, making care more affordable and accessible, and creating healthier and safer communities, including online,” the White House official said.

    A 2022 survey by CNN and the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 9 in ten adults believe a mental health crisis exists in the United States.

    The White House has enlisted celebrities on several occasions to raise awareness about key issues, including mental health. Actress and singer Selena Gomez, who has shared her own struggles with bipolar disorder, appeared with the first lady at a Mental Health Youth Action Forum hosted by MTV at the White House last year. Gomez also talked about using her platform to promote mental health awareness in a video with the president, first lady and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy.

    Content from the Bidens’ meeting with the cast of “Ted Lasso” will appear on the White House’s social medial channels, according to Apple TV+.

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  • Ted Lasso Season 3 Is Here With A Nike Collab To Prove It

    Ted Lasso Season 3 Is Here With A Nike Collab To Prove It

    Pack your bags, we’re going to an AFC Richmond game. Ted Lasso Season 3 is officially back on Apple TV+, which is great news for just about everyone on the whole entire planet. The 40-time Emmy nominated show follows American coach Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) as he tries to wrangle the English soccer team, AFC Richmond.

    Seemingly the final season in the series, we will see how Richmond owner Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) deals with her ex-husband, Rupert, in his attempt to purchase West Ham United. At Season 2’s conclusion, we know Rupert has hired Richmond’s assistant coach, Nate, whose lust for the spotlight festered throughout the entire season. Plus, we’ll see the fallout from the breakup between Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) and Keeley (Juno Temple).

    With stellar episodes written and produced by Sudeikis, Goldstein, and Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard), you can’t go wrong. A go-to comfort show for many, Ted Lasso makes you believe in – and root for – a fully fictional sports team. Season 3’s 10 episodes will air over 2 months and conclude on May 17th.

    As Sudeikis is one of the main writers, one has to wonder how much this show parallels his real life experiences. It features a recently divorced Ted Lasso flying overseas, missing his son, and even mentions that Ted’s ex-wife has a new boyfriend the end of episode 1. Plus, the plot itself is almost a tad too similar to the Harry Styles/Olivia Wilde relationship that blew up only a few months ago.

    If you’re ready for more Ted Lasso, Nike has collaborated with the show to give us AFC Richmond merch. I’m Richmond till I die, so here are my fave pieces:

    1. AFC Richmond Jersey
    2. AFC Richmond Scarf
    3. AFC Richmond Men’s Nike Club Fleece Hoodie
    4. AFC Richmond Nike Bantr Shirt

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  • What Shows Should You Stream This Spring?

    What Shows Should You Stream This Spring?

    I’m at that point in life where I’m re-watching my favorite comfort shows for the zillionth time because nothing else is on. All of the shows I watch aren’t currently airing, and quite frankly, I’m bored. I can essentially quote New Girl word-for-word now because of this agonizing lull.

    And while Zooey Deschanel is never the wrong choice, I’m already counting down the days until I have something new to watch. There are plenty of good shows in existence, but when it takes Euphoria three years to create a new season…times get tough.

    Luckily enough for me – and the rest of the world – there have been a few recent announcements that have restored my faith in the streaming service gods. The TV networks have seen me re-watch Ted Lasso for the umpteenth time and decided it’s finally time to give me a new season. We can collectively release a sigh of relief.

    HBO Max, Apple TV+, Netflix, and more have been slowly announcing their upcoming shows for spring 2023 and I’m finally feeling better. I can feel myself being released from the grip of excessive reality television as we speak. I’ve even been watching countless re-runs of Degrassi (which is Drake at his best, by the way).

    If you’re feeling a little uninspired, underwhelmed, and burnt out from browsing Hulu’s main page for a show to stick out – same. But there’s hope on the horizon. Here are the best shows to stream this spring across all platforms:

    Ted Lasso – Apple TV+, March 15

    With 40 Emmy nominations and 11 wins, the accolades speak for themselves.
    Ted Lasso follows Jason Sudeikis as the title character throughout his time coaching AFC Richmond soccer as an American football coach. With lovable characters like Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) and Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham), it’s hard not to become obsessed with the show.

    Everyone loves a good underdog story, and this one is no exception. This season’s dilemma? How will Coach Nate coaching Rupert’s team affect AFC Richmond’s future?

    Succession – HBO Max, March 26

    Another huge contender at the Emmy’s: HBO Max’s Succession. It’s a drama series reminiscent of the Murdaugh family, with Logan Roy (Brian Cox) heading the media conglomerate Waystar Royco. Although his retirement is ever-looming, his children Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Shiv (Sarah Snook) are constantly competing for a spot at the head of the table.

    Viewers go insane for the relationship between Cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun) and Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen), but season four is going to be explosive considering all of the children are in their “Reputation Era” of sorts.

    Quarterback – Netflix

    Netflix just announced they’re releasing
    Quarterback, which follows three QBs in the NFL during the 2022 season. Patrick Mahomes (Kansas City Chiefs), Marcus Mariota (Atlanta Falcons), and Kirk Cousins (Minnesota Vikings) were mic’d up each game and are now giving fans the most intimate look into the season.

    Since there are a little under 200 days until we see the next snap of a football,
    Quarterback will be a great placeholder. Fans of the game will have a chance to see some of the league’s most exciting quarterbacks in action like they’ve never seen before.

    You – Netflix, March 9

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvwvHrtL1xY

    It feels like Penn Badgley becomes the most viral person on the internet whenever a new season of You premieres. The newest installment of the Netflix series has been divided in two parts. The first is out now, and the next comes out March 9.

    We are finally seeing Joe get a taste of his own medicine. In a Knives Out-style who-dunnit, Joe is surrounded by a group of rich elite in England and someone is out to get him. With rising stars like Lukas Gage (Euphoria, White Lotus), I’m anticipating big things from part two.

    Outer Banks – Netflix, February 23 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0w8iL2vS04

    Brace yourselves. Soon everyone will be back trying to mold themselves into a John B derivative. Outer Banks is back for another season of rewriting The Goonies and us eating it up. Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Rudy Pankow, Drew Starkey, Madison Bailey, and Jonathon Daviss will take up our social media from here on out.

    Netflix knows they have a grip on the TikTok community with this show, so I can only imagine there will be lots of thirst-trap-worthy clips, a run-in with the police and the Kooks, and a plethora of bandanas tied around the neck. The Outer Banks, paradise on Earth.

    Daisy Jones & The Six – Amazon Prime Video, March 3

    If you know me, you know I’ve been anticipating this show for almost a year now. One of my favorite books of all time by Taylor Jenkins Reid has been turned into an Amazon Prime miniseries. If you’re a fan of Fleetwood Mac and 70’s rock and roll, this show will give you your fix.

    With a star-studded cast featuring Riley Keough (Elvis’ granddaughter), Suki Waterhouse, Sam Claflin, and Camila Morrone, I expect nothing less than excellence. Keough and Claflin play TJR’s version of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, as the show follows the tumultuously talented band looking back on their prime years.

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  • Olivia Wilde And Jason Sudeikis Reportedly Fight Over Child Support Despite Claims Of ‘Healthy Co-Parenting’

    Olivia Wilde And Jason Sudeikis Reportedly Fight Over Child Support Despite Claims Of ‘Healthy Co-Parenting’

    By Emerson Pearson.
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    Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis are reportedly battling each other over their child support agreement despite claims that they are “getting along better now.”

    TMZ reports that Wilde, 38, and Sudeikis, 47, are still fighting over who will retain child support for their children Otis, 8 and Daisy, 6.

    Despite photographs of the former couple hanging out and embracing one another with a hug on Friday, Jan. 27, TMZ alleges that there appears to be zero reconciliation between them.

    “Jason’s New York lawyer, Bill Beslow, has gone to a New York judge to resolve all child support issues. But last July both a New York judge and a California judge ruled all custody issues should be handled in L.A.,” a source has claimed.


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    “Beslow went to a New York court January 4 and asked the judge to handle all child support issues, and the judge set a hearing date for February 15.”

    Wilde’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, has filed legal docs asking the judge to dismiss the case from being conducted in New York.

    Sudeikis has maintained that he doesn’t want any child support from Wilde and would instead be willing to “pay her a reasonable amount” in child support.

    The news of the custody battle comes after it was reported that Wilde and Sudeikis are “co-parenting in a healthy way” following her break-up with Harry Styles.

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  • What Was In Olivia Wilde’s Salad Dressing That Had Harry Styles And Jason Sudeikis In A Chokehold?

    What Was In Olivia Wilde’s Salad Dressing That Had Harry Styles And Jason Sudeikis In A Chokehold?

    I’m sure you’re tired of the Don’t Worry, Darling drama that’s been consuming our lives for the past few months…imagine my pain while writing this. The endless spectacle surrounding Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde’s relationship continues.

    Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis’ nanny’s NDA must have run out, because she sat down this week with Daily Mail and spilled. The nanny reveals Wilde and Sudeikis were working on their relationship when Wilde went public about new boyfriend Harry Styles. She details the betrayal, Jason’s potential alcoholism, and Olivia Wilde’s inherent obsession with Styles that she likens to a drug problem.

    Perhaps the least surprising development in it all is that Jason Sudeikis texts exactly like Ted Lasso. With the #believe and “Mornin’ Liv!”, I’m shocked he didn’t reference Roy Kent and the rest.

    If you don’t have time to read up on the countless screenshots and damning evidence…here are the highlights:

    • Jason Sudeikis reportedly found out about Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles’ relationship via an Apple Watch she had left behind
    • Olivia Wilde made the first move on Styles, kissing him at a DWD cast dinner in Palm Springs
    • Olivia and Jason were attending couples therapy together, she was swimming naked in their pool and cooing about how him she loved him – all to go public about the Wilde/Styles romance only days later
    • Sudeikis flung himself under Olivia Wilde’s car to prevent her from driving to see Styles
    • That salad dressing Olivia made for Harry that Jason Sudeikis is so upset about must be pretty freaking outstanding

    What’s genuinely more surprising is that Olivia turned to Instagram stories to post the salad dressing recipe. While hysterical on her part, it’s essentially confirming that at least part of the story is true…who’s to say the rest of the melodrama isn’t?

    Olivia Wilde via Instagram

    The way the Daily Mail practically salivated over Wilde’s dressing, I expected some secret sauce made from liquid gold, not a smattering of red wine vinegar whipped up with olive oil, and Grey Poupon. IMO, that recipe is equal parts basic and disappointing.

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  • Olivia Wilde And Jason Sudeikis Slam Ex-Nanny For ‘False’ Accusations

    Olivia Wilde And Jason Sudeikis Slam Ex-Nanny For ‘False’ Accusations

    Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis released a joint statement Monday disputing “false and scurrilous” claims from their former nanny about the end of their relationship.

    “As parents, it is incredibly upsetting to learn that a former nanny of our two young children would choose to make such false and scurrilous accusations about us publicly,” they told People in a statement. “Her now 18-month-long campaign of harassing us, as well as loved ones, close friends and colleagues, has reached its unfortunate apex.”

    “We will continue to focus on raising and protecting our children with the sincere hope that she will now choose to leave our family alone.”

    Wilde and Sudeikis were together from 2011 to 2020 and have two kids, Otis Alexander, 8, and Daisy Josephine, 6. Wilde has since started dating singer Harry Styles, who played a leading role in her film, “Don’t Worry Darling.”

    The former couple was responding to unverified claims from an unnamed woman who spoke to the Daily Mail and alleged that while she was working for the couple, Wilde had an affair with Styles. She also claimed Sudeikis was distraught when he found out.

    Wilde told Vanity Fair in an interview that her relationship with Styles began long after she and Sudeikis ended things. The exes made headlines in April when Wilde was served with legal documents from Sudeikis while she was onstage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Sudeikis has since said it was not supposed to happen that way and a “series of logistical mishaps” led the server to deliver the documents at CinemaCon after failing to do so at the intended location.

    “I understand that the process server had only done her job; however, I deeply regret what happened,” Sudeikis said of the incident, according to court documents.

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  • Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis respond to ‘false’ accusations from former nanny in joint statement | CNN

    Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis respond to ‘false’ accusations from former nanny in joint statement | CNN



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    Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have released a joint statement regarding the highly publicized end of their relationship.

    The former couple, who were together from 2011 until 2020 and share two children, spoke out on Monday in response to a story published by The Daily Mail, in which a woman described as a former nanny for the two stars divulged alleged private details about the time leading up to and around their split.

    “As parents, it is incredibly upsetting to learn that a former nanny of our two young children would choose to make such false and scurrilous accusations about us publicly,” their joint statement provided to CNN read. “Her now 18 month long campaign of harassing us, as well as loved ones, close friends and colleagues, has reached its unfortunate apex.”

    “We will continue to focus on raising and protecting our children with the sincere hope that she will now choose to leave our family alone,” the statement concluded.

    The unnamed woman, whose claims have not been verified by CNN, spoke with the British outlet about the couple’s interactions amid Wilde’s relationship with Harry Styles, with whom she was working on the set of her film, “Don’t Worry Darling.”

    Wilde previously told Vanity Fair that her relationship with Sudeikis, with whom she shares daughter Daisy, 5, and son Otis, 8, ended long before her romance with Styles began.

    The couple’s separation has been, at times, contentious.

    The “Booksmart” director has previously addressed being served legal documents by Sudeikis’s legal team regarding custody of their children while presenting her latest movie at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, calling the move “vicious.”

    A source with knowledge of the matter told CNN at the time that Sudeikis “had no prior knowledge of the time or place that the envelope would have been delivered” and called it “inappropriate.”

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  • England women beat US 2-1 in statement victory at Wembley

    England women beat US 2-1 in statement victory at Wembley

    LONDON — Ten weeks after conquering Europe, England women proclaimed themselves ready for even more after beating the world champion United States 2-1 in a friendly at Wembley Stadium on Friday.

    Lauren Hemp and Georgia Stanway scored to help England beat the U.S. for the first time since 2017 and less than 10 months before the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

    Stanway’s penalty in the 33rd minute put the hosts in front for good before 76,893 fans. Victory extended England’s unbeaten run to 23 games under coach Sarina Wiegman. England stopped the Americans’ 13-game winning streak and 21-match unbeaten streak dating to a 1-0 defeat to Canada in a 2021 Olympics semifinal.

    “It was a great result,” Hemp told broadcaster ITV. “There’s a lot of preparation now for the World Cup. It’s important that we stay grounded.”

    England, which won the European championship in late July, took the lead in the 10th when Beth Mead sent a low cross into the box. Defender Alana Cook tried to make a sliding block but the ball wiggled through to Hemp, who finished from close range.

    The Americans equalized just before the half-hour mark. Millie Bright tried to pass out of the back to a tightly covered Stanway, and Lindsey Horan poked the ball forward to Sophia Smith, who turned and fired low to the left corner past a diving Mary Earps.

    Stanway made amends from the spot, though, shooting the ball into the right corner as goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher went the wrong way.

    Minutes later, the visitors thought they tied the game again but Trinity Rodman’s strike was ruled out for offside after a video review.

    England and the U.S. wore teal armbands in solidarity with sexual abuse victims and together held a banner that read “Protect the Players” just before kickoff. A report this week into the scandals that erupted in the National Women’s Soccer League last season found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct were systemic in the league.

    There was also a moment of silence for the victims of the deadly crush of fans at a soccer match in Indonesia.

    Forward Alyssa Thompson entered in the 84th minute and at 17 years, 334 days became the youngest to debut for the U.S. since Mallory Pugh in January 2016. Thompson was the 70th teenager to appear for the Americans.

    Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and wide receiver Allen Lazard were among the stars in attendance. The Packers play the New York Giants on Sunday in an NFL game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. “Ted Lasso” actor Jason Sudeikis was also on hand.

    U.S. wing Crystal Dunn went on as a second-half substitute — less than five months after giving birth to her son. It was her 124th international appearance and first in nearly 13 months.

    The draw for the World Cup will be in Auckland on Oct. 22.

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