Sandra Oh is pretty in a light blue dress while hitting the purple carpet at the premiere of her new movie The Tiger’s Apprentice on Saturday (January 27) held at Paramount Studios’ Sherry Lansing Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Ellise Shafer Hannah Waddingham may have won an Emmy in 2021 for her starring role in “Ted Lasso,” but the actor revealed that her drama teacher once told her she would “never work on screen.” During an interview on the BBC Radio 2 podcast “Michelle Visage’s Rule Breakers,” Waddingham recalled a time when her teacher made fun of her appearance in front of her classmates. “I had one drama teacher that said to the whole class: ‘Oh, Hannah will never work on screen because she looks like one side of her face has had a stroke,'” Waddingham said. But the insult didn’t deter her.
“I thought, ‘I will do. Come hell or high water, I will work on screen,'” she added. Despite the comment giving her “a complex for years,” Waddingham said it has also been a cause of motivation.
“This is why, in my Emmys speech, I made a point — the one thing I said to myself [was], if this weird moment comes and I get this award, and I get my foot in this door, I’m going to rip it off its hinges for music theatre people, or theatre people, to follow,” she said. Before breaking through in “Ted Lasso,” Waddingham played Septa Unella in “Game of Thrones” and Sofia Marchetti in “Sex Education.” Up next, she’ll appear in the eighth “Mission: Impossible” movie in a yet-to-be-revealed role. Pre-“Ted Lasso,” Waddingham said she reached a point in her career when she was tired of taking small roles.
“So I said to my agents at the time, ‘I’m not doing it anymore… If it’s one scene, I’m not doing it anymore, and you shouldn’t be putting me up for it because it’s insulting’,” Waddingham said. “‘I’ve been a leading lady for 22 years. I’m not doing it anymore.
Sandra Oh is pretty in a light blue dress while hitting the purple carpet at the premiere of her new movie The Tiger’s Apprentice on Saturday (January 27) held at Paramount Studios’ Sherry Lansing Theatre in Los Angeles.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Hayden Panettiere said in a recent interview with The Messenger that filming “Nashville” was “very traumatizing because I felt like I was acting out my own life.” The actor played country pop singer Juliette Barnes on the ABC musical drama, which ran for six seasons and 124 episodes between 2012 and 2018. Panettiere suggested the show’s writers often pulled from her real life while crafting Juliette’s storylines, which was emotionally traumatizing for her as storylines used her real-life struggle with alcoholism. “Straight from the beginning, it was like, I’m dating a football player, [and then] Juliette dates a football player,” Panettiere said.
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Hannah Waddingham is opening up about the time an acting teacher bullied her.
Hannah Waddingham, the Emmy-winning Ted Lasso star, says the words of a teacher helped fuel her ambition to become a star of the screen.
Monday night’s 75th Emmy Awards.That’s a new all-time record for futility, people, and was one of the biggest snubs on television’s biggest night, part-and-parcel of the dominance of “Succession,” “Beef” and “The Bear.”“Better Call Saul” star Odenkirk was nominated six times for Best Lead Actor in a Drama for playing slimy lawyer Jimmy McGill — a k a Saul Goodman — but failed to ever take home a statuette.
Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham had a bit of a moment at the Emmys when a red carpet host got her name wrong. Stars including Hannah, Selena Gomez, pregnant Suki Waterhouse and Joan Collins all stunned in their finest gowns at the awards in LA on Monday night, 15 January. Despite being on a comedy show, Hannah wasn't too pleased when E! presenter Laverne Cox called her 'Hannah Waddington.' She quickly corrected the Orange Is The New Black actress, saying it was "ham" as in "Waddingham" – not "ton".
months-long delay due to the 2023 actors and writers strikes in Hollywood last year, the time has finally come for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards to celebrate the best that TV had to offer last year – see the full list of nominees and winners below.The awards are taking place at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday January 15, 2024. There will be 26 awards presented on the night, and they will be hosted by actor, comedian and presenter Anthony Anderson.This year’s nominations are led by Succession, which has scored a whopping 27 nominations.
Jordan Moreau The 2023 Emmy Award winners are being announced Monday night by host Anthony Anderson, a few months after they were delayed by the Hollywood strikes. HBO leads the way with a trio of hit shows, “Succession,” “The Last of Us” and “The White Lotus.” The final season of the Roy family drama topped all shows with 27 nods, followed by HBO’s adaptation of the popular zombie apocalypse video game with 24 nominations and Season 2 of Mike White’s vacation nightmare series with 23 nods.
Succession star Sarah Snook has revealed that she was once called a “nobody” by casting directors and that she was told to “lose weight” among other things.Speaking to The Sunday Times, Snook – now an Emmy and Golden Globe winner – reflected on her past in the acting industry and how she was mistreated by casting directors and producers, though she did not name them.One incident she cited happened on the set of a film she landed. According to Snook, she was told by the film’s casting directors that they did not want her in the film because she was “a nobody” but that “the director and the writer think you’re good for the role”.The role came with a price though, as Snook went on to tell The Sunday Times that she was instructed to undergo an overhaul to make her “marketable”.
Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt are addressing Joy Behar‘s claim that she was offered a role in Ted Lasso.
“Ted Lasso” stars Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt are clapping back at Joy Behar’s claim that she was asked to guest star on the Apple TV+ show.“The View” co-host, 81, alleged on Wednesday that she was invited to play the role of Sudeikis’ mom on the comedy.The “Horrible Bosses” star, 48, and Hunt, 51, appeared with cast members Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Phil Dunster, Cristo Fernandez, Kola Bokinni, James Lance and Billy Harris during a a panel discussion at the PEOPLE X IHG Conversation in Los Angeles Thursday.The men were surprised at Behar’s claim, with Sudekis joking: “I, no. Joy Behar from ‘The View?’” when asked if the news that she was set to appear in the third season was valid.“She’s welcome to sit at the table,” he added.“Respectfully, it would be news to us.
Joy Behar has revealed that she almost appeared in Ted Lasso.
Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” with four nods each. In the realm of television, “Succession” led with five nominations for its final season, closely followed by “The Bear,” “The Last of Us,” and “Ted Lasso,” trailing with four nominations.
Diego Ramos Bechara editor The first stars slated to appear at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced. Among the list of tapped presenters are Emmy-nominated stars Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us”), Quinta Brunson (“Abbot Elementary” and “Saturday Night Live”), Jenna Ortega (“Wednesday”), Stephen Colbert (“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”), Juno Temple (“Ted Lasso”) and Brett Goldstein (“Ted Lasso”). “The diverse lineup of talent represents critically acclaimed television series and Emmy-nominated programs across many viewing platforms and genres,” the TV Academy said in a statement.
The Directors Guild of America has unveiled the television and documentary nominations for its 76th annual DGA Awards, which will be handed out next month. See the full list below.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece “1984” is getting a new audio-only treatment from Audible. The Audible original audio drama, set to premiere April 4, stars Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick…Boom,” “The Amazing Spider-Man”) as Winston alongside Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked,” “Harriet”) as Julia. They are joined by Tom Hardy (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight Rises”) as the voice of Big Brother and Andrew Scott (“All of Us Strangers,” “Fleabag”), who plays the mysterious and dangerous O’Brien.
Ed Sheeran has reacted to the win of his first-ever Emmy, saying he “was not expecting” to take home the award.The singer-songwriter was announced as the winner of the Emmy in the Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics category, thanks to the track he wrote for the TV show Ted Lasso.News that the superstar was asked to write music for the show’s third season was first revealed in October 2021. The series also commissioned Eurovision runner up Sam Ryder to write a song, called ‘Fought & Lost’.Titled ‘A Beautiful Game’, the singer shared the award with co-writers Max Martin and Foy Vance, and was unable to attend the ceremony due to scheduling conflicts with his ongoing tour.“We won an Emmy last night,” Sheeran wrote, addressing the victory on social media.
Jordan Moreau The 2024 awards season officially kicks off with the 81st annual Golden Globes, honoring the best films and TV shows from last year. It was the year of “Barbenheimer,” as Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s hot pink comedy “Barbie” led all the nominees with 10 and “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy’s biopic about the inventor of the atomic bomb, followed closely with eight.
Ed Sheeran has won his first Emmy thanks to music that he wrote for TV show Ted Lasso.Back in October 2021, it was revealed that the superstar was asked to write music for the show’s third season. The show also commissioned Eurovision runner up Sam Ryder to write a song, called ‘Fought & Lost’.Both Ryder and Sheeran were nominated for Emmys.