Jenna Ortega joined some of this year’s most influential comedic actresses. Alongside Elle Fanning, Natasha Lyonne, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Ayo Edebiri and Devery Jacobs, Ortega sat at The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Comedy Actress Emmy Roundtable.
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Multi-award-winning actress and Grease icon Stockard Channing has surprised viewers by appearing in new ITV series Maryland.
The 79-year-old star plays Cathy in the three-part series, which was created by Suranne Jones, who also leads the cast. Suranne even reckons she 'manifested' Stockard for the role - and 'still can't believe' she said yes.
Maryland sees Becca, portrayed by Suranne, and her sister Rosaline, played by Eve Best, repair their relationship following the death of their mother who was living a double life on the Isle of Man. Cathy, meanwhile, is their late mum's larger-than-life, island-dweller best friend.
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While Stockard is perhaps best known for portraying mean girl Betty Rizzo in 1970's cult classic Grease, the actress has an impressive list of credits, spanning theatre, film and TV. Her stellar performances have earned her multiple Emmy Awards and a Tony Award as well Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.
She began her career in theatre, performing in various off-Broadway plays before landing her first TV role on Sesame Street at 25 years old. She took on more TV roles - including the lead in Joan Rivers comedy The Girl Most Likely To... - before being cast as 17-year-old Rizzo in Grease, making her 33 years old at the time.
Despite its sensational success, becoming one of the highest-grossing live action musicals of all time, the actress admitted that she's only ever seen the musical blockbuster twice. In conversation with ET Online back in 2018, she revealed: "I saw [Grease] when it first came out at the premiere and I saw it, I think there was a 20-year anniversary, I saw it again then."
Since Grease, Stockard, who grew up in
Jenna Ortega joined some of this year’s most influential comedic actresses. Alongside Elle Fanning, Natasha Lyonne, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Ayo Edebiri and Devery Jacobs, Ortega sat at The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Comedy Actress Emmy Roundtable.
A Scots family were left "running for their lives" after a swarm of bees invaded a West Lothian village.
brain surgery was a success, his agent Paul Anderson told TMZ on Tuesday. The “Partridge Family” star, who was recently diagnosed with hydrocephalus, had a stent and a drainage port put in to relieve the pressure on his brain.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer With a tentative Directors Guild of America deal in hand and the Writers Guild of America on strike, SAG-AFTRA has been thrust into a bigger role than the performer’s union has played in years in the industry’s triennial labor contract negotiations. SAG-AFTRA gets its turn at the bargaining table this week, with an agenda that seeks to address the many ways that technology is changing the profession of acting. Two of the union’s top concerns — streaming residuals and artificial intelligence — are also key issues for the WGA and DGA. The performers’ guild is also uniquely focused on putting limits on “self-taped” auditions, which have become ubiquitous since the beginning of the pandemic.
A former Emmerdale star has made a sensational return to ITV with a docu-series following his family, despite previously having a similar show on the BBC. Kelvin Fletcher, who played Andy Sugden in Emmerdale until 2016, gave up his day job to take on a farm in the Peak District. The dad of four, 39, previously documented his career switch with his wife Liz in the BBC series Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure.
Christine Brown is excited to make her new home with fiancé David Woolley a place for her whole family. The 51-year-old star took fans on a tour of her new deck and backyard on Monday, showing off the impressive view and sharing her plans.Noting that the home originally had a smaller deck, the TLC star said, «Now it's huge!» as the impressive mountain backdrop was clearly visible.Christine captioned the video, «I’m getting my backyard ready for grandkids to come play.»With the help of her daughters, Christine took her followers down to the yard where they had a hot tub and plans to install a playground for the grandkids, a trampoline, and a fire pit.
Brad Pitt’s career is going nowhere but up. While he may be currently dealing with drama regarding a winery lawsuit against his ex-wife Angelina Jolie, his movie career continues to be susccessful. His newest film is all about Formula One racing; not only will Pitt be fronting this upcoming sports film, but we've got another famous face that you may recognize from Outlander joining in on the fun.
Kelvin Fletcher is set to return to ITV seven years after he left Emmerdale - with his own reality show. The actor, 39, will give his fans a glimpse at his family's life on his farm, with new series Fletcher’s Family Farm. Former Strictly Come Dancing winner Kelvin and his wife Liz will welcome viewers into the home they share with their four children, Marnie, six, Milo, four, and one-year-old twin boys, Maximus and Mateusz.
Tyler Posey is engaged! The former star announced his engagement to singer Phem on Thursday. «We got engaged in Cambria, California. Phem's favorite place,» Posey, 31, tells .
Meri Brown got emotional while reflecting on how she suffered a miscarriage a little more than 15 years ago.
Meri Brown is opening up in a rare post about her miscarriage more than 15 years ago. The 52-year-old star took to Instagram on Thursday, posting a smiling selfie and relayed a touching experience she had in the caption.Kody Brown's ex-wife shared that she was traveling when she saw a group of teenage boys walking and talking together.«I just had to smile and almost sort of giggle to myself,» Meri wrote.
All social media users have been issued a stark warning from Lloyds Bank over the £570 lost per person to shopping scams.
Arctic Monkeys are officially back on the road in support of their 2022 album The Car.
While it's nothing new, and we're certainly not complaining, Harry Styles' name is inescapable right now.
Sam Smith is being slammed after abruptly exiting a concert stage and leaving fans "in the dark" for 20 minutes without any kind of announcement. Only adding to the anger was that fans felt Sam was particularly insensitive about the blackout, given that that particular show took place at the Manchester Arena, which was the site of a bombing during an Ariana Grande concert six years earlier.
Coronation Street - but since then, Suranne Jones has took over our screens, with acclaimed roles in the likes of Gentleman Jack and Doctor Foster. This week, the Manchester-born 44-year-old returned to ITV, launching a new drama Maryland, which has won rave reviews from critics and viewers alike after its debut episode on Monday. Starring alongside Eve Best, the three-part series - which concluded last night - sees two polar opposite sisters, Becca (played by Suranne) and Rosaline (played by Eve), reunited when their mother is found dead on a beach on the Isle of Man.
Louis Staples It was an earthquake that broke the pop-cultural Richter scale: the revelation that “Vanderpump Rules”stars Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss were having a secret seven-month affair behind the backs of their closest friends. But there was one of their co-stars who didn’t find the news of the affair quite so shocking: Lala Kent. Kent was the first cast member to suspect that Sandoval was cheating on Ariana Madix, his girlfriend of nine years. Madix found out herself when she discovered an explicit video on Sandoval’s phone, and, as Variety detailed in a May 17 interview with “Vanderpump Rules” executive producer Alex Baskin, by the time TMZ broke the story on March 3, Bravo’s cameras were already at the Valley Village home she and Sandoval share to capture the fallout. Those astonishing scenes aired during last week’s season finale.
Suranne Jones is back with a star-studded drama on ITV, which was inspired by her dreams.
Suranne Jones returns to our screens this evening (Monday, May 22) with brand new drama Maryland on ITV.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Peppermint wants back on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” She famously was runner-up in Season 9 when Sasha Velour took the crown after her iconic rose petal-filled finale lip sync. “I would love to go on ‘All Stars,’” Peppermint tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. She was asked to compete in 2018 but was already booked for the Go-Go’s Broadway musical, “Head Over Heels.” “I will happily go onto the show if they invite me,” Peppermint says. “It is quite expensive and quite an investment, but I do think it could be worth it.” Peppermint will next be seen in “A Transparent Musical,” opening May 20 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. She plays Davina, a role originated on the “Transparent” television series by Alexandra Billings. Peppermint recalls having “two-person watch parties” with her music producer when the series first premiered on Amazon in 2014.