‘Ted Lasso’ alum Hannah Waddingham has a ‘real problem’ with Tom Cruise haters

on her BBC podcast “Rule Breakers.” “I thought, I will do. Come hell or high water, I will work on screen,” she told Visage, 55, who had asked Waddingham what was the biggest rule she had ever broken. The British actress said the harsh words “gave me a complex for years.” According to Waddingham, who won an Emmy award for her role as Richmond FC owner Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV+ series in 2021, she used her teacher’s words as an influence in her acceptance speech.

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.

Two days after the Television Academy honored GLAAD with its 2023 Governors Award at the Primetime Emmys, the group has released the nominees for the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards. See the full list below.

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.

The cast of the Apple TV+ comedy series was together at an awards show one final time at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards!

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.

The Producers Guild has set the motion picture and television nominees for its 2024 PGA Awards, with 10 awards-season favorites vying in the marquee movie category.

Puck News. The new installment would see the “Mission Impossible” star, 61, return to his role of naval aviator Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, as well as his “Top Gun: Maverick” co-stars Miles Teller and Glen Powell.

Joy Behar may be able to dish on “Hot Topics” — but she can’t take the hot weather. Behar, 81, revealed Wednesday that she didn’t want the role of Jason Sudeikis’ mom on the hit Apple TV+ show “Ted Lasso” due to the fact that the weather in London was too warm for her. “You were contacted about the possibility to be on my favorite show of all time,” Brian Teta, producer of “The View,” said on the show’s “Behind the Table” podcast.However, he added that Behar “quickly dismissed” the role.

controversial book “Endgame” released in November, the star-studded ceremony will see the Duke of Sussex be honored in Beverly Hills on January 19.Scobie wrote on X, “Prince Harry is to be inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation Hall of Fame, joining other aviators who have made “significant contributions in the aerospace industry.”The Duke of Sussex is being honored as an aviation legend due to his experience flying as a pilot in the British Army, according to reports.Harry has 10 years of military experience under his belt and has completed two tours of Afghanistan where he flew in combat missions.The exiled royal, who rose to the rank of Captain during his time in the military, famously spoke of his time in the army in his protocol-shattering memoir, “Spare,” in which he called his victims “chess pieces taken off a board, bad guys eliminated before they kill the good guys.”The father of two is also the founder of the Invictus Games, for which he is also set to be honored at the ceremony, which will be hosted by John Travolta as the “Official Ambassador of Aviation.”It’s unclear if Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, will attend the ceremony.Harry’s name will be called out among a slew of others, including Jeff Bezos, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, Elon Musk, and Saudi Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud.Other space legends such as US Navy pilot Fred George and former world speed record holder Steve Hinton will also be inducted.It wasn’t long until social media users rushed to slam the decision, as they questioned if the Duke of Sussex was deserving of the honor.“I look forward to every other military pilot in the world being given the same award based on his accomplishments in that field,” one person

Prince Harry is to be be inducted into the "Living Legends of Aviation" to honour his work in the British army.

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 1619 Project, which has been praised for reframing our understanding of American history but attacked by conservatives who brand it as “woke-ism,” won the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series Emmy on Sunday at the Creative Arts ceremony.

Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham may remain tight-lipped about the actual plot of the upcoming Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part Two, but she is happy to reiterate her previous kind words about co-star Tom Cruise.

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.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Hannah Waddingham revealed during the official Golden Globes pre-show presented by Variety and Entertainment Tonight that she was accompanied by 4,500 active members of the military when she first flew onto the set of the upcoming “Mission: Impossible 8.” It was announced last March that the “Ted Lasso” Emmy winner was joining Cruise and the “Mission: Impossible” gang in the highly-anticipated eighth installment of the action series. Waddingham’s role in the film is not yet known. “He’s lovely and fabulous to work for and that’s it,” Waddingham said about working with Tom Cruise.

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.

Sam Richardson won the Creative Arts Emmy for Guest Actor In A Comedy Series for his portrayal of Edwin Akufo in the hit Apple series Ted Lasso.

Saved by the Bell: The New Class, has died in a plane crash.The actor and his two daughters, aged 10 and 12, were on board a private aircraft heading for St. Lucia, before crash landing in the Caribbean Sea on Thursday (January 4).The Royal St.