Tuesday must have been a roller-coaster of emotions for Ted Lasso actor Jason Sudeikis. The Apple+ series earned 20 Emmy Award nominations, which is the most ever for a first-year comedy. (Deadline)
Sudeikis also address yesterday his failed engagement to Olivia Wilde, who has dated pop star Harry Styles throughout the year. They met while she directed Harry in the upcoming movie Don’t Worry Darling.
Sudeikis told GQ magazine how he’s clueless about what caused the split. (quote) “I’ll have a better understanding of why in a year and an even better one in two, and an even greater one in five.”
Olivia and Jason share two children. They continue to co-parent as both work in the States and in England. He seemed philosophical talking about the emotional pain when Olivia left him, (quote) “It’ll go from being, a book of my life to becoming a chapter to a paragraph to a line to a word to a doodle.”
The teenage star of Stranger Things, Millie Bobby Brown, responded to allegations that a former boyfriend “groomed” her for kinky sex acts. Her rep called those social media comments, (quote) “Not only dishonest, but also are irresponsible, offensive and hateful.”
On Monday, 21-year-old Hunter Echo (real name Hunter Ecimovic) crudely claimed on Instagram Live how he dated Millie when she was just 16 years old. He described in lewd details their bedroom passions. Supposedly, her parents approved because Hunter lived “in her home for eight months.”
That’s highly dubious. Now, Millie Bobby Brown’s team threatened Hunter Echo with a lawsuit if he won’t stop talking. For the time being, he’s deactivated his Instagram account. (E! News)
The nominations for the 73rd annual Emmy Awards are in!
The Crown and The Mandalorian each received 24 nominations, followed by WandaVision with 23, The Handmaid’s Tale with 21, and Ted Lasso with 20. Other big nominees include Lovecraft Country, The Queen’s Gambit, and Mare of Easttown.
As far as platforms go, HBO/HBO Max leads with 130 nominations, followed by Netflix with 129, Disney+ with 71 and NBC with 46.
Mj Rodriguez is the first trans actor to be nominated for a lead role in a drama.
Cedric the Entertainer will host the live show September 19th on CBS.
