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Daily Mail
6 days ago
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- Daily Mail
You star Madeline Brewer shares romantic wedding album as she ties the knot with Jack Thompson-Roylance
You actress Madeline Brewer has married Jack Thompson-Roylance. The July 12 wedding took place in the British countryside and was inspired by wildflowers, according to the 33-year-old star's Brides profile. The New Jersey native and Englishman met on a dating app in October 2022 and got engaged in January 2024. 'Knowing where Jack's from and knowing what the southwest of England looks like, I would have wanted to get married there no matter what,' Madeline explained about their destination wedding. According to Brides, Jack presented Madeline with a vintage ring he procured in London's Hatton Garden district. 'It was the most beautiful ring I've ever seen in my entire life!' the Handmaids Tale star gushed. After connecting with his future wife online via an app, Thompson-Roylance recalled their first date. 'I met her outside the bar, and with the street lights behind her, she looked like an angel,' he shared. But the meet-cute wasn't without a hiccup: 'I said, "Hi Madeline," and she looked at me and went, "It's Maddie." And I thought, Oh, this is not off to a good start.' Madeline shared her perspective as she remembered, 'He smiled and I saw that he had a half tooth and my brain went, "Next!"' But, she noted, 'He was really cute. Plus, I traveled all that way and he was wearing this nice button-down shirt. He's really charming and English, and was so suave.' The nuptials took place at North Cadbury Court in Somerset, England with 130 of the couple's closest loved ones. More guests joined the festivities for an indoor reception. 'Knowing where Jack's from and knowing what the southwest of England looks like, I would have wanted to get married there no matter what,' Madeline explained about their destination wedding Brewer walked down the aisle in a vintage Vera Wang ball gown and teamed it with a veil from London's Jane Bourvis. She tailored her dress to make it strapless and noted, 'I wanted the corseted feeling and we kept the bows down the back which were my favorite part of the dress.' 'The vision started with inspiration from English wildflowers and the ribbon tower at Glastonbury Festival,' Brewer dished to Brides ahead of the ceremony. She added, 'I knew I wanted lots of color and the easy, floating on the wind feeling from ribbons blowing in the breeze.' Looking toward the future, Madeline said, 'I have loved calling Jack my fiancé, but I'm really excited for us to be husband and wife.' For his part, Jack is looking forward to parenthood with his new bride. He added, 'I'd like to see some little Jacks and Maddies running around in the future.'
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Margaret Atwood Calls Fellow Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment Canada Honorees 'Very Hard Acts to Follow'
Margaret Atwood recalls MGM's straight-to-series order in 2016 to adapt her dystopian classic novel The Handmaid's Tale as a Hulu series as being a touch risky. 'It was a gamble. And the gamble paid off. Anybody approaching me earlier who said we wanted to make a film about The Handmaid's Tale, I would have said, 'Who's going to watch that?'' she told the second annual Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment Canada gala at the Ritz Carlton in Toronto on Thursday. More from The Hollywood Reporter Cincinnati Reds vs. Chicago Cubs Livestream: When to Watch the MLB Game Online With Hulu + Live TV 'The Handmaid's Tale' Star Madeline Brewer on Janine's Final Scene: "I Was Inconsolable" Why FX's 'Adults' Team Has Been Partying at Laundromats 'When it came out, a certain number of people felt it was illuminating because, surely, the United States would never, ever do such things,' the acerbic Canadian author, poet and activist said as she picked up the Icon Award at the Ritz Carlton. She talked about the success in adapting her 1985 dystopian novel just as Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale has reached the climax for its sixth and final season, and as a small- screen treatment for her 2019 follow-up novel, The Testaments, is shooting in Toronto. Atwood was among a host of Canadian leading ladies celebrated at The Hollywood Reporter's second annual WIE Canada event. The all-day gathering was attended by top homegrown producers, actors, musicians and execs like Orphan Black breakout Humberly González, Toronto Film Fest chief programmer Anita Lee, AEG Presents exec Debra Rathwell and Cinespace Studios exec Magali Simard. Emotional highpoints for the event included The Sex Lives of College Girls star Amrit Kaur, on stage to accept the Breakthrough Award, calling on her fellow Canadian women in the room, and especially decision-makers, to be more feisty as they create and tell stories. 'Women have intuition. We're not scared of the truth the way men are. We understand the human condition. We've dealt with oppression. We don't take no for an answer. I want you guys to fund art that fuels our fire as women, as humanitarians and as artists' Kaur declared. Also on hand was Shirley Halperin, co-editor-in-chief of THR, and Jeanie Pyun, deputy editorial director of THR, to introduce this year's WIE Canada Power List spotlighting 45 trailblazers breaking through and building the future of film, TV and music north of the border. 'We are delighted to recognize the achievements of a diverse group of powerhouse women,' Halperin said as she looked over the crowded ballroom while calling many of 45 leading ladies in attendance onto the stage to rapturous cheers and applause. WIE Canada attendees were also treated to a performance of 'I'm Done' by singer-songwriter Rachelle Show. And the first cohort of the WIE Canada Mentorship Program — Jessica Commanda, Aman Kaur Khangura, Julisa Marcel, Kipola Wakilongo, Olivia Weatherall and Dianne Wulf — also took to the Ritz Carlton stage alongside their instructors as they look ahead to personalized mentorship, workshops and networking to turbocharge their careers. Another high point was Christina Jennings, founder and president of Shaftesbury, producer of the period police procedural Murdoch Mysteries and the dog-and-cop family series Hudson & Rex, receiving the Glass Ceiling Award. A child of the 1960s and the 1970s, Jennings recalled a golden age for women's rights as a young woman. 'I saw myself as no less capable than a man, and I never believed that, outside of physical strength, I couldn't do anything that a man could do,' she recalled. Jennings, sister of the late ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, then looked to the U.S. today where women face backlash in the workplace and the wider society amid the Donald Trump administration. 'Women's rights are being challenged and taking away the progress we made. It's frightening to see that diversity, equity and inclusion, those rights that we fought so strongly for, are being stripped back in the United States of America,' she called out. Also Thursday, Killers of the Flower Moon actress Tantoo Cardinal, who is of Cree and Métis heritage, picked up the Equity in Entertainment Award. She spoke of Canada's indigenous peoples having come through the impact of Canada's infamous residential schools and the Sixties Scoop atrocities on the country's indigenous people. 'I came from a powerful people. Our history will tell you we found truths in our survival of atrocities, in the marrow of the children that survived, and touched by the spirits of those that did not,' Cardinal said as she underscored the power of healing and self-discovery through storytelling. And legendary fashion and lifestyle journalist Jeanne Beker, receiving the Impact Award, touted being able to make a career in Canada in the 1980s and 1990s, at a time when women weren't as supportive of one another as they are today. 'There was intense competition. I felt it, and I felt threatened by women,' an emotional Beker recalled. But times changed. 'To see this incredible community out here, just radiating so much light and so much support, it's absolutely heart-swelling. Thanks to all of you for hanging on and being on this incredible journey,' Beker added. The second annual WIE Canada summit once again brought together the Canadian industry across TV, film and music to celebrate and recognize the achievements of women driving the industry forward. The event's return, produced once again by Access Canada, followed the successful first WIE Canada summit in 2024 attended by iconic Canadian entertainers like Lilly Singh, Nia Vardalos, Devery Jacobs, Kim Cattrall, Catherine Reitman and Jully Black. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Most Notable Deaths of 2025 Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Madeline Brewer on Rising Above Online Bullies: 'I Didn't Expect Them to Call Me Ugly Because I'm Not' (Exclusive)
Madeline Brewer opens up to PEOPLE about online criticism she received after starring in the final season of You The Handmaid's Tale actress says some comments from online trolls "triggered" her But she shares how she found the strength to rise above hurtful messagesOnline trolls may come with the territory of being an actor, but Madeline Brewer isn't letting it get her down. In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE, the actress, 33, opens up about the unexpected criticism she's received on her physical appearance after starring as Bronte aka Louise Flannery in the final season of You. When asked if she was surprised to see how she was received by the fan base, Brewer admits, "A little bit. I'll be honest, I didn't expect people to like Brontë, but I didn't expect them to call me ugly, because I'm not." "I get that I'm not everybody's cup of tea, but I'm not ugly," she says. "I had thought that the largest fan base of this show is women, young women, and I never anticipated the amount of misogyny to be fired at me." Brewer joined the final season of the cultural juggernaut, Netflix's You, as Bronte, the 'final girl' to serial killer Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley). As a "huge fan" of the show, she says she was "excited to be a part of that world." But she didn't anticipate the fans' reaction. "I think that when people are confronted with that misogyny and that deconstruction of their hero, it makes them upset," Brewer says of Joe's fate. "Especially pisses them off that it was a woman. It was a woman to do it. And it was also a new woman, and a woman that they might not find attractive." "So all of that to deal with, they can't help but get on their cell phones and comment on my pictures and go, 'Oh, you're so ugly. You look like a goblin,'" she continues. "And I'm like, 'Girl, lighten up. I'm not ugly.'" Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Brewer says she was bullied as a child, and comments suggesting she needed plastic surgery 'triggered' her. 'I feel very grateful that this didn't happen at an earlier time in my life. If this had happened when I was 25, I would have crumbled because I wasn't in therapy yet," she says. "Being in my 30s, I don't care. I knew I could handle it.' The Handmaid's Tale star is aware criticism is 'par for the course' of being an actor, and 'now I don't give a f---,' she says. 'As long as they're doing it to me and not somebody who can't handle it, bring it on." Brewer says when she needs some extra reassurance, she looks to her fiancé, cinematographer Jack Thompson-Roylance. "He just thinks the sun shines out of my butt, and he thinks that I'm the most beautiful woman in the whole world," she says with a smile. "He's actually the only opinion that really matters to me." The two are gearing up for a July wedding in England. As a 'perfectionist,' Brewer wants everything to go smoothly to pull off her vision of 'Bridgerton by day and Saltburn at night.' But she has no nerves when it comes to saying 'I do.' 'That's my dude,' she says. 'It's going to be fun.' You is streaming now on Netflix. Read the original article on People
Daily Mail
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
You star Madeline Brewer claps back at nasty trolls who compared her to a GOBLIN: 'I'm not ugly'
Starring in one of Netflix 's most popular shows meant Madeline Brewer gained immense attention in recent months - both good and bad. The 33-year-old joined the final season of the show You as Brontë, the women who plays a crucial role in bringing down serial killer Joe Goldberg. But the actress has now admitted that she got hit with a wave of insulting comments after the beloved series premiered last month. And she admitted that the hate wasn't geared at her performance on the series but rather, her appearance. During a recent interview with People, she admitted that fans of the show were calling her 'ugly' online, as she clapped back at the nasty trolls. 'I didn't expect people to like Brontë,' she admitted. 'But I also didn't expect people to call me ugly. Because I'm not.' She went on to describe her shock at receiving the negative comments considering that a majority of the viewership seemed to be women. 'I thought the show's fanbase was mostly young women,' she continued. 'I never anticipated the amount of misogyny that would be fired at me.' Brewer, who describes herself as a longtime fan of the show, said she believed the backlash likely came from people not wanting to see their 'hero' (referring to Joe, the murderous antagonist of the show) taken down - especially not by a woman. 'It especially pisses them off that it was a woman. A new woman. A woman they might not find attractive,' she said. 'So they get on their phones and comment on my pictures like, "You look like a goblin." And I'm just like… girl, lighten up. I'm not ugly.' The hate hit a nerve for Brewer, who said she was bullied growing up so she found some of the particularly mean comments 'triggering.' But she added that therapy and age had changed her perspective on how she deals with hate. 'If this had happened when I was 25, I would have crumbled,' she admitted. 'Now that I'm in my 30s? I don't give a f**k.' That confidence doesn't come from just anywhere. She explained that while some comments triggered her, therapy and being in her 30s really saved her from caring about what other people had to say about her Brewer said her biggest source of reassurance is her fiancé, cinematographer Jack Thompson-Roylance. 'He just thinks the sun shines out of my butt,' she shared. 'He thinks I'm the most beautiful woman in the whole world. 'His is the only opinion that really matters to me.' Brewer went on to say that the trolls can do what they want. She explained that criticism essentially comes with the territory when you become an actor. 'As long as they're doing it to me and not someone who can't handle it - bring it on,' she concluded.
Gizmodo
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
How ‘The Handmaid's Tale' Made Sure at Least One Character Got a Genuinely Happy Ending
Madeline Brewer's Janine sure went through a hell of a lot of hell over six seasons on Hulu's dystopian drama. In the first episode of the first season of The Handmaid's Tale, viewers met Janine, played by Madeline Brewer. Like June, the main character played by Elisabeth Moss, she's been abducted by Gilead and is now in the Red Center, where new handmaids are forced to learn their horrifying new duties. When Janine talks back, she's hauled off for a biblical punishment: the loss of her eye. That set the tone for Janine's harrowing journey throughout the series—but she never lost her spirit, and in the end, the show rewarded her with an ecstatically happy last moment. Her missing eye—often, but not always, concealed with her trademark patch—was more or less the only constant for Janine over six seasons. After being the first handmaid in June's group to give birth, she entertained fantasies of keeping her baby girl. Of course, that is not the way of Gilead, and Charlotte (Janine's name for her daughter; her captors, Commander Putnam and his wife Naomi, called her Angela) was ripped from her arms, almost literally. After that, she held different roles with varying levels of freedom—at one point she ended up in exile, shoveling toxic waste in the dreaded Colonies; at another, she survived a bombing after briefly escaping Gilead for Chicago. In the last seasons of The Handmaid's Tale, we saw her assisting Aunt Lydia in the Red Center, building on a complicated relationship rooted in power, guilt, shared trauma, and the occasional attempt at kindness. In season six, former handmaid Janine is forced into a different kind of sexual slavery, toiling at Jezebel's, the brothel created for the pleasure of Gilead's two-faced commanders. There, she encounters Angela's new adoptive father: the grumpy but not-evil Commander Lawrence, who reluctantly married Naomi for reasons that are frankly too long to get into here. (It's The Handmaid's Tale—expect the worst!) He's aware of Janine's situation and brings one of the little girl's drawings to her, an act of kindness that renews Janine's hopes that one day she'll get to see her again. That situation feels ever-bleaker when Jezebel's is destroyed and Janine is snatched up by a commander who's taken a cruel interest in her. Eventually, though, her prolonged suffering finally ends when June kills the guy (stabs him in the eye, in fact), and after another brief yet awful stint in captivity, she's freed from Gilead forever. Best of all, though, as June and company are rushing to get her to safety, we see Aunt Lydia and Naomi appear. Incredibly, they're bringing Angela/Charlotte to be with her mom, to live a life away from Gilead's cruelty. Though The Handmaid's Tale series finale ended with a lot of characters still at the mid-points on their journeys, that's not the case for Janine. This is a real and true happy ending for her, at long last. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Brewer was understandably thrilled that her character finally got her greatest wish. 'I thought it was so beautiful. I'm so satisfied with the ending for Janine,' she said. 'It could have gone a lot of different ways and it's all she's ever wanted.' She continued. 'I don't think I really, truly hoped for anything because I couldn't even imagine. That's also not my job (laughs) [to write the show], but it's the same reason why I never made too many decisions about Janine's life before … So I didn't want to make too many decisions. I wanted it in ways to surprise me. And it did … I'm just so proud of Janine for always being herself and not letting them take the fire away from her. And for being a good friend and a good mom and a good person.' The show was often very bleak, but praise be—at least Janine finally triumphed in the end. All seasons of The Handmaid's Tale are now available on Hulu.
