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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Meg Stalter Stuns Andy Cohen By Revealing Her Couple Goals Are Brad Pitt And Jennifer Aniston: 'I'm Not Really Online'
Andy Cohen, Meg Stalter, and Tracee Ellis Ross are the trio we didn't know we needed. The Bravo Clubhouse was in hysterics as the three icons goofed around for the entirety of Monday night's (July 21) episode of Watch What Happens Live. However, there was one moment that left Cohen feeling somewhat confused. During a game of 'Relationship Happens,' Cohen prodded Stalter with a series of 'fun and flirty romance questions,' like which 'current' celebrity couple she would consider to be couple goals. 'Probably Brad and Jennifer?' Stalter hesitantly replied, referring to Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, who were married for five years from 2000 to 2005. 'Brad and Jennifer? OK. That didn't work out,' Cohen informed the actress, who cheekily replied, 'I'm not really online. What happened?' While both parties cited 'irreconcilable differences' in their divorce filings, fans and the media have long speculated that Pitt's closeness with his Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie played a big factor in their split. Pitt and Jolie, later dubbed by Hollywood as 'Brangelina,' were ultimately together for 12 years before they called it quits in 2016. The last time Pitt and Aniston's relationship was a topic on Watch What Happens Live was in August 2023, when actor Michael Rapaport opened up about attending their wedding. 'I was at Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's wedding. They had a wall of caviar. I still have some saved over,' he revealed, before joking, 'I'm still eating the caviar from that — I was shoveling it down.' The actor—who knew Aniston from his time as a guest star on Friends and Pitt from their work on the 1993 film True Romance—also said Billy Preston performed at the reception, adding that there were 'a lot of bucks there.' Watch What Happens Live airs Sunday through Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock.
Buzz Feed
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Meg Stalter's Diet Coke Dress Is A Must-See
This is Meg Stalter. Whether she's creating the most iconic viral videos like 2021's hit "Hi Gay," or starring in the nine-time Emmy-winning show Hacks, Meg is really that girl. If you recently saw her appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which I believe is true performance art, you'd probably think, Wow, that actor is doing too much — and you'd be absolutely right. Currently, Meg is the star of Lena Dunham's Netflix series Too Much, and like my incessant need to force puns into every conversation, it's a show that's so unapologetic it will unite old and new fans of Lena lore from start to finish. HBO's Girls hive, stand up. We are so back. Speaking of unapologetic, Meg's comedic timing isn't something she's only mastered for TV and movies. Her red carpet appearances are something to look at like when she wore a Di Pesta dress with a prom queen sash flaunting that she's the "Best Gay Actor." On July 17, at the Las Culturistas Culture Awards, a bunch of celebrities hit the carpet for Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers's zeigeisty award show, and everybody served up a different tasty dish of slayage. The fourth annual installment of the show, named after Bowen and Matt's podcast Las Culturistas, will be televised for the first time in August. Everybody and their mother were in attendance, including Alison Janney, Alison Brie and Dave Franco, Quinta Brunson, Ana Gasteyer, and Parvati Shallow. And then, there was Meg. She rocked a Diet Coke box bodice with a cute black skirt and a tasteful Diet Coke accessory, and the look will make you giggle, scratch your head, and snap your fingers simultaneously. A fellow writer reminded me that this might be the impact of Lisa Barlow from The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, and honestly, I see the vision. When talking to Variety's Marc Malkin, Meg said of her look, "This is not a brand deal, by the way. I'm trying to get more work. I'm trying to get a brand deal. It's what all the girls are doing." Meg, I hope you get that brand deal because this ensemble is hilarious and creative. I hope she starts a trend because I would love to see somebody like Sabrina Carpenter dressed as a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Too Much starring Meg and Will Sharpe is now streaming on Netflix. The Las Culturistas Culture Awards are set to air on Aug. 5, on Bravo from 9-11 p.m. ET, and will be available to stream the next day on Peacock. Do you love all things TV and movies? Subscribe to the Screen Time newsletter to get your weekly dose of what to watch next and what everyone is flailing over from someone who watches everything!
CBS News
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Emily Ratajkowski returns to acting in Netflix's "Too Much" after career reset
Model and actress Emily Ratajkowski is back on screen in Netflix's new romantic comedy series "Too Much," created by Lena Dunham and starring Meg Stalter. The 34-year-old star, known for her roles in "Gone Girl," "Entourage," and "I Feel Pretty," plays a character that Dunham specifically wrote with her in mind. The series follows Jess, played by Stalter, who flees to London to start over after a breakup. "She said, 'I wrote this character with you in mind,'" Ratajkowski said of Dunham's pitch. "When you've been friends with somebody for ten years, you've been through a lot together." Ratajkowski had stepped back from acting around 2020, a decision she made during what she described as her "Saturn return." The break coincided with her mother's blood cancer diagnosis before the pandemic. "I decided to take a step back because I didn't love my team," she explained. "I was looking around me, what do I want from my life? I remember where I was when I fired my whole team." During her hiatus, Ratajkowski wrote a book and handled her career independently. She said returning to acting felt natural, especially working with Dunham as her first female director. The series explores themes relevant to millennials navigating their 30s. "I think millennials are in a weird position," Ratajkowski said. "We're not sure how to dress, getting older. Thirty-five means something different now." Her character in "Too Much" deals with feelings of unfulfillment despite outward success, something Ratajkowski said she could relate to from her own experience of being "at the top of my game" when she decided to reassess her priorities. "Sometimes you have to really be honest about what's fulfilling to you personally," she said. Looking ahead, Ratajkowski expressed interest in expanding her role in entertainment beyond modeling and acting. "I always wanted to be on the other side of the camera," she said. "Too Much" is now streaming on Netflix.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Too Much' cast: All about the rising stars and reliable veterans in Lena Dunham's Netflix comedy
Too Much is the latest series from Girls creator Lena Dunham. It stars Meg Stalter as a daffy, heartbroken twenty-something who moves to London following a breakup. Will Sharpe, Emily Ratajkowski, Andrew Rannells, and Naomi Watts round out the star-studded star and creator Lena Dunham is back on the small screen as creator, writer, and director of Too Much, a 10-episode Netflix series about finding love in an unfamiliar place. Meg Stalter (Hacks) leads the ensemble cast as Jessica, a twenty-something who makes an abrupt move to London from the U.S. after a messy breakup. Unfortunately, her troubles and insecurities follow her across the pond. Jessica's desire to move on is tested by Felix (Will Sharpe), a musician who fills her life with new possibilities (and anxieties). 'She's in a love triangle with her past — with someone who probably has her blocked on his phone and with her new boyfriend,' Dunham told Vanity Fair. 'It's about how hard it is to accept the joyful thing that's in front of you as you're seductively brought back to the painful thing that's behind you.' Dunham created the series along with her husband, musician Luis Felber, and it's her most hands-on small-screen effort since 2018's Camping. She also plays a small role in the seriesWith all 10 episodes now streaming on Netflix, you may be curious about the flurry of familiar faces, including cameos from Andrew Scott, Jessica Alba, Kit Harington, and Rita Ora, among others. Below, we've assembled a guide to the main cast, who they're playing, and where you've seen them before. After finding success in the New York City sketch comedy scene, Ohio-born Meg Stalter became a viral sensation during the pandemic by routinely trying out new characters via Instagram. But it was her supporting role as daffy assistant Kayla on HBO's Hacks (2021–present) that accelerated her onscreen career. Over the last few years, Stalter has delivered memorable turns in movies like Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023), Problemista (2023), and Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2024). She was also a guest judge on a 2023 episode of RuPaul's Drag Race. In her most high-profile role yet, Stalter leads Too Much as Jessica, who escapes to London to heal her broken heart. 'When she does naughty things or she makes mistakes, you believe in her in this way that I certainly never was able to pull off,' Dunham told Vanity Fair of Jessica. 'It was really important to me that the character be somebody that people could root for — that she had that really beautiful openness.' 'Lena is someone I've been such a huge fan of, so it was really crazy to wrap my mind around being in the show,' Stalter told Rolling Stone. 'But then when I got to know her, she felt like a sister and a friend. So now the show feels like a play that we did for each other, and that this really contains a special thing.' Will Sharpe is a man of many talents. Stateside, he made a splash on season 2 of HBO's The White Lotus (2022) after years appearing on U.K. series like Casualty (2009–2010) and Defending the Guilty (2018–2019). But he's also a force behind the scenes, having written and/or directed several films (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain) and series (Flowers, Landscapers). 'Felix is a grunge musician like [Felber] is, and is mixed-race British,' Sharpe told Vanity Fair of the character. 'But I definitely felt in the writing of it, he necessarily becomes his own character.' Since debuting on a 1972 episode of The Brady Bunch, Rita Wilson has been a force in film, TV, theater, music, and even journalism, having served as a contributing editor at Harper's Bazaar. Wilson, the wife of Hollywood dad Tom Hanks, is likely best known for her work in films such as Now and Then (1995) and Jingle All the Way (1996), as well as series like The Good Wife (2011–2014) and Dunham's Girls (2013–2017), on which she played the mother of Allison Williams' Marnie. She's also a successful producer, having helped usher Nia Vardalos' My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise (2002–2023) onto the big screen. Her other notable producing credits include Mamma Mia! (2008), its 2018 sequel, and the Hanks-starring film A Man Called Otto (2023). On Too Much, Wilson plays Lois, Jessica's mother. 'I feel liberated working with Lena,' Wilson told the New York Times. 'I felt that way on Girls, and I felt that way on Too Much.' Rhea Perlman won four Emmy Awards for her turn as brassy waitress Carla on all 11 seasons of Cheers (1982–1993). While Perlman's stayed busy over the last 30 years, the actress has been especially prolific as of late, having appeared in buzzy series like Poker Face (2023–2025) and The Studio (2025). She also played a pivotal role in the Oscar-winning Barbie (2023) as Barbie inventor Ruth Handler. Perlman plays Dottie, Jessica's grandmother. Dunham told Vanity Fair that Perlman's character was inspired by her own grandmother, whose name is also Dottie. 'Lena has a way of creating and directing that makes people feel free,' Perlman told the New York Times. 'Maybe some people would be turned off by that much sex and that much talk of sex. But she made it so funny and so real.' Actress, supermodel, and author Emily Ratajkowski rose to international fame after appearing in Robin Thicke's much-discussed "Blurred Lines" music video in 2013. She went on to feature in David Fincher's Gone Girl (2014) and the Amy Schumer vehicle I Feel Pretty (2018), as well as Entourage (2015), in which she memorably appeared as herself. Ratajkowski has used her profile to speak out on women's issues, and in 2021 published My Body, an essay collection that became a New York Times bestseller. She plays Wendy, a "knitting influencer" who begins dating Jessica's ex, Zev (Michael Zegen). It's her first major role in several years. Ratajkowski said in a 2023 interview that she stepped away from acting after growing tired of making herself "digestible to powerful men in Hollywood." "I wanted her to be somebody that women would recognize as a modern trope of social media — easy to stalk and also hate because she's cheesy, she's posting a lot — and then find out that she's actually somebody that our girl, and maybe the audience, would want to be friends with," Ratajkowski told Vanity Fair ahead of the show's release. "I really liked the idea that she's self-aware." Janicza Bravo is first and foremost a director. In addition to directing an episode of Too Much, Bravo has also helmed episodes of hit shows like Atlanta (2016), Poker Face (2023), and The Bear (2025). She also co-wrote and directed feature films Lemon (2017) and Zola (2020). If she's in front of the camera, it's probably in a Dunham project, as she previously appeared in her HBO series Camping (2018) and her 2022 film Sharp Stick. In Too Much, Bravo plays Kim, a colleague of Jessica's. When pondering what "too much" means in the context of the series, she told the New York Times, 'It's just to wake up and move through the world. I did it this morning. I'm doing it now. We are all in this room because we're exactly too much. If we hadn't been a lot, then we wouldn't be here.' Michael Zegen has played key roles in some of the most popular series of the last two decades, from Rescue Me (2004–2011) and Boardwalk Empire (2011–2014) to The Walking Dead (2012) and The Penguin (2024). Zegen also starred on Amazon Prime's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023) as Joel, the estranged husband of Rachel Brosnahan's titular comedian. The actor appears on Too Much as Zev, Jessica's ex. Online sleuths have speculated as to whether Zev is based on Dunham's real-life ex, Grammy-winning musician and producer Jack Antonoff, though Dunham denies any explicit connection. 'That ex-boyfriend is very much an amalgamation of every ex that I've had, or that a friend's had,' Dunham told Vanity Fair in May. 'It's this quotidian acceptance of unkindness that eats away at a person over a long period of time and degrades their sense of self. If someone were to say, 'Who inspired that character?' I'd be like, 'Do you have time for me to give you the 42 examples?'" Andrew Rannells won a Grammy and was nominated for a Tony for his star-making role as Elder Kevin Price in the Broadway production of The Book of Mormon. While he regularly returns to the stage — he was nominated for another Tony in 2017 — Rannells is also a consistent presence onscreen, having starred in series such as Big Mouth (2017–2025), Black Monday (2019–2021), and Girls5eva (2021–2024). He's perhaps best known, however, for stealing scenes as Elijah on Dunham's Girls (2012–2017). On Too Much, Rannells plays James, Jessica's brother-in-law. Last year, Dunham let it slip to the New Yorker that she plays James' wife (and Jessica's sister). "Andrew and I play spouses," she said. "I'm in the show! I think I just accidentally revealed that. But it's a smaller part. Not a walk-on, but it's not a lead." 'It's not Girls, but it's Lena and it's me — so it's sort of Girls-adjacent,' Rannells told Us Weekly. French actress Adèle Exarchopoulos found fame starring alongside Lea Seydoux in the Palme d'Or-winning film Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013). She was nominated for a César, France's national film award, for her turn in the boundary-pushing romance, and won another in 2024. In recent years, she starred in Ira Sachs' acclaimed Passages (2023) and voiced Ennui in Pixar's Inside Out 2 (2024). Exarchopoulos plays Polly, Felix's intimidating ex-girlfriend. The daughter of actress Joely Richardson and producer Tim Bevan, Daisy Bevan has been acting on both the screen and stage for most of her life, with notable turns in The Two Faces of January (2014), The Outcast (2015), and The Alienist (2018). Bevan plays Josie, a coworker of Jessica and Kim. Richard E. Grant was nominated for an Academy Award for his turn in Marielle Heller's 2018 drama Can You Ever Forgive Me?, but the English actor first gained prominence in the U.K. comedy classic Withnail and I (1987). A prolific performer, Grant has appeared in dozens of film, TV, and theatrical productions over the last four decades. Highlights include Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1991), Robert Altman's Gosford Park (2001), and Pablo Larrain's Jackie (2016), as well as series such as Doctor Who (2012–2013), Girls (2014), and Game of Thrones (2016). In recent years, he appeared in blockbuster projects like Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) and Loki (2021), not to mention the much-memed Emerald Fennel thriller Saltburn (2023). Grant plays Jonno Ratigan, Jessica's boss at the London ad agency where she finds work. "I worked with Lena on a few episodes of Girls in the noughties & delighted to be reunited with her again," he wrote in an Instagram post promoting the series. Naomi Watts broke out with a surreal leading turn in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001). She later received Academy Award nominations for Alejandro González Iñárritu's 21 Grams (2003) and J. A. Bayona's The Impossible (2012). While Watts parlayed her critical success into roles in The Ring (2002–2005) and Divergent (2015–2016) franchises, she's also worked with many of the best living filmmakers, including David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises), Clint Eastwood (J. Edgar), Michael Haneke (Funny Games), Peter Jackson (King Kong), and Gus Van Sant (The Sea of Trees), among many others. She also re-teamed with Iñárritu for the Oscar-winning film Birdman (2014), and with Lynch on Inland Empire (2006) and Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). Watts has pivoted to TV in recent years, leading Netflix's hit series The Watcher (2022) and playing magazine editor Babe Paley in Ryan Murphy's Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (2024), the latter of which landed her Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Next up is another Murphy series, All's Fair. Watts plays Ann, Jonno's glamorous wife. Too Much is currently available to stream on the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Telegraph
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Lena Dunham's sex-filled London romcom is so hip that it's just annoying
Imagine a Richard Curtis script in which the characters snort ketamine at Hackney City Farm. This is Too Much (Netflix), the new series from Girls creator Lena Dunham. As you might expect if you know Dunham's work, it is sharp, knowing and often funny. But it's also a self-consciously hip romcom with the whiniest leading man. By the end, I didn't care if they lived happily ever after or not, as long as they weren't doing it in my earshot. It starts like an edgier Emily in Paris, with American Jessica (Meg Stalter) moving to London to mend a broken heart. There is instant fish-out-of-water fun, because she has grown up on Jane Austen adaptations and is horrified when her new address on the 'Hoxton Grove Estate' turns out to be a council flat. Baffled, she asks the cab driver who has brought her from Heathrow: 'It's the Hoxton Grove Estate – you know, estate grounds, verdant gardens, archways, some real Merchant Ivory-type s---? I don't think this is it.' Jessica meets indie musician Felix (Will Sharpe) on her first night in London. Over 10 episodes, we follow their romance in all its detail – dates, sex, break-ups and make-ups, and the kind of in-depth conversations between new partners that feel exciting when you're having them yourself, but are really boring when you're listening to other people's. Too Much is a curious amalgam of Girls-style scenes in which people spit in each other's mouths as a turn-on, and Curtis-style comedy in which an upper-crust maid of honour complains: 'Georgia has completely abandoned our Cretian sandal company to organise this wedding.' The story is inspired by Dunham's move from New York to north London several years ago, and Jessica is also the most Lena Dunham character you could get without her actually being played by Lena Dunham – same energy, same build, same eccentric fashion sense. She carries around one of those weird, hairless dogs, dressed in a pioneer-style nightgown (both her and the dog). 'Am I the Meghan Markle of, like, fat white bitches?' she asks at one point. It's a riot of celebrity supporting roles: Richard E Grant as Jessica's dreadful boss, Naomi Watts as his dead-eyed wife, Emily Ratajkowski as Jessica's nemesis, Stephen Fry as an upper-middle-class type fallen on hard times. Andrew Scott is hilarious as a pretentious ad director. Rita Ora plays herself. Jennifer Saunders makes a late appearance. Dunham pops up every now and then, playing Jessica's sister. Some characters work (Felix's ennui-laden French ex is fabulous) and others don't (Jessica's shrieking gay colleague is unbearable). At her best, Jessica is dorkily loveable and open-hearted, the kind of person who has told you their life story and asked for yours within seconds of meeting. 'I love feelings. I'm American,' she explains to a stranger. At her worst, she's a neurotic mess who just won't stop talking. The real problem with this show is Felix, a manic pixie dream boy in kohl eyeliner, brooding about his miserable upbringing. After a couple of episodes he becomes so listless that he drains the energy from every scene he's in. Too Much is a love letter to British romcoms and is made by Working Title, the production company that gave us all the best ones. Episode titles include One Wedding and a Sex Pest, Enough, Actually and Notting Kill, and little nods to those films are everywhere. It's also stuffed to the gills with British references that Dunham has picked up: Dalston raves, John Lewis ads, what 'getting a bollocking' means, whether a Jaffa cake is a cake or a biscuit. The vision of London isn't Curtis-land, but it's definitely rose-tinted. A late-night walk through a park in Hoxton with no sightings of crackheads or muggers on Lime bikes? Nah.
