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South China Morning Post
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Leighton Meester on Hot Rabbi husband Adam Brody, love of Gossip Girl role, and children
When Adam Brody became the internet's boyfriend a few months back, people started acting weird around Leighton Meester. Advertisement Of course, long before audiences became obsessed with Brody's turn as a hot rabbi in Netflix's Nobody Wants This, both he and Meester were cemented in the pop culture firmament as teen drama icons. She was Gossip Girl's Blair Waldorf. He was The OC's Seth Cohen. And it warmed everyone's cold little hearts that actors from two beloved mid-aughts shows had ended up together in real life. But when the couple – who have been married since 2014 – showed up at the Golden Globes in January, the vibes were off. Reporters on the red carpet could not stop fawning over Brody during interviews, to the point where he had to step in and attempt to make things less awkward. 'Your date is the Hot Rabbi,' an Entertainment Tonight host gushed to Meester. Advertisement 'And she's my real shiksa goddess,' Brody duly pointed out.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Everything We Know About ‘Nobody Wants This' Season 2 So Far
One thing is clear from the response to Netflix's Nobody Wants This, and that is the fact that the reverse of the title is very true. Thus, the renewal of the series for a second season, which has already added some extra star power in the form of new characters and cast members. After the first season of the show arrived on Netflix in Sept. 2024, there will be a bit of a wait for the next installment. More from Deadline Adam Brody Forgot 'Nobody Wants This' Creator Erin Foster Guest Starred On 'The OC' Adam Brody On 'Nobody Wants This' Season 2: 'We're Gonna Film It Relatively Soon' Lena Dunham's 'Too Much' Comedy Series Gets Netflix Premiere Date; First Look Find everything we know about Season 2 of Nobody Wants This below: The second season doesn't have an exact release date, yet, but it will likely return this year. Season 2 wrapped production according to star Jackie Tohn's May 12 Instagram post and story. March 3 was the projected start date on production for Season 2, Tohn revealed to Deadline at the 30th Critics Choice Awards red carpet. Production did begin in early March 2025 with a shot of co-stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody cuddling on a couch. Yes, several new faces will appear in Season 2 of the hit Netflix series. Adam Brody's wife and real life partner Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) has boarded the second installment of the show to play Joanne's (Bell) high school nemesis Abby, who is now an Instagram mommy influencer. Miles Fowler (Bottoms) will play Noah's Matzah Ballers basketball teammate Lenny, who is positioned as a romantic interest for Joanne's sister Morgan (Justine Lupe). RELATED: Deadline exclusively broke the news that Alex Karpovsky (Girls) will join as Big Noah, an overly confident rabbi at Noah's temple and that Arian Moayed (Succession) will portray as Dr. Andy, a psychotherapist who also might be a good match for Morgan. Of course, the show cannot go on without Bell, Brody, Lupe nor Timothy Simons, who all return to reprise their roles. Simons plays Sasha Roklov, brother to Brody's Noah Roklov. Jackie Tohn has been upped to series regular. She plays Esther Roklov, Sasha's wife. 'Well you know I can't tell,' she prefaced when Deadline asked her about what she could tease for Season 2. 'I haven't read anything yet, but I've got into the writers' room, we've talked about my character arc, and that's all really exciting. I love her, I love it. So, stay tuned, it's gonna be really exciting.' Season 1 of the show followed a budding romance that developed between an agnostic podcaster (Bell) and a passionate rabbi (Brody) after they met at a dinner party. It is fiction inspired by the real life story of creator Erin Foster, who also hosts a podcast and fell in love with a Jewish man. Foster converted to Judaism. She and her sister Sara, and their production arm The Fatigue Sisters drove the development of the show during a three-year pod deal with 20th Television. Together they host the podcast The World's First Podcast. RELATED: The first season ended with the challenge for Bell's Joanne to convert to Judaism so that Brody's rabbi Noah could move up in the ranks at his synagogue. Foster, Bell, Steven Levitan, Sara Foster, Danielle Stokdyk, Jeff Morton, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner and Nora Silver serve as executive producers on the romantic comedy show Oly Obst executive produces for 3arts. Kaplan and Konner serve as showrunners, taking the reins in between seasons. The series is produced by 20th Television in association with Steven Levitan Productions. RELATED: Best of Deadline List Of Hollywood & Media Layoffs From Paramount To Warner Bros Discovery To CNN & More A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Looking for where to eat in Green Bay for the 2025 NFL Draft? Baylee Kraft, Aneisha Cox have some reccs for you
The start of the 2025 NFL Draft is just hours away. Hundreds of thousands NFL fans have descended upon Green Bay to join in on the three-day event, which has been years in the making. For many, it's also their first time experiencing some of Wisconsin's best eats. If the food stands at the NFL Draft grounds around Lambeau Field just aren't hitting the spot or you're just looking for some new local flair, two Green Bay Packers' partners have some recommendations for you. For players and fans new to Green Bay, Baylee Kraft has got you covered. On the eve of the draft, the 24-year-old photographer posted a TikTok with photos of her favorite Green Bay eats, many of them across the table from her husband, Packers tight end Tucker Kraft. In February, the couple announced they were expecting their first child. 'Green Bay food recommends you might not have heard of,' she wrote in the post, along with cheese and beer emojis. Here are Baylee's top spots to check out while you're in town for the draft: Lox Stock'n Bagel for a 'quick breakfast + coffee,' she wrote. Cheesesteak Rebellion. Along with the namesake cheesesteaks, Baylee recommended the cubed curds and wonton fried pickles — and 'if you like Star Wars, this is the place for you,' she added. Titletown Brewing Company. 'What's better than some good beer and a view!? They also have pinball downstairs!' Baylee wrote. Cocoon Brewing for 'the best pizza.' Legend Larry's for wings. The OC, which Baylee recommends 'specifically to try their cheese curds, almost like doughnuts.' Oakley's, for breakfast and brunch, especially the 'Bloody Mary & mimosa flight.' Vintage Cantina for tacos. In a TikTok posted April 23, Baylee also paid special homage to Green Bay cheese curds, with clips of Tucker pulling apart deep-fried, steaming curds from The OC and Wild Tomato. 'A moment to appreciate a good cheese pull,' she wrote in the caption. Need more suggestions? Aneisha Cox, girlfriend of Packers wide receiver Jayden Reed, made her own videos highlighting some of her favorite spots. The designer made two TikToks to help out of towners heading to Green Bay for the big three-day event. In the first, she recommended four local staples: El Bistro Lil' Jamaica Green Bay Distillery Sara's Artisan Gelato Viewers chimed in with their own recommendations in the comments. Discover Green Bay also reacted to Cox's post, writing "love these hidden gems." After her first post amassed more than 106,000 views, Cox made a second. This time, she recommended the following spots: Rustique's Republic Angelina's Plae Bistro Bleu The Creamery Stadium View More: Everything you need to know about the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Baylee Kraft, Aneisha Cox share best Green Bay food for 2025 NFL Draft
Daily Mirror
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Amazon Prime viewers have just days left to stream 'best TV show' with 'amazing cast'
The hit American teen drama only has 12 days left on Amazon Prime Video, with fans branding it 'the best show on Earth' Fans are in for a disappointment as the series they've hailed as "the best on Earth" is set to be removed from Amazon Prime Video in just a few days. Wildfire, an American teen drama that originally aired between 2005 and 2008, has been a hit with viewers. The show boasts a star-studded cast including Genevieve Cortese, Nicole Tubiola and Nana Visitor. The plot centres around Kris, portrayed by Genevieve, who gets a chance to turn her life around after leaving a teen detention centre for grand theft auto. Her knack for handling horses doesn't go unnoticed and she soon finds herself working at a ranch run by the Ritters family. As she forms new relationships and learns more about horses, Kris steps in to help save the ranch from financial ruin. The first season's synopsis reads: "Kris Furillo gets her first chance at responsibility with a job on the Ritter family ranch, where she befriends a horse named Wildfire. "She is soon swept up in a complicated world of ruthless competition, dark secrets and love. Wildfire remains her one true friend, and their ability to achieve the impossible together creates the hope and strength to face a challenging future." Despite running for four seasons, Wildfire was cancelled due to falling ratings. Now, the clock is ticking for fans to catch the show on Amazon Prime, with only 12 days left before it's taken down, reports Surrey Live. Viewers have drawn comparisons between Wildfire and other popular shows like The OC and One Tree Hill, with many showering praise on the series in their reviews. Fans of the show took to social media to share their praise. One enthusiastic viewer wrote: "This is the best show I have ever seen! I'd recommend it to any teenager out there who loves a lot of drama in their t.v. shows! "The plot line is so good, it would make a show even with bad actors and actresses look good! The cast is also amazing! In my opinion, everyone should watch the best show on Earth, and Wildfire is it!" Another fan raved: "15 years after it was originally released and I am sure that this is one of the best shows I have EVER watched, and trust me, I've seen a LOT. I watched it in 8 days, a record for me, and I just couldn't get enough!" A third fan, aged 30, admitted to becoming addicted to the show after discovering it just two weeks prior, saying: "It is an amazing show, entertaining, with great characters and let's face it some very good actors."
The Guardian
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Dreamers review – this teen dance drama is too subtle for its own good. Where's the debauchery?
The implausibility of the teen drama may well be the genre's defining feature. In the 00s, we were subjected to untold glamour and relentless wisecracking by US imports such as The OC and Gossip Girl. The UK equivalent was Skins, in which a group of Bristolian party animals managed to make practically every personal problem known to man look intimidatingly cool. More recently, we've had mind-blowing levels of debauchery from Euphoria, mind-blowing levels of sexual literacy and candour from Sex Education and mind-blowing levels of heartwarming niceness from Heartstopper. All of it is ludicrous in its own way. Dreamers is different. It is realistic – jarringly so. That's both a pro and a con for this Channel 4 drama about a group of teenage dancers living in Leeds. The series – written by Lisa Holdsworth (Waterloo Road) and Gem Copping (EastEnders), and directed by Sara Dunlop – is filmed in a meticulously naturalistic way. The camera tends to linger, documentary-style, on characters, whether they are doing something interesting or not: chatting aimlessly, walking to work, getting a glass of water. It's very kitchen sink, not least in the sense that there are multiple shots of actual kitchen sinks. (The show's original title was Dance School, which captures the no-frills, matter-of-fact mode far better than Dreamers.) The dialogue is sparse, underwrought and unusually true to life; the teen banter is believably awkward and sometimes people respond to questions with 'I don't know' and the conversation just sort of ends. Combined with the deluge of dancing footage – which looks brilliant and beautiful for the most part – the Dreamers aesthetic is strong and soothing: dynamic movement punctuated by shots of shabby normalcy, like a Martin Parr photograph brought to life. Our protagonist – as much as there is one – is Puppy (Princess Nelia Mubaiwa), whose mother, Erica, runs the Chapeltown dance collective. Puppy is talented but shy, and unsure if she wants to become a professional dancer or has simply internalised her mum's dreams. At first, it seems like the star of the collective is her funny yet self-obsessed friend Koby (Demarkus Marks). But it turns out he's not much of a friend at all: as soon as Puppy also begins attracting the attention of scouts and choreographers, Koby gets very cross indeed. The above is pretty much the entire plot of Dreamers. Aside from Puppy and Koby's rivalry (if you could even call it that; all Puppy tries to do is defuse the situation), there is only one other narrative thread – the plight of their fellow dancer Liam, whose letdown of a mum keeps leaving him to look after his younger sisters. If you thought the dance element might just be a backdrop for a heavier story about love or sex or drugs or social capital or anything else, you will be disappointed: this show is very much about dancing. Sometimes, the subject is treated with compelling insiderishness – at a video shoot for the Leeds rapper Graft, Koby and Puppy are first praised then emotionally pummelled by the choreography team in an example of treatment that appears to be the industry standard – and the show is good at immersing the audience in a specific strata of the amateur dance world without overexplaining things. But that also means the stakes can be very vague. For most of the series, I was under the impression the collective had qualified for some kind of competition, but in the end we don't even see the event, let alone find out its significance. Pretty much all plot developments are conveyed with that kind of understatement; there is nothing as crass as climactic revelation here. Only a lack of profundity or peril prevents Dreamers from resembling an impressionistic indie film. It's not exactly boring. In fact, this is an easy show to binge, and the more I watch, the more I find myself drawn in by the languid vibe and Puppy's steely sweetness. It's also a treat to see a group of predominantly Black British characters living somewhere other than London (a special mention, too, for the addictively earwormy theme song from Leeds musician Ntantu). Yet, at times this makes you crave the ridiculously high-stakes plotting and comical caricatures of teen dramas past; for all its authenticity, I'm not sure there's enough here to grab hold of the flighty attention spans of its target audience. Dreamers is a pleasingly low-key antidote to the worst excesses of its genre – yet it also has something to learn from its more ruthlessly entertaining peers.
