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Elle’s Hollywood Rising Event
Elle’s Hollywood Rising Event
Presented by Polo Ralph Lauren and Hulu
Champagne flowed into the greenery-filled Ardor at the West Hollywood EDITION on May 18, 2022, as ELLE, Polo Ralph Lauren and HULU toasted Hollywood’s brightest rising stars. ELLE’s Hollywood Rising event captured the interest of celebrities from the heat of Sunset Boulevard.
The guests of honor were the cast of Hulu’s Conversations with Friends,…
Series 3 of TED LASSO is halfway done with shooting
and as we are deep in the For Your Consideration period for the Emmys, cast members are doing interviews. There have been recent video interviews with an assortment of the cast and none have been very forthcoming about what series 3 will hold, but co-creator Brendan “Coach Beard” Hunt did say one thing.
Yes, 3 is the magic number for the show. Conceived as a three season show they creators are sticking to their guns and pulling a Willie Nelson : going out on a high!
But as Colin told Richard, “Smile because it happened.” I’m glad they are ending it as they intended. I really believe a fourth series would have made storytelling suffer a bit as the show was already written in their minds. Yes, they adjusted when inspiration struck, but they still had all the beats planned out. Another season would mean starting from scratch and I think it would have lost a bit of the magic.
As I wrote, it’s the FYC period and pre-pandemic the big games in town were always the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences events and Netflix and Amazon’s installations.
Netflix went big on SQUID GAME and STRANGER THINGS
The first full on FYC period since 2019 has found more players in the game with Apple+ and NBC Universal holding events.
NBCU’s FYC House is a great addition. They also had a pop-up at outdoor mall The Grove.
Apple+’s Grove pop-up that had booths and little treats from PACHINKO, SEVERANCE, WECRASHED, SCHMIGADOON and TED LASSO. They were out of pink boxed biscuits when I was there so I got Earl Grey tea with shortbread ice-cream.
As WB produces TED LASSO, WB is having their own event for the show under their WB Tour umbrella. I have had so many problems attempting to RSVP for the event that I assume it’s sold out and they just haven’t slapped a SOLD OUT notice on it. But I’m not too put out by it because it was a pre-recorded panel. Which is madness because people are schlepping through weekday traffic in BURBANK for something they should have just sent out links to people can watch at home. Not very Ted Lasso of them.
They are so funny for this. Trent Crimm surely to bring the heat!
