Ansel Elgort takes on the Japan's mafia in HBO drama series

EXCLUSIVE: Amy Seimetz, who was set to direct all episodes of HBO’s upcoming music industry drama series The Idol, is leaving the project.

is back with season 2. The HBO Max series starring Jean Smart is set to premiere almost exactly one year later, on May 12, 2022.

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HBO Max has released a first look at their new series Irma Vep!

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West Side Story co-star Ansel Elgort during their press tour.The actor, who played Maria to Elgort’s Tony, recently shared in an interview with ELLE that it was a “real gut punch” to have to answer for the actions of “an adult male who can speak for himself.”Ansel Elgort was accused in June 2020 of sexually assaulting a girl in 2014, when she was reportedly 17 years old while he was 20.Elgort denied the allegations, maintaining he has “never and would never assault anyone” and claimed he had a “brief, legal, and entirely consensual relationship”.“I reverted back to this brain space I was in [back in] June of 2020, when the accusation surfaced,” Zegler said, discussing the press tour where she was asked to comment.“We were in the middle of the first wave of lockdown, and there was nothing to do but doomscroll. Those days were some of the worst mental health days I’ve ever had.“I was sitting there having just turned 19, on the precipice of what was promised to be the biggest moment in my life, and was being held accountable [by the public] for accusations that not only had nothing to do with me but were made about a situation that was said to have occurred [five] years prior to when I had met and worked with this person.”The actor went on to say there is “inherent discomfort” with realising that many people believe you can speak for “an adult male who can speak for himself”.Zegler went on to say how disappointed she was, saying she believed it came from a place of people not caring about her own feelings.“In the grand scheme of things with this woman who has come forward with these allegations, I cannot imagine what she had to go through,” she continued.

Rachel Zegler is getting real about how it felt to be asked about her  co-star, Ansel Elgort's allegations of sexual assault. In the latest issue of , in which Zegler is the cover star, the actress called being asked about the allegations «a gut punch.»“It was a real gut punch, honestly,” Zegler said of being asked to answer for her male coworker. Zegler, Ariana DeBose, and Rita Moreno were questioned about the allegation during a roundtable with . In 2020, a woman accused Elgort — who plays Zegler's love interest in the film -- in a since-deleted post, of sexually assaulting her in 2014, when she was reportedly 17 years old, and he was 20.“I reverted back to this brain space I was in [back in] June of 2020, when the accusation surfaced.

“I was sitting there having just turned 19, on the precipice of what was promised to be the biggest moment in my life, and was being held accountable [by the public] for accusations that not only had nothing to do with me but were made about a situation that was said to have occurred years prior,” actress Rachel Zegler told Elle Magazine about the allegation her West Side Story co-star, Ansel Elgort, had sexually assaulted an underage woman when he was 20. Elgort has denied the allegation.

In an interview with Elle Magazine, Zegler discussed the anxiety that she felt in June 2020 when reports first surfaced that Elgort had been accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in 2014 and she began to get questions from reporters and on social media about him, whom she shared the screen with as Maria and Tony in Steven Spielberg’s take on the classic Broadway musical.“I was sitting there, having just turned 19, on the precipice of what was promised to be the biggest moment in my life, and was being held accountable [by the public] for accusations that not only had nothing to do with me but were made about a situation that was said to have occurred [five] years prior to when I had met and worked with this person,” Zegler said. “With no thought to the fact that I was also 17 when I met this person, 17 when I worked with them, 17 and 18 when I had to do love scenes.”“[There is] inherent discomfort that comes with that realization that there are tons of people who think that you have to answer for the actions of an adult male who can speak for himself,” she continued.Elgort has denied all wrongdoing and was not present at this year’s Oscars, where “West Side Story” was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Supporting Actress for Ariana DeBose’s performance as Anita.

Ahead of the theatrical release and subsequent Oscar nominations for Steven Spielberg‘s remake of the musical “West Side Story,” the film hit a major obstacle. Lead actor Ansel Elgort was alleged to have committed sexual assault against a 17-year-old girl in 2014.

sexual abuse allegations against costar Ansel Elgort. “It was a real gut punch, honestly,” Zegler, 20 told Elle magazine of constantly being asked about the Elgort’s controversy. “I reverted back to this brain space I was in [back in] June of 2020, when the accusation surfaced.

Rachel Zegler is speaking out.

Zack Sharf Rachel Zegler spoke critically to Elle magazine about how her press tour for “West Side Story” was often overtaken by questions regarding Ansel Elgort’s alleged sexual assault. Elgort was accused in June 2020 of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 2014. The actor responded at the time by saying he has “never and would never assault anyone” and noting that he had a “brief, legal and entirely consensual relationship” with his accuser.

is back with season 2. The HBO Max series starring Jean Smart is set to premiere almost exactly one year later, on May 12, 2022.

The BBC has acquired HBO Max’s Ansel Elgort-starring Tokyo Vice from Endeavor Content.

Glamorous, starring Fuller House’s Miss Benny, was previously in the works as a pilot for The CW. It has now been handed a series order at Netflix.

Emmys snubs! Peak TV has never seen snubs like this. And the Outstanding Drama Series is going to have a ton of them.

Ansel Elgort traveled to Japan this week for events to celebrate his new HBO Max series Tokyo Vice!

Kim Kardashian is speaking out about her difficult divorce from rapper Kanye West.