Jason Sudeikis and ‘Ted Lasso’ team react to Joy Behar claiming she was offered a role: ‘News to us’

Playoff football is finally back, as the Baltimore Ravens are set to take on the Houston Texans in the AFC Divisional round. With that being said the Raven seemingly will be without their star TE Mark Andrews. After going down in week 11 to an ankle injury, Andrews has not played since.

How’s this for alternative casting? Variety reports that Jodie Foster confirmed to Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” that, yes, she was offered the role of Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars.” But the actress turned down the part, citing a contract for a Disney movie she had already signed. Based on the timeframe, that likely was “Freaky Friday,” which hit theaters a year before “A New Hope” premiered.

Tom Sandoval has a message for his ex! Rachel Leviss, whom he cheated with, not Ariana Madix whom he cheated on.

Carrie Fisher‘s Star Wars character Princess Leia is one of the most famous heroes of all time. However, the leader of the resistance could have been played by a very different actress: Jodie Foster.

Caroline Brew editor SPOILER ALERT:This story contains spoilers for Season 5 of “Fargo,” now airing on FX and streaming on Hulu. Juno Temple leads the fifth season of “Fargo” as Dorothy “Dot” Lyon, a Minnesota housewife whose past begins to catch up to her. When Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm), the abusive ex-husband she escaped, sets out to find her, her survivalist side is revealed.

on her BBC podcast “Rule Breakers.” “I thought, I will do. Come hell or high water, I will work on screen,” she told Visage, 55, who had asked Waddingham what was the biggest rule she had ever broken. The British actress said the harsh words “gave me a complex for years.” According to Waddingham, who won an Emmy award for her role as Richmond FC owner Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV+ series in 2021, she used her teacher’s words as an influence in her acceptance speech.

Hannah Waddingham, the Emmy-winning Ted Lasso star, says the words of a teacher helped fuel her ambition to become a star of the screen.

The cast of the Apple TV+ comedy series was together at an awards show one final time at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards!

months-long delay due to the 2023 actors and writers strikes in Hollywood last year, the time has finally come for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards to celebrate the best that TV had to offer last year – see the full list of nominees and winners below.The awards are taking place at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday January 15, 2024. There will be 26 awards presented on the night, and they will be hosted by actor, comedian and presenter Anthony Anderson.This year’s nominations are led by Succession, which has scored a whopping 27 nominations.

75th Primetime Emmy Awards, television’s biggest night, is finally here, and all of Hollywood’s hottest small-screen celebrities are ready for their close-up.The show, which airs Monday at 8 p.m. ET live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, will be hosted by “Blackish” alum Anthony Anderson, who guarantees that the night will feel like an intimate dinner party among his famous friends.Anderson is an 11-time Emmy nominee, but despite never bringing home the golden statuette, the “We Are Family” star is ready to host and doesn’t seem at all deterred by Jo Koy’s epic fail hosting at last week’s 2024 Golden Globes.

Juno Temple had some arm candy while arriving for the 2024 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday (January 14) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

Refresh for latest… It’s trophy night in Santa Monica as the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards are being handed out at Barker Hangar, and Deadline is posting the winners live as they are announced. See the list below, followed by the remaining nominees.

Joe Keery and Keeley Hazell are hanging out.

Jason Sudeikis appears to be starting the new year with a new — much younger — love interest!

Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt are addressing Joy Behar‘s claim that she was offered a role in Ted Lasso.

Jason Sudeikis is sparking new dating rumors.

The Producers Guild has set the motion picture and television nominees for its 2024 PGA Awards, with 10 awards-season favorites vying in the marquee movie category.

Joy Behar has revealed that she almost appeared in Ted Lasso.

The 29th annual Critics Choice Awards are set for Sunday, January 14 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Chelsea Handler returns to host the ceremony, which begins at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET and will air live on the East Coast and in Los Angeles on The CW.

Joy Behar may be able to dish on “Hot Topics” — but she can’t take the hot weather. Behar, 81, revealed Wednesday that she didn’t want the role of Jason Sudeikis’ mom on the hit Apple TV+ show “Ted Lasso” due to the fact that the weather in London was too warm for her. “You were contacted about the possibility to be on my favorite show of all time,” Brian Teta, producer of “The View,” said on the show’s “Behind the Table” podcast.However, he added that Behar “quickly dismissed” the role.