Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney donate £20,000 to girl with rare form of brain cancer

Ryan Reynolds is putting his personal life front and center by detailing some hardships of his upbringing with a very tough father. The star has opened up in the Welcome To Wrexham documentary to reveal he only got validation from his late dad when it came to sport, and he still feels upset over their strained relationship today. MORE: Ryan Reynolds makes hilarious confession about life with Blake Lively and three children"The main place I got validation for my father was I was good at sports," he confessed. "So I played sports long past the point where I was really driven to do sports."WATCH: Ryan Reynolds tells 13-year-old fan 'I'm proud of you' Ryan's dad, James, died from Parkinson's Disease in 2015 but the pain remains. "It carried on all through showbusiness, an unquenchable quest for validation," he explained.

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are celebrating National Welsh Rarebit Day.

K-pop band Stray Kids to put pressure on the Vanarama National League to allow football clubs to stream live matches.The actor, who bought Wrexham AFC with It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia star Rob McElhenney in 2021 and has since gone on to executive produce an FX docuseries about it with his co-owner that’s airing on Disney+, is hoping that Stray Kids’ fanbase can help.Reynolds has been lobbying the Vanarama National League aka the National League – an association football league that’s the highest semi-professional one in the English football league system – to permit both domestic and international livestreams of matches.He has argued that the move would being “revenue benefits” to the league and a chance to attract more fans to that sporting level.But, after his requests fell on deaf ears, K-pop fans could well come to the rescue.No, the overwhelming force of the @Stray_Kids would be too much… or would it?

loves to accessorize. Newsboy hats, watches, statement eyewear—the obsession has taken various forms over the years. But it can all be traced back to the early aughts, the golden age of men's jewelry. Ryan Reynolds at the 2005 Teen Choice AwardsThe Moment: A pioneer of the comedian-to-action hero pipeline, Reynolds spent the 2000s transforming his image from goofball to leading man.

EXCLUSIVE: Saturday Night Live star Bobby Moynihan is set to join the ensemble cast of Paramount Pictures’ IF, the next original film from John Krasinski. Ryan Reynolds, Krasinski, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Cailey Fleming, Louis Gossett Jr., Fiona Shaw, Alan S. Kim, and Steve Carell are all on board.

Ryan Reynolds is feeling the love.

It’s summer — and Blake Lively is having a blast. The actress took to Instagram ahead of her 35th birthday with a picturesque snap of herself poolside.

Blake Lively is having a blast. The actress took to Instagram ahead of her 35th birthday with a picturesque snap of herself poolside.The star smiled in a white bikini against a backdrop of palm trees and sunshine. «Summer lovin’ …had me a blast,» she captioned the post, a reference to 's «Summer Nights.»Lively's comment section was filled with compliments, including from celebrity jeweler Lorraine Schwartz, who wrote back, «With a body like that I’d have a blast all year round.»«Ok smoke show,» her sister, Robyn Lively, commented. As for her husband, Ryan Reynolds, the star weighed in with a punchline — as he's known to do.

Rob McElhenney will come to centre stage in the new Disney Plus documentary Welcome To Wrexham, which lands on Thursday, August 25. The American actor and producer, 45, bought a football club in 2021 with fellow actor and close friend Ryan Reynolds.  The new series will explore the incredible story of McElhenney and Reynold’s decision to buy Wrexham AFC, a fifth-tier team in the English Football League.

Ryan Reynolds' father passed, but the actor still feels the need to please him. In the new documentary "Welcome To Wrexham," which chronicles Ryan's ownership of a soccer club in Wales, the "Deadpool" star touches on the strained relationship he and his father shared, noting that sports was one of the only things that ever bonded them."The main place I got validation for my father was I was good at sports, so I played sports long past the point where I was really driven to do sports," he said. "It carried on all through show business, an unquenchable quest for validation.

Ryan Reynolds speaks candidly about losing his dad James in his new documentary “Welcome to Wrexham”.

Ryan Reynolds has been leaning on David Beckham for advice about his soccer team. The 45-year-old actor co-owns Wrexham AFC with 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' star Rob McElhenney, and Ryan admits that he's been trying to tap-in to David's soccer knowledge since they bought the Welsh team in 2021. Ryan shared: "He's possibly just the nicest guy on planet earth - what's not to love about him? "He's a great guy, so generous with his time.

While British celebrities have often parted with their money to fund their favourite football club, they at least have a passing knowledge of the off-side rule (you’ll have to look it up, sorry), but Reynolds is unusual in being an American A-lister to do the same, having parted with £2million ($2.36m) to buy British club Wrexham, with fellow actor Rob McElhenney.

Ryan Reynolds is feeling «really lucky» to have his wife, Blake Lively's, support in living out his Ted Lasso dreams. ET's Kevin Frazier spoke with Reynolds and  star, and Wrexham A.F.C. co-owner, Rob McElhenney, ahead of the premiere of their new docuseries,, about buying a Welsh football club, and having their «best friends» by their sides for it all.«I watched so many documentaries,» McElhenney shares.