Baby on board! Serena Williams and husband Alexis Ohanian are gearing up to be proud parents of two — and they could not be more excited.
16.05.2023 - 22:09 / deadline.com
ESPN is giving tennis great Serena Williams the episodic documentary treatment with In the Arena, a series co-produced with Religion of Sports, 199 Productions and Williams and Caroline Currier’s Nine Two Six Productions.
The project led off Disney’s upfront presentation to ad buyers in New York. Williams herself took the stage to unveil the series. She said he wanted to appear at the event because “you’re talking about building connections with fans and our family is super-obsessed with Disney.”
Gesturing toward her stomach, she added, “My big plan was to break my baby news at the Disney upfront, but the Met Gala got in the way of those plans.”
In the Arena: Serena Williams, she added, will be “an unflinching account of my life and my 23 Grand Slam victories — not counting doubles.”
The project follows the top-rated Man in the Arena: Tom Brady, which profiled the Hall of Fame-bound quarterback in 2022.
In a career spanning more than two decades, Williams has revolutionized the sport of tennis and also served as an inspiration for up-and-coming athletes and a wide array of others.
According to the official announcement, the series “provides the most complete, intimate, and compelling account of her legendary career, featuring firsthand perspective from Serena and key figures throughout her life. Several of Serena’s most significant Grand Slam tournaments and defining personal milestones are examined and decoded in detail. The series juxtaposes Serena’s spectacular on-court achievements and cultural impact with dramatic personal challenges. Through it all, Serena fights to maintain her place atop the tennis world while juggling the transformational experience of starting a family.”
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Baby on board! Serena Williams and husband Alexis Ohanian are gearing up to be proud parents of two — and they could not be more excited.
Forbes has unveilied the list of the 15 richest self-made women celebrities in America! Including some of the most fan-favorite A-List stars, celebrities, and athletes, the publication reports that they are worth a combined $10.8 billion.From Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Madonna and Beyoncé on the top spots when it comes to women in the music business to Shonda Rimes and Reese Witherspoon in the film and television industry, and two members of the Kardashian-Jenner family entering the list.
Serena Williams proudly displaying her growing baby bump while also making a playful reference to the size of her buttocks. The retired tennis champion, currently on vacation in Italy, shared two photos on Instagram that captured her posing confidently in a sleeveless black body-con dress accessorized with pink shoes.“CAUTION: Things are not always as they appear,” she joked in the caption. “I am seriously trying to figure out if the baby is in the front or....back....slide right #summer #italy #vacation.”Una publicación compartida por Serena Williams (@serenawilliams)The initial photograph shows Williams standing upright, facing the camera, while in the second shot, she poses to accentuate her growing belly.
Serena Williams is poking fun at her baby bump.
Serena Williams is bumping around Italy!On Monday, the former tennis champion took to Instagram to give the world a glimpse at baby number two. «CAUTION: Things are not always how they appear. I am Seriously trying to figure out if the baby is in the front or….back.
Serena Williams and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, set up a hidden camera to capture their 5-year-old daughter's reaction to soon becoming a big sister, and it appears they got more than what they bargained for when she exploded with excitement!The tennis great on Tuesday posted a video on YouTube in which they sit Olympia down to relay mom's pregnancy news. But, before the big reveal, Williams shared that Olympia had a strong opinion about Mom's physical appearance changing.«Olympia does not know right now that I am pregnant, but she did call me fat and then she got really stressed out,» Serena says at the start of the video before the big reveal.
Serena Williams had some big news to share with her daughter.
“Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I told You” (Crown), Williams, 70, reveals this and plenty of other secrets. A singer and songwriter with deep Southern roots — born in the Louisiana city of Lake Charles — her songs tell tales of love, lust and loss, God and the devil. The most jarring stories in the book are about Williams’ mother, Lucille, who suffered from mental illness.She writes of a time when she was 3 and her mother locked her in a closet, because, her father told her, ‘You were being a typical 3-year-old and crying and she couldn’t handle it.’ “When I think about it now, it sounds so horrible.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Andrew Ross Sorkin is the co-creator of the Showtime series “Billions,” but he isn’t really known for drama in his professional life, just financial reporting. So it came as something of a surprise on Monday, when the CNBC and New York Times journalist got up on stage at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall to tout some of the dramatic fare that NBCUniversal was able to cobble together for the advertisers and media buyers assembled in the audience. It was all part of the industry’s annual “upfront,” when U.S. media companies try to sell the bulk of their advertising inventory before the release of their next cycle of programming.
Disney kicked off its upfront presentation on Tuesday in typical fashion, with a flashy highlight reel that drove home the “magic” of the Mouse House.
McKinley Franklin editor The life, legacy and journey of tennis superstar Serena Williams will be put on full display in the upcoming ESPN docuseries “In the Arena: Serena Williams.” The new series was announced at the Walt Disney Company upfront presentation held in New York on Tuesday. With a longstanding career in the world of tennis spanning over the past two decades, Williams has accumulated 23 Grand Slam titles, making her one of the most decorated tennis players of all time. Her dominance in the sport has undoubtedly shifted both the athletic and cultural American landscape. Williams’ presence not only as an athlete but a cultural cornerstone will be put on display in ESPN’s “In the Arena: Serena Williams.” The docuseries will highlight some of Williams’ most defining career and personal moments with accounts from Williams and other figures in her life.
resurfaced podcast interview, Prince William admitted to getting Middleton a gift that she hated early on in their relationship – and its something she’ll never let him forget.“I did get my wife a pair of binoculars once – she’s never let me forget that,” William said during a 2020 appearance on Peter Crouch’s podcast on BBC Radio Five Live.“That was early on in the courtship that was — I think that sealed the deal.”The couple, who just recently celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary, have been together since their college days at St. Andrews University in Scotland.However, since they’ve celebrated so many holidays together over the years, it’s unclear what special occasion marked this pair of binoculars.
The Mirror. “It was quite interesting to hear that,” she added.The unannounced walkabout took place in Windsor, with Prince William and wife Kate Middleton greeting those attending the coronation concert and the Big Lunch, a celebration of the big event, according to the outlet.
Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Prince and Princess of Wales surprised Coronation Concert-goers with a walkabout at Windsor's Long Walk, where William briefly opened up about his family. During the walkabout, William was asked by one young royal fan where Princess Charlotte was, to which he replied: "She’s very tired after yesterday. She’s having a quiet day at home.
There was one close family member Serena Williams kept her pregnancy from for a long time: her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.
Serena Williams is sharing new details about her pregnancy!
Keeping it top secret! Serena Williams initially hid her second pregnancy from nearly everyone — including 5-year-old daughter Olympia.
Serena Williams surprised more than her fans with her baby news on Monday. The tennis superstar revealed that she and husband Alexis Ohanian kept the secret of their second child from a very important person in their home — their 5-year-old daughter, Olympia!In a video posted to her Instagram page on Friday, Williams shares a brief look behind the scenes of the couple's journey to the 2023 Met Gala.
, just ask Serena Williams. The greatest athlete of all time showed up to the red carpet with a special surprise announcement: . "There’s three of us here,” Williams said with a smile during Vogue's Gala livestream, standing next to her husband Alexis Ohanian. Just a few weeks before Mother's Day, the 2023 Met Gala red carpet was a bevy of mother-and-child celebrity duos making the high profile fundraiser event a family affair; Williams wasn't the only star to announce her pregnancy on the red carpet.
As the stars turned out in force for 2023's Met Gala in New York – many wearing wedding dresses – two chose the glitzy event to announce their pregnancies.Tennis star Serena Williams, 41, debuted her baby bump on the cream carpet, telling Vogue magazine: “There’s three of us here. I’m good, I’m really good now.