Pregnant Gina Rodriguez Says Husband Is Training to Be Her Doula, Jokes He'll 'Pull Our Baby Out' (Exclusive)

star became the first South Korean actor, as well as the first actor of Asian descent, to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. It was his first Emmy nomination and win.With his historic, record-setting win Monday night, the veteran actor joined a prestigious shortlist of actors of Asian descent to have taken home an Emmy for acting, following past winners Riz Ahmed, Archie Panjabi, Darren Criss and Shohreh Aghdashloo.«Thank you so much thank you so much.

Lizzo is now officially halfway to being an EGOT winner after accepting the Emmy Award for Outstanding Competition Program. After just one season of her new show,  the singer-songwriter has added an impressive accolade to her list. Appearing to be overwhelmed with emotion when her name was announced, Lizzo took the stage and immediately called for her "" to join her in accepting the award. «I need my big girls to come to the stage right now, right now! I want to say thank you to the Emmys and the Emmy voters,» Lizzo began.

Jean Smart is adding another feather to her cap. For the second consecutive year, the 70-year-old actress took home Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on . Smart beat out Rachel Brosnahan (), Kaley Cuoco (), Elle Fanning (), Issa Rae () and Quinta Brunson ()«Thank you for a second time honoring this show,» the now five-time winner said while accepting her award onstage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles during the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards. Smart won last year's Lead Actress Emmy for her performance on the HBO Max series. «As we all know season two of a show is kind of a litmus test,» Smart continued on Monday night, adding that the cast and crew had passed with flying colors. «The crew went above, above, above and beyond,» she said.Smart's win last year came in the wake of the death of her late husband, Richard Gilliland.

2022 Emmy Awards brought the biggest stars in TV out for a night of celebration, and the show honored one worthy comedy icon with the prestigious award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.For the second year in a row, Jason Sudeikis took home the coveted honor for his celebrated role as the eponymous soccer coach on Apple TV+'s .«I have sat at home and watched award shows. My mom loves award shows I always bust people's balls, they get up and say, 'I didn't have a chance.' I really didn't,» Sudeikis said during his acceptance speech. «It's an amazing group, I was nominated with, so I'm not overly prepared, but I did take classes at the Second City, so I'm going to go for it.»«Thank you to my parents, Dan and Kathy, who I just mentioned, one of them.

Kenan Thompson hosted this year's Emmy Awards, and managed to sneak in a little reunion with his old pal, Kel Mitchell.Midway through Monday's star-studded show at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, Thompson wandered over to the bar for one of the ceremony's comedic interludes, and struck up a conversation with the night's «honorary bartender,» Kumail Nanjiani.An overwhelmed Nanjiani — who had been tasked with serving drinks as a regular bartender and was totally unprepared — struggled to make drinks for people, before Thompson decided to order for a man slumped over on the bar, apparently passed out.«Excuse me, sir, can we get you a drink or something?» Thompson asked, as Mitchell sat up and smiled bright.«You know what, can I get a Good Burger?» he asked, as an exuberant Thompson hugged him and the pair jumped around excitedly.«Make that two Good Burgers!» Thompson yelled.

Zendaya has done it again! The 26-year-old has made awards season history by becoming the youngest two-time lead acting winner for her turn as teenage drug addict Rue on .The actress previously won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2020, making history as the youngest actress to ever win the category. Zendaya gushed over her fellow actresses in the category and thanked the show's creator, Sam Levinson, while accepting her award onstage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles during the 74th annual ceremony. «This means so much. Thank you so much. To all the incredible actresses in this category, I'm so honored to be beside you. Thank you to the incredible, incredible cast and crew of ,» Zendaya said during her emotional acceptance speech. «Thank you for making such a safe space to make this very difficult show, I love you all so much.

Emma D’Arcy is one of the actors appearing on the new Game of Thrones prequel, House of The Dragon.

Emily Longeretta The Emmys are right around the corner, so it’s the perfect time to book that vacation to kick back, relax and unwind. With the Creative Arts Emmys falling on Labor Day weekend and the Telluride, Venice and Toronto film festivals bunching up in early September, it’s time to focus on you.Whether looking for a fun family getaway, a quiet romantic trip or maybe a solo adventure on a budget, here are some suggestions for seamless booking in the U.S. and abroad.AlkeraSHOAL BAY, ANGUILLAWant to splurge on an exotic group getaway? While the flight is only seven hours from New York, Shoal Bay, Anguilla, feels like a whole new world.

– ExasperatedDisappointed is a big word, isn’t it? A big, heavy, oppressive thing to start flinging about. We are worried, Exasperated, that you might irrevocably damage the dynamic you have with your daughter if you continue in this vein. “Disappointed” is a joy killer and a relationship shriveller – you can tell that we feel strongly about this.

stabbed to death by his stepdad while trying to protect his pregnant mother.Little Andre Miguel and his mum, Andreia Ferreira dos Santos, 29, were both rushed to hospital from their home in Embu das Artes, near Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday, August 16.Tragically the young boy died from his stab wounds but surviving Andreia is being treated for her own knife injuries and a broken leg. READ MORE: Two kids found dead in abandoned luggage in New Zealand were ‘likely there for years’The bereaved mother's ex-husband Luis Henrique Ribeiro Silva, 23, is suspected of tracking her down after she moved and launching a brutal attack on her which left Andre dead.

Michaela Zee editorThe Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is celebrating 73 years of Black film artistry with the new exhibit titled Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971.Curated by the Academy Museum’s Doris Berger and Rhea Combs of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the first-of-its-kind exhibition features seven galleries exploring Black representation in film, from portraits of icons like Ruby Dee and Nina Mae McKinney to home videos of the Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway. “It’s really exciting for us to be able to help expand the conversation around American cinema, essentially, by bringing forward these important contributions by Black filmmakers as well as performers and other artisans and technicians,” Combs tells Variety.  Since 2017, Berger and Combs have been acquiring a vast collection of costumes, scripts, drawings and other historical materials for “Regeneration” by digging through multiple archives at the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library and even traveling to Berlin and Paris. The co-curators located myriad never-before-shown pieces, including a sequined evening gown worn by Lena Horne in 1943’s “Stormy Weather” and a copy of the rediscovered 1939 film “Reform School,” which they restored in time for the exhibition.About last night…Lena Horne’s gown from 1943’s “Stormy Weather” at the @AcademyMuseum pic.twitter.com/2Dfbvi9lh3— Marc Malkin (@marcmalkin) August 19, 2022Through “Regeneration,” Berger and Combs aim to capture the nuances of Black performance and film creation from the start of the motion picture industry to the rise of the Blaxploitation era of the early 1970s. “I really hope that it creates the opportunity for public dialogue and intergenerational dialogue,” Combs says.

Gina Rodriguez is ready to put her birth in her husband’s hands. The pregnant actress talked to Entertainment Tonight, where she revealed that her husband Joe LoCicero is “training” to be her doula.

Banksy artwork in order “to pay my tax” bill.Speaking in an interview with The Times, the DJ born Tony Marnoch was asked about “the most important lesson you have learnt about money”.Fat Tony, who has been clean from drugs for 15 years, replied: “When I got clean, I wanted to go legit. It was daunting.

Jane The Virgin star Gina Rodriguez has let her fans in one some of the details of how she is preparing for motherhood.The 38-year-old is expecting her firstborn child by her husband Joe LoCicero, an actor and MMA fighter she married in May 2019.'My husband is training to be my doula. He's really next level,' she dished in a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, joking: 'He's a martial artist and so it's basically, you know, he's cornering the fight of my life.' Baby on board:  Gina Rodriguez has let her fans in one some of the details of how she and her husband Joe LoCicero are preparing for motherhoodGina qualified: 'I wouldn't call it a fight - I would say, it's like...me climbing my Mount Everest and he's gonna corner me for it.' She waxed rhapsodic about how 'magical' Joe is, quipping: 'He's definitely the better half, so I'm hoping that he'll just go on in there and pull our baby out.'As for her own preparations, Gina revealed to the outlet: 'I'm taking some hardcore prenatal classes, working on that pelvic floor.' Side by side: 'My husband is training to be my doula,' she dished to Entertainment Tonight, joking: 'He's a martial artist and so it's basically, you know, he's cornering the fight of my life'The Chicago-born actress divulged that she has also been bracing herself for the delivery by watching videos of live births.Gina shot to fame in 2014 on Jane The Virgin, which starred her as a staunch Catholic who has never had sex but gets artificially inseminated by accident.She first met Joe on the set of the series in 2016, when he was shooting a guest appearance a a stripper in a Don Quixote costume.

Gina Rodriguez didn’t have to go far to find a doula – because it’s her husband, Joe LoCicero!

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media will be honored with this year’s Governors Award at the Emmys, the Television Academy announced on Monday. The institute, which was founded by Oscar-winning actor Geena Davis in 2004, will be recognized for its work in promoting gender balance and fostering inclusion in the entertainment industry.First awarded in 1978, the Governors Award “honors an individual, company or organization that has made a profound, transformational and long-lasting contribution to the arts and/or science of television,” according to the Television Academy.

heavily tattooed OnlyFans model has hit back at trolls – by letting her family have their say on whether she is going to hell.Orylan is an adult model and stripper from the US whose body and face is decorated in outlandish tattoos.The young adult grew up as a practising Christian, but has been trolled by keyboard warriors online who she says have frequently told her she is going to hell because of her extreme looks. READ MORE: 'Black alien' tattoo addict admits extreme transformation is 'very hard' for mum Now, sat between her grandma Candy, and her aunt, called Cheryl, Orylan found out what her close family members thought about her heavily tattooed features in a video on her YouTube channel.“People judge the outside but God judges the heart, and you have a wonderful heart, so tattoos are not tattoos, they’re art really,” Candy stressed.“Since you’re such an artist, that’s just a way of expressing yourself, it does not change you.”And, after getting their initial takes on her extreme look, Orylan asked her grandma whether she agreed that she would suffer in the afterlife.“Oh no, you’re not, believe me.

Ethan Shanfeld Nathan Fielder brought “The Rehearsal” to new heights with this week’s episode, tackling the issue of raising a (fake) child in an interfaith household on his HBO social experiment series. Angela, the subject of the show’s primary rehearsal, addressed the episode’s heated religious discussions, as well as why she chose to exit her rehearsal, in a video posted to the “Nathan for You Businessposting” Facebook group, named after Fielder’s previous Comedy Central show.Angela, who has now appeared in four episodes of “The Rehearsal,” is a devout Christian who approached her childrearing simulation with an interest in faith-based education.