Jodie Comer Halts 'Prima Facie' Performance 10 Minutes In, Tells Broadway Audience She Can't Breathe Due to NYC Air Quality

Earlier this year Ed Sheeran launched his own hot sauce brand Tingly Ted’s. Now he’s ready to take it to the next level with an advertising campaign created with Warner Music’s brand partnerships division WMX and the actual maker of the sauces, The Kraft Heinz Company.The campaign answers that age-old question: What would happen if Ed Sheeran was friends with a giant grumpy teddy bear who really liked hot sauce? It also gives us the tagline “makes anything a tingly thing”, which I think we’d all be quite happy for them to have back.Three adverts have been made as part of the campaign, with the first out now.

On their latest shows, Brett Goldstein and Theo James have created characters who unpeel deeper truths beyond their hunky appearances. Goldstein, who’s won two Emmys for portraying soccer player and coach Roy Kent on “Ted Lasso,” returned for the Apple TV+ comedy’s third season. (He’s also a co-creator and writer on “Shrinking,” about a therapist played by Jason Segel.) James joined the second season of HBO’s “The White Lotus,” set in Italy and from creator Mike White, as a chiseled, privileged vacationer. THEO JAMES: How did you end up writing for “Ted Lasso”? BRETT GOLDSTEIN: I’d done a pilot for Bill Lawrence. The pilot didn’t get picked up, but we stayed in touch, and he knew I was a writer as well as an actor. When people ask me for advice, I’m always like, there’s no magic phone call. It doesn’t happen. But I did get a magic phone call here, from Bill, out of the blue, saying, “I think you’d be good for this football show.”

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reunion special without a storm-off, does it even really count as a reunion special? Teresa Giudice provided the volatile moment on Tuesday's third and final part of the season 13 reunion — but that's not how things ended.Throughout the hour-long special — which saw the husbands of the series join the Housewives — tensions ran high between Teresa and her brother Joe Gorga — as well as between Teresa and sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, and Joe and Teresa's husband, Louis Ruelas. Basically, everyone was on the verge of tears and fighting.As seen in an ET Exclusive sneak peek earlier this week, the tensions boiled over as the siblings continued to fight, and eventually Teresa stormed off the set in tears until host Andy Cohen managed to cool things down, and get her back out.A peacemaking Cohen calmly admitted what everyone was thinking: «Listen, it's obvious we're not going to resolve anything. I want to just see if there's anything else, Teresa, that you and Joe want to say to each other before I send the husbands away.»«I'm heartbroken,» a tearful Teresa told Joe.

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Jodie Comer won the Best Actress in a Play prize at the 2023 Tony Awards on Sunday night. The Killing Eve star, who had already won the Olivier for Prima Facie in London, continued her awards haul by collecting the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her portrayal of a defence lawyer named Tessa who is the victim of a sexual assault. "To every person who feels represented by Tessa, this has been my greatest honour," Comer said in her acceptance speech.

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on the show’s Instagram story. “The hazardous air quality in New York City has made it impossible for a number of our artists to perform this evening”“Shows will resume as scheduled tomorrow.

after a hugely successful run in London’s West End; she was recently nominated for a Tony Award for ‘Prima Facie’ despite the show being her first time performing in New York City’s iconic theatre district. A spokesperson for the show explained: "Today's matinee of Prima Facie was halted approximately 10 minutes into the performance after Jodie Comer had difficulty breathing due to the poor air quality in New York City because of smoke from the Canadian wildfires”. Images of the orange glow in New York’s skies have gone viral on social media, coming after thick smoke poured into the United States’ East Coast and Midwest from Canada, causing hazardous levels of pollution.

Jodie Comer was forced to leave her Broadway performance early yesterday (June 7) due to the ongoing air crisis in New York City.Comer took to the stage for a performance in her one-woman Broadway play, Prima Facie, but it was cut short after the actor reportedly told audiences “I can’t breathe in this air.”New York is currently experiencing an air quality crisis. Created by over 400 active wildfires taking place in Canada, vast stretches of smoke have spread across several states in the northeastern part of the country — with the air quality in New York described as “very unhealthy” by Mayor Eric Adams (via New York Times).“We recommend all New Yorkers limit outdoor activity to the greatest extent possible,”  Adams added.

Celebrities are speaking out about the air quality in NYC due to the effects of the ongoing Canadian wildfires. On Wednesday, New York City air quality was labeled «code red» and deemed the worst in the world as the metro area is covered in a thick haze.Bravo honcho Andy Cohen took to Instagram to comment on the wildfires, saying, «This is like the end of the world walking around here with all this smoke.» Cohen noted that the smoke is so thick that it obstructs his normal city view, «Look, you can't even see midtown back there.»Sending well-wishes to Canadians who are directly affected by the fires, Cohen said, «I mean, we're just dealing with this smoke, but I'm praying for everybody around these fires and thank you to the firemen who are doing the Lord's work.» Amid the ongoing environmental crisis, Writers Guild picket lines are on hold in NYC.

Jodie Comer during Wednesday's performance of . The actress was escorted off the stage, 10-minutes into the show, after telling the audience she couldn't breathe as a result of the air. «Today’s matinee of Prima Facie was halted approximately 10 minutes into the performance after Jodie Comer had difficulty breathing due to the poor air quality in New York City because of smoke from the Canadian wildfires.

one-woman Broadway play, “Prima Facie,” after struggling to breathe.A spokesperson for the production confirmed the British actress’ discomfort and resulting departure.“Today’s matinee of ‘Prima Facie’ was halted approximately 10 minutes into the performance after Jodie Comer had difficulty breathing due to the poor air quality in New York City because of smoke from the Canadian wildfires,” they said in a statement.An audience member told Deadline that soon after the performance began, Comer coughed and then said, “I can’t breathe in this air.”After Comer, 30, walked off, the performance was delayed for about 45 minutes and then resumed from the top with understudy Dani Arlington playing the lead.The spokesperson said it is not yet clear if the “Killing Eve” star will take the stage for the evening performance, but the smoke — causing the worst air quality in New York since the 1980s — is not expected to subside until Friday. Audience members at other Broadway theaters reported witnessing haze and smelling the burning scent that’s blanketing the city, but no Broadway shows have been canceled yet. The Public Theater, however, nixed rehearsals today for its Shakespeare in the Park production of “Hamlet” — one day before performances are set to begin. The chaos comes just four days before the Tony Awards, where Comer is nominated for Best Actress in a Play. 

Actor Jodie Comer halted today’s matinee of Broadway’s Prima Facie due to New York City’s bad, smokey air, telling audience members she was having difficulty breathing.

Update, 12:16 pm PT: The “Prima Facie” matinée performance has resumed, with an understudy taking over for Jodie Comer. “Today’s matinee of ‘Prima Facie’ was halted approximately 10 minutes into the performance after Jodie Comer had difficulty breathing due to the poor air quality in New York City because of smoke from the Canadian wildfires,” a spokesperson for the play said in a statement. “The performance was set to start again from the top with understudy Dani Arlington going on for Ms. Comer in the role of Tessa.”   Previously: Jodie Comer is getting rave reviews for her performance in the one-woman Broadway play “Prima Facie,” but her June 7 performance was cut short due to nearly-unbreathable air in New York City.

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