King Charles and David Beckham Embrace a Bit of Cottagecore for a Day of Gardening

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KingCharleshas been busy preparing for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)'s annual Chelsea Flower Show—and this year,Sir David Beckhamhas joined in on the action.

The former soccer star met up with the royal to discuss the plans for the 2026 edition, which will highlight a new centerpiece: the RHS and King's Foundation "Curious Garden." The initiative was designed with hope of igniting a love of horticulture in a new generation, and has officially been given the green light.

In photos shared to theofficial Instagram accountof the royal family, the unlikely pair were seen looking over plans for the garden with Alan Titchmarsh CBE and horticulturist Frances Tophill, who spearheaded the design process. Garden apprentices and graduates from the King's Foundation at Highgrove joined the team.

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Beckham, who was knighted by the king last November for his contributions to athletics and philanthropy, was heavily involved in the plans for the Curious Garden. A working beehive was added due to his love for beekeeping, and seven raised beds were included as a nod to his jersey number.

"Both the King's Foundation and the RHS do such great work in protecting and promoting green spaces across the [United Kingdom],"Beckham shared with the RHSafter the meeting. "I want to help encourage a new generation to appreciate the benefits of nature and get involved in gardening."

For the occasion, the athlete embraced a touch of cottagecore with a brown-and-white gingham pocket square tucked into his navy suit. Next to him, Charles matched his guest with a dark camel-colored wool coat.

"It's been fun to be a part of creating the Curious Garden and I'm excited for people to see it at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show," he continued. The Chelsea Flower Show will take place from May 19 to May 23.

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Catherine O'Hara's death will be acknowledged in “The Studio” season 2, Seth Rogen says: 'We are not ignoring it'

Seth Rogen says Catherine O'Hara's death will be addressed in The Studio season 2: "We are not ignoring it."

Key points

• The actor added that the show will contain "heavy themes."

• Co-creator Evan Goldberg said working on The Studio in the wake of O'Hara's death has been "an unbelievable challenge."
  

The Studioseason 2 will addressCatherine O'Hara's death.

The Emmy-winning Hollywood comedy series starred the lateBeetlejuiceactress as Patty Leigh, a producer and former studio head who mentors protagonist Matt Remick, played bySeth Rogen. The actor and Evan Goldberg — who co-created the show and co-directed every episode — discussed how O'Hara's sudden death will affect the upcoming season.

"It has been an unbelievable challenge," Goldberg said in a new interview with the U.K. outletThe Times."Obviously emotionally, dealing with the loss, but also when it comes to the show itself."

Goldberg saidThe Studio's team fully expected O'Hara to return for season 2. "We wrote it for her to be there," he said. "We had it all set, and the shock waves permeate throughout the entire new season. It's been difficult."

When theTimesreferred to O'Hara as an anchor for the show, Goldberg responded, "You worded it better than we could — she was the anchor, and now the anchor is gone."

Rogen agreed. "If anything," he said, "we're acknowledging the idea that we are a little anchorless. But, honestly, that is a part of life and what we all experience."

ThePineapple Expressstar continued, "And so while we try to not dwell too much on heavy themes in this show, they will be there in this second season. We are not ignoring it."

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Rogen also expressed his admiration for O'Hara. "We just wanted her to think we were funny," he said of working with her onThe Studio.

O'Haradied on Jan. 30at 71. Her primarycause of deathwas listed as a pulmonary embolism, with rectal cancer as an underlying cause.

The actress won the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series last month for her role on the show. Rogengave an emotional speechaccepting the award on his late costar's behalf.

"I know she would have been honored to receive this award from her fellow performers, who I know she respected so much," he said at the ceremony. "She was such big fans of all of yours."

He continued, "I obviously have been reflecting on the time I was fortunate enough to spend with her working with her, and something I've just been marveling at over the past few weeks was really her ability to be generous and kind and gracious while never, ever minimizing her own talents, and her own ability to contribute to the work that we were doing. She really showed that you can be a genius and be kind, and one of those things does not have to come at the expense of the other in any way, shape, or form."

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He concluded, "If you have people in your lives who don't know her work — if you have kids in your lives or people that are out of touch or stupid or something — just show them O'Haradancing to Harry BelafonteinBeetlejuice. Show them O'Harahurting her kneeinBest in Showand doing that amazing thing where she hobbles around. And tell the people as they're laughing that that's Catherine O'Hara, and we're lucky that we got to live in a world where she so genuinely got to share her talents with us."

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“Ferris Bueller” Book Reveals Other ‘80s Teen Heartthrob Almost Landed Titular Role Instead of Matthew Broderick

Jon Cryer was considered to play Ferris Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, according to a new book about the 1986 teen comedy

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• Director John Hughes and studio execs thought of casting Cryer in the role, per Jason Klamm's upcoming book Ferris Bueller…You're My Hero: The Story of the World's Most Famous Day Off

• Cryer admits in the book to being "a little jealous" of Matthew Broderick, who got the role, and says he only ever knew he was up for Alan Ruck's character

Matthew Broderick's career-defining role as Ferris Bueller almost went to a fellow '80s heartthrob.

John Hughes, who wrote and directed the beloved 1986 teen comedyFerris Bueller's Day Off, originally pitched a different actor to play the titular role before Broderick got the iconic part, according to the upcoming bookFerris Bueller…You're My Hero: The Story of the World's Most Famous Day Off.

In an excerpt of the book shared byEntertainment Weekly, author Jason Klamm explains that while Hughes was pitching the film, he and Paramount executives considered someone else to play the high schooler who fakes sick to skip school in the Chicago-set flick:Jon Cryer, a.k.a. Duckie fromPretty in Pink, another beloved classic from the Hughes catalog.

But Cryer, 60, told Klamm that he was never aware that he was considered for the titular role — only Cameron Frye, Bueller's friend, who was ultimately played byAlan Ruck. On the filmmaker and execs' consideration for the iconic lead role, he said it was "news to me."

Asked if his team ever informed him of the consideration forFerris Bueller, theTwo and a Half Menstar told the author, "Yes, for the Alan Ruck character."

"I mean, I'm just too similar to Matthew," he said of why he likely wasn't cast as Cameron — a sentiment he has stated before, reflecting on how he and Broderick, 64,were often compared to each other at the height of their Brat Pack days.

Klamm also writes in the book, which hits shelves June 16, that Cryer "did feel like he was missing out," since Hughes often came to set onPretty in PinkwhileFerris Buellerwas also in production.

"Ferris Buellersounded a little more antically comedic thanPretty in Pinkwas," Cryer said, per the excerpt shared byEW. "It sounded like he was going to have a great time, and I was like, 'Oh, that would have been a fun project to do with him.' "

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"I recall being a little jealous at the time," Cryer added.

Hughes museAnthony Michael Hallis also long-rumored to have been considered for the lead role inFerris Bueller, which also starredMia Sara,Jennifer GreyandCharlie Sheen.

Hall, 57, later wrote that the filmmaker "actually had written Ferris Bueller for me," but they "both determined that I should move on to other things," perEW. (Hughes never publicly confirmed Hall's claim.)

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Speaking with PEOPLE at the premiere ofAndrew McCarthy's documentaryBRATSin 2024, Cryer said that he and Broderick are no longer mistaken for each other — a frequent occurrence in the '80s.

"No, Matthew and I have since parted ways," he said at the time, joking that theGloryactor "still has hair," unlike him.

"He still has a magnificent head of hair, God bless him," Cryer continued. "He should have it. He should work it as much as possible. You should enjoy it. But I have gone the other direction."

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