There’s no denying the similarities between Penn Badgley‘s Joe on Netflix’s You and Dan Humphrey on The CW’s Gossip Girl. The 33-year-old actor even admitted Joe is a “surreal progression” of Dan during an interview with The New York Times. So naturally, with the second season premiere of You on Dec. 26 and the Gossip Girl reboot coming to HBO Max, fans are curious about Badgley’s involvement with the 2020 revival. So will Badgley return as Dan in the Gossip Girl reboot? Here’s what we know thus far.
Will the ‘Gossip Girl’ reboot include the original cast?
Ed Westwick, Leighton Meester, Chace Crawford, Blake Lively and Penn Badgley of ‘Gossip Girl’ | Kevin Mazur/WireImage for The CW Network
In July 2019, WarnerMedia ordered a Gossip Girl remake for HBO Max. The new series will feature key players from the flagship show’s crew, including executive producers Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Josh Safran. And when speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Schwartz explained they would like to see the original Gossip Girl cast in the reboot. However, he noted the revival will survive whether or not actors like Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Chace Crawford, or Ed Westwick chose to reprise their roles.
“We’ve reached out to all of them to let them know it was happening and we’d love for them to be involved if they want to be involved, but certainly didn’t want to make it contingent upon [them being involved],” Schwartz said. “They played these characters for six years, and if they felt like they were good with that, we want to respect that, but obviously … it would be great to see them again.”
He continued: “Stephanie and I had been talking about it off and on over the past couple of years, and obviously you’re seeing more shows get revisited. Certainly, on social media, there were people asking for it. We felt that a version with our cast grown-up, regardless of what the challenges would be of assembling those actors again, it didn’t really feel like a group of adults that would be patrolled by Gossip Girl would make a lot of sense.”
The ‘Gossip Girl’ reboot executive producer wants Penn Badgley to come back as Dan Humphrey
“Kristen Bell has always been and will always be the voice of Gossip Girl,” the producers said in a statement, according to The Wrap.
Then on Dec. 5, Safran revealed the Gossip Girl reboot covers Dan’s character arc and the executive producer teased Badgley’s potential return.
“We talk about what happened to Dan [Humphrey], so I might have to text Penn and see if he’s really available. Penn also works constantly, but we’ll see if we can rope him in there. That would be great,” Safran told Entertainment Tonight. “I would love for everyone to come back if they wanted to. The universe still exists. The characters talk about Serena, Blair, Chuck, Dan.”
But realistically speaking, could Badgley come back as Dan in the revival? The Gossip Girl executive produced remained coy.
“They are a part of the world. The characters talk about them and that they do exist,” Safran said. “So, yeah, I would love to have them come back. The show jumped five years in the future when it ended and we are past that five years now, so it’s whole new things that they could be doing.”
Penn Badgley discusses his return as Dan Humphrey on the ‘Gossip Girl’ reboot
When speaking with Entertainment Tonight on Dec. 17, Badgley opened up about the Gossip Girl reboot. But the actor shared he has yet to have “conversations with any of the creators” about reprising his role.
Nevertheless, Badgley didn’t exactly say no to his return as Dan in the Gossip Girl remake.
“I think it’s pretty clear that I’ve never been a proponent of Dan Humphrey’s. I’ve never been necessarily the greatest friend or fan of Dan Humphrey, which now I reconcile in this way that I’m like, you know, I would love to contribute in a meaningful way to it,” Badgley said. “And I guess it would just depend on a lot of things. It would depend on how and why he’s there and I don’t know… like, is it even… yeah, I don’t know.”
Then in an interview with Vogue, Badgley was asked whether he would ever be involved with the HBO Max series. And although it appears he interested in how the Gossip Girl reboot is executed, Badgley isn’t sure how his old character would tie into the new story.
“I don’t know much about it but I’m interested to see how it will be different. It needs a change and I’m sure they’re thinking about that more than I am. I’m sure they’ll figure it out and make it great,” he said. “But honestly, if I was on the show now people would just think, ‘He’s going to kill them all.'”
The Mandalorian has been a huge success on Disney+, but one question that's been on our minds was: what is it like wearing all of that armour?
Digital Spy spoke with Emily Swallow – who plays the Armorer on the Star Wars TV series – and the star said that getting around in the armour provided some interesting challenges.
"I'm relieved to see that it looks a lot better than it felt," she laughed. "I hope at some point, they release a bloopers reel, because when you get a couple of Mandalorians in a room together in that armour and in those helmets, it can get ridiculous!
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"You've no peripheral vision and you can't see down, so you're kind of wandering around in blind faith that you're not going to trip or run into somebody. And we discovered early on that every single movement is magnified because of how much focus the armour and the masks draw.
"So you can't really have any extraneous movement."
Swallow added: "I was glad that the Armorer is a very deliberate character and she moves slowly. It gave me time to kind of just breathe and settle and be very mindful of how I was moving, because a little bit of movement communicated a lot.
"I really hope at some point we get to see some of the behind-the-scenes stuff, because it was hilarious when we were trying to navigate the space together."
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Swallow – known for playing Amara in Supernatural as well as roles in How to Get Away with Murder and SEAL Team – also shared that being on set felt special and recalled Star Wars creator George Lucas paying a visit one day.
"It was so cool just walking onto the set and seeing the incredible thoughtfulness that was put into every single set-piece and every single prop," she said. "All the weapons that my character uses were just created with such care.
"And it felt like everyone that was involved just had this incredible love and this incredible respect for the Star Wars universe.
"One of the first days I was on set, shooting the first episode, George Lucas actually came to visit. He was coming to surprise [The Mandalorian creator] Jon Favreau for his birthday. And everyone who was around that day just hung out for a while and listened to him tell stories.
"It really did feel like we were part of this incredible lineage of these beautiful and fantastical stories that he created decades ago and that persist because of the heart of them. There are so many characters in the Star Wars universe that we fell in love with and that keep drawing us back in.
"No matter what the technology, no matter what the new villains are, George Lucas really created something enduring. And so to be a part of that, it just made me giddy. It was so exciting."
The Mandalorian is available on Disney+. The streaming platform comes to the UK in March 2020.
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Leaked images of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Christmas cards have officially hit the internet, and royal experts believe there may be a secret message in their holiday greetings. The card features the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge alongside their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. So why do royal experts believe there is a hidden message in such an innocent photo?
Kate Middleton, Prince William, along with Prince George and Princess Charlotte | Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Christmas card gets leaked
Kensington Palace has not released William and Kate’s Christmas
card for 2019. The card was leaked, however, by a fan who was lucky enough to
receive the card in the mail.
It is unclear who leaked the image, but Camilla Tominey, an expert on the royal family, believes the photo contains a hidden message about the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
According to Express,
Tominey revealed that the card contains a holiday theme and that someone posted
the card on Twitter without the royal family’s consent.
“I can’t tell you what is in it but there is going to be
some lovely festive imagery released in the run-up to Christmas day,” she
stated.
Royal staffers have not reacted to the leaked image of Prince
William, Kate Middleton and their children, though Tominey says the palace has
not released the image because of what happened on social media. We cannot
confirm that the card in question is the real deal, though Tominey believes it
contains a hidden message.
Is there really a hidden message?
Tominey argued that the Cambridges’ Christmas card was meant to
put forth a theme of unity. The royal expert says that Prince William and Kate
Middleton did their best to act completely normal in the photo to show fans
that nothing is amiss.
“This lady is not in any trouble. This is a relaxed
shot,” she stated.
Although Kensington Palace has not shared the couple’s card,
Tominey believes William and Kate will post more endearing photos in the coming
days.
The Christmas card fiasco, meanwhile, comes amid a drama-packed year for the royal family. In recent months, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle opened up about their struggles with the media and Harry’s ongoing feud with Prince William.
To make things worse, Prince Andrew has been in the hot seat over
his ties to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew was forced to step
down from his royal duties a few weeks ago after a disastrous interview about
the scandal.
The Cambridges set to make an important announcement
Prince William and Kate’s Christmas card is certainly up for
interpretation. While we wait for an official release, royal expert Omid Scobie
believes the Cambridges are about to make a big announcement.
Scobie was recently at a briefing inside Kensington Palace where
he was informed of the couple’s intention to release some news.
An announcement from the royals is rare during the holiday season as most of them are taking a break from official duties.
“Next year is going to be busy for the Cambridges,”
Scobie shared. “There was a briefing at Kensington Palace just this week
where they gave us a number of new announcements that will be coming out over
the holiday period.”
Scobie did not release any details about the announcement, but he
did assure fans that 2020 is going to be an important year for Prince William
and Kate Middleton. The couple has been swamped by a number of different rumors
in recent months, including pregnancy talk, so there is no telling what they
are preparing to announce in 2020.
Prince William and Kate Middleton fight bad optics
Until we learn more, William and Kate have been working hard to
repair their image after an awkward scene unfolded on television earlier this
month.
The two, who have faced rumors that their marriage is on the rocks, got a lot of backlash when Kate seemingly shrugged off Prince William’s attempt at affection during a TV special. William was shown putting his arm around Kate, who quickly gave him a shoulder shrug to avoid PDA.
The awkward scene drew comparisons to when Melania Trump swatted
Donald Trump’s hand away during a public event a few years ago.
Although fans were convinced Kate was wanting zero affection from
William, sources claim that the clip was taken completely out of context. Kate
apparently gave William plenty of affection prior to the scene in question,
though it is hard to defend her apparent shrug.
Considering all of the rumors the royals have fought in 2019 alone, it makes perfect sense that Prince William and Kate Middleton would take a completely normal Christmas photo. That said, Princess Diana did the same during her holiday photos with Prince Charles, and the couple was anything but happy.
In an insightful Zane Lowe interview from back in October, Kanye West revealed plans to follow up Jesus Is King with the release of a Sunday Service Choir album, titled Jesus Is Born. Merry Christmas: the album actually dropped on the intended day of the release (Christmas Day), unlike Kanye’s previous album releases.
Measuring at around an hour and 24 minutes, Jesus Is Born sees a total of 19 tracks, a number of which include songs that Ye and the choir performed live, like “Ultralight Beam,” “Father Stretch” and “Follow Me – Faith.” For this album, Ye went easy on the instrumentals, making sure the arrangements were minimal so that the main focus would be on the choir’s rich vocals.
Kicking off the album is the track “Count Your Blessings,” which starts off with a bluesy piano lick, joined immediately by the grand, regal sound of Ye’s choir. It sets the tone for the rest of the album, packing a series of vibrant, soulful vocal deliveries one track after another. Songs like “Revelations 19:1” and “More than Anything” take on a slower ballad-like feel, while other tracks like “Sunshine” have a more upbeat funk-tinged groove, demonstrating how wide and dynamic the sound of gospel choirs can be. This past year, Kanye has kept busy with his choir, hosting gospel services, across the country in various churches and venues — he even brought the choir to Coachella 2019 in April. It seems he’s showing no signs of slowing down, especially with the recent operas he’s been performing.
Scroll below to listen to the latest album from Kanye West’s Sunday Service Choir Jesus Is Born
I’ve never actually sat down and ranked the Star Wars movies before. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker earned $20.074 million on Tuesday for a $226.847 million five-day total and a global cume of around $481 million as of last night. Since it should be passing $500 million by the end of this sentence, why not today? A few disclaimers: This will only deal in theatrical released (sorry Ewoks) and live-action (the Clone Wars movie had to die so that the Clone Wars TV show could live forever) Star Wars films.
It is worth noting, without getting into “Star Wars fatigue” or any such thing, that we’ve had five Star Wars movies from Walt Disney in just four years, nearly doubling the six that were available prior to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in December of 2015. That’s a conversation for another day. For now, here’s the objectively correct ranking, determined by science, math and dark sorcery, of the eleven live-action, theatrically released Star Wars movies.
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The Rise of Skywalker(2019)
Budget - $250 million
Domestic Box Office: $207 million-and-counting
Worldwide Box Office - $434 million-and-counting
Imagine if Batman Returns had been followed not by Batman Forever but by Batman & Robin. Imagine if Justice League spent most of its running time bouncing from one arbitrary action sequence to another and retconning plot reveals and character arcs from Batman v Superman. It’s not just that the movie walks back both Rian Johnson’s Last Jedi and JJ Abrams’ own Force Awakens while negating the entire story arc of Return of the Jedi, it’s that it spends so much time doing those things that it has no time for character interaction, forward plot or thematic coherency. It’s not much fun, it’s aggressively bad and it exists for no purpose beyond reassuring the older fans of the original Star Wars trilogy that they are still the most important fans of all.
'Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones'
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Attack of the Clones(2002)
Budget - $115 million
Domestic Box Office: $311 million
Worldwide Box Office: $649 million
George Lucas may have brushed off talk of Phantom Menace being a disappointment, but Episode Two is clearly a reaction. As such, we have arbitrary action sequences, Padme sounding, looking and dressing more conventionally attractive and a comparative lack of controversial supporting character Jar Jar Binks. The core romance between Anakin Skywalker and Senator Amidala makes sense (it’s two sheltered young adults trying to approximate courtship) but still comes off as awkward and unromantic. Obi-Wan’s film noir side-plot is hampered by a stiffness in the storytelling. Coming half-a-year after Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and The Fellowship of the Ring, Attack of the Clones lacks those films’ emotional oomph, but the final 40 minutes has a “get off my lawn” showmanship that redeems it as top-tier blockbuster spectacle.
Daisy Ridley and John Boyega in 'Star Wars The Force Awakens'
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The Force Awakens(2015)
Budget: $245 million
Domestic Box Office: $937 million
Worldwide Box Office: $2.068 billion
It’s a structural remake of A New Hope, to where specific plot beats (like Han Solo’s death) lose their impact because they are just following the plot outline of Star Wars. Ditto the painfully vague world-building, which negates the triumph of Return of the Jedi while offering little context for the new status quo to return the world (and the returning heroes) to their Episode IV status quo. The film looks great, it’s relatively well-paced and the new characters (Rey, Finn and Kylo) make it sing. I was down on it four years ago because I saw the writing on the wall for Hollywood franchises, I became more forgiving after The Last Jedi, but am now doubly grumpy now that I see what Abrams and friends apparently had in mind the whole time.
Natalie Portman, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd and Ewan McGregor in 'Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom ... [+] Menace'
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The Phantom Menace(1999)
Budget: $115 million
Domestic Box Office: $474.5 million
Worldwide Box Office: $1.027 billion
Unquestionably successful both commercially (it was the second-biggest global grosser behind Titanic by the end of its initial theatrical run) and culturally (it introduced an entire generation to their own Star Wars story), this first Star Wars prequel feels the most like an old-school Star Wars movie. It’s shot on film, and it has leisurely pacing that feels at peace with a 1970’s flick. Its political squabbling (concerning a virtuous leader tarred by baseless accusations of scandal so that a diabolical party could take power) was frighteningly prescient. The climactic lightsaber battle still rocks. The dialogue is still relatively painless compared to Attack of the Clones. Jar Jar Binks mostly fades into the background after his first appearance. Viewed outside of its place in pop culture, it’s a three-star sci-fi fantasy adventure.
'Solo: A Star Wars Story'
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Solo: A Star Wars Story(2018)
Budget: $275 million
Domestic Box Office: $214 million
Worldwide Box Office: $393 million
Solo’s biggest artistic strength that it’s just a polished, well-made and well-acted sci-fi action movie that happens to be a Star Wars flick, was also its commercial Achilles Heel. Replacement director Ron Howard offers a painfully unnecessary and occasionally hilariously expository “young Han Solo” movie that still manages to feel less like a Star Wars movie and more like a rollicking Indiana Jones flick. I mean that as a compliment, as the film feels less indebted to the Star Wars franchise and more referential to the films that inspired Star Wars in the first place. You can see the “good” lessons of Solo applied to The Mandalorian and its loving homages to the samurai films, westerns and heist flicks of generations past. It may not have been necessary, but Solo was a good time at the movies.
'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story(2016)
Budget: $200 million
Domestic Box Office: $532 million
Worldwide Box Office: $1.056 billion
How would Rogue One have played, at least in North America, had Hillary Clinton won the 2016 presidential election? The media chatter, whether or not this represented the general audience reception, looked at this “Rebellions are built on hope!” Star Wars story as a kind of “movie we need right now” just as Spider-Man was viewed as “the movie we need right now” months after the 9/11 attacks. Viewed outside the cultural context, Gareth Edwards and Tony Gilroy’s grim-and-gritty heist film, about the ragtag heroes who stole those Death Star plans from the Empire, revels in telling a more “realistic” tale of insurgency and rebellion. The characters are thin, but it’s so well-cast that it barely matters, and (at least before the conventionally rousing finale) it succeeds in telling a very different kind of Star Wars story.
Return of the Jedi
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Return of the Jedi(1983)
Budget: $33 million
Domestic Box Office: $309 million
Worldwide Box Office: $475 million
Richard Marquand’s Star Wars sequel is not as good as its predecessors, and it features some of the worst acting of the entire Star Wars saga in Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford’s profoundly uninterested supporting turns. But Mark Hamill shines, the film’s Vietnam parables help sell the Ewok thing and the film’s first and last final half-hours are pretty damn terrific. The trip to Jabba’s palace is aggressively weird and violent while being allowed to eat up nearly the entire first act. And the triple-action finale features both the franchise’s best outer-space dogfight (it’s a rare moment where these battles are terrifying) and a perfectly executed finale for Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. I’m a sucker for a good ending and Return of the Jedi is, warts and all, an excellent ending to the Star Wars saga.
'Star Wars'
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Star Wars(1977)
Budget: $11 million
Domestic Box Office: $460 million
Worldwide Box Office: $775 million
Star Wars turned the B movie into the A movie. George Lucas and friends took the old-school serials and Flash Gordon-type sci-fi fantasies, applied some of-the-moment politics and new wave filmmaking tricks and came up with something that was reverential to the past and yet new to those lucky to discover it in the summer of 77. It’s probably the most copied/referenced/mimicked movie of its generation, a kind of Birth of a Nation-level blockbuster reimagining on the right side of history, that also featured groundbreaking special effects and constant visual wonders at almost every turn. It is grounded in primal storytelling and characters that became pop culture icons almost overnight. A New Hope may not be my favorite Star Wars movie, but it (after Marcia Lucas’ post-production editing) did everything right on the first try.
Revenge of the Sith
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Revenge of the Sith(2005)
Budget: $115 million
Domestic Box Office: $380 million
Worldwide Box Office: $850 million
Equipped with most of the story he wanted to tell, two prequels to recalibrate his skill set and the pressure of pop culture competition, George Lucas nails it on the third try with this dynamite Star Wars prequel. The acting is a little stagey and the dialogue is overly expository, but Anakin’s downfall, alongside the fall of a democratic republic, is every bit as fire-and-brimstone melodramatic as it should be. The opening 23-minutes is the best action sequence of the 2000s, a “get off my lawn” aimed at Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and The Matrix. What follows is a soaring space opera that features political commentary, dynamite lightsaber fights, a strong performance from Ewan McGregor and a “leave it all on the table” chutzpah from a director who knows it is his last time playing in this galaxy.
Empire Strikes Back
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The Empire Strikes Back(1980)
Budget: $25 million
Domestic Box Office: $290 million
Worldwide Box Office: $548 million
Irvin Kershner’s terrific Star Wars follow-up set the template for the blockbuster sequel, not just going darker and grittier but going smaller, more intimate and more character-driven while interrogating the pure morality and wish-fulfillment fantasy of its predecessor. Luke isn’t ready to be a Jedi yet, Han isn’t quite the hero he needs to be, and the destruction of the Death Star was but a minor inconvenience to the Empire. The film subversively puts its most significant action sequence right at the start, while climaxing with a scaled-down but character-driven action finale that features an iconic Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader light saber duel that would soar even without the franchise-defining plot twist. The movie is rich in atmosphere, grounded in mournful contemplation and reveling in balancing sci-fi spectacle with nuanced character drama.
Daisy Ridley and Mark Hamill in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'
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The Last Jedi(2017)
Budget: $317 million
Domestic Box Office: $620 million
Worldwide Box Office: $1.33 billion
Rian Johnson’s “do what you want, just come home before dark” Force Awakens follow-up is not great because it’s a Star Wars film. It reasserts Star Wars as a top-tier franchise by being the best blockbuster movie, give-or-take Mad Max: Fury Road, since The Dark Knight. It’s a visually dazzling movie, one that plays with the narratives of both Empire and Jedi while subverting our expectations. It also is a rebuttal to entertainment consumption based around “solving the mystery” or “Easter Eggs.” With the best (live-action) performance of Mark Hamill’s career, dynamite action sequences and a story that confronts and critiques Star Wars’ pop culture legacy (and its older fans) while affirming its value for today’s kids, The Last Jedi is the best movie ever made in the Star Wars saga.
The black and white photograph shows Prince William in a flat cap, holding his youngest son, one-year-old Prince Louis, close and giving him a kiss on the cheek.
The royals posted the photograph -- taken by Kate in Norfolk earlier this year -- on their official Twitter account Wednesday with the caption: "Merry Christmas to all our followers!"
It also shows a smiling Prince George, 6, sitting in a chair next to his dad and brother, while his sister, four-year-old Princess Charlotte stands behind.
The Cambridge's two eldest children were expected to attend the royal's annual Christmas day church service at Sandringham for the first time on Wednesday.
This is not the first time Kate has shared her own family photographs with the world.
Earlier this week, William's brother Harry released his first family Christmas card featuring his wife, Meghan and baby Archie. The adorable eight-month-old tot was seen front and center, staring into the camera.
The 59-year-old -- who is also known as the Duke of York -- walked to St. Mary Magdalene Church alongside his older brother, Prince Charles.
Andrew has kept a low profile since his withdrawal from public life last month following a disastrous BBC interview about his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The disgraced financier died by suicide in August.
A short time later, Queen Elizabeth II and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, were seen arriving by car to a second public Christmas day service. The 93-year-old monarch traditionally spends the festive season with members of the royal family at Sandringham, her country estate in rural Norfolk, about 100 miles north of London.
The pair were met by the Queen's daughter, Princess Anne, at the gate of the church. The Queen's youngest son, Prince Edward, also attended, as did Prince William and his wife, Kate and two of their children, George and Charlotte.
Princess Beatrice also attended the service, appearing shortly after her father, Prince Andrew, was spotted with Prince Charles attending the earlier private family service.
Two royals who were not in attendance for the royal Christmas tradition were the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who have been spending family time in Canada. "They are enjoying sharing the warmth of the Canadian people and the beauty of the landscape with their young son," the spokesperson added.
The decision to base themselves in Canada reflected the importance of the Commonwealth country to them both, a spokesperson for the Sussexes previously told CNN.
Before joining the royal family, Meghan lived in Canada while she starred in legal drama "Suits," which was filmed in Toronto.
Later on Wednesday, the Queen will use her annual Christmas broadcast to reflect on the last 12 months, which she will describe as "quite bumpy."
In the message -- which was pre-recorded in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle -- the monarch will say that the path "is not always smooth, and may at times this year have felt quite bumpy, but small steps can make a world of difference."
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