Snook shows off baby bump
“Succession” star Sarah Snook had a surprise reveal at the show’s season four premiere — she is pregnant with her first child.
Snook proudly showed off her baby bump in New York at Monday's premiere, which was attended by fellow stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Matthew Macfadyen, Kieran Culkin and Alan Ruck.
Snook’s pregnancy is the latest surprise for “Succession” fans, who learned in February from series creator Jesse Armstrong that the show’s fourth season would be its last.
“Succession” follows a wealthy family that owns a major media conglomerate and struggles to maintain its power. It stars Cox as the Roy family patriarch and Snook plays his lone daughter among the children conniving to succeed their father as the company’s leader.
Snook married actorcomedian Dave Lawson in 2021.
“Succession’s” final season premieres Sunday.
Murdoch to marry for a fifth time
Rupert Murdoch, four times married and divorced at 92, isn’t letting age or previous marital experience stand in the way of a fresh start. The billionaire media baron said he plans to marry a fifth time.
Murdoch announced he is engaged once again, this time to Ann Lesley Smith, 66, a former model, singer-songwriter, radio talk-show host and police chaplain in San Francisco. The couple met last year.
Murdoch is fresh off his divorce from Jerry Hall, the model and actress he married in 2016. Murdoch divorced Hall last year.
Murdoch broke the news of his engagement in the New York Post, the tabloid that helped launch his foray into the American
and global media market when the Australian immigrant bought it in 1976.
“I was very nervous,” Murdoch told Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams (herself 92 years old) of his budding relationship with Smith. “I dreaded falling in love but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy.”
Smith, twice married, is the widow of Chester Smith, a former country singer and broadcaster who was instrumental in the founding of Univision, the Spanish-language TV network.
She told Adams, “I’m a widow 14 years. Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. Worked for local papers, developed radio and TV stations and helped promote Univision. So I speak Rupert’s language. We share the same beliefs.”
The couple met in September at a reception at Murdoch’s house and winery in Bel Air, Calif.
Murdoch’s previous marriages have produced six children, including four adult children — Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan and James — who have had roles in operating
his companies. He has two daughters, Grace and Chloe, from his marriage to his third wife, Wendi Deng, whom he divorced in 2013 after 14 years of marriage.
According to Adams, Murdoch sealed his engagement to Smith with a diamond solitaire ring he presented on St. Patrick’s Day in New York.
“We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,” said Murdoch, who turned 92 this month.