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Alyssa Thompson, the youngest player on the 2023 United States women’s national soccer team (Uswnt) to compete in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, kept a speech from team captain Alex Morgan close to her heart after the rattling tie game with Portugal that ended the team’s shaky group stage performance in the summer tournament.

The match versus Portugal, the third of the group stage, featured in the penultimate and final episodes of Rebecca Gitlitz’s Netflix docuseries, “Under Pressure: The U.S Women’s National Team,” along with retired captain Carli Lloyd’s criticism of the team’s performance in the final group stage match. The speech Thompson mentioned resonates with the overall themes of the series, which Gitlitz described as three types of pressure.

“I remember at the end of our Portugal game, Alex gave a really inspiring speech. It was just very scary, that game,...

Netflix Releases “Avatar: The Last Airbender” Teaser

The Gaang is back together: Netflix has released the first teaser for its highly anticipated “Avatar: The Last Airbender” live-action adaptation

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Based on the hit Nickelodeon animated series of the same name, “Avatar: The Last Airbender” follows young Air Nomad Aang as he awakens to a world ravaged by war after the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out all the other Air Nomads. Now, with his newfound friends Sokka and Katara, Aang embarks on a fantastical journey to save the world, fight back against the onslaught of the Fire Lord Ozai, and take his rightful place as the next Avatar.

Gordon Cormier stars as Aang opposite Kiawentii, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Daniel Dae Kim, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Ken Leung, Elizabeth Yu, and others.

“Avatar: The Last Airbender” is set for release on Netflix in 2024.

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Netflix will release a docuseries about the U.S. Women’s World Cup team, titled “Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team,” in December.

The four-episode series lands on Netflix Dec. 12 and showcases the U.S. Women’s National Team’s 2023 World Cup journey. The series is a co-production with Time Studios, Words + Pictures, and Togethxr in association with FIFA.

According to the series logline “The all-access sports series will allow audiences to intimately follow the US Women’s National Team’s players and coaches and reveal an inside look at the most decorated team in soccer history. Viewers will get a first-hand look at the pressure, the euphoria, the joy, and the hardships that these world-class athletes experience as they strive to capture their third World Cup title in a row. Issues ranging from injury, criticism and doubt, equal pay, and upholding legacies are all...

Apple TV+ has released the trailer for Season 3 of “Slow Horses.” The first two episodes will premiere on Nov. 29, and the remaining four episodes will be released weekly on Wednesdays through Dec. 27.

“Slow Horses” follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a department of MI5 known as “Slough House” due to their career-ending mistakes. Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the leader of Slough House. The third season will focus on a romantic liaison in Istanbul, which threatens to expose an MI5 secret in London.

Joining the cast for Season 3 is Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù as Sean Donovan, the former security head at the British embassy in Istanbul, and Katherine Waterston as Alison Dunn, an MI5 agent who uncovers an agency secret. The ensemble cast is also comprised of Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Freddie Fox, Chris Reilly, Samuel West, Sophie Okonedo, Aimee-Ffion Edwards,...

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be Megan Rapinoe’s last.

The four-time World Cup veteran has had many great moments as a member of the United States Women’s National Soccer Team. The Uswnt will compete for a fifth championship after claiming victory in 1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019. This year’s tournament will take place in Australia and New Zealand with the first match of group play between New Zealand and Norway kicking off July 20. Australia will take on the Republic of Ireland shortly after, and two more matches that day will see Nigeria take on Canada and the Philippines take on Switzerland.

Group play extends to Thursday, August 3 before elimination rounds begin as the tournament narrows down the competition for a champion. The United States will also face the Netherlands and Portugal in Group E.

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The U.S. Women’s National Team roster for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has undergone significant changes since the 2019 tournament in France.

Gone are veteran standouts Abby Wambach, Carli Lloyd and Ali Krieger. In their places are 14 new players named to their first World Cup roster. Among them is 18-year-old Alyssa Thompson, the team’s youngest player.

The roster for this summer’s New Zealand and Australia-set tournament features players born in three different decades and includes some with just one cap and others with well over 100. They range from Thompson to to 38-year-old Megan Rapinoe, who has announced she will retire from competitive soccer. Though not likely to start, Rapinoe will likely make her 200th appearance for Team USA, becoming the 14th player in Uswnt history to do so.

The U.S. Women’s National Team, ranked No. 1 in the world, holds the record for the most World Cup tournament wins,...

In a milestone media moment for women’s sports, Fox Sports is about to deliver the most expansive coverage of a FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament in history – an investment driven by the success of the U.S. national team and its pursuit of an unprecedented third consecutive victory.

From July 20 through Aug. 20, cabler Fox Sports 1 (FS1) and the Fox broadcast network will serve up more than 190 hours of live soccer programming from the tournament staged in Australia and New Zealand. The roster includes 64 matches, about half of which will air on Fox, the broadest platform for the games and for sponsors. All matches will stream live via the FS1 app. The quarterfinals, semifinals, third-place match and the big finish will all air live on Fox.

Fox Sports is also investing in pre- and post-game shows, halftime reports and other shoulder programming around the games in order to...

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” Gets Streaming Date

This year’s highest-grossing film will soon get its streaming debut! Peacock has announced the star-studded animated feature “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” will arrive on the platform for its exclusive streaming release on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.

The box office smash follows the famous plumber brothers Mario and Luigi as they reckon with their struggling business and wind up on a whirlwind adventure through the Mushroom Kingdom as they come together to defeat the power-hungry villain, Bowser.

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which was released in theaters in early April, is this year’s highest-grossing film so far globally, pulling in an untouched $1.34 billion.

Chris Pratt leads the cast as Mario opposite Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, and more.

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A multi-episode docuseries following the United States Women’s National Team’s World Cup journey will premiere globally on Netflix this fall.

The series will highlight players and coaches of the Uswnt, giving an inside look at the most-decorated team in soccer history. Themes include the pressure athletes face, the euphoria of success, the joy, hardships and more of the sport. The doc will also cover issues like equal pay, motherhood, LGBTQ+ rights, racial diversity and family.

The narrative will trace the preparation — both individual and group — for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, paying homage to the players that came before those currently on the roster.

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Megan Rapinoe to Retire From Professional Soccer After 2023 Women’s World Cup

Veteran champions like Alex Morgan and Megan Rapino, who recently announced her retirement from the sport at the end of the year, as well as rising stars like 18-year-old...

Netflix may have agreed to a licensing deal to import HBO originals recently, but its latest moves might have Warner Bros. Discovery crying foul and looking for a referee. The world’s largest streamer has announced it has secured the rights to a new docuseries following the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team. The show will feature veteran champions like Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe — who recently announced that 2023 would be her last World Cup — 18-year-old newcomer Alyssa Thompson, as well as U.S. Women’s World Cup Team first-timers Sofia Huerta, Lynn Williams, and Kristie Mewis.

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The show will follow the team during its 2023 FIFA World Cup quest in New Zealand, which starts this week, and is currently in production. Because it is an unscripted reality series, it will not be affected by the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike that has shut down most projects in Hollywood these days.

After the United States women's national team compete in the 2023 World Cup this summer, fans will be able to revisit the journey in a totally different way this fall. On July 17, Netflix announced it's currently filming a new, multi-episode docuseries about the Uswnt's World Cup journey that will premiere this fall on the streamer. The series is a co-production with Time Studios, Words + Pictures, and Togethxr and is directed by two-time Emmy award winner and Time Studios executive producer Rebecca Gitlitz.

Per Netflix, the series will give an inside look at "the most decorated team in soccer history." If the Uswnt win, it will be their third World Cup title in a row. "Issues ranging from racial diversity, LGBTQ+ rights, equal pay, family, and motherhood are all brought to light as the narrative unfolds," Netflix said in its press release.

As for which members of the team will receive...

The U.S. Women’s Soccer team’s journey to a possible third World Cup title will be documented in a multi-episode docuseries set to launch globally on the streaming network this fall. The series is currently in production in New Zealand and Australia following the team as they compete for the 2023 World Cup.

A co-production with Time Studios, Words + Pictures and Togethxr, “the sports series will allow audiences to intimately follow the US Women’s National Team’s players and coaches and reveal an inside look at the most decorated team in soccer history. Viewers will get a first-hand look at the pressure, the euphoria, the joy, and the hardships that these world-class athletes experience as they strive to capture their third World Cup title in a row. Issues ranging from racial diversity, LGBTQ+ rights, equal pay, family, and motherhood are all brought to light as the narrative unfolds,...