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Zoe Saldaña’s ’Lioness’ Renewed for Season 2 at Paramount+ Along With Morgan Freeman Returning

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Zoe Saldaña’s ’Lioness’ Renewed for Season 2 at Paramount+ Along With Morgan Freeman Returning

Zoe Saldaña is heading back to work on “Lioness.” Paramount+ just announced the eagerly anticipated renewal of the Taylor Sheridan-helmed series, “Lioness,” for a second thrilling season. This captivating show, previously titled “Special Ops: Lioness,” boasts an ensemble cast led by the talented Zoe Saldaña, who also serves as an executive producer. Joining her are Laysla De Oliveira, Emmy nominee Michael Kelly, and Oscar winners Morgan Freeman and Nicole Kidman, who doubles as an executive producer.

Get this, “Lioness” is inspired by a real U.S. Military program, that delves into the life of Joe (portrayed by Saldaña), a remarkable individual navigating the intricate balance between personal life and the relentless demands of serving as the CIA’s frontline warrior in the war on terror.

Jeff Grossman, Executive Vice President of Programming at Paramount+, expressed enthusiasm over the overwhelming support from the audience, stating, “Our Paramount+ audience resoundingly has joined forces in support of ‘Lioness‘ gripping, global story and the powerhouse performances from Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, and Nicole Kidman.” He eagerly anticipates witnessing more of the heart-pounding suspense and action crafted by Taylor Sheridan and the exceptionally talented team in the upcoming season.

In addition to Saldaña, the stellar cast of “Lioness” includes Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, and Hannah Love Lanier. Saldaña and Kidman spearhead the executive production alongside Sheridan, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Jill Wagner, David Lemanowicz, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman, and Keith Cox.

Chris McCarthy, from the Office of the CEO at Paramount Global and President & CEO of SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios, praised the show’s global success, remarking, “’Lioness’ captivated audiences around the world as one of the most-watched global series premieres on Paramount+ last year.” He highlighted Taylor Sheridan’s masterful storytelling and the stellar performances of Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldaña, assuring fans that the upcoming season promises another riveting, adrenaline-fueled journey.

“Lioness” is just one facet of Taylor Sheridan’s expansive presence on Paramount+, which also includes titles like “Tulsa King,” “Mayor of Kingstown,” “Landman,” “1923,” “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” and the highly anticipated “1883.”

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Soccer Fans Are Accidentally Tagging A Rapper In Their Tweets Congratulating The English Women’s Team

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Social media was designed to bring people together but sometimes it does so in unconventional, unexpected, and unintentional ways. For instance, there probably isn’t much overlap between fans of independent Namibian rapper Lioness and those of the English women’s football (fine, soccer) team, the Lionesses, but many of the latter are learning about the former as they seek to congratulate the English team for their recent EUFA European Championship win. Quick recap: on Sunday, England — who hosted this year’s tournament in Wembley — won 2-1 over Germany in front of a home crowd of more than 87,000 proud crumpet munchers.

Poor Lioness, though, has been fielding many of those congratulatory tweets as fans mistake her account (@LionessOfficial) for the English women’s teams account (@Lionesses). To be fair, plenty of those are probably from people typing too fast as Twitter auto-populates the account name after the @ sign, but either way, as Lioness herself puts it: “My Mentions Are A Mess.”

A quick search reveals this to be true, as plenty of accounts, perhaps in a rather un-English display of exuberance and emotion, tagged the wrong account. However, the rapper seems to have taken all this in stride, and even used the error as a promotional opportunity, reposting a video of a 2021 promo she recorded for the Barclays Women’s Super League, joking, “Maybe You’ll All Take This More Seriously Now.”

She’s not the first rapper to deal with this problem, and she probably won’t be the last. In 2017, Compton rapper Buddy started getting tagged in photos of people’s pets after finally changing his Twitter handle to his professional name, and arguably, Burna Boy’s stateside popularity was sparked by fans discovering his 2018 song “Ye” while trying to stream Kanye West’s delayed album of the same name. Let that be a lesson, I guess; when selecting a stage name these days, it’ll apparently help to consider how likely you are to be confused for someone else.