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The future of Chelsea Soccer Club looks assured, with the London Club announcing its new owners today. Following the freezing of the assets of former owner, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, on his country’s invasion of Ukraine, the Club has been sold to a consortium led by Todd Boehly in a deal worth £4.25billion…

A group led by Todd Boehly, who also owns a stake in the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers, dick clark productions and who is currently the caretaker CEO of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has agreed to terms to acquire the English soccer club Chelsea in a deal worth almost $5 billion. If approved…

Roman Abramovich has become the latest Russian oligarch to be sanctioned as part of the British government's response to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The list of sanctions sees assets seized including Chelsea soccer club, which Abramovich had been trying to unload since the beginning of the conflict. The…

Roman Abramovich, the Russian owner of England’s Chelsea FC, one of soccer’s biggest clubs, said Wednesday that he is selling the franchise, with the proceeds to go to a foundation that will benefit war victims in Ukraine. “I have always taken decisions with the Club's best interest at heart,” he said in a statement.…

Chelsea Handler just announced on Facebook that she will not be returning for another season of Chelsea, her weekly Netflix talk show. Handler said she is planning to focus on activism, write a book and partner with Netflix on an original documentary that highlights her perspective on the current political climate. Che…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has just signed author/talk-show host/actress Chelsea Handler, in all areas. Handler will be repped by a team pressing her interests in film, TV, licensing and endorsements, digital media, public appearances and business development, the agency confirmed. Long the lone female in the male-dominated…

We’re getting a look at Season 2 of Netflix’s Chelsea ahead of its April 14 premiere. The trailer, titled “Chelsea’s Tips For The Modern Host” looks like a throwback to the 50s, with comedian and host Chelsea Handler sporting a bob and an outfit that could easily have been worn by June Cleaver in Leave it to Beaver…

Chelsea Handler’s Netflix talk show will return on Friday, April 14, the host announced in a video message today (watch it above). Chelsea is changing its format for Season 2, switching to one hourlong show a week on Fridays vs. three half-hour editions released Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays in Season 1. There had…

The hardest part about having a show on Netflix is getting a show on Netflix. The Internet network continues to give all of its freshman series second seasons, extending the streak with second-season renewals for Chelsea Handler’s talk show Chelsea, Pam Brady and Mitch Hurwitz’s comedy series Lady Dynamite starring…

Bill Wolff is departing Chelsea, Chelsea Handler's new Netflix talk show, on which he served as executive producer/showrunner. The move comes three weeks and nine episodes into the program’s run. Chelsea — marking Netflix’s first foray into the talk show arena — is set for 90 half-hour episodes this year, three a…

“I’m treating this show like the college education I forgot to get,” says Chelsea Handler in a new trailer for Chelsea, her long-in-the-works talk show set to premiere May 11 on Netflix. In this first look, we see Handler pretending to be Oprah (“You can say black, it’s fine”); interviews polygamists, offering herself…

Netflix has unveiled the official key art for Chelsea, its long-in-the-works talk show in which host Chelsea Handler “tackles today's tough issues with the same acerbic wit and fearless curiosity you know and love.” Premiering May 11, the streaming service’s first talker will cover topics ranging from international…