Month: December 2018

Modern Family is on its way to an 11th season on ABC, as the show’s six adult stars are negotiating to continue their roles.

Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ed O’Neill, Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara are in talks with producer 20th Century Fox TV to continue their roles in 2019-20, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The studio declined comment.

Modern Family co-creator Steven Levitan had previously said “the plan was to end it at 10” seasons, but that was before 20th Century Fox TV was poised to become part of Disney, which also owns ABC. The studio’s pending acquisition would remove one of the hurdles to a renewal, namely ABC having to pay a sizable license fee to an outside studio. Disney would also reap the backend benefits of having an additional season of the show in syndication and streaming.

The six leads have largely worked out financial terms of their new deals, sources tell THR, with a few other details still to be addressed. Their last negotiations resulted in substantial raises for the cast; the six who play parents on the show also have shares of the backend.

Deals with Modern Family’s younger actors — Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Rico Rodriguez and Nolan Gould — will be worked out after the six adults finish their negotiations. Levitan and co-creator Christopher Lloyd have said they’d be open to another season as well, though Levitan’s deal with 20th expired over the summer after he opted not to re-up.

Ariel’s in a happy relationship with Levi Meaden and had been together for two years. Their relationship started raising eyebrows on the web when news that they were dating first broke out. The issue primarily focused on the age gap between the pair. Levi Meaden is 31 years old, while Ariel Winter is 20 years old.

Although nothing has been confirmed, it’s been speculated that the reason the actress chose a much older guy to date is related to how she was raised. Ariel Winter said that she was emotionally and physically abused by her mother when she was a child. As such, it would make sense that she would gravitate towards people who are older than her and someone who can provide a sense of stability for her life.

This is doubly true if her past statements are thrown into the mix. “I needed somebody who had a lot of life experience and who was at a point in their lives that they could take care of another person, but where I didn’t have to take care of them,” Ariel Winter said. So far, Levi Meaden seems to give her the comfort and affection that she needs and that’s what really matters when It’s all said and done.

There have been plenty of paparazzi shots showing Ariel Winter on her regular trips to the gym. All that working out as paid off as the 20-year-old actress is rocking her most toned body ever and flaunted her taut tummy and tight figure in an incredible outfit while running errands in Studio City, CA on Dec. 7. She flashed her abs in a black crop top with a stylish black leather motorcycle jacket over it (it IS still almost winter after all). Her 10 pound weight loss really showed in her blue skinny jeans, as she added black knee high boots to complete her look. Even Ariel’s face is slimmer with her cheeks and jawline more pronounced.

Ari has been all about sharing her body shaping journey with fans, as she regularly posts videos of her intense workouts to her Instagram page. On Oct. 11 she shared a vid where she maintained a plank pose — which is an insanely great core exercise — while doing leg lifts with ankle weight on. So not only was she toning her tummy, she was sculpting her legs and booty in the process. Fans were all on board with her workout as the vid got over a million likes.

The Modern Family star has worked with her personal trainer Mack for over a year and the results have been so impressive. Ariel has been candid in the past about body confidence issues, which she has posted about on her Instagram when people have shamed her for flaunting too much flesh. “It’s really taken me years to be able to get to a place where I’m OK with it. I’d read the negative comments and think to myself, ‘well maybe if I just change [this one thing] people will like me,’” she told EliteDaily.com in 2016 after getting cyber bullied.

‘Over the years, I’ve struggled with body confidence issues… It’s really important nowadays to empower young women — and young men… to feel really good about themselves, not only their appearance, but to feel good enough to stand up for themselves when necessary. I started to realize that I can’t win. If I can’t win, I’m going to work on a relationship with myself, which I also think is the most important thing we can teach young women and men today,” she added.