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Elle
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood Played a Couple on ‘Supergirl,' Then Really Fell in Love
Actors Melissa Benoist (The Waterfront) and Chris Wood (The Vampire Diaries) may have begun as Supergirl co-stars, but they've since become so much more. From going public with their romantic relationship in 2017 to welcoming their first child together three years later, the couple has quickly achieved some pretty important milestones. Here's everything we know about their relationship history. Benoist and Wood first met on the set of her DC Comics series Supergirl, where she played the titular character, Kara Zor-El (a.k.a. Supergirl). Wood joined the cast in season 2 as Mon-El, Supergirl's love interest. Benoist and Wood were spotted vacationing together in Cancún, Mexico, on March 28, 2017. On June 10, 2018, the new couple made their red carpet debut at the 72nd Tony Awards at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. On February 10, 2019, Benoist announced their engagement via Instagram. She captioned the photo with a simple, 'yes yes yes it will always be yes♥️' The couple got married later that year, on Sept. 1, 2019. Over Labor Day Weekend, they held an intimate wedding ceremony in Ojai, California. Celebrity guests included Paul Wesley and fellow Supergirl actress Odette Annable. A source told E!, 'It was a beautiful setting for a wedding, very peaceful and quiet. The vows were brief and lasted about 15 minutes. There was lots of cheering and applause as it ended.' The source continued, 'There were lots of glowing candles and lights strung above. The food was served family style, and everyone passed the dishes back and forth. It looked like an elegant outdoor dinner party. There was a lot of laughter and happiness.' Later that month, the newly married couple attended the Saturn Awards. On Nov. 15, 2019, Benoist posted an intimate wedding photo of her and Wood embracing with the caption, 'I'm always going to remember looking at you every five minutes on this day knowing both of us were thinking 'how in the world did we get so lucky?' I still don't understand how, but you prove to me every day that I'm one of the damn luckiest out there.' She also included a Dior tag on her white gown. On March 4, 2020, Benoist announced that they were expecting their first child together, writing, 'A non-canine child is coming to our family very soon!!! 😱😆😭 @christophrwood has always been an old dad by nature but now he's going to be a real one!' Wood also posted his own announcement that leaned more on the comical side. In the photo, Benoist is shown caressing his fake pregnant belly. He wrote, 'The photo is a joke but the news is real...!!! 👶🏻🍼🤗.' Later that month on March 20, Wood announced that they were having a boy. He posted a photo of his New Balance sneaker next to a much tinier one. 'My little boy is gonna rock 990s just like his dad, and that makes the world feel a little less sad today,' he shared. On Sept. 25, 2020, Benoist shared the first photo of their baby boy, Huxley Robert Wood. In her caption, she wrote that he was born 'a few weeks ago' and that he was 'everything.' Wood shared the same photo and cheekily wrote, 'Our son was born his name is Huxley he's amazing and no it's probably none of your business xo brb see you in 18 years.' On Nov. 4, 2022, Wood made his Broadway debut as the musician Russell Hammond in Almost Famous. Benoist joined him on the red carpet and shared photos on Instagram. In her caption, she wrote that she was 'so unbelievably proud' of him. Benoist wished Wood a happy Valentine's Day with a sweet photo of them on the beach. Deadline announced that the couple would play co-stars yet again in a forthcoming NBC series titled Duo, written and executive produced by Wood. The project is currently in development. Benoist will also executive produce via her production company, Three Things Productions.
Agriland
30-04-2025
- Business
- Agriland
EU cereals ‘may never recover' amid continuing Ukrainian imports
Copa Cogeca, the group which represents farm organisations and agricultural co-operatives in the EU, has warned that the EU cereals sector 'may never recover' if wheat and barley are not protected from continuing large import volumes from Ukraine. The autonomous trade measures (ATMs) between the EU and Ukraine, which were implemented in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine to allow imports out of the country and support its economy, are set to expire and be revised shortly. Copa has warned that 'stress and uncertainty' is rising among EU cereal producers over the volume of grain imports from Ukraine and the impact this is having on the market. French arable farmer Cedric Benoist, chairperson of Copa's working group on cereals, said: 'In less than a month-and-a-half, the current ATMs with Ukraine are set to expire. It is critical that we do not repeat the mistakes of the past, though, at this stage, that outcome is far from guaranteed. 'If common wheat and barley are not properly protected in the upcoming revision of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, the EU cereals sector may never recover – and no vision for the future of agriculture will be able to reverse that damage. Benoist pointed out that Covid-19, followed by the war in Ukraine, triggered a rise in production costs, driven primarily by fertiliser prices. For example, in France, the average production cost per hectare of common wheat was around €1,414 in 2020, but had risen to €2,065 by 2023. He said that similar trends had been seen in other EU countries, with production costs rising by 36% in Romania, 24% in Belgium, and 'a staggering' 68% in Ireland. 'If the market had absorbed these increased costs, we wouldn't be sounding the alarm. The problem, however, is that cereal prices in Europe have not followed this upward trend, particularly for crops now heavily imported from Ukraine since…trade liberalisation began,' Benoist said. 'Today, common wheat prices are significantly lower than pre-war levels. In France, for example, the price at the end of 2023 was approximately €209/t, compared to an average of €304/t in 2020. 'Some may argue that 2020 is an outlier due to the pandemic, but even in 2018, the average price was €195/t. While that's slightly below today's levels, it was seven years ago, effectively a different era, well before the current inflationary context,' he added. However, cereals that have not been exposed to large volumes of Ukrainian imports, such as durum wheat (used in pasta production), have experienced price increases, with today's price for durum wheat of €315/t not only higher than 2020 but higher than the 218 average of €230/t. 'The contrast is striking and leads us to a clear conclusion. Ukrainian cereal imports have created a market surplus, and this has depressed prices for key EU crops,' Benoist claimed. Before the trade liberalisation with Ukraine in 2022, EU imports of common wheat from the country were capped by a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of one million tonnes. Since the removal of this quota, imports have increased to 6.5 to seven million tonnes annually. However, according to Copa, these imports are in addition to imports from other markets, rather than replacing them; nor have they replaced declining EU production. 'The arithmetic is simple. The EU market is now dealing with a surplus of at least five million tonnes of common wheat, with a similar imbalance for barley. 'You don't need to be an economist to understand that when supply increases and demand stays the same, prices inevitably drop,' Benoist said. He noted that when the current ATM framework was introduced, common wheat and barley were excluded from the safeguarding mechanism 'based on the assumption that market liberalisation for these products posed no risk'. 'At the time, as chair of the Copa-Cogeca Cereals Working Party, I travelled to Brussels to meet with [European] Commission officials, member state representatives, and anyone else willing to listen. I urged that common wheat and barley be included in the safeguarding mechanism. 'The response was always the same, namely that there was no sign of market disruption, only normal fluctuations. After three consecutive years of negative returns from my cereal production, I can no longer accept the claim that [that] there is no market disturbance,' the French farmer said. Benoist called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis to 'apply common sense and take swift action to protect the EU cereals sector before it is too late', and to apply a TRQ to Ukrainian common wheat similar to the one that existed before the war. 'Supporting Ukraine is non-negotiable, there is no question about that. Yet the real challenge lies in designing a strategy that builds synergies between Ukraine's agricultural sector and our own,' he said.
