LOS ANGELES (AP) “Severance” separated itself from the field with 27 Emmy nominations Tuesday, while “The Studio” led comedy nominees with a record-tying 23 in a dominant year for Apple TV+. No other dramas came close to the dystopian workplace series “Severance,” which achieved a convergence of acclaim and audience buzz for its second season that brought an Read More 

LOS ANGELES For the eighth consecutive year, Apple has found a place in the primetime commercial Emmy nominations circle. Actually this marks the sixth of those years in which Apple has scored at least two nods.. This time around, Apple received nominations for “Flock” promoting its user privacy prowess and “Heartstrings” for AirPods Pro, both out of Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) As expected, Emmy voters heaped love on the so-called “Big Four” of comedy — “Hacks,” “The Bear,” “Abbott Elementary” and “Only Murders in the Building.” Many of those competing in the drama categories were likely just happy the Emmy-gobbling “Shogun” is between seasons. Emmy voters are creatures of habit but there were some happy differences Read More 

NEW YORK As SHOOT celebrates a milestone, its 65th year of publication, we continue a recently launched series of interviews and features that will run throughout the summer on SHOOTonline and in SHOOT‘s newsletters and special PDF Issue with digital distribution in which industry executives, creatives and artists reflect on the changes they’ve seen over the decades, Read More 

NEW YORY (AP) CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution in a changing media landscape and removing from air one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent and persistent late-night critics. Thursday’s announcement followed Colbert’s criticism on Monday of a settlement between Trump and Paramount Global, parent company of CBS, over a “60 Read More 

WASHINGTON (AP) The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda. The vote marked the first time in decades that a president has Read More 

WASHINGTON (AP) The Republican-led Congress is testing the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts this week by aiming to pass President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in public broadcasting and foreign aid spending. Trump’s Republican administration is employing a rarely used tool that allows the president to transmit a request to Read More 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Lauren Adams, general manager for KUCB public radio in Unalaska, Alaska, didn’t have much time to reflect on Congress, 4,000 miles away, stripping federal funding for public media this week. She’s been too busy working. Sirens blared in the Aleutian Islands community Wednesday warning of a potential tsunami, with a voice over public loudspeakers urging the Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Two milestones revealed this week illustrate the diminishing power of broadcast television in the media world — one fueled by the habits of young people and the other by their elders. During June, viewers spent more time watching streaming services than they did for broadcast and cable television combined. That happened for the first time Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) A Post-it note sat near Ari Aster while he wrote “Eddington”: “Remember the phones.” “Eddington” may be set during the pandemic, but the onset of COVID-19 isn’t its inciting incident. Outside the fictional New Mexico town, a data center is being built. Inside Eddington, its residents — their brains increasingly addled by the internet, social media, smartphones and whatever Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) The live-action remake of the animated film “How to Train Your Dragon” and a two-part, five-hour documentary on Billy Joel are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Puerto Rican rapper Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) An “American Idol” music supervisor and her husband were both found dead in their Los Angeles home Monday afternoon. Officers were conducting a welfare check at a home in the Encino neighborhood when they found the bodies of a man and woman with gunshot wounds. An “American Idol” spokesperson confirmed the deaths of Robin Kaye Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) This isn’t a joke. They’ve made that clear. CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert condemned parent company Paramount Global’s settlement of President Donald Trump’s lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” story as a “big fat bribe” during his first show back from a vacation. Colbert followed “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart’s attack of the deal Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) This year’s crop of Emmy nominees were announced Tuesday. “Severance” led with 27 Emmy nominations, while “The Studio” led comedy nominees with 23 in a dominant year for Apple TV+. The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will air on CBS from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 14. Nate Bargatze is slated to host. Read More 

LONDON Global social media agency Born Social has appointed Chiara Trecchi as its first ever head of production, in a move that signals the agency’s evolution beyond social towards integrated, multi-format creativity. Trecchi joins following a period of rapid growth and a surge in production demand at Born Social, with over 100 shoots completed by the Read More 

LOS ANGELES Visual artist and film director Roger Guàrdia has signed with Serial Pictures for commercial, branded entertainment and music video representation in the U.S. Guàrdia’s portfolio merges art, fashion, commercial and music videos. He has collaborated with global brands including UNICEF, Nike, Converse, Stella McCartney, Zara, H&M, Tecate, Adidas, and YouTube; and photographed celebrities Micheal Phelps, Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) You might need to lie down for a bit after “Eddington.” Preferably in a dark room with no screens and no talking. “Eddington,” Ari Aster’s latest nightmare vision, is sure to divide (along which lines, I’m can’t fathom) but there is one thing I think everyone will be able to agree on: It is an Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) In 1974, when it seemed as though everyone was leaving South Africa, Embeth Davidtz’s family was going back. Davidtz, a familiar presence in films and television for over 30 years with memorable roles in everything from “Schindler’s List” to “Matilda,” was born in the United States to white, South African parents. When she was 8, Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) In a bid to kickoff a new era for DC Studios, James Gunn’s “Superman” opened with $122 million in U.S. and Canada ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. DC and Warner Bros. had a lot riding on “Superman.” While the Walt Disney Co.’s Marvel Studios has had its own share of Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Stephen King has a rule for anyone wanting to adapt one of his books for the big or small screen. It’s basically the Hippocratic oath for intellectual property — first, do no harm. “When you deviate from the story that I wrote, you do so at your own risk,” he says in a recent interview Read More 

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