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 Issue Date: 09/08/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
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“Saturday Night Live” Wins Big On 2nd Night of Creative Arts Emmys; Obama, Kimmel and Lamar Also Score Honors
Kendrick Lamar and Barack Obama each won their second career Emmys on Sunday night (9/7), while the 50th season of “Saturday Night Live” was the biggest winner with 11 on the second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Lamar and Tony Russell won for the music direction of his Super Bowl halftime show. He
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“The Studio” Tops First Night Of Creative Arts Emmys With 9 Awards
On Saturday (9/6) the Television Academy presented the first of its two 2025 Creative Arts Emmy® Awards ceremonies this weekend, honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television at the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. Topping the first night’s tally–spanning artists and craftspeople in genres including animation, drama, comedy and anthology
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Uber’s “Brian Cox Goes To College” Wins Primetime Commercial Emmy Award
Uber One For Students’ “Brian Cox Goes To College” won the primetime commercial Emmy on Sunday evening (9/7) during the second of two Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies held this weekend in the Peacock Theater at LA Live. The humorous piece was directed by David Shane of O Positive for agency Special US. “Brian Cox
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“Knives Out” and About Once Again At Toronto International Film Festival
For the third time, the knives were out at the Toronto International Film Festival. Rian Johnson on Saturday night premiered the third movie in his whodunit series, “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.” Like the previous two movies, “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion,” Johnson brought a cavalcade of stars to Toronto’s Princess of
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Sydney Sweeney’s Knockout Performance In “Christy” Fuels Oscar Buzz At Toronto Film Fest
Sydney Sweeney came to the Toronto International Film Festival wanting to talk about her new film “Christy,” not her American Eagle ad campaign. After a rapturous response to the movie, she’s getting her wish. The 27-year-old, Emmy-nominated actor landed immediate Oscar buzz for her performance in David Michôd’s biopic of the boxer Christy Salters Martin.
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Nia DaCosta Unveils A Bold, Queer “Hedda” At Toronto Film Festival
Nia DaCosta was thunderstruck when she first read Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” in drama school. But when she saw a production of it, something was missing. “I was like, ‘Oh, that’s not as crazy as I thought it would feel,'” DaCosta says. “I thought: I guess I knew what I wanted to pull out of it
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Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother” Wins Top Prize At Venice Film Festival
“Father Mother Sister Brother,” Jim Jarmusch’s quietly humorous relationship triptych, won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival Saturday. The film about the relationships between adult children, and with their parents, stars Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchett. It was an upset win over some of the festival’s bigger hits, including “The Voice
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Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande Shine At MTV VMAs With Wins and Performances
Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga set the tone at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night with career-defining moments of their own. Grande scored two honors — video of the year and best pop video — and had the audience buzzing when she thanked her “therapists and gay people” during her acceptance speech. Gaga,
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Richard Packer Launches Commercial Production Company In London
Veteran producer Richard Packer–best known for his lengthy, successful tenure at production house Outsider–has moved on to officially launch London-based Packer Productions. The new commercial production company opens with a heavyweight U.K. roster of comedy directors: Harold Einstein, Mike Maguire, Biceps, and Sara Haag. All are known for their distinct comedic voices, strong short-form storytelling,
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Jury presidents and lineups are set for ADCE Awards 2025
The Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) has revealed the jury lineup for the 34th edition of the European Creativity Awards. This year’s jury brings together over 50 leading creatives from 23 European countries, including Hungary, which joins as a new ADCE network member in 2025. The jurors will evaluate the most outstanding work from
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Trump celebrates West Point alumni group canceling award ceremony to honor Tom Hanks
President Donald Trump celebrated news on Monday that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor Tom Hanks, with the president calling the famous actor “destructive” and “WOKE.” Hanks was scheduled to receive the 2025 Sylvanus Thayer Award on Sept. 25, but the U.S. Military Academy’s alumni association canceled the
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“The Conjuring: Last Rites” Scares Up Another Box Office Win For Horror Genre
It’s the year for horror and “The Conjuring: Last Rites” was no exception. Its opening weekend tipped the genre over $1 billion in earnings for this year’s domestic box office. The horror sequel raked in $83 million domestically in 3,802 theaters, making it the third-highest domestic opening for a horror movie, behind “It” and “It:
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