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Scrolling through Gold Derby’s Emmy prediction data offers competing visions of how this year’s ceremonies might unfold. While our experts from leading media outlets and the overall user base agree on most races, they don’t align on a half-dozen key categories, including Best Comedy Series (Widow’s Bay vs. Hacks) and Best Comedy Supporting Actress (Kate O’Flynn vs. Hannah Einbinder). But who’s right? We’ll find out which group is more accurate when the Creative Arts Emmys take place Sept. 5–6 and the Primetime ceremony airs Sept. 14. In the meantime, let’s dive into the six contests where the two-dozen industry experts…
Sandra Bullock debuted a shoulder tattoo that some fans are speculating may be in honor of both her kids and her late partner, Bryan Randall. The Oscar winner, 62, turned heads on the red carpet at the European premiere of Practical Magic 2 in London’s Leicester Square on Wednesday, August 26, alongside costar Nicole Kidman. Bullock stunned in a leopard-print strapless dress from Givenchy’s autumn/winter 2026 collection designed by Sarah Burton. The strapless look allowed fans to spot what appears to be new ink on the back of Bullock’s shoulder: a dainty cursive tattoo that reads “LB².” Fans on social…
Musician and songwriter Sting will narrate Walter Fasano’s documentary “Nino – A Film About Nino Rota,” which is a portrait of “The Godfather” composer Nino Rota. The film will have its world premiere on Sept. 11 in the Open section of the 83rd Venice Film Festival. Rota, who trained under Ildebrando Pizzetti, Alfredo Casella and Rosario Scalero, encountered cinema early on, eventually composing 150 film scores, including those for Luchino Visconti (“The Leopard,” “Rocco and His Brothers”), Franco Zeffirelli (“Romeo and Juliet”), and Federico Fellini, including “La Strada,” “Nights of Cabiria,” “La Dolce Vita,” “8½” and “Amarcord.” With Francis Ford…
Mitchell Gerber/Getty Images The late Dolly Parton wasn’t just the queen of country music, she was also an accomplished actor who left behind a number of TV credits. These include the record-breaking ’80s variety show “Dolly” and the remnants of Parton’s never-aired sitcom with a supernatural twist. In March 1994, Variety announced that Parton was to star in a new sitcom called “Heavens to Betsy,” in which she would play a singer who was killed right before her big break to open for Siegfried & Roy. She was then faced with the…
Samuel Monroe Jr., the veteran character actor and star of Menace II Society, has died. He was 52. “I want to thank all of my Facebook family and friends new and old for praying for Samuel Monroe Jr., my son. But today God called him home. Please honor my final request to pray for the family, especially his 3 children,” Joyce Patton, his mother, wrote in a post on Thursday. In a GoFundMe page that is seeking donations to help offset his steep medical care costs, Tayonna Stewart, daughter of Shawna Stewart, Monroe’s partner, noted that the actor had been…
Peter Cullen, the legendary voice actor behind Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise and SO many more iconic voice roles over the last several decades, has died at 85. Cullen died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, according to his agent, who confirmed the news to TMZ this morning. The actor’s cause of death has not yet been disclosed. Related: Menace II Society Actor Samuel Monroe Jr Dead At 52 — Details Cullen’s family shared a heartbreaking statement about his death with TMZ on Thursday: “Peter Cullen passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family — and held in the…
Picture: Shane Black the showrunner of Bannerman Shane Black is coming to Netflix. The screenwriter behind Lethal Weapon and director of The Nice Guys is working on a new spy series, Bannerman, which is bringing AMC Global Media and Netflix together for their first co-production. Black co-wrote the pilot, which he’ll direct in addition to episode two. Bannerman is an adaptation of a spy series by author John R. Maxim. Showrunner Craig Silverstein, known for Nikita and Turn: Washington’s Spies, co-wrote the pilot with Black. The story centers around a group of ex-spies, including the titular Paul Bannerman, now living…
The box office is stuck in Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s web. Sony and Marvel’s blockbuster should win its fifth weekend with a projected $18 million to $24 million. It passed Avengers: Endgame this week to become the second-highest-grossing release ever in North America at $858.4 million, leaving only Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens and its $936.7 million ahead of it. Worldwide, Destin Daniel Cretton’s film sits at $2.22 billion, sixth all time. Coyote vs. Acme comes in as the weekend’s hottest wildcard. Dave Green’s live-action and animation hybrid stars Will Forte as the lawyer taking Wile E.…
There’s a new pageant queen in town. At the conclusion of Miss Teen USA on Aug. 27, Kiran Reddy of Georgia was crowned the 2026 titleholder, picking up the mantle from 2025 winner Mailyn Marsh. “It feels so surreal,” the 18-year-old told cameras at the close of the ceremony. “And I’m so blessed to represent Georgia and be the first winner.” She also expressed her excitement to “be the role model I always needed growing up.” The high school valedictorian did indeed become Georgia’s first winner of Miss Teen USA and took home the $25,000 winner’s pot. And that’s not…
Toy Story 5 will begin streaming on Disney+ on September 23. The Disney/Pixar feature opened on June 19 to a whopping $160 million, the best opening any movie has seen this year, the second-best opening ever for an animated film stateside behind Pixar’s own Incredibles 2 ($182.6M), and the third-best June has had following Universal’s 2015 Jurassic World ($208.8M) and Incredibles 2. The film has since passed the billion-dollar mark. It is the third Toy Story movie to cross $1 billion after 2010’s Toy Story 3. Toy Story 5 is directed by Andrew Stanton and co-directed by Kenna Harris. Producers…