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TV Academy President Maury McIntyre Talks Emmy Noms, Legacy Award, How Multiple Late-Night Shows Might Win & A Pending TV Rights Deal
The nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards are out and Television Academy president and CEO Maury McIntyre is excited ahead of the show in September. It was a big day for shows such as Hacks, The Pitt, Widow’s Bay, Pluribus and Beef, and McIntyre was pleased with the variety of nominations. In an interview with…
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LISTEN: Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Fight in France Over Streaming Quotas and Theatrical Windowing Rules
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Elsa Keslassy explains the battle that is brewing in France between Netflix and other streamers over the country’s programming quotas and its theatrical movie windowing rules. Keslassy, who is Variety‘s international editor based in Paris, says France has a “love-hate relationship” with Netflix. The streamer has invested…
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The 2026 Emmy Nominations Spread the Love, but Not Far Enough
The Hollywood Reporter critics Daniel Fienberg and Angie Han have published a conversational analysis of the 2026 Emmy nominations, announced on 8 July 2026. The headline story is Apple TV’s dominance, with the streamer securing 87 nominations across the drama and comedy categories, including series nods for Pluribus, Slow Horses, Your Friends & Neighbors, Margo’s…
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Emmy Noms Analysis: Diversity in Acting Nominees Down 39% While ‘The Pitt’ Cements Frontrunner Status and ‘Widow’s Bay’ Emerges as Dark Horse
The nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday, spanning 117 categories and 610 nominations, with HBO Max reaffirming its dominance, Apple TV rising into television’s top tier and several presumed contenders falling short. HBO Max led all companies with 122 nominations, ahead of Netflix’s 111 and a company-record 87 for Apple…
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‘Hacks’ Spinoff Will Never Happen, Paul W. Downs Says: ‘We Feel So Happy With How It Ended’
Paul W. Downs, co-creator and star of the HBO comedy “Hacks”, has definitively ruled out a spin-off following the show’s fifth and final season. Speaking to Variety after the series broke the record for the most-nominated comedy at this year’s Emmys, Downs said a spin-off centred on his character Jimmy and Megan Stalter’s Kayla was…
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2026 Emmy Nominations Analysis: What to Make of the ‘Widow’s Bay’ Surge, Taylor Sheridan Rejection and ‘Amazing Race’ Disappearance
The US Television Academy has announced the nominees for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, unveiling finalists across more than 100 categories as chosen by 27,000 voters. Executive Editor of Awards Scott Feinberg analyses the picks for clues ahead of final voting (17-26 August), the Creative Arts ceremonies (5-6 September) and the Primetime telecast (14 September…
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Ariana Grande impersonator shares DM she received from singer: “You’re very beautiful as YOURSELF”
Ariana Grande impersonator Paige Niemann has shared a private direct message she says the singer sent her in 2019, publishing it in her new six-part Apple TV documentary series “Turning The Paige”. In the message, Grande gently encouraged Niemann to embrace her own appearance, writing that she was “very beautiful as YOURSELF” without heavy make-up…
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Kristin Cavallari doubles down on controversial claim about her divorce from Jay Cutler
Reality television personality and entrepreneur Kristin Cavallari has repeated her claim that she received no money from her 2022 divorce from former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler. Speaking on the “Aspire with Emma Grede” podcast, she said her jewellery business, Uncommon James, gave her the financial independence to leave the marriage, and that she walked away…
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‘Evil Dead Burn’ Sets Rotten Tomatoes Ablaze With Fiery Debut
The fourth Evil Dead film, Evil Dead Burn, has drawn strong early reviews ahead of its cinema release this Friday, 10 July, currently holding a 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 51 critics. This matters because it is the first of two planned standalone follow-ups to 2023’s Evil Dead Rise, and the positive reception suggests…