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Emmy Nominee Reactions: Shailene Woodley Was Getting a Lash Lift, Sepideh Moafi Cries and Jonathan Pryce Jokes About Joining ‘Love Island’
As the 2026 Primetime Emmy nominations were announced on the morning of 8 July, Variety gathered candid first reactions from a range of nominated stars, capturing the mix of surprise, emotion and humour that greeted the news. The piece matters as a snapshot of how the industry’s talent responded in real time, with some woken…
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Lollapalooza 2026: Here’s Where to Get Affordable Tickets to the Summer Music Festival Online
Billboard has published a guide on where to buy tickets for Lollapalooza 2026, the long-running Chicago music festival, which will run for four days from Thursday 30 July to Sunday 2 August at Grant Park. The piece matters chiefly as a consumer shopping guide, noting that many official dates have already sold out or are…
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Linda Cardellini On ‘DTF St. Louis’ Emmy Nomination And Tapping Into The Unexplored With ‘Crystal Lake’
Actress Linda Cardellini has received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie for playing Carol Love-Smernitch in the dark crime dramedy DTF St. Louis. She told Deadline that the cast celebrated together over a group text, and expressed delight at the number of nominations the HBO…
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Justin Verlander announces he will retire after this season: ‘I’ve realized that time has come’
Justin Verlander, one of the most decorated pitchers in baseball history, has announced that the 2026 season will be his last, bringing an end to a 22-year Major League career. The three-time Cy Young Award winner and 2011 American League MVP made the announcement on social media on Wednesday, having endured an injury-hit final campaign…
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Star Wars Director Officially Reveals How the Franchise Shaped His New Netflix Anime
Anime director Yûki Igarashi, known for his work on Star Wars: Visions, has spoken to Collider’s Steven Weintraub about his feature directorial debut, The Ribbon Hero, a new film coming to Netflix. The film is inspired by Osamu Tezuka’s foundational 1953 manga Princess Knight, and recently had an early preview at the Annecy International Animated…
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Emmys On-Screen Diversity Hits 11-Year Low With 2026 Nominees
On-screen diversity among the 2026 Emmy nominees has dropped to its lowest level in 11 years, with just 22 nominees of colour across the acting, reality and game show host categories. That is down 21% on last year’s 28 and marks the smallest tally since 2015, when only 18 performers of colour were recognised. The…
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With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing
QuantumDiamonds, a German startup spun out of the Technical University of Munich, has secured €76 million in non-dilutive funding from Germany’s federal economy ministry and the state of Bavaria, approved by the European Commission under the European Chips Act. The money will fund a new Munich facility to produce semiconductor testing equipment, part of a…
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The elusive figure who is KEY to the Tyler Robinson hearing… but won’t be there: Accused killer’s trans lover Lance Twiggs to give evidence via video amid heightened security fears
Lance Twiggs, the transgender partner of Tyler Robinson — the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk — will not appear in person at a crucial pre-trial hearing in Utah this week, and will instead give evidence via recorded video, statements or transcripts. This matters because Twiggs is considered central to the prosecution’s case,…
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The Pitt earns 25 Emmy nominations, nearly doubling its debut haul
HBO Max’s medical drama “The Pitt” secured 25 Emmy nominations for its second season, nearly doubling the 13 it earned for its debut. The haul establishes the series as one of the year’s most recognised dramas and places it narrowly ahead of “Hacks”, which set a comedy-series record with 24 nods. The scale of the…
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Tal Anderson on Her First Emmy Nomination: “It’s OK to be Autistic, Disabled and Different”
HBO’s hospital drama The Pitt secured 25 Emmy nominations, among them a first-ever nod for Tal Anderson in the best guest actress category, for playing Becca King, the autistic younger sister of Taylor Dearden’s Dr Mel King. Anderson, who is autistic herself, described the recognition as a major moment, noting that she never saw characters…