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‘Hacks’ Creators on Their Record-Breaking Emmy Nomination Haul: “Incredible Way to End”
The final season of the HBO Max comedy Hacks has secured a record-breaking 24 Emmy nominations (25 including a nod for the short-form spin-off Hacks: Bit by Bit), the most ever received by a comedy series in Emmy history. The haul surpasses the previous record of 23 nominations, set by The Studio in 2025 and…
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Jimmy Tatro Circling Major Role In Jimmy Olsen ‘Superman’ Spinoff Series
Actor Jimmy Tatro is in talks to take on the role of the supervillain Gorilla Grodd in DC Crime, a live-action spinoff from James Gunn’s Superman film, according to sources cited by Deadline. Notably, the report comes before the series has been formally greenlit, making Tatro’s involvement a developing prospect rather than a confirmed deal.…
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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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As Top Streamers Battle Churn, Emerging AI Start-Up Versus Offers Ways To Hold On To Viewers
Versus, an AI start-up that has been operating in stealth mode, has emerged publicly with technology designed to help streaming platforms combat subscriber churn. The company creates interactive AI overlays that let viewers “play along” with what they are watching or reading, and it has already worked with major players including Disney+, Paramount+, HBO Max,…
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Xbox just laid off a core Bethesda artist who worked on Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, and Fallout 4 – 27-year veteran Christiane Meister
This just keeps getting worse
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Salman Rushdie Says AI Has ‘Zero’ Role in Storytelling, Teases New ‘Midnight’s Children’ TV Adaptation, Film of ‘The Ground Beneath Her Feet’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Author Salman Rushdie has dismissed artificial intelligence as having “zero” role in literature, film or storytelling, arguing the technology is fundamentally incapable of originality. Speaking to Variety before accepting Liberatum’s 14th Cultural Honor in London on 8 July, he said AI can only absorb vast amounts of information and reproduce versions of it, whereas true…
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MUSE Announces North American Amphitheater Tour Behind The Wow! Signal – Grateful Web
The supplied article contains no usable content — the text captured is only Google’s cookie-consent and sign-in boilerplate, along with a list of language options, rather than the news story itself. As a result, the reported announcement cannot be summarised from the material provided. According to the headline alone, the band Muse has announced a…
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Guillermo del Toro Reunites With ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Stars for 20th Anniversary Panel at SDCC 2026
Details on our upcoming Pan’s Labyrinth Q&A panel at SDCC 2026, with special guests Guillermo del Toro, Ivana Baquero, and Doug Jones.
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Laid-off id Software artist says Microsoft is ‘nuking the team into the dirt’ and is now the size of a ‘support studio’
“This is what insanity and despicable corporate greed looks like,” said another artist.
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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…