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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…
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Heidi Klum shuns Hollywood’s weight-loss obsession after husband Tom Kaulitz told her to ‘eat more’
Supermodel and “America’s Got Talent” judge Heidi Klum has publicly rejected Hollywood’s fixation on weight loss, saying she has no interest in Ozempic or other GLP-1 drugs despite widespread speculation about their use among celebrities. The 53-year-old credits her husband, Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz, with reshaping how she views her body after decades of…
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Bethesda union says company HR forced staff to remove a display honoring their laid-off colleagues
The union representing workers at Bethesda, the studio behind Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, has alleged that the company’s human resources department ordered staff to take down a display honouring colleagues who had been laid off. The claim matters because it points to tensions between the unionised workforce and management over how recent job losses…
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Autonomous drone delivery startup Manna plots major U.S. expansion
Manna Aero, the Ireland-based autonomous drone delivery startup, has announced a significant push into the United States, marking a shift from its previously modest American presence. Backed by $50 million in venture capital raised in April, the company will build a US operations and manufacturing centre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that is expected to employ around…
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Right-to-repair extended to John Deere tractors under FTC settlement
The US Federal Trade Commission, together with five states, has reached a settlement with Deere & Company, the maker of John Deere farm equipment, over allegations that the firm unfairly restricted farmers’ ability to repair their own machinery. The regulator, which sued Deere last year, argued that the company’s policies forced equipment owners and independent…
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New Fallout Game Officially Coming After 10+ Year Wait
According to a new report, Obsidian Entertainment — the studio behind the acclaimed 2010 role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas — is set to return to the Fallout franchise with a brand-new title, nearly 16 years on. Xbox has reportedly moved the studio onto the project under the direction of New Vegas director Josh Sawyer, reuniting…
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Amazon’s New ‘Reacher’ Replacement Is Officially Coming to Theaters
Amazon MGM has officially greenlit a feature film adaptation of James Byrne’s crime thriller as it looks for a new marquee action hero in the mould of its hit series Reacher. The move reflects Hollywood’s appetite for larger-than-life literary heroes following the streaming success of Prime Video’s Reacher, starring Alan Ritchson, and marks the first…
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11 Years Later, ‘Superman’ Star’s 99-Minute Flop Is Somehow the #1 Movie in America
The 2015 comedy film *Vacation*, which stars Skyler Gisondo, has unexpectedly become the number one movie in America on streaming, ranking top on Paramount+ according to FlixPatrol. The revival is notable because Gisondo has since risen to prominence as Jimmy Olsen in James Gunn’s 2025 *Superman* reboot, and because the 99-minute film was poorly received…
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Emmy Nominations Analysis: ‘The Pitt’ And ‘Hacks’ Dominance Proves It Helps To Be On A Show Voters Actually Watch
Deadline awards columnist Pete Hammond analyses the 2026 Emmy nominations, announced on Wednesday, in which the medical drama The Pitt led with 25 nominations and the comedy Hacks set a new comedy-series record of 24 in its final season, beating the previous record held by The Studio and The Bear. Hammond argues the results confirm…