Variety

England’s World Cup Victory Over Mexico Draws Nearly 22 Million Viewers for Fox Sports

England’s upset victory over Mexico to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals delivered nearly 22 million viewers for Fox Sports on Sunday night. Viewership of the global soccer tournament viewership stayed strong over the Independence Day holiday weekend with more than 15.5 million viewers tuning in for Friday’s wild game that almost saw tiny Cabo […]

entertainment  Jul 9, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Dancing With the Stars’ Bosses, Dancers Celebrate Breaking Back Into Emmys Race: “Deeply Grateful for This Recognition”

The ABC show received its first nod in the reality competition series category after a 10-year nomination hiatus.

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

HBO Chief on ‘Heated Rivalry‘ Emmys Ineligibility: “I’m Just Proud to Have Season 2″

On a day when 'The Pitt' and ‘Hacks’ led all nominees, the network’s Casey Bloys on past successes and future uncertainty.  Also, 'The Comeback’s' AI vision: “Somebody could announce this next month."

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Joey Graceffa Signs With HeartRock Partners

The veteran creator has a new home for management. “He's not only a pioneer of the creator economy, but also a genuinely entrepreneurial-minded innovator,” says HeartRock founder Alec Shankman.

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Supergirl’: “The Middle” Singer Opens Up About “Wild” Response to Her Jimmy Eat World Cover

Kelty Greye tells The Hollywood Reporter about her melancholic rendition of the 2001 hit that she recorded three years before it landed in the DC Studios film and accepting "whether you loved it or hated it."

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Beef’ Star Charles Melton on His First Emmy Nomination: “Holy Sh**, How Exciting”

The 35-year-old actor is also an executive producer on the Netflix series, earning him a spot on the show’s best limited series or anthology nomination.

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Variety

Matt Cherniss on Apple TV’s Impressive Emmys Batting Average, and When ‘Widow’s Bay,’ ‘Pluribus’ and ‘Severance’ Might Return

Apple TV execs can’t help crowing at their Emmy nomination batting average: 87 nominations (the platform’s best showing yet) across 15 programs — out of just 31 titles that were submitted for voter consideration, less than half of what its competitors submitted. “This just reinforces our strategy, the ‘quality over quantity’ approach to programming that […]

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Variety

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 […]

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Summer House’: Lindsay Hubbard, Kyle Cooke and Carl Radke React to Show’s “Surreal” Emmy Nom

The three original castmembers hopped on phone calls with The Hollywood Reporter to celebrate the news: "It's been 10 years of most of us just sharing our blood, sweat and tears and journeys with the world."

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

The 2026 Emmy Nominations Spread the Love, but Not Far Enough

THR's TV reviewers discuss the thrills and frustrations of this year's crop, from the love for 'Widow's Bay' to the omissions of 'The Lowdown' and 'Lord of the Flies.'

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Variety

Oregon A.G. Seeks Delay of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Suggests DOJ Approval Was ‘Corrupt’

The Oregon attorney general’s office has asked a judge to grant a 60-day delay on the closing of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, as it continues to investigate whether the deal violates antitrust law. Judge Eric Dahlin, of Multnomah County Superior Court, will hold a hearing on the motion on Monday. Lawyers for Paramount Skydance have […]

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Hacks’ Creators on Their Record-Breaking Emmy Nomination Haul: “Incredible Way to End”

The HBO Max comedy series picked up 24 nominations for its final season.

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Variety

Anonymous Content’s Darren Walker on Company’s 10 Emmy Nominations and Nominee Sally Field’s ‘Motherly’ Dating Advice

Darren Walker has only been on the job as president and CEO of Anonymous Content for five months so the noise that he heard at the company’s New York City office Wednesday morning was something new. “I walked into yelps and screams and cheers,” Walker tells me. “I felt like I was at a college […]

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

The Guardian Culture

How to Get Filthy Rich With Gary Stevenson review – how did this end up such an embarrassment?

This evangelising of a wealth tax should have made for a truly amazing documentary. But it allows its host to be totally out-argued by all his interviewees. Why?What do we do about a country in which the richest 56 people in the UK have as much wealth as the poorest 27 million? What do we do about a world that has just witnessed the birth of its first trillionaire? What do we do about an era in which you can interview the owner of a telecoms company in his multi-million-pound Hyde Park apartment

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘The Pitt’s’ Brittany Allen, Jeff Kober Earn Emmy Noms After Self-Submitting for Guest Star

"'The Pitt' has hundreds of performers and we simply, just strategically, can’t submit everybody," said HBO chief Casey Bloys, adding that the studio encourages self-submission.

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Variety

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 arrived Wednesday morning, spreading the wealth across 117 categories and 610 nominations. But beneath the impressive numbers was a clear story: HBO Max reaffirmed its status as television’s dominant awards force, Apple TV completed its ascent into the industry’s top tier, and several presumed contenders discovered just […]

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Variety

Salman Rushdie Says AI Has ‘Zero’ Role in Storytelling, Teases New ‘Midnight’s Children’ TV Adaptation, Film of ‘The Ground Beneath Her Feet’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Salman Rushdie has declared that artificial intelligence has no role to play in literature, cinema or storytelling of any kind, dismissing the technology as fundamentally incapable of originality. “Nothing. Zero,” Rushdie tells Variety when asked what part AI should play in creative work. “It’s not useful to creative work because AI has no capacity for […]

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Television City May Be Sold as Owner Piles Up $357 Million In Debt

Depressed production levels force Hackman Capital to relinquish control of studio complexes across L.A. A bid for Manhattan Beach Studios involves plans to clear its soundstages.

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Katie Price: Nothing to Hide review – the bit about Hugh Hefner’s body is extremely candid

The one-woman phenomenon is typically outspoken in her new documentary series. But don’t expect much in the way of insight from this carefully manufactured show‘In 10 years’ time,” muses 30 Rock’s Jack Donaghy as he watches his employee Kenneth the page walk back to his desk, “we’ll either all be working for him or dead by his hand.” I have always felt much the same way about Katie Price, AKA Jordan, née Katrina Infield, the 90s glamour model turned celebrity turned businesswoman turned cultural

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026

Variety

‘Hacks’ Spinoff Will Never Happen, Paul W. Downs Says: ‘We Feel So Happy With How It Ended’

After the fifth and final season of “Hacks” broke the record for most-nominated comedy series at the Emmys, it’d be natural to hope for more of the beloved show in the future. But speaking with Variety this morning after nominations were announced, co-creator and star Paul W. Downs explained why a Jimmy and Kayla spinoff […]

entertainment  Jul 8, 2026