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Widow’s Bay and The Pitt were the big winners at the 78th annual Emmy Awards.

It was The Pitt that took home the award for outstanding drama series, while Widow’s Bay won for outstanding comedy series. Widow’s Bay also won the most awards overall with six, including outstanding writing for a comedy series, outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series, outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series and outstanding directing for a comedy series.

Noah Wyle won outstanding lead actor in a drama series for the second consecutive year for playing Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch in the medical drama The Pitt. Rhea Seehorn took home the prize for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for her role in Pluribus.

It was Matthew Rhys who took home the award for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for Widow’s Bay. The win was his second of the night, after also earning the prize for outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie for The Beast in Me. Jean Smart won her historic fifth Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for starring in Hacks.

Mariska Hargitay hosted the awards show, which featured cameos from her famous friends Jalen Brunson and Taylor Swift.

Here is a list of the winners of the 78th Emmys:

Outstanding comedy series
Widow’s Bay

Outstanding drama series
The Pitt

Outstanding limited or anthology series
DTF St. Louis

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series
Kate O’Flynn, Widow’s Bay

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series
Jean Smart, Hacks

Outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie
Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series
Stephen Root, Widow’s Bay

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series
Allison Janney, The Diplomat

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus

Outstanding reality competition program
The Traitors

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series
Noah Wyle, The Pitt

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series
Tom Pelphrey, Task

Outstanding lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie
Sally Field, Remarkably Bright Creatures

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series
Matthew Rhys, Widow’s Bay

Outstanding writing for a comedy series
Katie Dippold, Widow’s Bay

Outstanding directing for a drama series
Saul Metzstein, Slow Horses

Outstanding variety series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Outstanding directing for a comedy series
Hiro Murai, Widow’s Bay

Outstanding writing for a drama series
Vince Gilligan, Pluribus

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Brie Larson is headed to Italy.

The Oscar winner is set to star in and executive produce the film adaptation of Rebecca Serle’s book One Italian Summer. Enola Holmes director Harry Bradbeer will direct the movie for Paramount Pictures.

Larson confirmed her casting in a post shared to Instagram on Monday. The photo finds Larson holding the book open as she gives a soft smile to the camera.

“See you in Positano,” she captioned the photo.

One Italian Summer follows a woman named Katy who travels to Positano, Italy, alone after her mother and best friend, Carol, dies. As she arrives on the Amalfi Coast Katy feels her mother’s spirit, but then she sees her in the flesh.

“Healthy, sun-tanned, and thirty years old. Katy doesn’t understand what is happening, or how—all she can focus on is that she has somehow, impossibly, gotten her mother back. Over the course of one Italian summer, Katy gets to know Carol, not as her mother, but as the young woman before her,” according to the book’s official synopsis.

Serle also posted about Larson’s casting.

“Away we go,” she captioned her post of the same photo of Larson.

Deadline reports the film is set for a theatrical release on May 12, 2028, during Mother’s Day weekend.

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Celebrity designer Bob Mackie, who created looks for stars including Cher, Diana Ross and Carol Burnett, has died at the age of 87, according to a statement posted Monday on his Instagram page.

“He lived his 87 years to the fullest, fulfilling his dream of being a Fashion and Costume Designer, which is all he ever wanted to do,” the statement said. “His genius and extraordinary designs will live on forever, continuing to bring beauty into this world.”

Mackie’s extensive and award-winning career spanned over 60 years. The California native started his career as a sketch artist for film costume designers before he became the costume designer for actress and singer Mitzi Gaynor’s Las Vegas Review shows in the 1960s.

He went on to design costumes for The Carol Burnett Show for 11 years, an experience he described as “fabulous” in an interview with GMA3 in November 2024.

At the time, Mackie was promoting his documentary, Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion, and he opened up about what it takes to thrive in costume design.

“When you’re a costume designer, you better understand what that person does,” Mackie said. “‘What, as a performer, what kind of timing do they have? How do they move if they’re a dancer?’ It’s all you have to think about that. You don’t just send them out in a sweet little dress and hope for the best. It doesn’t work that way.”

Mackie was celebrated widely for his work, earning nine Emmy Awards, three Oscar nominations and a coveted spot in the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2002, during his lifetime. He also was recognized for his contributions to The Cher Show with a 2019 Tony Award.

His costumes also graced many theater stages, from Lorelei in 1974 with Carol Channing, to 1999’s Minnelli On Minnelli with Liza Minnelli. Mackie launched his ready-to-wear Mackie label in 1982 and even collaborated with Mattel to design stylish outfits for the toy company’s iconic Barbie dolls.

Mackie was known for his choice in bright colors, glamorous designs with intricate beadwork and feathers and most notably, his “nude illusion” dresses with mesh paneling that matched wearers’ skin tones.

 

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The West End revival of Sunday in the Park with George is no more.

Producers on the upcoming production made the announcement of the show’s cancellation to Instagram on Monday.

“The planned 2027 production of Sunday in the Park with George at the Barbican will no longer proceed as scheduled,” the post reads. “Empire Street Productions will retain the rights with a view to presenting the production in 2028. Further details will be announced in due course.”

This announcement comes two weeks after Jonathan Bailey dropped out of the show. He left almost a month after his Wicked co-star Ariana Grande announced she was exiting the same production.

“Ari is one of my dearest friends, and my support for her is unwavering. … After much consideration, I have decided to also step back from Sunday in the Park with George,” Bailey wrote on his Instagram Story at the time.

At the time of Bailey’s departure on Sept. 1, the production said it was continuing on and casting new actors to play the lead characters of George and Dot.

“Following Ariana Grande’s withdrawal, Jonathan Bailey has informed the producers that he has also decided to withdraw from Sunday in the Park with George. Work on the production continues,” the statement read. “Casting decisions are actively under way, and the creative team is reshaping the production around a new company while preserving the ambition and artistic integrity of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical.”

The statement concluded with, “Further casting and production details will be announced in due course.”

Grande left the production in August, when she announced plans to take a break from public-facing work following the end of her Eternal Sunshine Tour.

“Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour,” her representative said in a statement to ABC News at the time.

“She looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny,” the statement continued.

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The investigation into the death of actress Hayden Panettiere is now a cross-country investigation in both Los Angeles and South Carolina, sources told ABC News.

While toxicology reports are still pending, sources say investigators are focusing on what drugs may have played a role in her death, and where the drugs came from.

Panettiere, known for her roles in Heroes, Nashville and Ice Princess, died on Aug. 16 after she was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest at a residence in Greenville, South Carolina.

First responders attempted to resuscitate her, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Panettiere’s official cause and manner of death have not yet been announced.

The actress flew from Los Angeles to South Carolina the day before her death, sources say.

The Greenville City Police Department is leading the investigation into Panettiere’s death, with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration assisting, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News last month.

In response to DEA joining the investigation into her death, a representative for Panettiere told ABC News in an Aug. 20 statement, “There’s nothing to be shared at this time as the investigation is ongoing but we are hopeful that justice will be served.”

Sources told ABC News the investigation into Panettiere’s death could be looking into street-level drug dealers who may have provided drugs to the late actress.

Brian Hickerson, Panettiere’s on-again, off-again boyfriend, and his brother Zach Hickerson were present at the scene of her death, according to a police report previously obtained by ABC News. The responding police officer added in the report that Brian Hickerson showed them “the bag of medication Hayden is currently on.”

The report noted that Panettiere had been “temporarily staying” at the residence where she was found.

Brian Hickerson’s attorney shared a statement with ABC News on Aug. 20, in response to the police report, writing, “Hayden’s death remains under investigation and it is important to allow that investigation to proceed. As has been publicly reported, police confirmed there were no signs of foul play.”

“Out of respect for Hayden’s loved ones and the ongoing investigation, there will be no further comment at this time,” the statement added.

Prior to her death, Panettiere opened up about her substance abuse issues, which she said ran concurrent with her successful acting career. The actress wrote about her struggles in her memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning, released in May, and spoke about them in press interviews.

“When I got to the point of looking in the mirror and seeing my eyes had turned yellow, and that I didn’t recognize my body anymore … I went into that doctor’s office and got a blood test, and he told me, ‘If you don’t stop, you’re going to be looking at a liver transplant,'” Panettiere said on the Tamron Hall Show earlier this year about her decision to enter a rehabilitation center in 2020.

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Ransom Canyon is no more. Variety reports that Netflix has canceled the romantic drama series after two seasons. The show starred Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly and was set in the Texas Hill Country. According to its logline, the series followed “the intersecting lives of deep-rooted families in a town where your neighbors know everyone’s business.” …

Heated Rivalry star François Arnaud has found his next gig. The actor has joined the cast of Mike Birbiglia’s upcoming comedy Old Friends New Friends. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Arnaud joins the cast of the summer camp comedy that also includes Kathryn Newton, Lucas Hedges, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Geraldine Viswanathan and Dylan Gelula …

Noah Reid is set to join the Sheriff County universe. Deadline reports the Schitt’s Creek star will appear in an upcoming episode of CBS’ Sheriff Country as the character Dr. Hudson “Hud” Henshaw. The network hopes Reid will headline a medical drama spinoff of the series that is currently in development …

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Travis Kelce is sharing new insights on the night he married Taylor Swift.

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end sat down with quarterback Patrick Mahomes for an interview with ESPN that will air on Monday ahead of the Kansas City and the Denver Broncos football game. A sneak peek of the interview aired Friday on the network, according to People.

“It was the best night of my life. Marrying Taylor was more than I could have ever dreamed it to be because of all the people that showed up, and the amount of, you know, love that was in the air,” Kelce said.

Mahomes also shared some thoughts of his own on Kelce and Swift’s wedding night.

“My perspective, it was a lot of fun, I did a little dancing. I didn’t know if I was gonna be able to dance, and it was good to get my first dancing experience of the offseason,” Mahomes said.

Kelce and Swift were married on July 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The pair wed in a ceremony said to have included over 1,000 guests. No official wedding photos have been released.

Adam Sandler officiated the couple’s ceremony. Swift’s brother, Austin Swift, served as her man of honor while Kelce’s brother, Jason Kelce, was his best man. They were the only members of the wedding party.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos game starts at 8:15 p.m. ET on Monday. The interview with Kelce and Mahomes will air just before kickoff.

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Netflix has released the official trailer for Josh Hartnett’s new series, Below. Hartnett is joined by Mackenzie Davis and Charlie Heaton in the supernatural thriller about a sea creature that terrorizes a remote fishing community. The six-episode mini series debuts Oct. 8 … 

We have our first look at Rose Byrne’s latest TV role. Byrne joins Meghann Fahy and Brendan Gleeson for the Peacock drama The Good Daughter, a new thriller based on the 2017 novel by Karin Slaughter. The series follows sisters Charlotte (Fahy) and Samantha (Byrne), whose lives are upended by a night of violence in their small Southern town. The series drops Nov. 12 …

A new avatar rises in the first official trailer for Avatar: Seven Havens. The all-new animated series will debut on Paramount+ Oct. 9, continuing the story of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra …

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Andrew Garfield stars as a leader of the rebellion against King Richard II in The Uprising.

While Garfield’s character is the star of the film, as well as a leader of the ferocious rebellion he takes part in, he has no name. The character is only referred to as Ploughman. He’s a simple farmer living in medieval England grieving the family he lost during The Plague.

Audiences experience the film through the eyes of someone who represents an everyday person. One who doesn’t think of himself as a leader, and yet is one inherently.

“I think that’s one of the reasons why he is seen as a leader and reluctantly given that role, because he doesn’t want it,” Garfield told ABC Audio. “I think it’s a sign of a true leader because they know the cost. No one would want to be a leader if they knew the true nature of it.”

Garfield said Ploughman’s sense of humility is “a dying art form in our consciousness.”

“I think all of our leaders could use a hefty dose of it — a kind of acceptance of their own humanity — which allows them to be in touch with the humanity of others,” Garfield said.

Ploughman is “someone who can feel deep compassion for the people around him because he knows his own pain and he knows his own lostness. That’s a real leader as far as I’m concerned,” Garfield said.

And while this film’s story takes place during the 1300s, Garfield supports modern interpretations of its themes. Encourages them even, he says.

“There’s a reason to make this film. I think the urgency of making this film is because even though these events were centuries old, they feel like a distant mirror to the times we’re in, today, tomorrow, if we’re not careful,” Garfield said.

The actor expressed that he feels “there is a deep wounded rage and sense of injustice that a lot of us in this world are feeling right now, whether we’re talking about it or not.”

“I feel like it’s rumbling underneath most cultures, most interactions and I feel like there’s a real longing to set the world right, to see people brought to justice that seem to be above the law because they are laws that they are governing themselves,” Garfield said.

Garfield said he believes there’s a lot of corruption in the world right now.

“If justice is coming from God then laws are coming from man and those laws are corrupt,” he said.

Garfield then put it very plainly: “I think we’re in trouble.”

“I think a film like this is hopefully shedding some light on the trouble we’re in, and a healing and a reckoning that we need to do as a human race,” he said.

The Uprising comes from Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass. It opens in theaters on Friday. 

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JLaw is now on IG.

Jennifer Lawrence has officially joined Instagram. The Oscar winner created her account on Wednesday and posted her first video on Thursday, where she warned her already amassed 1.5 million followers that she will quit the social media platform if anyone is mean to her.

“So yeah, I am giving it a shot and if anyone says anything negative I will quit immediately, no questions asked,” Lawrence said in the video. “If anyone thinks something mean, I’ll know. I’ll know and I’ll quit.”

The actress doubled down on her stance in a post shared to her Instagram Story on Thursday.

“Please be mindful that any mean or aggressive comments can negatively affect the baby. It’s me. I’m the baby,” Lawrence wrote.

Lawrence’s handle on the platform is @jlaw, and her Instagram bio hints that it was not her first choice.

“jenniferlawrence was taken,” her bio reads.

The comments section is riddled with fans posting everything from excitement and support to gifs of her The Hunger Games character Katniss Everdeen hoisting the three finger salute of respect.

Actresses Zoey Deutch and Beth Behrs also took to the comments, with Deutch writing, “wow finally some good news,” and Behrs offering up two fire emojis.

Lawrence currently follows 46 people on Instagram, including Stephen Colbert, her Hunger Games co-star Josh Hutcherson, Keke Palmer, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim Kardashian, her husband Cooke Maroney and Miss Piggy. She is currently developing a movie about the Muppet with her friend Emma Stone.

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