CHICAGO — In the theater, success typically is associated with expansion, with going bigger, broader, grander. And yet with the theatrical sequel to J.K. Rowling’s stunningly successful series of novels about a bespectacled boy-wizard and his dramatic school friends, the British director John Tiffany has, at first glance, gone in precisely ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Mackenzie Davis knows the power of a horror movie.

The 37-year-old Canadian actress stars in the American version of “Speak No Evil,” which is a remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name. The new “Speak No Evil," now in theaters, stars Davis, James McAvoy, Scoot McNairy and Aisling Franciosi.

Davis has been a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Saturdays are usually busy days for Alma’s Place, a soul food restaurant in Compton across from the city’s courthouse.

But roughly an hour into opening on June 22, Corina Pleasant, who runs the business with her mother Alma, noticed no customers were filing in. Their parking lot, which is shared with other small businesses ...Read more

NEW YORK — It’s near-impossible to look away from Mia Farrow’s enveloping performance as a lonely but feisty Iowan in director Jack O’Brien’s staging of Jen Silverman’s quirky one-act, one-set play “The Roommate.” One fears looking down at the floor for a second and missing an implosion.

Maybe “explosion” is the better word....Read more

LOS ANGELES — It was a typical day on the set of Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," and a dead mime was screaming.

The most unsettling problem? The actor's tongue still had a visible and decidedly not-ghostly shade of pink.

Christine Blundell and her hair and makeup team quickly got a blue food dye concoction for the actor to gargle and...Read more

When Roy Wood Jr. played sports in high school, he spent a lot of time warming the bench — an experience that primed him for a career in comedy.

"Your job as a bench warmer is to come up with the heckles against the other team. I took pride in writing insults to hurl at other 15-year-olds," Wood recalled in a recent Zoom interview. "If I ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer,” the controversial British drama that was a massive hit while also making headlines about its real-life influences, has won Emmy Awards for limited series, writing and two of the acting categories.

Creator, star and executive producer Richard Gadd won a pair of Emmy Awards, his first, for writing ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — "Shōgun" had a historic 2024 Emmy night.

FX's historical drama set in feudal Japan won the Emmy for drama series on Sunday. The win caps off a night that also saw series stars Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada awarded the prizes for lead actress and lead actor in a drama series, respectively, as well as an Emmy for director ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Writer, producer and director Greg Berlanti, who has long helped increase LGBTQ+ visibility in television, was presented the Governors Award at Sunday’s Emmys ceremony. The award is given to creators who make a “profound, transformational and long-lasting contribution” to television.

Berlanti was introduced by Matt Bomer, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Hosts Dan and Eugene Levy immediately addressed the one thing that was on everyone's minds Sunday night at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards.

"I know some of you might be expecting us to make a joke about whether 'The Bear' is really a comedy ... but in the true spirit of 'The Bear,' we will not be making any jokes," Eugene Levy ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Break another Emmy Awards record? Yes, chef.

With a total of 11 wins, "The Bear" shattered its own record for the most Primetime Emmys won by a comedy series in a single year. (It first bested that same record at the last Emmy Awards with 10 trophies.)

Lead actor Jeremy Allen White and supporting actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach again ...Read more

Before the red carpet unfurled for the 2024 Emmys, there was little suspense about which shows would come out on top on television’s biggest night.

Though “Shōgun” won for best drama series as expected, the end of the night delivered a little surprise with Max’s “Hacks” besting “The Bear” for best comedy series in the show’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's stars turned out for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday. Yes, there was a ceremony in January when the 75th Emmy Awards were pushed by Hollywood's historic dual strike from their regular September date. But we welcome any excuse to celebrate the best in TV and the best fashion among TV stars and creators.

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LOS ANGELES — The 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards have come and gone, and “Hacks” scored the biggest surprise of the night, winning for comedy series over “The Bear,” which broke its own record for the most Primetime Emmys won by a comedy series in a single year with 11 overall awards.

In the drama category, FX’s “Shōgun,” the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The next marker in the Jodie Foster renaissance has been added: She just won her first ever Emmy for her role in "True Detective: Night Country."

During the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Foster took the stage at Peacock Theater to accept the statuette for lead actress in a limited series for her performance as Liz ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — “Baby Reindeer” creator and star Richard Gadd barely had time to accept the Emmy Award for best actor in a limited series before he was called back to the stage to accept another Emmy for the show itself as best limited or anthology series or TV movie.

“This is unbelievable,” when Gadd, who earlier won the Emmy for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — James Earl Jones, Martin Mull, Ryan O’Neal and Phil Donahue were among several television personalities honored during the “In Memoriam” segment of the 76th Emmy Awards.

Singer and rapper Jelly Roll performed his song “I Am Not Okay” with a small live orchestra as images of the numerous actors, producers, writers and ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” won outstanding scripted variety series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, which prompted Oliver to dedicate the award to — checks notes — his dead dog.

“We had the most fantastic, silly dog,” Oliver said after thanking his coworkers, his wife and his sons. “She ...Read more

Before the red carpet unfurled for the 2024 Emmy Awards, there was little suspense about which network would come out on top on television’s biggest night.

Disney’s FX on Hulu walked into Sunday’s awards ceremony with its “ Shōgun” and “ The Bear” boasting record-breaking nominations in the drama and comedy categories, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Leave it to Canadians to kick off an awards show with pleasant zingers.

Father-son team and first time hosts Eugene Levy and Dan Levy hit the stage Sunday at the Peacock theater to get the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards started with feel-good jokes and gentle ribbing. During their monologue, the co-creators and stars of "Schitt's ...Read more