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Angela Simmons apologizes after facing backlash for her accessory choice at the 2024 BET Awards, where she toted a bedazzled green purse shaped like a gun.

BET publishes Usher's full lifetime achievement award speech after it 'inadvertently muted' the R&B icon during the 2024 BET Awards. Here's a full transcript.

The invitees include Oscar-winning actor Da'Vine Joy Randolph and nominee Lily Gladstone, with 44% identifying as women and 41% from underrepresented ethnic/racial communities.

Jon Stewart gets on a streak while the veteran comic actor Elaine Stritch has an exciting night

This week, we sit down with Naomi Watts to discuss 'Feud: Capote vs. the Swans' and talk to showrunner Issa López about 'True Detective: Night Country.'

That time a future president handed an Emmy to a future gubernatorial candidate

A look back at the 2004 Emmy nominees in the supporting actor categories proves that a modern golden age of TV was in full force.

Here's why reality TV fans had a bit of a challenge on their hands trying to watch their favorite shows at the Emmys a couple decades ago.

Larry David had extraordinary runs with both 'Seinfeld' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' but you would never know it from his Emmy count.

Writer-director-creator Noah Hawley's nonformulaic casting formula keeps fans on their toes. "'Fargo' walks in the shoes of comedy, and also tragedy," executive producer Warren Littlefield notes of its stars.

'We wanted to use the light and camera to tell a compelling story visually,' says cinematographer Martin Ahlgren of '3 Body Problem.'

'Brian and Sandra have restored my faith in the ability of a small group of people to change the world,' the TV journalist says of the couple at the heart of "For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign."

"I was learning along the way," says documentary filmmaker Christopher Burke. "Brian and Sandra's love story forms the spine of [the film], but then we had to make people understand the basics of this disease."

For executive producer Cian O'Clery, the main thing is for audiences to get to know people on the autism spectrum "who are super diverse."

'We knew we needed to wrap our challenging elements inside a story that is universal and modern,' says the series creator.

Corsets and gorgeous gowns have long dominated the period costume design conversation. But this season, turning back the clock showcases how menswear is pulling focus.

'We had the actors jump out of the bomb bay on stunt lines, and we hit 'em with a load of wind and basically scared the life out of them,' stunt coordinator Lee Morrison says of simulating the fliers parachuting out of their planes.

A speed round of questions for the flock of feathered friends splashing around Tom Hollander's titular Capote in the FX limited series.

'lt was like a really good line of demarcation for me from one phase of my career to another. And I'm a big fan of Black Twitter. I engage in it. I love it,' says the series producer.

'Decent people still exist and the sense of civility — how are we going to get back to that from where we've ended up? That's really what the show wrestles with,' the series creator says.

Devery Jacobs and Paulina Alexis on improvising on set (Alexis rules).

'We're taught to be scared, politically and creatively,' the showrunner says of working in Hollywood and speaking out.

'There are still many, many fabulous stories of World War II,' says executive producer Gary Goetzman, who also worked on 'Band of Brothers' and 'The Pacific.' But don't expect a fourth installment in the limited series category, he says.

Just as with real-life assassination attempts, to really understand the power of 'The West Wing's' two-part Season 2 premiere, 'In the Shadow of Two Gunmen,' requires a look back at the actions before the attack.

Columnist Glenn Whipp takes an early look at how Emmy voters might be leaning as voting is underway for this year's awards.

Production designer John Carlos and set decorator Ellen Reede found much of what they needed at a Beverly Hills estate sale, including Yvette Mimieux's bed.

Sure, it wasn't seamless — as when the CBS broadcast cut off prematurely — but that's all part of rock 'n' roll.

'This job was particularly complicated in terms of research,' says costume designer Carlos Rosario, whose team made about 2,300 costumes for the series.

From the palpable isolation of a squalid New York apartment to the shadowy charms of ancient Italian streets, 'Ripley' is a vision of style.

'She was really marching to a beat of her own a lot of the time. I don't think I really realized the forces that were against her doing a lot of that,' the actor says of learning more about the princess.