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Monday, Jul 1

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ESPN Responds to Criticism Over Prince Harry’s ESPY Award Honor

The ESPY Awards is addressing some criticism over Prince Harry’s upcoming honor during the ceremony. The Duke of Sussex is set to receive the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the 2024 ESPYS for his work with The Invictus Games Foundation.…

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BET Apologizes to Usher, Says “Audio Malfunction” Led to Portions of His Speech Being “Inadvertently Muted”

When Usher received the Lifetime Achievement Award during Sunday’s BET Awards, a good amount of his speech was muted. But BET has apologized to the singer, adding that an “audio malfunction” led to portions of his 13-minute speech being…

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BET Awards: Stars Weigh in on Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar Feud and 5 Other Things You Didn’t See on TV

The 2024 BET Awards aired live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, toasting this year’s standout actors, comedians and singers across the culture. It was hosted by Taraji P. Henson for the third time, as the actress balanced…

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Blue Ivy Carter Wins BET Award as Family Congratulates 12-Year-Old on Social Media

Blue Ivy Carter has another award to add to her collection. The 12-year-old daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z nabbed the YoungStars Award, which honors child and teen entertainers, at the 2024 BET Awards. The show aired Sunday night on BET,…

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Ayo Edebiri, Wendell Pierce, ‘Genius: MLK/X’ Among 2024 AAFCA TV Honors Winners

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has announced the winners of this year’s AAFCA TV Honors, which honors achievements in TV and streaming. Black Twitter: A People’s History won the best documentary prize, while best…

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O.J. Simpson Featured During “In Memoriam” Segment at BET Awards

O.J. Simpson was among those featured in the “In Memoriam” segment at the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday night — a move that came as a surprise to some in attendance. The audience had been applauding as photos were shown during the montage. But…

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Usher Reflects on Family, Fatherhood and Forgiveness in BET Awards Lifetime Achievement Speech

Usher was honored with the lifetime achievement award Sunday night at the 2024 BET Awards with an all-star tribute performance, followed by a speech heavy on self-reflection that emphasized forgiveness and fatherhood. Legendary producers…

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Killer Mike Gives Fiery Speech at BET Awards, References Recent Legal Woes and Urges Viewers to Get Politically Involved

Killer Mike gave a passionate speech at the BET Awards on Sunday night, referencing his recent legal issues and encouraging viewers to get politically involved. He started out by giving the customary list of thank-yous, including his wife,…

Will Smith Gives Rousing Performance of His New Inspirational Song “You Can Make It” at BET Awards

Will Smith hit the BET Awards stage Sunday night to perform a brand-new song, “You Can Make It,” backed by the Sunday Service Choir, Chandler Moore and Kirk Franklin. Smith kicked off the performance standing on what was meant to look like…

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BET Awards: Winners List

Victoria Monet, Killer Mike and Usher were among the big winners at the 2024 BET Awards, which took place Sunday night. Tyla won the first award of the night, for best international act, and later collected the award for best new artist.…

Thursday, Jun 27

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Acting Icon Isabelle Huppert to Receive French Lumière Award

Iconic French actress Isabelle Huppert will be honored at this year’s Lumière Festival in Lyon with the prestigious Lumière Award for her contribution to cinema. “Her career encompasses an immense part of the history of contemporary cinema…

Wednesday, Jun 26

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ESPY Awards: Simone Biles, Caitlin Clark, Patrick Mahomes Among 2024 Nominees

Simone Biles, Jaylen Brown, Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, Patrick Mahomes and Shohei Ohtani are among the top nominees for the 2024 ESPY Awards. The winners will be announced at the July 11 ceremony, which will be hosted by Serena Williams…

Tuesday, Jun 25

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Film Academy Invites 487 to Join Including Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Lily Gladstone, Chris Silbermann and Celine Song

Four hundred and eighty-seven members of the global film community — among them Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone, Past Lives filmmaker Celine Song, CAA managing partner Chris Silbermann, and SAG-AFTRA national executive…

Monday, Jun 24

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Teyana Taylor, CAA’s Lorrie Bartlett to Be Honored at Culture Creators Awards (Exclusive)

Teyana Taylor and CAA’s Lorrie Bartlett are among the honorees who will be recognized at the eighth annual Culture Creators Innovators and Leaders Awards Brunch later this week. Bartlett will be honored with the Icon Award for her…

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Indian Drama ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ Wins Transylvania Film Festival

Indian cinema triumphs at the 23rd Transylvania International Film Festival, which took place June 14-24 in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca. First-time director Shuchi Talati won the Transylvania Trophy, the top prize of the International…

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The Hollywood Reporter Wins Best Website, Print Journalist of the Year at SoCal Journalism Awards

The Hollywood Reporter won best website and Rebecca Keegan was named print journalist of the year at the 66th annual SoCal Journalism Awards, which were handed out Sunday night. THR won a total of 11 first-place prizes, including prizes…

Saturday, Jun 22

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Jonathan Majors Tearily Accepts Perseverance Award: “I’ve Had to Embody That Word More Than I Wished or Wanted To”

“I reckon folks want to know about the last year,” Jonathan Majors began at the Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards on Friday, where he was honored with the Perseverance Award, before beginning a tear-filled, 17-minute long speech about his…

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Hollywood Flashback: ‘Queer Eye’ Hit Fab Status at the Emmys 20 Years Ago

Queer Eye has proven to clean up quite nicely, with the unscripted television franchise having collected 12 Emmy wins from 38 total nominations. It landed its first Emmy for its debut season after initially launching as Queer Eye for the…

Friday, Jun 21

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Behind the Most “Badass” One-Take Scene in ‘Hacks’

Season three of Max’s Hacks begins with a suspended camera pan above the Las Vegas Strip that guides viewers inside Caesars Palace, where it follows a familiar figure through the casino for a gag of a reveal. Captured in one take, the shot…

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Jane Lynch on Walking the Line Between Biting Wit and Saying “Insulting Things”

Chatting with Jane Lynch about The Weakest Link, I set myself up for a dose of the biting humor that keeps audiences tuned in to the NBC game show week after week, when I ask an unfortunately cliché question. “Is there any celebrity guest…

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The Family Trauma That Went Into ‘3 Body Problem’ (Guest Column)

A few months before 3 Body Problem launched on Netflix, I did something I’d never done before. I showed the opening sequence to my mother. The scene depicts a “struggle session,” a public rally where a physics professor is murdered by a…

Thursday, Jun 20

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‘Hot Ones’ and ‘Good Mythical Morning’ Hosts on YouTube Shows Finally Being Able to Compete for Emmys

In Sean Evans’ view, if Hot Ones was just about generating viral clips of celebs eating hot wings from hell, the show would have lost its appeal a while ago. Why it’s lasted for 24 seasons, he says, is the meaningful conversations that go…

2024 Gotham Awards Date Revealed (Exclusive)

The date for the 2024 Gotham Awards, one of the first high-profile ceremonies of Oscars season, has been set. The 34th annual Gotham Awards will take place on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. This year’s event will…

Wednesday, Jun 19

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‘We’re Here’ Drag Queens on Educating Viewers: “We Are Natural, We Are Normal”

Since its inception, Max’s We’re Here has had a bold premise: Three real-life drag queens sashay out onto the streets across small-town America to coach ordinary people to perform in drag onstage, and hopefully foster some enlightenment…

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The Game Show With The Most Emmy Wins? Answer: What Is ‘Jeopardy?’

Did you know Jeopardy! has won the most Emmys of any game show? The show, which has been on the air since 1964, even holds a Guinness World Record for its total 44 wins in its 60-year history (as of last July, the show has received a total…

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How to Create a Show About a Grieving Black Female P.I. “Without Apologizing for Being Bold”

Diarra Kilpatrick is the consummate multihyphenate: creator, co-writer and star of the BET+ noir dramedy Diarra From Detroit, which mines real elements of her life to tell a classic mystery tale that also deals with grief. “I wanted to…

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Dave Filoni on How ‘Ahsoka’ Brought Anakin Back

It was a moment Star Wars fans had been waiting for: the reunion of Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) and her former master, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen). Who better to direct that episode of Ahsoka than Dave Filoni, who created the…

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‘Girls5eva’ Creator Meredith Scardino on the Secret Sauce of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock Comedies

Returning from an almost two-year break in March, all three seasons of Girls5eva are currently on Netflix. And while the show didn’t manage to crack the streamer’s desirable (albeit kind of mysterious) Top 10, creator and showrunner…

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Viggo Mortensen, Daniel Brühl, Clive Owen to Receive Karlovy Vary Film Festival Honors

Viggo Mortensen, Daniel Brühl and Clive Owen will receive Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) honors at the Czech fest’s 58th edition this year. Organizers revealed on Wednesday that actor-director Mortensen will receive the…

Tuesday, Jun 18

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‘And Just Like That’ Star Karen Pittman on The Possibility of Nya Returning: “There’s More Story to Tell”

Karen Pittman always looked for the humorous moments in having to juggle simultaneous shoots, on opposite coasts, for And Just Like That and The Morning Show, flying back and forth two to three times a month. One was using the time during…