Attenborough, 99, Sets Daytime Emmy Record

 

Sir David Attenborough, 99, broke Dick Van Dyke’s mark as the oldest Daytime Emmy winner, taking daytime personality, non-daily for hosting Netflix’s Secret Lives of Orangutans. Jonathan Jackson of General Hospital and Susan Walters of The Young and the Restless won supporting awards, while General Hospital also earned trophies for...

Daytime Emmys in Pasadena Honor Norville, Debut Categories

 

Stars of daytime TV gathered at Pasadena Civic Auditorium as the Daytime Emmys rolled out the red carpet today. Host Mario Lopez leads a lineup of presenters spanning soaps to talk and culinary, including Deidre Hall, Scott Clifton, Carla Hall, and Ross Mathews. The broadcast will salute television legends: Deborah...

General Hospital Dominates Daytime Emmys Night

 

The 52nd Annual Daytime Emmys closed in Pasadena with ABC’s General Hospital crowned Best Drama Series, capping a seven-trophy night under host Mario Lopez. Nancy Lee Grahn and Jonathan Jackson added acting wins for GH, while Paul Telfer (Days of Our Lives) and Susan Walters (The Young and the Restless)...

Hill pitch spurs Derrickson Black Phone sequel

 

Scott Derrickson returns to helm Black Phone 2 after Joe Hill’s email — “The Grabber calls Finn from hell” — unlocked the sequel. Waiting until his young leads aged into high school, he set the story in 1982, four years later. Finn wrestles with notoriety and numbness, while Gwen, outed...

Duffers Seal Final Season, Tease Spinoffs

 

Matt and Ross Duffer say Stranger Things' fifth season will close every major arc, even as they develop a spinoff that won’t continue existing characters or expand the show’s mythology. They’ll create it and stay hands-on, but won’t serve as showrunners; Netflix’s Bela Bajaria says the concept remains secret and...

Black Phone 2 earns $2.6M in previews

 

Universal and Blumhouse’s Black Phone 2 generated $2.6 million in Thursday previews across 2,900 theaters, narrowly trailing the original’s $3 million and mirroring Smile 2’s $2.5 million. The Scott Derrickson-directed sequel is tracking to a $20–$30 million opening, holds a 74% Rotten Tomatoes score, and cost a net $30 million....

Cyndi Lauper, Gracie Abrams Trade Inspirations

 

Forty-two years after Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper sits in a north Brooklyn studio with 26-year-old Gracie Abrams, trading stories and nodding to Rickie Lee Jones’ The Last Chance Texaco. They connect over writer’s block and the trance of a song arriving whole. Lauper, fresh off a...

Euphoria Season 3 Expands Cast, Premieres 2026

 

HBO’s Euphoria is heading into a third—and possibly final—season, set to premiere in 2026 after a time jump that moves the characters beyond high school. The eight-episode run adds 18 new actors alongside returning cast; previously revealed newcomers include Sharon Stone, Rosalía, Marshawn Lynch, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Toby Wallace. Filming...

South Park spotlights viral 'six, seven' meme

 

South Park’s season 28 premiere spotlighted a new schoolyard fixation: kids murmuring 'six, seven'—a phrase even a fictionalized Peter Thiel repeats as part of a secret South Park Elementary cult. The meme began with rapper Skrilla’s December 2024 track 'Doot Doot,' then exploded on TikTok via edits featuring 6-foot-7 LaMelo...

Chair Company Sets HBO’s Biggest Comedy Debut

 

Tim Robinson’s The Chair Company premiered Sunday with a splash, becoming HBO’s most-watched comedy series debut in over five years, drawing 1.4 million U.S. cross-platform viewers over its first three days. It also ranks among the top three comedy premieres in HBO Max history, alongside And Just Like That and...