Creative

• Noah Wyle hosted the second night of the Creative Arts Emmys to announce winners for various television categories. • The ceremony introduced a new Legacy Award to honor programs that have made a lasting impact on society and the television industry. • The Special Awards committee selects candidates for the Legacy Award annually before the Board of Governors casts the final vote.

• The 2026 Creative Arts Emmys awarded winners across 53 categories, including scripted programming, animation, and visual effects. • The series Widow's Bay led the ceremony by winning a total of eight statuettes. • Linda Cardellini and David Harbour from DTF St. Louis won the limited supporting awards, which were moved to this event from the Primetime ceremony for the first time.

• The Creative Arts Emmy Awards recognized a diverse group of television stars and artists during a two-night ceremony ahead of the Primetime Emmy Awards. • Winners included Mariska Hargitay, Stephen Colbert, Octavia Spencer, and the late filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner. • Shows such as ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘Traitors’ also received awards for their creative contributions to television.

• The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were presented on September 5 and 6 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. • Trophies were awarded to several productions, including The Pitt, Paradise, DTF St. Louis, and Widow's Bay. • These awards recognize technical and creative achievements ahead of the main Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony.

• Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show won seven awards during the first night of the Creative Arts Emmys. • The Late Show With Stephen Colbert earned five awards for its final week of shows, including Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series. • These wins highlight the dominance of high-profile variety and entertainment productions in the Emmy categories for reality and nonfiction.

• The 2026 Creative Arts Emmys held its first night of awards to honor achievements in reality, variety, documentary, and guest acting categories. • Bad Bunny, the Muppets, and the series The Traitors all had strong showings during the ceremony. • These awards serve as the official kickoff for the Primetime Emmys taking place next week.

• Bad Bunny, "The Traitors," and "Muppets" won top honors during the first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. • The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show starring Bad Bunny took home a win for its production. • These awards recognize the technical and creative achievements behind the scenes of major television and special event productions.

• The 78th Creative Arts Emmy Awards will honor technical and artistic achievements in television ahead of the main Primetime ceremony on September 14. • An edited broadcast of the two-night event will air on FXX on September 12 at 8 p.m. • These awards recognize the behind-the-scenes professionals whose work supports the primary productions competing for Primetime Emmys.

• Stability AI has raised $76 million in a Series B funding round backed by major industry players including Sony, Universal Music Group (UMG), and Electronic Arts (EA). • This investment brings the company's total funding to $232 million since Prem Akkaraju took over as CEO in June 2024. • The capital will be used to develop next-generation, purpose-built AI tools specifically designed for professional creatives in the gaming, music, and entertainment sectors.

• VIRTUE Asia has launched VIRTUE Arabia in Dubai, marking the agency's first international expansion and the creation of an independent creative network across Asia, India, and the Middle East. • The new entity will absorb the existing VIRTUE team and its current portfolio of private sector and government clients specializing in culture and tourism. • VIRTUE Arabia will implement an "entertainment-first" strategy, focusing on high-impact delivery across gaming, music, live experiences, and film and television.

Proposal has been put to cabinet to allow AI companies to mine content, in exchange for investment and $350m fund to compensate artists, sources say Creatives are demanding fresh assurances from the Albanese government that it won’t water down copyright laws under a potential deal with tech giants to attract more than $50bn worth of datacentre investment in exchange for a $350m-a-year fund for artists.Guardian Australia has been told an industry proposal has been presented to cabinet that would grant AI companies special exemptions to mine creative content. Continue reading...

Oscar-winning actor hails ‘electrifying opportunity’ to present lectures and seminars in contemporary theatreThe Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett has promised to cause a “creative rumpus” in her latest role, as visiting professor at the University of Oxford.The Australian star is the latest in a long line of celebrated thespians to be appointed as the Cameron Mackintosh visiting professor of contemporary theatre at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. Continue reading...

Casting shifts to EU talent as paperwork delays and visa limits make hiring British crews less viableFrom blacklists for UK passport holders to being asked to work illegally while on holiday, the plethora of extra costs and red tape thrown up post-Brexit are restricting opportunities for British actors seeking work in the EU.Mainland Europe has always been a springboard for those in the creative industries, from gaining crucial first credits on a TV, film or theatre production to building a marketable resume and paying the bills while attempting to make it big in the UK or US. Continue reading...

Research for Roundhouse in London shows 87% of 18- to 30-year-olds believe they have fewer artistic opportunities Rising costs, the disappearance of third spaces and reduced access to artistic opportunities are causing young people to feel “disconnected, isolated and locked out of creativity”, according to research commissioned by a youth arts charity.The Roundhouse, a multi-arts venue in north London that reopened in 2006 with a focus on running youth programmes, has released the findings to coincide with the publication of its 20-year impact report on Monday. Continue reading...

• The European Union is utilizing the Horizon Europe funding programme (2021–2027) to provide financial support to creative startups aimed at disruptive innovation. • With a total budget of approximately €95.5 billion, including €5.4 billion from NextGenerationEU, the initiative focuses on research, innovation, and the recovery of the EU economy. • The program seeks to engage diverse startups to experiment with innovative approaches and facilitate the uptake of new solutions within Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs).

Tim Heidecker could take over for Alex Jones as the head of conspiracy website Infowars in days as part of the Onion's acquisition. The comedian, actor and musician told As It Happens about his plan to get people laughing and smiling on a platform that inspired anger and fear.

BFI and National Portrait Gallery to mark centenary of the film star’s birth with ‘the summer of Marilyn’Though often reduced to a sex symbol frozen in time, or a tragic figure at the centre of several scandals, Marilyn Monroe was something far more subversive, according to two exhibitions that will herald what has been nicknamed “the summer of Marilyn”.To mark the centenary of her birth, Monroe is being celebrated by leading British cultural institutions as a performer of sharp comic intelligence, a canny architect of her own image, and a woman who reshaped the possibilities for female stardom on screen. Continue reading...

Shop around, coast downhill, band together – drivers tell of how they’re dealing with the costliest gas in the USJack Nooney has pretty much made peace with the traffic since moving to Los Angeles five years ago, but recent soaring gas prices have certainly added another layer of insult to his daily commute. The musician and full-time grocery deli employee drives from his San Fernando Valley apartment to Santa Monica daily. While it’s just nine miles each way, with LA traffic that often equates to a whole gas-burning hour.Nooney, who makes $20/hour, says it’s become glaringly clear that fuel costs will eat up more of his already tight budget. Angelenos are now paying on average nearly $5.90 a gallon – and some stations are charging a shocking $8 a gallon. The outsized prices are directly related to the Iran war, which has created the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market, according to the International Energy Agency. Continue reading...

• Creative Biolabs announced an upgraded next-generation drug discovery pipeline integrating AI-driven antibody engineering in Shirley, New York. • The platform accelerates development of CAR-T therapies and antibody humanization using advanced deep learning techniques. • This innovation targets faster drug discovery in healthcare and pharmaceuticals, enhancing precision medicine applications.