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• 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 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.

• Actor Ray Winstone reported that he confronted a director on the set of Black Widow after witnessing the director "groping" a female co-star. • The incident was highlighted in entertainment updates on August 30, 2026, bringing attention to misconduct within the production. • This allegation underscores ongoing concerns regarding workplace safety and harassment within the multi-trillion dollar global entertainment industry.

Coalition leader tells Antony Albanese that delaying repeal of ‘cruel’ measure is ‘unconscionable’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngus Taylor says the Coalition will only support the Albanese government’s proposed overhaul of the NDIS if it first removes the “widow tax” loophole from its changes to taxing investment properties.The warning comes as the Albanese government hopes to land a deal with the opposition this week in order to pass the bill in the Senate after the Greens ruled out supporting changes to the scheme that are expected to boost the federal budget’s bottom line by $37.8bn over four years. Continue reading...

Joyce Thomas faces being forced to leave country after losing appeal against deportationBritish widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rulesThe 78-year-old British widow threatened with removal from Sweden after 21 years has said she has been left feeling sick with worry after being told she had lost an appeal against deportation in a ongoing row over the country’s handling of Brexit.“I am in shock. I feel sick. An individual’s life is at stake at my age. It is hell. I have done nothing wrong. I don’t take anything from this country. I am self sufficient, I put money in this country, have no criminal record,” said Joyce Thomas from her home in Sweden on Thursday. Continue reading...

Authorities say application to stay was made too late, as UK officials say Sweden takes ‘stricter approach’ than other EU countriesA 78-year-old British widow who has lived in Sweden for 21 years is fighting deportation from the country after authorities told her a post-Brexit application to stay had been submitted too late.Her case is the latest of 2,500 British people ordered to leave the country after Brexit in what campaigners and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have said is an inexplicably hardline approach taken by the Swedish authorities. It comes two years after Sweden threatened to deport a British woman with dementia in a care home shortly before she died. Continue reading...