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Owen Cooper made history as the youngest person to ever win outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie at Sunday night’s 77th Emmy Awards.

The 15-year-old actor won the award for portraying Jamie Miller in Netflix’s limited series Adolescence. This was his first nomination and win. Sydney Sweeney presented him with the statue as the crowd took to their feet in a standing ovation.

Not only is Cooper the youngest winner in this category, he is also the youngest male Emmy winner ever, in any category. Roxana Zal remains the youngest winner ever in any category after she won an Emmy in 1984 at age 14 for the special Something About Amelia.

“Standing up here is just, wow, it is so surreal,” Cooper said in his acceptance speech. “Honestly, when I started these drama classes a couple years back, I didn’t expect to be even in the United States, never mind here.”

He also said that he thinks “tonight proves that, if you listen and you focus and you step out of your comfort zone, you can achieve anything in life.”

Other nominees in the category were Javier Bardem for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Bill Camp for Presumed Innocent, Rob Delaney for Dying for Sex, Peter Sarsgaard for Presumed Innocent and Ashley Walters for Adolescence.

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Hannah Einbinder won outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series, while Jeff Hiller won outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series during Sunday night’s 77th annual Emmy Awards.

Einbinder won her first Emmy for her role as Ava Daniels in the HBO Max series Hacks. She has previously been nominated three times for her performance in the role.

Einbinder acknowledged that fact in her acceptance speech, noting she will have to adjust her mindset because she used to tell herself it was cooler not to win the award. She thanked the cast and crew of Hacks, including her fellow winner and co-star Jean Smart, who she likened to the sun.

The other nominees for supporting actress in a comedy series were Liza Colón-Zayas for The Bear, Kathryn Hahn for The Studio, Janelle James for Abbott Elementary, Catherine O’Hara for The Studio, Sheryl Lee Ralph for Abbott Elementary and Jessica Williams for Shrinking.

Hiller, meanwhile, won for portraying Joel in the HBO Max series Somebody Somewhere. This was his first-ever nomination and win. He was nominated alongside Ike Barinholtz for The Studio, Colman Domingo for The Four Seasons, Harrison Ford for Shrinking, Ebon Moss-Bachrach for The Bear, Michael Urie for Shrinking and Bowen Yang for Saturday Night Live.

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The Traitors was once again a big winner at the Emmy Awards. The show, hosted by Alan Cumming, picked up the Emmy for outstanding reality competition series for a second year in a row.

“Thanks to everyone who watches the show,” Cumming said while accepting the award. “Thanks to all the people who have Traitors parties and dress up as me. We see you and we love you.”

He added, “It’s a difficult time we live in, but it’s so great that our show brings a little bit of joy into this life.”

The Traitors had some stiff competition in the category. It beat The Amazing Race, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Top Chef and Survivor.

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Britt Lower took home her first-ever Emmy Award Sunday night, nabbing the trophy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for playing Helly R in the Apple TV+ series Severance. 

“First, it’s a privilege to be even be mentioned alongside such an incredible group of artists, wow,” Lower said. “I share this award with my heroic cast and crew whose work catalyzes mine.”

She added, “Thank you, Helly R, for choosing me.”

This was Lower’s first-ever Emmy nomination. She beat out Matlock’s Kathy Bates, The Diplomat’s Keri Russell, The Last of Us‘ Bella Ramsey and Bad Sisters‘ Sharon Horgan for the award.

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Katherine LaNasa was named the outstanding supporting actress in a drama series Sunday night at the 77th Emmy Awards. She won for her role in The Pitt, beating out Patricia Arquette (Severance), Carrie Coon (The White Lotus), Julianne Nicholson (Paradise), Parker Posey (The White Lotus), Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus) and Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus).

She paid tribute to the nurses who inspired her character, Dana Evans, as well as The Pitt family; her children and husband; Warner Bros and HBO Max.

Tramell Tillman was then announced as outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for Severance, taking home his first Emmy for his first-ever Emmy nomination; he makes history as the first Black man to win the award.

“You remember what you want to remember, you make time for what you want to make time for, do the work, show up and most importantly, for the love of God, don’t embarrass me in public,” Tramell began his acceptance speech, recalling advice he received from his first acting coach: his mother. “My first acting coach was tough, y’all, but all great mothers are.”

“Mama, you were there for me when no one else was and no else would show up. Your loving kindness stays with me, and this is for you,” he continued. “Thank you to the Academy. I am full. I am humbled. I am honored, and as my mama would say, ‘Woo. Look at God!'”

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Seth Rogen won outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for playing Matt Remick on The Studio, while Jean Smart won outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for playing Deborah Vance on Hacks during Sunday night’s 77th annual Emmy Awards.

Stephen Colbert presented the outstanding lead actor honor as the first award of the evening. The talk show host received a standing ovation as he took to the stage.

“While I have your attention, is anyone hiring?” Colbert asked the crowd. He then took out his resume and showed off an older headshot of himself, which he handed off to Harrison Ford, with hopes he will give it to director Steven Spielberg.

While accepting his award, Rogen expressed surprise at his win, saying he had not prepared a speech because he has never won anything in his life prior to this.

The other nominees for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series were Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This, Jason Segel for Shrinking, Martin Short for Only Murders in the Building and Jeremy Allen White for The Bear.

Jennifer Coolidge presented the outstanding lead actress honor to Smart. The award marks Smart’s fourth time winning for her starring role on Hacks. 

The other nominees in the outstanding lead actress in a comedy series were Uzo Aduba for The Residence, Kristen Bell for Nobody Wants This, Quinta Brunson for Abbott Elementary and Ayo Edebiri for The Bear.

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The 77th annual Emmy Awards were held in Los Angeles Sunday, with comedian Nate Bargatze hosting the festivities.

The show opened with Bargatze and Saturday Night Live performers Mikey Day, Bowen Yang and James Austin Johnson resurrecting a popular sketch Bargatze has been featured in when he hosts the comedy show.

It centered around a so-called inventor of television, Filo T Farnsworth, who gave a monologue trying to encourage them to keep working on creating the TV.

“Do not get discouraged. What we create here will one day bring the world shows that inform and educate, shows that make us laugh and cry, and shows about people who when they go to work they switch to different people in their brains, who only remember what happens at work,” he said, a reference to Severance.

When Day noted, “I don’t understand that,” Bargatze joked, “People who watch it won’t either.”

Bargatze also joked about all the different networks that exist and how nobody knows what producers do, and cracked that CBS was the network for white people aka the “Caucasian Broadcasting System.”

There were also cracks about streaming, The Bear not being a comedy, a woman getting to host a talk show — but only on Hacks — and more. They also joked that the Emmy wasn’t as prestigious as an Oscar.

“We create a world where the finest artists create worlds of staggering beauty and millions of people will watch … on their phones while they’re sitting on the toilet,” he ended the monologue. “That is television and this is the Emmys.”

Later Bargatze explained a new rule to keep speeches short during the awards ceremony.

He said he will start the show with a base $100,000 donation to The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and will add or deduct $1,000 based on speeches going over or under 45 seconds.

“Forty-five seconds, that’s what you got,” he said.

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The Hunting Wives has scored a second season.

Netflix has renewed the drama series for season 2. Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman, as well as much of the original cast, will return for the upcoming new season of the show.

Also confirmed to be returning for season 2 are Jaime Ray Newman as Callie, Evan Jonigkeit as Graham and George Ferrier as Brad.

As for what fans can expect in the new episodes, it seems “Sophie and Margo are on the outs,” according to the season 2 logline. “But soon enough, old secrets and new foes force them back together. As they play their dangerous games, the question arises: Are they the hunters or the hunted?”

Rebecca Cutter created and executive produced the series, which was based on May Cobb‘s 2021 novel. Season 2 will be a continuation of the story from an original script by Cutter.

“I’m so excited to write these amazing characters again,” Cutter told Netflix. “And I can’t wait to take the audience on another sexy, twisted, batshit crazy ride through Maple Brook.”

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Mario and Luigi are headed to outer space.

Nintendo and Illumination have announced that the sequel to the 2023 animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie will be titled The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

This new film will arrive in theaters on April 3, 2026. It is inspired by the Super Mario Galaxy video games, which find Mario and friends in the cosmos.

Additionally, the voice actors from the previous film are returning to voice the roles they originated. Chris Pratt is back as Mario, Charlie Day returns to play Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy is voicing Princess Peach, Jack Black will voice Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key is back as Toad and Kevin Michael Richardson will voice Kamek.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will also feature new characters, which, along with the new voice cast, will be announced at a later date.

Illumination also released a video coinciding with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie title announcement. In the video, Mario sleeps underneath a tree while a butterfly travels throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. The butterfly eventually flies all the way up to outer space, where the title of the sequel film is then revealed.

Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic will direct The Super Mario Galaxy Movie from a screenplay by Matthew Fogel.

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Another Saturday Night Live cast member is exiting the show.

Ego Nwodim has announced her decision to leave the late-night comedy sketch series ahead of its upcoming season 51. The comedian shared the decision to her Instagram on Friday.

“The hardest part of a great party is knowing when to say goodnight. But after seven unforgettable seasons, I have decided to leave SNL,” Nwodim wrote. “I am immensely grateful to Lorne [Michaels] for the opportunity, to my castmates, the writers, and the crew for their brilliance, support, and friendship.”

Nwodim said being on the stage at Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center week after week “taught me more than I could have ever imagined, and I will carry those memories (and that laughter) with me always.”

“Now invite me to your weddings please!!!” she ended her statement.

Four other SNL cast members are also not returning for season 51. Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow and Emil Wakim have all departed the cast ahead of the new season.

New cast members include Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska. Please Don’t Destroy member Ben Marshall has also joined the show’s cast. The sketch comedy trio will be split up, with Martin Herlihy on the SNL writing staff and John Higgins departing the show.

Many celebrities sent Nwodim love in the comment section of her announcement post. Former SNL cast member Cecily Strong wrote, “I just texted you but I also want to say it loud and proud here: it was an honor and a total joy to get to work with you. One of the best to ever do it.” SNL cast member Chloe Fineman echoed that statement, writing, “One of the best to ever do it my friend. GOAT.”  

SNL season 51 premieres Oct. 4 on NBC.

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