The Queen’s Gambit was the big winner at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards Saturday night, picking up nine trophies — just part of Netflix’s network-leading haul of 34.
Disney’s The Mandalorian and NBC’s Saturday Night Live finished second with seven each; Marvel Studios’ WandaVision picked up two, leaving Disney+ with 13 wins overall.
RuPaul took home his sixth straight Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program, for the trophy magnet RuPaul’s Drag Race series.
This year’s Creative Arts ceremonies were held in a tent on the LA Live events deck in downtown Los Angeles and split into three events over two days, on Saturday and Sunday. Find the complete winners list at Emmys.com.
The 73rd Emmy Awards will air live on Sunday, September 19, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS.
(NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden on Monday was making his first visit to the West Coast as president, with plans to survey wildfire damage and push for action on combatting climate change.
Biden planned to first stop in Boise, Idaho, to visit the National Interagency Fire Center — which coordinates the federal government’s response to wildfires — before traveling to the Sacramento, Calif., area to view the impact of the Caldor Fire and receive a briefing from local officials.
The president has used recent natural disasters to show the urgency of climate change and its deadly effects on the American people, pitching his massive spending plan as a way to rebuild infrastructure in a greener, cleaner, more resilient manner. This month, he has visited Louisiana, New Jersey and New York to see the impact of Hurricane Ida and its remnants.
The White House and Democratic leaders in Congress hope to pass two major bills by the end of the month that, together, would make hundreds of billions of dollars available for developing clean energy, rebuilding physical infrastructure to make it withstand more extreme weather events, and electrifying the federal fleet of vehicles.
The larger bill — the price tag and contents of which have been subject to Democratic infighting — would devote $135 billion to preventing wildfires, dealing with droughts, and promoting clean energy in rural communities, among other things.
After an aerial tour of the Caldor Fire’s impact on El Dorado County, Calif., Biden plans to deliver remarks on his administration’s response to recent wildfires and how his spending proposals “will strengthen our nation’s resilience to climate change and extreme weather events,” according to the White House.
He then plans to travel to Long Beach, Calif., to speak at a Monday evening campaign rally with Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat facing a recall election in which voting ends Tuesday.
“Today, the president’s showing how nature will take its course if we don’t act and we don’t start investing,” White House national climate adviser Gina McCarthy said in an interview with CNN on Monday.
(WASHINGTON) — United States Capitol Police said Monday they arrested a man in a truck who was armed with multiple knives, a bayonet and a machete near the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington.
A Special Operation Division Officer noticed a Dodge Dakota pickup truck with a swastika and other white supremacist symbols painted on it while on patrol around midnight outside of the DNC, according to a press release from U.S. Capitol Police. The truck allegedly had a picture of an American flag where the license plate should have been.
Capitol Police say Donald Craighead, a 44-year-old man from California told them “he was “on patrol” and began talking about white supremacist ideology and other rhetoric pertaining to white supremacy.”
He was arrested on prohibited weapons charges.
“This is good police work plain and simple,” said Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger. “We applaud the officers’ keen observation and the teamwork that resulted in this arrest.”
It is unclear if he was attempting to attend any upcoming demonstrations, Capitol Police said.
The development comes as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a briefing for lawmakers from U.S. Capitol Police on Monday concerning ongoing security threats ahead of a planned demonstration at the Capitol on Saturday in support of those arrested during the Jan. 6 attack.
Fencing outside U.S. Capitol is expected to return ahead of the “Justice for J6” rally, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to ABC News.
The fencing, erected after Jan. 6, was removed in July.
Ozzy Osbourne has released a new version of his song “Hellraiser,” which was written in collaboration with Motörhead‘s Lemmy Kilmister.
The updated recording marks the first official version featuring both Ozzy and Lemmy’s vocals. You can download it now via digital outlets.
“I hope everyone enjoys the song,” Osbourne says. “This is just a small way to honor my friend Lemmy. Sharon and I talk a lot about how much we miss him.”
The original “Hellraiser” was recorded by Ozzy for his 1991 solo album, No More Tears. Motörhead then did their own version for their 1992 album, March ör Die.
Meanwhile, a digital and vinyl reissue of No More Tears is set to drop this Friday, September 17 — 30 years to the day after it was first released.
Carrie Underwood is ready for Sunday night with a flashy new Sunday Night Footballintro.
The video finds Carrie strutting through a digitized tailgating scene while delivering her powerhouse vocals on the theme song, “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” set to the tune of Joan Jett‘s “I Hate Myself For Loving You.”
The clip opens with Carrie singing outside of a football stadium as fans enter waving flags in the air. That’s followed by clips of dancing NFL players and past game highlights. Carrie then enters the stadium, taking a stage that lifts her off the ground as she’s surrounded by twirling spotlights.
“It is always a pleasure to get to do the Sunday Night Football open,” the superstar says in a statement, adding that the “super high-tech set” was a “cool environment” to perform in. “I felt like I was in a stadium being on a set in L.A. It was super cool, and I feel like it turned out that way as well,” Carrie continued. “But we’re all about bringing the hype and energy and getting people ready for a great game. So, it’s fun to be back!”
This marks Carrie’s ninth year singing the Sunday Night Football theme song.
Over the weekend, Backstreet Boy AJ McLean was a presenter at the MTV VMAs, but his appearance came shortly after the group announced that all their Christmas plans for this year have been put on hold.
Later this year, Backstreet was scheduled to do a series of Christmas shows in Las Vegas and release their long-awaited Christmas album, but it turns out all those plans have been shifted to next year.
In a message to fans, the band explains that they feel that the album “deserves the best possible scenario and set up for success,” and with “the current state of the world still limiting our travel and causing small things…to take much longer,” they’re going to put out the album in 2022 instead.
And of course, with no Christmas album, the need for holiday shows also goes away; fans will receive refunds at the point of purchase automatically.
“While we are disappointed, we know this is for the best,” the boys write. “And we absolutely cannot wait to share the magic of this album with all of you when the time is right!”
Imagine Dragons‘ new album Mercury — Act 1 debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard 200.
The fifth studio effort from Dan Reynolds and company enters the chart at number nine with 31,000 equivalent album units, 17,000 of which were traditional album sales.
ID previously peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 with their 2015 sophomore effort, Smoke + Mirrors. With Mercury, all five of the band’s full-length studio records have reached the chart’s top 10.
Mercury — Act 1 includes the singles “Follow You,” “Cutthroat” and “Wrecked.” Imagine Dragons will launch a U.S. tour behind the album in 2022.
New albums from Iron Maiden and Imagine Dragons debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard 200.
Maiden’s Senjutsu enters the chart at number three, with 64,000 equivalent album units, 61,000 of which were traditional album sales, making it the best-selling album of the week. Meanwhile, ID’s Mercury — Act 1 starts at number nine with 31,000 units, 17,000 of which were traditional album sales.
For Maiden, Senjutsu is the band’s highest-ever charting album on the Billboard 200. Its debut sales week is the second-best of 2021 for a hard rock album, following only Foo Fighters‘ Medicine at Midnight.
Imagine Dragons previously peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 with their 2015 sophomore effort, Smoke + Mirrors. With Mercury, all five of the band’s full-length studio records have reached the chart’s top 10.
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A new documentary called Jagged, focusing on Alanis Morissette’s life and career, includes revelations that the Grammy-winning star says that multiple men had sex with her when she was 15, reports the Washington Post.
According to the paper, in the film, Alanis says, “It took me years in therapy to even admit there had been any kind of victimization on my part. I would always say I was consenting, and then I’d be reminded like ‘Hey, you were 15, you’re not consenting at 15.’ Now I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, they’re all pedophiles. It’s all statutory rape.'”
The Post notes that Canada’s legal age of consent is 16.
Alanis also details how she was pressured to keep her weight down, with a male producer allegedly counting cheese slices to make sure she wasn’t eating them; she notes that led to a decades-long eating disorder.
Addressing the topic of why some women wait “30 years” to reveal such abuse, Alanis declares, “They don’t wait 30 years. No one was listening or their livelihood was threatened or their family was threatened…Women don’t wait. Our culture doesn’t listen.”
Also according to the Washington Post, Alanis won’t appear at Jagged‘s world premiere on Tuesday at the Toronto International Film Festival, because she’s unhappy about it “for unspecified reasons.” The newspaper notes that isn’t really anything in the film that’s critical of the now 47-year-old artist, and describes her as “enthusiastic” during the interview segments.
Director Alison Klayman told the Washington Post, “Of course I wish Alanis could be there [at the premiere]. It was a privilege to make this film and I’m really proud of it. Hopefully there will be other opportunities in the future for her to come to film events.”
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Orange Is the New Black star Uzo Aduba is a married woman. The actress revealed Sunday that she secretly tied the knot with filmmaker Robert Sweeting last year.
The three-time Emmy winner shocked fans with the surprise announcement, sharing a radiant photo from her nuptials and beginning her caption with a fitting quote from the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally.
“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible,” Aduba, 40, wrote before diving into the happy news that she had kept secret for the past year.
“For some of us, it can feel like we spend our whole lives waiting for our special someone. My heart, my love — I’m so happy my life started last year with you,” the Mrs. America star announced. “You’re the best thing that ever happened to me.”
Aduba’s famous friends were quick to offer their heartfelt congratulations, including Kerry Washington, who spammed the actress with numerous red heart emojis. Similarly, Mindy Kaling bombarded the Golden Globe-nominee with hearts. Yvette Nicole Brown, Billy Porter, Octavia Spencer, Michelle Williams and many others also extended their warm regards.
Aduba did not disclose when she and Sweeting will celebrate their first anniversary.
