Author: Press Room
The Puerto Rican star is up in the Outstanding Variety Special (Live) category Bad Bunny stays winning. The Puerto Rican superstar just earned his first Emmy nomination for his historic 2026 Super Bowl halftime performance, specifically in the Outstanding Variety Special (Live) category. Interestingly enough, the musician is credited twice under the official nomination, once with his birth name Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio for his role as a supervising producer of the performance, and as a performer. The performance itself earned nine nominations, including Outstanding Choreography For Variety Or Reality Programming, Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special, Outstanding Hairstyling For…
Atlanta rapper Diamond* just dropped his second mixtape of 2026, following the April release of Uy Scuti Bøys, his collab project with YSL labelmate Tezzus. Bling Slime Vøl 1: Høsted By DJ Høliday includes features from Young Thug, Sk8star, Pz’, and Southsidesilhouette. Give it a spin below.In addition to the two aforementioned tapes, Diamond* has also dropped two EPs in 2026: The Hømecøming* and Baguette. As he once told our own Alphonse Pierre, “This is our life, something gotta be wrong with you to live this music shit, you gotta be psyched out.”Revisit Pierre’s column Tezzus and Diamond* Take Manhattan.…
The series broke the record recently set by The Bear and The Studio Hacks set the record for most Emmy nominations for a single season of a TV comedy on Wednesday. The series, which outpaced The Studio and The Bearreceived 24 nominations for its fifth and final season, breaking the record Schitt's Creek set for a final season in 2020 when it received 15 nominations, according to The Wrap. (The Pittincidentally, earned 25 nominations this year.) Most notably, Hacks is up for Outstanding Comedy Series, and several actors received recognition for their work on the show. Jean Smart is up…
When Yungblud addressed criticism of being an “industry plant” earlier this week in a lengthy, and especially vulnerable, Instagram post, artists from SZA to Anthrax’s Scott Ian rallied to support him. “The amount of hate and disbelief around me from strangers on the Internet or bitter musicians really weighs on my heart,” Yungblud wrote, “as all I’ve been trying to do for the past 10 years is spread love, build something I believe in and unify people in a safe space.” But that pejorative term isn’t reserved only for those in pop or rock music. Country music artists, including mainstream…
Lucy Dacus has directed a video for her April single “Planting Tomatoes.” Shot in her hometown of Richmond, Virginia, the collage-like clip features cameos from Dacus’ dad and students from the local youth performing arts group SPARC, as she embarks on a tour of her favorite local spots: Dogwood Dell, Earthfolk Collective, Hollywood Cemetery, and James River Park Pony Pasture. Check it out below.Dacus is about to head out on the latest leg of her tour behind last year’s Forever Is a Feeling, launching this weekend at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. She is also putting on a (sold out) screening…
Cenat revealed the celebrities joining the 120-student and 26-staff-member roster After a bit of a hiatus, mega streamer Kai Cenat is back with his flagship program, Streamer University, and for the second consecutive year, he'll join a new class of creators for an experience designed to inspire, educate, and equip the next generation of streamers. Cenat made his live-stream return on Monday night (July 6) and officially announced the 2026 roster of students and staff on his YouTube and Twitch channels. This year, Cenat recruited several of his celebrity friends, including Lizzo and T-Pain, to join the 26-person staff as…
Francis Renga and Henry Ruggeri were guests of SPOT – The Podcastthe format hosted by Michael Monina And Maximilian Longo which is recorded live, outdoors, at Spot Music Fest of Bareggio, in the Arcadia Park on the outskirts of Milan. An exceptional episode, because this time only Monina is at the helm, and because there is not one guest on stage but two, two rockers of the same generation, two voices born within the bands, the Decibels hey Fearalways accustomed to saying uncomfortable things. What emerges is less an interview and more a long conversation about the profession: how you…
Katie Couric suffered an episode of what doctors told her was “transient global amnesia” on June 27, according to an article on her Substack titled “A Day I'll Never Remember.” The post recounts what little she could remember of the incident, which took place in Aspen just before lunchtime, before her husband, John Molner, fills in the gaps. On that day, she expected to speak at the Aspen Ideas Festival. “John drove with me to the campus of the Aspen Institute and was excited to go to the hot dog stand for lunch. (They're really good hot dogs!)” she wrote.…
Five months after making an urgent plea for a kidney donor, Bijou Phillips received a transplant. The former actress and model was previously placed on dialysis and hospitalized at UCLA in Los Angeles for complications from a 2017 transplant. She thanked her family and the doctors at UCLA calling them her “heroes” throughout the life-saving procedure. “I am beyond beyond grateful to everyone who rushed into helping me, get checked to donate, you are all hero's [sic]!” she wrote on Instagram Tuesday, July 7. Phillips' brother Aron Wilson donated his kidney to another patient in need, and in turn, a…
Sam Smith has announced live residencies in Manchester and London for 2026. Find all the details below. Read More: Sam Smith – ‘Gloria’ review: the most vital work of their career The singer-songwriter will play 10 UK headline shows this autumn in support of their fifth studio album, ‘Hazel Eyes’, which is released on August 21 via Capitol. Smith is set to perform at Manchester’s Albert Hall on September 3 and 4. They’ll then head to the capital for a run of eight concerts at the London Coliseum theatre between September 8 and 19. Tickets go on general sale at 10am…
