Emmys: Nomination Totals Become Controversial As Official Release Lists Numbers “Per Platform” Irking Netflix; TV Academy Now Has Regrets

Olympic history on Monday by becoming the first openly transgender woman to compete in any Games. The 43-year-old athlete represented her home country of New Zealand in the women’s heavyweight competition.However, Hubbard’s hopes for a medal in the women’s 87+ kilogram competition fell short after she failed all three lift attempts.

Richard Williams (Will Smith) boasts on his daughters, future tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, in the brand new trailer for King Richard.

It’s time to get an update on all your favorite Love is Blind stars in the Love is Blind: After the Altar Netflix show! The three episode series will give a special look into how your favorite couples and singles are doing.

Good in the ‘Wood?The 2021 Emmy Awards are right around the corner; September 19th will be here before we know it. In the meantime, we’re counting down ‘til the big night with a closer look at some of the most talked-about nominations.First up? Tied for the second-most nominations… WandaVision.WandaVision (created by Jac Schaeffer) takes place after the events of Avengers: Endgame and follows Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany).

Chris Willman Music WriterBrandi Carlile goes full glam — and fully emotional — in the Courteney Cox-directed video for her new single “Right on Time,” released Wednesday simultaneously with the full details about her forthcoming album, “In These Silent Days.”Cox is known mostly for being in music videos, not behind the scenes on them, thanks to her star-making (?) cameo in Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark” in the mid-1980s.

Netflix’s wild new dating show “Sexy Beasts,” out Wednesday, hides sexy singles under pounds of makeup and prosthetics, disguising their appearances in order to test if they can make lasting connections based on personality alone. “Someone’s [appearance is] the first thing you see. So obviously everyone just goes based on looks to start with.

We may have a repeat of 2017 when NBC canceled Timeless after one season but reversed their decision days later following fan outcry. Manifest, another high-concept NBC drama with passionate fan base that started its run in the high-profile Monday 10 PM slot, also could get resurrected following its cancellation by the network.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOak View Group — the venue-development, advisory, and investment company for the sports and live entertainment industries founded by Irving Azoff and Tim Lieweke — has announced a long-term partnership with Ticketmaster, the Live Nation-owned largest ticketing company in the world, covering six of OVG’s new arenas.

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Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel, Undone) is navigating through Hollywood’s seedy underbelly in the first look teaser trailer (above) for the Netflix limited series and things are looking grim.

Mj Rodriguez in Pose

Netflix is closing out their “Fear Street” anthology movie series with a bang.

The nominations for the upcoming 73rd Emmy Awards 2021 were recently announced on Tuesday and they turned out to be special for several reasons. The awards are known to honour the best of Television, including series and shows from streaming platforms.

Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) and Jasmine Cephas Jones (Blindspotting) announced all of the Emmy Award nominees in a virtual live-streamed event on emmys.com.  Hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, the 2021 Emmy Awards will broadcast live on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday, September 19 at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT. For this year’s nominees, The Mandalorian and The Crown lead the pack with 24 nominations each.

Emmys nominations have been unveiled, bringing with them their annual crops of snubs and surprises. Thuso Mbedu in ‘The Underground Railroad’The Crown and The Mandalorian are leading the Emmys race with 24 nominations each.

the Emmys nominations right.Well, mostly — and, let’s face it, that doesn’t happen very often.The Tuesday morning nominations were announced, virtually, by father-daughter Emmy winners Ron Cephas Jones (“This Is Us”) and Jasmine Cephas Jones (#Freerayshawn), with Ron in New York and Jasmine in LA. They started with the usual scripted banter, punctuated by awkward seconds-long delays, and Jasmine stumbled over the name of “Ted Lasso” nominee Jason Sudeikis.

Jon Burlingame editorThe TV Academy music branch is clearly not impressed by big names.None of the superstars who entered the 2020-21 Emmy competition in the music categories — including H.E.R., Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Sara Bareilles, Dolly Parton and Cher — were rewarded Wednesday when the 73rd annual Emmy Award nominations were announced.Rather, the majority of nominees in the seven music categories were largely familiar composers, songwriters, music directors and music supervisors within

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorQuibi is dead — long live Quibi!The Jeffrey Katzenberg-led mobile premium video service flamed out last year about six months after launching.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNetflix and the expanded world of HBO and HBO Max made it a duel this year in race to gather the most Primetime Emmy nominations overall.Netflix took in a whopping 129 nominations, paced by “The Crown,” which tied with Disney Plus’ “The Mandalorian” as the most-nominated program overall with 24 bids apiece. HBO and HBO Max combined racked up a total of 130 nominations, led by “Lovecraft Country,” the now-canceled HBO period drama.

Pose star Mj Rodriguez has made history after being nominated for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Drama Series at the 2021 Emmys.Rodriguez, who was critically acclaimed for her performance as Blanca Evangelista, is the first transgender woman to be nominated for a lead acting role.The landmark FX series followed New York City’s African-American and Latino LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming drag ball culture scene between the ’80s and late ’90s.