Emmys: Plan For Pre-Taped Speeches At Creative Arts Ceremonies Confirmed, Creating Anxiety For Nominees

Paloma Faith has announced details of her new single, titled Better Than This. 

Soul Coughing, has launched a new project with Angus Livingstone called Ghost Vroom. The duo have shared their first single, entitled ‘Rona Pallona’, a dreamlike rap through the COVID-19 era.The song arrives with a lyric video, in which Doughty’s multifarious stream-of-consciousness references are converted into a doom-scrolling Instagram feed.

Joey King is a presenter at this weekend’s 2020 MTV Video Music Awards and she looks so fierce in these photos she snapped on set while pre-taping her segment.

Emmy nominee Nicole Byer has been set as the host of the upcoming 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards!

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorEmmy-nominated Nailed It! host Nicole Byer will host the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which the Television Academy will present in virtual ceremonies over five nights from September 14-19, streaming on Emmys.com the first four nights and concluding with a two-hour ceremony that Saturday on FXX.Byer this year became the first Black woman to be nominated in the category of Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program for fronting the Netflix

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“Nailed It” host and Emmy nominee Nicole Byer has been tapped to host the five-night presentation of the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the Television Academy announced Thursday.Additionally, the organization announced some presenters for the virtual event: Monica Aldama (“Cheer”), Jeff Bridges (“The Old Man”), Rose Byrne (“Mrs.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterDarryl Macdonald, co-founder of the Seattle and Palm Springs film festivals, died Aug. 25.Macdonald joined the Palm Springs International Film Festival in 1989 as artistic director of the gathering founded by Sonny Bono, the artist-producer turned Republican congressman, to bring more tourism to the L.A.’s desert getaway.Macdonald worked with the festival until 1993.

Scheana Shay gave a tour of her house in Palm Springs, California, where she spent much of the coronavirus quarantine before moving to San Diego with her boyfriend, Brock Davies.The Vanderpump Rules star, 35, purchased the vacation home in April 2019 but just gave fans a peek inside in a video recently posted on her YouTube channel. The 2,000-square-foot house includes three bedrooms and three bathrooms.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe most unusual of years for the Emmy Awards will include the most unusual of tasks: This year, everyone nominated for a Creative Arts Emmy has been asked to pre-tape an acceptance speech.In a letter to nominees, the Television Academy has asked all of the contenders to record an acceptance speech as if they have just won for the categories in which they are nominated.

Paradise … but not quite. Ashley Iaconetti clarified speculation surrounding season 16 of The Bachelorette after visiting the set in Palm Springs.“This is not happening.

Jeff Vasishta Despite the fact that Covid-19 has put a major damper on in-person concerts, veteran rocker Jon Bon Jovi is still keeping the money rolling in through his house flipping side hustle. In 2018, the silver-maned singer dropped $10 million on an ocean-view home in mega-posh Palm Beach, Fla., that he promptly razed and replaced with a brand-new villa.