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Press release
Don B. Welch presents the legendary Freda Payne in a sold-out tribute to nine women who built American jazz and pop, staged on Sunset Boulevard on VMAs weekend.
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Full winners
Taylor Swift won Video of the Year for a sixth time, a record nobody else is near. Madonna returned to the stage after twenty-three years and walked off with seven. Snoop Dogg hosted from the Peacock Theater.
By the Music Desk, Newswire Hollywood · Photo: iHeartRadioCA (CC BY 3.0)
Sunday night
The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards air live from Los Angeles on Sunday. Madonna leads all nominees with thirteen and opens the show. Taylor Swift receives a newly created honor, and premieres a video during the broadcast.
By the Music Desk, Newswire Hollywood · Photo: Raph_PH (CC BY 2.0)
Tonight
The co-headlining R&B Tour runs 33 stadium dates across North America. Los Angeles gets three of them — last night, tonight, and a return in November.
By the Music Desk, Newswire Hollywood · Photo: US Embassy Italy (Public domain)
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Pending a judge
The deal survives a lawsuit that could have killed it — at the cost of a film-output floor, a promise to run the two studios separately, and an FCC ruling that clears the merged company to be 49.5% foreign-owned.
By the Deals Desk, Newswire Hollywood
Box office
The video-game adaptation posts the biggest opening the series has ever had, and a long-dead 'World War Z' sequel comes back to life with Brad Pitt returning and Edward Berger directing.
By the Film Desk, Newswire Hollywood · Photo: Harald Krichel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Live / Updating
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards aired Monday from the Peacock Theater, hosted by Mariska Hargitay. "Hacks" took Outstanding Comedy Series in its final season, Jean Smart and Matthew Rhys won lead acting categories, and the red carpet delivered on the archival-over-custom forecast.
By the Awards Desk, Newswire Hollywood · Photo: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Toronto 2026
The 51st Toronto International Film Festival opened September 10 with the world premiere of a biopic on disability rights activist Judy Heumann, from the director whose last film won Best Picture.
By the Film Desk, Newswire Hollywood · Photo: East Asia and Pacific Media Hub U.S. Depar (Public domain)
Box officeNewswire Hollywood
Box office
$289 million in IMAX alone, passing Avatar's $270 million record, on the way to $1.627 billion worldwide - the highest-grossing R-rated film in history.
By the Deals Desk, Newswire Hollywood
Filed, not resolvedNewswire Hollywood
Filed, not resolved
35 music publishers filed suit August 28, alleging Claude was trained on copyrighted lyrics obtained by scraping and torrenting, seeking statutory damages of up to $150,000 per work. Filed, not resolved.
By the AI & Technology Desk, Newswire Hollywood
Music
The two-time Grammy nominee brings Legendary Ladies of Jazz to Hollywood on September 26, with her son Gregory Abbott Jr. hosting and Thomasina Gross channeling Eartha Kitt.
By the Music Desk, Newswire Hollywood
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