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Stars are beginning to walk the red carpet at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. Comedian Nate Bargatze will host television's biggest awards Sunday night from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Will the acclaim for Adolescence carry it to limited series dominance, or will The Penguin complete a run that began with big nomination numbers and continued with a big performance at the Creative Arts Emmys? Will top overall nominee Severance reign like Succession and Shogun did before it? And can any comedy stop The Studio?

Jimin Kim/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images Paramount Skydance is planning to make a majority cash bid for CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery in an effort to consolidate the media giants, according to reporting in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

For his remake of Ang Lee's 1993 romantic comedy, director Andrew Ahn put an even queerer spin on The Wedding Banquet. Kelly Marie Tran, Lily Gladstone, Han Gi-chan, and Bowen Yang star as a two couples living together. Tran and Gladstone's Angela and Lee are trying to have a child while Gi-chan's Min is being asked by his grandmother (Youn Yuh-jung) to return home to Korea, which would mean leaving his boyfriend (Yang) behind.

The UFC has secured a deal with Paramount+ worth $7.7 billion for seven years, covering all Fight Night and numbered UFC events starting in 2026.

"We are not going to politicize anything today," David Ellison said, referring to reporters' inquiries about the alleged promise of $20 million in ads to Trump. His response left the assertion unresolved, indicating the company's intention to avoid any political discourse during the press conference.

Dwight the General Manfredi, kidnapped in season 2's finale, seeks to expand his legitimate business with Montague Distillery while battling new enemies and old foes.

During the rally, demonstrators delivered 10 boxes filled with Save Colbert petitions to the company, and more than 250,000 people have signed. Among supporters are lawmakers, comedians, and producers.

Sen. Ron Wyden criticized Paramount's settlement with President Trump, asserting it amounted to a bribe for merger approval, and threatened federal charges in the future.

Paramount has argued that it did nothing wrong. Regardless, the company likely decided to settle because it is currently awaiting approval from the Federal Communications Commission for its proposed merger with Skydance Media.

Paramount announced that it would pay President Donald Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit against the company related to a 2024 interview with Kamala Harris.