The 2022 Emmy nominations were announced by J.B. Smoove and Melissa Fumero on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, with the drama series ‘Succession’ leading the field with the most nominations overall at 25. The comedy series ‘Ted Lasso’ and the limited series ‘White Lotus’ earned 20 nods apiece.
Amber Heard is seeking a mistrial after a jury in Fairfax County, Va., ruled largely in favor of her ex-husband Johnny Depp during their highly publicized defamation trial. According to redacted court documents published by Deadline, Heard’s attorneys requested that Judge Penney Azcarate throw out the $10.35 million verdict awarded to Depp over allegations that one of the jurors had not actually been summoned to participate in the trial.
Disney’s “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the fourth standalone Thor Marvel movie, won the weekend box office with $143 million in its opening weekend. “Thor 4” had a bigger opening weekend than 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok,” which opened to $123 million in North America. “Love and Thunder” also had the third-biggest opening weekend of the year behind “Jurassic World Dominion” ($145 million) and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ($185 million). At the international box office, “Love and Thunder” opened ahead of expectations with $159 million from 47 markets, with $302 million in earnings globally.
Vernon Winfrey, father of Oprah Winfrey and a former member of the Nashville Metro Council, died late Friday at the age of 88, Oprah confirmed. Winfrey wrote on Instagram: “Yesterday with family surrounding his bedside, I had the sacred honor of witnessing the man responsible for my life, take his last breath. We could feel Peace enter the room at his passing.”
Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer — known as the Duffer Brothers — are developing a new stage play based off their hit Netflix series. The play is one of several projects the Duffers confirmed they’re working on with their new company, Upside Down Pictures, which is part of their new deal with Netflix. There are several projects in the works, including a Stranger Things spin-off series “based on an original idea by the Duffer Brothers” (no other details were given).
