The biggest awards show in television is just around the corner, with networks and streaming services clamouring for their programmes to be crowned the best in their categories.
British talent and productions are firmly in the running this year, with shows such as Netflix smash The Crown, Michaela Coel’s powerful drama I May Destroy You and Apple TV+’s runaway success Ted Lasso all set to battle it out at Sunday’s ceremony.
Bagging itself more than 20 nominations across the main and creative awards, The Crown looks set to continue its dominance at the flagship ceremony – with stars Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin up for best actress in a drama, and Josh O’Connor up for best actor.
Image: Olivia Colman has played the Queen in The Crown for the last two series. Pic: Sophie Mutevelian/ Netflix
Emerald Fennell, Helena Bonham-Carter and Gillian Anderson are also nominated in the supporting actress category for their appearances in the royal drama, while Tobias Menzies is in the running for best supporting actor, and Claire Foy and Charles Dance have been recognised for their guest roles.
Ted Lasso, Apple TV+’s breakout football comedy set at a fictional southwest London football club, has 20 nominations, with British actors Juno Temple, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Nick Mohammed and Jeremy Swift all up for awards. Jason Sudeikis, who plays the titular character, is also in the running for best comedy actor.
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I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel’s hard-hitting drama based on her own experiences of sexual assault, is also among the British shows up for a number of awards – including best limited series, best actress in a limited series and recognition for its writing and directing.
And it doesn’t stop there for British talent, with raunchy Netflix period drama Bridgerton also featuring in a number of categories, including for the coveted best drama trophy, while star Rege-Jean Page is up for best drama actor.
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Kate Winslet has a good chance of bagging a win for her critically acclaimed performance in the Sky Original Mare Of Easttown (alongside co-star Evan Peters) – she goes up against fellow British stars Coel, Cynthia Erivo and Anya Taylor-Joy.
Ewan McGregor is in a tough category for his part in fashion drama Halston, up against Hamilton actors for the lead actor in a miniseries or movie award. That same category also includes British stars Paul Bettany, who gets a nod for his role as Vision in Marvel’s WandaVision, and Hugh Grant, for The Undoing.
And it isn’t just British talent that could make history, with MJ Rodriguez tipped to the be the first trans woman to score a win in the best actress in an anthology category.
Rodriguez stars in the ground-breaking LGBTQ+ drama Pose (also up for awards), which follows the black and Latinx LGBTQ+ community in 1980s New York.
The Mandalorian, Disney’s bounty hunter Star Wars spin-off, is joint with The Crown for the total number of nominations at 24. These include the award for outstanding drama series, while stars Carl Weathers, Timothy Olyphant and Giancarlo Esposito are all recognised in various categories – as well as the some of the creative categories.
The Emmys take place on Sunday evening in the US, overnight in the UK – you can get up to date with the winners and best bits early on Monday on Sky News.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and sexual assault – which reportedly took place on the set of EastEnders.
The alleged incident happened on the set of the BBC soap at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, according to The Sun newspaper.
Hertfordshire Police confirmed a man in his 50s was arrested after the report in Eldon Avenue, Borehamwood, on 7 May.
The man is accused of sexual assault and common assault in relation to two victims, the force said.
The suspect is on bail while inquiries continue, police added.
EastEnders said in a statement: “While we would never comment on individuals, EastEnders has on-site security and well-established procedures in place to safeguard the safety and welfare of everyone who works on the show.”
BST Hyde Park festival has cancelled its final night after Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra pulled out of the headline slot.
Lynne, 77, was due to play alongside his band on Sunday but has been forced to withdraw from the event following a “systemic infection”.
The London show was supposed to be a “final goodbye” from ELO following their farewell US tour.
Organisers said on Saturday that Lynne was “heartbroken” at being unable to perform.
A statement read: “Jeff has been battling a systemic infection and is currently in the care of a team of doctors who have advised him that performing is simply not possible at this time nor will he be able to reschedule.
“The legacy of the band and his longtime fans are foremost in Jeff’s mind today – and while he is so sorry that he cannot perform, he knows that he must focus on his health and rehabilitation at this time.”
They later confirmed the whole of Sunday’s event would be cancelled.
“Ticket holders will be refunded and contacted directly by their ticket agent with further details,” another statement said.
Stevie Wonder played the festival on Saturday – now its final event of 2025.
US rock band The Doobie Brothers and blues rock singer Steve Winwood were among those who had been due to perform to before ELO’s headline performance.
The cancellation comes after the band, best known for their hit Mr Blue Sky, pulled out of a performance due to take place at Manchester’s Co-Op Live Arena on Thursday.
ELO was formed in Birmingham in 1970 by Lynne, multi-instrumentalist Roy Wood and drummer Bev Bevan.
They first split in 1986, before frontman Lynne resurrected the band in 2014.
Donald Trump has said he is considering “taking away” the US citizenship of actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits a government from doing so.
In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, the US president said: “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.”
He also labelled O’Donnell, who has moved to Ireland, as a “threat to humanity” and said she should “remain in the wonderful country of Ireland, if they want her”.
O’Donnell responded on Instagram by posting a photograph of Mr Trump with Jeffrey Epstein.
“You are everything that is wrong with America and I’m everything you hate about what’s still right with it,” she wrote in the caption.
“I’m not yours to silence. I never was.”
Image: Rosie O’Donnell moved to Ireland after Donald Trump secured a second term. Pic: AP
O’Donnell moved to Ireland with her 12-year-old son in January after Mr Trump had secured a second term.
She has said she’s in the process of obtaining Irish citizenship based on family lineage and that she would only return to the US “when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America”.
O’Donnell and the US president have criticised each other publicly for years, in an often-bitter back-and-forth that predates Mr Trump’s move into politics.
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This is just the latest threat by the president to revoke the citizenship of someone he has disagreed with, most recently his former ally Elon Musk.
But the two situations are different as while Musk was born in South Africa, O’Donnell was born in the US and has a constitutional right to American citizenship.
Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, said the Supreme Court ruled in a 1967 case that the fourteenth amendment of the constitution prevents the government from taking away citizenship.
“The president has no authority to take away the citizenship of a native-born US citizen,” he added.
“In short, we are nation founded on the principle that the people choose the government; the government cannot choose the people.”