Just days ahead of the closing of Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Ellison has unveiled the name of the company that will emerge from the merger: Skydance. The new group will bring together two of Hollywood’s most significant creative and industrial legacies under a single holding company, while Paramount and Warner Bros. will continue to operate as distinct and recognizable studio brands. The transaction, valued at approximately $110 billion on an enterprise value basis, is expected to [...]

The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards returned to Los Angeles on September 27, with a ceremony at the Peacock Theater that underscored just how increasingly intertwined the music and audiovisual industries have become. Airing on CBS and MTV and streaming on Paramount+, the Snoop Dogg-hosted show spanned broadcast television, cable and streaming, turning one of MTV’s most established brands into a multiplatform event. Madonna dominated the night with seven awards, including Artist of the Year, Best Album for Confessions II, [...]

An Italian documentary rooted in Trentino is making its way into the U.S. awards circuit with the goal of entering the race for the 2027 Academy Awards. Green Lava, produced by Emotions to Generate Change in collaboration with Vatican News, Vatican Radio and Vatican Media, recently completed a theatrical run at the Lumiere Music Hall in Beverly Hills, part of the film’s qualification process for Best Documentary Short Film. Directed by Lia Beltrami and Ali Aksu, the documentary is in [...]

Just over a week after the 78th Emmy Awards, television’s biggest celebration offers an opportunity to look at Italy’s presence from a broader perspective. During the 2026 Emmy season, Italy emerged through different but complementary channels: the talent of Italian professionals working within the U.S. industry, an international television production built around the country’s regions and culture, and Made in Italy itself, with a presence within Hollywood’s awards ecosystem. Among the most significant recognitions was the Emmy awarded to Sebastiano [...]

A few days ago, on September 22, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art finally opened its doors in Los Angeles, with some 6,000 tickets already reserved ahead of opening day. More than a decade in the making, and after earlier plans for San Francisco and Chicago, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson's museum has arrived in Exposition Park with a much broader ambition than its founder's name might suggest. This is not a museum about Star Wars. It is an attempt [...]

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards kicked off the week of the 78th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles with two ceremonies, held September 5 and 6 at the Peacock Theater, primarily honoring the technical and creative categories that shape American television, from cinematography and visual effects to editing and production design, as well as selected performance categories. The major awards for actors and series will be presented during the September 14 ceremony, airing live on NBC and streaming on Peacock. The [...]