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At the 77th Emmy Awards, JioHotstar titles secured 35+ wins across categories, making a defining mark on the world’s most prestigious television awards. With over 200 nominations to its credit, the platform’s diverse global offering spanning drama, comedy, action, and limited series stood out for bringing the best of world entertainment to Indian audiences.
Among the night’s biggest triumphs was The Penguin, which secured an impressive 9 awards, including Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series, Outstanding Special Visual Effects, and Outstanding Contemporary Makeup, among others.
The Pitt followed with 5 awards, led by Best Drama Series, Noah Wyle’s recognition as Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and Katherine LaNasa’s win as Supporting Actress. Star Wars storytelling continues its Emmy momentum, with Andor earning 5 awards, including Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
Comedy lit up the night for JioHotstar, as Hacks claimed 3 awards – Jean Smart for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Hannah Einbinder as Supporting Actress – while Pee-Wee As Himself also earned 3 wins and Beatles ‘64 winning Outstanding Sound Mixing. Other celebrated titles such as The Last Of Us, House Of The Dragon, The White Lotus, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver and others, contributed to JioHotstar’s overall tally, as the star-studded evening was streamed to audiences in India on the platform.
Celebrating the year’s most captivating Emmy nominees, JioHotstar has also released a finely curated coffee table book highlighting its position as India’s largest destination for Emmy-recognised titles. With a diverse and expansive library spanning world-class dramas, comedies, limited series, unscripted reality, kids & family content, anime, and more, the platform continues to deliver entertainment that drives global conversation and shapes modern streaming, bringing premium storytelling closer than ever to Indian audiences.
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The 2025 Emmy Awards have come and gone, and it was a memorable and historic night for television. The Studio broke the record for the most Emmys won for a first season for a comedy series, while another freshman series, The Pitt, took home the top honor for dramas.
Comedian Nate Bargatze served as first-time host and revived a Saturday Night Live sketch that helped put him on the map. There were more historic wins and powerful speeches throughout the evening, such as Hannah Einbinder‘s acceptance speech which had people searching for what was censored.
The evening was also full of TV cast reunions from shows such as Gilmore Girls, Everybody Loves Raymond, and more. Here, we break down the highlights of the night, from the funniest bits and biggest surprises to snubs and the best reunions.
What was your favorite, or least favorite, part of the night? Let us know in the comments below. And see the full list of 2025 Emmys winners here.
Stephen Graham won the lead limited series actor Emmy on Sunday, recognizing his portrayal of Eddie Miller in Netflix’s “Adolescence,” which he co-created.
“This kind of thing doesn’t normally happen to a kid like me. I’m just a mixed-race kid from a block of flats in a place called Kirkby,” said Graham, who is of Swedish and Jamaican descent. “To be here today in front of my peers, and to be acknowledged by you, is the utmost humbling thing I could imagine my life, and it shows you that any dream is possible.”
Graham is best known for film roles including Guy Ritchie’s “Snatch” (2000) and Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York” (2002). He also played Andrew “Combo” Gascoigne in the 2006 film “This Is England” and reprised the role in three sequel miniseries that aired in 2010, 2011 and 2015. His other credits include “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” two “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies and “The Irishman” as well as “Boardwalk Empire” on HBO and “Peaky Blinders” on BBC.
Also nominated for lead limited series actor were Colin Farrell for “The Penguin,” Jake Gyllenhaal for “Presumed Innocent,” Brian Tyree Henry for “Dope Thief” and Cooper Koch for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”
“Adolescence” earned Graham his first three Emmy nominations and wins. In addition to the acting award, he took home trophies for outstanding limited series and limited series writing.
More to come…
John Oliver once again beat Saturday Night Live.
HBO’s Last Week Tonight beat Lorne Michaels’ NBC show for the third straight year in the Outstanding Scripted Variety Series category.
It comes after the show, which launched on HBO in 2014, previously won seven consecutive times in the Outstanding Variety Talk Series category.
John Oliver thanked HBO and his team as well as his family in an incredibly short speech, helping Nate Bargatze’s charity jar, designed to keep the speeches tight and donate money to the Boys and Girls Club of America. After Oliver’s speech, the counter went back to $99,000.
“F*ck you, Nate Bargatze, that is a lot of money for you and you can add a f*ck to the swear jar as well,” he said before racing off the stage.
In 2023, the TV Academy shook up the categories last year, launching Outstanding Scripted Variety Series, alongside Outstanding Talk Series and moved Oliver into the former, going head-to-head with SNL, which had won the award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series six years in a row starting in 2017.
It has been nominated for 73 Emmys and won 30. At the Creative Arts Emmys, though, it failed to win in directing, which went to The Late Show, and picture editing.
Oliver, who is contracted through to the end of the 2026 season, exec produces the series alongside Tim Carvell and Liz Stanton. It is produced by HBO in association with Peyance Productions and Avalon Television.
Katherine LaNasa fought back tears as she picked up the Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Emmy Award on Sunday (14.09.25).
Catherine LaNasa won an Emmy Award
The 58-year-old actress was a surprise winner in a category that also included Severance star Patricia Arquette, Paradise’s Julianne Nicholson and The White Lotus quartet Carrie Coon, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell and Amy Lou Wood and she paid tribute to the real-life nurses who had influenced her performance in The Pitt as Dana Evans.
Speaking on stage at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, she grew emotional as she said: “Oh my goodness, I am so proud and honoured to receive this award from the Acadmy. My whole career I wanted to work with John Wells, he elevates everything in his wake. John, I’m so much better when you’re around. Mostly because I don’t want to get fired.
Thank you Scott Gemill and all the writers and the nurses who inspired Dana.
“Noah Wyle, the incomparable Noah Wyle, and the entire Pitt family.”
The night’s host, Nate Bargatze had earlier pledged to donate $100,000 to the Boys + Girls Clubs of America but warned he would deduct $1,000 from the total for “every second” an acceptance speech went over 45 seconds, but would add the money back on for those who ran under time.
And after Katherine’s speech, the organisation lost around $6,000.
Nate quipped: ”Alright, that was an expensive wave.
Meanwhile, Tramell Tillman became the first black star to win the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Emmy for his performance in Severance, taking the honour ahead of co-stars Zach Cherry and John Turturro, Paradise’s James Marsden, and The White Lotus cast members Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, and Sam Rockwell.
The 40-year-old actor dedicated his win to his mother, who was seated in the audience, and quoted the advice she had given him as his “first acting coach”.
He said: “You remember what you want to remember. You make time for what you want to make for. Do the work. Show up. And most importantly, for the love of God, don’t embarrass me in public.
“My first acting coach was tough y’all. But all great mothers are.”
Take a look at the picture:
V Shantaram won the Best Director Award for Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje, and this film also won the Best Film award. In fact, the film swept the awards that year. AK Parmar won the award for Best Sound Design, and Kanu Desai bagged the Best Art Direction award for Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje.
Other awardees were Motilal (Best Supporting Actor; Devdas), Vyjayanthimala (Best Supporting Actress; Devdas), GG Mayekar (Best Music Director; Shree 420) and Amiya Chakravarty (Best Story; Seema), among others.
From icons like Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, and Nargis in the early years, to Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, and Rishi Kapoor, every era of Hindi cinema has left its imprint on the Filmfare stage. In more recent years, Shah Rukh Khan’s wit as a host, Salman Khan’s electrifying performances, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s elegance, Deepika Padukone’s grace, Priyanka Chopra’s energy, and Ranveer Singh’s larger-than-life stage presence have turned the awards into a spectacle of glamour and entertainment. The 70th Filmfare Awards will take place in Gujarat in October this year.
Stay tuned to Filmfare for more updates on the awards.
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Simon Guobadia, Porsha Williams
We now know what had #PorshaWilliams and her ex-husband, #SimonGuobadia, trading shots the other day.
A Georgia judge has rejected Simon’s appeal to overturn their prenup, upholding the terms of their divorce finalized in June 2025. The ruling grants The #RHOA star $40,000 per month in spousal support for 14 months, half the equity in their home (with housing costs covered by Simon for the next 36 months), several luxury vehicles, and $224,000 in legal fees.
However, despite the ruling, Simon isn’t backing down. The #Nigerian businessman told PEOPLE:
“We intend to continue pursuing this appeal, as we have not yet exhausted all legal remedies. I anticipate a resolution within approximately 12–24 months, depending on how far the opposition chooses to take the matter.”
“In addition, I have a federal defamation case that has yet to be heard, and we are now preparing for the discovery phase at the pace set by the federal court,” he added. “I am a very patient man — patience has served me well for over 40 years in both my personal and professional life — and I am confident that I will ultimately prevail. Stay tuned.”
Vivek Agnihotri’s latest political drama, The Bengal Files, has outperformed his 2019 film The Tashkent Files at the box office but still lags significantly behind the phenomenal success of The Kashmir Files (2022).
Modest Opening Weekend for The Bengal Files
The Bengal Files earned ₹2.75 crore on Sunday, following ₹2.15 crore on Saturday and ₹1.75 crore on Friday. According to Sacnilk, the film’s total opening weekend collection in India stands at ₹6.65 crore. While this is nearly three times the ₹2.20 crore that The Tashkent Files earned during its opening weekend, it is only about one-fourth of the ₹27.15 crore that The Kashmir Files raked in.
Comparing Agnihotri’s Political Trilogy
The Tashkent Files, a pre-pandemic outing on the death of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri under mysterious circumstances, featured Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, and Pankaj Tripathi. At the other end, The Kashmir Files, based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, was a box office hit, with a ₹3.55 crore opening and rising to ₹15 crore by day three.
Comparatively, The Bengal Files also had a subdued beginning despite the impressive cast that boasts of Mithun Chakraborty, Namashi Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, and Pallavi Joshi. The movie deals with the Direct Action Day of 1946, Noakhali Massacre, and the “Great Bengal Killing” and compares them to contemporary problems in Bengal and Bangladesh.
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Heavy Investment and Stiff Competition
Agnihotri has disclosed that he invested the returns of The Kashmir Files into The Bengal Files, in addition to borrowed money. In the meantime, his last release, The Vaccine War, launched on ₹3.50 crore and concluded on ₹10.33 crore.
The movie also encountered stiff competition this weekend from Baaghi 4 featuring Tiger Shroff and Sanjay Dutt, which debuted at a record ₹31.25 crore.