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Desi Arnaz & Lucille Ball’s “I Love Lucy” to Receive Television Academy’s First-Ever Legacy Award

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Desi Arnaz’s lasting legacy alongside Lucille Ball is being celebrated in a special way.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced that the seminal sitcom I Love Lucy will receive its inaugural Legacy Award, a new honor to be bestowed upon a television program that’s made a profound and generational impact on audiences and remains relevant to society, culture and the industry today.

Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, I Love LucyArnaz and Ball’s landmark comedy is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. It will be feted in a special tribute during Night 2 of the 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 6.

I Love Lucy starred Ball and Arnaz as homemaker Lucy and conga drummer Ricky Ricardo and their neighbor friends Ethel and Fred Mertz (Vivian Vance and William Frawley).

The situation comedy that defined the term aired from 1951-57 on CBS and was an was an out-of-the-box smash. It ranked among in the year-end Top 3 among primetime shows in each of its six seasons, topping the list for four of them including 1952-53, when it posted a 67.3 rating — meaning that fully two-thirds of all homes that had a TV were tuned in on a average night.

Arnaz, who also was an executive producer, and the I Love Lucy production team pioneered the use of the three-camera filming format before a live studio audience, setting a production standard that continues to influence television comedies today.

The show won four Emmys — including Best Situation Comedy Series back-to-back in 1953 and 1954. Ball won twoBest Actress in a Comedy Series Emmys for the show, was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1984 and received the Governors Award in 1989.

Arnaz was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991.

Ball and Arnaz were able to maintain creative control of the series by taking a substantial pay cut in exchange for full ownership of its negatives, allowing them to replay episodes. That move by the duo behind Desilu Productions invented the concept of TV syndication and the blueprint for residuals.

“I Love Lucy truly helped define what television could be,” said Cris Abrego, chair of the Television Academy. “Beyond its place in television and cultural history as one of the medium’s most beloved shows, its creative ambition, technical innovation and groundbreaking approach to the business of television established a blueprint that continues to influence our industry 75 years later. We are proud to celebrate a series whose impact is so enduring as the first recipient of the Television Academy’s Legacy Award.”

The two-night Creative Emmy Awards will be edited into a single broadcast airing Saturday, September 12, on FXX.

The 78th annual Primetime Emmys is set for Monday, September 14, live on NBC and Peacock.

Keyla Monterroso Mejia to Appear on Season Two of “Scrubs” Revival

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Keyla Monterroso Mejia is scrubbin’ in.

The 28-year-old Guatemalan and Mexican American actress and comedian is joining the cast of Scrubs for season two as a recurring guest star.

Keyla Monterroso Mejia,Monterroso Mejia will play Mimi, Turk’s (Donald Faison) new surgical nurse. A bit quirky with some sass, she’s a high-energy and loyal assisting hand for the surgeons.

Mimi is joining Sacred Heart amid some turnover, which includes the departure of charge nurse Raymond, played by X Mayo.

The Scrubs revival had been set up in a way that all cast except returning stars Zach Braff (John “J.D.” Dorian), Faison (Christopher “Turk” Turk) and Sarah Chalke (Elliot Reid) had been recurring.

That’s changing in Season 2 when Ava Bunn, who plays one of the new interns, Sam Tosh, is being promoted to series regular alongside Braff, Faison and Chalke.

In Season 2, J.D., Turk and Elliot have leveled up from interns to icons at Sacred Heart. Now, the respected doctors inspire the next generation while balancing the ups and downs of working in a hospital. Together with characters new and old, they are navigating this next chapter with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.

The original series’ creator Bill Lawrence serves as executive producer on the revival via his Doozer Productionsalongside the company’s Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer, as well as showrunner Aseem Batra and stars Braff, Faison and Chalke.

Scrubs is produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios. The series will return to ABC on September 30 with a two-episode premiere, airing Wednesday and streaming next day on Hulu.

Mejia, known for her arc as Maria Sofia Estrada on Larry David’s HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, has been keeping busy recurring on several high-profile comedies, including as Seth Rogen’s harried assistant, Petra, on Apple TV’s Emmy-winning The Studio and as chaotic teacher’s aide Ashley on ABC’s Abbott Elementary.

She’ll next be seen recurring on the upcoming second season of Apple TV’s Bad Monkey opposite Vince Vaughn and the third season of Netflix’s Nobody Wants This.

Colman Domingo to Receive Vantage Award from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

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Colman Domingo has a new vantage point…

The 56-year-old Emmy-winning Belizean-Guatemalan American actor and activist has been named as one of this year’s honorees of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ annual fundraising gala in October.

Colman Domingo, 2024 Met GalaHe’ll be honored alongside filmmaker John Carpenter and Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron.

The gala, co-chaired by Robert Rodriguez, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, will take place on October 17.

Domingo will receive the Vantage Award honoring an artist who is helping to challenge dominant narratives around cinema.

Theron will receive the Icon Award, celebrating an artist whose career has had a significant global impact.

Carpenter, a director and composer, will receive the Luminary Award, given to an artist whose singular contributions have expanded the creative possibilities of filmmaking.

“The Academy Museum Gala is a celebration of the artists and storytellers whose work continues to shape the cultural impact of cinema around the world,” said Academy Museum Director and President Amy Homma. “For our sixth annual Gala, we are honored to recognize John Carpenter, Colman Domingo, and Charlize Theron, whose extraordinary careers exemplify the creativity, innovation, and excellence that continues to move the industry forward.”

The Academy previously announced upcoming programs that include Theron in conversation with the museum’s Teen Council on August 22, featuring a screening of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015); Carpenter will host three nights of screenings of his films, including Halloween (1978), on September 26, in celebration of The Horror Show, the Academy Museum’s new large-scale exhibition.

The 2026 Academy Museum Gala Host Committee, also announced today, includes Jessica Alba, Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman, Jon M. Chu, Kirsten Dunst, Nicholas Galitzine, Ludwig and Serena Göransson, Regina Hall, Kate Hudson, Jessica Lange, Greta Lee, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Rami Malek, Demi Moore, Olivia Munn, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Questlove, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen, Bird Runningwater and Teyana Taylor.

Liza Colón-Zayas to Star in Upcoming Hulu Drama Series “Conviction”

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Liza Colón-Zayas is readying for her next role with some extra conviction…

The 54-year-old Puerto Rican-American actress and playwright, who is coming off her Emmy-winning role on FX’s The Bear, has joined the cast of David Shore’s upcoming Hulu drama series Conviction.

Liza Colón-Zayas,Colon-Zayas joins the previously announced Elisabeth Moss, who leads the series and executive produces, as well as Jimmi Simpson, William Jackson Harper, Kevin McKidd, Sebastian De Souza, Adam Godley, Linda Emond and Ella Anderson.

Based on the 2023 book of the same name by Jack Jordan, Conviction follows criminal defense attorney Neve Harper (Moss), a confident lawyer who finally has her shot at a career-making case: a high-profile murder where the husband is accused of killing his wife by setting their home on fire. But when a mysterious stranger begins blackmailing Neve, she is forced to compromise every legal, moral and ethical obligation to gain an acquittal — or else risk her dark secrets being exposed.

Details regarding who Colón-Zayas, a recurring guest star, will play are still under wraps.

Colón-Zayas most recently starred as Tina Marrero across all five seasons of the acclaimed series The Bear. For her portrayal, she received two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She won her first statuette in 2024 (for Season 2), making history as the first Latina to be awarded an Emmy in the category.

Her other television credits also include HBO’s In Treatment and NBC’s Law & Order: SVU.

Colón-Zayas will next be seen in the blockbuster Spider-Man: Brand New Day (July 31), playing Detective Jean DeWolff.

She recently wrapped production on the indie drama Fleur alongside Halle Berry, directed by Ellie Foumbi.

Her additional credits include John Krasinski’s live-action animated fantasy comedy IF, as well as starring in and producing Allswell in New York, a dramedy that won the award for Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature at the 2022 Tribeca Festival.

Colman Domingo In Talks to Co-Write Original Live-Action Feature Inspired by Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog”

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Colman Domingo may have a special date with a princess and a frog….

The 56-year-old Emmy-winning Belizean-Guatemalan American actor and activist, who recently earned two Emmy nominations, is reportedly considering co-writing an original live-action feature about Princess Tiana inspired by Disney’s animated 2009 feature The Princess and the Frog.

Colman DomingoThe two-time Oscar nominee will reportedly co-pen the feature with 2020 Tony Award-nominated Slave Play directorRobert O’Hara.

It’s still early days on the project, particularly as far as deals go.

Princess and the Frog was the last hand-drawn animated feature from Disney, released in 2009 and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements.

Set in New Orleans during the 1920s and based on E.D. Baker’s The Frog Princess, the film follows a waitress, Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), who dreams of opening her own restaurant. She’s set on turning a frog prince, Naveen, back into a human after he’s cursed by an evil voodoo witch doctor, Facilier. However, Tiana becomes a frog as well, and the couple must find a way to become human again.

Two-time Oscar winner Randy Newman wrote the score and songs, one of the most toe-tapping tunes from the film being Tiana’s “Almost There.”

Domingo and O’Hara’s take is being billed as a spinoff of the animated feature rather than a full-on adaptation, similar to the live-action Beauty and the Beast project that’s in the works, Gaston.

Princess and the Frog grossed $267 million at the worldwide box office when it was released and was nominated for three Oscars: Best Animated Feature and for two of Newman’s songs, “Almost There” and “Down in New Orleans.”

Other live-action adaptations of Disney animated films in the works are Tangled, currently shooting under the direction of Michael Gracey with Kathryn Hahn, Diego Luna, Milo Manheim and Teagan Croft attached to star.

There’s also Stepsisters, a Cinderella spinoff directed by Akiva Schaffer; Lilo & Stitch 2 from filmmaker Chris Sanders; and Impossible Creatures, based on the fantasy series by Katherine Rundell.

Domingo wrote the book for 2018’s Summer: The Donna Summer Musical and co-produced 2023’s Fat Ham, a modern take of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet that was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. Other theatrical works by Domingo include the play The Brother(s), the libretto for Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, as well as the plays Dot, Wild With Happy, A Boy and His Soul and Up Jumped Springtime.

Domingo’s double Emmy nominations this year are for Comedy Series Supporting Actor for Netflix’s Four Seasons and Guest Actor Drama Series for HBO’s Euphoria. He’s already won a Guest Actor in a Drama Seriestrophy in 2022 for Euphoria.

He was nominated for two Best Actor Oscars back-to-back, for 2024’s Rustin and 2025’s Sing Sing.

Colman Domingo Earns Two Primetime Emmy Award Nominations

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Colman Domingo has two chances for Emmy glory…

The nominees for the 78th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been revealed, with the 56-year-old Emmy-winning Belizean-Guatemalan American actor and activist earning two nominations.

Colman DomingoDomingo is nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for the second installment of The Four Seasons and another for Outstanding Guest Actor for his turn in Euphoria Season 3.

“I think the diversity of work is what I’ve always hoped for, to have these opportunities to flex very different muscles,” he said of his two nods.

Oscar Isaac is back in the running for an Emmy.

The 47-year-old Cuban-Guatemalan actor for earned a nod in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for Beef.

He was previously up for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his performance in Scenes from a Marriage in 2022.

Carlos-Manuel Vesga has earned his first career Emmy nod.

The 50-year-old Colombian theater, film, and television actor is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series forhis role in Pluribus.

Bad Bunny has earned his first-ever Emmy nomination.

The Puerto Rican Grammy-winning superstar is nominated in the Outstanding Variety Special (Live) category as a producer and performer for The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny.

The Emmy Awards will be hosted by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay and will air live on Monday, September 14 at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT on NBC, streaming on Peacock.

Partial list of 2026 Emmy nominees featuring Latinos:

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
Bait • Prime Video • Jax Media, Amazon MGM Studios
Riz Ahmed as Shah Latif
Black Rabbit • Netflix • Netflix / Aggregate Films / Riff Raff Entertainment / Youngblood Pictures / Automatik
Jason Bateman as Vince Friedkin
Monster: The Ed Gein Story • Netflix • Ryan Murphy Productions for Netflix
Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein
Beef • Netflix • A24 for Netflix
Oscar Isaac as Josh
The Beast In Me • Netflix • 20th Television for Netflix
Matthew Rhys as Nile Jarvis

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
The Pitt • HBO Max • HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, and Warner Bros. Television
Patrick Ball as Dr. Frank Langdon
The Morning Show • Apple TV • Media Res in association with Apple
Billy Crudup as Cory Ellison
The Pitt • HBO Max • HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, and Warner Bros.Television
Shawn Hatosy as Dr. Jack Abbot
The Pitt • HBO Max • HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, and Warner Bros. Television
Gerran Howell as Dr. Dennis Whitaker
Slow Horses • Apple TV • See-Saw Films in association with Apple
Jack Lowden as River Cartwright
Task • HBO Max • HBO in association with wiip, The Low Dweller Productions Inc., and Public Record
Tom Pelphrey as Robbie Prendergrast
Pluribus • Apple TV • Sony Pictures Television in association with Apple
Carlos-Manuel Vesga as Minuses

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
The Four Seasons • Netflix • Universal Television, Little Stranger, Inc. for Netflix
Colman Domingo as Danny
Hacks • HBO Max • Universal Television in association with Paulilu, First Thought Productions, Fremulon Productions, 3 Arts
Hacks • HBO Max • Universal Television in association with Paulilu, First Thought Productions, Fremulon Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment
Paul W. Downs as Jimmy Lusaque, Jr.
Shrinking • Apple TV • Warner Bros. Television in association with Apple
Harrison Ford as Paul
Margo’s Got Money Troubles • Apple TV • A24 in association with Apple
Nick Offerman as Jinx Millet
Widow’s Bay • Apple TV • Apple Studios / Chum Films
Stephen Root as Wyck
Shrinking • Apple TV • Warner Bros. Television in association with Apple
Michael Urie as Brian
Abbott Elementary • ABC • Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions and Fifth Chance in association with Warner Bros. Television and 20th Television
Tyler James Williams as Gregory Eddie

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Euphoria • In God We Trust • HBO Max • HBO in association with The Reasonable Bunch, A24, Tiny Goat, Dream Crew, ADD, HOT and TCDY Productions
Colman Domingo as Ali
The Pitt • 7:00 A.M. • HBO Max • HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, and Warner Bros. Television
Ernest Harden Jr. as Louie Cloverfield
Pluribus • Please, Carol • Apple TV • Sony Pictures Television in association with Apple
Jeff Hiller as Larry
The Pitt • 8:00 P.M. • HBO Max • HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, and Warner Bros. Television
Jeff Kober as Duke Ekins
Slow Horses • Scars • Apple TV • See-Saw Films in association with Apple
Jonathan Pryce as David Cartwright
The Diplomat • Amagansett • Netflix • A Netflix Series
Bradley Whitford as First Gentleman Todd Penn

Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny • NBC • Roc Nation, Rimas, Jesse Collins Entertainment and DPS
Shawn Carter, Executive Producer
Desiree Perez, Executive Producer
Jesse Collins, Executive Producer
Noah Assad, Executive Producer
Dave Meyers, Co-Executive Producer
Jody Kolozsvari, Supervising Producer
Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, Producer
Jana Fleishman, Producer
Darren Pfeffer, Producer
Chelsea Gonnering, Line Producer
John Kilgore, Line Producer
Bad Bunny, Performer

The full list of nominees can be found on the Television Academy website.

Aubrey Plaza Writing, Executive Producing & Starring in the Animated Series “Kevin”

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Aubrey Plaza is getting animated…

The 41-year-old half-Puerto Rican Emmy-nominated actress will write, executive produce and star in Prime Video’s upcoming adult animated series Kevin.

Aubrey PlazaPlaza will star opposite Joe Wengert. Jason Schwartzman, Whoopi Goldberg, John Waters, Aparna Nancherla, Gil Ozeri and Amy Sedaris in the animated comedy.

Per the logline, loosely inspired by a real life break-up and the cat who was caught in the middle, Kevin is a hilarious and heart-warming story about finding where you belong in the world. After the unexpected break-up of his human “owners,”

Kevin moves into a local pet rescue in Astoria, Queens where a chaotic band of misfit animals will help him to figure out what he really wants out of life.

Plaza is Dana, a confident and career-driven young woman, Dana makes the grown up decision to end things with her boyfriend… but is blindsided by Kevin’s choice to venture out and live on his own.

Kevin is created and executive produced by Plaza and Joe Wengert, the latter also serving as showrunner.

The series is produced by Titmouse, Evil Hag Productions and Amazon MGM Studios.

Pedro Pascal In Talks to Star in Todd Haynes’ Gay Romance “De Noche”

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Pedro Pascal is reportedly making plans for la noche…

The 50-year-old Chilean Emmy-nominated actor is circling Todd Haynes’ gay romance De Noche, which has been revived after being shut down about a year ago.

Pedro PascalThe plan is for this feature to get up and running in the New Year in Guadalajara, Mexico and a lot of that is being worked around the four-time Emmy nominated actor’s busy schedule from now into 2026, per Deadline sources.

It’s a great ray of sunshine for a production that was long considered kaput following Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix exit from the production after reportedly being a no-show on set for two weeks prior to its unplugging.

Vachon has said publicly that Phoenix brought the project to Killer Films, which has a long history making LGBTQ+ fare. It was never known exactly why Phoenix departed De Noche. 

Vachon waved off gossip at last year’s San Sebastian Film Festival and said that it was a “tragedy” that the Haynes film fell apart.

Pascal would join Danny Ramirez, who was originally attached to the project.

They’ll play two men in love who leave Los Angeles for Mexico, with the feature set in the 1930s.

Vachon and Pamela Koffler’s Killer Films is producing.

Killer recently worked with Pascal on A24’s summer romantic comedy Materialists ($85M worldwide).

Vachon also has a long working relationship with Haynes, producing the Oscar nominated filmmaker’s canon including his 1991 directorial debut Poison, Safe (1995), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Far From Heaven (2002), I’m Not There (2007) and Carol (2015).

Haynes was nominated for original screenplay at the Oscars in 2003 for his Julianne Moore movie Far From Heaven.

Pascal is nominated at this year’s Emmys for HBO’s The Last of Us in the Best Actor Drama Series category. It’s his second Emmy nomination for the show in that category. He was also nominated for The Last of Us in Actor TV Drama at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards.

America Ferrera Joins Voice Cast of English-Language Version of French Animated Film “Arco”

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America Ferrera is getting animated…

The Honduran American Emmy-, Golden Globe– and SAG Award-winning actress has joined the voice cast of NEON’s English-language version of Arco, a French animated feature they’ll submit for Oscar consideration, which had its world premiere as a Special Screening at the Cannes Film Festival.

America FerreraIn addition to Ferrera, who rose to acclaim on ABC’s Ugly Betty, the voice list includes Will Ferrell, Flea, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, and Andy Samberg.

The English-language version will world premiere in the Centerpiece section of the Toronto Film Festival on September 7, ahead of its release in U.S. theaters on November 14th.

Winning both the Cristal Award for Best Feature Film and the Soundtrack Award at Annecy, Arco follows a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a charming and touching friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home, while the two children may also be the only ones who can save our planet.

Marking the feature debut of Ugo Bienvenu, the film is produced by Remembers’ Bienvenu and Felix de Givry, as well as mountainA’s Portman and Sophie Mas.

Neon acquired rights to Arco out of Cannes, where they earned their sixth consecutive Palme d’Or for Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident.

Mel Rodriguez Starring in the Indie Revenge Thriller “Busted”

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Mel Rodriguez is busting things up…

The 52-year-old Cuban American actor has joined the cast of Busted, an indie revenge thriller from director Maria Bissell.

Mel Rodriguez,Rodriguez, who starred in The Last Man on Earth, appears on a roster of new cast additions that includes Elsie Fisher, Ty Simpkins and Julie Ann Emery.

The fiilm was penned by Bissell and DP Stephen Tringali.

Currently in production, the film sees naive college freshman Wendy (Fisher) get trapped in a vicious blackmail scheme by her own roommate, being forced into a seedy strip club to pay off the debt. But when she uncovers the sick truth behind the setup, the tables turn — hard. Joining forces with the club’s outrageous misfit crew, Wendy launches a daring reverse con to take her tormentor down.

Others in the cast include Michael Rose, Kathleen Wilhoite, Maria Zhang and Ava Allan.

Bissell is producing alongside Stephen Tringali and Pamela Price. Co-producers include Simone Tringali, Dario Saliani, and Eric Bochner. Emmy winner Charlene Lee and Nina Henninger handled casting.

In addition to The Last Man on Earth, Rodriguez also starred in Netflix’s The Residence and Carol & The End of the World.