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| 'GH' veteran Genie Francis to be honored at Daytime Emmys | General Hospital veteran Genie Francis, who has played Laura on the ABC daytime drama for nearly 50 years, is to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Daytime Emmys ceremony. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences gala is to take place Oct. 30 in Hollywood. Laura was one-half of a beloved super-couple with Anthony Geary's Luke. Geary died in 2025 at the age of 78. "I want to offer my deepest gratitude to the leadership of NATAS for honoring me with this year's Lifetime Achievement Award. This February marks 50 years since I first portrayed Laura on General Hospital," Francis said in a press release Thursday. "Stepping onto that set at just 14, I could never have imagined the extraordinary journey that lay ahead. |
| Donnie Wahlberg, Vanessa Lachey to host 'Best of VMAs' specials | Donnie Wahlberg and Vanessa Lachey will host Best of VMAs specials leading up to the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards. Wahlberg, 57, will host Best of VMAs: Iconic Vanguard Performances, a special celebrating Video Vanguard Award winners and their VMAs performances, Sept. 13 at 9:30 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+. Organizers have yet to announce this year's Video Vanguard Award winner, although past recipients include Mariah Carey, Katy Perry, Shakira, Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliott, Jennifer Lopez, Pink, Rihanna, Beyonce and Britney Spears. Lachey, 45, will host Best of VMAs: Unforgettable Moments, a special looking back on unpredictable VMAs moments, from fashion choices to collaborations and performances, Sept. 20 at 9 p.m. ET. |
| 'Maxton Hall': Ruby, James return in teaser for final season | Prime Video is giving a glimpse of Maxton Hall Season 3. The streaming service shared a teaser trailer for the third and final season Thursday featuring Harriet Herbig-Matten and Damian Hardung. Maxton Hall - The World Between Us is a German YA romance series based on the Mona Kasten novel Save Me. The show follows the romance between classmates Ruby Bell (Herbig-Matten), a determined student on a scholarship, and the privileged James Beaufort (Hardun). Season 3 returns viewers to Maxton Hall College after Ruby's suspension from the prep school in the Season 2 finale. Ruby's "dream of going to Oxford is slipping away, but she refuses to give up. Together with James, they fight to prove her innocence. |
| Hugh Jackman 'very interested' in Norwich soccer club stake | Hugh Jackman says he's "very interested" in buying a stake in the English professional soccer club Norwich City FC. The Australian actor, 57, discussed the possibility in an interview with talkSPORT while promoting his new film The Death of Robin Hood. "I'm very, very interested, and talking about it right now," Jackman said. Norwich City FC is one of 24 teams that compete in the English Football League Championship, making it a rival of Welsh team Wrexham AFC, co-owned by Jackman's Deadpool & Wolverine co-star Ryan Reynolds and actor Rob McElhenney. Jackman previously told the BBC he adopted Norwich as his team because his mother was born and raised in the city. |
| 'Wolverine,' 'Final Fantasy' highlight PlayStation State of Play | PlayStation released new trailers for Wolverine and Final Fantasy VII: Revelation during a State of Play livestream on Thursday. Wolverine slices and dices through robotic enemies known as Sentinels in the new clip. The Sentinels are classic X-Men foes who hunt mutants down. Wolverine also encounters his rival Sabretooth and teams up with Mystique and Jean Grey to fight off the Sentinel threat. Wolverine comes exclusively to PlayStation 5 on September 15. Final Fantasy VII: Revelation, the third and final part of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy, will be released on April 8, 2027, a new trailer announced. The team behind the game at Square Enix also detailed new gameplay features such as the ability to freely fly around the map. |