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Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story' Nominated for Best Limited Series, 3 Acting Emmys
The Netflix limited series Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story has been nominated for four Emmy Awards for the 2025 Emmys, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced on Tuesday morning. Ryan Murphy's controversial nine-episode series, looking at the wealthy brothers who in 1989 gunned down and killed their parents in their Beverly Hills home and were later imprisoned for life without parole, was nominated for outstanding limited or anthology series. Cooper Koch, who portrayed the younger brother Lyle Menendez and previously received a Golden Globe nomination for his breakthrough performance, was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie. Javier Bardem was nominated for supporting actor and Chloe Sevigny was nominated for supporting actress. More from The Hollywood Reporter Emmys 2025: List of Nominees How 'The Bear' Fared in 2025 Emmy Nominations Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard Nominated for First Emmys for Acting for 'The Studio' The nominations come weeks after the Menendez brothers cleared a major legal hurdle to regain their freedom; they also reflect the influence the show ultimately had on both the public and California lawmakers in buoying the movement for the reconsideration of their legal case. Responding to a resentencing petition in May, a judge reduced Erik and Lyle Menendez's sentences to 50 years to life, making them immediately eligible for parole. They will next appear before the California Parole Board in August. This reversal of the brothers' fate came nine months after the premiere of Monsters (which was followed by an unrelated documentary on the brothers, also released on Netflix, weeks later). Both led to an uptick in interest and public pressure surrounding their case; in October, as their story regained major attention, Los Angeles's outgoing district attorney wrote a letter to a local judge, asking him to look into the sentencing for the 1989 murders. Before all of this was set in motion, the brothers had filed a habeas corpus petition based on new evidence that emerged in 2023, which backed up their claims of abuse at the hands of their father. This included an unearthed letter written by a teenage Erik to his late cousin, penned before the murders and which discussed Jose Menendez's ongoing abuse. Meanwhile, a former member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo came forward as a victim of Jose Menendez, then a powerful RCA Records executive. The new district attorney fought back against these claims, but their habeas petition is still working its way through the courts. On July 7, an order by L.A. County Superior Court Judge William Ryan demanded that D.A. Nathan Hochman explained to the court why his office rejected the new evidence. He has 30 days to explain why he believes it does not merit a new trial for the brothers. This was not the only avenue available to the brothers, and their attorney soon filed the resentencing petition based on what the former D.A. has set in motion, arguing that the brothers have been rehabilitated over their 30-plus years behind bars, where they have, by all accounts, been model inmates and mentors to other prisoners. In May, flying in the face of Hochman's wishes, a local judge ruled to reduce Erik and Lyle's sentences to 50 years to life. The co-creator of Monsters, star producer Ryan Murphy, spoke about the then-growing movement to free the Menendez brothers and the series' intent back in November. 'I can't say I was unsurprised, because when we finished shooting it and I saw the episodes, I thought they were incredibly powerful from several different points of view,' Murphy explained while speaking at a Netflix panel for the series in Los Angeles. 'That was always the purpose of the show, to show different complicated points of view, but I thought really what it did about raising and asking questions about sexual abuse was very, very powerful.' The series, which features abrupt swings in tone, shows a kaleidoscope of perspectives on the 1989 crime, its aftermath, and the multiple trials that followed. This didn't play well with all viewers and controversy immediately emerged when the family of the Menendez brothers denounced Murphy's portrayal of their relationship, particularly the brief suggestions that there was an element of incest between them. A war of words erupted in the press and with public statements from the family and the brothers from prison. Over the months since its release, that tiff has settled as the focus shifted toward hope for their release after three decades in prison. At the Netflix panel, Murphy summed up his intent in resurfacing the Menendez story with Monsters and re-framing their narrative around the trauma they endured. 'Love it or not, there's a movement with young people who want to talk about that in a way that wasn't available in 1989,' he said, 'So whether you believe them or not is kind of beside the point. What it did, I think, which is why I wanted to make it, was launch a conversation about that topic. And people were really drawn to it, and a lot of people got involved and made their opinions known after they watched the show, which was very, very interesting.' The 77th Emmy Awards will be hosted by Nate Bargatze and broadcast live Sunday, Sept. 14, (8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. 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Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
2025 Emmy nominations full list: Live updates
Nominations for the 2025 Emmy Awards were announced this morning. The nominees for television's best shows and performances from the past year, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, were presented live by actors Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) and Brenda Song (Running Point). The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream live on Paramount+. The show will be hosted by comedian Nate Daily Show Jimmy Kimmel Live! The Late Show With Stephen Colbert The Amazing Race RuPaul's Drag Race Survivor Top Chef The Traitors Colin Farrell, The Penguin Stephen Graham, Adolescence Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer Meghann Fahy, Sirens Rashida Jones, Black Mirror Adolescence Black Mirror Dying for Sex Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story The Penguin Uzo Aduba, The Residence Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary Ayo Edebiri, The Bear Jean Smart, Hacks Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This Seth Rogen, The Studio Jason Segel, Shrinking Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building Jeremy Allen White, The Bear Abbott Elementary The Bear Hacks Nobody Wants This Only Murders in the Building Shrinking The Studio What We Do in the Shadows Sterling K. Brown, Paradise Gary Oldman, Slow Horses Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us Adam Scott, Severance Noah Wyle, The Pitt Kathy Bates, Matlock Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters Britt Lower, Severance Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us Keri Russell, The Diplomat Andor The Diplomat The Last of Us Paradise The Pitt Severance Slow Horses The White Lotus
Forbes
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's ‘Wordle' #1487 Hints, Clues And Answer For Tuesday, July 15th
How to solve today's Wordle. Looking for Monday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: We're rapidly approaching Wordle #1500. Then just a year and a few months before we reach Wordle #2000. It comes at you fast. Once we get to that point, only a few hundred words even remain for the NYT puzzle game. What happens when they run out? I'm so curious, but of course that's still several years out. For now, we can just keep on keeping on. Let's solve today's. How To Solve Today's Wordle The Hint: Force upon. The Clue: This Wordle has two vowels in a row. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! . . . Today's Wordle Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. TRAIN was a good opening guess, leaving me with two yellow boxes and just 78 remaining solutions. HEIST slashed that down to three: JOIST, FOIST and MOIST. I'm pretty sure we've had MOIST before, so I just picked the more likely of the remaining two. Lucky for me, FOIST was the Wordle! Today's Wordle Once again, I beat the Bot, snagging 1 point for that and another for guessing in three. The Bot loses a point for losing to me and gets 0 for guessing in four. Our July totals narrow again: Erik: 2 points Wordle Bot: 6 points The word "undid" is the past tense of "undo," which comes from Old English "undōn," meaning to reverse, annul, or open. It combines the prefix "un-" (meaning reversal or opposite) with "do" (from Old English "dōn", to perform or make). So "undid" literally means reversed what was done. Let me know how you fared with your Wordle today on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog where I write about games, TV shows and movies when I'm not writing puzzle guides. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.
Forbes
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's ‘Wordle' #1483 Hints, Clues And Answer For Friday, July 11th
How to solve today's Wordle. Looking for Thursday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: It's 2XP Friday! Not only is the weekend almost here at last, Competitive Wordle players can double their points (positive or negative) and snag a chance at greatness. Let's solve today's Wordle, shall we? How To Solve Today's Wordle The Hint: Comes with logos, slogans, and a product. The Clue: This Wordle has far more consonants than vowels. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder . . . Today's Wordle Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. TRIBE was a good opener today, leaving me with just 18 remaining words and a green and yellow box. I thought about going with all new letters for my second guess but couldn't come up with anything I loved, so I went with a word that I hoped would at least cut out the vast majority of remaining solutions. BROAD did just that, leaving me with just one possible answer: BRAND for the win! Huzzah!Today's Wordle Bot The Bot and I each get 1 for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Double that for 2XP Friday. Our July totals become: Erik: -2 points Wordle Bot: 8 points The word brand comes from Old English brand (or brond), meaning "fire, flame, or burning torch," from the verb brennan ("to burn"). It later came to mean a burning piece of wood or a mark made by burning (as in branding livestock). Over time, it evolved to mean a distinctive mark or trademark, especially one identifying a product. Let me know how you fared with your Wordle today on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog where I write about games, TV shows and movies when I'm not writing puzzle guides. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.
Mint
09-07-2025
- Mint
I pitted an AI robot massage against the real thing
The spa attendant ticked off a few instructions ahead of my 11:15 a.m. massage. Change into this wetsuit-like outfit. Pull your hair back. Hit the start button whenever you're ready. 'It'll do a couple onboarding things,'' she said, 'and then you're good to go.'' Onboarding? Was this a new-hire orientation or a hotel-spa appointment? I had signed up for a new robot massage at the W Scottsdale. The 241-room hotel in the city's downtown entertainment district recently added Aescape, an AI-powered machine touted as the next generation of massage. Robots aren't new to hotels. You've probably seen them cleaning, delivering room service or gliding through the lobby. Now they're coming for the spa. Aescape (the A is silent) has massage tables at a handful of hotels, including the Four Seasons Resort Orlando in Florida and the Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara, Calif. They are also popping up in other cities at fitness centers and day spas. There are no deepfake concerns with AI massages. You can see the massage table and the giant white arms with fat paws ready to pound your back. The question for spa guests: How does the robot compare to a professional spa massage therapist and is the value there? That's where your trusty travel columnist comes in. I tried both at the same W Hotel Away spa, 24 hours apart. The Aescape massage, 60 minutes, was $120. My 50-minute de-stress massage was $190, $228 with service charge. Both did the trick in their own ways. But let's just say Erik, my real massage therapist, doesn't have to worry about job security. Maybe you've plopped into one of those Sharper Image massage recliners or high-tech massage chairs at an airport lounge or mall. Get those images out of your head. The Aescape robot massage at the W was set up like a traditional spa appointment. There was a treatment room, table and background music. Except there's no massage therapist and you disrobe not to your undies but the tight-fitting loungewear Aescape provides. The company says it's designed to limit things getting bunched up during the automated massage. It also helps the robot read your body during body scans. (Mine told me my left foot was out of position at one point.) Customers start the massage face down on a wide massage table, peering through the traditional face pillow to an iPad-like screen below. 'Welcome, Dawn," mine said, and noted I was there for the 60-minute total back, glutes and hamstring massage. The device is the massage control center. It's where you adjust the pressure, pick the music, move on from a particular body part and heart any robot move you particularly like. I found this all pretty distracting. But that's probably because it was my first time and I was taking mental and voice notes for this column. (The company says there's a way to set it and forget it and simply enjoy the massage. It's called immerse mode.) I'll admit to taking a few deep breaths during the first minutes the robot was pressing deep into my back. Yes, I was thinking about the online comments from naysayers who feared getting crushed. The worries went away after I reduced the pressure level. The robot can't reach two areas that are most enjoyable for me, the head and neck. And, in this particular case, I had a wicked stiff neck that needed attention. So I was more than done with the back section 30 minutes in when the robot turned to my sore glutes and hamstrings. (You don't turn over on these massages, either; the entire time is spent face down.) The glutes-and-hamstring section was the best part of the massage. A bonus: I rocked out to AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck" as the robot worked out the kinks. You don't find that soundtrack diversity during traditional spa massages. I even turned up the pressure past the halfway mark. When it was done, I wouldn't say I was in that dreamy, postmassage haze—but I was more relaxed. Another plus: My hair wasn't a greasy mess and I didn't have to shower off any oils or lotions. I didn't even have to check out because it was prepaid through Aescape. Given the areas it doesn't reach, though, 60 minutes was too long for me, even on the company dime. And I don't think the value proposition is there, either. (Two young guests checking out spa treatments that same day asked if the robot massage was free!) An Aescape spokeswoman says the price includes extras like access to the hotel's popular pool. David Cronin, general manager of the W Scottsdale, said a comparison between traditional massages and a robot massage misses the point. The robot massage isn't designed to replace humans, he says. They are for people who maybe don't want the personal touch of a massage therapist or just need a 30-minute recovery after a hard workout. The shorter massages have been popular, he says, with guests and locals. He's a cyclist and says that's the sweet spot. For an extra 70 bucks plus tip, I'll take all the extras that came with my traditional massage. That one started with robe, slippers and a hand-delivered elixir made with three juices, spearmint tea and prickly pear syrup while I waited for my appointment. The biggest extra, of course: Erik. The hulking message therapist has worked at the W for three years. He won me over as soon as the clock started in treatment-room six. His hands and elbows dug into everything that hurt ('It's going to feel worse before it feels better,'' he warned early on) and the head and foot massages were the treats they always are. I was just a few doors down from the robot's home at the hotel, but miles away, mentally and physically. When time was up, Erik was waiting outside my door with a glass of cold water. The robot only asked me to rate the massage (4 out of 5) and simply told me to remove my belongings from the table to make way for the next guest. Write to Dawn Gilbertson at
