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Shailene Woodley took home the prize for guest actress in a drama series early in the evening for her role in Paradise. The actress’ win officially earned the show its first Emmy Award. It’s up for several awards at the Sept. 14 Primetime Emmys ceremony, including Sterling K. Brown for lead actor in a drama series, Julianne Nicholson for supporting actress in a drama series and best drama series.

The actress, who took the stage in a white mini-dress, immediately called out to her mother in the crowd, saying how “cool” it was that she’d won. Woodley told the crowd how grateful she is to be able to do art for a living. “Thank god for artists,” she said to wrap up her brief speech.

“I’m just a big Dan Fogelman fan and a big Sterling [K. Brown] fan,” she told press after her win. The actress said her time on the show feels like a “real highlight” of her career thus far and that reality hasn’t yet set in. She added, “Everyday that I get to work feels like a blessing, so the whole Paradise journey, from beginning to end, has been the gift that continues to give.”

Ernest Harden Jr. took home the award for best guest actor in a drama series for his role on The Pitt. The actor took the stage in tears, met with a big cheer from the crowd. He also shouted out The Pitt’s Noah Wylie, calling him “his brother from another mother.”

The actor, who’s been working in the industry for decades, told press backstage that he wasn’t totally surprised because The Pitt’s “such a powerful show” but that it’s unreal to still get it. He joked that he’d watched himself slowly creep up the Emmy predications list.

The Creative Arts Emmys take place over two days, usually a week ahead of the Primetime Emmys show. This year, the typically below-the-line-centric portion of the awards, featured five categories that were previously given out during the Primetime ceremony. Among those were best supporting actor and actress in a limited or anthology series. Sunday’s awards were not televised live. Instead, Saturday and Sunday’s awards ceremony will air together on Saturday, Sept. 12. The 78th Emmy Awards, hosted by Mariska Hargitay, will air live on NBC on Sept. 14. %!s()

The property purchases happened before the Greens adopted a policy committing to phasing out ownership of rental properties by private landlords in October 2025.

The Green Party told the BBC that, at the time Ali had set up the company, and since, he "has acted solely in the interests of vulnerable close family members for whom he has caring responsibilities".

Ali's connection to the rental properties via real estate company MA Holdings, which purchased them with buy-to-let mortgages, was first reported by the Times newspaper.

Records held by Companies House show that Ali is the sole director of MA Holdings, incorporated in December 2021, and he is listed in the records as the sole person with significant control, owning more than 75% of the shares.

The company's business includes "buying and selling of own real estate", "letting and operating of own or leased real estate" and "management of real estate on a fee or contract basis".

The BBC has spoken to the previous owner and resident of the second property, who confirmed that Ali's company had purchased the property and believed it was bought with the intention to be let out.

Asked why MA Holdings owns the rental properties, a Green Party spokesperson said: "We have provided deeply personal information to the BBC in confidence which shows that Councillor Ali has acted solely in the interests of vulnerable close family members for whom he has caring responsibilities.

"At Councillor Ali's request, we are not going to make this information public to protect his family."

The BBC is not publicising the personal information shared with it, at the request of the Greens, as it relates to private family matters.

In October last year, delegates to the Green Party's annual conference, passed a motion titled "Abolish landlords", external, headed "the private rental sector has failed, it is a vehicle for wealth extraction, funnelling money from renters to the landlord class".

The motion states: "The effective abolition of private landlordism and the private rented sector, coupled with the mass expansion of council housing, is the only way to end the housing crisis."

This is now official policy for the Green Party of England and Wales, with a plan to increase regulation and taxes on private rentals to make it difficult for landlords to make a profit, while boosting housebuilding by councils.

The policy would use existing Green policies such as imposing rent controls, ending buy-to-let mortgages and giving councils the right to buy a rental property when it is sold at a discounted price.

Asked whether Ali had sought to take any steps since the policy had been adopted to change anything with regard to the rental properties, a Green Party spokesperson told the BBC he fully supported the policy.

"The policy does not literally seek to abolish landlords, but rather to put in more regulations and taxes on private rentals through measures such as rent controls and expanded social housing," they said. "All of which Mothin Ali supports."

When the policy was introduced, Green Party MP Carla Denyer told the BBC "while the motion to conference had an eye-catching name, it does not actually 'abolish' landlords".

"It does, however, address the housing crisis, empowers tenants and improves their wellbeing," she added.

"It contains a range of policies which, over time, would reduce the proportion of the housing market that is privately rented, and increase the proportion of socially rented homes." %!s()

According to the Skyrunner World Series, the 38-year-old was last seen on Tuesday after she had reached the Matterhorn’s summit and was descending the Italian side of the mountain. The last sighting of the athlete was near a shelter at an altitude of around 12,500 ft.

“There has been no further contact with her, and no one has seen or heard from her since,” the Skyrunner World Series said in the press release.

Skyrunning involves running and scrambling at altitudes higher than 6,600ft. McCrystal was hoping to ascend and descend the Matterhorn in less than five hours during her record attempt.

A helicopter search for McCrystal was called off on Friday after rescuers could find no trace of the athlete.

McCrystal has climbed the Matterhorn before and, according to the Skyrunner World Series, she had “many years of experience in high-altitude and technical mountain terrain”.

A friend of McCrystal said he did not believe the athlete had taken unnecessary risks before she went missing.

“I know that this objective was well within her capabilities,” Duncan O’Regan, McCrystal’s friend and fellow mountain runner, told CBC. “She’s done much more difficult things, and this is not something that is beyond her capabilities. She’s comfortable in this terrain.”

McCrystal has set several skyrunning records in Canada and Europe and is a lawyer and staff member at Capilano University in North Vancouver.

“Our thoughts are with Kalie’s family, friends and colleagues, and with everyone involved in the search efforts during this incredibly difficult time,” said Jason Dewling, the university’s president and vice-chancellor. %!s()

It was always going to be a strange year. There was a presumptive winner before the year even began: Grand Theft Auto 6. That remains the case, although, given Rockstar's apparent reticence to let anybody play it, we may be waiting until the eleventh hour for its assumed coronation to be confirmed.

It's understandable that this looming behemoth has sucked the air out of the room. But it's still surprising that the race for second place has been so moribund. Quirks of this year's release schedule and slate have been met by a parade of games that have marched up to the quality bar and stopped just short of it — or, perhaps, by a community of game critics that has been less generous than usual with their acclaim.

Image: Rebel Woves/Bandai Namco

I expected all that to change this week, mostly because of The Blood of Dawnwalker. This vampire RPG from some of the team behind GOTY winner The Witcher 3 appeared to have "critical darling" and "Game Awards GOTY contender" written all over it. It's in the right genre, it's narratively ambitious, it has pedigree, yet it comes from an upstart development studio, giving it more authenticity and credibility than your typical AAA franchise fare.

At Polygon, we love this game, but the wider games media sphere — from which The Game Awards draws its voting jury — is decidedly lukewarm. It sits at a just-about respectable 83 on Metacritc. I am not sure that is even enough to get it a nomination (even though it's more than the bizarrely resilient Crimson Desert). Players, too, seem merely whelmed with it: English Steam reviews are "mostly positive."

Image: Shapefarm/Kepler Interactive

Two other games were received with similarly mild approval this week: Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Orbitals, the latter a sparky indie co-op game in the mold of GOTY winner It Takes Two. Both were more dark horses than The Blood of Dawnwalker, but now they're not even that.

This keeps happening. The magic 90-plus Metacritic scores which — combined with genre favorability — announce a likely GOTY nominee have proved elusive for many games. The few that have reached that bar in 2026 face hurdles to secure nominations. Big Walk is an indie and a multiplayer game, best experienced with friends. Forza Horizon 6 is a racing game; its predecessor couldn't secure a nomination with a stellar score in a historically weak year. Mina the Hollower is cultish and not widely played.

Even below the 90 mark, the field is riddled with weaknesses. Crimson Desert is outright hated by many critics. The jury takes neither Pokémon nor life sims seriously, so Pokopia will struggle. 007 First Light looks stronger than most, but the jury typically looks down on licensed games. This is how we end up in September with only one game which can be considered a lock for a nomination: the solid, if not quite spectacular, Resident Evil Requiem.

Once upon a time, this wouldn't have been so surprising; the fall months would typically supply a wealth of contenders. There's still the potential for things to shift in the next few weeks as publishers sprint to release their wares before the GTA 6 meteor hits: there's Marvel's Wolverine, Gears of War: E-Day, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Phantom Blade Zero, Control Resonant, and a few others. Right now, none of them looks like a 90-plus smash, but I could be wrong. The one game assured of that kind of universal acclaim is the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, but there's no guarantee it will be released before the cutoff date, and in any case, as a remake, it too has a big disadvantage.

There are several factors at play here, including a historic wobble in AAA game production and the halting return of mid-sized games like last year's GOTY winner, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. But the net result leaves an impression of an industry, and a critical class, and a playerbase who are all just waiting for Grand Theft Auto 6 to come out. Maybe its win is a foregone conclusion. But, as I've said before, Rockstar can be beat, as it was in 2013 (by The Last of Us) and 2018 (by God of War). I'd love to see one game, just one, step up and try. %!s()

Jovic outlasted the fellow young tennis sensation from the Philippines in an epic three-hour showdown on Saturday to book a meeting with fourth-seeded former champion Coco Gauff.

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The 14th-seed Jovic won five of the last six games for a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 triumph over 17th-seed Eala after three hours and three minutes.

“That felt like a marathon, and I felt like I lost my sanity five times over to win that match,” Jovic said. “But it’s really worth it for this feeling.”

Two of the top rising stars of women’s tennis made their Arthur Ashe Stadium debut a memorable battle that featured 17 service breaks in 33 games.

“That match, definitely the way it finished, deserved that court,” Jovic said.

“It literally took everything to somehow squeeze my way through that.”

When the emerging US tennis star’s win was sealed, her Filipina friend went around the court to congratulate her instead of waiting at the net as players usually do at the end of tennis matches.

When Jovic was asked about Eala’s gesture in her post-match news conference, the American was moved to tears and said it showed her friend’s character.

“It says a lot about her as a person,” Jovic said while wiping away tears. “I’m gonna start crying, but it says a lot about her as a person to be able to do that after that type of match and still come over to hug me and wish me all the best. And even in the locker room behind closed doors … so that just says a lot about her and her character. Yeah, she’s incredible.”

Jovic, 18, and Eala, 21, are friends and sometimes doubles partners, knowing each other’s skills and style well. That helped produce seven service breaks in the first 11 games.

“I’m usually not one that shows that many emotions, but this one really meant a lot to me. It’s everything to have another match here at the US Open,” Jovic said.

That match will be against compatriot Gauff, the 2023 US Open and 2025 French Open champion.

“I’m going to be more than happy to just bring this fight and this energy, and whatever happens I can leave with my head high,” Jovic said.

‘Put on a show’

Jovic broke four times to win the first set but was broken three times by left-hander Eala to drop the second.

“The level was absolutely incredible from both sides,” Jovic said.

“We definitely put on a show, and it literally took everything to get through that … losing my earrings, falling literally flat-out on the floor, cuts on my knees, mental breakdowns,” she said.

Eala admitted: “I had my chances. I’m happy with the match in general. Of course there is disappointment in losing, but trying to see the positive side. It was a really good match. The level was really high.

“I left everything out there. I fought through the ups and downs … What I know for a fact is that I fought, so I’m happy with that.”

A quarterfinalist at this year’s Australian Open, Jovic won her first WTA title last year in Guadalajara at age 17.

She beat Eala at the French Open and Queen’s Club in London earlier this season in their prior meetings, but that was before Eala won her first WTA title at Washington.

“She played an outrageous level tonight. She was serving very good. She was showing a lot more versatility with her returns,” Jovic said of Eala.

“She’s playing some of the best tennis in the world right now, so it’s no doubt it takes a hell of an effort to beat her.”