How to Watch the 2021 Emmy Awards Nominations Announcement

This Is Us actor Ron Cephas Jones and Hamilton actress Jasmine Cephas Jones are set to announce the nominations for the 73rd annual primetime Emmy Awards on Tuesday morning (July 13).  

Accompanied by Frank Scherma, chairman and CEO of the Television Academy, the father-daughter duo will host the live broadcast here starting at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT on Tuesday. Viewers can also tune in on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

The Cephas Joneses made Emmy history in 2020, becoming the first father and daughter to win Emmys in the same year. Last year, Ron Cephas Jones won the Emmy for outstanding guest actor in a drama series for his role as William Hill on This Is Us, while Jasmine Cephas Jones snagged the award for outstanding actress in a short form comedy or drama series for her role as Tyisha on Quibi’s #freerayshawn.

Included in the announcement will be the nominations for the Creative Arts Emmys, such as outstanding music supervision, outstanding original music and lyrics and outstanding music composition for a series.

The 73rd Emmy Awards will air onSunday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and Paramount+. 

Watch the live Emmy nominations broadcast on Tuesday morning (July 13) at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT on Emmys.com, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

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Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Narrowly Beats Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ For U.K. Chart Crown

Olivia Rodrigo gets the upper hand in the U.K. chart battle with Queen, though there wasn’t much in it.

Rodrigo’s Sour (Geffen) snags a fourth week at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, with an advantage of just 270 chart sales over Queen’s evergreen Greatest Hits (EMI).

Sour is the U.K.’s biggest album of 2021, so far, the OCC reports. Queen’s Greatest Hits, however, is the U.K.’s biggest album of all time, shifting more than six million units since its release in 1981, and logging 985 weeks on the chart, a streak bettered only by ABBA’s Gold (1001 weeks, and counting).

The rock legends’ career retrospective enjoys a spike thanks to a 40th anniversary reissue campaign. According to the charts compiler, 78% of Queen’s final total during the week was made up of physical sales (vinyl, CD and cassette) with Greatest Hits the best-selling vinyl album of the chart week.

Elsewhere on the tally, Jack Savoretti’s Europiana (EMI) is the week’s best-seller on downloads, despite dipping 1-4, while Bo Burnham’s Inside (The Songs) (via Imperial) lifts 6-5, a new peak.

Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie and French artist Jehnny Beth score a No. 12 debut with their collaborative effort Utopian Ashes (Sony Music CG). It’s Gillespie’s 13th Top 40 appearance, the first as a solo artist, and it’s Beth’s first appearance in the upper reaches of the chart.

Over on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” (Asylum) enters a second week at No. 1, scooping 103,000 chart sales, including 10.9 million streams, an effort that eclipses its opening week.

Australian pop artist Tones And I takes off with “Fly Away,” lifting 33-25, a new high. “Fly Away” is Tones’ second Top 40 hit after 2019’s “Dance Monkey” (Parlophone), which nailed top spot for 11 weeks, a record for a solo female artist.

Finally, football fever sweeps the chart with no less than six soccer anthems landing in the Top 100.

The top scorer is “3 Lions” (Epic) by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds, which rockets 22-4 ahead of England’s appearance Sunday (July 11) in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium.

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Andy Williams, Former Casting Crowns Drummer, Dies After Motorcycle Accident

Andy Williams, who was the drummer for Christian rock band Casting Crowns for several years, has died after suffering injuries in a motorcycle accident. He was 49.

“Early this morning, around 1:00am, Andy Williams went to be with Jesus,” read a statement shared on the band’s Instagram account on Friday (July 9). “He fought a great fight, but the injuries that he suffered took a toll on his physical body.”

The note continued: “You prayed along with us that Andy would be healed. You prayed along with us that Andy would wake up. You prayed along with us that God would perform a miracle. While we mourn that Andy isn’t here with us, and that we didn’t get to witness the miracle we longed for here on earth, all of our prayers were answered. He is healed, he is awake and we believe that he is more alive today than he has ever been. We hold fast to Paul’s words that we look not to the things that are seen, but to those things that are unseen, for they are eternal. We celebrate that Andy is in the arms of his Savior and we are grateful for the memories and laughter that Andy brought to all who knew him.”

“We can’t thank you enough for your prayers, support, and unending love,” the post said. “You have walked with us through this very difficult journey and we felt you there the entire way. We love you so much and we thank you for the support. At this time the family has requested that you respect their time together and allow them to receive some much needed rest. Please hold off on reaching out with texts and phone calls for a few days.”

Casting Crowns first told fans of Williams’ accident on June 27, when they wrote, “Our friend & former drummer, Andy Williams, was in a motorcycle accident this morning and really need your prayers!”

On Friday, the group posted a video of Williams drumming as a tribute to their late bandmate.

“We love you Andy,” they wrote. “We miss you already!”

A GoFundMe to support the needs of Williams’ family has been created, with the goal of raising $250,000. The page provided updates throughout his stay at the hospital, where he had been on a ventilator.

Williams is survived by his wife and children.

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“You did us so proud! You brought our game home and brought us all together,” Adele wrote Sunday night (July 11) on Instagram, where she shared a photo of herself wearing an England jersey, looking blissful in the garden.

Earlier in the week, she’d posted a clip watching television as she wildly cheered her team on.

“ITS BLOODY COMING HOME,” she wrote, enthusiastic that they would be taking the final to Wembley Stadium.

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Justin Timberlake Sinks an Unexpected Shot on the Golf Course

Justin Timberlake made an impressive shot across the golf course.

Although he was there to play golf — as part of a celebrity charity event, the 2021 American Century Championship, in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada — the pop star apparently took a moment to shoot a basketball straight into a hoop from quite a far distance, to wild applause.

“Shots between holes @acchampionship #accgolf,” Timberlake captioned the clip, which he posted Sunday (July 11) on Instagram.

On Saturday, the singer also shared a snapshot of himself on the green with Stephen Curry, both wearing butterfly-print shirts. “IT JUST HAPPENED,” Timberlake wrote.

See Timberlake’s shot below.

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