Seth Rogen and The Studio turned the Emmys into a wrap party, winning best comedy series on Sunday (Monday AEST) and breaking a comedy record for victories in a season with 13, while Noah Wyle and The Pitt took the top drama prize.

The evening also brought meaningful wins for Jean Smart, Stephen Colbert and 15-year-old Owen Cooper, whose Netflix series Adolescence dominated the limited series categories.

“I’m legitimately embarrassed by how happy this makes me,” The Studio co-creator Seth Rogen said with his signature giggle, surrounded by cast and crew from the Apple TV+ movie-business romp after it won best comedy at the Peacock Theatre in a show hosted by Nate Bargatze and aired on CBS.

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Rogen personally won four, including best actor.

The Pitt from HBO Max completed a sentimental journey with its win for best drama series.

The character-driven medical drama won over viewers and gained emotional momentum during a season whose drama prizes once seemed destined to go to Severance.

Wyle won best actor in a drama for playing a worn-down, grizzled supervising doctor, getting his first Emmy after five nominations with no victories in the 1990s for playing a scrubbed young cub doctor on ER.

“What a dream this has been,” Wyle said.

“Oh my goodness.”

Katherine LaNasa, whose nurse is perhaps the show's most beloved character, was a surprise winner of best supporting actress in a drama, over three women of The White Lotus on a night when every acting Emmy but one went to a first-time victor.

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The first-timers included Britt Lower, who won best actress in a drama, and Tramell Tillman, who won best supporting actor, in the night's two biggest moments for Severance, the Apple TV+ Orwellian workplace satire.

Along with its creative arts wins, it ended up with eight for its acclaimed second season.

Lower’s win was a surprise in a category where Kathy Bates was considered a heavy favourite, for Matlock.

Cristin Milioti won best actress in a limited series for The Penguin.

Jean Smart bucked the rookie trend, winning her fourth Emmy for best actress in a comedy for “Hacks” and her seventh Emmy overall.

At 73, she extended her record for the oldest winner in the category.

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‘Adolescence’ triumphs

The six wins for Netflix’s acclaimed Adolescence, the story of a 13-year-old in Britain accused of a killing, included best limited series, best actor and best writing for its co-creator Stephen Graham, and best supporting actor for Cooper, who became the youngest Emmy winner in over 40 years.

Cooper said in his acceptance that he was “nothing three years ago".

“It’s just so surreal,” Cooper said.

“Honestly, when I started these drama classes a couple years back, I didn’t expect to be even in the United States, never mind here."

Best supporting actress went to Erin Doherty, who played a therapist opposite Cooper in a riveting episode that like all four Adolescence episodes was filmed in a single shot.

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A blockbuster night for ‘The Studio’

The Studio came into the evening having won nine Emmys already during last weekend's Creative Arts ceremony.

On Sunday night, it added four more, which all went to Rogen.

Along with the comedy series award, he won best directing with The Studio co-creator and longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg, and best writing with Goldberg and others.

The show brought blockbuster buzz, and the Emmys ate it up from the start, whether because of Hollywood's love for stories about itself (with A-list guest stars) or the television industry's love for stories that mock the self-importance of movie people.

Backstage, Rogen clumsily tried to hold up all four Emmys at once.

Asked whether the night will be fodder for season two, he said no.

“This is like far too good a thing to have happen on our show,” he said.

“Our show is generally based on stress and disappointment and right now, we’re all very happy."

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A night of surprise winners

Smart's castmate and constant scene partner Hannah Einbinder, who had also been nominated for all four seasons but unlike Smart had never won, took best supporting actress in a comedy.

She said she had become committed to a bit where “it was cooler to lose".

“But this is cool too!” she shouted, then ended her speech by cursing the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and saying “Free Palestine!”

Political sentiments from the stage were otherwise rare.

In perhaps the biggest upset in a night full of them, Jeff Hiller won best supporting actor in a comedy for Somebody Somewhere, over Ike Barinholtz of The Studio and others.

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Colbert gets a rousing send-off

Colbert may have been the night's most popular winner, taking best talk series for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert for the first time.

He got huge ovations both when he took the stage to present the first award and when he won.

The win may have been something of protest vote and tribute to its host, weeks after its cancellation by the network.

Jimmy Kimmel, who was among his competitors, campaigned for Colbert to win.

“Sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it,” Colbert said in his acceptance.

Many perceived the end of the show as punishment of Colbert and placation of President Donald Trump after Colbert was harshly critical of a legal settlement between the president and Paramount, which needed administration approval for a sale to Skydance Media.

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Executives called the decision strictly financial.

He showed no bitterness to CBS, thanking the network, which telecast the Emmys and aired a commercial celebrating his win, for letting him be part of the late-night tradition.

Bargatze delivered his opening monologue only after the first award was handed out.

The show opened with a sketch where Saturday Night Live stars Mikey Day, Bowen Yang and James Austin Johnson joined Bargatze, who played television inventor Philo T. Farnsworth opining on what the future of TV will be like.

Bargatze-as-Farnsworth mentions that there will be a Black Entertainment Television. When asked if there will be a network for white people, he replied, “Why, CBS of course.”

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A 13-year-old girl has been arrested after a shopping trolley was allegedly tossed off a railing at a shopping centre on Sydney's north shore, hitting and injuring a 59-year-old man.

Emergency services responded to reports at 11.50am that a man was seriously injured after being struck by a shopping trolley while walking on the ground floor of a Chatswood shopping centre on Victoria Avenue.

The man was treated at the scene for head and facial injuries before he was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition.

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A 13-year-old girl was arrested at the scene and was taken to Chatswood Police Station for questioning.

Police have seized the shopping trolley for forensic examination.

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A former boarding school teacher accused of grooming a child on a dating app was not sure he was messaging with a real person, his lawyer says.

William Roberto Gulson taught at Knox Grammar School in Sydney's north before he was charged over his messaging with a 15-year-old girl, posing as a boy, in August 2024.

The 28-year-old faced a contested hearing today after pleading not guilty to procuring a child under 16 for unlawful sexual activity.

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The 15-year-old and another teenager were running a fake profile on the LGBTQI dating app Grindr to catch pedophiles, a prosecutor told the Downing Centre Local Court.

Their account was under a pseudonym and was being operated by the girl when Gulson began sending messages.

Though the fake profile presented as a 15-year-old boy in year nine, Gulson said he was keen on meeting and interested in "kissing, sucking, f—ing and cuddling".

The defence did not dispute the messages.

However, Gulson's lawyer pointed out that Grindr is restricted to adults, and the former drama teacher had not believed he was talking to a child.

"He wasn't even sure that he was dealing with a real person," lawyer Paul Glissan told the court.

"The text messages indicate his scepticism over whether he's dealing with a real person or a robot."

"His intention was never to have unlawful sexual activity with anybody – whether that be a real person or a fictitious person."

After requesting photos from the account, Gulson received an explicit image that appeared to be of an adult man, Glissan said.

Gulson eventually asked if he could pick up the person he believed he was talking to and offered to find a meeting place.

At that point, the 15-year-old ended the conversation and deleted the fake profile, the prosecution said.

It is not alleged that any sexual activity took place.

Gulson has been on bail since being charged a year ago.

Knox Grammar, on Sydney's upper north shore, is among Australia's most elite schools, charging annual fees of up to $43,170 per student.

Boarding sets families back another $39,210 per student.

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).

For under 25s: Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800.

Christopher Luxon wouldn’t say if an in-principle decision had been made by Cabinet.

An altercation between two council hopefuls over campaign signage boiled over.

Paul Basham has served in the police since joining in 1985.

Police don’t know if the man sustained injuries where he was found.

Hundreds of billions of dollars will be wiped from the value of Australian properties in the coming decades due to the impact of climate change.

The federal government released the nation's first climate risk assessment this morning, which not only laid bare the risk millions of Australians will face due to worsening natural disasters, rising sea levels and increasing temperatures, but also the impact on the economy.

Under the worst-case, high-emissions scenario in which global temperatures rise by 3 per cent, the risk assessment found $571 billion in value would be wiped from the property market in the next five years alone.

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That hit would increase to $611 billion by 2050, and $770 billion by the end of the century, the risk assessment found.

Australians have a huge proportion of their wealth tied up in property, with it accounting for about two-thirds of all household assets.

The combined worth of all the country's property is currently sitting at $11.5 trillion.

The risk assessment also painted a bleak picture for the affordability and availability of insurance for homeowners wanting to safeguard their holdings.

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"Climate change is expected to drive escalating economic costs across all communities," the report states.

"Sea level rise will intensify coastal flooding and erosion, exacerbate flood and tropical cyclone impacts, and increase the severity and frequency of extreme events.

"These changes will notably increase insurance costs, leading to more underinsured or uninsured properties."

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen said the report showed the need for Australia to act against the danger posed by the warming planet.

"We are not working on reducing emissions for fun, the path to net zero is important, we are doing it because the impacts of our country are real," he said.

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"Importantly, the worst impacts are still avoidable.

"We are living climate change now; it's no longer a forecast, projection, or prediction, it is a lived reality… but it's not too late to avoid the worst of the impacts.

"As the report makes clear, the difference in terms of impact between 1.5 and 2 degrees, let alone three, is very real for Australia.

"So our efforts on mitigation must and will continue."

Following the report, the government is expected to hand down its emissions reduction target for 2035 later this week.

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Tornadoes destroyed several homes in southeastern Utah over the weekend, but authorities said there were no reports of people injured.

A storm produced two tornadoes in San Juan County in southeastern Utah over the span of an hour starting around 12:35 pm Saturday (4.30am Sunday AEST) according to meteorologist Kris Sanders with the National Weather Service’s office in Grand Junction, Colorado.

The paths of the tornadoes that touched down near Montezuma Creek likely covered less than 10 miles (16 kilometres), but the weather service hadn’t yet determined their exact tracks or wind speeds, Sanders said by telephone.

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A survey may be conducted Monday, he said Sunday.

Three homes in the area were demolished in the storm, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said in a social media post.

The 27,000-square-mile (70,000-square-kilometre) reservation stretches into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah and is the largest of any Native American tribe.

No injuries were reported, but an unknown number of livestock and pets were reported missing, the Navajo Police Department said in a social media post.

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Images posted by the department showed the towering column of a tornado surrounded by dark clouds and also a flattened home surrounded by debris.

Tornadoes are pretty unusual in that part of Utah, Sanders said, noting that the weather service had only confirmed two there since 1950.

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They are the beauty trends that take popular clinic treatments and make them accessible – and cheap – for all.

But are beauty trends like short manicures, "bronde" hair, and press-on nails actually recession indicators?

TikTok and Instagram users are claiming the shift towards affordable, low-maintenance trends like short nails, press-ons, and darker hair are signs the economy is set for a dramatic downturn.

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But Australians spent $6 billion on cosmetics and toiletries in 2024-2025, according to an IBISWorld report, up almost 4 per cent from the previous year.

More than $3 billion of that was spent on makeup and skincare products.

Aussies are also expected to spend more than $12 billion on hairdressing and beauty services in 2025-2026.

"While some people might be looking for cheaper beauty alternatives to save money, the 'recession indicator' claim creates a misleading sense that people are scrimping in this particular area," senior lecturer in Cultural Studies at University of Melbourne Hannah McCann told 9news.com.au.

"Beauty as an industry is remarkably resilient to times of economic crisis."

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Sydney nail artist Brittany Bedford is banking on that.

She owns and operates BB Claws, a boutique nail salon in Sydney's south, and has clients booking months in advance as she heads into the busiest season of the year.

While some have taken to spacing out their appointments or picking cheaper nail designs to save money lately, few have been willing to give up their gel manicures altogether despite the rising costs.

"We have noticed a quieter period during the winter months," Britt told 9news.com.au.

"But once the social season picks up, we see more clients seeking out their regular beauty services again."

And that trend is likely to continue, even if the economy gets worse.

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McCann pointed to the "lipstick index", a popular (but unproven) theory that sales for "affordable luxury" items like lipstick spike when consumers think a recession is imminent.

"You give up a holiday before you give up lipstick," she said.

Behavioural and applied economist and senior lecturer at RMIT Meg Elkins told 9news.com.au that improving one's appearance might be a go-to when strained finances are putting a dent in the mental health of millions.

"When we feel bad, we want to look good," Elkins said.

"And if you're having to cut back on so many other elements in your life, tiny bits of luxury actually elevate the way you feel about yourself."

McCann agreed, adding that these purchases can help Aussies feel more in control of their bodies and identities "when the world feels like it is out of control".

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Bedford said her clients have been understanding of recent price increases at BB Claws as overheads increase for small businesses like hers.

"A lot of our clients are in their 20s and 30s, so can relate on how hard it is to get ahead these days."

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