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: Aug 15, 2026 3:11am UTC

As detainees granted ‘alternative’ to imprisonment, US welcomes release as a crucial step for Venezuela’s reconciliation process.

Venezuela says it has freed 131 people considered political prisoners, in a sign of progress for national reconciliation following the United States’ removal of former President Nicolas Maduro.

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: Aug 15, 2026 1:42am UTC

The Simpsons: Hit & Run "is coming back in some form," according to series creator Matt Groening.

Yes, at least as far as the mind behind Springfield and the Simpson family is concerned, Vivendi Games and Radical Entertainment's classic 2000s video game spinoff will finally soon let players get behind the wheel again. He shared his comments during a The Simpsons panel at Disney fan event D23 2026, but it sounds like, maybe, he should have pumped the brakes when it came to any announcements for The Simpsons: Hit & Run.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change in response to buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Ian Crafford, the British film editor and soundman with credits including Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Never Say Never Again, Hope and Glory and Field of Dreams, has died. He was 82.

A Durham side featuring Ben Stokes thrashed Lancashire by 162 runs to reach the One Day Cup semi-finals with Rocky Flintoff unable to repeat his hundred heroics from earlier in the week.

"Derek McInnes is doing the best that he possibly can with what's at his disposal to try and get results."

Former Rangers midfielder Andy Halliday has defended the new Gers manager amid his winless start at Ibrox, accusing the club's hierarchy of "gross mismanagement".

Enzo Maresca has revealed part of his intention in his first season as Manchester City boss is to "close the gap to Arsenal", after finishing seven points shy of the Premier League champions last term.

SunRisers Leeds booked a meeting with Trent Rockets in The Hundred women's final after a tense five-wicket win over Southern Brave in the eliminator at The Kia Oval.

Set a modest 115 to win, SunRisers had looked in trouble at 54-3 after 47 balls - their dynamic Australian duo of Phoebe Litchfield (4) and Annabel Sutherland (17 off 12) both dismissed - and again at 95-5 after 78 when the impressive Issy Wong (3-21) took two wickets in two balls.