Scooby-Doo x Universal Monsters at Universal Fan Fest Nights (USH) – Universal Fan Fest Nights Kicks Off on Thursday, April 23 and Continues Select Nights Through Saturday, May 16, 2026.

Universal Studios Hollywood Readies for Universal Fan Fest Nights 2026 with Presale Tickets and Teases the Debut of the All-Original In-World Experience Scooby-Doo x Universal Monsters.

Presale Tickets Available for Purchase Now Through December 17 And Include a First-Ever Universal Fan Fest Nights 2026 Complimentary Limited Edition Collectible Medallion.

Universal City, California, September 26, 2025 – Get ready for Universal Fan Fest Nights 2026 at Universal Studios Hollywood as the theme park prepares for exciting and immersive pop culture, in-world experiences featuring a slate of all-new and returning adventures, including the exclusive announcement of an innovative mash-up of Scooby-Doo x Universal Monsters that will take guests onto Universal’s iconic backlot, plus the availability of presale tickets.

Presale tickets can be purchased now through December 17, 2025, and include the first-ever Universal Fan Fest Nights 2026 complimentary limited edition collectible medallion. Universal Fan Fest Nights begins on Thursday, April 23, and continues select nights through Saturday, May 16, 2026. Event dates are: April 23-25; May 1-3, 7-9, 15-16.

Today’s eagerly awaited news marks the beginning of a rollout of Universal Fan Fest Nights announcements and coincides with Universal Studios Hollywood’s participation in L.A. Comic Con, which takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from September 26-28.

Universal Studios Hollywood’s presence will include an interactive booth and informative panel discussion to be held on Saturday, September 27 at 1:00 p.m. in Panel Room 304ABC focusing on Universal Fan Fest Nights, Halloween Horror Nights and the Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift roller coaster opening in 2026. Panel participants will feature John Murdy, Executive Producer of Halloween Horror Nights; Stephen Siercks, Executive Producer of Universal Fan Fest Nights; Jon Corfino, Vice President, Universal Creative and Abbye Finnan, Senior Show Producer, Universal Creative. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times will moderate the panel.

Paid admission is required to attend L.A. Comic Con.

Universal Fan Fest Nights is an after-hours, separately ticked event that celebrates the exhilarating world of fandom through immersive and interactive in-world experiences created by the theme park’s renowned and highly creative entertainment team in collaboration with esteemed industry experts.

Featuring a spectrum of inspirational pop-culture categories, inclusive of sci-fi, fantasy, gaming and anime, Universal Fan Fest Nights will welcome guests to embrace a variety of eclectic worlds that celebrate and elevate fandom favorites alongside live entertainment, character interactions, cosplay, photo opportunities, curated food, beverages and merchandise.

Today’s announcement sets the stage for a plethora of more exciting news to be announced in the coming months.

“The debut of our second annual Universal Fan Fest Nights event is just months away and Universal Studios Hollywood is knee-deep in its development, fine-tuning the very details that we know make a difference for fans,” said Scott Strobl, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Universal Studios Hollywood. “We are passionate about creating a top-notch fan event for our guests and can’t wait to share how incredible year two will be. And as we prep for opening night on April 23, we are pleased to be able to offer presale tickets to our guests that include a very cool, complimentary Universal Fan Fest Nights 2026 collectible medallion that we think will become another fan favorite.”

Presale tickets include Universal Fan Fest Nights General Admission and Universal Fan Fest Nights Ultimate Fandom Pass and include a complimentary limited edition collectible medallion. Restrictions apply. Click here to purchase presale tickets and for full Terms and Conditions.

Universal Fan Fest Nights is exclusive to Universal Studios Hollywood and all experiences and activations are included every event night for guests to enjoy. Adding to the adventure, guests can also experience select theme park attractions open during the event, including “Mario Kart™: Bowser’s Challenge,” “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™,” “Flight of the Hippogriff™,” “Jurassic World—The Ride,” “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem,” “TRANSFORMERS™: The Ride—3D,” “Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride” and “The Simpsons Ride™”.

For more information visit www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com and Universal Fan Fest Nights, follow @UniFanFestNights on Instagram, visit Universal Studios Hollywood on Facebook and follow @UniStudios on Instagram and X.

BAFTA confirms new and returning chairs and deputy chairs of its Film, Games and Television Committees.

London Wednesday 24 September 2025: BAFTA today confirms the chairs and deputy chairs of its Film, Games and Television Committees.

BAFTA’s three sector committees – comprised of BAFTA members who volunteer their time – play a central role in the oversight and steering of BAFTA’s high-profile Film, Games and Television Awards, and support BAFTA to deliver its strategic charitable mission through invaluable industry insight and expertise. The chairs of all three committees also sit on BAFTA’s Board of Trustees.

BAFTA’s guiding principles for its awards are to celebrate creative excellence, level the playing field, provide a fair and robust process, and encourage positive industry change. The eligibility, campaigning rules, and voting criteria for the Film, Games, Television, and Television Craft Awards are individually reviewed and set by the sector committees annually.

  • Emily Stillman, senior vice president at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, has been elected chair of BAFTA’s Film Committee, having held the position of deputy chair for two years. Emily will serve alongside Anthony Andrews, co-founder and creative director of We Are Parable, who has been elected deputy chair.
  • Hilary Rosen, director of commissioning at UKTV, has been re-elected chair of BAFTA’s Television Committee. Christine Healy, director of production at Playground, has been re-elected as deputy chair.
  • Tara Saunders, studio head of Larian Studios, continues as chair of the Games Committee, alongside deputy chair Des Gayle, founder of Altered Gene.

As previously announced, Hilary Rosen was recently appointed by the Board of Trustees as deputy chair of BAFTA.

Full details of the Committee Members for Film, Games, and Television can be found on the website here.


Sara Putt, chair of BAFTA, said“We are so grateful to our Sector Committee members, who are comprised of people from across the screen industries who generously volunteer their time and expertise. We are delighted to see Emily Stillman elected as our Film Committee chair, Hilary Rosen re-elected as chair of the Television Committee, Anthony Andrews elected as deputy chair for Film, and Christine Healy re-elected deputy chair for Television. Together with Tara Saunders, who chairs BAFTA’s Games Committee and Des Gayle, who is deputy chair for Games, our Committees play a central role in ensuring BAFTA’s activities, including our world-leading awards, support and spotlight the screen industries and the talented people within them.”


Biographies

Emily Stillman
As senior vice president at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, Emily is responsible for business development, marketing and operations for Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and Warner Bros. Burbank; working to attract all types of productions, from tentpole feature films, HETV and independent British Film and Television. Most recently Emily has been involved in the vast expansion of WBSL as well as the launch of The Ranch Studio in Los Angeles.  Emily is passionate about diversity and inclusion and during her time at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden has worked on a number of initiatives and events with the aim of making the industry more inclusive, including the introduction of the first ever on site childcare facility The Wonderworks and the creation of CREWHQ training centre for production crew.

Emily has been a board member of the Production Guild, the BFC National Advisory Board, the Film and TV Charity Mental Health Taskforce, and was elected to the BAFTA Film Committee in June 2021. Emily was listed in Variety’s Women That Have Made An Impact in Global Entertainment 2021 and 2022 report.
 

Hilary Rosen
As director of commissioning at UKTV, Hilary leads a team of commissioners, overseeing a growing slate of original scripted and unscripted content such as the new drama series OutrageousBergerac and IJack Wright, the award-winning Emma Willis Delivering Babies and Big Zuu’s Big Eats. She was original commissioner of Dave’s BAFTA-winning Taskmaster. Under Hilary’s leadership, UKTV was the first broadcaster to BAFTA albert certify all commissions to reduce a production’s carbon footprint and the first to commit to paying access costs on every production. She joined the BAFTA Television Committee in 2021 and has been chair for the last two years, alongside becoming a Board Trustee and deputy chair of its Board of Trustees. Hilary regularly speaks on industry panels and sits on a number of taskforces, most recently Film and TV Charity’s Mentally Healthy Productions initiative. She has also led roundtables combatting antisemitism and Islamophobia in the industry. She has been a consultant for BBC Academy and has sat on the advisory boards of Edinburgh Television Festival and Realscreen, and is a mentor for women in television. 
 

Anthony Andrews
Anthony Andrews is the co-founder and creative director of We Are Parable, a multi award winning film exhibition and distribution company which provides audiences across the UK and the around the world, opportunities to experience Black Cinema and television in culturally relevant, unique and memorable ways. Since the company was founded by Anthony and his wife Teanne Andrews in 2013, he has collaborated with organisations such as The British Film Institute, BBC Film, Netflix, Universal, Paramount, Warner Brothers, Film4, and many others. In the last few years, Anthony has helped to deliver international projects in Jamaica, Kenya, and Colombia, in association with the British Council.
 

Christine Healy
Christine joined Playground as director of production in 2024 and is responsible for the management & oversight of the physical production of the Playground slate – ensuring timely and on budget delivery. Previously, she was head of production at New Pictures (The Spanish PrincessDesCobraCatherine the Great) and former COO at Keshet UK. Her previous career as a freelance line producer credits include Doctor Foster, Indian Summers & Line of Duty. Christine is an active advocate for the UK HETV community through her work as deputy chair of BAFTA TV Committee and membership of Pact Council and ScreenSkills HETV Skills Council.

About BAFTA
BAFTA’s mission as a charity is to champion the creative and cultural importance of the screen arts across film, games, and television. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of talent initiatives and learning events that include masterclasses, lectures, scholarships, bursaries, and mentoring schemes in the UK and North America, BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires, and nurtures new screen talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For more, visit www.bafta.org. BAFTA is a registered charity (no. 216726). 

Two Unforgettable Nights Of Music Coming To CBS This Fall.

“A GRAMMY® SALUTE TO EARTH, WIND & FIRE LIVE: THE 21ST NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER” TO AIR SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 WITH SPECIAL APPEARANCES BY STEVIE WONDER, JONAS BROTHERS, JON BATISTE, AND JANELLE MONÁE

“A GRAMMY® SALUTE TO CYNDI LAUPER: LIVE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL” TO AIR SUNDAY, OCT. 5 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDING JONI MITCHELL, CHER, JOHN LEGEND, AND SZA

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (SEPT. 11, 2025)— The Recording Academy® and CBS announced today two GRAMMY® specials celebrating the music of Earth, Wind & Fire and Cyndi Lauper.

“A GRAMMY Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September” will air Sunday, Sept. 21 (8-10 p.m., ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and stream on Paramount+.* A once-in-a-lifetime musical event, legendary band and one of the best-selling artists of all time, Earth, Wind & Fire take to the Hollywood Bowl stage, joined by the world-renowned LA Philharmonic, featuring guests throughout celebrating the nine-time GRAMMY-winning group’s enduring legacy, cultural impact and timeless sound.  Stevie Wonder, Jonas Brothers, Jon Batiste, and Janelle Monáe are among the artists set to make special appearances. Ben Winston, Patrick Menton and Harvey Mason jr. are executive producers. Fulwell Entertainment and GRAMMY Studios are producing.

“A GRAMMY Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live from the Hollywood Bowl” will air Sunday, Oct. 5 (8-10 p.m., ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and stream on Paramount+.* As she concludes her international, year-long Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, this all-star concert filmed over two nights at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl celebrates the beloved music of Cyndi Lauper with exclusive performances of the GRAMMY, EMMY® , Tony-winner and 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee’s iconic songs. Special guests include Joni Mitchell, Cher, Angélique Kidjo, John Legend, SZA, Mickey Guyton, Trombone Shorty, and Jake Wesley Rogers, with a video tribute from Brandi Carlile. Ken Ehrlich, Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Mason jr., Brian Burke, and Lisa Barbaris are executive producers. Ken Ehrlich Productions and GRAMMY Studios are producing.

ABOUT THE RECORDING ACADEMY
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Halloween Horror Nights Opens at Universal Studios Hollywood

Halloween Horror Nights Opens at Universal Studios Hollywood, Kicking Off Southern California’s Most Extreme Halloween Eventfrom Thursday, September 4 to Sunday, November 2.
Event Scares with Eight All-New and Returning Terrifying Haunted Houses, the Menacing Terror Tram, Frightening Scare Zones and Daring Live Entertainment; and Introduces a New Halloween Horror Nights Dining Pass.
Click Here to Purchase Tickets, Including the Popular Frequent Fear Pass Ultimate Fear Pass and Dining Pass.

Universal City, CA, September 5, 2025 – The highly anticipated opening of Halloween Horror Nights kicked off at Universal Studios Hollywood with a star studded red carpet to usher in the popular seasonal event that unearths eight all-new and returning haunted houses, an array of frightening scare zones, the return of its popular Terror Tram experience and “The Purge: Dangerous Waters” live stunt show, along with the welcome debut of “Chainsaw Man: The Chaos,” a terrifying Japanese anime short film.

Halloween Horror Nights continues September 5-7, 11-14, 18-21, 25-28; October 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, 29-31; November 1-2, 2025.

At a glance, Halloween Horror Nights 2025 at Universal Studios Hollywood features the following experiences:

  • “Fallout” takes guests into the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Prime Video’s critically acclaimed series.
  • “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” based on Blumhouse’s hit movie where nothing is as it seems at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria.
  • “Terrifier,” inspired by the slasher film franchise that brings the twisted world of Art the Clown to life.
  • “WWE Presents: The Horrors of The Wyatt Sicks” immerses guests in the world of WWE, going head-to-head with Uncle Howdy in an experience that features The Wyatt Sicks and honors the legacy of Bray Wyatt.
  • “Jason Universe” features horror movie icon Jason from the infamous Friday the 13th films.
  • “Poltergeist, based onAmazon MGM Studios’ supernatural cult horror classic, brings guests “into the light.”
  • “Scarecrow: Music by SLASH” puts retribution at the forefront in which Mother Nature seeks vengeance on the homesteaders for their sins of the past that is carried out by farmland scarecrows. SLASH’s original score delivers an unnerving sense of fear as guests navigate the ominous corridors of the haunted house.
  • “Monstruos 3: The Ghosts of Latin America,” the final chapter where three ghostly legends of Latin America await.
  • “Terror Tram: Enter the Blumhouse” enables visitors to disembark the Studio Tour tram and set off on foot to encounter some of the most iconic villains from Blumhouse’s popular horror franchises over the past 15 years.
  • “The Purge: Dangerous Waters,” a live stunt show that takes visitors on a fiery, rock-fueled adventure while they fight to survive the night.
  • “Chainsaw Man: The Chaos,” based on the hit Japanese manga and anime series, is  an all-original horror anime short of Denji and the Devil Hunters as they battle the Halloween Horror Nights Devil and his army of zombies
  • “Chainsaw Clownz,” a troop of chainsaw killers confront guests in this scare zone as they enter the event.
  • “Carnival of Carnage,” an all-new scare zone featuring a maniacal fun house.
  • “Noche de Brujuas,” a scare zone that extends the terror from “Monstruos 3: The Ghosts of Latin America.”
  • “Murder of Crowz,” the popular scare zone returns with a flock of menacing crows doing anything – and everything – to defend their nest.

A variety of tickets are available for sale. Click here to purchase tickets and for Terms and Conditions. Details for each ticket type are subject to change.

  • General Admission: general admission ticket to Halloween Horror Nights
  • Universal Express: One-time (per day) express access to each participating haunted house, ride and attraction. Does not include early event access.
  • Universal Express Unlimited: Unlimited express access (per day) to each participating haunted house, ride and attraction. Does not include early event access.
  • Frequent Fear Pass: Experience up to 33 nights (based on your selected first visit date during purchase) of General Admission to this year’s event. Valid on select nights only; blackout dates apply. Does not include early event access.
  • Ultimate Fear Pass: Experience the scares over and over for up to all event nights (based on selected first visit date during purchase). No blackout dates on return visits. Does not include early event access.
  • After 2 PM Day/Night: Daytime General Admission to the Theme Park after 2:00 p.m. and same day evening General Admission to Halloween Horror Nights.
  • Early Access Ticket: Early access, beginning at 5:30 p.m.(subject to change) to select haunted houses prior to event opening. A Halloween Horror Nights admission ticket must be purchased separately.
  • R.I.P. Tour: Enjoy V.I.P treatment with an evening of first-class horror, expert shared guided tour of the haunted house, exclusive experiences along the way and a gourmet dinner.
  • Pass Member Special Pricing: Platinum Annual Pass Members can reserve their complimentary Halloween Horror Nights General Admission ticket, select nights apply.

Adding to the scares, guests also can experience select theme park attractions open during the event, including “Jurassic World—The Ride,” “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™” featuring “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™” and “Flight of the Hippogriff™,” “Transformers™: The Ride-3D,” “Revenge of the Mummy—The Ride” and “The Simpsons Ride™.”  The interactive land SUPER NINTENDO WORLD will be accessible to guests purchasing select tickets.