The Latest on the 2019 Emmy nominations (all times local):
8:45 a.m.
The Emmy nominations for the top television drama and comedy series have been announced.
The nominees for best drama series are: "Game of Thrones," ''Better Call Saul," ''Bodyguard," ''Killing Eve," ''Ozark," ''Pose," ''This Is Us" and "Succession."
Emmy statuette and statue appear on stage prior to the start of the 71st Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard ShotwellInvisionAP)
The nominees for best comedy series are: "Barry," ''The Good Place," ''Fleabag," ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," ''Russian Doll," ''Schitt's Creek" and "Veep."
8:41 a.m.
The 2018 Emmy nominations for lead actors in a limited series or movie have been announced
The nominees for best actress in a limited series or movie include: Amy Adams, "Sharp Objects"; Patricia Arquette, "Escape at Dannemora"; Aunjanue Ellis, "When They See Us"; Joey King, "The Act"; Niecy Nash, "When They See Us" and Michelle Williams, "Fosse/Verdon."
The nominees for best actor in a limited series or movie include: Mahershala Ali, "True Detective"; Benicio Del Toro, "Escape at Dannemora"; Jared Harris, "Chernobyl"; Jharrel Jerome, "When They See Us" and Sam Rockwell, "Fosse/Verdon."
8:22 a.m.
Everything is in place and the 2019 Emmy nominations are about to begin.
Actors D'Arcy Carden of "The Good Place" and Ken Jeong of "Dr. Ken" will announce the nominees Tuesday starting at 8:30 a.m. PDT.
Both presenters are potential nominees.
A pair of nearly 20-foot-tall Emmys are adorning the stage at the TV academy in Los Angeles where the nominees will be announced.
This year's multiple nominees could include long-running shows that finished their final seasons such as "Game of Thrones," ''Veep" and "The Big Bang Theory."
12:01 a.m.
"Game of Thrones" is seeking to claim the Emmy Awards version of the Iron Throne one last time.
When the Emmy nominations are released Thursday, the HBO fantasy saga could be in the running for television's top honor for its eighth and final season.
It's earned three previous top drama series awards and is the defending champ.
Top contenders will be announced at the Television Academy in Los Angeles beginning at 8:30 a.m. Pacific.
"Veep," which holds a trio of best comedy series Emmys, is after its final trophies after wrapping its seven-season run.
"The Big Bang Theory," which ended this year after 12 seasons, is among its possible competitors.
The 71st Emmy Awards will air Sept. 22 on Fox, with the host yet to be announced.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military's MQ-9 Reaper drones, airing footage of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft.
The Houthis said they shot down the Reaper with a surface-to-air missile, part of a renewed series of assaults this week by the rebels after a relative lull in their pressure campaign over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Bryon J. McGarry, a Defense Department spokesperson, acknowledged to The Associated Press on Saturday that “a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 drone crashed in Yemen.” He said an investigation was underway, without elaborating.
The Houthis described the downing as happening Thursday over their stronghold in the country's Saada province.
Footage released by the Houthis included what they described as the missile launch targeting the drone, with a man off-camera reciting the Houthi's slogan after it was hit: “God is the greatest; death to America; death to Israel; curse the Jews; victory to Islam.”
The footage included several close-ups on parts of the drone that included the logo of General Atomics, which manufactures the drone, and serial numbers corresponding with known parts made by the company.
Since the Houthis seized the country’s north and its capital of Sanaa in 2014, the U.S. military has lost at least five drones to the rebels counting Thursday's shootdown — in 2017, 2019, 2023 and this year.
Reapers, which cost around $30 million apiece, can fly at altitudes up to 50,000 feet and have an endurance of up to 24 hours before needing to land.
The drone shootdown comes as the Houthis launch attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, demanding Israel ends the war in Gaza, which has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians there. The war began after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and taking some 250 others hostage.
The Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, seized one vessel and sank another since November, according to the U.S. Maritime Administration.
Houthi attacks have dropped in recent weeks as the rebels have been targeted by a U.S.-led airstrike campaign in Yemen. Shipping through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has declined because of the threat. American officials have speculated that the rebels may be running out of weapons as a result of the U.S.-led campaign against them and after firing drones and missiles steadily in the last months. However, the rebels have renewed their attacks in the last week.
A Houthi supporter raises a mock rocket during a rally against the U.S. and Israel and to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, April. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
