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Emmy winners Jean Smart, Zendaya, Brendan Hunt and Jason Sudeikis (Phil McCarten/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images; AP Photo/Mark Terrill)

Succession, the story of a dysfunctional wealthy family jockeying for power, and feel-good comedy Ted Lasso have taken out the top honours at the Emmy Awards in Hollywood.

Both shows were repeat winners, while Australian actor Murray Bartlett picked up his first Emmy with a best supporting actor award for The White Lotus.

Succession was named best drama series, an award it had won in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted its production schedule.

Australian Sarah Snook, missed out on the best supporting actress award for her part in the show, with that recognition instead going to Ozark's Julia Garner.

Ted Lasso won best comedy series for the second straight year, while stars Jason Sudeikis and Brett Goldstein were second-time winners of best comedy actor and supporting actor respectively.

One newcomer among the major honorees was Lee Jung-jae, who was named best actor in a drama for his role on South Korean drama Squid Game.

The dystopian thriller about cash-strapped contestants risking their lives for wealth became a global sensation after its release a year ago.

The White Lotus, about wealthy vacationers and the workers who cater to them, landed the trophy for best limited series.

Australia's Bartlett was named best supporting actor in a limited series for his portrayal of a hotel manager at a ritzy resort in the show.

A third Aussie actor, Toni Collette, missed out on a best actress award for The Staircase, with Amanda Seyfried taking the honours for The Dropout.

Key winners from the 74th Emmy Awards

BEST DRAMA SERIES - Succession

BEST COMEDY SERIES - Ted Lasso

BEST LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES - The White Lotus

BEST COMEDY ACTOR - Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

BEST COMEDY ACTRESS - Jean Smart, Hacks

BEST DRAMA ACTOR - Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game

BEST DRAMA ACTRESS - Zendaya, Euphoria

BEST ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE - Michael Keaton, Dopesick

BEST ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE - Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE - Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE - Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES - Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES - Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES - Matthew Macfadyen, Succession

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES - Julia Garner, Ozark.

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The Guinness World Record for the most dogs at a movie has been broken at an outdoor screening of the film 101 Dalmatians.

The event took place in England in September 11, where 127 dogs attended the outdoor screening.

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The reason for this taking place was much more than just a random attempt at breaking a world record, Rachel the organiser, was also raising funds for a dog rescue charity and managed to drum up almost $1000 Australian dollars.

The Previous world record was set back in 2019 in Brazil, where 120 dogs attended a showing of The Secret Life of Pets 2.

 

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Many people feel a little anxious if they forget their phone but some suffer from nomophobia - "no mobile phone phobia" - a serious fear of being disconnected.

Macquarie University psychologist Wayne Warburton says smartphones, tablets, computers and TVs can all fuel screen overuse, but phones are particularly problematic because of their constant presence in our lives.

Associate Professor Warburton recently published a paper that found up to three per cent of young Australians could have internet gaming disorder, an affliction associated with screen addiction.

"For most of us, this is not an addiction or a disorder," he said on Tuesday.

"It's a habit that we've developed, but one that's having a real impact on our lives."

The problem is that screens and apps are designed to distract.

"They're giving us lots of little dopamine hits. But they never reward us with that eventual feeling of satisfaction that stops a behaviour, so we keep scrolling," Prof Warburton said.

"There's always the promise of something better just out of reach."

When we're not using them, they try to draw us back with notifications that distract us.

Brain imaging of people with severe screen overuse shows a drop-off in brain activity in certain areas.

"The longer this goes on, the greater the effect on our ability to focus and pay attention," Prof Warburton said.

While two-minute social media videos used to retain attention, that's too long now.

"That's why platforms like TikTok are so popular," he said.

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PhD candidate Michoel Moshel is studying the effects of screen overuse on cognition which not only impacts attention but higher order thinking skills, like problem solving and impulse control.

He recommends self imposed breaks from technology like getting rid of notifications from your phone, removing your phone from your desk, charging it overnight in another room and taking time to read a book instead of scrolling social media.

"Think of your attention span as a muscle that hasn't been exercised," Prof Warburton said.

"Building it up will take time, but it can be done."

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Emmy Awards host Kenan Thompson and the ceremony's producers are promising a feel-good event - a phrase not applicable to several of the top nominated shows.

The best drama contenders include the violently dystopian Squid Game, bleak workplace satire Severance, and Succession - about a powerful and cutthroat family.

Even multi-award winner and comedy nominee Ted Lasso took a storytelling dark turn.

But after several pandemic-constrained awards seasons, Monday's 74th Primetime Emmy Awards (from 8pm Monday EDT, 10am Tuesday AEST) will be big and festive, executive producers Reginald Hudlin and Ian Stewart said.

The pair are actually taking a leaf from last year's scaled-down ceremony and its club-style table seating for nominees.

"They had a ball. They had a party. They celebrated themselves," Stewart said, recalling a comment made by actor Sophia Bush at the evening's end: "Oh, my God, I actually had fun at the Emmys".

The tables will be back and again reserved for nominees - and their "significants", Stewart said - but there will be some 3000 other guests seated traditionally in the temporarily reconfigured 7000-seat Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

"When the nominees are having a great time that translates on screen," Hudlin said, citing the "passionate, touching" speeches delivered by winners.

Thompson, the veteran Saturday Night Live cast member taking his first turn as Emmys host, said he wants to enjoy the ceremony and make sure others do, too.

"This should be a night of appreciating artistry and creativity and removing the stress of it all out. I get it - it sucks to lose, and everybody's picking outfits and trying to do the red carpet thing," Thompson said.

"But at the same time, it's an awesome thing to be in the room on Emmys night, and I don't want that to get lost in the stress."

Thompson said he does not expect anything mirroring the Will Smith-Chris Rock confrontation that cast a shadow over the Oscars earlier this year.

Although HBO's Succession, which won the best drama series award in 2020, and Ted Lasso from Apple TV+ are considered the frontrunners for top series honours, there's potential for surprises.

Netflix's Squid Game, a global sensation, would be the first non-English language drama series to win an Emmy.

On the comedy side, ABC's acclaimed newcomer Abbott Elementary could become the first broadcast show to win the best comedy award since the network's Modern Family in 2014.

It is also among the few contenders this year, along with Squid Game, to field a substantial number of nominees of colour.

At the Emmy creative arts ceremonies held earlier this month, the mockumentary-style show about educators in an underfunded Philadelphia school, won the trophy for outstanding comedy series casting.

Succession, for which Australian Sarah Snook is nominated in the best supporting actress category, won the drama series casting award.

Other Australian nominees include Toni Collette, for The Staircase, and Murray Bartlett, for The White Lotus.

The Crown, last year's big winner, was not in the running this time because it sat out of the Emmys eligibility period.

The dramatised account of Queen Elizabeth's reign and family life will return for its fifth season in November, as Britain mourns the loss of its longest-serving monarch who died last week at the age of 96.

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