Entertainment news today mixed big marquee moves with more personal moments. In sports-meets-showbiz headlines, Donovan Mitchell locked in his future with Cleveland, agreeing to a four-year max extension worth about $273 million, a signal of both the Cavaliers’ ambitions and the star power now driving modern franchises. Television, meanwhile, is leaning on familiar prestige: Mariska Hargitay will host the 78th Primetime Emmys for NBC, a notable turn for a performer identified more with drama than comedy, while in Ireland Patrick Kielty has been confirmed to return for another season of RTÉ’s The Late Late Show after months of uncertainty. In publishing, award-winning Orangeboy author Patrice Lawrence has been named the UK’s new Children’s Laureate, taking on a prominent cultural role through 2028. And in a quieter, heartbreaking reflection, Gemma Whelan shared the sudden loss of her mother, speaking candidly about grief one year on.