At the 2025 Emmy Awards, a $100K charity challenge to shorten speeches backfired and went into the negative before host Nate Bargatze and CBS stepped in with a $350K donation, while Stephen Colbert, facing CBS cancellation, joked about job hunting by bringing his résumé and headshot to the stage. The FBI revealed DNA on a towel wrapped around the rifle tied suspect Tyler Robinson to Charlie Kirk’s murder, as Kirk’s widow Erika gave an emotional speech vowing to continue his mission through Turning Point USA, and a massive memorial at State Farm Stadium is set for September 21 with Trump expected to attend. Reports also surfaced that Robinson was living with a transgender partner now cooperating with the FBI, and that he joked online after the killing by claiming a doppelgänger did it and mocking investigators. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift secretly attended Travis Kelce’s first home game shielded by security screens, and Chris Brown caused a stir by grinding on Kelce’s ex Kayla Nicole onstage during his concert.

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