Neshaminy Mall, a 58-year-old Bucks County institution, will not see another holiday season, according to Bensalem Township Mayor Joe DiGirolamo, who said the complex will close by the end of October.
“It’s very bittersweet,” DiGirolamo said, “but the mall has been going downhill for the last few years.”
The 1-million-square-foot center has struggled with rising store vacancies and fewer customers, becoming fodder for TikTokers mourning their teenage stomping grounds.
Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem, Pa., on Monday, July 22, 2024.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
Like in Exton, Neshaminy’s Boscov’s will remain open, DiGirolamo said, as will the AMC Movie Theater and Barnes & Noble bookstore.
A handful of other mall tenants must close up shop by the end of October, DiGirolamo said. In November, township officials plan to remove the mall’s dioramas, which depict key moments in U.S. history that took place in the Delaware Valley, as well as a bronze Native American statue, for preservation.
Historical dioramas in the Neshaminy Mall, as seen in 2024, will be preserved when the mall closes.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
The mayor said the property’s owners,Lakewood, N.J.-based Paramount Realty, want to knock down the mall and build something new in its place, though the company had not applied for a demolition permit or submitted redevelopment plans as of Tuesday. Such plans would require approval by township council.
The exterior of the old Macy’s at the Neshaminy Mall, as seen in 2024.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
A few have been transformed, or are in the process. In Media, Delaware County, the 1-million-square-foot Granite Run Mall was demolished in 2016 and replaced by a mixed-use town center with apartment buildings, new retail, and medical offices.
At the Neshaminy Mall site, near U.S. Route 1 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, DiGirolamo said he’s “hopeful they are going to rebuild it in a way that most malls are rebuilt,” in the town-center style with housing and outdoor walkways.
As for the indoor mall’s final days, the mayor said he expects them to be quiet, with some tenants vacating before their leases expire.
DiGirolamo, a lifelong resident of Bensalem, said he remembers when the mall opened in 1968. It was a “regional mall,” he said, that attracted out-of-town visitors.
A faux storefront covered the old Macy’s at the Neshaminy Mall in 2024.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
A Philadelphia Daily News article about Neshaminy Mall’s opening called the $25-million complex “America’s most modern shopping center,” with the largest branches of Sears Roebuck & Co. and Strawbridge & Clothier at the time.
A few years later, the Oxford Valley Mall opened in nearby Langhorne. Oxford Valley, which is being partially redeveloped with apartments, will be Bucks County’s only enclosed mall once Neshaminy closes.
In addition to being the biggest acquisition for the Sixers this offseason, LeBron James is known for many things.
What stands out most are his four championships and multiple NBA Most Valuable Player awards, his status as the NBA’s all-time scoring leader, or the legacy he’s leaving to the game.
James, however, appears to be a jack-of-all-trades, showing off one of his lesser-known endeavors this week in Angola, where he is promoting his electric powerboat racing team, Team AlUla.
The E1 World Championship races brought James to Luanda, Angola, where his first stop was the National Museum of Slavery in Morro da Cruz. James said the hospitality shown by the people there has felt welcoming, and he acknowledged the region’s history in an interview with local media.
“Obviously there is a lot of history here, a lot of history that not only is here in the country but also crosses over to America,” James said.
The African nation hosted the fifth round of the E1 World Championship, an electric boat racing league that held its inaugural season in 2024. James invested in the sport in 2025, backing Team AlUla, whose boat is driven by Nerea Marti and Rusty Wyatt. The boat finished seventh out of 10 competitors in its inaugural Luanda race on Sept. 13.
James is one of a few A-listers who have helped build support for the new E1 league. Tom Brady’s team finished first, while famous DJ and producer Steve Aoki’s boat beat out James’ Team AlUla to finish sixth.
James was also seen shooting hoops and dunking at a local basketball clinic, joining fellow new Sixers forward Jaylen Brown in worldwide youth sports appearances. Brown was seen this summer in the Dominican Republic playing baseball with locals. Both Brown and James will need to report to the City of Brotherly Love soon to prepare for the season opener against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 20.
Peter D. Yeomans, 58, of Philadelphia, innovative clinical psychologist at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, founder of Cold Mountain Counseling LLC, worldwide mountaineer and backcountry adventurer, teacher, author, mentor, Quaker, and volunteer, died Friday, Aug. 28, of cardiac arrhythmia at the VA Medical Center in University City.
Dr. Yeomans was an expert in trauma, substance use disorder, moral injury, and spiritually integrated healthcare. He joined the Philadelphia VA Medical Center as a staff psychologist in 2009 and became director of its innovative PTSD outpatient team program in 2019.
He opened his own psychology practice, Cold Mountain Counseling, in 2021 and advised thousands of veterans, fellow backcountry adventurers, and other clients in need across the country. “He was instrumental in the healing process for so many veterans that it is hard to fathom the reach of his influence,” a VA colleague said in a tribute.
R. Tyson Smith, a friend and colleague, said several veterans told him: “Peter Yeomans saved my life.”
At the VA center, in addition to physical and mental ailments, Dr. Yeomans and others innovated a treatment for what are called “moral injuries” from military service. They connected therapists with VA chaplains to link emotional healing with faith rituals, and veterans in the program spoke appreciatively about shifting the guilt and shame of moral failures during war from soldiers in general to society at large.
“These are stories to hear and also for the public to wrestle with,” Dr. Yeomans told The Inquirer in 2019. His wife, Kate O’Shea, said: “He was the most responsible person you could imagine, and he felt he had a responsibility to humanity.”
Outside the medical center, Dr. Yeomans spent weeks at a time hiking, backpacking, packrafting, skiing, rock climbing, and mountain biking around the world. He reached summits in Alaska and Argentina, had to be rescued from a deep crevasse, and worked as a program supervisor and senior field instructor in the 1990s for the National Outdoor Leadership School in Alaska, Wyoming, Arizona, and Utah.
Later, he cofounded the local Wilderness Outdoor Leadership Force for teens in Kensington. Talia Young, a longtime WOLF member, called him “genuine and earnest … and joyful with kids.”
Dr. Yeomans was an avid cyclist.Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Longtime colleague Rob Riman said he was a “consummate adventure partner and wildly inspired guide.” On his website, coldmountaincounseling.com, Dr. Yeomans said: “Many of the fondest memories of my life are from adventures in the mountains.”
He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Harvard University in 1991 and came to Philadelphia from Wyoming in 1997 to be with O’Shea. He earned a master’s degree in psychology from Lesley University in Massachusetts in 2001 and a doctorate in clinical psychology from Drexel University in 2008.
Dr. Yeomans traveled to New Zealand, Rwanda, Burundi, and elsewhere to train other counselors. He worked in state correctional institutions in Philadelphia and Chester, and earlier for the American Red Cross in Germany.
Dr. Yeomans and his wife, Kate, married in 2002 and had many adventures together. Courtesy of the family
He taught classes on moral injuries at Germantown Friends School, the University of Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. Longtime friend William Anninger said: “He was particularly good at creating emotional sharing among men.”
Friend Lila Berman said: “He exuded warmth and care for the people around him, and for the natural environment.”
Peter Douglass Yeomans was born Aug. 27, 1968, in Berkeley, Calif. The family moved to Massachusetts when he started high school, and he graduated from Concord Academy in 1986.
He met Kate O’Shea at an environmental ethics course in Utah in 1996, and they married in 2002 and lived in Germantown. He made her tea in the mornings and left love notes behind when he left the house first. They reared a daughter, Ada, and sons Josiah and Levi, and they all went on memorable adventures in Wissahickon Valley Park, across the country, and around the world.
Dr. Yeomans, rear left on top and fourth from the left on bottom, enjoyed time with his family in the mountains and on stage. Courtesy of the family
“They complemented each other perfectly,” their daughter said. “He taught us how to read a map, find a campsite, and most importantly bake cinnamon rolls in the backcountry.”
Dr. Yeomans was a member of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, and he rode his bike often from home in Germantown to work in University City. He went to Germantown Friends Meeting, played guitar, sang, and acted in theatrical shows in high school and later with community groups and his family.
He was inclusive and encouraging, his brother, Ben, said, “drawing out capacities in me I wasn’t yet trusting.” His parents, Anne and Tom, said: “It has been a great privilege to have been Peter’s parents.”
His mother-in-law, Margaret O’Shea, praised his “compassion, selflessness, nobility, and grace,” and his father-in-law, Dan O’Shea, said: “When our daughter met Peter she described him as ‘Mr. Perfect.’ Little did we know how perfect.”
“It has been a great privilege to have been Peter’s parents,” his parents said.Courtesy of the family
Kate O’Shea said: “Because of Peter, our world is a kinder, more generous, and more loving place.”
In addition to his wife, children, parents, brother, and in-laws, Dr. Yeomans is survived by other relatives.
A memorial service is to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Germantown Friends Meeting, 47 W. Coulter St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19144.
Boston Celtics fans took to social media expressing their disappointment in the offseason trade of Jaylen Brown to the 76ers for Paul George and draft picks in early July.
The reaction for Celtics fans largely centered on the Celtics moving on from Brown, who had been one of the organization’s top players and a key part of their NBA championship in 2023-24. He established himself as one of Boston’s most dependable players and is coming off a season in which he averaged 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 5.1 assists.
During his introductory news conference on Tuesday, George said the immediate response from Celtics fans was “fair.”
“Listen, I understand the circumstances. I understand how huge JB was, not only for the organization, but here in the city,” George said. “So I didn’t take it [personally]. To be honest, they should have a relationship, emotionally, to that trade. But my job here is to kind of come into a great opportunity for me.”
Paul George on Celtics Fans initial reaction to being involved in Jaylen Brown trade:
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George is a nine-time All-Star, six-time All-NBA selection, and former MVP contender who has spent 16 seasons in the NBA. However he suffered multiple injuries that limited him to just 78 games in the past two seasons.
“Obviously, the last two years have been rough, just with injuries,” said George, who spent 2024-25 and 2025-26 with the Sixers. “But for myself, personally, I feel great again. I feel like I’ve turned that corner of dealing with injuries and now kind of reestablishing myself from a physical standpoint again. And with that, I can carry it over to the court.”
Ten years after Kris Jenkins hit the championship-winning buzzer beater to lift Villanova basketball to a national championship, he is back on the Main Line.
Villanova announced Tuesday that Jenkins is returning to his alma mater in a full-time role as athletics operations coordinator.
In his role, Jenkins will work with facilities, events, and equipment operations, livestream game broadcasts, on-camera contributions to video production distributed on social media, external relations on behalf of the department and the Villanova Athletic Fund, and student-athlete development initiatives and programs.
“Kris is a beloved figure at Villanova, and not merely because he hit what may be the most famous game winner in the history of the NCAA Tournament,” Villanova athletic director Eric Roedl wrote in a press release. “From his days as an undergraduate, Kris has always been humble, approachable, and engaging. Now, he brings those traits to our team as he learns about the multiple ways our staff strives to create the best experience possible for our student-athletes, coaches and fans.”
Previously, Jenkins rejoined Villanova in February 2020 in a student-athlete development role, which he maintained until Kyle Neptune was dismissed as head coach of the men’s basketball team in March 2025. Jenkins was then away from Villanova until he rejoined his alma mater at the start of the 2026-27 academic year.
In April 2025, Jenkins filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, seeking damages for the name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation that he was unable to receive while at Villanova. The lawsuit also sought a judgment to void NCAA rules that limit payments athletes can receive for their NIL rights and services. The lawsuit named the NCAA and its major conferences: Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, and Southeastern. Villanova was not specifically named in the suit. The lawsuit was eventually thrown out by a judge, The Inquirerreported in December 2025.
As a player, Jenkins played 146 games for Villanova over four years (2013-17). He scored 1,383 points, while connecting on 37.3% of his three-pointers. During the 2015-16 national championship season, he averaged 13.6 points and 3.9 assists in 40 games.
After graduating from Villanova in May 2017, Jenkins pursued a professional basketball career. He had NBA Summer League stints with the Washington Wizards, San Antonio Spurs, and Miami Heat. He made overseas stops in Germany, Dominican Republic, and lastly Venezuela. Eventually, a hip injury while in Venezuela ended his playing career.
“I’m happy to be back and happy to help,” Jenkins said. “I’m learning new things every day and appreciate this opportunity to be a part of this great University again.”
Ty Murchison’s 2025-26 season ended in January with a shoulder injury he suffered in the middle of a scrum while playing for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
On Saturday, after seven months out, he jumped right back into the fray, ending the Flyers’ Rookie Series game by dropping the gloves with 6-foot-7 New York Rangers prospect Dylan Roobroeck.
The game ends with some extracurriculars, highlighted by a tilt between Dylan Roobroeck and Ty Murchison.
“The fight at the end was great for my mindset, personally,” the 6-2, 212-pound Murchison said. “That’s how I got hurt last time, so to be able to get one out of the way early, especially against a 6-foot-7 guy, and know that my shoulder felt good and felt ready, it was a great way to start.”
Murchison, 23, made an impressive NHL debut last season, playing in three December games and averaging 15minutes a night and impressing coach Rick Tocchet. But just as the 2021 fifth-round pick was starting to really push for more consideration at the NHL level, that injury ended his season. Murchison spent the rest of the spring rehabbing and said he was full-go starting in May, allowing him to have a full summer of training heading into the 2026-27 season.
In the AHL last year, his first full pro season — the Californian played four games after finishing up his career at Arizona State the year prior — he scored two goals and added four assists for six points in 29 games. He said he spent the summer working on developing the offensive side of his game, in hopes of contributing a bit more on the scoresheet in his second pro season.
Flyers defenseman Ty Murchison had an impressieve showing this past weekend at the team’s Rookie Series.Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
In order to earn a full-time spot out of camp, Murchison will likely have to beat out former No. 6 overall pick David Jiříček, former No. 21 overall pick Oliver Bonk, and Hunter McDonald, among others. Bonk and Jiříček project to have more offensive upside, but in a third-pairing role, Murchison could prove he is a better fit with his defensive versatility, physicality, and penalty-killing upside. Murchison said he wants to prove he can be trusted in “big situations” and show off his impact regardless of how many minutes he gets.
If he doesn’t make it, he’ll return to playing big minutes for the Phantoms in the American Hockey League and await a potential call-up down the line.
He’s already setting himself up well with his performance in rookie camp. Murchison wore the “C” in the first Rookie Series game and popped with his skating and steadiness on the back end, in addition to that fight.
“I didn’t want to force anything in the first game back,” Murchison said. “I was still feeling it out a little bit with some of the physicality. I just didn’t want to get caught in the wrong spots, but I thought it was a good game, good first game back.”
General manager Danny Brière lauded Murchison’s performance in the Rookie Series on Tuesday, pointing to him as an example of a player who is pushing for an NHL role this season and already impressing in a shortened camp.
“Guys might have one chance, they might have one game to prove themselves,” Brière said. “The message is, get noticed. That’s why I mentioned Ty Murchison and Noah Powell, that’s what they did on the weekend.”
Breakaways
Forwards Denver Barkey and Jett Luchanko returned to the ice for the final day of rookie camp practice after taking a maintenance day on Monday. … The TNT crew will be on-site for the Flyers’ home opener on Sept. 30 for a special pregame show at Stateside Live!, featuring panelists Wayne Gretzky, Paul Bissonnette, Anson Carter, and Henrik Lundqvist. … The Flyers announced their 2026-27 promo schedule, including Gritty blanket and Flyers goalie glove oven mitt giveaways, not to mention a Peanuts Halloween Spooktacular on Oct. 27. The full schedule can be found here.
Honeysuckle chef-ownersOmar Tate and Cybille St.Aude-Tate have been named to Food & Wine’s annual Best New Chefs class, joining a prestigious list of Philadelphia talent who’ve shared the designation over the past 37 years.
The Tates are artists and storytellers — identities that are integrated in their roles as chefs and restaurateurs. In every iteration of Honeysuckle, they have celebrated the culture and foods of the Black American diaspora.
Editorial director Melanie Hansche was particularly wowed by Honeysuckle’s McDonald’s Money burger: “As dinner unfolds, the couple show that they are wizards of surprise and delight,” Hansche writes. “Nowhere is that more evident than the McDonald’s Money burger, a ridiculous sandwich layered on slices of toasted shokupan, oozing with Cooper Sharp cheese, malt vinegar onions, and caviar remoulade, showered in gold leaf and shaved black truffles. It’s tangy, salty, sweet, and earthy and possibly the very best burger you’ll ever eat.”
The McDonald’s Money burger at Honeysuckle on Thursday, June 26, 2025 in Philadelphia.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
The Tates are among 14 chefs from 10 restaurants across the country to make this year’s list.They arrived in New York on Monday to participate in programming around Best New Chefs, including panel discussions, a luncheon with other alumni, and a mentorship workshop. The awards ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday night. They’ll be back in Philly on Wednesday, in time for dinner service at Honeysuckle.
They learned they had made the list back in March. “We’ve had to keep this secret for a long time,” said St.Aude-Tate. “And this win feels different. We’ve both been in the industry for a really long time but this puts us on a national stage in a different way.”
The Tates join a long roster of Philadelphia chefs named to Food & Wine Best New Chefs, including Susanna Foo (1989), Marc Vetri (1999), Jim Burke (2008), Eli Kulp (2014), Emily Riddell (2022), and Amanda Shulman (2023), to name a handful.
St.Aude-Tate grew up reading Food & Wine and looking up to other chefs who had been named Best New Chefs by the magazine. “I used them as barometers as who to look up to in the industry,” she said.
Honeysuckle has been racking up consistent awards since its ambitious opening on North Broad in April 2025. Last month, it was named to Bon Appétit’s Best New Restaurants list (along with Sao, which is owned and operated by fellow Food & Wine Best New Chef alum Phila Lorn). The Tates were also named as James Beard Awards finalists in the Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic category earlier this year (they were semifinalists in 2024). Honeysuckle also appeared on The Inquirer’s 2025 edition of The 76.
“After our first Beard nomination, we didn’t know what to expect and we got slammed at the restaurant. It was crazy. We fell on our faces. There was no coaching on what to expect,” said St.Aude-Tate, adding that the mentorship and coaching provided by Food & Wine even before the awards were officially announced are what set the Best New Chefs program apart from other awards-granting institutions. “We talked to other people who had been in this position to understand how to navigate this moment,” she said.
St.Aude-Tate hopes to apply those lessons to her own business. “But we are most excited about being able to scream from the rooftops about what we’re doing,” said St.Aude-Tate.
A 33-year-old man from Pottstown is dead after he was ejected from his motorcycle Monday night when it crashed on a highway on-ramp in Northern Liberties.
Karl Kirschner crashed on the ramp from I-95 south to I-676 west. He was ejected from the motorcycle and landed on the street adjacent to the ramp around 11 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police said.
Kirschner, wearing a motorcycle helmet, was found alive but unresponsive at the intersection of Second and Callowhill Streets, police said. He had already been taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital by the time the troopers arrived. He died from his injuries at the hospital.
Troopers found the crashed motorcycle on the right shoulder of the ramp from I-95 south to I-676 west.
Details on what led to the crash were not immediately available.
As the Flyers prepare to take to the ice again, Gritty made a typically chaotic appearance Tuesday via the team’s social media to announce the theme nights and promotional schedule for the 2026-27 season.
The theme nights include some returning favorites, like the Peanuts’ Halloween Spooktacular (Oct. 27 vs. Columbus), as well as departures — the Flyers are forgoing Star Wars Night this season. The team also announced dates for giveaways and deal days, starting with a T-shirt for the season opener on Sept. 30 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Fans can expect a goalie-themed oven mitt (Nov. 15 vs. Edmonton), a Gritty blanket (Feb. 24 vs. Buffalo), and dollar dog nights (Oct. 19 vs. Colorado and March 2 vs. Vegas) as well as a $1 pretzel game (Oct. 13 vs. Seattle).
Dec. 11 against the Calgary Flames is the Marvel superhero game, and the holiday spirit begins Dec. 21 with the holiday spectacular against Columbus. The first 10,000 fans receive a Flyers ugly sweater beanie.
The new year will bring Kids Day on Jan. 30, against the Winnipeg Jets and a “Business Person Special” for the rare weekday matinee on Feb. 22 against the Montreal Canadiens.
Flyers fans can’t expect the giveaways to continue across a number of themed nights this season.Tim Hawk / For The Inquirer
As spring approaches, the PECO Go Green Game is March 16, against the Detroit Red Wings, with a Flyers corduroy hat giveaway, and the season’s promos wrap up with a Keystone Rivalry game on March 30 against Pittsburgh, featuring a Flyers sweatshirt giveaway.
The Flyers also will have several community games. The first is the Flyers Carnival Game, which will commemorate the 50th season of the Flyers Charity Carnival, on Oct. 17, against the Ottawa Senators. The game will feature specialty pucks and tickets to the annual Flyers Charities Carnival will be for sale. Other nights include Military Appreciation Night (Nov. 17 vs. Buffalo), Hockey Fights Cancer Night (Nov. 28 vs. New York Islanders), the Ed Snider Legacy Game (Jan. 7 vs. Toronto), and Pride Night (Jan. 21 vs. Nashville).
Philadelphia talent was on full display at the 2026 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Monday night, but only one of the nominated actors, crew members, or shows took home trophies.
The big, surprise exception was Tom Pelphrey, a Rutgers University alum from Howell Township, N.J., who won for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his performance as Robbie Prendergrast on Season 1 of the Delco-set HBO crime thriller Task.
“I thank God for my life and my sobriety. I thank my family and my friends for all your love and support all these years, from Emmys to, you know, black box theaters and everything in between,” said Pelphrey in his acceptance speech before thanking Task creators including directors Jeremiah Zagar (son of South Philly mosaicist Isaiah Zagar) and Salli Richardson-Whitfield, and fellow cast members Mark Ruffalo, Emilia Jones, and Raúl Castillo.
Ruffalo was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama for his role as Tom Brandis but lost to Noah Wyle of The Pitt. The Pittsburgh-set emergency room drama received a whopping 25 nominations and took home seven Emmys, including outstanding drama series; Pelphrey beat out three supporting actor nominees from The Pitt for his win.
Brad Ingelsby, writer/executive producer of “Task” and “Mare of Easttown,” in his office in Berwyn on July 17, 2025. Jessica Griffin / Staff Photographer
“Thank you to Brad Ingelsby for this incredible role and this opportunity and your friendship. You are an amazing human being. I’m so proud to be your friend,” Pelphrey continued onstage as the camera showed a beaming Ingelsby, the Berwyn-based showrunner. Ingelsby is the writer/executive producer behind Task, which is currently shooting its second season in the Philadelphia area, and the Emmy-winning Mare of Easttown.
In Task, Pelphrey played a heartfelt but troubled trash collector who begins stealing from drug houses in Philadelphia’s collar counties run by a local motorcycle gang that killed his brother. Starring alongside two-time Emmy winner Ruffalo, Pelphrey was a complicated foil to Ruffalo’s priest-turned-FBI agent who hunted him down. The recognition marks Pelphrey’s first Emmy win after he was previously nominated for outstanding guest actor in a drama in 2022 for his role in Ozark.
“Brad is desperately insistent upon each individual’s humanity, so every character he writes is justified, in some sense, with a reason why they’re doing everything that they do — and that’s incredible, because usually that stuff gets sacrificed for plot,” Pelphrey told The Inquirer in a 2025 interview.
Tom Pelphrey accepts the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for “Task” at the Television Academy’s 78th Emmy Awards telecast at the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Content Services)AP Photo/Danny Moloshok
Task received six Emmy nods, including outstanding writing for a drama (recognizing Ingelsby’s heart-wrenching finale), directing, picture editing, and cinematography. The dystopian Apple TV+ show Pluribus won for outstanding writing and picture editing, while the directing trophy went to the British spy show Slow Horses and cinematography went to Spider-Noir.
“Abbott Elementary” cast and crew pose with the Phanatic and Phillies player Kyle Schwarber at Citizens Bank Park on Aug. 28, 2025.Vaughn C. Page Jr.
However, the horror-tinged newcomer Widow’s Bay swept nearly all the comedy categories, dominating the stage with a record-breaking 14 wins. Abbott Elementary actors Tyler James Williams and Janelle James were up for outstanding supporting acting in their respective categories but both lost to Widow’s Bay.
Previous two-timeEmmy-winner Brunson was briefly in the spotlight when Emmys host and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay asked celebrity attendees about their first jobs.
“Oh, I was a student dance schoolteacher,” Brunson answered. Fellow West Philly-raised star Colman Domingo, who was nominated for outstanding guest actor in a drama for Euphoria and outstanding supporting actor in a comedy for Tina Fey’s The Four Seasons, also joined in. His first job, he said, was working the fries station at McDonald’s. (Domingo lost the former category to The Pitt and the latter to Widow’s Bay.)
Tina Fey as Kate and Colman Domingo as Danny in Season 2 of the Netflix comedy series “The Four Seasons.”Emily V. Aragones/Netflix
To celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Villanova-raised actor and Malvern Prep alum David Boreanaz joined star Sarah Michelle Gellar for a reunion moment onstage. The son of famous 6abc weatherman Dave Roberts, Boreanaz played the vampire with a soul Angel and later received his own spinoff show. (He’s also a diehard Philly sports fan.)
“You know, Sarah, I always thought that Buffy and Angel would end up together,” Boreanaz said as the pair reflected on the groundbreaking show. “Well, I guess we won’t find out,” Gellar replied in a pointed critique of the recent cancellation of the Buffy reboot that had been in the works.
Actor David Boreanaz, wearing a Randall Cunningham jersey, and his son, Jaden, in a Saquon Barkley jersey, at Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans.Courtesy of David Boreanaz
Ahead of the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences hosted the Creative Arts Emmys in two events honoring artists behind the scenes in technical categories. Winners from those ceremonies included South Philly comedian Rob Mac — the showrunner behind It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia — whose FX show Welcome to Wrexhamwon for outstanding sound mixing for a reality program. (It was also nominated for outstanding picture editing and outstanding unstructured reality program.)
Bucks County pop star Sabrina Carpenter also won during the Creative Arts Emmys earlier this month for performing in and executive producing the 50th anniversary special of The Muppet Show, which earned a gold statue for outstanding variety special (prerecorded) — putting her halfway to EGOT status.
Another Philadelphia-connected nominee was Tires, the Shane Gillis-led Netflix comedy recognized for outstanding sound mixing for a half-hour comedy or drama; the trophy went to Widow’s Bay.
At Monday night’s ceremony, one more Pennsylvania celebrity made a cameo: Superstar singer Taylor Swift, who grew up in Reading was not in attendance, but appeared in a prerecorded skit with Hargitay spoofing Law & Order along with Swift’s cat, named for Hargitay’s character, Olivia Benson.
