According to the LA Times, Louis-Dreyfus’ sixth Emmy win means she surpassed veteran actress Mary Tyler Moore for most Emmys as a lead actress in a comedy. “Thank you”, John Oliver said. “We’ve got a long way to go”, Yang said, adding that if more Asian parents “get your kids cameras instead of violins, we’ll be good”.
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Fox’s Michael Tammero is in Hollywood with the highlights from the award show.
“House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey, a double Oscar victor who has never won an Emmy, missed out again for best actor in a drama, a prize which went to Rami Malek, the star of cyberspace security thriller “Mr. Robot”. “I’m so glad he liked “Veep” because his opinion was the one that really mattered”, she said.
The final episode of Downton Abbey was broadcast earlier this year after six series.
American Crime Story, a dramatisation of the 1995 murder trial of the USA football star, won nine Emmys, including the award for best limited series. The Saturday Night Live comedian, who had her website hacked and Twitter account flooded with racist slurs this summer, made light of the situation onstage with the Ernst & Young reps who hold the winners’ names. With a diverse roster of nominees, the Emmy Awards have moved past the raging protests that overshadowed last year’s award season, where the absence of minorities and people of color on the ballot prompted celebrities to boycott the Oscars.
Tambor, who plays a transgender character on “Transparent”, called on Hollywood to make him the last non-transgender actor to get such a role. Until, of course, a trembling, tearful Julia explained that her father passed away two days ago. At 81 years old, it’s all about making the best decisions for what to do with one’s time, so I wonder if she even watched the telecast, or if she found out about her win while skiing down a giant mountain or skydiving into a volcano.
Ben Mendelsohn took home the Outstanding Supporting Actor for Drama Series award for “Bloodline”, beating “Game of Thrones” stars Peter Dinklage and Kit Harington.
Paulson, who played losing Los Angeles trial prosecutor Marcia Clark in the show, brought Clark along with her to the Emmys.
“Mom, we did it!”, Anderson shouted, hoisting his trophy and dedicating the award to his late mother, Ora Zella Anderson. Winning her fifth consecutive Emmy for Veep, some viewers might have been ready to throw the remote at the injustice that Lily Tomlin was shunned again for Grace and Frankie.
Other top winners include supporting comedy actors Louie Anderson and Kate McKinnon.
In his opening monologue, the host said he was holding “Celebrity Apprentice” producer Mark Burnett responsible for the “Donald Trump phenomenon”.
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In an awkward moment, the Emmy announcer gave out a description of the next presenter and the hushed audience sat in disbelief when he finally uttered the words, “Welcome Dr. Bill Cosby!”
