Posted: Sep. 18, 2016 7:00 am Updated: Sep.
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Saying he was “between jobs”, Bush appeared just in time to whisk a running late Jimmy Kimmel on the way to the award show.
Among those expecting to bring home individual honors tonight are Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the Best Comedy Actress category for “Veep:’ Kevin Spacey for Best Drama Actor for “House of Cards” (with a stiff challenges from Rami Malek for “Mr. Robot); Jeffrey Tambor for Best Comedy Actor for “Transparent;” and Keri Russell for Best Dramatic Actress for “The Americans“.
Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama: Susanne Bier, “The Night Manager”.
Hiddleston will compete for the best lead actor in a limited series award against Elba, who is nominated for Luther, and Cumberbatch, who has been recognised for Sherlock.
Give the credit to an excellent pretaped bit – a particularly hard thing to pull off, considering how many of these things we’ve seen over the years.
Kit Harington and Peter Dinklage are nominated for best supporting actor in a drama series, while Maisie Williams, Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke are nominated for best supporting actress in a drama series.
With desi girl Priyanka Chopra dropping hints of her attire on the red carpet of the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, all breaths were held in anticipation of the actress’ final appearance.
Beck said there are no known credible threats to security in Los Angeles, but asked those attending Sunday’s Emmys in downtown Los Angeles to report any suspicious activity.
Actor, Limited Series or Movie: Courtney B. Vance, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”.
He dedicated his award to his mother, who he said he modeled his female character after. But she knew who to credit. “Big fan of yours, too”.
Bush portrayed the limo driver for Louis-Dreyfus.
Later in the opening, Kimmel blamed “Celebrity Apprentice” producer Mark Burnett for making Trump famous.
As Americans prepare to vote in November for a new president after an extraordinary election campaign, “Veep” is also expected to win the comedy series category on Sunday. It revised how votes are cast and counted, switching from a ranking and points system to letting voters simply check off their top choice.
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In another revision, this one implemented a year ago, voting was expanded from blue-ribbon panels to – depending on the award – giving substantially more or all of the academy’s 20,000-plus members the chance to vote for finalists.
