“Playing a real person while they’re still living is a big responsibility”, said Paulson, who won the Emmy for lead actress in a limited series.
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The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards averaged a meager 11.3 million viewers Sunday, worse than last year’s record low of 11.9 million. Actor Sterling K. Brown, who won for his role in “The People v. OJ Simpson: America Crime Story”, started it off by thanking his wife: “I got the hottest chick in the game rocking my chain”.
“Glory to God”, Vance yelled before later dedicating his award to wife, actress Angela Bassett.
Peter Dinklage missed out on a supporting actor trophy, as did co-star Kit Harington, the category’s favorite, with Ben Mendelsohn picking up the prize for Bloodline.
The Emmy Awards for the television industry reflected the reality of the people of the United States better than the Oscars, but there is still a long way to go.
When some numbskull asked Oliver if, as a member of the media, he feels in some way responsible for Trump’s candidacy, Oliver shot back, “No, of course I fucking don’t”.
It was an emotional night for many winners.
“I’d also like to take this opportunity to personally apologize for the current political climate”.
Maslany, 30, also took home her first Emmy for her role as a woman who discovers she is a clone with “sisters” scattered across the world in “Orphan Black“.
“I was very astonished and pleased to win the award“, she said. Winkler said his former boss “had a generosity of spirit and knowledge”. So we got a long way to go, but I know we can get there. “You’re a pretty big loser, I for one am really sorry about that”.
The remembrance of Marshall kicked off the “In Memoriam” portion of the Emmys, which featured Tori Kelly singing “Hallelujah”. The landmark series picked up 12 Emmys altogether, giving it 38 over six seasons surpassing the NBC sitcom “Frasier”. He plays a transgender woman on the Amazon series. Thank you for the trans community for your lived lives.
Tambor, who plays a transgender character on “Transparent“, called on Hollywood to make him the last non-transgender actor to get such a role.
The Emmys began on a lighter moment with a amusing nod to some of TV’s biggest pop culture moments of the past year.
Jimmy Kimmel, the Emmys host, joked: “The only thing we value more than diversity is congratulating ourselves on how much we value diversity”.
“If I’m late they’ll let Tom Bergeron host”, Kimmel joked.
The monologue that followed was short and, for Kimmel, nearly sweet.
“Jimmy Kimmel’s jabs at Trump make me that much more hopeful that he wins in November”, tweeted another Trump supporter.
Trump supporters won’t be giving Jimmy Kimmel an award for his Emmy hosting gig anytime soon.
Following her win, Dame Maggie addressed the U.S. comedian in a statement posted on Twitter by Masterpiece PBS.
Downtown Abbey won three Emmys including another win for Maggie Smith for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
Kimmel also thanked Burnett for “coming all the way from England to tear us apart”.
Kimmel was also the butt of a bit. As mentioned Damon Wayans stopped by as a presenter and ended creating an iconic moment as he took to the stage to present the award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. “It couldn’t go on and on, it just didn’t make sense”. Jones interrupted to tell them they should be protecting her Twitter account from hackers instead.
Burnett and Trump were twice nominated for Outstanding Reality Competition Program for The Apprentice in 2004 and 2005, but lost both times to The Amazing Race.
Streaming services did well right out of the gate. “Transparent” director Jill Soloway was honoured for his direction to the comedy series.
“Master of None” creators Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang won the best comedy writing award for “Parents”, a standout episode that explored the experience of being a child of immigrant parents.
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That’s a bold statement, but taking the success and popularity of “GoT” into account, Benioff is probably right on the money. “And I think we can just keep going further in that direction – obviously not just limited to entertainment, but socially and politically to continue and strive to be as progressive as possible”.
