Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who won her fifth consecutive trophy as leading actress in a comedy series for “Veep”, revealed that her heart was aching after the death of her father two days before.
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Jeffrey Tambor, who won best lead actor in a comedy series for his role in the Amazon series Transparent, urged the television industry: “Please give transgender talent a chance”.
The Outstanding Actress for a Drama Series is Tatiana Maslany of “Orphan Black”.
“She’ll tell me where it will go in our house”, he said.
After racking up 12 Emmy awards in total this year, “Game of Thrones” tied “Frasier” for the most Emmys ever, 37, then broke that record by finishing with a total of 38 Emmys since “Game of Thrones” began.
Indian-American Aziz Ansari shared a writing Emmy with Asian-American Alan Yang for their comedy series “Master of None”, while black actress Regina King won for her role in “American Crime” and African-American comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele were honored for their sketch series “Key & Peele”.
This was clearly a win for her fans, who for the past four seasons have been really campaigning for her and finally saw their efforts rewarded. Reading from paper, she said, “I would also like to take this opportunity to personally apologize for the current political climate”.
“I think that “Veep” has torn down the wall between comedy and politics”. “Our show started out as political satire, but it now feels more like sobering documentary”. “So I certainly do promise to rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it”.
Jeb Bush may have dropped out of the presidential campaign seven months ago, but he made a decision to show up tonight in Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue sketch as a chauffeur, or Uber driver, of the limo for President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Veep character) taking her to the Emmys. It was her third win for playing the formidable dowager. As has become her custom, she didn’t attend the ceremony.
The first post-show stop for most Emmy guests is the Governors Ball across the street from the Microsoft Theater, an event that transforms a normally drab Los Angeles Convention Center meeting hall into a fairy-tale-like garden.
Sterling K. Brown also won for outstanding supporting actor in a limited series for his role as Christopher Darden in the “People v. O.J”.
Moments after “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” won for variety series, for which Kimmel’s show had been nominated, his nemesis Matt Damon strolled on stage. “So, this is nice, but this evening genuinely has a sense of loss”.
Backstage, actress Regina King took note of the Simpson series after winning a supporting award for “American Crime”, the only victor from a scripted series that aired on one of the commercial broadcast networks.
The TV drama based on the murder trial of OJ Simpson, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story, was also honoured with a host of acting awards and was named outstanding limited series.
Clark was not the “the two-dimensional cardboard cutout that I saw on the news” but a “whip-smart” woman dedicated to justice for the case’s victims, Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman.
Kimmel joked, “And the victor of tonight’s plus one contest: Sarah Paulson, who played Marcia Clark, and brought Marcia Clark with her tonight”.
“Mom, we did it!”, Anderson shouted, hoisting his trophy and dedicating the award to his late mother, Ora Zella Anderson. “I haven’t always been a very good man, but I play one hell of a woman”, he joked.
-After numerous nominations, Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon picked up her first Emmy for Supporting Actress, Comedy. But she knew who to credit.
Check out the full list of winners here.
Host Jimmy Kimmel opened Sunday’s show with a string of jokes about Republican presidential contender and former “Celebrity Apprentice” host Donald Trump.
Bush: Well, here’s what I know.
“If you run a positive campaign, the voters ultimately will make the right choice”. The only truly odd note was a poor attempt at a Bill Cosby joke.
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But more than that, the awards were among the most diverse in the history of TV and movie award ceremonies – something the Oscars didn’t manage to muster up the courage to do this past year.
