Other Emmy newcomers included Canadian Tatiana Maslany, a surprise best drama actress victor who beat out presumed front runner Robin Wright for playing a woman with multiple cloned personalities in “Orphan Black“.
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John Oliver holds his award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series for “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” at the Governors Ball after the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California U.S., September 18, 2016.
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The host made cracks about deporting “The Apprentice” producer, United Kingdom born Mark Burnett if Trump wins the 2016 election. “I haven’t always been a very good man, but I play one hell of a woman”, he said during his acceptance speech.
Kimmel went right in immediately, joking, “Television brings people together, but television can also tear us apart”.
“Veep” repeated as best comedy series and its star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, won a record-breaking sixth Emmy as best comedy actress.
Dame Maggie Smith may not frequent Hollywood’s annual Emmys ceremony, but the television academy sure as hell isn’t holding on to her award. That was gag material for Kimmel, who said her trophy would be in the “lost and found”. Regina King won the award for supporting actress in a limited series for “American Crime”. Courtney B Vance bagged best actor in limited series or movie, Sarah Paulson won best actress and the best supporting actor honour to Sterling K Brown.
Rami Malek won best actor in a drama for “Mr. Robot”, marking cable network USA’s first win in the category, while Jeffrey Tambor won his second consecutive award for best actor in a comedy for Amazon’s “Transparent”. In fact, she’s been a respected actor for more than 50 years! To be honest, I think a lot of us were mildly surprised Game of Thrones didn’t dominate this category after the incredible season they just had. “I think we are there now”.
Her show recently addressed Nazi Germany and what it calls the “other-izing” of groups of people. It was her third win in five nominations for the role. Maslany plays multiple roles on the show, having played up to 11 characters over four seasons. Acting victor Vance, who sweetly thanked his wife onstage, said he’s ready to hand over his trophy to her. Well, I don’t see her. “One of them is my daughter, Alice, waiting at home”.
Other presenters made reference to the Orange One.
If Trump wins the United States presidency, she promised “to rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it”.
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He also said that Burnett will be the first over “the wall” if Trump wins. The show also won outstanding writing and outstanding directing for a drama for the episode “The Battle of the Bastards”.
