The show’s producers thanked HBO for “believing in dragons”. Stewart proclaimed, as it was his last season on the show. Still, it’s insane that he’s the only actor to win an Emmy from the AMC series.
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Davis’ powerful speech about diversity as she hoisted the trophy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series was a poignant moment in the evening.
Georgia schoolteacher Kim Lane has been to the Emmys bleachers for at least eight award shows and remembers one other year it was 100 degrees.
Award shows have a hypocritical habit of demanding regular Americans change their errant ways on a host of social issues, even as voters play it exhaustedby handing out the same awards to the same people year after year. After all, those looking for groundbreaking comedy innovation at an award show are foolish.
Lots of Andy Samberg goofery. “I’m just going to try and not look at the Internet for a week after I do it. It’s unwinnable in that way”.
“Oh wait, oh god, I’m sorry, Donald Trump said that”.
Samberg is shamed, and begins to sing about how disappointment he is in himself. But I also wouldn’t be surprised to see Odenkirk take home the top prize instead if Better Call Saul has a big night.
“I had a teacher who used to say when you act, you have to act as if your life depends on it”, he said. No idea how long this will last, so enjoy it while you can. “I’m only a boy, and my brain doesn’t have the room to dream that big.’ But here I am!” “Standing on my own two feet”.
Don Draper, the dyspeptic ad man at the heart of Mad Men, was the role of a lifetime, and the series is now over.
That’s of course, if they didn’t mind having the outcome of those shows spoiled moments later.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus also made fun of Trump’s bluster in her acceptance speech for her work on “Veep“.
Hamm had been nominated eight times before for best actor, but had not won. “I stayed offline, and I’ll stay offline for this”, he said.
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Morgan, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in June 2014 that killed his friend James “Jimmy Mack” McNair, expressed how happy he was to be back among his television peers.
