“It gets trickier and trickier to satirize this stuff”, she said. Along those same lines, while wishing George R.R. Martin a happy birthday, he joked, “Thanks for telling me during the commercial that Jon Snow is still alive!” “The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity”, she said.
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It might have been the Summer of Donald Trump, but Schumer wasn’t far behind in seeming to be on a screen somewhere every time you looked up thanks to her hit feature film, “Trainwreck“. A much better choice would have been Taraji P. Henson as Cookie on Empire. He bypassed the steps to the Emmy stage, scrambling onto it on his stomach.
HBO’s medieval fantasy series scooped the all-important best drama prize and beat records by winning a total of 12 Emmy accolades this year.
“Game of Thrones” now equals “West Wing” and “Hill Street Blues” for the drama with the most wins over the course of its run. That was its only major win, as Game of Thrones took best drama series, best supporting actor (Peter Dinklage), best writing and best director.
And in another first, Viola Davis became the first African-American actress to hold the Emmy trophy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
And “Veep” continued to steamroll its comedy competition, earning Julia Louis Dreyfus her fourth consecutive Outstanding Actress award.
Stewart, who left “The Daily Show” in August and is being replaced later this month by Trevor Noah, emerged from his television absence with a beard.
Also HBO’s “Veep” beat four-time Emmy victor ABC’s comedy series “Modern Family” to win the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.
“I’d like to dedicate myself and this award to the transgender community”, Tambor said.
Series creator Jill Soloway accepts an Emmy for directing Transparent. Her performance throughout the first three seasons of Orange is the New Black has been as good, if not better, than nearly anyone on TV.
Emmys voters didn’t give up their fondness for choosing the familiar over the groundbreaking in other categories as well.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Tony Hale, “Veep“, HBO. He said that when he woke up after eight days, “I was just ecstatic to learn I wasn’t the one who messed up”.
“Thank you everyone – crew, cast and writers”.
Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie: Bill Murray, “Olive Kitteridge“, HBO.
“Inside Amy Schumer” won for best variety sketch series.
Popular singing contest “The Voice” won the reality competition category.
Hamm, 44, toiled in near-obscurity for years in small parts on television shows, and as a waiter to make ends meet, before his lucky strike with Mad Men.
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Andy Samberg proved to be an affable if not outstandingly memorable host, channelling Billy Crystal in an opening montage and providing a comedic highlight with a spoof of the final scenes of Mad Men.
