But Headey might be hampered by having to split the “Game of Thrones” vote at the Television Academy with her fellow cast members.
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Despite Emmy’s capricious nature, it’s been a fine year for first-time nominees. “This show was better than ever this year and it has no serious competition”.
This year’s Emmy nominees are a surprisingly well-chosen group, including “Game of Thrones”, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”, and, at long last, “The Americans”, the terrific FX series about Soviet spies living undercover as Washington D.C. suburbanites in the 1980s.
This year, “Thrones” already has wins in casting, costumes, nonprosthetic makeup, prosthetic makeup, picture editing, production design, stunt coordination and visual effects.
Let’s take a look at how the 68 Primetime Emmy Awards are shaping up across the board. This year, it is House of Cards, Game of Thrones, Homeland, Downton Abbey, Mr. Robot, The American and Better Call Saul who make war. Take a look at her work as conjoined twins in “American Horror Story” that earned her a nod previous year.
The form: A more certain category in which Jeffrey Tambor leads the pack by a winning margin.
“Black-ish” (ABC); “Master of None” (Netflix); “Modern Family” (ABC); “Silicon Valley” (HBO); “Transparent” (Amazon); “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix); “Veep” (HBO).
Imagine being in the same category as Louis-Dreyfus. And it’s a tough race. After last week’s Creative Arts Emmys, Game of Thrones has taken home a total of 35 trophies, just two shy of Frasier’s all-time record. The snub of Lansbury (who has an Oscar and multiple Tonys) shows that what happens on the awards show isn’t always the right choice.
VR has a front-row seat at the Emmys this year. The night’s star-studded list of presenters include Kyle Chandler, Bryan Cranston, Claire Danes, Michelle Dockery, Minnie Driver, Tony Goldwyn, Terrence Howard, Allison Janney, Rami Malek, Abigail Spencer, Kiefer Sutherland, Hank Azaria, Margo Martindale, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Peter Scolari. The powerhouse acting duo of Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright have each earned their spots for the Lead Actor/Actress in a Drama bids again, and are both well overdue for a win. What has plagued Maslany is that she is too good.
Viola Davis in a still from How To Get Away With Murder. “Thrones” could take the statue again this year. The Night Manager is by a long shot the buzziest show on offer in this category, but it’s hard to get past The People v. O. J. Simpson, which dominated media noise in the United States and is nearly certain to take a clean sweep of these categories.
For the network as a whole, he told AFP, wins and nominations “strengthen the viewer proposition of what an FX original programme should mean to them, and I’d say that’s tremendous value”. Sheesh. Walter White, Sherlock Holmes and the man who might be James Bond? This time, People v.
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The form: A much more open field, though one that will go one of two ways. If there is enough affection for a classic in the category, then it surely belongs to Fargo’s Kirsten Dunst. He said further, “I never feel any pressure about being nominated because, it would be great if we won, but I don’t think we’re going to win and I don’t really care if we win or not”.
