The biggest suspense at this year’s three-hour ceremony is whether Hamm will finally go home with a statuette for best actor in a drama.
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The Mom actress was the favorite entering the night, although I foolishly picked against her, thinking Mayim Bialik could pull the upset.
Amy Schumer told the assembled press it was a rollercoaster moment when her win for best variety sketch series was announced.
HBO’s “Veep” wins best comedy series Emmy.
“Transparent” creator Jill Soloway and star Jeffrey Tambor continued their impassioned speeches backstage at the Emmys following their wins on Sunday.
Samberg then did a brief monologue in which he cracked jokes about diversity in Hollywood, Paula Deen on “Dancing With the Stars” and – perhaps inevitably – presidential candidate Donald Trump.
“Veep” won two early awards – the writers of the “Election Night” episode and Tony Hale for best supporting actor. “Sure, Donald Trump seems racist”.
An emotional Davis, who won for her portrayal of a ruthless lawyer in “How to Get Away With Murder“, invoked the words and spirit of 19th-century African-American abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
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She said she was looking forward to seeing her former co-stars, noting: “It’s a little bit of a reunion for us tonight”.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus was honored as best lead comedy actress for “Veep” for the fourth time.
“The Voice” producer Mark Burnett and host Carson Daly snapped selfies with their new statuettes after the show won the outstanding reality competition. Because you don’t need an excuse to make “The Confrontation” jokes.
Allison Janney’s trophy case is getting crowded. It was Janney’s sixth Emmy; she won five times before for “The West Wing“.
Andy Samberg didn’t hold back during his first-time hosting the Emmy Awards.
The video poked fun at the massive amounts of television now and audiences’ struggled to keep up, locking Samberg in a bunker for a year while he got caught up. A bearded, shaggy-haired Samberg emerged to boast to contenders Jon Hamm and Kerry Washington that he had them and everyone else covered.
Stars are fanning themselves and struggling to stay – and look – cool on the sweltering Emmys red carpet.
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Empire actress Taraji P. Henson looked like a total queen in a sleek, show-stopping Alexander Wang gown-Cookie would be so proud-while pop’s Mother Monster herself, Lady Gaga, wowed in a structured jet black one-shoulder dress from her friend and stylist Brandon Maxwell‘s debut collection. But Andy is in a category all by himself!
