The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards kicked off at the Microsoft Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday night (EDT).
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Writer/producer D.V. DeVincentis won a writing Emmy earlier Sunday night for penning the episode “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia”, his first nomination and award.
Priyanka’s red carpet debut at the Emmy Awards will be a thing to remember.
Jill Soloway won for directing a comedy for Amazon’s “Transparent”.
“This is her award”, he said.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who won her own award earlier in the evening, very almost had a dark lining on the silver cloud when she tripped on the steps up to the stage!
But before tackling Trump, his first targets were Sarah Paulson and her Emmys guest Marcia Clark, who she portrayed on The People vs. O.J. Simpson.
It was Paulson’s first Emmy win and came for her portrayal of prosecutor Marcia Clark, who endured widespread criticism as she tried to convict National Football League legend O.J. Simpson of double murder under the glaring spotlight of the so-called “Trial of the Century”. Indian-American Aziz Ansari also is nominated for his new Netflix comedy “Master of None”.
Her victory gave her six best comedy wins – five for “Veep”, one for “The New Adventures of Old Christine” – and broke her tie with Candice Bergen and Mary Tyler Moore.
“Hollywood is doing good, but I’ll tell you women of color are doing even better”, nominee Viola Davis said on the red carpet.
The stars of the small screen have some out once again for the annual Emmy Awards!
It was a night of recognition for old hands in the comedy categories, while the drama awards went to relative newcomers.
In his opening monologue, the host said he was holding “Celebrity Apprentice” producer Mark Burnett responsible for the “Donald Trump phenomenon”. “You know you can make $12 an hour driving for Uber?”
The first award of the night went to Louie Anderson, for best supporting actor in a comedy for “Baskets”. “A closed mouth don’t get fed”.
Host Jimmy Kimmel opened Sunday’s show with a string of jokes about Republican presidential contender and former “Celebrity Apprentice” host Donald Trump, and former football star O.J. Simpson, whose 1995 double murder trial and acquittal was dramatized in “The People v. O.J. Simpson”, which is expected to be a big victor on Sunday.
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There will be more than ego tallies at the awards, with diversity in Hollywood an ongoing issue.
