Then, turning to Clark, he said, “This must be very odd for you… are you rooting for O.J.to win?”
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The dramatic retelling of the football star’s murder trial was honored as best limited series and writing, and earned awards for stars Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown and Sarah Paulson.
“Here in Hollywood the only thing we value more than diversity is congratulating ourselves on how much we value diversity”, Kimmel joked during his opening. But things got odder when British writer Steven Moffat, who won for “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride”, tried to get into the act.
“Our show started out as political satire”, she said, “but now it feels like a sober documentary”.
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”.
Saying he’s now an Uber driver because “I’m between jobs right now”, Bush picked up Kimmel as the late-night host was hitching a ride to the awards show. “That saves us 22 minutes”, Kimmel quipped.
“I should know, he gave me my career”, Winkler said.
Jimmy Kimmel told the Emmys audience that he had his mom make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for everyone at the awards’ ceremony and he wasn’t kidding. Both Kimmel and Burnett, who accepted an award later for another one of his shows, “The Voice”, joked about that series’ stars being future Supreme Court nominees.
“Big fan of you, too!”
Host Jimmy Kimmel reenacted the famous O.J. Simpson chase down the 405 with Malcolm Jamal Warner, who played Al Cowlings in “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”. Kimmel even managed to mock people who shy away from gluten and take a jab at the makers of the EpiPen. Soon after, her face was filled with tears as she dedicated the award to her father, who died Friday.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, accepting her fifth consecutive best actress Emmy for HBO’s “Veep”, jokingly lamented that real politics is beginning to resemble the Washington world her comedy series pokes fun at. Rami Malek won best actor in a drama for “Mr. Robot”, another highly regarded but scantly watched series.
“I’d also like to take this opportunity to personally apologize for the current political climate”, she said.
Host Jimmy Kimmel, left, takes the Emmy Award from presenters Minnie Driver, center, and Michael Weatherly after announcing Maggie Smith was the victor of the best supporting actress award for her role in “Downton Abbey” at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Priyanka Chopra looks stunning in scarlet red while making her way inside the 2016 Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday (September 18) in Los Angeles.
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While Game of Thrones did take home several major awards on Sunday, including the Emmy for Outstanding Drama, none of the show’s talent received acknowledgement.
