Accepting an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy, the Veep star issued a “personal apology” for today’s political climate and made light of Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall at the U.S. -Mexico border.
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The Outstanding Comedy Actor gong went to Jeffrey Tambor, who plays a transgender woman in “Transparent”, for the second year in a row.
“Oh, my God. Please tell me you’re seeing this, too”, said a stunned Malek, who plays an emotionally troubled engineer caught up in a unsafe hacking conspiracy on the USA Network series. “I got the hottest chick in the game rocking my chain”, Brown said.
“I’m so glad that he liked “Veep” because his opinion was the one that really mattered”, she said.
Master of None star Aziz Ansari, who penned an essay in June for the New York Times entitled Why Trump Makes Me Scared for My Family, quipped on stage, I’ve decided I’m going with Trump.
The Sky Atlantic fantasy drama, based on George RR Martin’s novels, was named best drama series, while also picking up honours for outstanding writing and directing.
“Are you rooting for O.J.to win this time?”, Kimmel asked Clark. But when it comes to nabbing a thrilling, funny, entirely of-the-moment host, the Emmys can only muster someone like [drum roll] Jimmy Kimmel? Paulson actually brought Clark as her plus-1 and apologized to Clark in her speech for judging her all those years ago when she prosecuted O.J. Simpson for murder.
Awkward Bill Cosby moment that didn’t actually happen: His name was announced, and there was chatter – the camera zoomed in on Upper Darby’s Tina Fey – but only Kimmel appeared.
Despite her face showing up on the seating chart the day before, Beyonce was a no show at the awards where she was nominated for her visual album Lemonade. But hand it to Jill Soloway, creator of “Transparent”, for which she won a directing award: She managed the unheard-of feat of being both preachy and fun.
Leslie Jones later crashed the stage when the Emmy accountants made their usual speech about protecting the awards.
Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content, said: “Huge congratulations to Sherlock and Susanne Bier, the director of The Night Manager, for their outstanding Emmy wins. If just a couple of you can get your kids cameras instead of violins, we’ll be all good”.
That put a dampener on British TV host John Oliver who beat Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon and James Corden to win Best Variety Talk Show.
Rami Malek won outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his role in Mr Robot, while Tatiana Maslany from Orphan Black won outstanding leading actress. “I mean, you lost, and now you’ve got to stand out here for the rest of the night when you probably just want to go home and curl up and cry”.
Holding Smith’s trophy, Kimmel said it would not be mailed to the 81-year-old actress. Its three category wins in 2016 take its total number of awards to 38, putting it one in front of the previous highest by “Frasier”.
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From left: Maisie Williams, Emilia Clarke, Sophie Turner, and Kit Harington winners of the award for outstanding drama series for “Game of Thrones” pose in the press room at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
