“We all now play and live in that world”.
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Backstage, actress Regina King took note of the Simpson series after winning a supporting award for “American Crime”, the only victor from a scripted series that aired on one of the commercial broadcast networks.
The Emmys are just not her cup of tea. “I was very astonished and pleased to win the award”.
In his opening monologue at yesterday Emmys, host Jimmy Kimmel took aim at the 81-year-old’s tendency to rack up Emmy after Emmy, year after year, without ever bothering to turn up to the ceremony to actually accept in person. “We have work to do”, he said.
After winning his award for Outstanding Variety Series, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver was asked backstage by reporters if he was responsible for the rise of Donald Trump in politics. “I think we are there now”.
All three shows are on HBO Now, HBO Go, and HBO On Demand.
The enormously popular fantasy series, which is based on JJ Martin’s series of epic fantasy novels “A Song of Ice and Fire”, became the most successful show at the Primetime Emmy Awards.
The host, who is known for his show Jimmy Kimmel Live! – which now airs in India on Star World and Star World HD – was applauded for his hosting gig.
But the top drama acting trophies were far from predictable: Rami Malek of “Mr. Robot” and Tatiana Maslany of “Orphan Black” were first-time winners, both overcoming heavyweight competition. Yet you’d hardly know those networks exist from watching Sunday’s awards.
Kimmel also took over the stage when Dame Maggie Smith won best supporting actress in a drama for her role on “Downton Abbey“.
Amazon Prime is the home of “Transparent”, victor of two Emmy Awards (Jeffrey Tambor, Actor in a Comedy Series, and Jill Soloway, Directing for a Comedy Series).
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Winning for comedy series writing, the Master co-creator pointed out that Italian Americans can see themselves in movies such as The Godfather and Rocky, while Asian Americans have mostly stereotypical representations such as Sixteen Candles’ Long Duk Dong. “Games of Thrones” will likely pass “Saturday Night Live”, the all-time champion with 45 wins with two years left on its contract.
