“Nice try changing your name to ‘America.’ You’re not fooling anybody!” “Give them auditions. Give them their stories”.
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In the drama series race, to be announced later on Sunday, HBO’s medieval fantasy “Game of Thrones”, which dominated with 23 nominations, is seen as favorite to retain its crown for a second year.
Fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” made television history at the 68th Emmys on Sunday, becoming the most decorated fictional show since the awards began almost seven decades ago. And Paulson made a public apology to Marcia Clark for failing to recognize the former prosecutor not as a “complicated, whip-smart, giant-hearted mother of two. righting an unconscionable wrong”, but seeing her 20 years ago as the “two-dimensional cardboard cutout I saw on the news”.
The top comedy acting awards were more predictable.
Matt Damon teases Jimmy Kimmel during for his Emmy loss on Sunday.Getty ImagesSunday’s Emmy awards presented some really surprising wins and unexpected moments.
Bier, who was the only female nominee in the category, told BBC Breakfast: “This is such a traditional men’s world, and I hope the fact a woman director has won this prestigious prize is going to mean that more non-conventional series and movies are going to be directed by women”.
Louis-Dreyfus apologised for what she called “the current political climate”, seven weeks before the presidential election.
She promised to “rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it”. “Our show started out as a political satire, but now it seems like a documentary”.
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Ex-presidential hopeful Jeb Bush made a surprise appearance as a limo driver in a televised opening joke sequence, asking Kimmel what it’s like to be nominated.
The joke got a rousing response from the audience – but not from Burnett, who may have been more stung than Trump (who has not yet commented with his own signature one-liners on Twitter) when he later accepted the best reality series Emmy for The Voice, and joked that he had received a call from Hillary Clinton criticizing Kimmel for providing Trump “free publicity on ABC”.
The all-time Emmy list of winners-which includes nonfiction-is topped by NBC comedy sketch show “Saturday Night Live”, with 45 awards, one of them handed out Sunday to Kate McKinnon for best supporting actress. McKinnon’s portrayal of Clinton is her best-known impression. Considered to be the television equivalent of the Oscars, the 2016 Emmys were hosted by Jimmy Kimmel Live! talk show host himself, Jimmy Kimmel. “I missed the last category”, he said to Kimmel. “I wonder if he’s having a viewing party with the guys”.
Elsewhere, Jeffrey Tambor won best comedy actor for the second time for his role as a father who transitions to a woman in Amazon’s ground-breaking “Transparent”.
“I think there’s great stuff on network, on streaming, on cable”, “Master of None” co-creator Alan Yang said backstage.
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. “I said yeah. They go “we want you to play Zach’s mom”, and I go ‘yes, ‘” said Anderson before the show.
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John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” won the Emmy for top variety talk series.
