The 2016 Emmys couldn’t have happened in any other year.
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Paulson was joined in the winners’ circle by her “People v. O.J. Simpson” co-star Courtney B. Vance who won outstanding lead actor in a limited series. “We are so glad to know that people enjoy the show nearly as much as we enjoy making it”.
Diversity – of race, gender, sexuality – is an undeniably huge reason why TV is so exciting these days.
It was an emotional night for many winners. They have The Godfather, Goodfellas, Rocky, The Sopranos; we got Long Duk Dong.
We have the best cast that’s I think ever been assembled.
“This would be so much easier at the Oscars”, the Muslim Indian-American actor joked, hinting at the controversy over the lack of diversity at film’s Oscar awards.
In another revision, this one implemented past year, voting was expanded from blue-ribbon panels to – depending on the award – giving substantially more or all of the academy’s 20,000-plus members the chance to vote for finalists. “Please give transgender talent a chance”. “Give them auditions. Give them their stories”. The camera was positioned just below stage, so you get a good view of both the stage and the audience. He even took shots at Donald Trump and his run for presidency pinpointing Mark Burnett as being the catalyst for it.
Susanne Bier, the Danish director of the BBC’s spy thriller The Night Manager, won the best directing in a limited series, award.
HBO’s Game of Thrones won the Emmy for best drama series on Sunday night.
Sterling K. Brown also won for outstanding supporting actor in a limited series for his role as Christopher Darden in the “People v. O.J”. “Our show started out as a political satire but it now feels like a sobering documentary”.
Aziz Ansari doesn’t get to make his acceptance speech.. It was a battle to the finish for Lead Actor in a Drama Series which in the end was a victory for newcomer Rami Malek “Mr. Robot”. It was her third win for playing the role of a dowager and like always she didn’t attend the ceremony.
“If your show doesn’t have a dragon or a white Bronco in it, go home right now”, host Jimmy Kimmel joked at the start of the three-hour broadcast, a reference to “Thrones” and the vehicle Simpson was in when he went on a wild ride through LA before his arrest.
There were plenty of O.J. jokes in Kimmel’s monologue. He blamed Celebrity Apprentice creator Mark Burnett for inflicting the real-estate mogul on us: “If it wasn’t for television, would Donald Trump be running for president? No”.
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‘He would be at home quietly rubbing up against his wife Malaria while she pretends to be asleep’. And the unfortunate thing is, I’m not sure how many of us would want to hang out with a guy like Eliott. STUNNING. Seriously, I wouldn’t be surprised if she was followed by a ray of ethereal light and a pitch ideal choir. “Can’t a sister feel handsome?” “Thank you to Lorne Michaels for giving me the job of my life and to the incredible crew on SNL“. That Marcia Clark could be torn down and raised back up by television is a testament to the media’s enormous influence.
