She thanked Hillary Clinton in her speech.
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“If I’m late they’ll let Tom Bergeron host”, Kimmel joked. Not one to miss out on a viral video, Kimmel called Schwimmer out by offering juice boxes to him while repeating the word gleefully.
“If your show doesn’t have a dragon or a white Bronco in it, go home right now”.
The night’s biggest awards, Best Drama and Best Comedy, went to the two most obvious winners: HBO mainstays Game of Thrones and Veep, which also won a year ago, and were widely predicted to win again.
Jimmy Kimmel, the Emmys host, joked: “The only thing we value more than diversity is congratulating ourselves on how much we value diversity”. “Get out of the auto”.
The politically charged show also featured a surprise cameo from ex-presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, who appeared as a limo driver in a pre-taped sketch segment, asking Kimmel what it’s like to be nominated – a self-effacing nod to his failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination, which was eventually won by Trump.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus dedicates her award to her dad. The inclusivity led to refreshing moments, like when Regina King of “American Crime” won the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie Emmy and shared a touching moment with fellow nominee Taraji P. Henson of “Empire” in the crowd before accepting the award from (a proudly pregnant) Kerry Washington of “Scandal”.
Early on in the show Kimmel announced the Maggie Smith rule that any victor not in attendance would not be receiving their Emmy statue. (.) Don’t worry. He’s not really here. I like Carpool Karaoke just fine, but this is Beyonce! “That was not a joke – that is reality”. “Please give transgender talent a chance”, he said.
Full of enthusiasm, the 48- year-old host gave the audience what they were asking for – laughter, great punchlines and a wonderful atmosphere. “I would not be unhappy were I the last cisgender male to play a transgender female on television”. We have work to do.
Elsewhere, Jeffrey Tambor won best comedy actor for a second time for his role as a father who transitions to a woman in Amazon’s ground-breaking “Transparent”.
“Since you’re good at keeping things safe, I have a job for you – my Twitter account”. “Y’all over here using your skills to protect best voice over in a French sitcom meanwhile I’m over here butt naked on CNN”. “Meanwhile, I’m butt naked on CNN”. DOWN. Tatiana is thought to have been robbed of her Emmy last year, so fans felt vindicated when the Orphan Black star won this year.
Ansari is the son of Muslim immigrants, and wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times earlier this year titled “Why Trump Makes Me Scared for My Family”.
Backstage, “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway, who won best directing for a comedy series, criticized Trump for “other-izing people”.
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“There are so many people who want to be seen and represented, and TV has always needed to kind of speak to the masses”, she told People. Elsewhere on the drama side, Egyptian-American actor Rami Malek won the Oustanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series award for his performance as “Elliot Alderson” in USA’s breakout cyber thriller “Mr. Robot”. “British people will get that”.
