As a matter of fact, Kimmel joked after she won yet another trophy for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Kimmel joked that he was going to put it in the lost and found. Kimmel finally got a ride from former presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who claimed to be working as an Uber driver.
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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).
“Veep” repeated as best comedy series and its star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, won a record-breaking sixth Emmy as best comedy actress.
From Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Peter Dinklage lighting up the red carpet to “Game of Thrones” winning awards for Best Directing, Best Drama and Best Writing, the night was truly one to remember for Westeros’ best and brightest.
Rami Malek, of Egyptian heritage, won outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his role in Mr Robot, the cult show about a vigilante computer hacker, the first time an actor from an ethnic minority has won the award since 1998. Yang delivered an impassioned speech calling on Hollywood to include more Asian actors on onscreen telecast but producers cut Ansari’s air time short allowing him only enough screen time to yell out, “I just want to say”, before scurrying off stage. The glamorous event offered a few surprises as well as two big winners: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and Game of Thrones.
Her victory gave her six best comedy wins – five for “Veep”, one for “The New Adventures of Old Christine” – and broke her tie with Candice Bergen and Mary Tyler Moore.
The Primetime Emmy Awards, which honored the best of television over the past year on Sunday in Los Angeles, was a celebration of diversity in the entertainment industry and a sharp contrast to the film industry’s Oscars, which was heavily criticized earlier this year for its mostly white nominees. Another show that also premiered in India on Star World Premiere HD, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, won a staggering total of 9 awards at the Emmys with first time nominee and victor, Sterling K Brown receiving a standing ovation from the audiences at the ceremony! “So I certainly do promise to rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it”. “Our show started out as a political satire, but it now feels more like a sobering documentary”, she said.
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It is the fifth time in a row Louis-Dreyfus has won the award for her role in the U.S. version of BBC comedy The Thick Of It.
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Jeffrey Tambor accepted the Emmy for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in “Transparent”. “What’s been really great about Netflix is they give us a lot of freedom and they trust us to pursue what our personal stories are”. Besides the wins for writing, directing and the series as a whole, the show picked up numerous technical awards.
