Lovelock Correctional Center reportedly doesn’t get FX, which aired The People v. O.J. Simpson, but that apparently didn’t stop Simpson from commenting on Gooding Jr.’s portrayal of him. Peter Dinklage, as Tyrion Lannister, is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, along with Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow.
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Those are the stakes at this year’s ceremony, at 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC, hosted by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
The People vs OJ Simpson: American Crime Story, which aired on BBC Two in the United Kingdom, dominates nominations in the acting categories this year.
“I think “Game of Thrones” will be a big victor on Emmy night”, Debra Birnbaum, executive editor for TV at entertainment industry magazine Variety, told media. The two-night event concludes Monday. ABC’s “Black-ish” may also finally get recognized as a top comedy this year, though in an election year, Emmy voters may continue to award another solid season of “Veep”.
“Did you know you could make $12 an hour working for Uber?” a game Bush said, smiling.
“Thank you, Ellen DeGeneres, thank you, Hillary Clinton”, she said, naming two of the famous people she’s caricatured on the show.
Let’s take a look at the shows slated to dominate this year’s Emmy awards.
20th Century Fox Inc. -owned FOXA, +0.25% FOX, -0.16% FX Networks was the network with the second-highest number of nominations, pulling in 56, led by its breakout limited series “The People v. O.J. Simpson: An American Crime Story”.
HBO’s John Adams mini-series now holds that record at 13, but Game of Thrones has already nabbed 9 Creative Arts Emmys. More importantly, they’re for anyone who’s interested in some of the behind-the-scenes aspects of television.
Smith has been nominated multiple times for her role as Violet Crawley in “Downton Abbey” but has not attended the ceremony.
Hiddleston will bring the evening to a close, taking the stage to announce the best drama series.
Welsh actor Matthew Rhys is in contention for the best drama actor award for his role as a KGB spy in The Americans.
The HBO series picked up nine statuettes at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys, which reward artistic and technical achievement, giving it a total haul over the years of 35 – more than any other drama series.
After he lost in the variety series category to “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, the Emmy audience was treated to an exchange between Kimmel and his long standing “rival”, Matt Damon.
An Emmy award for “Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who portrays vice-president-turned-president, would be her fifth best comedy actress win.
The first award of the night went to Louie Anderson, for best supporting actor in a comedy for “Baskets”.
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Best actors, for example, had been decided by panels made up of 75 to 250 people in the academy’s acting branch, said Tom O’Neil, author of “The Emmys” reference book and editor of Gold Derby, an awards handicapping website. The show follows a hilarious group of friends in the tech startup world, led by the awkward character played by Thomas Middleditch, who earned himself a nomination for Lead Actor in a Comedy for the first time. I’m also a John le Carré fan, so when an adaptation comes along firing on as many cylinders as The Night Manager does, I have to give it props-and some Emmys.
