
Saturday Night Live tackled the #OscarsSoWhite controversy while the Academy takes steps in a more positive direction to diversify their members. Continue reading
Saturday Night Live tackled the #OscarsSoWhite controversy while the Academy takes steps in a more positive direction to diversify their members. Continue reading
The TV industry may implode as the stars gather to celebrate the 67th Emmy Awards tonight. With heavy hitters like Game of Thrones, Transparent, Empire, Mad Men, Modern Family, American Horror Story: Freak Show, and House of Cards vying for top honors, this year’s Emmy Awards will be a night to remember.
Will Jon Hamm finally receive his first Emmy win for this iconic role as Don Draper? Will Better Call Saul make its mark like its predecessor Breaking Bad? Will Transparent gain the recognition everyone and their mother believes it should? Will Modern Family finally stop winning awards it shouldn’t?
I’ll be live blogging the tonight’s awards ceremony with an updated 67th Emmy Awards winners list and my reactions in case you miss a beat. Hosted by Andy Samberg, the telecast airs live coast-to-coast at 8:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. PST on FOX from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Let’s begin!
Andy Samberg opens with a pretty damn good musical number. Tremendously witty, it puts perspective on how many stupid shows there are about wives – holy crap.
Moving along. Samberg delivered a decent opening monologue that poked fun at Jared Fogle, Bill Cosby, and other recent events such as diversity, sexism, and feminism in Hollywood.
And he issued a forewarning for winners who dare to go over their 40-second speech limit. That warning comes in the form of Jane Lynch dressed as Septa Unella from Game of Thrones. It’s a really funny idea, but there are so many sensitive people these days that it may be considered disrespectful since speeches have recently lent themselves as a mini platform for social change. This is why we can’t have nice things. They probably won’t incorporate it, but it was a good gag for the monologue.
Here we go.
To present the first award, Amy Poehler and Amy Schumer are up.
I’ve never seen Mom, but Allison Janney is a wonderful actress. And as the first inspirational speech of the evening, Janey talks hope.
Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross are the next presenters of the evening to continue the comedy awards.
I’m really disappointed that Louie did not win. Veep is funny, it has the most hilariously creative uses of foul language I’ve ever seen, but it’s not as smart as Louie.
Ricky Gervais is the next presenter as the self deprecating man that he is.
I’m not quite sure how Keegan-Michael Key didn’t win.
John Stamos and Gina Rodriguez are the next up to present. Creepy grandpa and virgin jokes ensued.
It couldn’t have gone to anyone else. Whitford was fantastic. Sadly, Transparent should be thrown into the Drama category and Jon Hamm should have won for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Bradley Whitford and Joan Cusack make up the next presenters.
A really strong pool of directors. A well deserved win for Jill Soloway.
Jimmy Kimmel finds his way on the stage as the next presenter. He makes a valid point about the power given to him as a presenter because he doesn’t necessarily have to call out the right winner. What would they do? So he ate the name.
A very, very deserving win for Tambor. This is his seventh Emmy nomination, first Emmy win, and his first nomination as lead actor.
Seth Myers joins Andy Samberg to honor Lorne Michels (SNL), but the real awards presentation goes to.
Good on Louis-Dreyfus for winning her fourth consecutive Emmy and her sixth Emmy win. She’s awesome, but come on. Amy Poehler should have had this one in the bag.
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele begin the awards categories for reality TV.
James Corden arrives on stage to honor the accountants from Ernst & Young who tabulate the votes for the Emmys.
Taraji P. Hensen and Terrence Howard are the next awards presenters to hit the stage.
One of these days I’ll watch all of these honored miniseries/TV movies.
Wow, I’m surprised that the Emmy did not go to Sarah Paulson. All the buzz was around her from what I read. The odds were stacked for American Horror Story, and King rose above it.
Andy Samberg arrived back on stage to note HBO’s lack of care against password sharing for HBO NOW. So he conveniently gave it out:
Login: khaleesifan3@emmyhost.com
Password: password1
Sadly, there have been too many incorrect login attempts from people trying to change the e-mail address and password to their own. So now no one can use it. If people didn’t try to change the login and password everyone could have had a free HBO NOW account to use. They basically tried to giveaway a free HBO NOW account, which turned out to be an incredible PR stunt for HBO. This is why we can’t have nice things.
John Oliver is the next presenter and delivers probably the best quip of the night about Jeopardy and Alex Trebek.
Bill Murray and Maggie Gyllenhaal are the next presenters.
Of course Bill Murray did not show up. He’s probably on an island in some karaoke bar.
Our first Andy Samberg digital short of the ceremony parodies the the Mad Men finale and it is horrific and hilarious.
Rob Lowe and Kerry Washington are the next presenters.
I guess we all should be checking out Olive Kitteridge.
Lady Gaga makes her first appearance at the Emmy Awards.
Olive Kitteridge is all about the Emmys tonight.
Fred Savage is next on stage to introduce a tribute video of series finales, final appearances of late night hosts, and the end of certain variety shows, including The Newsroom, Glee, Letterman, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Justified, Sons of Anarchy, Nurse Jackie, and many more. Many final scenes aired and no spoiler alert was even delivered. So many character deaths shown. WOW.
Lena Headey and Marcia Gay Harden are the next award presenters.
Olive Kitteridge basically sweeps the TV movie/limited series category in all categories except supporting actress, holy cow.
Mindy Kaling and Zachery Levi are the next presenters.
Jane Lynch and Eric Stonestreet are the next award presenters.
This could have gone to Amy or K&P. It would be tough to call, but Inside Amy Schumer made a strong case this year.
Colin Hanks and Will Forte are the next presenters.
LL Cool J is the next presenter to close out the Variety Series categories.
Ben McKenzie and Jamie Alexander are the next presenters.
Reg E. Cathey is next to present in his booming, deep voice.
I did not see that one coming. I would have put my life savings on Weiner to win. Whoa.
Emma Roberts and Jamie Lee Curtis are the next presenters.
Lena Headey was robbed. Uzo Aduba did a great job in season 2 of Orange, but this was Cersei’s year. SHAME!
“Hardhome” should have been the episode to nominate and to win, but whatever. A win is a win for GoT, right?
Viola Davis is our next presenter tonight.
And the Dinkles pulls off the big W. I would have liked and pegged Jonathan Banks to win after such a riveting speech in episode six of Better Call Saul, but good on the Drinkles.
Tina Fey is our next presenter of the night.
It’s about damn time. I hate that Hamm had to win for the final season because it feels as though they’re just giving it to him to honor the character. His performance was incredible and definitely better than the rest of the nominees, but I wish he won it earlier for this role. Although, Bryan Cranston did deserve it each and every time for Breaking Bad, which has held back Jon Hamm from winning. Congratulations Mr. Hamm.
Davis’ first Emmy win and nomination. Viola is the first African American to win the Leading Acress in a Drama category. She dominates film and now the small screen. She can’t be stopped. She delivered an incredibly powerful speech.
Mel Brooks is up to present the final comedy award of the night.
Come on. Really? I’m really glad that Modern Family finally didn’t win, but Veep is not the funniest or greatest comedy out of the bunch. Transparent should have had this in the bag for as much heart and humanity it presents in a comedic form.
And Tracy Morgan is final presenter of the evening.
I don’t even know at this point. It’s as if HBO campaigned really hard this year, which is sad because it comes down to advertising dollars and who gets the word out the most.
It’s disgusting to think that one of the most polarizing and weakest seasons of Game of Thrones beat out the final season of Mad Men. It makes no sense.
Like what were they thinking?
It’s a sad day for this golden age of television.
I feel dirty. And I’m glad this night is over.
I’m out.
Thanks for reading!
Nominee List: Emmys.com
As the Golden Age of Television continues to catch the attention of our eyeballs it’s come to that point in the year where we must celebrate the best of the best of the best. This morning the Television Academy Chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum along with Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black) and Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance) announced the 67th Emmy Awards nominations.
Although a strong case was made for returning series such as Game of Thrones, which snagged 24 nominations, newcomers Transparent (11 nominations), Better Call Saul (7 nominations), and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (7 nominations) found promising recognition.
Shows that met their final seasons such as Mad Men (11 nominations) and Parks and Recreation (3 nominations) earned a respectable number of nods, while shows like American Horror Story: Freak Show (19 nominations), The Big Bang Theory (6 nominations), and Modern Family (6 nominations) continue to receive accolades for reasons that make my brain hurt. I’m at least glad to see Silicon Valley take the place of TBBT for Outstanding Comedy Series.
Netflix continues its hot streak in both drama and comedy categories with House of Cards (11 nominations) and Orange is the New Black (4 nominations). The video streaming service in total earned itself 34 nominations, while FX gained 38, ABC 42, Comedy Central 25, AMC 24, and Fox 35. But the real story here is the fact that HBO has completely run the gambit on the competition with 126 nods.
What I’m most shocked about is how Fresh off the Boat received nothing, especially with how much praise Constance Wu received for her portrayal of Jessica Huang.
The 67th Emmy Awards telecast airs live coast-to-coast on Sunday, September 20 (8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT) on FOX from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
And your 67th Emmy Awards nominations are:
Again, the 67th Emmy Awards telecast airs live coast-to-coast on Sunday, September 20 (8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT) on FOX from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Source: Emmys
Let’s continue, shall we? When we last met, I shared with you all the incredible cosplayers from Preview Night and Thursday of Comic-Con 2015. We had to combine the day and a half excursion due to thinly spread costumed fans. Luckily, we didn’t have to search far on Friday to catch the many attendees dressed – or some undressed – to the nines in their favorite cosplay attire.
Disney Princesses, X-Men, DC villains, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Studio Ghibli, and The Legend of Korra fans flocked to the San Diego Convention Center to strut their stuff. And for those looking beyond the usual, there were plenty of characters that reach all fandoms. With the budding success of Mad Max: Fury Road, I was happy to see more cosplayers taking on characters from the incredible film – my review.
Day reflections:
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