The Emmy Awards

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Though all the major categories will be revealed next Sunday, the Creative Arts Emmys (sometimes referred to as “craft” or “technical” awards) were yesterday. A rundown of the winners (all-inclusive except for the single winners, which I’ve cherry-picked):

Series
4 awards: Rome (Art Direction, Costumes, Visual Effects, Hairstyling)
2 awards: Boston Legal (Guest Actor: Christian Clemenson; Sound Mixing), How I Met Your Mother (Cinematography, Art Direction), MADtv (Costumes, Song), My Name is Earl (Casting, Editing), The Simpsons (Animated Series, Voiceover Performance: Kelsey Grammar), Six Feet Under (Guest Actress: Patricia Clarkson; Make-Up), 24 (Editing, Music Score)
1 award: CSI (Cinematography), E-Ring (Stunts), Grey’s Anatomy (Casting), Malcolm in the Middle (Guest Actress: Cloris Leachman), Smallville (Sound Editing), Two and a Half Men (Editing), The West Wing (Sound Mixing), Will & Grace (Guest Actor: Leslie Jordan)
Reality Series/Specials
4 awards: Baghdad ER (Exceptional Merit in Non-Fiction, Directing, Cinematography, Sound Editing)
3 awards: The 78th Annual Academy Awards (Art Direction, Sound Mixing, Title Design)
2 awards: The Amazing Race (Cinematography, Editing), Dancing with the Stars (Costumes, Technical Direction), Rome: Engineering an Empire (Non-Fiction Special, Editing), The XX Winter Olympic Opening Ceremonies (Outstanding Variety/Music Special, Technical Direction)
1 award: Black White (Make-Up), Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (Sound Mixing), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Reality Program), The Kennedy Center Honors (Editing), Masters of Horror (Main Title Music), Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (Writing), 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America (Non-Fiction Series), Two Days in October (Exceptional Merit in Non-Fiction)
TV Movies/Miniseries
5 awards: Elizabeth I (Art Direction, Editing, Costumes, Casting, Hairstyling)
2 awards: Bleak House (Cinematography, Make-Up), High School Musical (Children’s Program, Choreography), Into the West (Music Score, Sound Mixing)
1 award: Flight 93 (Sound Editing), The Triangle (Visual Effects)
Notes

  • This is the 9th time The Simpsons has won animated series
  • Cloris Leachman has been nominated six times for playing the grandmother on Malcolm, and this is her second win.
  • This is the second time Patricia Clarkson has won for Six Feet Under
  • This is the 4th time 24 has won picture editing, and the second it’s won music score
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Just giving this a bump to remind people that:

(A) The televised ceremony for the aforementioned winners will be Saturday, 8/26 at 8pm on E!*, and

(B) The televised ceremony for the main categories (series, lead & supporting acting, directing, writing, etc.) will be on Sunday, 8/27 at 8pm on NBC*

*7pm central

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I’ll revive this because the Emmys are on now.

Np surprise that Megan Mullally and Alan Alda won…their shows just ended.

I’m pulling for Jeremy Piven tonight, and House.

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I was wondering where you were. I did a link a number of days ago and no one responded. Anyway, I’m glad to see The Simpsons won again (it was a good episode), and I’m also glad the FedEx spot with the caveman won Outstanding Commercial.

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Geez freakin’ louise, Candice Bergen looks like hell.

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Mullally winning only points up the stoopidness of these awards. I can’t take that voice for more than five seconds before going postal.

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Steve Carell was robbed! :eek:

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The only award I cared about was best actor in a drama and Keifer won, so I’m happy.

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Kiefer. Dammit. I before E except after C and especially in a weird name invented by Donald Sutherland and Co.

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Bob Newhart lives!

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I was disappointed there weren’t more nominations for My Name is Earl. That show was easily last year’s best comedy. I was also disappointed that Project Runway didn’t win in the reality show category. PR remains the best reality show ever created.

My favorite moments were seeing Leslie Jordan and Cloris Leachman together and listening to Stephen Colbert hilariously lament his Emmy loss to Barry Manilow.

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You know, I love 24. I do. I’ve never seen any of the other shows nominated for best drama, and don’t want to.

But it’s a terribly silly show. Completely addictive and often edge-of-your-seat, but surely not the best drama on TV? Surely?

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I was glad to see Mariska Hargitay win best actress in a dramatic series for her role in Law & Order SVU. She’s outstanding.

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Candace Bergan definitely looked somewhat egg-like.

The best award show acceptance speech has to be the one from Greg Garcia, writer of My Name Is Earl. (paraphrasing: ) “To my third grade teacher who told me “sit down and shut up, you’re not funny”- to you, no thank you Mrs. Miller!” etc.

And an honorable mention goes to Helen Mirren who won for Elizabeth I, for introducing the phrase “ass over tit” to millions of viewers.

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The sparse nature of this thread kind of reflects the cultural importance of the Emmys, I fear. But nevertheless, I’ve got some things to say and this is the place to say it:

NBC’s Red Carpet coverage: those reporters should be working at a McDonald’s next week. Or in rehab.

Reporter (to Mariska Hargitay): So, was your baby like 2 months early?
Hargitay: Uh…no. A week late, actually.

Reporter (to Jeremy Piven): You live in Malibu…Have you seen Jennifer Garner’s baby? … Brangelina’s baby? … Baby Suri?
Piven: I’ve got about 116 better things to do than look for celebrity babies.

Reporter (to Jon Voight): Are you all excited about Angelina and the baby?
Voight, looking extremely uncomfortable: uh, sure. I send them all my love…
Apparently the reporter hadn’t gotten the memo that Angelina Jolie & Jon Voight haven’t spoken in years.

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Ugh, I’m glad we had thunderstorms locally so I didn’t accidentally catch any of that NBC red carpet stuff.

What is the deal with the “have you seen the baby” question! On E!'s red carpet coverage Ryan Seacrest asked the same question repeatedly to Leah Remini (“King of Queens”)…evidently Leah is a friend of Katie Holmes. He wouldn’t get off of asking if she’s seen Suri and when will we see her, etc. Leah while possibly under the influence of some sort of pharmaceutical substance, was quite annoyed…I wish she would have just told him to shove it!

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She’s also under the influence of Scientology.

I was happy to coincidentally click by when The Daily Show won. It was cool that Colbert was sitting right behind Jon and they got to hug. I wonder if “this year you made a big mistake” was a reference to Colbert?? which I am starting to enjoy more than TDS if only for the novelty.

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There was lots more stupid stuff on the red carpet…it’s just that the 3 that immediately came to mind all involved celebrity babies. Someone asked Denis Leary his opinion of Tom Cruise/Paramount, for instance. To Leary’s eternal credit, he gave a straight and coherent answer.

Best moment of the night: Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert’s presentation.