While I’m opening this thread, the Emmy 2014 awards are on its way and right now the dedication speech to Robin williams is in progress. My heart goes out for him.
Anywaz, I’m all down to see awards flying to Mad men, Breaking bad and Fargo crew. But yes there are others too which honestly i dont know much about.
Emmy Awards 2014: Fond farewell for ‘The Colbert Report’
At Monday night’s 2014 Emmy Awards, “The Colbert Report” won its second consecutive trophy in the variety series category. It was a fond farewell to the series, which will be ending when Stephen Colbert replaces David Letterman as CBS’ “Late Show” host.
“It has been a ton of fun to do the show for the last nine years,” said a grateful Colbert as he accepted the award.
Earlier, emotions ran high when “The Normal Heart,” a drama about the early days of the AIDS crisis, won best TV movie at the 2014 Emmy Awards on Monday night.
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It took nearly 30 years for Larry Kramer’s semi-autobiographical play to reach the screen, and the playwright, who is battling the disease, was on stage at Nokia Theatre as part of the group accepting the Emmy.
“This is for all of the hundreds of thousands of artists who have passed from HIV/AIDS since 1981,” said Ryan Murphy, the film’s executive producer and director, as he accepted the award.
Looking over at the frail Kramer, Murphy said, “We did this for him.”
“Fargo” — inspired by the classic 1996 Joel and Ethan Coen film — won best miniseries and picked up a second trophy for directing for Colin Bucksey.
Jessica Lange won for lead actress in a miniseries or movie for “American Horror Story: Coven.”
“I’m profoundly surprised,” said Lange of her third Emmy. “I don’t know what to say.”
Earlier in the evening, her costar in the miniseries Kathy Bates received the supporting actress award in the same category.
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The big winner of the night is “Sherlock: His Last Vow,” which has picked up three key Emmys in the miniseries and TV movie category — for lead actor Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actor Martin Freeman and writer Steven Moffat.
After an oddball bit featuring an imaginary friend, Stephen Colbert accepted the supporting actor award on behalf of Freeman.
But the Emmy Awards haven’t stepped too far outside the box. The tried and true are dominating the 2014 Emmy Awards, with former winners adding to their awards cache. Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her third consecutive Emmy as lead actress in a comedy series for “Veep.”
Jim Parsons — who will now earn $1 million an episode as ultimate nerd Sheldon on “The Big Bang Theory” — earned a bit more gold as he picked up his fourth Emmy as lead actor in a comedy series.
Ty Burrell won for supporting actor in a comedy series for ABC’s “Modern Family,” his second win in this category.
Allison Janney picked up her sixth Emmy for supporting actress in a comedy series for “Mom.” Just last week at the Creative Arts Emmys, Janney won a statuette for guest actress in a drama series for “Masters of Sex.”
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“No. 6,” she said, holding up the Emmy on Monday night, “let’s go!”
Louis C.K. also earned a sixth Emmy Monday night, winning in the comedy writing category for his series “Louie.”
“The Amazing Race” took its 10th Emmy in reality competition.
In other awards, Sarah Silverman picked up the Emmy for writing for the variety special “Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles.” And Gail Mancuso won for best directing in a comedy series for “Modern Family.”
She drew laughs when she said, “If you don’t mind, Matthew McConaughey, I’m just going to make eye contact with you right now,” as she stared as former Sexiest Man Alive while thanking those involved with her series.
As the evening opened, host Seth Meyers was finding his footing in his opening monologue. At one point, he said nominees were like jokes – “they all can’t be winners.” But Meyers seemed to find his groove as he talked about everything from the show being on Monday night for the first time in almost four decades to the murkiness of the categories (Is it comedy? Is it drama?). And even the penchant of “Game of Thrones” for killing off its lead characters.
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Among hotly contested races is lead actor in a drama series with McConaughey, Oscar winner for “Dallas Buyers Club,” up for his first Emmy for HBO’s “True Detective.” Of course, three-time lead-actor winner Bryan Cranston for AMC’s “Breaking Bad” also is having a remarkable year, having earned a Tony Award in June for “All the Way.” A fourth statuette for his performance as Walter White in the drama series that concluded in September would be icing on the cake.
But they’re competing against last year’s winner, Jeff Daniels, for HBO’s “The Newsroom”; Kevin Spacey for Netflix’s “House of Cards”; Woody Harrelson for “True Detective”; and Jon Hamm for AMC’s “Mad Men.”
Nominees for lead actress in a drama series are Robin Wright for “House of Cards,” Lizzy Caplan for Showtime’s “Masters of Sex,” Michelle Dockery for PBS’ “Downton Abbey,” Kerry Washington for ABC’s “Scandal,” Claire Danes for Showtime’s “Homeland” and Julianna Margulies for CBS” “The Good Wife.”
Best drama series nominees are HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” which received the most nominations of any program with 19; last year’s winner, “Breaking Bad”; “True Detective”; “House of Cards”; four-time winner “Mad Men” and PBS’ “Downtown Abbey.”
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On the comedy series front, Netflix’s prison comedy “Orange Is the New Black” has a good chance of stopping ABC’s “Modern Family,” which has dominated in this category for the last four years. Other nominees include CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory,” FX’s “Louie,” and HBO’s “Veep” and “Silicon Valley.”
FX’s miniseries “Fargo” and “American Horror Story: Coven” earned 35 nominations, including best miniseries. Rounding out the miniseries category are A&E’s “Bonnie and Clyde,” BBC America’s “Luther,” HBO’s "Treme” and “The White Queen” from Starz.
In the TV movie category, “Sherlock: His Last Vow” will be competing with AIDS drama “The Normal Heart,” “Killing Kennedy,” “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” and “The Trip to Bountiful.”
Last week, Emmys were handed out at the Creative Arts Emmys, with HBO winning 15. Among the high-profile winners were Janney for “Masters of Sex,” Joe Morton for guest actor in a drama series for "Scandal,” Jimmy Fallon for guest actor in a comedy series for “Saturday Night Live” and Uzo Aduba for guest actress in a comedy series for “Orange Is the New Black.”
Monday’s telecast could hold a few poignant moments when Billy Crystal pays tribute to his good friend and “Comic Relief” compadre Robin Williams, who died on Aug. 11 at age 63.
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