The Emmys, What I've Seen
So the Emmys were last Monday night. The Emmys. On a Weekday. For some reason. And it’s companion awards show the Creative Emmys were held last Sunday.
While we are in the era of peak TV, the fine print is that the TV watching is done via streaming and cable as evidence that the winners of the Emmys went to streaming and cable versus the Big 5 (the exception? Ron Cephas Jones of NBC’s “This Is Us” Best Guest Star Emmy and Emmys for The Oscars).
So just who won Emmys?
Best Drama Series
Game of Thrones (WINNER)
Of course my dear hearts Gwendoline Christie and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau played the bickersons on IG
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
The Americans
This Is Us
Westworld
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Matthew Rhys, The Americans (WINNER) **First win for the Welshie. I’m pretending that he won for his hosting duties on “The Wine Show” with pal Matthew Goode.
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Ed Harris, Westworld
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Foy, The Crown (WINNER) **Foy was mixed up in the headlines about the wage disparity between she and Matt Smith during her time on “The Crown” and while she was never paid equal to him, she’s getting her revenge by venturing into film. She will be in October’s Oscar Bait “First Man” starring Ryan Gosling and she will play Lisabeth Salandar in the upcoming “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” sequel, “The Girl in the Spider’s Web”.
Keri Russell, The Americans
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (WINNER) **I’ll never begrudge Dinklage of a win, but I don’t think this win is deserved. It’s not that S7 wasn’t his best work it’s just that there was nothing for him to do but stand around. Really odd that he won over Fiennes who did amazing work in “The Handmaid’s Tale”.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid's Tale
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Matt Smith, The Crown
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Thandie Newton, Westworld (WINNER) **Hmmmm. Hmmmmm. She had a great season, for sure but better than Strahovski? Better than Bledel? Nah. I think what is happening with “The Handmaid’s Tale” is that audiences are feeling beaten down by how depressing and horrific things are for the characters and they are rejecting it.
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid's Tale
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid's Tale
Writing for a Drama Series
"Start," The Americans (WINNER)
Written by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg
"Mystery Man," The Crown
Written by Peter f
"The Dragon and the Wolf," Game of Thrones
Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
"June," The Handmaid's Tale
Teleplay by Bruce Miller
"Nice Face," Killing Eve
Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
"Chapter Nine: The Gate," Stranger Things
Written by The Duffer Brothers
Directing for a Drama Series
"Paterfamilias," The Crown (WINNER)
Directed by Stephen Daldry
"Beyond the Wall," Game of Thrones
Directed by Alan Taylor
"The Dragon and the Wolf," Game of Thrones
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
"After," The Handmaid's Tale
Directed by Kari Skogland
"The Toll," Ozark
Directed by Jason Bateman
"Tonight We Improvise," Ozark
Directed by Daniel Sackheim
"Chapter Nine: The Gate," Stranger Things
Directed by The Duffer Brothers
Best Comedy Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (WINNER)
Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (WINNER) **Some very good news for Brosnahan who lost her aunt Kate Spade a few months back and her grandfather.
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Allison Janney, Mom
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Bill Hader, Barry (WINNER)
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Atlanta
William H. Macy, Shameless
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Henry Winkler, Barry (WINNER) **Eons ago when Winkler executive produced the revival of “Hollywood Squares” I would see him all the time at where I work. The show didn’t even tape near my office -- but I think he just liked going to this chicken place named Koo Koo Roo and he would just be walking around, sitting by the fountain, wearing a blazer with patches on the elbows like a professor. /end random story.
Winkler ended his speech telling his adult children to go to bed. The reason? He wrote the speech when he was nominated for an Emmy for “Happy Days”.
The past and present collide. Ron Howard was on hand for the nomination of his series “Genius: Picasso”
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (WINNER) ** I will never forget how MadTV’s Debra Wilson told me and a bunch of others how Borstein would cut up on set in order to get out of her contract. She acted like a terror and TPTB finally released her. Only, the gig she thought she had lined up didn’t pan out.
Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
Writing for a Comedy Series
"Pilot," The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (WINNER)
Written by Amy Sherman-Palladino
"Alligator Man," Atlanta, Written by Donald Glover
"Barbershop," Atlanta, Written by Stefani Robinson
"Chapter One: Make Your Mark," Barry, Written by Alec Berg and Bill Hader
"Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast and Keep Going," Barry, Written by Liz Sarnoff
"Fifty-One Percent," Silicon Valley, Written by Alec Berg
Directing for a Comedy Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "Pilot" (WINNER)
Directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino
Atlanta, "FUBU", Directed by Donald Glover
Atlanta, "Teddy Perkins”, Directed by Hiro Murai
Barry, "Chapter One: Make Your Mark", Directed by Bill Hader
The Big Bang Theory, "The Bow Tie Symmetry", Directed by Mark Cendrowski
GLOW, "Pilot", Directed by Jesse Peretz
Silicon Valley, "Initial Coin Offering", Directed by Mike Judge
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (WINNER)
The Alienist
Genius: Picasso
Godless
Patrick Melrose
Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Regina King, Seven Seconds (WINNER) *** When I say this woman campaigned for this!!! She did every Q&A in L.A. I really thought it would be all for naught.
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Michelle Dockery, Godless
Edie Falco, Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult
Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (WINNER)
***Sandra Oh didn’t win, thus the chance of an Asian-Canadian female actor winning this year fell away. But big ups to Anglo-Filipino Darren Criss’ win!
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels, The Looming Tower
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesse Plemons, Black Mirror: USS Callister
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Merritt Wever, Godless (WINNER)
Sara Bareilles, Jesus Christ Superstar
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Judith Light, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Adina Porter, American Horror Story: Cult
Letitia Wright, Black Museum (Black Mirror)
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Jeff Daniels, Godless (WINNER)
Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar
John Leguizamo, Waco
Ricky Martin, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Looming Tower
Finn Wittrock, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
USS Callister (Black Mirror) (WINNER)
Written by William Bridges and Charlie Brooker ***Another Netflix project that Netflix pushed endlessly. Glad it worked out for them.
"Clean Up," American Vandal, Written by Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus
"House by the Lake," The Assassination of Versace: American Crime Story, Written by Tom Rob Smith
Godless, Written by Scott Frank
Patrick Melrose, Written by David Nicholls
Twin Peaks, Written by David Lynch and Mark Frost
Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, "The Man Who Would Be Vogue" (WINNER) - Directed by Ryan Murphy
Godless, Directed by Scott Frank
Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert, Directed by David Leveaux, Live Television Directed by Alex Rudzinski
The Looming Tower, "9/11", Directed by Craig Zisk
Paterno, Directed by Barry Levinson
Patrick Melrose, Directed by Edward Berger
Twin Peaks, Directed by David Lynch
Reality or Competition Series
RuPaul's Drag Race (WINNER)
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
Top Chef
The Voice
Variety Sketch Series
Saturday Night Live (WINNER)
At Home With Amy Sedaris
Drunk History
I Love You, America
Portlandia
Tracey Ullman’s Show
Variety Talk Series
Last Week Tonight (WINNER)
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
The Late Late Show With James Corden
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
The most important part of any awards show
Loved
Joey King in Zac Posen
**Gorgeous and my favorite look of the night. I love the color and the wrapped front adds flair to it. Maybe the hair could have been better, but the dress itself works.
Allison Janney
**I love it although it's a bit too Lola Falana. I hear the song Meryl Streep belts out in the beginning of “Death Becomes Her” when I see this.
Adina Porter
Issa Rae in Vera Wang
**Love the periwinkle (cornsilk?) and of course I lopants so this is a win.
Thandie Newton in Brandon Maxwell
**Former model so she knows how to dress. At the Star Wars premiere she went classy but fun with a dress with designs of all the black characters that have appeared in the films. But she knows when it's time for upscale how to do it without being dull.
Madeline Brewer in Brock Collection
**In theory I love it but it tips too far into Tim Burton muse territory. Maybe if the bodice wasn't lace or maybe if there was another color to break it up I'd love it more.
Mary Steenburgen
**Love it, Love it, Love it. The shoes are perfect, she wears it perfectly. It's very smart and while it seems too casual for the Emmys, I think it's a business glam look.
Alexis Bledel in Delpozo
**If only the pink gave way to pants, or maybe if the pink tulle was broader. I like it but there is something not all there with it.
The Queer Eye Guys: Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Karamo Brown
**Jonathan, Antoni and Karamo gets all the points, moreso Karamo because if you're going to go over the top chic you do it like that. He reminds me of Armie Hammer's character in "Sorry to Bother You".
Mandy Moore in Rodarte
**Love the fishtail look, the color is gorgeous.
Dacre Montgomery
**After I got over my immediate reaction which was to punch his face, I realized I liked this look. If you're going to rock a Clark Gable 'stache, why not dress the part?
Angela Sarafyan in Christian Siriano
**She's just like her character in "Westworld"..she seems like a robot. A Lady Gaga looking robot.
Emilia Clarke in Christian Dior
**I think the bodice should be more sheer or maybe if the design ran across the breasts and the inner portion was see through.
Nathalie Emmanuel
**I love how sleek she looks.
Madelaine Petsch in Prada
**Very cute. I love the splash of mossy green.
Ryan Michelle Bathe in Melissa Masse
**Ryan is not just Sterling's wife and "This is Us" costar, but she's an actor in her own right. She has just been cast in the pilot of "The First Wives Club".
Tiffany Haddish in Prabal Gurung
**Beautiful and fun.
-Last week, Emmy winner for Best Guest Star in a Comedy (Atlanta), Kat Williams was on a radio show and he said that Tiffany Haddish wasn't that special, her schtick is basic and that there are so many other black female comics who deserve the success she's having. Katt took an opportunity backstage to make amends.
Hated
Michelle Dockery in Carolina Herrera
**I want to rip the floral applique off!! It is too big, it should be smaller, maybe as an accent at the waist not swallowing up the dress.
Samantha Bee
**Who let Krystal Carrington in the place?
Maya Rudolph in Simone Rocha
**No. It’s raunched in all the wrong places!
Tracee Ellis Ross in Valentino Haute
**As a person who loves Barbie -- she even reminds me of one of my Barbies--this is just too much.
Constance Wu in Jason Wu
**She looks like Venom breaking fee of his goo. It would have been great without the extra layer around the shoulder.
Michelle Wolff
**She must not have a stylist or the stylist hates her.
Amy Sedaris
The Others
Keri Russell in Zuhair Murad
Regina King in Christian Siriano
**A rare misstep for Regina. I don't like the structure of her dress and her hair isn't great.
Jessica Biel in Ralph & Russo
Laurie Metcalf
Chrissy Metz in John Paul Ataker
**I love how her eye shadow matches the dress --that's a very fun accent. Love the abuergine clutch and shows to contrast the green.
Leslie Jones in Christian Siriano
**For some reason I've been loving retro JoAnne Worley in Laugh-In outfits so I love this look just like I loved Awkwafina's ensemble in "Crazy Rich Asians"
Sarah Paulson in Oscar de la Renta
**The bodice is too low. Not a fan of feathers but would have loved it if there was colorblocking.
Sarah’s boo-thang, Holland Taylor
Yara Shahidi in Gucci
**She's serving Michelle Pheiffer in "Scarface" realness.
Kristen Bell in Solace London
Evan Rachel Wood in Joseph Altuzarra
**I want to say that the jacket is too long, but if it were shorter she'd look like a ringmaster or Dracula so I guess it works.
Aidy Bryant in Tanya Taylor and Kate McKinnon in Alexander Wang
**I really like it but I would love it if it was longer. It's too garden party vibe for the Emmys. I love her hair.
Scarlett Johansson in Dolce & Gabanna
**Okay, she likes funny men hence her marriage to Ryan Reynolds but at least he’s attractive. Colin Jost is annoying!
Judith Light
Louise Roe
**This Beetlejuice homage would terrorize Tim Burton himself.
Millie Bobby Brown in Calvin Klein
Yvonne Strahovski
**Looking radiant.
Ann Dowd
Emmy winner Samira Wiley
New parents Kristen Dunst and Meth Damon Jesse Plemons
Tina Fey in Elie Saab
**This dress was great minus the monstrosity of a belt.
Sandra Oh in Ralph & Russo
**I can take the hair, and I can take the general design style of the dress but it looks like it's velvet and it looks wrinkled.
Gwendoline Christie
**Love the colour (to all my GoT fans, she's wearing Lannister Gold!!) but again, it looks wrinkled.
Sarah Silverman in Galia Lahav
**I feel like she's worn eight versions of this dress.
The “Can’t Tell Us Nothing!” Brigade
Carol Kane
Tracey Ullman
Jenifer Lewis
**She had enough damn time to have a Nike dress made. She could've bought a Nike sportsdress off the rack and had someone add to it. C'mon now. She could have had a nice dress made with Nike : Just Do It or I Kneel With Cap anything but workout wear on the red carpet.
Alison Brie in Miu Miu
**Ill fitting and unflattering. It's as if she was to afraid to go Vegas Barfly and decided to go 60s Go-Go dancer.
Betty Gilpin in Vera Wang
**She fares fares better than her "Glow" costar Allison Brie in a cut out dress but her hair is drab. There is only so much you can do with a dress like that so if she wasn't going to go for a choker, she needed to go bigger with the hair or maybe a winding bracelet.
Glow’s Brittany Young
Megan Mullaly
Zazie Beetz
Pamela Adlon
**It looks like all these years later she finally got her wish to be a Pink Lady.
Suzanne Cryer
**The rockabilly look is nice---not for the Emmys---but nice.
Heidi Klum in Zac Posen
**Heidi (with boyfriend, Tokio Hotel guitarist, Tom Kaulitz) is ankling "Project Runway" along with Tim Gunn.
Letitia Wright in Pamella Roland
**This dress would be perfect if she was a 12 year old going to Easter service, but she is not.
Marsai Martin in Viktor & Rolf
Taraji P. Henson in Giambattista Valli
**When I first saw this it was at an odd angle so I couldn't get the entirety of the outfit but now looking at it how it's supposed to be taken in, I love it. Maybe the train should have been a different color in order to let the mini-dress work on its own.
Dakota Fanning in Christian Dior
Tatiana Maslany in Christian Siriano
Ellie Kemper in J. Mendel
**There was a joke last season on "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" about rich kids going into acting and they name checked Rooney and Kate Mara, Armie Hammer, Julia Louis Dreyfuss and I believe Nick Kroll. I thought the joke was that alone, but it was a meta joke because Ellie Kemper comes from a wealthy family of bankers.
Benedict Cucumbersquash and wife, Sophie
**He's looks like he's losing his hair. She looks immaculate. Great color, elegant, yet chic dress.
Tituss Burgess
Ricky Martin and fiancé Jwan
Marcus Schribner
John Mulaney
Joe Keery and Maika Monroe
**I hate his hair so much.
Mandy Patinkin and wife
LaKeith Stanfield
**An exception to the no white tux jackets rule because the jacket is textured, plus the lavender pin is a great touch.
But then again LaKeith is always a fashion maven
Brian Tyree Henry
Deon Cole
**Always stylish.
Peter MacKenzie leaning into his last name
David Harbour (with galpal “Fantastic Beasts” Alison Subol
The Men of “This Is Us”
Milo Ventimiglia in Bruno Cucinelli
**I think that men in white coats look like waiters, so Milo Ventipasta's suit is a "no' from me. But, I can't get over how gentlemanly Milo is. When Glenn Weiss's now fiancee made her way to the stage, Milo gallantly offered up a hand to assist.
Chris Sullivan
**Werk.
Lonnie Chavis
Jon Huertas (This Is Us)
Justin Hartley and Chrishell Strauss
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Ed Harris and Amy Madigan
**I had no idea he knew how to smile!
Stephen Colbert and wife Evelyn
Jimmy O. Yang, (Silicon Valley)
Joseph Fiennes
**Looking like Ralph’s character in “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
O.T Fagbenle
**OT, Ruth Negga and Imogen Poots need to change their surnames.
Mario Lopez
**Mandals. Brown/Tan shoes with blue suits. Shorts on the red carpet. These are a few of my most hated things. I want to smack him with his boot. Armie Hammer and Michael Urie both attended red carpet events in shorts. We shouldn't normalize this behavior!! Only person who can get away with shorts at upscale events is Pharrell Williams.
Ryan Murphy
Phil Keoghan looking like a gigolo
Bin Bons!! Or Ben Barnes, if you’d rather
**Ben who has worked in the US mostly is now returning to the BBC after a decades-long absence with the 6part mini- “Gold Digger
The synopsis: Barnes plays Benjamin Golding, the thirty something copywriter with a shrouded past who becomes involved with an older woman Julia Day (Ormond). As the series progresses the impact their unconventional relationship has on her family is explored and the secrets of their past are revealed. Has Julia finally found the happiness she's always deserved? Or is Benjamin really the gold digger they think he is?
Jimmi Simpson
John Legend
**The EGOT winner himself.
Jason Bateman
**Either that’s just good lighting or Bateman is aging backwards.
Luke Evans
Noah Schnapp in Fendi
**Timothee Chalamet is somewhere salivating over this suit. If you're going to be a brand whore, own it, baby!
Trevor Noah
**Looking dapper. TBT the time Stephen Fry made a damn fool of himself over Trevor speaking Xhosa.
At the 33 second mark : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z-lkVYwu00
Patton Oswalt and wife Natty GanMeredith Salanger
The House With a Clock In Its Walls
Sixteen years after the grotestque "Cabin Fever" and thirteen years after the gruesome "Hostel" which prompted the phrase "torture p*rn", Eli Roth is here with...a kids film! And it's awesome!
Adapted from the novel of the same name by "Supernatural" creator Eric Kripke, "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" is a fun horror-comedy adventure akin to "Beetlejuice", but actually good (I didn't really like "Beetlejuice". I was only there for Winona Ryder).
10 year old orphan Lewis (Owen Vaccaro, "Daddy's Home"/"Daddy's Home 2") is sent to live with his uncle Jonathan (Jack Black), a stranger to him.
Almost immediately Lewis discerns that something is amiss due to the caginess of Jonathan and his neighbor/frenemy Florence (Cate Blanchett).
Soon Lewis discovers his instincts were true: Jonathan and Florence are mages who are trying to find the ticking clock hidden behind the walls of vast house (placed there by fellow Mage Isaac Izard, a still dashing Kyle McLachlan) - before the clock's final toll which would signal the end of the world as they know it.
The film was co-produced by Amblin Entertainment, Steven Spielberg's shingle, and he gave Roth his blessing, calling it a quintessential Amblin film akin to early Amblin productions like "E.T", "Gremlins" and "The Goonies". I concur with Spielberg's seal of approval - it's fun, it's adventurous with a hint of danger : everything that was wonderful about being a kid.
Black and Blanchett are a great pairing, and Vaccaro is great Lewis who encompasses such great self-assurance, but also insecurity which I think most kid films don't have - it's either an overconfident kid, or a insecure kid who eventually finds courage.
Simply, it's just fun. The setting of 1955 lends a great charm to it, and unlike so many "purists" who scream about diversity in period films (like those who complained about Leslie Odom Jr. being in "The Murder on the Orient Express"), Roth and Co. have no such issues. This film feature Rene Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton), as Isaacs wife, Vanessa Anne Williams as Rose Rita Pottinger and a range of background child actors of different ethnicities.
The film also stars Roth's soon-to-be ex wife Lorenza Izzo as Lewis' mother. Roth and Izzo announced their consciously uncoupling on Roth's Instagram in a way that only they would.
While we are in the era of peak TV, the fine print is that the TV watching is done via streaming and cable as evidence that the winners of the Emmys went to streaming and cable versus the Big 5 (the exception? Ron Cephas Jones of NBC’s “This Is Us” Best Guest Star Emmy and Emmys for The Oscars).
So just who won Emmys?
Best Drama Series
Game of Thrones (WINNER)
Of course my dear hearts Gwendoline Christie and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau played the bickersons on IG
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
The Americans
This Is Us
Westworld
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Matthew Rhys, The Americans (WINNER) **First win for the Welshie. I’m pretending that he won for his hosting duties on “The Wine Show” with pal Matthew Goode.
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Ed Harris, Westworld
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Foy, The Crown (WINNER) **Foy was mixed up in the headlines about the wage disparity between she and Matt Smith during her time on “The Crown” and while she was never paid equal to him, she’s getting her revenge by venturing into film. She will be in October’s Oscar Bait “First Man” starring Ryan Gosling and she will play Lisabeth Salandar in the upcoming “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” sequel, “The Girl in the Spider’s Web”.
Keri Russell, The Americans
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (WINNER) **I’ll never begrudge Dinklage of a win, but I don’t think this win is deserved. It’s not that S7 wasn’t his best work it’s just that there was nothing for him to do but stand around. Really odd that he won over Fiennes who did amazing work in “The Handmaid’s Tale”.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid's Tale
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Matt Smith, The Crown
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Thandie Newton, Westworld (WINNER) **Hmmmm. Hmmmmm. She had a great season, for sure but better than Strahovski? Better than Bledel? Nah. I think what is happening with “The Handmaid’s Tale” is that audiences are feeling beaten down by how depressing and horrific things are for the characters and they are rejecting it.
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid's Tale
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid's Tale
Writing for a Drama Series
"Start," The Americans (WINNER)
Written by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg
"Mystery Man," The Crown
Written by Peter f
"The Dragon and the Wolf," Game of Thrones
Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
"June," The Handmaid's Tale
Teleplay by Bruce Miller
"Nice Face," Killing Eve
Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
"Chapter Nine: The Gate," Stranger Things
Written by The Duffer Brothers
Directing for a Drama Series
"Paterfamilias," The Crown (WINNER)
Directed by Stephen Daldry
"Beyond the Wall," Game of Thrones
Directed by Alan Taylor
"The Dragon and the Wolf," Game of Thrones
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
"After," The Handmaid's Tale
Directed by Kari Skogland
"The Toll," Ozark
Directed by Jason Bateman
"Tonight We Improvise," Ozark
Directed by Daniel Sackheim
"Chapter Nine: The Gate," Stranger Things
Directed by The Duffer Brothers
Best Comedy Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (WINNER)
Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (WINNER) **Some very good news for Brosnahan who lost her aunt Kate Spade a few months back and her grandfather.
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Allison Janney, Mom
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Bill Hader, Barry (WINNER)
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Atlanta
William H. Macy, Shameless
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Henry Winkler, Barry (WINNER) **Eons ago when Winkler executive produced the revival of “Hollywood Squares” I would see him all the time at where I work. The show didn’t even tape near my office -- but I think he just liked going to this chicken place named Koo Koo Roo and he would just be walking around, sitting by the fountain, wearing a blazer with patches on the elbows like a professor. /end random story.
Winkler ended his speech telling his adult children to go to bed. The reason? He wrote the speech when he was nominated for an Emmy for “Happy Days”.
The past and present collide. Ron Howard was on hand for the nomination of his series “Genius: Picasso”
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (WINNER) ** I will never forget how MadTV’s Debra Wilson told me and a bunch of others how Borstein would cut up on set in order to get out of her contract. She acted like a terror and TPTB finally released her. Only, the gig she thought she had lined up didn’t pan out.
Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
Writing for a Comedy Series
"Pilot," The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (WINNER)
Written by Amy Sherman-Palladino
"Alligator Man," Atlanta, Written by Donald Glover
"Barbershop," Atlanta, Written by Stefani Robinson
"Chapter One: Make Your Mark," Barry, Written by Alec Berg and Bill Hader
"Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast and Keep Going," Barry, Written by Liz Sarnoff
"Fifty-One Percent," Silicon Valley, Written by Alec Berg
Directing for a Comedy Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "Pilot" (WINNER)
Directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino
Atlanta, "FUBU", Directed by Donald Glover
Atlanta, "Teddy Perkins”, Directed by Hiro Murai
Barry, "Chapter One: Make Your Mark", Directed by Bill Hader
The Big Bang Theory, "The Bow Tie Symmetry", Directed by Mark Cendrowski
GLOW, "Pilot", Directed by Jesse Peretz
Silicon Valley, "Initial Coin Offering", Directed by Mike Judge
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (WINNER)
The Alienist
Genius: Picasso
Godless
Patrick Melrose
Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Regina King, Seven Seconds (WINNER) *** When I say this woman campaigned for this!!! She did every Q&A in L.A. I really thought it would be all for naught.
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Michelle Dockery, Godless
Edie Falco, Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult
Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (WINNER)
***Sandra Oh didn’t win, thus the chance of an Asian-Canadian female actor winning this year fell away. But big ups to Anglo-Filipino Darren Criss’ win!
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels, The Looming Tower
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesse Plemons, Black Mirror: USS Callister
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Merritt Wever, Godless (WINNER)
Sara Bareilles, Jesus Christ Superstar
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Judith Light, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Adina Porter, American Horror Story: Cult
Letitia Wright, Black Museum (Black Mirror)
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Jeff Daniels, Godless (WINNER)
Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar
John Leguizamo, Waco
Ricky Martin, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Looming Tower
Finn Wittrock, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
USS Callister (Black Mirror) (WINNER)
Written by William Bridges and Charlie Brooker ***Another Netflix project that Netflix pushed endlessly. Glad it worked out for them.
"Clean Up," American Vandal, Written by Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus
"House by the Lake," The Assassination of Versace: American Crime Story, Written by Tom Rob Smith
Godless, Written by Scott Frank
Patrick Melrose, Written by David Nicholls
Twin Peaks, Written by David Lynch and Mark Frost
Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, "The Man Who Would Be Vogue" (WINNER) - Directed by Ryan Murphy
Godless, Directed by Scott Frank
Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert, Directed by David Leveaux, Live Television Directed by Alex Rudzinski
The Looming Tower, "9/11", Directed by Craig Zisk
Paterno, Directed by Barry Levinson
Patrick Melrose, Directed by Edward Berger
Twin Peaks, Directed by David Lynch
Reality or Competition Series
RuPaul's Drag Race (WINNER)
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
Top Chef
The Voice
Variety Sketch Series
Saturday Night Live (WINNER)
At Home With Amy Sedaris
Drunk History
I Love You, America
Portlandia
Tracey Ullman’s Show
Variety Talk Series
Last Week Tonight (WINNER)
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
The Late Late Show With James Corden
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
The most important part of any awards show
Loved
Joey King in Zac Posen
**Gorgeous and my favorite look of the night. I love the color and the wrapped front adds flair to it. Maybe the hair could have been better, but the dress itself works.
Allison Janney
**I love it although it's a bit too Lola Falana. I hear the song Meryl Streep belts out in the beginning of “Death Becomes Her” when I see this.
Adina Porter
Issa Rae in Vera Wang
**Love the periwinkle (cornsilk?) and of course I lopants so this is a win.
Thandie Newton in Brandon Maxwell
**Former model so she knows how to dress. At the Star Wars premiere she went classy but fun with a dress with designs of all the black characters that have appeared in the films. But she knows when it's time for upscale how to do it without being dull.
Madeline Brewer in Brock Collection
**In theory I love it but it tips too far into Tim Burton muse territory. Maybe if the bodice wasn't lace or maybe if there was another color to break it up I'd love it more.
Mary Steenburgen
**Love it, Love it, Love it. The shoes are perfect, she wears it perfectly. It's very smart and while it seems too casual for the Emmys, I think it's a business glam look.
Alexis Bledel in Delpozo
**If only the pink gave way to pants, or maybe if the pink tulle was broader. I like it but there is something not all there with it.
The Queer Eye Guys: Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Karamo Brown
**Jonathan, Antoni and Karamo gets all the points, moreso Karamo because if you're going to go over the top chic you do it like that. He reminds me of Armie Hammer's character in "Sorry to Bother You".
Mandy Moore in Rodarte
**Love the fishtail look, the color is gorgeous.
Dacre Montgomery
**After I got over my immediate reaction which was to punch his face, I realized I liked this look. If you're going to rock a Clark Gable 'stache, why not dress the part?
Angela Sarafyan in Christian Siriano
**She's just like her character in "Westworld"..she seems like a robot. A Lady Gaga looking robot.
Emilia Clarke in Christian Dior
**I think the bodice should be more sheer or maybe if the design ran across the breasts and the inner portion was see through.
Nathalie Emmanuel
**I love how sleek she looks.
Madelaine Petsch in Prada
**Very cute. I love the splash of mossy green.
Ryan Michelle Bathe in Melissa Masse
**Ryan is not just Sterling's wife and "This is Us" costar, but she's an actor in her own right. She has just been cast in the pilot of "The First Wives Club".
Tiffany Haddish in Prabal Gurung
**Beautiful and fun.
-Last week, Emmy winner for Best Guest Star in a Comedy (Atlanta), Kat Williams was on a radio show and he said that Tiffany Haddish wasn't that special, her schtick is basic and that there are so many other black female comics who deserve the success she's having. Katt took an opportunity backstage to make amends.
Hated
Michelle Dockery in Carolina Herrera
**I want to rip the floral applique off!! It is too big, it should be smaller, maybe as an accent at the waist not swallowing up the dress.
Samantha Bee
**Who let Krystal Carrington in the place?
Maya Rudolph in Simone Rocha
**No. It’s raunched in all the wrong places!
Tracee Ellis Ross in Valentino Haute
**As a person who loves Barbie -- she even reminds me of one of my Barbies--this is just too much.
Constance Wu in Jason Wu
**She looks like Venom breaking fee of his goo. It would have been great without the extra layer around the shoulder.
Michelle Wolff
**She must not have a stylist or the stylist hates her.
Amy Sedaris
The Others
Keri Russell in Zuhair Murad
Regina King in Christian Siriano
**A rare misstep for Regina. I don't like the structure of her dress and her hair isn't great.
Jessica Biel in Ralph & Russo
Laurie Metcalf
Chrissy Metz in John Paul Ataker
**I love how her eye shadow matches the dress --that's a very fun accent. Love the abuergine clutch and shows to contrast the green.
Leslie Jones in Christian Siriano
**For some reason I've been loving retro JoAnne Worley in Laugh-In outfits so I love this look just like I loved Awkwafina's ensemble in "Crazy Rich Asians"
Sarah Paulson in Oscar de la Renta
**The bodice is too low. Not a fan of feathers but would have loved it if there was colorblocking.
Sarah’s boo-thang, Holland Taylor
Yara Shahidi in Gucci
**She's serving Michelle Pheiffer in "Scarface" realness.
Kristen Bell in Solace London
Evan Rachel Wood in Joseph Altuzarra
**I want to say that the jacket is too long, but if it were shorter she'd look like a ringmaster or Dracula so I guess it works.
Aidy Bryant in Tanya Taylor and Kate McKinnon in Alexander Wang
**I really like it but I would love it if it was longer. It's too garden party vibe for the Emmys. I love her hair.
Scarlett Johansson in Dolce & Gabanna
**Okay, she likes funny men hence her marriage to Ryan Reynolds but at least he’s attractive. Colin Jost is annoying!
Judith Light
Louise Roe
**This Beetlejuice homage would terrorize Tim Burton himself.
Millie Bobby Brown in Calvin Klein
Yvonne Strahovski
**Looking radiant.
Ann Dowd
Emmy winner Samira Wiley
New parents Kristen Dunst and Meth Damon Jesse Plemons
Tina Fey in Elie Saab
**This dress was great minus the monstrosity of a belt.
Sandra Oh in Ralph & Russo
**I can take the hair, and I can take the general design style of the dress but it looks like it's velvet and it looks wrinkled.
Gwendoline Christie
**Love the colour (to all my GoT fans, she's wearing Lannister Gold!!) but again, it looks wrinkled.
Sarah Silverman in Galia Lahav
**I feel like she's worn eight versions of this dress.
The “Can’t Tell Us Nothing!” Brigade
Carol Kane
Tracey Ullman
Jenifer Lewis
**She had enough damn time to have a Nike dress made. She could've bought a Nike sportsdress off the rack and had someone add to it. C'mon now. She could have had a nice dress made with Nike : Just Do It or I Kneel With Cap anything but workout wear on the red carpet.
Alison Brie in Miu Miu
**Ill fitting and unflattering. It's as if she was to afraid to go Vegas Barfly and decided to go 60s Go-Go dancer.
Betty Gilpin in Vera Wang
**She fares fares better than her "Glow" costar Allison Brie in a cut out dress but her hair is drab. There is only so much you can do with a dress like that so if she wasn't going to go for a choker, she needed to go bigger with the hair or maybe a winding bracelet.
Glow’s Brittany Young
Megan Mullaly
Zazie Beetz
Pamela Adlon
**It looks like all these years later she finally got her wish to be a Pink Lady.
Suzanne Cryer
**The rockabilly look is nice---not for the Emmys---but nice.
Heidi Klum in Zac Posen
**Heidi (with boyfriend, Tokio Hotel guitarist, Tom Kaulitz) is ankling "Project Runway" along with Tim Gunn.
Letitia Wright in Pamella Roland
**This dress would be perfect if she was a 12 year old going to Easter service, but she is not.
Marsai Martin in Viktor & Rolf
Taraji P. Henson in Giambattista Valli
**When I first saw this it was at an odd angle so I couldn't get the entirety of the outfit but now looking at it how it's supposed to be taken in, I love it. Maybe the train should have been a different color in order to let the mini-dress work on its own.
Dakota Fanning in Christian Dior
Tatiana Maslany in Christian Siriano
Ellie Kemper in J. Mendel
**There was a joke last season on "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" about rich kids going into acting and they name checked Rooney and Kate Mara, Armie Hammer, Julia Louis Dreyfuss and I believe Nick Kroll. I thought the joke was that alone, but it was a meta joke because Ellie Kemper comes from a wealthy family of bankers.
Benedict Cucumbersquash and wife, Sophie
**He's looks like he's losing his hair. She looks immaculate. Great color, elegant, yet chic dress.
Tituss Burgess
Ricky Martin and fiancé Jwan
Marcus Schribner
John Mulaney
Joe Keery and Maika Monroe
**I hate his hair so much.
Mandy Patinkin and wife
LaKeith Stanfield
**An exception to the no white tux jackets rule because the jacket is textured, plus the lavender pin is a great touch.
But then again LaKeith is always a fashion maven
Brian Tyree Henry
Deon Cole
**Always stylish.
Peter MacKenzie leaning into his last name
David Harbour (with galpal “Fantastic Beasts” Alison Subol
The Men of “This Is Us”
Milo Ventimiglia in Bruno Cucinelli
**I think that men in white coats look like waiters, so Milo Ventipasta's suit is a "no' from me. But, I can't get over how gentlemanly Milo is. When Glenn Weiss's now fiancee made her way to the stage, Milo gallantly offered up a hand to assist.
Chris Sullivan
**Werk.
Lonnie Chavis
Jon Huertas (This Is Us)
Justin Hartley and Chrishell Strauss
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Ed Harris and Amy Madigan
**I had no idea he knew how to smile!
Stephen Colbert and wife Evelyn
Jimmy O. Yang, (Silicon Valley)
Joseph Fiennes
**Looking like Ralph’s character in “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
O.T Fagbenle
**OT, Ruth Negga and Imogen Poots need to change their surnames.
Mario Lopez
**Mandals. Brown/Tan shoes with blue suits. Shorts on the red carpet. These are a few of my most hated things. I want to smack him with his boot. Armie Hammer and Michael Urie both attended red carpet events in shorts. We shouldn't normalize this behavior!! Only person who can get away with shorts at upscale events is Pharrell Williams.
Ryan Murphy
Phil Keoghan looking like a gigolo
Bin Bons!! Or Ben Barnes, if you’d rather
**Ben who has worked in the US mostly is now returning to the BBC after a decades-long absence with the 6part mini- “Gold Digger
The synopsis: Barnes plays Benjamin Golding, the thirty something copywriter with a shrouded past who becomes involved with an older woman Julia Day (Ormond). As the series progresses the impact their unconventional relationship has on her family is explored and the secrets of their past are revealed. Has Julia finally found the happiness she's always deserved? Or is Benjamin really the gold digger they think he is?
Jimmi Simpson
John Legend
**The EGOT winner himself.
Jason Bateman
**Either that’s just good lighting or Bateman is aging backwards.
Luke Evans
Noah Schnapp in Fendi
**Timothee Chalamet is somewhere salivating over this suit. If you're going to be a brand whore, own it, baby!
Trevor Noah
**Looking dapper. TBT the time Stephen Fry made a damn fool of himself over Trevor speaking Xhosa.
At the 33 second mark : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z-lkVYwu00
Patton Oswalt and wife Natty GanMeredith Salanger
The House With a Clock In Its Walls
Sixteen years after the grotestque "Cabin Fever" and thirteen years after the gruesome "Hostel" which prompted the phrase "torture p*rn", Eli Roth is here with...a kids film! And it's awesome!
Adapted from the novel of the same name by "Supernatural" creator Eric Kripke, "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" is a fun horror-comedy adventure akin to "Beetlejuice", but actually good (I didn't really like "Beetlejuice". I was only there for Winona Ryder).
10 year old orphan Lewis (Owen Vaccaro, "Daddy's Home"/"Daddy's Home 2") is sent to live with his uncle Jonathan (Jack Black), a stranger to him.
Almost immediately Lewis discerns that something is amiss due to the caginess of Jonathan and his neighbor/frenemy Florence (Cate Blanchett).
Soon Lewis discovers his instincts were true: Jonathan and Florence are mages who are trying to find the ticking clock hidden behind the walls of vast house (placed there by fellow Mage Isaac Izard, a still dashing Kyle McLachlan) - before the clock's final toll which would signal the end of the world as they know it.
The film was co-produced by Amblin Entertainment, Steven Spielberg's shingle, and he gave Roth his blessing, calling it a quintessential Amblin film akin to early Amblin productions like "E.T", "Gremlins" and "The Goonies". I concur with Spielberg's seal of approval - it's fun, it's adventurous with a hint of danger : everything that was wonderful about being a kid.
Black and Blanchett are a great pairing, and Vaccaro is great Lewis who encompasses such great self-assurance, but also insecurity which I think most kid films don't have - it's either an overconfident kid, or a insecure kid who eventually finds courage.
Simply, it's just fun. The setting of 1955 lends a great charm to it, and unlike so many "purists" who scream about diversity in period films (like those who complained about Leslie Odom Jr. being in "The Murder on the Orient Express"), Roth and Co. have no such issues. This film feature Rene Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton), as Isaacs wife, Vanessa Anne Williams as Rose Rita Pottinger and a range of background child actors of different ethnicities.
The film also stars Roth's soon-to-be ex wife Lorenza Izzo as Lewis' mother. Roth and Izzo announced their consciously uncoupling on Roth's Instagram in a way that only they would.