The 2016 Emmy Awards
The 68th Annual Emmy Awards
Held September 18, 2016, at Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
Stranger Things is too new to have any Emmy nominations this year, but a lot of attention was heaped on its three young stars, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, and Millie Bobby Brown, 12. The kids walked the red carpet together, did several interviews, helped host Jimmy Kimmel pass out peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches to the audience, and even took the stage to perform "Uptown Funk," although their performance wasn't televised.
Millie recently named her Stranger Things costar Winona Ryder as her style icon: "I just think we're secretly doppelgangers. [Her style is] very feminine, but it has that edge to it, that homeboy side to it, which I am like, anyway."
Yara Shahidi, 16, attended to support her show Black-ish, which was nominated for Best Comedy Series but lost to Veep. Her TV little sister Marsai Martin doesn't seem to have attended the show this year, and I approve.
Emily Robinson, 17, attended to support her show Transparent, which was also nominated for Best Comedy Series.
The Girls of Modern Family (nominee, Outstanding Comedy Series)
Little Aubrey Anderson-Emmons is only 9 and already attending the Emmys for the fifth time. Interviewing with her costar Jeremy Maguire, age 5, who wore a red cape, Aubrey said that she wanted to see Beyonce. The interview is here, if you'd like to listen to it. I was surprised by how mature Aubrey sounded, but maybe I shouldn't have been. She's been doing interviews for a long time now, after all.
When some people complained that Ariel Winter, 18, has been dressing too provocatively recently (triggered in part by her outfit at Power of Young Hollywood last month), she responded, "I mean, people say everything on the face of the planet to me about everything I do. It can destroy a person, and I also think it's disgusting what people spend their time on."
Sarah Hyland, 25, drew some comparisons to Emma Watson's outfit at the Met Gala in May. I think it has more in common with Kiernan Shipka's look at the Emmys last year. She also wore a mini-dress over fitted black pants.
The Girls of Game of Thrones (winner, Oustanding Drama Series)
Maisie Williams, 19, was asked on the red carpet about her and TV sister Sophie's matching new tattoos, 07.08.09 (visible on Maisie's left arm above). "It's the 7th of August and not the 9th of July, because in the UK we put our date the other way around. It was the day I found out I got the part in Game of Thrones. [Sophie] found out as well, but we didn't know each other then so it's quite a prominent date for both of us. It's a day that both of our lives changed forever." Maisie and Sophie were 12 and 13 when they were cast as the Stark sisters.
Maisie (left, with the cast in the pressroom and right, at HBO's after-party) was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress: Drama for Game of Thrones, but she lost to Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey.
Game of Thrones is now in its final season, and Sophie Turner, 20, said about the show ending: "[I'm] probably sadder than you guys are. It's been my life since I was 13, so I'm pretty sad about it. It's crazy when the show finishes I'll pretty much be the same age Kit [Harington] was when he started, which is crazy. I don't know what I'm going to do with my life."
Former Young Actresses
Two former child actresses of the '90s faced off for Best Supporting Actress: Comedy: Gaby Hoffmann, 34, nominated for Transparent, and Anna Chlumsky, 35, for Veep. They lost to Kate McKinnon for Saturday Night Live.
And I was excited to see two of the former March Sisters at the Emmys this year. Kirsten Dunst (Amy), 34, was nominated for Best Actress: Miniseries/TV Movie for Fargo, and Claire Danes (Beth), 37, was nominated for Best Actress: Drama for Homeland. (It was Claire's 7th Emmy nomination.) I have a feeling that Winona Ryder (Jo) will attend next year for Stranger Things!
Previous posts on the Emmys: 2015, 2014, 2011, and 2010.
Held September 18, 2016, at Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
Stranger Things is too new to have any Emmy nominations this year, but a lot of attention was heaped on its three young stars, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, and Millie Bobby Brown, 12. The kids walked the red carpet together, did several interviews, helped host Jimmy Kimmel pass out peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches to the audience, and even took the stage to perform "Uptown Funk," although their performance wasn't televised.
Millie recently named her Stranger Things costar Winona Ryder as her style icon: "I just think we're secretly doppelgangers. [Her style is] very feminine, but it has that edge to it, that homeboy side to it, which I am like, anyway."
Yara Shahidi, 16, attended to support her show Black-ish, which was nominated for Best Comedy Series but lost to Veep. Her TV little sister Marsai Martin doesn't seem to have attended the show this year, and I approve.
Emily Robinson, 17, attended to support her show Transparent, which was also nominated for Best Comedy Series.
The Girls of Modern Family (nominee, Outstanding Comedy Series)
Little Aubrey Anderson-Emmons is only 9 and already attending the Emmys for the fifth time. Interviewing with her costar Jeremy Maguire, age 5, who wore a red cape, Aubrey said that she wanted to see Beyonce. The interview is here, if you'd like to listen to it. I was surprised by how mature Aubrey sounded, but maybe I shouldn't have been. She's been doing interviews for a long time now, after all.
When some people complained that Ariel Winter, 18, has been dressing too provocatively recently (triggered in part by her outfit at Power of Young Hollywood last month), she responded, "I mean, people say everything on the face of the planet to me about everything I do. It can destroy a person, and I also think it's disgusting what people spend their time on."
Sarah Hyland, 25, drew some comparisons to Emma Watson's outfit at the Met Gala in May. I think it has more in common with Kiernan Shipka's look at the Emmys last year. She also wore a mini-dress over fitted black pants.
The Girls of Game of Thrones (winner, Oustanding Drama Series)
Maisie Williams, 19, was asked on the red carpet about her and TV sister Sophie's matching new tattoos, 07.08.09 (visible on Maisie's left arm above). "It's the 7th of August and not the 9th of July, because in the UK we put our date the other way around. It was the day I found out I got the part in Game of Thrones. [Sophie] found out as well, but we didn't know each other then so it's quite a prominent date for both of us. It's a day that both of our lives changed forever." Maisie and Sophie were 12 and 13 when they were cast as the Stark sisters.
Maisie (left, with the cast in the pressroom and right, at HBO's after-party) was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress: Drama for Game of Thrones, but she lost to Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey.
Game of Thrones is now in its final season, and Sophie Turner, 20, said about the show ending: "[I'm] probably sadder than you guys are. It's been my life since I was 13, so I'm pretty sad about it. It's crazy when the show finishes I'll pretty much be the same age Kit [Harington] was when he started, which is crazy. I don't know what I'm going to do with my life."
Former Young Actresses
Two former child actresses of the '90s faced off for Best Supporting Actress: Comedy: Gaby Hoffmann, 34, nominated for Transparent, and Anna Chlumsky, 35, for Veep. They lost to Kate McKinnon for Saturday Night Live.
And I was excited to see two of the former March Sisters at the Emmys this year. Kirsten Dunst (Amy), 34, was nominated for Best Actress: Miniseries/TV Movie for Fargo, and Claire Danes (Beth), 37, was nominated for Best Actress: Drama for Homeland. (It was Claire's 7th Emmy nomination.) I have a feeling that Winona Ryder (Jo) will attend next year for Stranger Things!
Previous posts on the Emmys: 2015, 2014, 2011, and 2010.