{"id":61681,"date":"2015-09-21T15:47:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T07:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=61681"},"modified":"2015-09-21T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T07:49:10","slug":"emmy-wins-for-viola-davis-jon-hamm-transparent-veep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/09\/21\/emmy-wins-for-viola-davis-jon-hamm-transparent-veep\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmy wins for Viola Davis, Jon Hamm, &#8216;Transparent,&#8217; &#8216;Veep&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 67.676768% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/489400376?et=F4-xOvuJRX1PwXEz4E71EQ&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=YLxPony3aVTGPs79l8ifiZDWHRTrgI2ysr5jKbA1RMc=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"402\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 10px; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/489400376\" target=\"_blank\">View image<\/a> | <a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; Long-standing barriers fell at Sunday&#8217;s Emmy Awards as Viola Davis became the first non-white actress to claim top drama series acting honors, Jon Hamm finally won for &#8220;Mad Men,&#8221; and &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; overcame voters&#8217; anti-fantasy resistance to snare the most trophies ever in a season.<\/p>\n<p>An emotional Davis, who won for her portrayal of a ruthless lawyer in &#8220;How to Get Away With Murder,&#8221; invoked the words and spirit of 19th-century African-American abolitionist Harriet Tubman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t seem to get over that line,&#8221; she quoted Tubman as saying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity,&#8221; Davis added. &#8220;You cannot win Emmys with roles that are simply not there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Empire&#8221; star Tariji P. Henson, another black nominee in the category, stood and applauded Davis&#8217; win. Other African-American actresses who prevailed Sunday were Uzo Aduba and Regina King, who won for supporting performances.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 395px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 150.379747% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/489400614?et=XeqPzx49S-hbp75BNRWv6A&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=lLvttnwXWZds-kEznuyx8ml-51tu1aAJHfi9d9aXbSA=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"395\" height=\"594\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 10px; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/489400614\" target=\"_blank\">View image<\/a> | <a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mad Men&#8221; star Hamm claimed the best drama actor Emmy that eluded him seven times before. He bypassed the steps to the stage, scrambling onto it on his stomach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been a terrible mistake, clearly,&#8221; said Hamm, who played troubled ad man Don Draper in the series that ended its run without adding another best-drama trophy to its haul of four previous wins.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 65.488215% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/489405568?et=lekA8niFTFV8uzi2yLRqnQ&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=2Hpckh4Q9PGiJ_CUa5uG9Bsnlz5mR1xx33eZ6-fHRSE=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"389\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 10px; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/489405568\" target=\"_blank\">View image<\/a> | <a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It lost to &#8220;Game of Thrones,&#8221; which became only the second so-called &#8220;genre&#8221; series, after sci-fi drama &#8220;Lost,&#8221; to win. The blood-soaked fantasy saga won a combined 12 Emmys on Sunday and at the previous creative arts awards, eclipsing the nine-awards record set by &#8220;The West Wing&#8221; in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>With a total of 26 Emmys since it became eligible to compete in 2011, &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; is tied with &#8220;Hill Street Blues&#8221; and &#8220;The West Wing&#8221; as the most-honored drama series ever. Sitcom &#8220;Frasier&#8221; remains the overall winner with 37 awards.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Dinklage nabbed the best supporting drama actor award for &#8220;Game of Thrones,&#8221; which also won writing and directing trophies. Tracy Morgan, the actor-comedian seriously injured last year in a car accident, made a triumphant return to reveal &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; the best drama series.<\/p>\n<p>Host Andy Samberg noted that the 67th Emmys coincided with the 67th birthday for George R.R. Martin, whose novels are the basis for &#8220;Game of Thrones.&#8221; A smiling Martin was in the theater audience to accept the congratulations, and was onstage for the big win.<\/p>\n<p>The victory came despite criticism of the show last season for a rape scene.<\/p>\n<p>On the comedy side, political satire &#8220;Veep&#8221; claimed the top series award that had gone to &#8220;Modern Family&#8221; for five consecutive years.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Stewart is gone from &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; but not forgotten by Emmy voters, who gave the late-night show the best variety talk series award Sunday over two hosts who have moved on, Stephen Colbert and David Letterman.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart, who left the &#8220;Daily Show&#8221; earlier this year, warned the theater audience that the perils of leaving TV include no applause or free food.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To everybody on television, I just want to tell you, cling to it as long as you can,&#8221; joked Stewart, who&#8217;s turning over &#8220;Daily Show&#8221; to Trevor Noah.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Colbert, who left his Comedy Central show to become host of CBS&#8217; late-night show, the tough competition included another channel alum, John Oliver, for his HBO series.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Transparent&#8221; emerged as an early winner, capturing a best comedy actor trophy for Jeffrey Tambor and a directing award for its creator, and giving both winners a chance to pay tribute to the show&#8217;s trangender themes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to dedicate my performance and this award to the transgender community. &#8230; Thanks for letting us be part of the change,&#8221; said Tambor, who plays a man journeying toward womanhood.<\/p>\n<p>Jill Soloway, who based the series on the life of her own &#8220;moppa,&#8221; as she calls her parent, used her directing trophy acceptance speech to ask for equal rights for transgender individuals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is legal in the majority of U.S. states to refuse to rent to trans people,&#8221; she said, saying the country has a civil rights problem that must be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Aduba won the supporting actress in a drama trophy for &#8220;Orange is the New Black,&#8221; which was switched under academy rules this year from comedy competition. She won a guest actress award last year for her portrayal of the series&#8217; character known as &#8220;Crazy Eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Emmys voters didn&#8217;t give up their fondness for choosing the familiar over the groundbreaking in other categories as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 437px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 135.926773% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/489405528?et=-bEbWJouQSZPFYrsfuvbCg&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=Hc19KYy6btFL6g3K8E_eFD-qAulUwoH7nQiJyYAetZM=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"437\" height=\"594\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 10px; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/489405528\" target=\"_blank\">View image<\/a> | <a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Julia Louis-Dreyfus was honored as best lead comedy actress for &#8220;Veep&#8221; for the fourth time. Allison Janney of &#8220;Mom&#8221; and Tony Hale of &#8220;Veep&#8221; were repeat winners for supporting comedy acting honors.<\/p>\n<p>Janney, who plays a dysfunctional parent, thanked series producer Chuck Lorre for creating a deeply flawed character and &#8220;thinking of me to play her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is nuts,&#8221; said Hale, thanking his show&#8217;s writers and lauding his fellow nominees: &#8220;You make me laugh hard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Olive Kitteridge,&#8221; based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Elizabeth Strout, nearly swept the limited series categories, with six trophies including the top award and lead acting honors for Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins and a supporting award for Bill Murray.<\/p>\n<p>King of &#8220;American Crime&#8221; won supporting actress honors for a limited series. &#8220;Inside Amy Schumer&#8221; won for best variety sketch series.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Voice&#8221; won a best reality series trophy, breaking the hold that &#8220;The Amazing Race&#8221; long had on the category and snaring an award that always eluded &#8220;American Idol.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Samberg kicked off the ceremony with a video in which he made elaborate fun of the overload of TV programs available.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So many shows, so little time,&#8221; he sang, before entering a &#8220;TV viewing bunker&#8221; to binge-view on all the nominated shows. A bearded, shaggy-haired Samberg emerged to boast to contenders Jon Hamm and Kerry Washington that he had them and everyone else covered.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on stage, groomed, Samberg touched briefly on the political scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sure, Donald Trump seems racist,&#8221; he said. &#8220;What else?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>HBO dominated the Emmys with 43 awards, followed by NBC with 12, Comedy Central and FX Networks with eight awards each, ABC with six and Amazon with five.<\/p>\n<p><em>For the complete list of winners, click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/09\/21\/list-of-winners-at-the-67th-prime-time-emmy-awards\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View image | gettyimages.com LOS ANGELES &#8212; Long-standing barriers fell at Sunday&#8217;s Emmy Awards as Viola Davis became the first &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":61690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,2,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","mauthors-lynn-elber","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}