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| Members of the cast of 'Game of Thrones' |
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fantasy drama series "Game of Thrones" and comedy "Veep" proved repeat winners for cable giant HBO at the Emmy awards on Sunday, but newcomers and actors of color also made their mark in a ceremony where election-year politics played large.
Fan favorite "Game of Thrones," went into Sunday's show with a leading 23 nominations and won a total of 12 Emmys, including for best drama series, directing and writing. It beat off a challenge from USA network's "Mr. Robot," as well as Netflix's dark Washington D.C. drama "House of Cards."
"We're standing up here because George Martin created the world that we all live and play in," said co-creator Dan Weiss.
True crime was also a big winner.
"The People v. O.J. Simpson," FX's 10-hour dramatization of the former football player's 1995 double murder trial and sensational acquittal won nine Emmys, including for best limited series and for actors Sarah Paulson, Courtney B. Vance and Sterling K. Brown.
Paulson, who played losing Los Angeles trial prosecutor Marcia Clark in the show, brought Clark along with her to the Emmys.
"The more I learned about the real Marcia Clark... the more I had to recognize that I along with the rest of the world had been superficial and careless in my judgment," said Paulson, accepting her first Emmy.
Host Jimmy Kimmel opened Sunday's show with a string of jokes about Republican presidential contender and former "Celebrity Apprentice" star Donald Trump.
"If Donald Trump gets elected and he builds that wall, the first person we are throwing over it is Mark Burnett," quipped Kimmel, addressing Burnett, the British producer who created "Celebrity Apprentice."
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| Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
"Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her fifth straight Emmy for her role in the satirical White House comedy in which she plays a graspingly ambitious and inept president battling to stay in power.
Louis-Dreyfus apologized for what she called "the current political climate," seven weeks before the presidential election.
"I think that 'Veep' has torn down the wall between comedy and politics. Our show started out as a political satire but it now feels like a sobering documentary," she quipped, in an oblique reference to the presidential campaign.
DIVERSITY RULES
Sunday's Emmys were notable for having a record 21 nominees of color, in contrast to this year's all-white Oscars acting lineup.
Several took home Emmys, many for the first time. Along "O.J. Simpson" winners Brown and Vance, Egyptian-American Rami Malek beat veterans Kevin Spacey and Liev Schreiber to scoop his first Emmy for playing a socially inept computer hacker in "Mr. Robot."
"Oh my god. Please tell me you are seeing this too," said a stunned Malek, 35.
Indian-American Aziz Ansari shared a writing Emmy with Asian-American Alan Yang for their comedy series "Master of None," while black actress Regina King won for her role in "American Crime" and African-American comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele were honored for their sketch series "Key & Peele."
Other Emmy newcomers included Canadian Tatiana Maslany, a surprise best drama actress winner who beat out presumed front runner Robin Wright for playing a woman with multiple cloned personalities in "Orphan Black."
Elsewhere, Jeffrey Tambor won best comedy actor for a second time for his role as a father who transitions to a woman in Amazon's ground-breaking "Transparent."
"Saturday Night Live" comedian Kate McKinnon, who plays Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, won supporting comedy actress, and John Oliver's biting "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" won the Emmy for variety talk series.
WINNER’S LIST:
OUTSTANDING DRAMA: Game of Thrones
LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA: Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA: Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA: Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
WRITING, DRAMA: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones
DIRECTING, DRAMA: Miguel Sapochnik, Game of Thrones
OUTSTANDING COMEDY: Veep
LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY: Julia Louis Dreyfus, Veep
SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY: Louie Anderson, Baskets
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY: Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
WRITING, COMEDY: Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, Master of None
DIRECTING, COMEDY: Jill Soloway, Transparent
OUTSTANDING MOVIE OR SPECIAL: Sherlock
OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES: The People v. O.J. Simpson
LEAD ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL: Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson
LEAD ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL: Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson
SUPPORTING ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL: Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL: Regina King, American Crime
WRITING, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL: D.V. DeVincentis, The People v. O.J. Simpson
DIRECTING, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL: Susanne Bier, The Night Manager
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES: Key & Peele
OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
WRITING, VARIETY SERIES: Patton Oswalt, Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping
DIRECTING, VARIETY SERIES: Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski, Grease Live
REALITY COMPETITION: The Voice
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