![]() ![]() Politics, which has increasingly emerged as a Hollywood awards season motif, was largely avoided. The broadcast repeatedly, and seamlessly cut to London throughout the show as The Crown, tracing the story of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and the royal family, amassed awards for best lead actor and lead actress in a drama and for best drama series, among others. ![]() And owing to persistent travel limitations, many of the Emmy contenders joined the proceedings by satellite from London.Ī contingent of British nominees, including cast members, producers, writers and directors of one of the night’s big winners, The Crown, gathered at the Soho House nightclub in London, eight hours ahead of the Pacific time zone, making it a middle-of-the-night affair for them. Seating for Sunday’s event was limited to no more than four tickets per nomination. It marked one of the larger in-person gatherings of celebrities for an entertainment award show since the pandemic began in early 2019, and was a far cry from last year’s largely virtual Zoom-like Emmy broadcast hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The CBS network show was broadcast from an air-conditioned tent outdoors at the LA Live entertainment complex in downtown Los Angeles where, vaccinated and tested, 500 TV luminaries sat at tables, rather than in the auditorium setting normally packed with far more people for such affairs. “I got vaxed, and I did not have a reaction like Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend,” a reference to a headline-making but unsubstantiated vaccination side-effects claim made by the Trinidadian rap star. “We’re all vaxed,” the host told viewers early in the show. “Dude, I didn’t get four booster shots to present remotely,” Jeong insisted to a security guard during the gag, before announcing Saturday Night Live as the winner for best variety sketch series.Īccording to producers, and Cedric, the precautions were very real. The telecast even played COVID-19 safety for laughs, as when comedian and presenter Ken Jeong was shown being denied admission by a security officer because he lacked sufficient proof of vaccination. This combination of photo shows Emmy nominees for supporting actress in a drama series, top row from left, Gillian Anderson in The Crown, Helena Bonham Carter in The Crown, Madeline Brewster in The Handmaid’s Tale, Ann Dowd in The Handmaid’s Tale, bottom row from left, Aunjanue Ellis in Lovecraft Country, Emerald Fennell in The Crown, Yvonne Strahovski in The Handmaid’s Tale, and Samira Wiley in The Handmaid’s Tale. ![]()
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