2019 Emmys: First Presenters Announced – Billy Porter, Emilia Clarke, and Angela Bassett and more
The Television Academy and Emmy Awards telecast producers Don Mischer Productions and Done+Dusted today announced the first group of talent set to present the iconic Emmy statuettes at the 71st Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 22.
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Keep an eye out for more Primetime Emmy Awards presenter announcements here.
The first presenters include:
- Angela Bassett* (9-1-1 and The Flood)
- Stephen Colbert* (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)
- Viola Davis* (How to Get Away with Murder)
- Michael Douglas* (The Kominsky Method)
- Taraji P. Henson (Empire)
- Terrence Howard (Empire)
- Jimmy Kimmel* (Jimmy Kimmel Live)
- Peter Krause (9-1-1)
- Seth Meyers* (Late Night With Seth Meyers and Documentary Now!)
- Billy Porter* (Pose)
- Naomi Watts (The Loudest Voice)
- Zendaya (Euphoria)
- The cast of Game of Thrones: Alfie Allen*, Gwendoline Christie*,
Emilia Clarke*, Peter Dinklage*, Kit Harington*, Lena Headey*, Sophie Turner*, Carice van Houten*, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau*, and Maisie Williams*
*also a nominee
The 71st Emmy Awards will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 22, (8:00-11:00 PM ET/5:00-8:00 PM PT) on FOX.
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He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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