New EGOT recipients Tim Rice, John Legend and Andrew Lloyd Webber – Outstanding Variety Special – Live (Jesus Christ Superstar Live) No less than three new EGOTs (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) were achieved last night when Tim Rice, John Legend and Andrew Lloyd Webber earned their ‘E’ when Jesus Christ Superstar Live won Outstanding Variety Special. They join just 12 …
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This was the first time in Emmy history that four black actors swept the Guest Acting categories The first set of Emmy trophies (54, to be exact) were handed out Saturday night, giving awards watchers some interesting clues as to how the big races may shake out next Sunday. Drama nomination leader and two-time champion Game of Thrones claimed seven …
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The 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be presented this weekend in two parts – on Saturday, September 8th and Sunday, September 9th. These cover the wide array of technical and ‘below the line’ categories like Stunt Coordination, Music Supervision or Single-Camera Picture Editing bu they also give us the Guest Acting categories. Although the Creative Arts Emmys event is …
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The Creative Arts Emmys are still two weeks away but juried awards have already been announced including The Simpsons, which picks up outstanding individual achievement in animation, its 33rd Emmy overall, and Broad City, which won for motion design. Fellow winners in animation were Adventure Time, Hey Arnold!, Jungle Movie, The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm, The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse …
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Bill Groom is no stranger to the Emmys, he’s a four-time winner for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. With its expansive sets and designs of Atlantic City, both the boardwalk and interiors, Groom was more than ready to take on the mid-century look of New York City for Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which earned 14 Emmy nominations for its freshman season, …
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Emmy-winning stunt coordinator Cort L. Hessler III got his start in Florida, where he grew up, at Disney when the theme park came to his high school scouting for talent. He water skied, did live shows, anything and everything that was available to him. When Universal Studios opened in 1990 he auditioned for, and got, a Miami Vice-style show in …
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The Television Academy has revealed which awards categories would be presented during the 70th Emmy Awards and at each of the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies. The 70th Emmy Awards will telecast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Monday, September 17, (8:00-11:00 PM ET/5:00-8:00 PM PT) on NBC. Saturday Night Live‘s Colin Jost and Michael Che will …
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Last night’s Creative Arts Emmys focused on Variety, Reality and Non-Fiction programming. Tonight got into the meaty stuff; Drama, Comedy and Limited Series. This is where we sometimes see a frontrunner emerge in the Drama Series race. But a dominant winner here doesn’t always mean a free ride to Drama Series at the Primetime Emmys. For Game of Thrones the …
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James Corden kicked off the first night of the 2017 Creative Arts Emmy Awards with his second consecutive win in the Variety Special category for his Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special. Meryl Streep won her third Emmy, this time as Narrator for the Netflix series Five Came Back. Common won Outstanding Music and Lyrics for “Letters to the Free” from the …
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The Creative Arts Emmy Awards are this weekend and that means we’ll have winners in the Guest Acting in a Drama and Comedy Series as well as a tight battle in the Reality Host category. Reigning queen RuPaul Charles (RuPaul’s Drag Race) will battle with Alec Baldwin (Match Game). At the moment, all Emmy Experts see Ru being crowned once …
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