It’s that time O’ year again, where the smell of couture dresses, red carpets and metallic television accolades are in the air – the 68th Annual Emmy Awards.
The nomination ceremony was held overnight, with the nominees being announced by ‘Gilmore Girls’ Lauren Graham, and Anthony Anderson from ‘Black-ish’.
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The host for this year’s TV night of nights will be none other than late night host Jimmy Kimmel.
The nominees for the ~major~ gold statues are below:
Lead actor in a drama:Kyle Chandler, “Bloodline”Rami Malek, “Mr. Robot”Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards”Lead actress in a drama:Claire Danes, “Homeland”Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder”Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”Keri Russell, “The Americans”Robin Wright, “House of Cards”Lead actor in a limited series:Bryan Cranston, “All the Way”Benedict Cumberbatch, “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride”Idris Elba, “Luther”Cuba Gooding Jr., “The People vs. O.J. Simpson”Tom Hiddleston, “The Night Manager”Courtney B. Vance, “The People vs. O.J. Simpson”Lead actress in a limited series:Kirsten Dunst, “Fargo”Felicity Huffman, “American Crime”Audra McDonald, “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grille”Sarah Paulson, “The People v. O.J. Simpson”Lili Taylor, “American Crime”Kerry Washington, “Conformation”Lead actor in a comedy:Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”Will Forte, “Last man on Earth”William H. Macy, “Shameless”Will Forte, “Last Man on Earth”Thomas Middleditch, “Silicon Valley”Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”Lead actress in a Comedy:Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”Ellie Kemper, “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”Tracee Ellis Ross, “black-ish”Laurie Metcalf, “Getting On”Amy Schumer, “Inside Amy Schumer”Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”Comedy series:“black-ish”“Master of None”“Modern Family”“Silicon Valley”“Transparent”“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”“Veep”Drama series:“The Americans””Better Call Saul””Downton Abbey””Game of Thrones””Homeland””House of Cards””Mr. Robot”Outstanding Limited Series“American Crime”“Fargo”“The Night Manager”“The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”“Roots”TV Movie:“All the Way”“Confirmation”“Luther”“Sherlock: The Abominable Bride”“A Very Murray Christmas”Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy SeriesLouie Anderson, “Baskets”Andre Braugher, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”Keegan-Michael Key, “Key & Peele”Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”Tony Hale, “Veep”Matt Walsh, “Veep”Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama SeriesJonathan Banks, “Better Call Saul”Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”Kit Harington, “Game Of Thrones”Michael Kelly, “House Of Cards”Jon Voight , “Ray Donovan”Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or MovieJesse Plemons, “Fargo”Bokeem Woodbine, “Fargo”Hugh Laurie, “The Night Manager”Sterling K. Brown, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”David Schwimmer, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”John Travolta, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy SeriesNiecy Nash, “Getting On”Allison Janney, “Mom”Kate McKinnon , “Saturday Night Live”Judith Light, “Transparent “Gaby Hoffmann, “Transparent”Anna Chlumsky, “Veep”Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama SeriesMaura Tierney, “The Affair”Maggie Smith, “Downton Abbey”Lena Headey, “Game Of Thrones”Emilia Clarke, “Game Of Thrones”Maisie Williams, “Game Of Thrones”Constance Zimmer, “UnREAL”Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or MovieMelissa Leo, “All The Way”Regina King, “American Crime”Sarah Paulson, “American Horror Story: Hotel”Kathy Bates, “American Horror Story: Hotel”Jean Smart, “Fargo”Olivia Colman, “The Night Manager”
The 68th Annual Emmy Awards will be held on September 18 at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles.
To see a full list of the nominees, head to the LA Times: latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-emmys-2016-nominees-winners-list
Source: LA Times.
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