In an interview with Jezebel, Lynn Whitfield, who stars in the OWN series Greenleaf and in Sanaa Lathan’s upcoming Netflix film Nappily Ever After, talked about the performative lengths awards shows go to in order to highlight perceived diversity. Case in point: Monday night’s Emmy Awards, where Regina King broke the…
“A bit of earnest spontaneity in a world where everything is programmed,” is how my editor Clover Hope summed up the appeal of Glenn Weiss segueing from acceptance speech to marriage proposal during Monday’s Emmys ceremony. It’s true. It was a very nice thing that also harnessed the power of live TV to its fullest…
At Monday night’s 70th Annual Emmy Awards, diversity was a punchline. After an involved opening skit and musical number that referenced the diversity of the nominees, Regina King won best actress in the limited series category, ending a streak of white people winning, albeit briefly. Critical darlings like Atlanta…
Imagine caring about what whoever directed the Oscars last year had to say as he accepted his Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special. Now imagine it included a marriage proposal. Well, it did, and if you didn’t care before, you should because it was lovely.
And so it has been declared (read this in an English or Southern accent): The 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will take place on this night, the 17th of September, in the year Two Thousand and Eighteen. All of the best and overrated actors in Hollywood are currently together in one spot, and many of them are …
Our friend—my friend—John Legend needs to get this one Emmy Award to become an EGOT sensation.
On Sunday, a bunch of famous people gathered in a large auditorium and patted themselves on the back for succeeding. They received awards for their work, offered to share those awards with their fellow workers, and then retreated to parties where they danced and drank and held their shiny statues. Thank god: Awards…
Another year, another Emmy Awards ceremony in the books—and what a mixed bag it was, veering from Sean Spicer to a 9 to 5 reunion. There were some very good victories, for instance Lena Waithe making history as the first black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing and Ann Dowd finally picking up one of the…
Surprise: Big Little Lies and Stranger Things made the cut—and so did Martha Stewart.
So many ensemble shows are in the Emmys race this year that more actors will likely be battling with their co-stars for that gold trophy that tells them they’re excellent at what they do. The best solution is to take it to Fight Club.
The wonderful Sarah Paulson won her first Emmy Sunday night for the role of Marcia Clark in The People v O.J. Simpson.
During the most stuffy, requisite segment of the Emmys—when the accountants fulfill their obligation to appear on stage to explain how the voting ballots work—Leslie Jones hi-jacked their speech to talk about Twitter trolls.
As Kate McKinnon was accepting her Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Sunday night, she thanked both current and past cast members of Saturday Night Live, as well as Lorne Michaels. McKinnon’s speech, half-bleeped and appreciative, was fine, but overshadowed ever-so-slightly by Julia Louis-Dreyfus’…
The red carpet is the time for spontaneous moments that make for great live television. Unfortunately for Terrence Howard, things got a little too candid on the red carpet of the Emmy Awards Sunday night.
If you’re wondering why the sci-fi drama Orphan Black needs a trailer set to techno (trance, really), blame BBC America’s quirkiness, which they’ve already proven with the clone series’s Bowie-esque theme song. Even with a cheeky soundtrack, the snippet still gives a glimpse into what we can expect from Season 4 of…
Viola Davis made history on Sunday evening as the first woman of color to ever win Outstanding Actress in a drama series for her role in How to Get Away with Murder.
At the National Women’s History Museum’s fourth annual Women Making History Brunch, Viola Davis gave an inspiring speech about being able to represent women of color through her work. “I understand that acting is not rocket science. I do. But I do feel that it’s an important art form,” said Davis. “It is my mission in…
Grab a bottle of rosé and gather 'round because it is time for the 2014 Emmy Awards. Let's watch very highly paid celebrities attempt to stay on their best behavior!
On the Emmy Awards red carpet on Sunday night, Lena Dunham wore a teal floral-print Prada gown and Claire Danes showed up in Armani. One's sartorial choice was panned, the other's lauded. Challenge: write about either woman's appearance without inducing knee jerk accusations of bodysnarking/thin shaming. YOU CAN'T DO…
Last night at the 65th annual Emmy Awards, there were plenty of nice, safe, beautiful gowns… But the red carpet also saw a few ugly dresses and ill-conceived ensembles. Let's just jump right in, shall we?
