Latest in Creative Arts Emmys

Unsurprisingly, given its record 32 Emmy nominations for this final season, Game of Thrones led the charge at the Creative Arts Emmys with a total of 10 wins out of the 18 for which it was nominated this weekend. Heading into next Sunday’s Primetime Emmys show, this bodes well for the HBO epic’s swansong swing for…

The Handmaid’s Tale is out of action for most Emmys this year—given the fact the Hulu drama missed the eligibility window, except for three “hanging episodes” left over from last summer—but the show has made up for it by winning both guest acting spots they were up for. Following Bradley Whitford’s guest actor in a dra…

It was a first nomination and first win for Luke Kirby on Sunday at the Creative Arts Emmys, where he won for his guest star turn as late comedian and social commentator Lenny Bruce on Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. As befitted a first-time winner, he clutched a piece of paper in one hand and joked about his own…

Nike's controversial “Dream Crazy” commercial, an extension of the brand's “Just Do It” campaign, took the win for outstanding commercial at Sunday’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards. "Dream Crazy" was created out of Wieden & Kennedy Portland and produced out of Park Pictures and Joint Portland. Narrated by former NFL player…

RuPaul’s Drag Race’s RuPaul Charles on Saturday picked up his fourth consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program to tie Survivor‘s Jeff Probst for most wins in the category. In accepting the award, RuPaul dedicated his win to Drag Race co-executive producer Jacqueline Wilson "who we just…

Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed had some choice words for Dave Chappelle this evening on the red carpet at the Creative Arts Emmys. Reed was responding to Chappelle’s scathing comments about the film in his latest Netflix special, Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones. "I don't think Dave Chappelle was very funny or…

The Television Academy is handing out Creative Arts Emmys this weekend at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The two-day ceremony, on September 14 and 15, honors artistic and technical achievement in a variety of television genres, guest performances in weekly series, as well as exceptional work in the animation…

UPDATED, 9:07 AM:  The Television Academy today announced the first group of presenters for the two-night 2019 Creative Arts Emmys ceremonies. Here they are: Night 1 on Saturday, September 14: Will Arnett (BoJack Horseman), Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us), W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America), Kate…

The Television Academy has unveiled the juried award winners for the 71st Emmy Awards in Animation, Choreography, Interactive Programming and Motion Design categories. Read the full list below. There are seven first-time winners and one second-time winner in Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation from…

NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert was a big winner on night two of the Creative Arts Emmys and as each win was announced, there was an outpour of love and praise for the late great Craig Zadan, who served as executive producer. The live musical telecast based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway smash is…

When RuPaul Charles won his third Emmy for Outstanding Host for RuPaul’s Drag Race, he took the stage and brought everyone to church leading them in a call and response chant: “Everbody say ‘love!'” he hollered with everyone following suit. “Now drive that down to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,” he added. “Our show is…

“We live in a time when people are being persecuted and targeted very cruelly,” W. Kamau Bell said, after picking up his Emmy for Best Unstructured Reality Series. He described his CNN series United Shades of America as giving people a “microphone” and “public square to tell their version of the story.” It’s Bell’s…