Here is your annual Emmys Open Post, hosted by none other than Kit Harington’s SadFace. We’ve reached the moment where Game of Thrones is the best thing on television, the most groundbreaking storytelling, the most groundbreaking direction, and the biggest “water cooler” moments every year. I have no doubt that GoT will take home the big award tonight, Best Drama. But will this be the year that Emmy voters recognize any GoT actor other than Peter Dinklage? I hope so, because Season 6 was not really Dinklage’s year, it was Kit Harington’s year. Harington got his first-ever Emmy nomination for playing Jon Snow, and he joins the flood of other GoT actors nominated this year, including: Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams and yes, Peter Dinklage. Ol’ SadFace even wept when he learned of his Emmy nomination.
The E! Emmys Red Carpet starts at 6 pm, and ABC is also doing a live red carpet starting at 7 pm. ABC will probably get better access and interviews, but if you want classic, raw red carpet coverage, I would probably stick with E!. We’ll be devoting all of Monday’s coverage to the Emmys and Emmy fashion, and we’ll be starting bright and early, so come join us for all of our #HotTakes and sleep-deprived rambling! CB and I will also be tweeting tonight – you can follow me here at KaiseratCB and you can follow CB here at Celebitchy. Have fun, kids! Don’t play drinking games involving Jimmy Kimmel making awkward jokes.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN, HBO.
My Southeastern European country doesn’t broadcast The Emmys (unlike The Oscars) 🙁
And because I’m not in the US, I can’t watch the free ABC broadcast either. Meh.
I hate reading reports, it’s so much better if you can root for your shows in time. So just so you know, I envy you bunch ATM! But I0m keeping my fingers crossed for The Americans. Love Keri.
Enjoy watching, you lucky bastards! 😉
Keri’s wearing something white and which looks kind of shapeless. But Matthew looks bearded, hot and protective. I would really like for them all to win.
I don’t have a TV, so I’m not watching it live either, even though I’m in the US. We’ll both be refreshing this page together! 🙂
Gotta say, I’m in LOVE with your screen name, Poisonous Lookalike. I think you deserve some kind of trophy for it!
Hahahaha, thanks! I don’t deserve anything for it, though; it’s the title of a Warren Zevon song of which I’m quite fond.
I know the song, but as a screen name on a gossip site it’s everything!
Crox, next time, use a VPN like Hola (free as an extension in Chrome browser, or as a paid app with Safari) and then go to the abctv.com website (or app) to stream. Voila! 😊
I wish the Emmys would stop recognizing Emilia Clarke. I recently watched her movie with Sam Claflin and it was a masterclass in brow acting. I’m rooting for Lena Headey to win. Her Cersei deserves all the awards.
Her brows were so distracting in that movie.
Tatiana finally! And I’m so glad Kate Mckinnon won. Favorite bits of the night – Matt Damon and his apple and the Stranger Things kids distributing sandwiches.
Agreed, she’s pretty terrible. I call her ‘eyebrows mcgee’ because of her eyebrow overacting.
That is a Build a SadFace Bear if I ever saw one.
rofl! You are so right!
OMG, you are dead on with this comment. LOL!
I truly hope the Bastard of the North gets some recognition; maybe he’ll stop looking so constipated.
Leave poor Kit alone! He has resting sad face and can’t help himself. ☹️
I actually started to like his charector this last season. He reallly became Jon Snow.
I’m pulling for Rami Malek and Mr Robot
Looking very cute in white Dior
I thought that show had amazing potential but it’s just missing something for me. I got bored but he is an interesting actor,
Same here Zuzus. We watched a few episodes and I felt like it could have been way better than it was, so we quit. I do like Rami though.
Minnie Driver looks f’reaking AMAZING! Oh my god.
She did look amazing, even though I actually hated her dress. The lighter shade in her hair really looks good.
i do think he really deserves an award for the battle of the bastards episode
Didn’t the noms come out before S06? So this is S05 nominations really. I was hoping Sansa would get a nod as she did great work last (and this) season
God, I don’t. I can’t with Sophie’s acting. She has her moments ( rarely), but for the most part, she’s awfully wooden.
No, the noms are for S06.
Tim Gunn just praised Kit and Rami as well dressed.
Drogon!
The better half of Tiddles arrived,solo 😏
Did he arrive late enough that he didn’t have to get interviewed?? Hmmm….
He was walking around the red carpet with Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman. I don’t think any of the three were interviewed by anyone.
Good move if so!
One Hiddleston supporting account tweeted well in advance that they had been told by three seperate journalists that Tom had indicated he wouldn’t do interviews.
I agree, a wise move.
Dippit, it was a good move, but if it weren’t for the Tiddlesplit, you know he would have been delighted to talk to journos.
More fallout from an embarrassing summer fling with Miss Forever 13. Hope he learned some good lessons from it.
Bonzo, still wouldn’t put it past TS to be skulking somewhere for an after party.
It is n’t just that we know what all the questions would be, but that would actually detract from what the night was about, and not just for Tom. I think it was a wise move.
Is it just me or is he looking hella ragged?
Suzanne nearly conked him in the head with her Emmy.
I think I’m reading too much into Kimmel’s quip that some of the audience hadn’t eaten since Labor Day, but wasn’t that the day Tiddles officially announced the split?
I took it to mean dieting to fit into their red carpet outfits.
Ok, thats how I interpreted it too. But then read the comments about how haggard Tom looks and wondered if the joke was more nuanced than I originally thought. {Sheepishly putting away my tinfoil now}
Tom looks jet-lagged from a very long flight and his hair is growing out but not grown out enough, so he slicks it back, which I think adds to the tired appearance.
I interpreted Kimmel as referring to people dieting to fit into clothes too.
Okay, Louie Anderson was kind of adorable. He was genuinely happy. Good for him.
Could Julia Louis Drefuss (sp?) manage to look more unhappy when the SNL ( brilliant but can’t remember her name ) won?!? It’s
ok to share the spotlight w/ other brilliant woman Julia!!
I just saw a headline that her father died on Friday. That may contribute to her look…
That and Kate mentioned her late father in her speech and the camera went to her.
Her father just died. She broke down in tears during her own acceptance speech. She also had issues with SNL being a rather sexist workplace when she was there.
WOW so that’s the first thing you assume is that she is jealous because that’s the ONLY reason she isn’t smiling.Andre Braugher didn’t smile when Louis Anderson won but I never assumed he was jealous.
she had a similar response when Tina Fey won an Emmy several years ago so this isn’t the 1st time I’ve seen her look less than happy at others accomplishments. I’m a huge fan of Julis so it gives me no pleasure
What is she supposed to do, paste a huge smile on her face when she loses?
There’s a difference between a huge smile and an insincere clap and what Julia displayed! I understand she disappointed but to be so openly disgruntled smacks of entltlement
They weren’t in the same category. Kate won for Best Supporting in Comedy. Julia won for Lead in Comedy. She could have been thinking about her father when the camera caught her. Or maybe thinking of not so happy times on SNL. At any rate, she didn’t lose to Kate.
Her co-star Anna Chlumsky(sp.)was in Supporting.
I can’t decide if the fake-bake Claire Danes is sporting is truly as atrocious as I’m making it out to be or if its the addition of a gold sequined dress (tri-breasted no less) and super blonde hair that makes it seem like a glaring red carpet “don’t”. What name would Crayola even give that shade, “My So-Called Tan”, perhaps?
Ah, I just saw her. She looks like Heidi Montag.
ZOMG!!!!
She is VERY orange.
Her whole look was shockingly bad.
She did look very orange.
She looked terrible. Worse than Charlize when she won her Oscar with the same gold dress, over spray tanned look. She even looked horrified when she saw herself on the screen during her category. She almost looked unhappy to lose. Silly, since she has like three Emmys for that role so far, plus others.
I love Kerry’s Washingtons whole “look” but I’m not sure I would love the dress on anyone else but her and her pregnant belly.
She looks fantastic!
Laura Carmichael is wearing the most hideous dress.
John Mayer jamming the blues yes please
(Ugh sorry)
I was mistaken about when Tom was presenting [as were several media outlets] Delighted that TNM won best director. That is a surprise. My favorite Sarah Paulsen must win for embodying M. Clark.
Her earrings are unreal. Great choice!
That it cut from Tom Hiddleston to John Mayer amused me.
Susanne Bier has won best director
Yay Regina King. And hella yay for Sterling K Brown. He has been ‘that guy’ forever and now people will know his name.
‘After the violent rape of Sansa Stark in Season 5, “geek girl” blogger Tafkar produced a “Statistical Analysis of Rape in Game of Thrones”: rape acts in Game of Thrones the TV series: 50; rape victims in Game of Thrones: 29; rape acts in the A Song of Ice and Fire books by George Martin: 214; rape victims in ASOIAF: 117.’
This whole Globe and Mail article is fantastic: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/how-has-rape-become-such-a-common-trope-of-television-drama/article31931181/
That is precisely why I will never watch it.
+1
How can THIS be the best on TV??
Hmm, the writer of the article seems to have misunderstood Tafkar’s analysis though. She showed that the books have four times more rape than the TV show, not the other way round. She was critical of Martin for making rape seem victimless, as opposed to the show.
http://tafkarfanfic.tumblr.com/post/119891015455/a-song-of-ice-and-fire-has-a-rape-problem
I really hope the Academy steps up to the plate regarding diversity because I’m pretty sure the gauntlet has been thrown down this year
Woohoo Courtney B Vance!!!!
Angela Bassett = Goddess.
His speech was everything!
So Hiddles didn’t get it. We knew it, yeah?
…yeah. It was a long shot even before Tiddlesgate ’16.
Nice that he and the others got a nomination.
Very true Spidey. I didn’t mean to diminish that honor.
I kind of wanted him to get it. )))ducks(((
Kerry Washington, Michelle Dockery and Paulsen look amazing so far!
Yeah, they do. Kerry & Michelle always kill it!
KW usually looks a fright on the red carpet but this year she didn’t look too bad.
Paulsen’s dress is very “mother of the bridey” but she is really making it work.
Agree, lilac.
I’m so happy Hiddlesdick lost, yay! 😀
Is that you, Taylor? 😉
Perfect, HappyMom!
You wish lol. Sorry I’m just not a fan of him – or her for that matter! 😀
He didn’t expect to win. Everyone, including TH, knew it would be CBV or BC.
Yup.
I’ve actually found myself cackling at various times during this show. I can’t remember the last time that’s happened… perhaps when Billy Crystal last hosted the Oscars.
Yup. Plus the television folk run a tight ship, the show really moved along but still seemed to give everyone their moment in the spotlight without having to cut anyone off too badly. All the presenters seemed on their game too. I was ambivalent about Kimmel hosting, but I thought he killed it.
Rami could not be more adorable!
Kit should smile more. A man always looks more handsome with a smile on his face.
Sometimes I prefer a fierce look. But that’s between the sheets.
+1
I was really happy with the wins this year. Lots of new talent, and some long underrated people finally getting recognized. Very happy for Sarah, Sterling, and Courtney for the OJ series, and for Sarah mentioning the victims in her speech. Also really thrilled for Tatiana.
I felt so sad for Julia! I can’t imagine grieving a loss like that and having to go to such an event.
It still has a long way to go, but TV is just light years ahead of film when it comes to pretty much all aspects of diversity.
Very pleased the OJ series won so many major awards but disgusted that “Bates Motel” and “Penny Dreadful” were shut out. They got robbed.
Television has actually started to give actors of color a chance at playing good and complex roles.
Now if the film industry can take a clue, yeah?
Is OJ Simpson series that good?
It kinda depends what you mean by “good”.
I found it to be very good – well-scripted, well-acted, well-paced, good production values. A very efficient factual drama.
But I didn’t find it particularly compelling. As a Britisher, I’m quite used to shows like this – the BBC makes a lot of them. High quality and nothing to criticise at all. Just missing whatever ingredient makes a show magic and/or special and/or unforgettable. I was quite surprised to see that it was being seen as a shoo-in for so many Emmys.
But I may have had this reaction because I am British and the OJ case doesn’t strike quite the same cultural chord as it does to many people stateside?
I felt the same way.
We are addicted to BBC, Acorn and other programming from New Zealand and France..excellent writing, fabulous plots, sublime acting..and everyone on the screen look like real humans. But..#CLONECLUB RULES..now that I have that out of my system..I don’t watch network shows it’s cable or programs available on Apple tv.
Oh, don’t get me wrong, rosalee.
The BBC makes some great stuff, it really does. But it also does make a lot of stuff as I described above – more um… worthy than inspiring?
Yes, I was disappointed by it too, and I’m not American either. It’s well acted and well made but I think I expected something I don’t know … edgier, more unusual? It reminded me of classic network miniseries from the 80s. It’s still worth watching but don’t expect groundbreaking TV because you’ll be disappointed.