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IRISH NOMINEES LOST out as the final season of “Succession” dominated the Emmy Awards, scooping six prizes including best drama, at a nostalgic gala honoring television’s past and present that was delayed by four months due to Hollywood strikes.
The HBO show about the back-stabbing dynastic battles of a powerful media family won awards for stars Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen, while “The Bear” topped the comedy awards and “Beef” led in the limited series section.
“This is a show about family, but it’s also about when… partisan news coverage gets intertwined with divisive right-wing politics,” said “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong.
“After four seasons of satire, as I understand it, that’s a problem we have now fixed,” he joked, on the night that Donald Trump won the Iowa Republican caucuses.
Accepting their best actress and actor prizes, both Snook — who was pregnant during the show’s final season — and Culkin paid tribute to their babies, with Culkin joking to his wife, “I want more… you said maybe, if I win!”
“Succession,” which had already won best drama series twice previously, had entered the night with a whopping 27 nominations, including a record three of the six nominees for best actor.
It also won for best writing and directing.
Irish success had lain with Sharon Horgan who was up for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for her role in Bad Sisters.
Horgan was also nominated for outstanding writing for a drama series for the show, along with co-writers Dave Finkel and Brett Baer.
Dearbhla Walsh, meanwhile, was nominated for outstanding director for a drama series, also for her work on Bad Sisters. The show overall Bad Sisters was also nominated for outstanding casting for a drama series but missed out.
Jennifer Coolidge, the sole returning star for the Sicily-set second season of satire “The White Lotus,” won for best supporting actress.
Coolidge thanked “all the evil gays,” in a nod to her character’s memorable storyline in which she befriended a flamboyant, yacht-owning group of men with sinister intentions.
The Emmys, which are the small screen’s equivalent of the Oscars, typically take place in September.
But organizers opted for an unusual January slot this time around, correctly gambling that the entertainment industry strikes would be over, and that actors would be free to attend.
Stars and guests from Harrison Ford to Joan Collins walked the red carpet into the Peacock Theatre at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles for the ceremony.
- Vintage comedy -
Celebrating its 75th year, the Emmys featured multiple skits paying homage to beloved classic shows on elaborate sets.
Stars like Kelsey Grammar and Ted Danson appeared on a set emulating the beloved famous Boston bar from “Cheers,” while “The Sopranos” actors Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli presented an award from the mob drama’s psychiatrist office.
Other shows getting nostalgic reunions included “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Ally McBeal.”
The organizers’ decision to hark back to television’s golden days came in stark contrast with the gala’s recent struggles, as the Emmys’ audiences have plummeted.
Last year’s telecast was watched by just 5.9 million — lower even than the 2020 “pandEmmys” lockdown edition that was broadcast from an empty theater — and it was competing Monday with an NFL playoff game and the Iowa vote.
Plus this time, there was the confusion of honoring seasons of shows that aired months before.
The delay meant votes were cast back in the summer, for nominated shows that premiered as long as 18 months ago.
Most notably, “The Bear” — which took viewers behind the scenes of a dysfunctional Chicago restaurant — won six awards on Monday including the top comedy prize.
Stars Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach won for best actor, supporting actress and actor, and the show also won writing and directing prizes.
But the ceremony honored the show’s intense debut season, which premiered way back in June 2022. At the next Emmys ceremony, taking place this September, the show’s even more acclaimed and ambitious second season is eligible.
Quinta Brunson won for best actress in a comedy for “Abbott Elementary.”
- Limited series -
Netflix’s “Beef” dominated the limited series categories, for shows that run only a single season, with five prizes including best limited series, writing and directing.
Its stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun took lead acting prizes, playing road-rage drivers locked in a rapidly escalating feud.
“Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” co-star Niecy Nash-Betts won best supporting actress, while Paul Walter Hauser won for best supporting actor for “Black Bird,” another dark true crime series.
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” won best scripted variety series, and variety series writing.
Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers paid tribute to the late Norman Lear for “changing American culture,’ from a set modeled on one of his many hit shows, “All In The Family.”
The annual “In Memoriam” section honored TV stars who died in the past year including Angela Lansbury, Richard Roundtree, Harry Belafonte, 25-year-old “Euphoria” actor Angus Cloud and “Friends” star Matthew Perry.
© AFP 2024 with reporting by Eoghan Dalton
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I’m on the Wage Subsidy scheme I don’t want it extended – it’s benefiting employers and penalising workers who will end up with a tax bill at the end of the year. Some employers are paying their staff extra to cover the impending tax bill but others are not.
Yes, I get the reasons for it to help employers stay in business but come on, do you think all of the companies availing of it are really in need of it or just jumping at the chance to get free labour?
@Fon_Ellard: : wow. That’s some grade A stupidity there!
Do you not know that if you were taxed at source you’d just have less in your back pocket now? You should calculate what total income for the year will be, find out how much you tax you should be paying monthly and then set this aside if you’re that worried. You’re not being penalised ffs!
I can’t believe this. You shouldn’t have a job based on your mindset!
@Joe: The economy is finished, the EU central bank has estimated that our GDP will contract between 7.5% to 8.00%
This makes the banking crisis look like pocket change. Tell me how we are going to pay back this funny money?
There is no such thing as free money, this government is preparing for the complete breakdown that’s coming, you should do the same, get your house in order
@Fon_Ellard: I’m not really disagreeing with you but one thing I can tell you for sure is workers on the wage subsidy scheme will not be hit with a tax bill later. The wss is paid after tax if you get me. There is no tax due on it. I’ve checked this with Revenue. So … that’s one less thing to worry about.
@Fon_Ellard: I’m not really disagreeing with you but one thing I can tell you for sure is workers on the wage subsidy scheme will not be hit with a tax bill later. The wage subsidy scheme is paid after tax if you get me. There is no tax due on it. I’ve checked this with Revenue. So … that’s one less thing to worry about.
First thing they did was give themselves a rise while we pickup the bill. Pigs at the trough
Promising however not addressing the elephant in the room which is the biggest hindrance to businesses operating is not solely finance but the restrictive measures/guidelines that prevents them from operating at full scale (rightly or wrongly).
@John Egan: they are reviewed and discussed every week….have you been missing the massive media reports on same?
@Canyon: are you mistaking reviewals to allowing businesses to open under the same regulations/conditions as businesses opened in previous phases? Or actual changes to the regulations. Because the only ‘massive media’ report was when they were debating on keeping 2m distancing or reducing to 1m….
Pigs will fly before fine geal implement these
@Richard Doherty: that’s the spirit! Glad you’re keeping an open mind.
Loans with 4.5%+ interest… In a negative yield market!?! Shocking.. No other word
@Nigel o’Neill: The State can borrow from the ECB at close to zero. If they issue loans to businesses at even 2%, it would surely lower their interest bills sign
Only in Ireland does SME stimulus come in the form of debt at about 500% markup on EU average interest rates. Small businesses need CASH, not debt or some nonsense about tax rebates in 18 months time. We’ll be dead and buried by then. RIP SME sector in Ireland.
What about property tax waiver?
Tax reductions for some businesses, but not all I hope. Our local grocery shops that stayed open had a massive boost to their business. Developers used the wage subsidy scheme to slash their labour costs, assuming they will sell their units this will only add to their massive profits and if they get tax reductions I doubt they will lower the house purchase prices to reflect this.. Not all businesses need a helping hand.
I miss Bertie… lol..
Just suppose our Government decided to waive the Tax on the Wage Subsidy for employees, imagine the spending spree that would create. They would get a big %age back indirectly and an awful lot of local businesses would benefit greatly.
Just a thought, definitely a far better option than awarding themselves monster salary increases.
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