Emmy Awards 2016: All the winners and moments from the ceremony
IT WAS the Emmys moment everyone was waiting for. Matt Damon has reignited his showbiz feud with host Jimmy Kimmel.
MATT Damon has reignited his showbiz feud with Jimmy Kimmel during the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, crashing the stage and trolling the host after he lost out on a gong.
Kimmel, who fronts late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, missed out on the award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series to John Oliver, and the comedian’s long-term frenemy Damon was quick to rub his face in the loss.
“Oh, I’m sorry, this is so humiliating, I mean you lost and now you have to stand out here in front of everybody when you probably just want to go home, curl up and cry,” Damon said as he strolled on stage eating an apple.
“Can we cheer Jimmy up? He’s a big loser — a big round of applause. You’re a big loser, I for one am really sorry about that.”
As he walked off stage, the Jason Bourne star took one more jab at the host.
“Oh Jimmy — tell your mum I love dem apples.”
Kimmel and Damon’s “feud” goes back 13 years with Kimmel ending each episode of his talk show with the same joke: “Our apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time”.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS BELOW
The night started out on a more personal note, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus delivering a heartbreaking speech that flipped suddenly from bitingly sarcastic to deeply emotional.
“While I’m apologising, I’d like to take the opportunity to apologise for the current political climate,” she deadpanned to cheers from the audience as she accepted the Lead Actress gong for her political comedy series Veep. “I think Veep has torn down the wall between comedy and politics. Our show started out as a political satire but it now feels like a sobering documentary. So I promise to rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it.”
Then suddenly turning serious, the former Seinfeld star broke down as she ended her speech by dedicating the award to her father, who died on Friday.
“I’m so glad he liked Veep because his opinion was the one that really mattered,” she said.
It wouldn’t be an awards show without an inappropriate topical joke, and bringing up accused rapist and former TV star Bill Cosby certainly ticked that box.
The audience looked visibly shocked and uncomfortable after the voice-over announced that the former star of The Cosby Show would be presenting an award, before Kimmel strolled back onstage.
“He’s not really here, I just wanted to see what you guys would do,” he smirked.
Brilliant job by Jimmy Kimmel to fake out everyone at the Emmy's thinking Bill Cosby was presenting LOLpic.twitter.com/bKOemeH3Ej
— Ashok Moore (@AshokaESPN) September 19, 2016
Along with a Cosby jab, it was only a matter of time before the first Donald Trump joke was cracked during the ceremony. And Kimmel didn’t hold back in his opening monologue.
A few minutes in, Kimmel lampooned the presidential candidate, joking about the 70-year-old’s sex life.
“Would Donald Trump be running for president without television?” Kimmel asked the audience. “No. Donald Trump would be at home rubbing up against his wife, Malaria (sic), while she pretends to be asleep.”
While Trump himself wasn’t in the room, TV executive Mark Burnett, the man who brought the billionaire to the small screen as host of The Apprentice, was.
“Thanks to him we don’t have to watch reality shows because we’re living one,” he joked about British-born Burnett. “You sneaky little crumpet muncher, you.
“If Trump gets elected and he builds that wall, the first person we’re throwing over it is Mark Burnett.”
While the awards didn’t have the controversy that overshadowed this year’s Academy Awards, that didn’t stop Kimmel from taking aim at it.
“There are more shows and roles than ever before and more diversity ... here in Hollywood the only thing we value more than diversity is congratulating ourselves on how much we value diversity,” he said. “The Emmys are so diverse this year the Oscars are now telling people we’re one of their closest friends.
“If you’re a person of colour in our audience this year please find a white person — it shouldn’t be hard — reach out and say thanks for your bravery.”
Noting the stiff competition at this year’s awards, the late night host joked: “TV has the ability to make us laugh and cry ... In certain key parts of Game of thrones, masturbate.”
As the music began to play during his speech after picking up the Lead Actor gong for Transparent, Jeffrey Tambor demanded it be turned back down as he had one more thing to say, which he addressed directly to Hollywood’s agents and producers.
“Please give transgender talent a chance,” he said. “Give them auditions, give them their stories. Please do that. I would not be unhappy if I were the last cisgender male to play a female transgender woman on television.”
His message followed on from a call to action from Jill Soloway, show’s creator, who picked up the Best Director award earlier in the evening.
“These people call it television, I call it a revolution,” she said of her series, which follows a married man and father who comes out a trans later in life. “This television show allows me to take my dreams of unlikeable Jewish people, queer folk and trans folk and make them heroes.”
“We need to topple the patriarchy!” she ended her speech.
Returning to the stage, a confused Kimmel wasn’t sure how to take Soloway’s call to action.
“I’m trying to figure out if ‘topple the patriarchy’ is a good thing for me or not,” he joked. “I don't think it is. A lot of people are wondering what it’s doing in the comedy category. It was born a drama but it identifies as a comedy.”
Keeping the attention of the crowd, Kimmel invited delivery boys into the audience, announcing his mum had made snacks for the evening.
“Did everyone get a juice box,” the comedian asked as he handed packages out to the stars.
There were also some personalised lunch box notes from his mother.
“Dear Cuba — loved you in Snow Dogs,” Cuba Gooding Jr. read out. “Your mum doesn’t get to the movies enough.”
Amy Schumer also read her note out — but it was for the wrong Amy.
“Dear Amy — you’re the funniest woman on television. I wish you were hosting this year. Bring back Parks and Recreation ...” she trailed off, realising it was for Parks & Recreation star Amy Poehler.
WATCH: "Please bring back... Parks... and... Rec..."@amyschumer @jimmykimmel #Emmys https://t.co/q4354kSPRh
— Good Morning America (@GMA) September 19, 2016
Taking to the stage to present the gong for Lead Actor in a Limited Series/Movie, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler also took the chance to acknowledge the gong for best guest actress in a comedy series they picked up at last week’s Creative Arts Emmys.
While Fey said she was unable to attend the ceremony last week because it was her daughter’s birthday, Poehler had another reason for her absence.
“I didn’t go because I thought you turkeys were trying to trick me again,” she joked, taking a jab at her 17 unsuccessful Emmy nominations.
“There’s so many people to half-thank for this award,” she continued. “The top half of my agent.”
“Half of the cast crew of SNL,” Fey added. “Only half because the other half saw Star Wars four times the week we hosted.”
In his opening monologue, Kimmel pointed out screen veteran and three-time Emmy winner Maggie Smith had a habit of not showing up to the ceremony.
“We have a new rule — you must be present to win,” Kimmel said at the beginning of the ceremony. “If we call your name and you’re not here to accept it, it goes to the next person. It’s called the ‘Maggie Smith’ rule.
“When Maggie Smith hears she’s nominated for an Emmy she has the same reaction when we get those 20 per cent off Bed Bath & Beyond coupons — right in the garbage.”
So it was bad news when she won her fourth gong for Downton Abbey.
As it was announced the 81-year-old was absent, Kimmel returned to the stage and grabbed her award.
“No, no, I’m not mailing this to her,” he said. “Maggie, if you want this it will be in the lost and found.”
And Smith wasn’t the only star who was absent for their win. Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn wasn’t present to pick up the Best Supporting Actor Emmy for his role in Bloodline. The 47-year-old was up against stiff competition, including Game of Thrones’ Kit Harrington and Peter Dinklage.
Presenting the award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety Special, Aziz Ansari decided it had been too long since someone cracked a Donald Trump joke.
“After careful consideration, I’ve decided I’m going with Trump,” he joked about the presidential candidate. “Which is why I recommend getting rid of all Muslim and Hispanic nominees. Mum and dad, I know I just thanked you, but you need to be escorted out. America Ferrera — nice try changing your name to ‘America’, but you’re out.”
The gong went to Patton Oswalt, and the comedian paid tribute to his late wife, Michelle McNamara, who died last month.
“I want to share this with two people. My daughter, Alice, who is waiting at home. And the other one is waiting somewhere else, I hope,” he said.
WINNERS
Supporting Actor, Comedy
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Best Writing, Comedy
Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, Master of None
Supporting Actress, Comedy
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Directing, Comedy
Jill Soloway, Transparent
Lead Actress, Comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lead Actor, Comedy
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Reality Competition
The Voice
Supporting Actress, Limited Series, Movie or Special
Regina King, American Crime
Writing, Limited Series, Movie or Special
D.V. DeVincentis, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Directing, Limited Series, Movie or Special
Susanne Bier, The Night Manager
Lead Actress, Limited Series, Movie or Special
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Lead Actor, Limited Series, Movie or Special
Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Supporting Actor, Limited Series, Movie or Special
Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Limited Series
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Movie or Special
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Supporting Actress, Drama
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Writing, Drama
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game Of Thrones
Writing, Variety Series
Patton Oswalt, Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Key & Peele
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Outstanding Comedy
Veep
Directing, Variety Series
Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski, Grease: Live
Directing, Drama
Miguel Sapochnik, Game Of Thrones
Supporting Actress, Drama
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Supporting Actor, Drama
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Lead Actress, Drama
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Lead Actor, Drama,
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Outstanding Drama Series
Game of Thrones
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