2021 Emmys: Winners, Losers, Speeches – Live! | TV & radio

Some interesting adjacent gossip via the mostly hellish red carpet show from E! here: WandaVision star Elizabeth Olsen’s outfit tonight was designed by her sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley apparently.

It’s here:

The Emmy Awards became the first awards ceremony to insist that all attendees be vaccinated, and also limited each nominee to just four guests. Each guest must also present a recent negative Covid test as well as proof of vaccination.

Last week’s Met Gala instituted a similar tenure, leading to absences and celebrities speaking out, but according to tonight’s executive producer Ian Stewart there have been no signs reaction.

“In fact, it was the opposite,” he told Deadline. “People are so excited to attend, especially since we have limited the number of tickets available, they get ripped off right away; it’s a bit like a Willy Wonka Golden Ticket.

He added: “There is an option to come remotely if you don’t feel comfortable. We haven’t had any hindsight on this. We have people who can’t physically be here, so we try to include them as nominees, but very few, a handful. “

A fun explosion of Oscar glamor here with two of the many big screen A-listers in attendance. Michael Douglas is nominated for his role in The Kominsky Method (no, I still haven’t seen him either)

Cedric the Entertainer’s choice to host tonight’s festivities is … a little odd (less odd perhaps if it was the 2003 Emmy Awards) but it’s at least something new (it’s not not James Corden or Jimmy Kimmel).

It’s a CBS Emmys year, which means they’ve picked one of their stable sitcom stars (he’s on The Neighborhood, a show someone has to watch I’m sure) and he’s got spoke to The Hollywood Reporter earlier this week about the difficulty of trying to get right at an increasingly sensitive time for comedy:

“It’s okay if you’re on the front page for a few days, but you don’t want to be the guy who ruins the night or someone’s time. At the same time, you have to be yourself. As comedians, we are on a tightrope in trying to make sure people are entertained. But, again, we live in a hypersensitive society. You don’t know where that line is sometimes. It moves from day to day. “

Let’s wait and see how it works.

There’s a major achievement tonight for MJ Rodriguez, who is the first trans woman to receive a lead actress nomination, for her role in the final season of Pose.

Chitra Ramaswamy interviewed her for The Guardian earlier this week, where she spoke about the importance of the show run by Ryan Murphy.

“It’s crazy to think that right before Pose, none of this was even a thought in anyone’s mind,” she said. “We had never been in these spaces, on these sets, in Hollywood. So it’s amazing, and honey, I live for it. But I wish there were more so that we don’t have to be educators all the time. Some of us just want to be the artists.

You can read the full interview here:

There is a special ceremony in London tonight for The Crown, the most nominated show of the evening, as British citizens are still unable to travel to the United States. Other stars from other shows are also expected.

Here are some of the attendees getting ready for a particularly late night:

Considering how very competitive so many categories are this year, it would be a wild ride to predict what could triumph, wouldn’t it? Wrong if you’re Adrian Horton, who gives him a brave crack here:

After a naturally awkward 2020 edition, the Emmys are (almost) back to normal and should give us one of the most interesting ceremonies in years. Over the past year or so, we’ve all watched more TV than ever before and while it’s not much better than usual, we all have a lot more opinions on what should and shouldn’t be rewarded.

One of the liveliest seasons of The Crown, The Birth of Bridgerton, Michaela Coel’s one-off drama I May Destroy You, Netflix’s surprise hit The Queen’s Gambit, Ted Lasso’s all-consuming charm, Marvel’s WandaVision crash, HBO’s animated thriller Max The Flight Attendant – to name a few. It will be a competitive night.

We’ll be here all night to explain to you who gets what and what it all means and if this might be the first regular awards show we’ve seen since Covid and if people, you know, still care about these. things (the ratings of the awards show over the past 18 months have been abysmal). Stay tuned!