Emmys

Many in the LGBTQ community were outraged when the trans cast members of “Pose” failed to receive any Emmy nominations this week. Transgender activist Raquel Willis joined LX News to discuss the problem of transphobia.

Pandemic or no pandemic, the Emmys will go on, and now we know who is in the running for the first major entertainment awards of the coronavirus era.

The 2020 Emmy Awards season is underway. The first major entertainment awards show of the pandemic era held a virtual ceremony to announce the nominees.

On Tuesday, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced nominations for the 2020 Emmy Awards.

With a hit TV series, awards, plus film and TV opportunities, Sterling K. Brown admits he’s experienced “a lot of pinch me moments” in recent years. But, with all those possibilities and offers, the 43-year-old has also learned a very important lesson— how to say no. “’No’ has become my best friend,” said Brown without hesitation during an interview in...

Iconic kids’ show “Sesame Street” will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend.

This first episode of “Sesame Street” — sponsored by the letters W, S and E and the numbers 2 and 3 — aired in the fall of 1969. It was a turbulent time in America, rocked by the Vietnam War and raw from the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King the year before. The media, like today, was going through disruption.

This first episode of “Sesame Street” — sponsored by the letters W, S and E and the numbers 2 and 3 — aired in the fall of 1969. It was a turbulent time in America, rocked by the Vietnam War and raw from the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King the year before. The media, like today, was going through disruption.

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Thursday honoring entertainer Harry Connick Jr. for a career in which he has sold more than 30 million albums, had 13 No. 1 jazz albums, and won three Grammys and two Emmys.

Aaron Paul’s character in the popular series “Breaking Bad” was supposed to get killed off at the end of the first season. But producers had a change of heart after witnessing the strong chemistry between his Jesse Pinkman character and Bryan Cranston’s Walter White in a pilot. The decision to keep the story revolved around the duo for five seasons...

The second episode of season 45 of “Saturday Night Live” continued the impeachment theme the show opened with in last week’s season premiere. Vice President Mike Pence (played by Beck Bennett) gathers former New York City Mayor and President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani (Kate McKinnon), U.S. Attorney General William Barr (Aidy Bryant) and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (“Modern...

Emmy night is always a chaotic mix of the humorous, the emotional and the inspirational, mixed with some major sequins and glitter. And on this Emmy night, all those elements came together in one glorious moment: Billy Porter’s win as best actor in a drama for “Pose,” the first openly gay actor to win the award. But Porter’s speech wasn’t...

“Fleabag” leaped over formidable competition early in Sunday’s Emmy Awards with three awards, including the best comedy actress award and a writing trophy for series star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Waller-Bridge and her dark comedy about a dysfunctional woman, which also won a directing award, blocked “Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus from setting a record as the most-honored performer in Emmy...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus stunned in classic Hollywood gold, MJ Rodriguez of “Pose” slayed in a classic magenta gown and Jodie Comer of “Killing Eve” wore sleek white on the Emmy Awards’ purple carpet Sunday. Gwendoline Christie took her “Game of Thrones” mantle to the extreme in a medieval red cape, while Sandra Oh posed with her hair in high curls and...

The searing TV series on the plight of the Central Park Five created a memorable Emmy moment Sunday when the five exonerated men stood and were honored at the awards show.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has come short of making Emmy history for the most overall acting wins. The “Veep” actress Sunday lost her shot at a ninth statuette as an actress, losing the best comedy crown to Phoebe Waller-Bridge of “Fleabag.”

This is the time of year when the cast of HBO’s “Veep” would usually be shooting a new season. Now that the show is done, actor Tony Hale says they’ll have to settle for getting together at the Emmy Awards. “Obviously, a win would be so much fun,” Hale said at Friday night’s reception for nominees. “But it’s more a...

Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards has already delivered an abundance of firsts. Along with a slew of first-time nominees, there was a new record set for most nominations for a network in a single year, and the possibility of a record-breaking win.

When the winner of the best comedy series Emmy Award is announced Sunday, odds are good that a woman will be giving the acceptance speech. An unprecedented number of the seven nominated comedies are from female creators: defending champion “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” ”Fleabag” and “Russian Doll.” Count in “Veep,” with Julia Louis-Dreyfus both its star and an executive producer,...

A trio of Emmy-honored actors are winners again for their guest performances in TV series, joined by an awards newcomer.