Break Ups Don & Betty IRL? “18 years” is what I was calling Jon Hamm before the Emmys, knowing there was no way he wouldn’t win the Emmy and everyone would forget that she spent 18 years with him and now, allegedly, he doesn’t need a “mother figure” anymore and instead just talk about By Lainey • Sep 22, 2015 02:04 pm
Gorgessity Best Dressed - Kerry Washington I have an unsettling theory to put forward. Do you think that maybe Kerry Washington is the embodiment of a cliché? You know the one, right? A person who is as beautiful inside as they are out? Look, I know, I’m on little sleep and it seems saccharine in By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 01:32 pm
Assy Style Amy Schumer – Big Winner, Worst Dressed Amy Schumer picked up her first Emmy for Inside Amy Schumer, for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. This has been Schumer’s year, from the breakout success of Inside to a hit feature film, to #squadding with Jennifer Lawrence, and now she caps it off with her first Emmy win. The By Sarah • Sep 21, 2015 12:51 pm
Amazingness Best Speech – Viola Davis “The only thing that separates women of colour from anyone else is opportunity.” Go ahead. Let the line sink in. In fact, go even further and allow yourself to acknowledge that if you saw those words being spoken, you were a part of a moment. “You cannot win an Emmy By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 12:25 pm
Mad Men Jon Hamm, For the Win Look, if Jon Hamm didn’t win, people would riot in the streets. (Just kidding, a bunch of people would just complain on Twitter.) It certainly was his to lose, and it wouldn’t be the first time a long-running character walked away empty handed (like Steve Carell for Michael By Maria • Sep 21, 2015 11:59 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Emmy Den Mother Tina Fey I really had to hold my breath for a second to think of what Tina Fey’s dress reminded me of. The image sprang into my head immediately but I had to wait for it to sort of self-locate, because it was so specific. Ready? There is a part in By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 11:17 am
TV Updates Emmy Fatigue: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Veep As I previously mentioned, I have a hard time with the Emmys. If Game of Thrones illustrates the television academy’s slow-on-the-uptake ways, then nothing better captures the essence of “Emmy fatigue” than Julia Louis-Dreyfus. JLD won her sixth Emmy as an actress in a comedy series, of which four By Sarah • Sep 21, 2015 10:38 am
TV Updates The Emmy Snubbing of Amy Poehler I have this bad feeling about what happened to Amy Poehler. Sarah and Maria have had various takes on the concept of people who win over and over again, and I pointed out that Claire Danes has nomination ennui. But Amy – Amy is not the same as some of those By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 10:18 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Elisabeth Moss, Emmy Barbie? Looking up pictures of Elisabeth Moss’s magenta dress, one outlet described her look as Barbie-esque. Um, Elisabeth Moss doesn’t look anything like a Barbie, and I certainly don’t think she’s trying to. Yes , her dress is bright pink, her hair is blonde and she has blue By Maria • Sep 21, 2015 09:50 am
Maple Leaf Tatiana Maslany’s Emmy Suit What would happen if I didn’t evangelize at all in this article? What if you told me that you probably already know what I’m going to say, and we just talked about her suit? Let’s try. I loved that suit, but I think it’s emblematic of By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 09:17 am
Equality Issues Jon Stewart’s Farewell Emmys Here is another case of the Emmys making themselves irrelevant by giving trophies to the same people over and over. I get it—Jon Stewart’s tenure at The Daily Show is over, and his wins for Outstanding Writing in a Variety Series and Outstanding Variety Series are his send-off By Sarah • Sep 21, 2015 08:55 am
Assy Style Emmy Prom Queen and the Prom Princesses You know how we’re told that dresses are passed around at awards show seasons the same way songs are? Like the dress - or song – meant for person A winds up with person B or C If A rejects it? Who is selling the prom dresses? Those wee tiny By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 08:28 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Allison Janney, Emmy Overachiever I was saying to Duana and Sarah how unshiny I think the Emmys are. Part of that is because there is simply too much TV to watch, so getting super excited about one thing is impossible. Game of Thrones is great and is a juggernaut and it can win a By Maria • Sep 21, 2015 07:47 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Naomi Watts, Emmy Spouse Whaaaaat…is this dress? I mean, I can’t help laughing over this. It’s short, it’s at least two fabrics, it’s kind of a slimmer line in the front than it is in the back, where it wafts out all Fairy princess, slash your great-aunt’s curtains By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 06:47 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Emmys nothing to give: Frances McDormand Frances McDormand won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries/Movie for Olive Kitteridge, which gives her a TOE (Tony-Oscar-Emmy). This is a not insignificant achievement, and as icing on her cake, Kitteridge also won a boatload of other Emmys, including ones for writing, directing, lead and supporting By Sarah • Sep 21, 2015 06:13 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Uzo Aduba Emmy Honors Let’s get one thing straight, right off the top. If you have to ask someone how to pronounce their name before you say it out loud? That’s what we call ‘common courtesy’. It is not notable enough to announce to the world on a live broadcast, as though By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 05:37 am
