Tag: Cedric the Entertainer

  • Lights, Camera, Emmys: A look at the key award nominees this year

    By AFP

    LOS ANGELES: 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is slated to take place on Sunday, August 19, 2021, at 5:00 PM PDT with host Cedric the Entertainer. Netflix’s latest season of British royals drama “The Crown” and Star Wars television series “The Mandalorian” on Disney+ topped the list with 24 nods each.

    Here is a list of the nominees in key categories for the 73rd Emmy Awards, which will be handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday.

    OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

    “The Boys” (Prime Video)

    “Bridgerton” (Netflix)

    “The Crown” (Netflix)

    “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)

    “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)

    “The Mandalorian” (Disney +)

    “Pose” (FX Networks)

    “This is Us” (NBC)

    OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

    “black-ish” (ABC)

    “Cobra Kai” (Netflix)

    “Emily in Paris” (Netflix)

    “The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max)

    “Hacks” (HBO Max)

    “The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)

    “PEN15” (Hulu)

    “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)

    LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA

    Sterling K. Brown, “This is Us”

    Jonathan Majors, “Lovecraft Country”

    Josh O’Connor, “The Crown”

    Rege-Jean Page, “Bridgerton”

    Billy Porter, “Pose”

    Matthew Rhys, “Perry Mason”

    LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA

    Uzo Aduba, “In Treatment”

    Olivia Colman, “The Crown”

    Emma Corrin, “The Crown”

    Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

    Mj Rodriguez, “Pose”

    Jurnee Smollett, “Lovecraft Country”

    LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY

    Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”

    Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”

    William H. Macy, “Shameless”

    Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”

    Kenan Thompson, “Kenan”

    LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY

    Aidy Bryant, “Shrill”

    Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant”

    Allison Janney, “Mom”

    Tracee Ellis Ross, “black-ish”

    Jean Smart, “Hacks”

    SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA

    Giancarlo Esposito, “The Mandalorian”

    O-T Fagbenle, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

    John Lithgow, “Perry Mason”

    Tobias Menzies, “The Crown”

    Max Minghella, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

    Chris Sullivan, “This Is Us”

    Bradley Whitford, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

    Michael K. Williams, “Lovecraft Country”

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA

    Gillian Anderson, “The Crown”

    Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown”

    Madeline Brewer, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

    Ann Dowd, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

    Aunjanue Ellis, “Lovecraft Country”

    Emerald Fennell, “The Crown”

    Yvonne Strahovski, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

    Samira Wiley, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

    SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY

    Carl Clemons-Hopkins, “Hacks”

    Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso”

    Brendan Hunt, “Ted Lasso”

    Nick Mohammed, “Ted Lasso”

    Paul Reiser, “The Kominsky Method”

    Jeremy Swift, “Ted Lasso”

    Kenan Thompson, “Saturday Night Live”

    Bowen Yang, “Saturday Night Live”

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY

    Aidy Bryant, “Saturday Night Live”

    Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”

    Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”

    Rosie Perez, “The Flight Attendant”

    Cecily Strong, “Saturday Night Live”

    Juno Temple, “Ted Lasso”

    Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”

    OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES

    “I May Destroy You” (HBO)

    “Mare of Easttown” (HBO)

    “The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix)

    “The Underground Railroad” (Prime Video)

    “WandaVision” (Disney+)

    OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE

    “Dolly Parton’s Christmas On The Square” (Netflix)

    “Oslo” (HBO)

    “Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia” (Lifetime)

    “Sylvie’s Love” (Prime Video)

    “Uncle Frank” (Prime Video)

    LEAD ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

    Paul Bettany, “WandaVision”

    Hugh Grant, “The Undoing”

    Ewan McGregor, “Halston”

    Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Hamilton”

    Leslie Odom, Jr, “Hamilton”

    LEAD ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

    Michaela Coel, “I May Destroy You”

    Cynthia Erivo, “Genius: Aretha”

    Elizabeth Olsen, “WandaVision”

    Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit”

    Kate Winslet, “Mare Of Easttown”

    SUPPORTING ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

    Thomas Brodie-Sangster, “The Queen’s Gambit”

    Daveed Diggs, “Hamilton”

    Paapa Essiedu, “I May Destroy You”

    Jonathan Groff, “Hamilton”

    Evan Peters, “Mare Of Easttown”

    Anthony Ramos, “Hamilton”

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

    Renee Elise Goldsberry, “Hamilton”

    Kathryn Hahn, “WandaVision”

    Moses Ingram, “The Queen’s Gambit”

    Julianne Nicholson, “Mare Of Easttown”

    Jean Smart, “Mare Of Easttown”

    Phillipa Soo, “Hamilton”

    Top five programs with most overall nominations:

    “The Crown” – 24

    “The Mandalorian” – 24

    “WandaVision” – 23 

    “The Handmaid’s Tale” – 21

    “Saturday Night Live” – 21

    “Ted Lasso” – 20

  • 73rd Emmy Awards returns with live audience, Cedric the Entertainer to host

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Actor Cedric Antonio Kyles, better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, will host the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards as the event returns to a live show this year. Organised by CBS and the Television Academy, the ceremony will be held on September 19, according to a press release.

    This will be the first stint of Cedric the Entertainer, star of hit CBS comedy series “The Neighborhood”, as the Master of Ceremonies for the event. “Since I was a little boy huddled up next to my grandmother, television has always been my reliable friend, so it is an enormous honor for me to host this year’s Emmy Awards,” said Cedric the Entertainer in a statement.

    “Throughout the roller-coaster of a year that we have all lived through, television has helped us stay connected as a society like never before. It not only entertained us, but as it always has, it helped to open our eyes, educate us, and hopefully brought about a better understanding of who we are as a people. I can’t wait to take the stage to celebrate all of the great shows and performances that made us laugh, cry, dance and sing over the past year,” he added.

    In its 2020 edition, Emmy telecast was the first of Hollywood’s major awards ceremonies to have a virtual format amid the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s telecast will return to a live, in-person Emmy Awards Ceremony at the Microsoft Theatre with a limited audience of nominees and their guests.

    Emmy Award-nominated producers Reginald Hudlin and Ian Stewart will executive produce and Hamish Hamilton will direct the telecast for production companies Done+Dusted and Hudlin Entertainment.

    Over the past year, television has united people as a community more than ever, bringing vital information and inspiring entertainment to viewers at a critical time, said Jack Sussman, Executive Vice President, Specials, Music, Live Events and Alternative Programming for CBS. “Now, who better to bring television audiences together to celebrate the industry’s top achievements than our very own King of Comedy, Cedric the Entertainer,” added Sussman.

    Frank Scherma, Chairman and CEO of the Academy, said Cedric the Entertainer has been “a wonderful friend to the Television Academy and our Foundation”.

    “…we are thrilled that he will bring his unique comedic perspective to the Emmy ceremony and telecast that marks our return to celebrating nominees and presenters live and in-person,” added Scherma.

    “We are honored that CBS and the Television Academy have given us the opportunity to produce our fourth Emmys running and, once again, celebrate television’s biggest night with a live audience. We are equally excited to ‘get the band back together,’ for the second time, with the mega-talented Reginald and his crew at Hudlin Entertainment,” said Ian Stewart, Executive Producer and President, Done+Dusted.

    Hudlin said he is very excited to be returning to the Emmys. “Last year, the restrictions of Covid freed me and the awesome talents at Done+ Dusted to do a show that was different than any other award show. We don’t plan on repeating ourselves, but we certainly want to try some new ideas that could only be done on the Emmys,” he added.

    The 2021 Emmys will air on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount Plus.