Emmys 2023 live: Succession and The Bear sweep awards as night ends with huge on-stage snog
The Emmys faced delays due to the Hollywood strikes in 2023
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Your support makes all the difference.The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards aired on Monday (15 January) following a four-month delay, with the best talent in television gathering in Los Angeles for a shimmering ceremony.
The annual celebration of the year’s most brilliant TV shows took place half a year after nominations were announced back in July.
The ceremony was originally scheduled for September but was pushed back due to the Hollywood writer and actor strikes that brought the industry to a standstill last year. As such, these awards honoured shows that aired between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2023, meaning it felt a bit like deja vu.
The show with the most nominations was Succession, the fourth and final season of which aired on HBO last year. The drama took home six awards. Fellow HBO dramas The Last of Us and The White Lotus were also heavily nominated, but failed to compete in terms of wins on the night.
Netflix’s limited series Beef and Hulu’s comedy The Bear also saw a raft of big wins at the ceremony.
You can find a full list of all the winners here.
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Fans defend Hannah Waddingham after Laverne Cox mispronounces her name
Social media users have leapt to Hannah Waddingham’s defence after Laverne Cox repeatedly mispronounced the Ted Lasso star’s name on the Emmys red carpet.
Cox was in the midst of hosting a string of red carpet interviews at the television awards show when she introduced her next guest as “Hannah Waddington”.
Waddingham, 49, smoothly corrected her, clapping her hands together and adding with a smile: “Let’s get that right.”
Cox asked her to repeat her name, but then managed to mispronounce the name again in a new way: “Hannah Wattingham.”
Fans on social media were quick to react to the awkward interaction, with one X/Twitter user writing: “Very uncomfortable watching Laverne Cox butcher Hannah Waddingham’s name. First it was ‘Waddington’ and then it was ‘Wattingham’”.
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Jennifer Coolidge thanks ‘all the evil gays'
In her acceptance speech, Coolidge said: “I want to thank all the evil gays,” alluding to her viral line from the show: “These gays, they’re trying to kill me.”
She eventually becomes the first winner to get hurried by Anderson’s mother, who stands up with a big cutout of a clock and shouts: “Baby! Baby! Baby!”
25 years of Sopranos
To celebrate 25 years since the debut of The Sopranos, Anderson brought out cast members Michael Imperioli and Lorraine Bracco.
They present the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, which goes to Jennifer Coolidge for her role in The White Lotus.
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Quinta Brunson wins Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary star Brunson is the second winner to take to the stage.
Brunson burst into tears, being overwhelmed by “the Carol Burnett of it all” (who had just handed her the award).
Ayo Edibiri picks up the first award of the night
The Bear star wins Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, straight off the back of her Golden Globe victory last weekend.
“It’s probably not a dream to come to this country and have your child say ‘I want to do improv,’” she quipped.
Anthony Anderson’s ‘momma’ will be the play-off music
Tonight’s show will have a bit of a twist: Anyone taking too long with their speeches will have host Anthony Anderson’s mum to deal with. “And she’s from the west side of Chicago,” Anderson warns the room.
Who is the green goblin at the Emmys?
A green goblin-like attendee has stolen the show on the red carpet.
While the majority of the celebrity attendees arrived in gowns and jewels, one individual stood out due to her goblin-inspired look of green skin and matching green gown.
The person beneath the make-up has been revealed to be RuPaul’s Drag Race star Princess Poppy.
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Red is the go-to colour on the Emmys red carpet
Suki Waterhouse showed off her take on the awards season trend of red gowns on the 2024 Emmys red carpet.
For the occasion, the actress chose a floor-length gown with a bow and cut-outs, which she paired with a subtle red lip.
You can find all of our live coverage from this year’s Emmys red carpet below.
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The star-studded event is taking place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles
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