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Game of Thrones triumphs in Emmy win

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In a year of change for the Emmys, Breaking Bad is out of competition while Modern Family has lost its Comedy Series crown. There’s been a long overdue win for Mad Men’s Jon Hamm but the clear winners are fantasy epic Game of Thrones and political comedy Veep.

Drama

Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Mad Men
Orange is the New Black

Actor in a Drama

Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Kyle Chandler – Bloodline
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan

Supporting Actor in a Drama

Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul
Ben Mendelsohn – Bloodline
Jim Carter – Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly – House of Cards
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife

Lead Actress in a Drama

Taraji P Henson – Empire
Claire Danes – Homeland
Robin Wright – House of Cards
Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder
Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black

Supporting Actress in a Drama

Joanna Froggatt – Downton Abbey
Lena Headey – Game of Thrones
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black

Writing For a Drama Series

The Americans – Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep – Joshua Brand
Better Call Saul – Five-O – Gordon Smith
Game of Thrones – Mother’s Mercy – David Bennioff, DB Weiss
Mad Men – Lost Horizon – Sam Chellas, Matthew Weiner
Mad Men – Person to Person – Matthew Weiner

Directing For a Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire – Eldorado – Tim Van Patten
Game of Thrones – Mother’s Mercy – David Nutter
Game of Thrones – Unbowed, Unbroken, Unbent – Jeremy Podeswa
Homeland – From A to B and Back Again – Lesli Linka Glatter
The Knick – Method and Madness – Steven Soderbergh

Comedy Series

Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Lead Actor in a Comedy

Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Will Forte – The Last Man on Earth
Louis CK – Louie
William H Macy – Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

Lead Actress in a Comedy

Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback
Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie
Amy Schumer – Inside Amy Schumer
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
Julia Louis Dreyfus – Veep

Supporting Actor in a Comedy

Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver – Girls
Keegan Michael Key – Key & Peele
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Titus Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale – Veep

Supporting Actress in a Comedy

Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory
Niecy Nash – Getting On
Julie Bowen – Modern Family
Allison Janney – Mom
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Gaby Hoffman – Transparent
Anna Chlumsky – Veep

Writing For a Comedy Series

Episodes – Episode 409 – David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik
The Last Man on Earth – Alice in Tuscon – Will Forte
Louie – Bobby’s House – Louis CK
Silicon Valley – Two Days of the Condor – Alec Berg
Transparent – Pilot – Jill Soloway
Veep – Election Night – Armando Ianucci, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche

Directing For a Comedy Series

The Last Man on Earth – Pilot – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Louie – Sleepover – Louis CK
Silicon Valley – Sand Hill Shuffle – Mike Judge
Transparent – Best New Girl – Jill Soloway
Veep – Testimony – Armando Ianucci

TV Movie

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Poirot’s Last Case
Bessie
Grace of Monaco
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Killing Jesus
Nightingale

Miniseries

American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
The Honourable Woman
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall

Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Timothy Hutton – American Crime
Ricky Gervais – Derek
Adrien Brody – Houdini
David Oyelowo – Nightingale
Richard Jenkins – Olive Kitteridge
Mark Rylance – Wolf Hall

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Felicity Huffman – American Crime
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Queen Latifah – Bessie
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Honourable Woman
Frances McDormand – Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Richard Cabral – American Crime
Denis O’Hare – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Finn Wittrock – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Michael Kenneth Williams – Bessie
Bill Murray – Olive Kitteridge
Damian Lewis – Wolf Hall

Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Regina King – American Crime
Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Coven
Angela Bassett – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Mo’Nique – Bessie
Zoe Kazan – Olive Kitteridge

Writing for a Miniseries or Movie

American Crime – Episode One – John Ridley
Bessie – Bessie – Horton Foote, Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois
Hello Ladies – Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupmitsky, Lee Eisenberg
The Honourable Woman – Hugo Blick
Oliver Kitteridge – Jane Anderson
Wolf Hall – Peter Straughan

Directing for a Miniseries or Movie

American Horror Story: Freak Show – Ryan Murphy
Bessie – Dee Rees
The Honourable Woman – Hugo Blick
Houdini – Uli Edel
The Missing – Tom Shankland
Oliver Kitteridge – Lisa Cholodenko
Wolf Hall – Peter Kosminsky

Awards special with BAFTA Rising Star and PGoA nominations

The PGoA, or Producers Guild of America, aren’t the most mainstream of Award Ceremonies but they often give us a sneak peek at what’s going to make it big at the Oscars and BAFTAs. The nominated entries were:

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:

American HustleProducers: Megan Ellison, Jon Gordon, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle – Director: David O’Russell

Blue Jasmine – Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum – Woody Allen

Captain Phillips – Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin – Paul Greengrass

Dallas Buyers Club – Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter – Jean Marc Vallee

Gravity – Alfonso Cuaron, David Heyman – Alfonso Cauron

Her – Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay – Spike Jonze

Nebraska – Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa – Alexander Payne

Saving Mr Banks – Ian Collie, Alison Owen, Philip Steuer – John Lee Hancock

12 Years a Slave – Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner – Steve McQueen

The Wolf of Wall Street – Riza Aziz, Emma Koskoff, Joey McFarland – Martin Scorsese

Outstanding Producer of an Animated Theatrical Motion Picture:

The Croods –  Kristine Belson, Jane Hartwell – Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders

Despicable Me 2 – Janet Healy, Chris Meledandri – Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud

Epic – Jerry Davis, Lori Forte – Chris Wedge

Frozen – Peter Del Vecho – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Monsters University – Kori Rae – Dan Scanlon

Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:

A Place at the Table – Julie Goldman, Ryan Harrington, Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush – Kristi Jacobsen, Lori Silverbush

Far Out Isn’t Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story – Brad Bernstein, Rick Cikowski – Brad Bernstein

Life According to Sam – Andrea Nix Fine, Sean Fine, Miriam Weintraub – Sean Fine, Andrea Nix

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks – Alexis Bloom, Alex Gibney, Marc Shmuger – Alex Gibney

Which Way Is The Front Line From Here?  The Life And Time Of Tim Hetherington – James Brabazon, Nick Quested – Sebastian Junger

If you really want the TV results than I’ll skip over them quickly. In the mini-series and TV movies category, the nominees were American Horror Story: Asylum, Behind the Candelabra, Killing Kennedy, Phil Spector and Top of the Lake. The Norman Felton Award for episodic drama was spearheaded by Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Homeland and House of Cards while the Danny Thomas Award for episodic comedy nominations of 2014 featured 30 Rock, Arrested Development, The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family and Veep.

The only other scrap of news from today would be the confirmation of BAFTA’s Rising Star nominees. The award, now sponsored by EE, has had previous winners such as James McAvoy, Shia LaBeouf, Eva Green, Kristen Stewart and Tom Hardy while unlucky nominees have included Jesse Eisenberg, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Chris O’Dowd, Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Olsen, Rachel McAdams, Michelle Williams, Emily Blunt, Naomie Harris, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, Sienna Miller, Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Rebecca Hall, Gemma Arteton, Adnrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Carey Mulligan, Suraj Sharma, Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Andrea Riseborough so we can expect big things from this year’s lot.

Lupita Nyong’o is one of the breakout stars of harrowing Oscar favourite 12 Years a Slave who’s picked up a Rising Star nom but I’m afraid that this means she won’t be in consideration for Best Supporting Actress at the BAFTAs. Lea Seydoux is a French actress who took the lead role in Palme D’Or winner Blue is the Warmest Colour which’ll certainly pick up Best Foreign Language Film. George MacKay is one of the busiest young British actors of the moment after bringing out lead roles in Sunshine on Leith, For Those in Peril and How I Live Now all on the same day, October 4th. Will Poulter has moved on from Son of Rambo and being the best thing in the third Narnia film to producing hits with successful comedies Wild Bill and We’re the Millers. Dane DeHaan is ready-made box office material after proving himself as one to watch with Chronicle, Lincoln, Kill Your Darlings, Lawless and The Place Beyond the Pines as well as landing the huge role of Harry Osborn in this year’s superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

The rest of this year’s BAFTA nominees will be announced this Wednesday so expect full coverage from Tuorhoth Movies. By for now!