LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Severance” and “The Studio” may usher in a boatload of early Emmys this weekend.
Over the following two days, practically 100 trophies will likely be handed out to lots of TV’s best on the Artistic Arts Emmy Awards, the annual precursor to the primary Primetime Emmy Awards, which is able to air on Sept. 14 on CBS.
“Severance,” the highest general nominee this 12 months with 27, may win as many as 13 for Apple TV+ on Saturday, which will likely be dedicated to scripted exhibits whereas Sunday is devoted to selection and actuality TV. “The Studio,” additionally from Apple, is the highest comedy nominee with 23, and will usher in as many as 12 this weekend.
The Artistic Arts Emmys principally go to technical and craft nominees who’ve little identify recognition outdoors their subject. Classes embody finest sci-fi or interval hairstyles and finest stunt coordination for a comedy.
However massive stars and large moments additionally emerge. Final 12 months, “Shogun” broke a document for many Emmys for a collection in a season with 14 on the Artistic Arts ceremony, earlier than it went on to dominate the primary ceremony. And the songwriting workforce of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul sneakily joined the elite EGOT membership after they received their first Emmy to go together with their Oscar, Tony and Grammy trophies for a track they co-wrote for “Only Murders in the Building.”
The all the time star-studded visitor appearing classes will likely be handed out on Saturday. The visitors who performed themselves on “The Studio,” the Hollywood satire starring and cocreated by Seth Rogen, make for an A-list set of nominees. Administrators Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese are up for his or her first appearing Emmys, they usually’ll be competing with fellow “Studio” visitors Anthony Mackie and Bryan Cranston for visitor actor in a drama.
One of the best visitor actress in a comedy class contains Oscar winners Jamie Lee Curtis and Olivia Colman, each up for his or her roles on “The Bear.”
And on Sunday, Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé are each nominated for soccer halftime exhibits, whereas Barack Obama’s competitors for his second Emmy within the narration class contains Tom Hanks and Idris Elba.
The massive names do not all the time present as much as declare their Emmys at these ceremonies, however many nominees this 12 months are additionally presenters, together with Howard, Curtis, Questlove and Maya Rudolph.
Due to the abundance of extra technical awards together with prosthetics and visible results, the Artistic Arts Emmys are sometimes a time for style exhibits to shine. “The Penguin” and “The Last of Us” may simply accumulate a set of wins for HBO and streaming accomplice Max, which led all shops this 12 months with 142 general nominations.
So may “Andor” the gritty, revolutionary “Star Wars” collection that may be a uncommon Emmy brilliant spot for Disney+. Snubbed within the appearing classes, 11 of its 14 classes will likely be handed out Saturday. They embody finest character voice-over for Alan Tudyk, who offered the bluntly sincere dialogue of the droid Okay-2SO.
Tudyk’s class exhibits the unusual vary of nominees the Artistic Arts ceremony can carry. His voice-over opponents embody Julie Andrews for “Bridgerton,” Hank Azaria for “The Simpsons,” and Rudolph for “Big Mouth.”
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