Emmys: the winners, the losers, the red carpet outfits – live | Emmys

A quick reminder here of who is fighting it out for the big prizes with just 10 minutes until the show starts (rumours suggest best supporting actress in a comedy will be first)

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There are going to be some cast reunions at tonight’s Emmys to help celebrate its 75th anniversary, which will bring together stars from shows such as Cheers, Ally McBeal, Martin, The Sopranos and Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. The latter is essentially just an excuse to bring Amy Poehler and Tina Fey to the stage – which is never a bad thing. Remember this?

The Bear star has been grabbing the internet’s attention in recent times in a Calvin Klein ad campaign, while his red carpet look at the Golden Globes featured a sheer shirt under a suit. Tonight, from the bow tie to the cream tux, Jeremy Allen White seems to be serving up a more traditional Hollywood menswear look.

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One of tonight’s success stories is sure to be the second season of The White Lotus with 12 nominations (the last season picked up a ton). News is coming out thick and fast for season three, including this rather exciting cast update at the start of the month:

As Shiv Roy she wore an awful many shades of what is often called “neutrals”, from oyster grey to cappuccino brown to cream, cream and more cream, and so it is understandable that Sarah Snook would decide to go for one of the strongest colours dominating red carpets this years. This red Vivienne Westwood dress is a brilliantly bold choice.

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Important Succession news from earlier today:

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Apparently this is Princess Poppy from RuPaul’s Drag Race (nominated for best competition program) wearing one of the most … striking outfits of the evening.

She wore cut-out tops and cat-eye sunglasses to seduce at the Sicilian resort where The White Lotus is set, but tonight Simona Tabasco is dressed as a bouquet, of sorts, complete with dahlias, violets and the odd kitten peeping out. It’s a look that is feminine, floral and intriguing.

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Last night saw the Critics Choice awards which, like the Globes before them, handed out the main TV trophies to Succession and The Bear. Here’s a closer look at who won what:

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One of the big changes to this year’s show: the end of the variety sketch and variety talk categories, which have been dominated for the better part of a decade by Saturday Night Live and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, respectively. Instead, the TV Academy has created two new categories: best talk series, for shows with “unscripted interviews or panel discussions between a host/hosts and guest celebrities or personalities”, and scripted variety series, for “programs that are primarily scripted or feature loosely scripted improv and consist of discrete scenes, musical numbers, monologues, comedy standups, sketches, etc”.

This solves two problems: the dominance of Last Week Tonight over its nightly late show peers, which will now compete without it, and the shrinking of the variety sketch competitors – SNL triumphed over only A Black Lady Sketch Show in 2022. But it also pits two very different styles – Oliver’s chagrined, morally concerned deep dives and SNL’s celebrity antics – against each other, with no clear sense (yet) of how to value one’s achievement over the other. (Although if we’re judging on writing and wit … John Oliver should get his eighth consecutive Emmy.)

Loewe, with the help of some of TV and film’s most stylish women, is quietly dominating red carpets so far this year. This look on Aubrey Plaza follows several others, from Greta Lee at the Golden Globes in a similarly subtle yellow number to Past Lives director Celine Song, also in a Loewe look complete with an elegantly enormous knitting needle.

Plaza is tonight nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for her role as Harper in The White Lotus. Her character was all about stealth wealth – from Sandro basics to striped linen shirts. I would wager this look might be a little too fashion-forward for her tastes.

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The Bear star Ayo Edebiri’s bit as Jenny the donkey from The Banshees of Inisherin is the gift that keeps on giving – after the internet jokingly grouped her with Irish actors Andrew Scott, Barry Keoghan and Paul Mescal, she shouted out Ireland on the red carpet.

Nominated for outstanding lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie for Beef, Ali Wong has gone from a floral Givenchy gown at last night’s Critics Choice awards to a dress tonight that pairs delicate florals with silver sequins and a sheer neckline. Add to that a pair of shoulder-length chandelier earrings. It is a clash in the way that salt and vinegar crisps and a chocolate bar are a clash – in other words, it really works.

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Because there are just so so so many Emmys to be handed out and because tonight’s three-hour telecast also needs time for montages, last weekend saw a separate Creative Arts Emmys. Here were some of the more prominent wins:

Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series: Sam Richardson, Ted Lasso

Outstanding guest actress in a comedy series: Judith Light, Poker Face

Outstanding actor in a short form comedy or drama series: Tim Robinson, I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson

Outstanding guest actress in a drama series: Storm Reid, The Last of Us

Outstanding guest actor in a drama series: Nick Offerman, The Last of Us

Outstanding television movie: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Outstanding short form comedy, drama or variety series: I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson

Outstanding narrator: Barack Obama, Working: What We Do All Day

Outstanding unstructured reality program: Welcome to Wrexham

Outstanding structured reality program: Queer Eye

Outstanding game show: Jeopardy!

Outstanding host for a game show: Keke Palmer, Password

Outstanding animated program: The Simpsons

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So while Anthony Anderson hasn’t technically hosted the Emmys before, in 2019 when there was no host, he stepped in for this bit, a hint of what we might expect tonight (probably without the help of Homer Simpson):

Nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for The Bear, Ayo Edebiri here continues her run of stellar red carpet dressing. Anything but formulaic, she clearly enjoys dressing up for the occasion(s), pinballing between moods, designers and vibes.

Just last night, at the Critics Choice awards, she drew on menswear in an all-white suit and T-shirt from The Row. The look felt quite 80s and not at all kitchen-appropriate. Tonight’s look is Matrix meets Portuguese man o’ war jellyfish. Plus, crucially, it is practical – it would be easy to dust off the crisp dust after rustling up a Boursin omelette.

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Tonight’s host is 10-time Emmy nominee Anthony Anderson, best known for his role in Black-ish. He’s teased that some famous friends will be joining him throughout the night as well as his mother, whom he has collaborated with before (the pair are currently hosting the game show We Are Family).

Anderson might not have hosted the Emmys before but he’s been the emcee of other awards shows such as the NAACP Image awards. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Anderson hinted at a celebratory tone “paying homage” to 75 years of the Emmys but he also isn’t afraid of taking the odd jab.

… that’s what being a host of one of these shows is about – taking jabs at your friends, taking jabs at other actors and television shows … I will poke fun at people that are sitting in the audience, but it will be nothing personal. It will be all light humor to keep the show moving along and a smile on everyone’s face.

This elegant pink bejewelled gown is a far cry from the T-shirt that read “You Can Go Home Now” that Claire Danes wore as Rachel in Fleishman Is in Trouble, the television miniseries created by Taffy Brodesser-Akner based on her 2019 novel of the same name, for which Danes is nominated. Between the softly shaped hair and the bling, this look is pure glamour.