The Emmy awards were held last Monday, which I was again fortunate enough to be at home to enjoy - Hazar! This year was the first time that a big awards ceremony was held remotely due to COVID19 and I have to say that although yes, it wasn't as good as the usual extravaganza of glitz and glamour that we have come to expect from the Emmy's, however given the circumstances it was still really enjoyable and completely watchable. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel who apparently said "I don't know where we will do this or how we will do this or even why we are doing this, but we are doing it and I am hosting it" when he found out that the Emmy's were still going ahead in spite of the worldwide pandemic. And seriously, why shouldn't it go ahead? We need a little bit of celebration and frivolity right now and I always appreciate a good awards ceremony regardless of the format.
Anyway, it was Schitt's Creek's night for sure when they won an incredible and completely deserving nine Emmy's in total and broke the record for the most wins in a single season for a comedy. And having seen almost all of the TV programs that won, I can definitely say that every winner was deserving and I was not surprised to see that Succession and Watchmen blitz the evening as well because they were easily two of my favourite TV programs of the year.
And just in case you missed them, here are the nominations and winners of the 2020 Emmy Awards:
Outstanding comedy series
Anyway, it was Schitt's Creek's night for sure when they won an incredible and completely deserving nine Emmy's in total and broke the record for the most wins in a single season for a comedy. And having seen almost all of the TV programs that won, I can definitely say that every winner was deserving and I was not surprised to see that Succession and Watchmen blitz the evening as well because they were easily two of my favourite TV programs of the year.
And just in case you missed them, here are the nominations and winners of the 2020 Emmy Awards:
Outstanding comedy series
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Dead to Me
- The Good Place
- Insecure
- The Kominsky Method
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- WINNER: Schitt's Creek
- What We Do in the Shadows
- Better Call Saul
- The Crown
- The Handmaid's Tale
- Killing Eve
- The Mandalorian
- Ozark
- Stranger Things
- WINNER: Succession
- Little Fires Everywhere
- Mrs. America
- Unbelievable
- Unorthodox
- WINNER: Watchmen
- Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
- Don Cheadle, Black Monday
- Ted Danson, The Good Place
- Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
- WINNER: Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek
- Ramy Youssef, Ramy
- Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
- Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel
- Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me
- WINNER: Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek
- Issa Rae, Insecure
- Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
- Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- William Jackson Harper, The Good Place
- Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
- Sterling K. Brown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Mahershala Ali, Ramy
- Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
- WINNER: Dan Levy, Schitt's Creek
- Betty Gilpin, GLOW
- D'Arcy Carden, The Good Place
- Yvonne Orji, Insecure
- Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
- Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live
- WINNER: Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek
- Jason Bateman, Ozark
- Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
- Steve Carell, The Morning Show
- Brian Cox, Succession
- Billy Porter, Pose
- WINNER: Jeremy Strong, Succession
- Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
- Olivia Colman, The Crown
- Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
- Laura Linney, Ozark
- Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
- WINNER: Zendaya, Euphoria
- Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
- Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid's Tale
- WINNER: Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
- Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
- Nicholas Braun, Succession
- Kieran Culkin, Succession
- Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
- Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
- Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
- Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
- Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
- Samira Wiley, The Handmaid's Tale
- Fiona Shaw , Killing Eve
- WINNER: Julia Garner, Ozark
- Sarah Snook, Succession
- Thandie Newton, Westworld
- Jeremy Irons, Watchmen
- Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
- Paul Mescal, Normal People
- Jeremy Pope, Hollywood
- WINNER: Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True
- Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
- Shira Haas, Unorthodox
- WINNER: Regina King, Watchmen
- Octavia Spencer, Self Made
- Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere
- Dylan McDermott, Hollywood
- Jim Parsons, Hollywood
- Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
- WINNER: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen
- Jovan Adepo, Watchmen
- Louis Gossett Jr, Watchmen
- Holland Taylor, Hollywood
- WINNER: Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America
- Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
- Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America
- Toni Collette, Unbelievable
- Jean Smart, Watchmen
- The Masked Singer
- Nailed It
- WINNER: RuPaul's Drag Race
- Top Chef
- The Voice
- Daily Show with Trevor Noah
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- A Black Lady Sketch Show
- Drunk History
- WINNER: Saturday Night Live
- American Son
- WINNER: Bad Education
- Dolly Parton's Heartstrings: These Old Bones
- El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
- WINNER: Daniel Levy, Schitt's Creek
- David West Read, Schitt's Creek
- Michael Schur, The Good Place
- Tony McNamara, The Great
- Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil, What We Do In The Shadows
- Paul Simms, What We Do In The Shadows
- Stefani Robinson, What We Do In The Shadows
- Thomas Schnauz, Better Call Saul
- Thomas Schnauz,
- Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul
- Peter Morgan, The Crown
- Chris Mundy, Ozark
- John Shiban, Ozark
- Miki Johnso, Ozark
- WINNER: Jesse Armstrong, Succession
- Tanya Barfield, Mrs. America
- Sally Rooney and Alice Birch, Normal People
- Susannah Grant, Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon, Unbelievable
- Anna Winger, Unorthodox
- WINNER: Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, Watchmen
- Matt Shakman, The Great
- Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Daniel Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Gail Mancuso, Modern Family • Finale Part 2
- Ramy Youssef, Ramy
- WINNER: Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy, Schitt's Creek
- James Burrows, Will & Grace
- Benjamin Caron, The Crown
- Jessica Hobbs, The Crown
- Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland
- Mimi Leder, The Morning Show Mimi Leder,
- Alik Sakharov, Ozark
- Ben Semanoff, Ozark
- WINNER: Andrij Parekh, Succession
- Mark Mylod, Succession
- Lynn Shelton, Little Fires Everywhere
- Lenny Abrahamson, Normal People
- WINNER: Maria Schrader, Unorthodox
- Nicole Kassell, Watchmen
- Steph Green, Watchmen
- Stephen Williams, Watchmen
ENOLA HOLMES
Release Date: 2020
Rating: M
Running Time: 123 mins
A crime/mystery period film based on the first book in the series of the same name by Nancy Springer which focuses on the adventures of Enola Holmes, teenage sister of already famous crime investigator Sherlock Holmes. Enola Holmes was distributed by Netflix streaming services when they acquired the rights for distribution from Warner Bros. because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Raised to be carefree and headstrong by her free spirited mother, teenager Enola Holmes becomes distressed when her mother goes missing in the middle of the night without explanation. An attempt to enlist the help of her two older brothers Sherlock and Mycroft proves disastrous, so Enola takes matters into her own hands and sets off to discover what happened to her mother for herself.
I cannot deny that Millie Bobby Brown breathes some much needed fresh air into Baker Street with her effervescent and energic portrayal of Enola and she is definitely what makes this movie so delightful and enjoyable. She is however extremely well supported by Henry Cavill as Sherlock, Sam Claflin as Mycroft and Helena Bonham Carter as the mother of them all Eudoria Holmes.
There is an infectious and intoxicating teenage energy to this movie that I really loved and I do hope that we will get to see further instalments of this series in the future.
FINAL SAY: Sometimes you must dangle your feet in the water in order to attract the sharks.
3.5 Chilli Peppers
Release Date: 2020
Rating: M
Running Time: 123 mins
A crime/mystery period film based on the first book in the series of the same name by Nancy Springer which focuses on the adventures of Enola Holmes, teenage sister of already famous crime investigator Sherlock Holmes. Enola Holmes was distributed by Netflix streaming services when they acquired the rights for distribution from Warner Bros. because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Raised to be carefree and headstrong by her free spirited mother, teenager Enola Holmes becomes distressed when her mother goes missing in the middle of the night without explanation. An attempt to enlist the help of her two older brothers Sherlock and Mycroft proves disastrous, so Enola takes matters into her own hands and sets off to discover what happened to her mother for herself.
I cannot deny that Millie Bobby Brown breathes some much needed fresh air into Baker Street with her effervescent and energic portrayal of Enola and she is definitely what makes this movie so delightful and enjoyable. She is however extremely well supported by Henry Cavill as Sherlock, Sam Claflin as Mycroft and Helena Bonham Carter as the mother of them all Eudoria Holmes.
There is an infectious and intoxicating teenage energy to this movie that I really loved and I do hope that we will get to see further instalments of this series in the future.
FINAL SAY: Sometimes you must dangle your feet in the water in order to attract the sharks.
3.5 Chilli Peppers
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