Recapping last night's Emmys: Who won, who was robbed, and what pissed off viewers?

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 Last night, the rich and fabulous piled into the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles to celebrate a year of hard work on TV shows. Actors and actresses, their better halves, various cast and crew, and the Emmy suits donned their designer duds and smiled their toothy smiles for the cameras.

After everyone got comfortable in their seats, Seth Meyers stood on the stage and did several minutes of comedy, giving shout outs to shows and stars being nominated on this prestigious night. He even made a "Crazy Eyes" reference, which made me "squee" like a school girl (I'm a HUGE "Orange is the New Black" fan).

Major winners at the Emmys were the cast and crews of "Breaking Bad," "Modern Family," and "Sherlock." "Fargo's" cast and crew also grabbed the coveted golden Emmy. Other winners included Kathy Bates for her role on "American Horror Story: Coven," Jessica Lange, for her role on the same show, "Julia Loius Dreyfess" for her role on (another favorite of mine) "Veep," and Sarah Silverman, for her special, "We Are Miracles."

While I don't normally watch these stupid award shows, I only watched to see if "Orange is the New Black" and "The Normal Heart" scored wins for their nominations. While Uzo Aduba won an early award for her role as "Crazy Eyes" on "Orange is the New Black," the show did NOT score anymore wins. I was livid. The show has amazing writing, amazing storyline, and a talented cast. They deserved more wins in my opinion. I was appalled that Laverne Cox did not score a win in her category. She was outstanding on the show, and so was Taylor Schilling.

"The Normal Heart" was a movie that really moved me, and Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, and Jim Parsons did an outstanding job in the HBO film. I wanted badly for those three to win an Emmy for their performances. Their performances moved me to tears. I will say that I was happy that they won an Emmy for Television Movie.

Now for what pissed viewers and myself off. The CEO of the Emmys came onstage and was joined by the lovely Sofia Vergara. The CEO had Vergara stand on a pedestal while the CEO gave his boring speech about the Academy and how the Emmys give viewers something "compelling" to watch.

 

Since the CEO's speech is usually a snoozefest, I guess showing off Vergara's ASSests was one way of keeping the audience and viewers at home interested in what this misogynistic asshole had to say. Way to cut a beautiful woman down to just a sex object. Sure, she didn't say 'no' to going onto the pedestal, but who would say 'no' to the CEO of the Emmys. Oh, I don't know, maybe a woman who wants to be known as more than a sex object. Once the objectification was over, several people voiced their outrage over the extreme sexism that had just occurred. Vergara lashed back at the critics, saying:

"I think its absolutely the opposite. It means that somebody can be hot and also be funny and make fun of herself. I think it’s ridiculous that somebody started this—I know who she was—who has no sense of humor [and should] lighten up a little bit.”

People can make fun of themselves, but not at the expense of their soul.

*breathes*

Okay, now here comes the sad part of any awards show: the In Memoriam sequence. Sarah Bareilles beautifully sang "Smile" while photos of those we've lost played in the background. I can imagine there were no dry eyes in the house. I can tell you that I was a bit teary-eyed myself, especially when it came to the end when a large photo Robin Williams stayed on the screen. Fellow comedian/actor Billy Crystal made an amazing speech about working with his friend, Robin Williams. Williams' death is still fresh in everyone's mind and heart, and as a huge fan of his, I ended up crying, especially when the Emmys played old clips of Williams' stand up routines.

On a more positive note, there were some pretty hilarious moments of the Emmys show. My favorite moment was when Julia-Louis Dreyfuss was on her way to collect her Emmy win for "Veep," and she was stopped by Bryan Cranstan. Cranstan proceeded to give her the tongue-kissing of her life! This turned into a full on lip lock between the two! I could NOT stop laughing!

Also, the handsome Matthew McConaughey was present at the Emmys and of course presenters could not stop themselves from mocking his trademark "Alright, alright, alright already" segway into speeches.
Those of you who are fans of Weird Al Yankovic probably "squee'd" when you saw his performance of popular shows' theme songs. The audience at the Nokia theater roared with laughter. Even though I'm not a fan and I find him rather annoying, I do have to give the man props for creativity. I loved the part when Weird Al gave George R. R. Martin a typewriter and told him to "Write more scripts." Of course Martin was a great sport and began faux typing away. (Man, I wish I could have an old typewriter too!)
If you're a "Game of Thrones" fan, you probably loved the interaction between "King Joffrey" and Lena Headey. I know I loved it! The one comment that got the audience laughing their asses off was this:

“Mother, why don’t you love me like you love Uncle Jaime?”

For those unfamiliar with "Game of Thrones (fuck you if you don't know the show j/k)," Headey's character is in an incestuous relationship with her on screen brother on the show.

Will I watch the Emmys again? It depends on if my favorites are nominated again. You might think that I'm bitter toward those who won big last night, but I am and I'm not. While some amazing actors did deserve their winnings, I do wish OITNB and "The Normal Heart" got more than they did.

.....Hopefully OITNB can win it all next year!