‘Shogun’ wins 14 Emmys at Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and Jamie Lee Curtis takes home her first

‘Shogun’ wins 14 Emmys at Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and Jamie Lee Curtis takes home her first

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Top nominee “Shogun” won no fewer than 14 prizes on Sunday evening in a near-victory at the Creative Arts Emmy’swhile “The Bear” won seven, including Guest Starring in a Comedy Series for Jamie Lee Curtis.

Hosts chanted “Shogun” all night long at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on the second night of the two-day Creative Arts Emmys, which hand out awards that narrowly missed out on the main ceremony of the Primetime Emmys, which airs Sept. 15 on ABC and is hosted by Dan and Eugene Levy.

“Shogun,” The FX series about political machinations in feudal Japan won 14 of the 16 awards it could have won on Sunday night, including Emmys for costumes, makeup, editing, stunts and cinematography, and an Emmy for outstanding guest actor in a drama series for Néstor Carbonell.

When he accepted the offer, Carbonell thanked the crew and was then surprised at the number of people in the audience.

“You’re all here! You’re all nominated!” Carbonell said. “I love the team sport of this.”

The wins mean Shogun is certain to have the top prize total after the main ceremony on September 15, though the biggest nominations are still to come, including best drama and best actor in a drama for star Hiroyuki Sanada.

Curtis was emotional onstage after winning her first Emmy, 18 months after winning her first Oscar for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

“I’m the luckiest girl in the world,” Curtis said backstage. “I never thought I would get to do work of this level of depth, complexity and intelligence. It’s been the thrill of my creative life for the past few years.”

When asked if she could win a Grammy and a Tony to make it an EGOT, she said no.

“I can’t sing at all,” she said, “and I’ve never been on stage before.”

However, the songwriting team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul became the 20th and 21st members of the elite EGOT club when they won their first Emmy for a song they wrote together for “Only Murders in the Building.” The duo had previously won an Oscar for “La La Land” and a Grammy and Tony for “Dear Evan Hansen.”

Curtis won for the season two episode “Fishes” of “Bear,” in which she played star Jeremy Allen White’s mother during a nightmarish family reunion. Jon Bernthal, who played White’s big brother in the episode, won for best guest actor in a comedy.

Michaela Coel won the award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.”

“Shogun” shook up the Emmy race when it switched from a limited series to a drama series in May, and it lost a lot of Emmys on Sunday as a result.

It won so steadily that the few who had beaten it (it lost only in two music composition categories) felt the need to comment on it.

“I didn’t write a speech because I couldn’t beat ‘Shogun’ tonight,” said Siddhartha Khosa, who won best music composition for a series with “Only Murders in the Building.”

When Eric André was asked only one question in the press room after winning his first Emmy for his performance on his eponymous talk show, he said with mock annoyance: “Sorry, I’m not in Shogun!”

Maya Rudolph and Angela Bassett were among the Creative Arts winners Saturday night, which focused on reality and variety TV. Rudolph won her sixth career Emmy, for her voice-over work on the animated series “Big Mouth.” Bassett won her first, for her narration of the National Geographic wildlife documentary series “Queens.”

Both nights of the show will be edited into a single 2.5-hour show that will air on September 14 on FXX and stream on Hulu the following day.

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