Post by Admin on Sept 24, 2012 7:12:15 GMT -5
'Homeland' Wins Best Drama Series Emmy, Claire Danes, Damian Lewis Take Home Lead Actor Emmys
President Obama is a fan. Now Showtime's freshman hit Homeland - which revolves around America's ongoing war on terror - can boast a shelf full of Emmys. The series won the Emmy for outstanding drama, snapping Mad Men's wining streak in the category, while Claire Danes and Damian Lewis took home statues for lead actress and actor and series co-creators Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon earned the Emmy for outstanding writing.
Lewis, who plays a Marine sergeant who was turned by Al-Qaeda during eight years of captivity, said: "I don’t really believe in judging art, but I thought I’d show up just in case."
He then asked for a round of applause for his fellow nominees who included Mad Men’s Jon Hamm, who has now been nominated in the category five times without winning.
Danes, who was considered a shoo-in for her searing portrayal of an emotionally unstable CIA officer, complimented Lewis for achieving the "magic trick of turning a villain into someone human, and someone we feel so deeply about." And she called co-star Mandy Patinkin one of the most "beautiful, generous, loving, imaginative actors I’ve ever come across."
Read More: www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emmys-2012-modern-family-aaron-paul-maggie-smith-373199
President Obama is a fan. Now Showtime's freshman hit Homeland - which revolves around America's ongoing war on terror - can boast a shelf full of Emmys. The series won the Emmy for outstanding drama, snapping Mad Men's wining streak in the category, while Claire Danes and Damian Lewis took home statues for lead actress and actor and series co-creators Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon earned the Emmy for outstanding writing.
Lewis, who plays a Marine sergeant who was turned by Al-Qaeda during eight years of captivity, said: "I don’t really believe in judging art, but I thought I’d show up just in case."
He then asked for a round of applause for his fellow nominees who included Mad Men’s Jon Hamm, who has now been nominated in the category five times without winning.
Danes, who was considered a shoo-in for her searing portrayal of an emotionally unstable CIA officer, complimented Lewis for achieving the "magic trick of turning a villain into someone human, and someone we feel so deeply about." And she called co-star Mandy Patinkin one of the most "beautiful, generous, loving, imaginative actors I’ve ever come across."
Read More: www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emmys-2012-modern-family-aaron-paul-maggie-smith-373199