The nominations for the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced yesterday.
Several things were notable by their absence. Cold Case, Kathryn and KM UK. Of course, only two of those things were ever actually eligible for an Emmy, and just one of them was ever nominated. Cold Case was up for an “Art Direction” trophy for Factory Girls (S02E02) back in 2005.
But we’re not bitter. Oh, no 😕
The 2014 nominations for the awards ceremony to be held in late August include a lot of British actors and shows, Downton Abbey being probably the best known around the world. Comedian Ricky Gervais’ is listed for his work in the often very moving comedy drama Derek. Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith and Joanne Froggatt (all of Downton Abbey); Chiwetel Ejiofor (Dancing On The Edge), Diana Rigg (Game Of Thrones), Martin Freeman (Fargo and Sherlock), Helena Bonham Carter (Burton And Taylor), Idris Elba (Luther), Daniel Craig (One Life), Alfred Molina (The Normal Heart), Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance), Jeremy Irons (Game Of Lions), Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes), and Minnie Driver (Return To Zero) all gets nods. As do the shows Luther, The White Queen, Sherlock Holmes and Downton Abbey.
As we often struggle to win things directly here in the UK (see the results in the recent World Cup and Wimbledon) we like to try and latch onto any success we can by association. There are lots of connections with the United Kingdom throughout the Emmy nominations list this year. As covered in some depth here on KM UK recently Veep has a lot of British input. Game Of Thrones is largely filmed with the Northern Ireland. Episodes is a UK/USA co-production mostly filmed in England. House Of Cards is based on a British drama series and we’ve half adopted its star Kevin Spacey as he’s been here a few years running the Old Vic theatre in London. Dancing With The Stars, Antiques Roadshow and Who Do You Think You Are? we’ll claim too as they are exported BBC properties.
Looking down the full list of nominations I’m surprised to see multiple awards shows (Golden Globes and Tonys) up for awards. Isn’t there a danger that awards shows giving other awards shows award will cause some rift in the space-time continuum and cause a blackhole or something 😮 It just sounds like a bad idea.
No doubt you have your own thoughts on the 2014 Primatime Emmy Awards nominations. Good, bad, indifferent?
Where was I? Oh, yes. Back in September of 2004 Kathryn attended the Primetime Emmy Awards. We’ve covered it before here on KM UK, and we will do again, but for now but yesterday’s announcements seemed like very good excuse (not that we need one really) to revisit this event and bring you 30, yes thirty, extra photos of Kathryn arriving at the event. She looks amazing in her long red dress.
I’d like draw your attention in particular to the image in the top right of this post. It was kindly donate to KM UK by our friend Alexia over at Emilia Fox Online. Many thanks to her. It’s a nice large image, which is nice, and large.
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