WINNER TAKES IT ALL

Elisabeth Moss, a Scientologist, wins for depicting cult Elisabeth Moss took home a top Emmy for depicting a victim of a cult, although in real life she is a member of the controversial Church of Scientology. The 35-year-old, won her first Emmy for a role in The Handmaid’s Tale for best actress in a drama series. The series by ondemand service Hulu — which also won best drama in the television awards — tells of a misogynistic authoritarian regime that establishes control in New England in response to a fertility crisis. Her role has repeatedly drawn attention to her affiliation with Scientology, the faith she shares with actor Tom Cruise. When an internet asked her if Scientology reminded her of Gilead, the controling tyrant in The Handmaid’s Tale, Moss rejected the comparison. “Religious freedom, tolerance, understanding truth and equal rights for every race, religion, are extremely important to me,” she wrote. Sterling K Brown first black to win best actor in 19 years Actor Sterling K Brown created history by becoming the first African American to win the best actor drama Emmy awards in 19 years for his performance as Randall Pearson on NBC’s breakout hit This Is Us. The last African American actor to win Emmys was Andre Braugher in 1998 for his role in Life on the Street. Riz Ahmed, first Muslim, Asian to win an Emmy British Pakistan actor Riz Ahmed spoke about the “systematic issue of inclusion”. He won the outstanding lead actor in a limited series for The Night Of, where he plays, Nasir Khan, the son of a Pakistani cab driver from Queens who becomes a murder suspect.

‘Mr. President, here is your Emmy’: Baldwin wins as Trump Alec Baldwin won an Emmy for his biting impersonation of Donald Trump on Saturday

Night Live and, taking a fresh jab, reminded the President that he never won himself. “I suppose I should say, ‘At long last, Mr. President, here is your Emmy,” Baldwin said from stage, referring to Trump’s frequent complaints that he was never honoured for his reality series Celebrity Apprentice. — AFP

— PTI — AFP Actor Nicole Kidman won the Best lead actress in a limited series or movie for Big Little Lies (Left) TV personality Padma Lakshmi and Pooja Batra (right) attend the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theatre, in Los Angeles, California on...