Barack Obama, Michelle Obama Score Separate Emmy Nominations. But Will They Compete Head To Head?
12.07.2023 - 22:53
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The former First Couple are back in Emmy contention.
Ex-President Obama earned a nomination this morning as Outstanding Narrator for his work on the Netflix documentary series Working: What We Do All Day. The 44th president is the defending champion in that category, after winning in 2022 for narrating the Netflix series Our Great National Parks.
Michelle Obama scored an Emmy nomination of her own as executive producer of The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama & Oprah Winfrey. Recognition for that Netflix project comes in the category Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special. Oprah is nominated for hosting the show. Helping to keep the peace in the Obama household, the former president and first lady won’t be going head to head for Emmys.
The Obamas are no stranger to entertainment industry awards. Michelle Obama has won two Childrens and Family Emmy Awards. And she previously won a Grammy for narrating the audio version of her memoir, Becoming. Barack Obama, meanwhile, has won a couple of Grammy Awards. They are each halfway toward earning coveted EGOT status.
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The Obamas also were involved in the 2019 Oscar-winning documentary American Factory, but as executive producers they were not nominated themselves (the Best Documentary Feature Oscar goes not to EPs but to directors and producers). The film was produced by Higher Ground, their Netflix-based production company.
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The four-part Working: What We Do All Day finds the former president interacting with working people from a variety of walks of life, from those in service jobs to corporate types. “This docuseries explores the meaning
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