Emmys 2021: Non-binary performers call for end to gendered performance categories

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeYes, welcome to my annual plea for the Emmys to expand some of its key categories to a nice round 10 slots. Perhaps I’m a broken record on this, but hear me out.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVJust before the start of final-round voting for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Variety analyzes the competitive stakes in a dozen key races.Drama Series Of the eight drama series nominees, the majority are Emmy veterans in this race, though admittedly their respective success has varied.

Crying all the happy tears!

Carl Clemons-Hopkins is speaking out about gender.

The nominations for the upcoming 73rd Emmy Awards 2021 were recently announced on Tuesday and they turned out to be special for several reasons. The awards are known to honour the best of Television, including series and shows from streaming platforms.

Golden Globes five times over the past decade. Now, a new poll has suggested that he might have been the new master of the Emmy Awards, but the comedian himself had something to say about it.

Variety chief TV critics Daniel D’Addario and Caroline Framke run through the most interesting and exciting honors.D’Addario: “Game of Thrones” is long gone, but here’s one way its impact is still felt — genre has taken over the Emmys. “The Mandalorian” shares the most-nominated-series distinction (with “The Crown,” which at times can feel like high fantasy in its own way).

Emmys nominations have been unveiled, bringing with them their annual crops of snubs and surprises. Thuso Mbedu in ‘The Underground Railroad’The Crown and The Mandalorian are leading the Emmys race with 24 nominations each.

Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin will be head-to-head at the Emmy Awards after they both were nominated for outstanding lead actress in a drama series. Colman, who plays the Queen, will be up against Corrin, who won critical acclaim for her portrayal of a young Diana, Princess of Wales.

Diversity showed up strong at the Primetime Emmy Nominations this morning with a record 49 non-white nominees recognized in the acting and reality hosting categories, +17% over last year’s diversity record of 42 nominees.

The Amazing Race is back in the Emmy conversation after Covid-related scheduling delays meant it didn’t compete last year.

The 2021 Emmy Awards nominations list was just revealed and so many amazing performers and television shows were honored this year.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNetflix and the expanded world of HBO and HBO Max made it a duel this year in race to gather the most Primetime Emmy nominations overall.Netflix took in a whopping 129 nominations, paced by “The Crown,” which tied with Disney Plus’ “The Mandalorian” as the most-nominated program overall with 24 bids apiece. HBO and HBO Max combined racked up a total of 130 nominations, led by “Lovecraft Country,” the now-canceled HBO period drama.

Pose star Mj Rodriguez has made history after being nominated for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Drama Series at the 2021 Emmys.Rodriguez, who was critically acclaimed for her performance as Blanca Evangelista, is the first transgender woman to be nominated for a lead acting role.The landmark FX series followed New York City’s African-American and Latino LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming drag ball culture scene between the ’80s and late ’90s.

The Emmy Award nominees are finally here! As COVID cases decline, the award ceremony will finally be taking place in September this year. Ahead of the show, the nominees for the TV industry’s most prominent awards have been announced by the Television Academy.

After a very strange 2020 awards season, the 2021 Emmy Awards are broadcasting as usual this September and bringing a sense of normalcy along with them.

Haley Bosselman editorEmmy-winning father-daughter duo Ron Cephas Jones (“This Is Us”) and Jasmine Cephas Jones (“Blindspotting”) are announcing the nominations for this year’s Emmy Awards on Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m.

2 min read A non-binary third gender category other than male or female will be allowed on all US Passports after an announcement by the US Secretary of State today.  In a statement, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the department was moving towards adding a gender marker for non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming persons applying for […]