‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Sets Record for Most Emmy Losses in a Season

Clayton Davis History was made last Oscar season, with two women getting nominated for best director, yet the upcoming awards race doesn’t have the depth of female voices we would hope for following such a banner year — at least in terms of what the Academy typically chooses.

Clayton Davis France has been a supreme force in the Oscars’ international feature race for decades. This year, three acclaimed films from women directors — Céline Sciamma, Audrey Diwan and Julia Ducournau — are believed to be at the top of the list to represent the country for the upcoming 94th ceremony, set to take place on March 27.

Contenders London, Deadline’s annual awards-season kickoff that is gearing up for its hybrid in-person/virtual edition this weekend, has finalized its lineup of panelists for this year’s showcase, which will put the spotlight on 19 of the year’s buzziest films and their filmmakers, actors and below-the-line talent for BAFTA, AMPAS and guild voters.

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Clayton Davis At Sunday’s Emmy Awards ceremony, the mood may have been #EmmysSoWhite, but the dearth of non-white winners this year is not the only critical issue the Television Academy needs to address.All award shows are at a crossroads. Viewership is declining, the wants and needs of consumers are not being heard nor understood by the industry, and the push for diversity is still met with hostility and an ignorant interpretation in some quarters in Hollywood.

The Handmaid’s Tale set a new record during the Emmys 2021, although it’s perhaps not in the way they expected or hoped.The show was nominated in 21 categories across the Creative Arts and Primetime Emmys ceremonies, but lost all of its awards – breaking the record for the most losses in a single year.This beats the record set by Mad Men, which lost all of its 17 nominations back in 2012.

Emmy losses ever at the  73rd Annual Primetime Awards on Sunday - despite being the third most nominated. The Hulu series gained 21 nominations for season four of the show, and while the show has won 15 times in the past, this year they failed to scoop a single gong.

Hulu’s "The Handmaid’s Tale" went into Sunday night’s Primetime Emmy Awards with 21 nominations, coming in third behind "The Crown," which had 24 noms, and "WandaVision" with 23. But after last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys and Sunday night’s ceremony, the 15-time Emmy winner came out zero for 21, setting a record for most Emmy losses in a single year.

Sunday night’s 73rd annual Emmys at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, bringing his statuette total to 11 since 2016 — the most for any black performer in history and all of which he earned with the competition show.The drag entertainer took home the awards for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program; Outstanding Competition Program; and Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program — categories in which he’s been lauded time and again.The event saw the 60-year-old icon’s 16th total

Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale went into Sunday night’s Primetime Emmy Awards with 21 nominations, coming in third behind The Crown, which had 24 noms and WandaVision with 23. But after last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys and Sunday night’s ceremony, the 15-time Emmy winner came out zero for 21, setting a record for most Emmy losses in a single year.

Clayton Davis The Primetime Emmy Awards were unable to capitalize on its historic and diverse nomination fields, with all major acting trophies going to white actors.Actors that were seen as solid contenders included Billy Porter and Mj Rodriguez (“Pose”), the late Michael K.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix has won more Emmys than any other network or platform for the first time ever, with the streaming giant nabbing 44 awards total in 2021.Not only did Netflix take home the most Emmys for the year, but it did so while winning more than double the total number of awards of its nearest competition. HBO and HBO Max, by comparison, won 19 awards in total.

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorRuPaul continues to make history. With 11 wins, the host and producer broke the record for the most Emmy wins by a person of color as “RuPaul’s Drag Race” was named outstanding competition program on Sunday night.

RuPaul has once again made history. The  host earned his 11th Emmy win during Sunday's 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, taking home the statuette for Outstanding Competition Program.

Clayton Davis Oscars voters have always loved seeing actors whose startling physical transformations come after countless hours in the makeup chair.After Renée Zellweger (“Judy”), Marion Cotillard (“La Vie en Rose”) and Charlize Theron (“Monster”) won Oscars for their impressively-altered looks, Jessica Chastain could be on a similar path for her role as the media-loving televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in Michael Showalter’s “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.” Following a world bow at the Toronto