&#;The Jinx&#; Director Reads Email From Robert Durst, Talks Followup To HBO Series – Creative Arts Emmys
HBO&#;s controversial The Jinx: The Life And Deaths of Robert Durst just won a big show of support from the TV Academy, nabbing the Emmy for best documentary or nonfiction series tonight. It beat out PBS&#; three much less radioactive American Masters,Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies and The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, as well as CNN&#;s The Sixties.
Accepting the award, Jinx director Andrew Jarecki read an email sent by Durst in which he said, ‘I’m going to watch Episode 6 and then decide if I’m going to Cuba.’ “He didn’t go because he was arrested and that’s testament to the power of television,” Jarecki said. He gave thanks to his wife for overcoming her better judgment to allow him to “intentionally antagonize a triple homicide suspect.”
The Jinxgained widespread exposure when subject Robert Durst was arrested on first-degree murder charges the day before the finale aired on the docu, in which the son of a New York real estate mogul and suspect in three notorious murder cases
The 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony was a night full of TV glitz and firsts as Jon Hamm, Viola Davis, "Game of Thrones" and "Veep" took home honors at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Some of the biggest awards went to HBO shows: "Game of Thrones" nabbed Outstanding Drama Series, and "Veep" scooped up the Comedy Series win, breaking the "Modern Family" streak at the Emmys. The producers for "Game of Thrones, who accepted the night's final prize, thanked HBO for "believing in dragons."
HBO's "Veep" scored two awards early on in the show -- including one for writing and a Supporting Actor win for Tony Hale. Later, Julia Louis-Dreyfus took home an acting honor for the political comedy series.
"This is just mind-blowing," said the former "Seinfeld" star about her fourth straight win. She also managed to toss in a joke, claiming to quote the "Veep" script when she said, "What a great honor it must be for you to honor me tonight," before adding that Donald Trump actually said that. "It's getting trickier and trickier to satirize this stuff," she quipped.
"Veep" and "Game of Thrones" weren't the only big winners Sunday night. Amazon's "Transparent" won a couple o
Who is Allen Leech?
Irish actor Allen Leech was born under the zodiac sign Taurus in Killney, County Dublin, Ireland on 18 May He has 37 acting credits, and is perhaps known best for portraying John Cairncross in the critically acclaimed biographical thriller movie “The Imitation Game”, which starred Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew Goode and Keira Knightley, and was directed by Morten Tyldum. It follows British mathematical genius Alan Turing as he’s cracking the German Enigma code during World War II, and the movie won 49 of its award nominations, including an Oscar win for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
Allen’s currently shooting for the upcoming movie “You Can’t Run Forever”, and the series “The Vanishing Triangle”.
Education and early life
Allen was raised in Killney alongside his sister Alli and brothers Simon and Greg, by their mother Key and father David Leech; his mother was a housewife and his father the CEO of a computer systems company.
Allen studied at the voluntary Catholic boys’ elementary school St Michael’s College, and fell in love with acting aged 11, when cast to appear in the school’s production of “The Wizard of Oz”, portraying The Cowardly Lion; Al
Primetime Emmy Awards Winners
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The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards took place on the evening of September 20 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Game of Thrones, Veep, and Olive Kitteridge were the big winners of the night. Check out the full list below.
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Television Movie
Outstanding Limited Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Lim
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