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. drama MAD MEN and comedy newcomer MODERN FAMILY were the toast o f the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night (29Aug10), winning the e vening’s top honours.
Mad Men’s win for best drama series marked the third consecutive time t he 1960s hit took the prize, seeing off competition this year (10) from B reaking Bad, Dexter, The Good Wife, Lost and blood-sucking vampire series True Blood.
Best comedy series winner Modern Family topped Curb Your Enthusiasm, Nu rse Jackie, The Office, 30 Rock and Glee for its big win
. The show’s Eric Stonestreet took home the night’s first prize, for best supporting actor in a comedy, while the hit also won best writing in a comedy series.
Musical comedy Glee started the evening as the most-nominated series af ter landing an impressive 19 nods, but the show failed to make a clean sw eep - supporting actress Jane Lynch and director/co-creator Ryan Murphy w alked away with wins while Glee star Lea Michele lost out on the best lea ding actress in a comedy to Nurse Jackie’s Edie Falco.
Hollywood stars took over a portion of the evening, as Claire Danes acc epted the prize for best leading actress for her role in TV movie Temple Grandin, which also won the best made for television movie award and saw supporting actors Julia Ormond and David Strathairn take home prizes.
Meanwhile, Al Pacino’s You Don’t Know Jack scored two Emmys, for lead a ctor and writing, while Tom Hank’s The Pacific won for best mini-series.
The Closer star Kyra Sedgwick was a winner for best leading actress in a drama series, seeing off competition from The Good Wife’s leading lady Julianna Margulies
. She took to the stage fresh from her defeat to presen t former ER co-star George Clooney with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, to honour his use of television to help good causes.
Clooney used his speech to urge the media to put the plights of disaste r victims on the front pages instead of headline-grabbing celebrities, te lling the star-studded crowd: "It’s important to remember how much good c an get done because we live in such strange times where bad behaviours su ck up all the attention in the press and the people who really need the s potlight, the Haitians, the Sudanese, the people in the Gulf Coast..
. Pak istan, they can’t get any (press)." This year’s show, hosted by comedian Jimmy Fallon, was opened with a ro cking performance from the Glee cast and comediennes Tina Fey and Betty W hite, as the group took to the stage for a song and dance rendition of Br uce Springsteen’s Born to Run.
Meanwhile, the spectacular ceremony was marked by an emotional in memor iam tribute by singer Jewel, who took the stage to play an acoustic versi on of an unrecorded song she dedicated to a friend who recently died of c ancer.
The full list of the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Award winners is as fol lows: Outstanding drama series: Mad Men Outstanding comedy series: Modern Family Outstanding mini-series: The Pacific Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Th eory Outstanding lead actor in a drama series: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Outstanding lead actor in a mini-series or movie: Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series: Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie Outstanding lead actress in a drama series: Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer Outstanding lead actress in a mini-series or movie: Claire Danes, Templ e Grandin Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series: Eric Stonestreet, Mode rn Family Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series: Aaron Paul, Breaking Ba d Outstanding supporting actor in a mini-series or movie: David Strathair n, Temple Grandin Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series: Jane Lynch, Glee Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series: Archie Panjabi, The G ood Wife Outstanding supporting actress in a mini-series or movie: Julia Ormond, Temple Grandin Outstanding made for television movie: Temple Grandin Outstanding variety, music or comedy series: The Daily Show With Jon St ewart Outstanding reality competition program: Top Chef
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