Emmys 2016: Nominees Take Class Photo, Plus Pre-Emmys Party Scene (Photos)
Nominees Take Class Photo, Plus Pre-Emmys Party Scene (Photos)
The TV Academy bestowed the actors with frame-worthy nomination certificates as a badge of their achievement.
Keegan-Michael Key, Tony Hale and RuPaul became a quick clique, joking around in the back row as the nominees filled the stage one-by-one.
Janet Varney quipped “Oh, I graduated TV” when receiving her certificate from Lily Tomlin and Bob Bergen, governors of the Television Academy Performers Peer.
If audience applause from a room of Academy voters is a reliable indicator, The People v. O.J. Simpson:
The O.J. crew took their own breakout photo afterwards with TV Academy president Bruce Rosenblum.
“Congrats to O.J. on all of his accomplishments in TV this year,” Emmys host Jimmy Kimmel joked at a pre-Emmys event earlier this week.
At one point, he handed it to industry photo veteran Jordan Strauss — who was shooting the party for the TV Academy — and asked him to take one of this group on his camera.
Out by the pool house, Bokeem Woodbine — the scene-stealing gangster from “Fargo” — went off menu, cracking a bottle of beer from the fridge with party co-host and talent manager Steven Siebert.
Earlier in the night, Creative Coalition CEO Robin Bronk and the TV Industry Advocacy Awards struck an inspirational tone at their Sunset Tower event honoring TV personalities for their philanthropy.
Hough later offered his celebrity appearance services to the other honorees’ charities, a group that included Niecy Nash, Constance Zimmer and “Transparent” show runner Jill Soloway.
Keeping his sheen, he picked up Mirai face serum, a Masqueology mask, and Madison & Mulholland’s Cross Body Travel Bag at the Ultimate Primetime TV Lounge at the W Hotel.