Tina Fey was the easy favorite for the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Emmy, and she ended up taking home the award Saturday night at the Creative Arts Emmys. The Creative Arts Emmys are the award show for most of the “behind-the-scenes” people, like Make-up, Costuming, Editing, that sort of thing. But they always announce the Guest Star winners at the show, even though most of the big names don’t even bother showing up to support “the little people”. Not Tina Fey, though. Tina showed up to support Team 30 Rock, and for what ended up being her Emmy win for guest starring on Saturday Night Live as Gov. Sarah Palin. Tina looked cute at the show, too. She wore a simple single-breasted black suit (with unfortunate shoulder pads) and a low-cut pale grey blouse.
Tina was up against: Jennifer Aniston (30 Rock), Elaine Stritch (30 Rock), Gena Rowlands (Monk), Betty White (My Name Is Earl), and Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory). It’s funny that she was up against two women she probably had a big part in casting (Aniston and Stritch). In her acceptance speech, Fey thanked former governor Palin, saying “Mrs. Palin is an inspiration to working mothers everywhere because she bailed on her job right before Fourth of July weekend. You are living my dream. Thank you, Mrs. Palin.” The Huffington Post has more from the Creative Arts show:
Is Tina Fey an Emmy winner? You betcha. Fey received an Emmy Award on Saturday for her impersonation of Republican vice presidential contender Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live.”
Accepting her trophy for best guest actress in a comedy, Fey thanked “SNL” producer Lorne Michaels and her parents, “who are lifelong Republicans, for their patience.”
She was honored at the Creative Arts Primetime Emmys, which recognize technical and other achievements for the 2008-09 season and preceded next weekend’s main ceremony. Fey has the chance for more awards: She could repeat last year’s win as best actress in a comedy series for “30 Rock,” and the show also could again claim top comedy honors.
Justin Timberlake was another “SNL” winner Saturday, honored as best guest actor in a comedy series.
On the drama side, Michael J. Fox won the guest actor award for his turn on “Rescue Me,” and Ellen Burstyn was honored as best guest actress for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”
“I always wanted one of these,” Burstyn said, winning her first Emmy after being nominated five times. Neither Timberlake nor Fox were on hand to accept.
Kathy Griffin was host of the nearly four-hour ceremony, her trademark outrageous humor intact with risque jokes and filmed bits.
An edited, shorter version of the ceremony will air Friday on E! at 1 p.m. EDT.
The top network winner was HBO with 16 trophies, followed by NBC with 11. Fox and ABC each won eight awards, with CBS, PBS and Cartoon Network each claiming six.
PBS’ “Little Dorrit,” an adaptation of the Dickens novel, was the most-honored program with four awards. Several shows, including the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and “American Idol,” received three creative arts trophies.
Next Sunday’s Emmy ceremony, with Neil Patrick Harris as host, will air on CBS.
[From the Huffington Post]
Oh, that’s nice about Ellen Burstyn. I remember that L&O: SVU episode she guest-starred in, it was devastating. Burstyn played Det. Eliot Stabler’s bipolar mother, who has never acknowledged her own mental illness. Burstyn has an Oscar and a Tony, so now she’s part of that elite club of people who have won the top awards in three acting forms – film, television and stage. There really are only a few people who have all three awards – there’s like Joel Grey, Liza Minnelli, Barbara Streisand, Mel Brooks and a few others. And now Ellen Burstyn, who totally belongs in that club, bless her heart. The big Emmy show comes on next Sunday!
Tina Fey is shown at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on 9/21/09. Credit: WENN.com
Love Tina, madly. However, I think the ‘guest star’ Emmys are LAME. It stinks of those ‘awards’ days at camp or in kindergarten, where everyone gets honored just for showing up. Maybe that’s just me, though.
wow, she has gorgeous eyes.
Don’t even get me started on the greatness that is Tina Fey! 30 Rock anyone?
She is beautiful and did a magnificent job portraying Palin.
LMAO princess pea! spot on!
Congrats TINA! Definitely one of my favs.
Tina Fey and the pending electionwas the only I watched SNL last season. Prior to that SNL was the most un-funny show anywhere. I imagine will go back to being pointless and unfunny show it was prior to both.
Rita Moreno has won an Oscar, Emmy, Tony & Grammy.
Meh, it looks like politicization won out. It wasn’t even a very good impression of Gov. Palin. Tina Fey is an excellent writer but personally I don’t think impressions are her strong suit. How many people think that Gov. Palin actually made that remark? And to win over the likes of Elaine Stritch, Betty White, et al?
Wow.
Tina’s amazing and this was a well deserved win. Her Palin impersonation was spot on and always made me laugh hysterically. Whenever I hear the real Sarah’s nonsensical rants and ramblings I think I’m watching one of Tina’s SNL parodies!
Thank you girl, so many people are misinformed because they get their news from SNL and celebrities. I am not a Tina fan after that whole lot of bs. I think the majority of voters really believe Sarah palin said “I can see Russia from my house” that was not palin’s quote, tina changed it for humor and wa la the public now believes sarah said that. i am not a sara fan either but the media bias and political ignorance here is just sickening.
Hawtness.
Whoopi Goldberg has won an Oscar, Emmy, Tony & Grammy.
I love Tina, and think 30 Rock is brilliant. I’d expect her to pick up a few more Emmys for that this year again.
I thought Tina’s impression was great. She certainly had a lot of material to work with.
I’d have to think that if people really believed Palin was the one who said the Russia thing, the problem lies in their own stupidity rather than the comedians and writers who did the joke.
Lucy you would be shocked how many people believe those were Palin’s actual word, go around and ask people it will shock you . It is sad.
the Palin impression was spot on.
as for those folks who actually believe Palin said that, (as lucy2 said) it’s their own stupidity.
however, considering what she DID say, it’s not too surprising that people think this. Fey didn’t change the quote TOO much.
charles gibson asked her what insight into Russian actions does the proximity of her state give to her, to which she replied:
“They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.”
did you catch that?
“you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska”
so the Fey line, while not an exact quote from Palin, was an apt parody of it.
Sarah Palin is great!
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