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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 18 september 2019
'Handmaid's Tale,' 'Mrs. Maisel' guest stars capture Emmys

Associated Press and drama guest star Em-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A trio mys.
of Emmy-honored actors In his acceptance speech,
are winners again for their Whitford struck a political
guest performances in TV note as he thanked Mar-
series, joined by an awards garet Atwood for the titular
newcomer. novel that is the basis of the
Bradley Whitford and Cher- dystopian "The Handmaid's
ry Jones received trophies Tale."
for their "The Handmaid's Atwood is "giving us per-
Tale" roles at Sunday's cre- spective in this disorienting
ative arts Emmy ceremony. moment as we are inun-
Jane Lynch and Luke Kirby dated and undermined
won on the comedy side, by a misogynistic, radi-
both for "The Marvelous cal, right-wing ideology,"
Mrs. Maisel." he said. "She understands
"Game of Thrones" led with three things: Despair is not
10 Emmys in technical and an option. Our children
other categories at the can't afford it. Action is the
two-night weekend cer- antidote to despair."
emony, which is the pre- Lynch, who added to her
cursor to the main Emmy four previous Emmys for
Awards that will air Sept. 22 series including "Glee" and
on Fox. Jane Lynch poses in the press room with the award for outstanding guest actress in a comedy "Hollywood Game Night,"
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" series for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" on night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, said she based her por-
was the top comedy series Sept. 15, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. trayal of a 1950s comic on
winner, with six awards. Associated Press the women she grew up
Jones, who previously won watching. "I went right to
for "24," heaped praise tions, and saluted Cicely Jane Pittman'. is one of the Whitford has an Emmy for the source: Phyllis Diller, To-
backstage on fellow nomi- Tyson, nominated for "How things that made me want "The West Wing" and one tie Fields, Moms Mabley,"
nee Phylicia Rashad ("This Is to Get Away with Murder." to be an actress, and I tell for "Transparent" — the Lynch said. "Back then, in
Us"), calling it "absurd" that "I got to tell Ms. Tyson to- her that every time I see latter for guest actor in a order for a woman to be in
Rashad has yet to win an night that watching the her and she always rolls her comedy, making him the comedy, she had to have
Emmy despite four nomina- 'Autobiography of Miss eyes," Jones said. first actor to win comedy a gimmick.q

Steve Martin's bluegrass award faces uncertain future

By MARK KENNEDY couldn't even pretend to
Associated Press do." Martin hopes some en-
NEW YORK (AP) — One tity might take over admin-
morning last week in Bos- istrating the prize. Furtado,
ton, Victor Furtado woke a student at the Berklee
up to a mailman's knock. College of Music, hopes it
He was handed a little un- somehow continues but is
marked package. still grateful if he's the last
"I opened it up here in my recipient.
apartment and kind of "That was just another add-
looked at it for a second, ed layer of amazement,
hoping somebody would being that it might be the
wake me up. I was shocked, last one. That they ended
completely blown away." up choosing me for it is just
Inside was word that the such an honor," he said.
19-year-old Virginia-bred Martin and his wife, Anne
musician had won the Stringfield, dreamed up
Steve Martin Prize for Excel- the prize after Martin no-
lence in Banjo and Blue- ticed that some master
grass, which comes with a musicians were still paying
$50,000 prize and a sculp- off their banjos. "I thought,
ture. 'That's got to change.'"
"I feel so honored to be The first draft of the prize's
considered," he said. statement of purpose was
But the award was some- written on the back of a
what bittersweet since In this Sept. 2, 2015 photo, Steve Martin poses for a portrait with his banjo in New York. cocktail napkin. It's the only
Furtado — the youngest Associated Press prize of its kind and has an
recipient of the prize given impressive monetary value.
out every year since 2010 overwhelmed by the sheer our great board members, grass channel, you listen to "The one way in America —
— may also be the last. The number of qualified musi- of so many great play- the banjo player and go, or anywhere — to bring no-
prize is in danger of disap- cians as bluegrass goes ers. In the '60s, when I was 'Who's that?' And you've toriety is with money," said
pearing. through a flowering. first learning, great players never even heard of him Martin. "It had to be 'Wow!'
Martin said that he and the "It became very difficult to were rare," said Martin. and they're playing incred- It had to really mean some-
prize board members are keep pace, even with all "Now, if you listen to a blue- ibly sophisticated stuff I thing to someone."q