Emmy Awards: From Game Of Thrones To This Is Us, Nominated Celebs Just Can’t Keep Calm!

Nominations for the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards came with some surprises and some snubs, but brought along a lot of reasons to celebrate for many.

Some were pleasantly surprised, some were pleased, some saw it as a positive sign of representation and some have already started wondering what would they wear at the “coolest party”.

The popular fantasy drama “Game Of Thrones“, which wrapped up its story this year, set a new record by earning 32 nominations at the 2019 Emmys. It was followed by Amazon Prime’s “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” with 20 nominations, including nods for Outstanding Comedy Series and Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

HBO’s “Chernobyl” earned 19 nominations. These included a nomination for Best Limited Series, with Jared Harris getting a nod in the category of Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson have received nomination in the supporting actor categories for the show.

“Formally the coolest party I could ever dream of being invited to. This is insane. Huge thanks to the Television Academy for the nod and for recognising so many different players from our ‘The Marvelous Mrs Maisel’ family who make the show sing,” tweeted Rachel Brosnahan, who is in contention in the Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category for her starring role in the show.

Actress Alex Borstein is in the race to pick up the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series trophy. She reacted with a funny tweet.

“Thanks for all the Emmy nom, congrats! Celebrated by making long shadows with my doggie and picking up his p**p,” wrote Borstein, famous as Susie in “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel”.

The final season of “Game Of Thrones” (GoT) might have disappointed many, but it create a big bang at the Emmy nominations.

Season eight of GoT leads the field of nominees, contending in the categories of Outstanding Drama Series, Best Actor (Kit Harington), Best Actress (Emilia Clarke), and four Best Supporting Actress nods — for Gwendoline Christie, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams. Actors Alfie Allen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Peter Dinklage are contenders in the Best Supporting Actor category.

“I can’t believe it. Thank you universe… Can it truly be real?” wrote Christie on Instagram.

Ava DuVernay’s Netflix docu-series “When They See Us”, which highlights the issue of racism through the real-life story of five black and Latino men who are wrongly convicted for a gangrape, got a whopping 16 Emmy nods including Outstanding Limited Series.

“Thank you to the real men for inviting me to tell their story. Thank you Television Academy for honouring the work. Saluting every single crew and cast member… Thank you Netflix for believing in this story and letting me tell it the exact way I wanted. Appreciate the faith and the fearlessness,” DuVernay tweeted.

On earning a nomination in the category of Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for “When They See Us”, Vera Farmiga said: “Visibility is paramount.”

Actress Patricia Arquette was asleep when she got the call to inform her of the news that she had been nominated in two categories — Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for “The Act”, and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for “Escape At Dannemora”, currently streaming on Hotstar Premium in India.