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Tyler Perry is the recipient of the Governors Award at the 2020 Emmy Award.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsCatherine O’Hara won her second career Emmy Award on Sunday night. At the 72nd annual Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the actress took home the outstanding lead actress in a comedy series prize.

The 2020 Emmy Awards will be a virtual event, but Jimmy Kimmel will still be hosting the show from a studio!

Eddie Murphy is a first time Emmy winner!

Kerry Washington is finally an Emmy Award winner.

Jimmy Kimmel is down an Emmy Award.

Sue Nichols Maciorowski was an animation artist who worked on beloved Disney films including “The Lion King,” “Mulan,” and “Hercules.”Maciorowski began her career in animation while she was still in college, working as a model designer for Jim Henson’s (1936 – 1990) “Muppet Babies” as part of a team that won an Emmy Award. She got her start with Disney in 1991 with “Beauty and the Beast,” for which she was a visual development artist.

Nicholas Braun has had quite the week so far – first he was nominated for his very first Emmy Award, and then he dropped his debut single!

Manori Ravindran International EditorBritish actor Claire Foy is set to front psychological horror “Dust” — a hot project being launched at this week’s virtual Cannes market.Foy, whose turn as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s “The Crown” earned her a Golden Globe and Emmy Award, will play a young mother in 1930s Oklahoma.

This marks the third time Kimmel will be hosting the Emmys, following the 64th event in 2012 and 68th in 2016.

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