The Television Academy and executive producer Bob Bain announced the first group of presenters for the 2021 Creative Arts Emmy® Awards, hosted over two consecutive days on Saturday, Sept. 11, and Sunday, Sept. 12.
The presenters reflect the most dynamic talent and storytellers across the television industry and represent some of the year’s most distinctive and acclaimed programs.
Presenters include:
Debbie Allen (Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square), Alex Borstein (Family Guy; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Yvette Nicole Brown (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Carl Clemons-Hopkins (Hacks), Tony Goldwyn (The Hot Zone: Anthrax), Bear Grylls (Running Wild With Bear Grylls), Brendan Hunt (Ted Lasso), Paris Jackson (American Horror Stories), Daniel Dae Kim (The Hot Zone: Anthrax), Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Marlee Matlin (CODA), Folake Olowofoyeku (Bob Hearts Abishola), Angelica Ross (American Horror Story), RuPaul (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Roselyn Sánchez (Fantasy Island) and J.B. Smoove (Maplewood Murders).
The 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be presented during three ceremonies the weekend of Sept. 11 and 12 at L.A. LIVE: Saturday at 5PM and Sunday at 1PM and 5PM. An edited presentation will be broadcast on Saturday, Sept. 18, (8PM ET/PT) on FXX. All three shows will be produced by Bob Bain Productions.
Harvey Weinstein hit with new sex crime charge in New York
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.
Details of the new allegations were not immediately available. He was charged with committing a criminal sex act.
The jailed ex-movie mogul has long maintained that any sexual activity was consensual.
Prosecutors revealed last week that Weinstein had been indicted on additional sex crime charges that weren't part of the case that led to his now-overturned 2020 conviction. But the new indictment was sealed until his arraignment.
Prosecutors have said that the grand jury heard evidence of up to three alleged assaults — two in hotels in the Tribeca neighborhood and one at a lower Manhattan residential building. The purported incidents took place from the mid-2000s to 2016, prosecutors said.
But it's not clear whether any of those allegations underlie the new indictment.
While bracing for the new charges, Weinstein also is awaiting retrial after New York state's highest court this spring overturned his 2020 conviction on rape and sexual assault charges involving two women. The high court, called the Court of Appeals, ordered a new trial, which is tentatively scheduled to begin Nov. 12.
The Court of Appeals ruled that the then-trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against him based on allegations that were not part of the case. That judge's term expired in 2022, and he is no longer on the bench.
Prosecutors have said they'll seek to fold the new charges into the retrial, but Weinstein's lawyers say it should be a separate case.
Weinstein, who also was convicted in 2022 in a Los Angeles rape case, remains behind bars while awaiting his New York retrial.
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