The cast of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ pose backstage with their award for Oustanding Drama Series at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards. Photo: ReutersLos Angeles: Fantasy drama series Game of Thrones and comedy Veep won the top Emmys for a second straight year on Sunday, fending off challenges from newcomers. Egyptian-American Rami Malek took home his first Emmy for best drama actor for playing a socially inept computer hacker in Mr. Game of Thrones, which went into Sunday’s show with a leading 23 nominations, won a total of 12 Emmys, including for directing and writing. Elsewhere, Jeffrey Tambor won best comedy actor for a second time for his role as a father who transitions to a woman in Amazon’s ground-breaking Transparent.

Source: Mint September 19, 2016 03:11 UTC