“Shogun” wins a whopping 14 Emmys at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Jamie Lee Curtis receives her first

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Top nominee “Shogun” won an incredible 14 awards at the Creative Arts on Sunday evening and was thus almost victorious. Emmy'swhile “The Bear” won seven, including Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Jamie Lee Curtis.

Presenters chanted “Shogun” all night at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on the second night of the two-day Creative Arts Emmys, which hand out awards that don't quite make it to the main primetime Emmy ceremony. The ceremony takes place on September 15 and airs on ABC with hosts Dan and Eugene Levy.

“Shogun”, The FX series about political machinations in feudal Japan won 14 of the 16 possible trophies on Sunday night, including Emmys for costumes, makeup, editing, stunts and camera work, as well as an Emmy for best guest actor in a drama for Néstor Carbonell.

When he accepted, Carbonell thanked the crew and then marveled at how many of them were in the audience.

“You're all here! You're all nominated!” said Carbonell. “I love this team sport.”

With these wins, “Shogun” is already assured of the highest overall score after the main ceremony on September 15, but the most important nominations are still to come, including for best drama and best actor in a drama for star Hiroyuki Sanada.

Curtis was emotional onstage after winning her first Emmy, 18 months after winning her first Oscar for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

“I'm the luckiest girl in the world,” Curtis said backstage. “I never thought I'd be able to do work that's so deep, complex and intelligent. This has been the highlight of my creative life over the last few years.”

When asked if she could win a Grammy and a Tony to make it an EGOT, she said, “Absolutely not.”

“I can’t sing at all,” she said, “and I’ve never been on stage.”

However, songwriting team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul became the 20th and 21st members of the elite EGOT club when they won their first Emmy for a song they co-wrote for “Only Murders in the Building.” The duo had previously won an Oscar for “La La Land” and a Grammy and Tony for “Dear Evan Hansen.”

Curtis won for the Bear season two episode “Fishes,” in which she played star Jeremy Allen White's mother at a nightmarish family reunion over the holidays. Jon Bernthal, who played White's big brother in the episode, won best guest actor in a comedy.

For her performance in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” Michaela Coel won the award for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.

“Shogun” breathed new life into the Emmy race when the series switched from miniseries to drama series in May and lost many Emmys on Sunday as a result.

The victory was so consistent that the few who beat him – he lost only in two music composition categories – felt compelled to comment on it.

“I didn't write a speech because I had no chance of beating 'Shogun' tonight,” said Siddharta Khosa, who won the award for best music composition for a series for “Only Murders in the Building.”

When Eric Andŕe was asked just one question in the media room after winning his first Emmy for his performance on his eponymous talk show, he said with mock despair: “Sorry, I’m not on Shogun!”

Maya Rudolph and Angela Bassett were among the winners of the Creative Arts award Saturday night, which focused on reality and variety TV. Rudolph won her sixth career Emmy for her work as a voice actress on the animated series “Big Mouth.” Bassett won her first for her narration of the National Geographic wildlife documentary series “Queens.”

Both nights of the show will be edited into a single two-and-a-half-hour show that will air on FXX on September 14 and stream on Hulu the following day.

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