Emmys

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  1. paranoid
    suffering from delusions of persecution or grandeur
    Rami Malek took home a surprise win for lead actor in a drama, for his performance as Elliot Alderson, a paranoid, socially awkward hacker in Mr Robot, while Tatiana Maslany won in the best actress category for Orphan Black.
  2. sitcom
    a humorous radio or TV show with a regular cast of fictional characters
    The HBO series was up for 24 awards and came away with 12 at Sunday night’s Emmy awards in Los Angeles, breaking a record set by the sitcom Frasier with a total haul of 38 Emmys.
  3. award
    give, especially as an honor
    Winter might be coming for the residents of Westeros but for the creators of Game of Thrones and HBO it was clear skies again at the Emmys, where the series won the best drama series award for the second year in a row.
  4. category
    a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations
    Veep, which has been nominated 42 times at the Emmys, won the best comedy category.
  5. diversity
    noticeable variety
    The issue of diversity was constantly raised, with Jimmy Kimmel starting the evening by joking about Hollywood’s propensity for saying how much it cares about diversity without necessarily doing anything about it.
  6. outstanding
    of major significance or importance
    The show picked up 22 nominations and won the outstanding limited series gong, while actors Sterling K Brown, Sarah Paulson and Courtney B Vance all picked up individual honors for their performances as Christopher Darden, Marcia Clark and Johnnie Cochran, respectively.
  7. hacker
    a programmer who breaks into computer systems
    Rami Malek took home a surprise win for lead actor in a drama, for his performance as Elliot Alderson, a paranoid, socially awkward hacker in Mr Robot, while Tatiana Maslany won in the best actress category for Orphan Black.
  8. bizarre
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
    Former Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush appeared in a bizarre opening segment, playing a chauffeur for Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
  9. creator
    a person who grows or makes or invents things
    Winter might be coming for the residents of Westeros but for the creators of Game of Thrones and HBO it was clear skies again at the Emmys, where the series won the best drama series award for the second year in a row.
  10. propensity
    a natural inclination
    The issue of diversity was constantly raised, with Jimmy Kimmel starting the evening by joking about Hollywood’s propensity for saying how much it cares about diversity without necessarily doing anything about it.
  11. series
    similar things placed in order or one after another
    Winter might be coming for the residents of Westeros but for the creators of Game of Thrones and HBO it was clear skies again at the Emmys, where the series won the best drama series award for the second year in a row.
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