General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBarack Obama Becomes Second U.S. President To Win Emmy With 'Our Great National Parks' Triumph
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/barack-obama-becomes-second-u-004710163.htmlFormer U.S. President Barack Obama won his first Emmy for his narration of Netflixs five-part documentary series, Our Great National Parks.
Grammy-winner Obama becomes the second President to win an Emmy, after Dwight Eisenhower, who was awarded a prize in 1956 while still in office, and the first to win a competitive award for a specific television project.
Obama nabbed the Outstanding Narrator award at tonights Creative Arts Emmy ceremony, beating Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War), David Attenborough (The Mating Game), W. Kamau Bell (We Need to Talk About Cosby) and Lupita Nyongo (Serengeti II) in a star-studded category.
He was also previously nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy in 2016 for David Attenborough Meets President Obama.
Obama wasnt present at the awards and the Academy accepted on his behalf after RuPaul presented the category.
In Our Great National Parks, produced by The Obamas production company Higher Ground, the former president and first lady Michelle Obamas production company, shines the spotlight on some of the planets most spectacular national parks.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)The Oscar winning Documentary that aired on Netflix.
Making a difference in a meaningful way. Congratulations Mr. President.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)have a streaming service. But...YAY!!!!!!
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)all Americans proud. Congratulations Mr President.
LudwigPastorius
(9,150 posts)He's got the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Nobel Peace Prize.
All he lacks is a Tony award.
I, for one, am looking forward to his turn as Atticus Finch in the Broadway revival of "To Kill A Mockingbird".
Upthevibe
(8,051 posts)I was just going to post this.
If/when he wins a Tony, I think he'd be first and only President to become attain EGOT status.
SunSeeker
(51,563 posts)Definitely adding it to my queue!
TygrBright
(20,760 posts)[Redacted] always hated not winning Emmys for his "brilliant" television work.
amusedly,
Bright
LisaM
(27,813 posts)I don't want to get nickel and dimed at $4.99 to $14.99 a month each for all these different services. We pay for cable (mostly because we watch a lot of live sports and can't have satellite in our apartment) and I can't believe the proliferation of these add-on platforms that hold you up because of one or two shows you want to watch.