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awards heaven Emmy 2008 featured interview

awards heaven chats with Glynn Turman, Emmy favorite for Guest Actor in a Drama Series

No doubt you have seen Glynn Turman in countless films, TV programs and plays. However, for many of us, it was his pivotal role in HBO's In Treatment that made us stand up and take notice. This year, he's up for an Emmy and we thought it was time we let him know that we are all hoping that he'll be clutching an Emmy in a few weeks' time.   awards heaven  Glynn, welcome to awards heaven. You have been a working actor for 50 years and have been recognised by the NAACP Image Awards on numerous occasions. However, this year seems to be a watershed year for you – you won at the San Diego Film Festival (for your turn in Kings of the Evening) and now you are nominated for the most prestigious television award in the world, an Emmy. You've got to feel a bit of vindication, right? Glynn I don't know if vindication is the word I would use in this instance, more like honored, certainly humbled and most definitely blessed. I have been able to support myself, raise a family and at times contribute meaningful commentary to our society as a whole has made this ride very fulfilling.  Being included as one of this years Emmy nominee's makes me feel as though I can go for another 50.

awards heaven  What is the highlight of your acting career so far?

Glynn My first was seeing my name on the marque starring in Cooley High at a theatre on 47th street in NYC, right around the corner from where I performed A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway at the age of 11.  And certainly this nomination ranks alongside any that I could mention at this stage in my career.

 

awards heaven  It must be said that your searing, powerful and emotional portrayal of Alex Sr in HBO's In Treatment has been talked up for months leading up the announcement of this year's Primetime Emmy Awards. What kind of feedback were you hearing from colleagues, media and others about this role?

Glynn The feedback has been absolutely fantastic.  Starting with a message sent to me by the Great James Earl Jones with his kudos, saying how much he enjoyed my performance.  Other friends and colleagues have expressed similar comments like Sidney Poitier, Mary Alice, Ving Rhames, Wire producers: David Simon & Nina Noble and other veterans who have been in the trenches with me over the many years who have expressed their optimism and that there is something to be said for those that hang in there.  The media has been very kind with their accolades as well.

 

awards heaven  Is it true that you decided to campaign yourself in this category?

Glynn Actually I was submitted by HBO.  That was followed by a phone call from my friend Blair Underwood who strongly suggested I do all that was necessary to follow HBO's lead.  This included joining the academy and following the procedure that the academy outlined for all potential nominees.    Whether I take home the award or not, having the opportunity to perform material as rich as "In Treatment" is rare indeed. 

 

awards heaven  What did you do to celebrate your nomination upon hearing the good news?

Glynn My wife, Jo-An, took me to a delicious dinner at the famous Nobu restaurant and I capped the evening with a fine cigar. 

 

awards heaven  Good luck Glynn - you deserve the award this year, and so many of us that follow the Emmys have our fingers crossed for you this year.

Glynn First let me thank Awards Heaven for its optimism and support from the very beginning and for keeping my name in the forefront for their many fans and followers. I am really humbled by all the many fans who have expressed their joy for my nomination, and those that have been with me over the many years.  It has been a pleasure entertaining them and I look forward to continuing to do so.

 

© Awards Heaven 2008

Photo courtesy of HBO.

 

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Click Here for the Top 5 Good and Bad of Emmy 2008!

 drama series

Boston Legal(ABC) "Court Supreme"	Damages (FX) "Pilot"	Dexter (Showtime) "Dark Defender"	House (Fox) "Frosen"	Lost (ABC) "The Constant"	Mad Men (AMC) "Smoke Gets..."

predictions

winner: coming soon

 

16 July (final pre-noms): Boston Legal | Damages | House | Lost | Mad Men (5 out of 6 correct)

 

6 March: Damages | Dexter | Grey's Anatomy | House | Mad Men

 

top ten contenders missing the cut

Friday Night Lights (NBC), Grey's Anatomy (ABC), The Tudors (Showtime), The Wire (HBO).

 

commentary

nominations announcement (July 17, 2008): Most of the talk on nominations morning was all about how finally, non-HBO cable made some real inroads in the glamour category of Best Drama Series. So, big hearty congratulations to AMC (the new kid on the block) with the early frontrunner Mad Men, and FX and Showtime, who have been working so hard for this for years now and finally did it with two of my favorite shows Damages and Dexter (in quite a surprise) respectively. Boston Legal is not much of a surprise, neither is House, but boy am I thrilled to see Lost finally rejoin this list after a two year snubfest! Well done to the Lost people. I am happy that I stuck to my guns (when I had people telling me how wrong I was!) about Grey's Anatomy. It is a shame that Friday Night Lights couldn't make it again this year, but it is encouraging that it was in the top 10. The Tudors and The Wire were always going to be semi-finalists only.

 

top ten announcement (June 27, 2008): A very big congratulations must go to the teams behind those non-HBO cable series that finally managed to crack this very competitive category. Although I am surprised that the Academy couldn't make room for HBO's Big Love, especially after such a great season, I am really thrilled that the little battler Friday Night Lights makes a second attempt at a nomination this year, against all odds (and it picked its best episode by far). Based on episode selection alone, surely FX's Damages is the frontunner, and also Lost and Dexter, both picking wisely. But industry sentiment and that all important "buzz" factor puts Mad Men (from the very impressive new series player AMC) is in pole-position. In fact, I would say the only episodes I think harm the chances of their respective series in the panel voting are The Tudors (pick "207" instead), House (pick "Wilson's Heart" instead) and Grey's Anatomy (dont pick a two-parter!). My only other gripe? That Sci-Fi's Battlestar Galactica did not make the cut. What a shame, and an insult, to one of TV's best series.

  

predicted contenders missing the top ten

Big Love (HBO), The Closer (TNT), In Treatment (HBO).

 

did not predict in the top ten

Friday Night Lights (NBC), The Tudors (Showtime), The Wire (HBO).

 

also snubbed from the top ten

Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi), Breaking Bad (AMC), Brothers and Sisters (ABC), Heroes (NBC).

  

 

 

 

 

 

 comedy series

 

the nominees are...

30 Rock (NBC) "Cooter"	Curb Your Enthusiasm(HBO) "The Bat Mitzvah"	Entourage (HBO) "The Day F**ers"	The Office (NBC) "Local Ad"	Two and a Half Men (CBS) "Rought Night..."

 

 

predictions

winner: coming soon

 

16 July (final pre-noms): 30 Rock | Curb Your Enthusiasm | The Office | Pushing Daisies | Two and a Half Men (4 out of 5 correct)

 

6 March: 30 Rock | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Entourage | The Office | Ugly Betty

 

top ten contenders missing the cut

Flight of the Conchords (HBO), Family Guy (Fox), Pushing Daisies (ABC), Ugly Betty (ABC), Weeds (Showtime).

 

commentary

nominations announcement (July 17, 2008): Apart from what has already been said on this category, these are pretty expected nominees, and I think it will be a showdown between The Office and 30 Rock.

 

top ten announcement (June 27, 2008): The biggest shocker of the day belongs to Family Guy, which impressively made it into the Top Ten - what an achievement for an underdog animated show that has always been in the giant shadow of Fox's more popular and revered The Simpsons. Can it make it into the Top 5? Why not? But, at this stage, who has the guts to "predict" it? A smaller shock is the inclusion of Flight of the Conchords over more favored, and one might say, more Emmy-bate-friendly fare like the Housewives, Earl or Scrubs. Interestingly, HBO did not do so well in Drama, but killed it here, with 3 offerings in the running (and 2 of those with a serious shot at a nod). I was hoping The Office picked its season finale "Goodbye Toby", but I guess it is assured of a nod through the popular vote anyway. My two final points to make are that it is sad that How I Met Your Mother didn't make it, and, can 30 Rock lose? It's not the best episode for that show (pick something else besides "Cooter"!!!), but there's nothing quite like it on TV, and I bet that it repeats.

 

predicted contenders missing the top ten

Californication (Showtime), Desperate Housewives (ABC).

 

did not predict in the top ten

Flight of the Conchords (HBO), Family Guy (Fox).

 

also snubbed from the top ten

How I Met Your Mother (CBS), Monk (USA), My Name Is Earl (NBC), The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS), Scrubs (NBC), The Big Bang Theory (CBS).