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Betty White and "The Pacific" win Emmys
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Newly ubiquitous "Golden Girls" actress Betty White won the fifth Emmy of her career on Saturday for hosting an episode of "Saturday Night Live," while fellow screen veteran Ann-Margret got a standing ovation after receiving her first statuette.
White, 88, won for guest actress in a comedy series during the "creative arts" portion of the Primetime Emmy Awards, where more than 70 awards, mostly in technical categories, were handed out. The 26 high-profile categories will be announced during a live broadcast of the U.S. TV awards on August 29.
The biggest winner overall was the costly World War Two miniseries "The Pacific," which led the Primetime Emmy nominations with 24. It won seven awards and remains in contention for five more on August 29.
Rookie comedy "Modern Family" and "Saturday Night Live" each won three. "Modern Family," with 14 nominations overall, is up for eight awards at the main Primetime Emmys, although five of its stars are competing in two categories.
"Saturday Night Live" received 12 nominations, and its three wins pushed its haul to 28 since 1976. It will compete for best variety, music or comedy series at the main ceremony.
"Mad Men," last year's best drama winner, added two awards to its collection. With 17 nominations overall this year, it remains active with nine bids.
"30 ROCK" ROLLED
"Glee" won two awards, including one for guest star Neil Patrick Harris. It received 19 nominations, second only to "The Pacific," and will be up for eight awards at the main ceremony.
"30 Rock," last year's best comedy winner, went home empty-handed after being in contention for eight awards. It has seven chances at the next presentation.
White was not at the ceremony, but it is possible she would have thanked Facebook for her award. Members of the social networking site launched a campaign to persuade "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels to hire her as guest host of the comedy show. After much reluctance, White acceded to Michaels' entreaties and hosted the Mother's Day-eve episode on May 8.
She previously won an Emmy, also in the same category, for playing herself in an episode of "The John Larroquette Show" in 1996, as well as two for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and a single statuette for "Golden Girls."
White has enjoyed a remarkable career resurrection, kick-started last year by her role as a sprightly grandmother in the Sandra Bullock comedy "The Proposal." A popular Super Bowl commercial and a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild followed.
Ann-Margret won the Emmy for guest actor in a drama, after five previous nominations, for her role on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." The 69-year-old Swedish-born actress told reporters backstage she had been "around for 95 years," and attributed her longevity to a fitness trainer who trimmed 15 pounds (7 kg) off her figure in the past two months.
John Lithgow won his fifth career Emmy, for playing a serial killer in "Dexter." Lithgow, 64, accidentally thanked HBO instead of Showtime.
"Did I really?" Lithgow said, when apprised of his faux pas backstage. "I wondered why people were laughing at me. Now I know."
Jeff Probst from "Survivor" maintained his clean sweep of the reality show host category, winning for the third straight year of the category's existence.
Other winners included Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, composers of the theme music for rookie series "Nurse Jackie." They are best known as Wendy and Lisa, two of Prince's musicians during the 1980s.
They fielded plenty of Prince-related questions backstage, despite disclosing that the musician's attorneys had sent them a cease-and-desist letter to stop talking about him.
Here is a complete list of the 2010 Creative Arts Emmy winners.
Guest Actor in a Comedy: Neil Patrick Harris, Glee
Guest Actress in a Comedy: Betty White, Saturday Night Live
Guest Actor in a Drama: John Lithgow, Dexter
Guest Actress in a Drama: Ann-Margaret, Law and Order: SVU
Reality Host: Jeff Probst, Survivor
Reality Program: Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
Animated Series: Disney Prep and Landing
Animated Series (Short Form): Robot Chicken
Voiceover: Anne Hathaway, The Simpsons
Art Direction for a Single Camera Series: The Tudors
Art Direction for a Variety Series or Special: 82nd Annual Academy Awards
Art Direction for a Miniseries or TV Movie: The Pacific
Casting for a Comedy: Modern Family
Casting for a Drama: Mad Men
Casting for a Miniseries or TV Movie: The Pacific
Children's Program: Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
Children's Nonfiction Program: Nick News with Linda Ellerbee - The Faces of Courage: Kids Living with Cancer
Choreography: Mia Michaels, So You Think You Can Dance
Cinematography for an Hour-Long Series: CSI
Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series: Weeds
Cinematography for a Miniseries or TV Movie: Return to Cranford
Cinematography for Reality: Survivor
Cinematography for a Nonfiction Series: Life
Commercial: The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, Old Spice Body Wash
Costumes for a Series: The Tudors
Costumes for a Miniseries or TV Movie: Return to Cranford
Directing for a Variety Series: Saturday Night Live
Directing for Nonfiction: My Lai
Editing for a Comedy: Modern Family
Editing for a Drama: Lost
Editing for a Miniseries or TV Movie: Temple Grandin
Editing for a Reality Series: Intervention
Editing for a Nonfiction Program: By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
Editing for Short Form: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series: Mad Men
Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series: Dancing with the Stars
Hairstyling for a Miniseries or TV Movie: Emma
Interactive Media (Fiction): Star Wars: Uncut
Interactive Media (Nonfiction): The Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience
Lighting: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Main Title Design: Bored to Death
Main Title Theme Song: Nurse Jackie
Music Direction: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony
Musical Score for a Series: 24
Musical Score for a Miniseries or TV Movie: Temple Grandin
Music and Lyrics: "When I'm Gone" from Monk
Nonfiction Series: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Nonfiction Special: Teddy: In His Own Words
Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking: Nerakhoon (The Betrayal)
Non-Prosthetic Makeup for a Single-Camera Series: Grey's Anatomy
Non-Prosthetic Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series: Saturday Night Live
Non-Prosthetic Makeup for a Miniseries or TV Movie: The Pacific
Prosthetic Makeup: The Pacific
Sound Mixing for An Hour-Long Series: Glee
Sound Mixing for a Half-Hour Series: Entourage and Modern Family
Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or TV Movie: The Pacific
Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special: The 25 Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert and the 52 Annual Grammy Awards
Special Class Program: 63rd Annual Tony Awards
Stunt Coordination: FlashForward
Technical Direction for a Series: Dancing with the Stars
Technical Direction for a Special: The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert
Variety Special: Kennedy Center Honors
Visual Effects in a Series: CSI
Visual Effects in a Miniseries or TV Movie: The Pacific
Writing for a Variety Series: The Colbert Report
Writing for Nonfiction: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Great for Betty White, Anne Hathaway, & Neil Patrick Harris. Although Kathy Griffin lost her category again. (Best Reality Program)
Neil Patrick Harris