Backstage at the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Glenn Close: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Damages' Pattie Hewes
You’ve probably heard of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, but the Sisterhood of the TV Drama Divas? Now that’s a new one.
It’s easy to guess who would be in such a girls club; Holly Hunter, Kyra Sedgewick and, of course, the woman who came up with the label, Glenn Close. “We’re proving that complicated, powerful, mature women are sexy and are high entertainment and can carry a show,” she told the crowd as she accepted her Emmy.
Close doesn’t take the win lightly or the fact that Damages was one of the first basic cable shows in the running for Outstanding Drama Series, “I'm very, very proud to be on basic cable and proud that our show was next to Mad Men and that they were the first two shows to be nominated for basic cable. I hope that it will happen more in the future.”
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