Israeli actor wears hostage pin at Emmys; Bridgerton star wears red pin for ceasefire

Israeli actor Ido Samuel wears a yellow pin in solidarity with hostages held in Gaza as he attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP)
Israeli actor Ido Samuel wears a yellow pin in solidarity with hostages held in Gaza as he attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP)

Israeli actor Ido Samuel, who stars in “We Were the Lucky Ones,” wears a yellow pin in solidarity with hostages held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

The breakout star from Netflix’s most recent season of “Bridgerton,” Nicola Coughlan adds an Artists4Ceasefire red pin to her glittering off-the-shoulder gown. Coughlan has been outspoken in supporting Palestinians and calling for a ceasefire.

‘Bridgerton’ actress Nicola Coughlan wears a red pin calling for a ceasefire in Gaza in the press room during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP)

Actors across the award season have been wearing the Artists4Ceasefire red pin with a hand holding a heart to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of the Israeli hostages.

Meanwhile, Japan-set historical epic “Shogun” smashes all-time records and is named best drama at the awards, as “Hacks” and “Baby Reindeer” rack up big wins at the glitzy gala in Los Angeles.

“Shogun,” the tale of warring dynasties in feudal Japan, ends the night with an astounding 18 statuettes, becoming the first ever non-English-language winner of the highly coveted award for best drama series.

The previous record for any season of a television show was 13.

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada (C), along with cast and crew, accept the Outstanding Drama Series award for ‘Shogun’ onstage during the 76th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on September 15, 2024. (VALERIE MACON / AFP)

“It was an East-meets-West dream project, with respect,” says veteran leading man Hiroyuki Sanada, who becomes the first Japanese actor to win an Emmy.

Anna Sawai follows him onto the Emmys stage minutes later with a best actress win, before the cast and producers of “Shogun” return for the overall best drama award.

The series from Disney-owned FX, based on James Clavell’s historical fiction, had led the nominations with 25 overall.

Shot in Canada, it features a primarily Japanese cast and subtitles.

Showrunner Justin Marks thanks producers for commissioning “a very expensive, subtitled, Japanese period piece, whose central climax revolves around a poetry competition.”

“Shogun is a show about translation — not what is lost, but what is found when you do safety meetings in two languages, and you learn not to walk on tatami mats with your utility boots,” he says

It also wins the Emmy for best directing of a drama series, in addition to the 14 won in minor categories at a separate gala last weekend.

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