Hargitay Hosts 78th Emmys, Tells Kidman 'Zip It, Movie Lady' — SkimNews
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- Mariska Hargitay hosted the 78th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, becoming the first woman to emcee the ceremony in 15 years (since Jane Lynch in 2011).
- Hargitay parodied Nicole Kidman's AMC 'Magic of the Movies' ad during her monologue; Kidman interrupted from the audience, prompting Hargitay to quip 'Zip it, movie lady! It's TV's turn tonight!'
- Hargitay jokingly revealed that Dick Wolf's 'real name' is 'Richard Penis' while paying tribute to the 'Law & Order' creator behind more than 40 shows, 13 currently on the air.
- Hargitay opened the show carried on stage by dancers wearing TVs on their heads and feigned confusion over the word 'series finale,' noting she had 'never had one.'
- Hargitay had already won two Emmy Awards ahead of the primetime telecast for directing and producing 'My Mom Jayne,' a documentary about her mother, Jayne Mansfield; she holds 10 total nominations and 3 wins.
- Hargitay joked about her SVU tenure spanning NBC's entire 100-year history, quipping 'I have been on "Law & Order: SVU" for all of them.'
Why it matters: NBC tapped its longest-tenured franchise star to host during the network's centennial year, and she arrived with real awards momentum — two Emmys already in hand for her directorial debut 'My Mom Jayne.' The Kidman 'zip it' bit also lands as an explicit, on-stage rebuke of the streamer-era framing that pits prestige film against network television.
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