1 Comment TIL the song Alfie by Lily Allen. It’s a song about her loser IRL brother whose wasting his life away, needs a job and to get laid. That brother is Alfie Allen, who went to play Theon for all 8 seasons of Game of Thrones, including an Emmy nomination, and has a child with a supermodel. by whatilearned June 14, 2022, 3:59 pm 11 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL that Robert Lopez is the youngest person to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony, is the only person to have won each of them multiple times, and has won them closer together than anyone else. by whatilearned February 19, 2022, 9:46 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL the ‘EGOT’ – an acronym used to designate people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony – was coined in 1984 by newly-famous Miami Vice actor Philip Michael Thomas, who stated a desire to achieve EGOT status within 5 years. He has never been nominated for any of the EGOT awards. by whatilearned February 9, 2022, 1:17 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
7 Comments TIL singer Lily Allen wrote a song dissing her brother Alfie Allen in 2006, criticizing him for his lazy behavior. Since then he’s done well for himself best known for playing Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones, for which he was nominated for an Emmy. by whatilearned November 17, 2021, 7:26 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL that in 1981, Anthony Hopkins won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for playing Adolf Hitler in the TV Movie The Bunker (1981). The film is a dramatisation depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler’s last weeks in his underground bunker in Berlin. by whatilearned November 5, 2021, 11:12 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL Star Trek: The Animated Series was the first Star Trek series to win an Emmy. by whatilearned October 23, 2021, 4:36 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL that while 16 people have achieved EGOT status, only 2 have achieved PEGOT status (Pulitzer, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards) — Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch. by whatilearned October 19, 2021, 1:17 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
9 Comments TIL Actress Cloris Leachman was awarded 8 Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded actress in Emmy history. She won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. by whatilearned March 29, 2021, 11:12 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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