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As grand marshal of Daytona 500, Nate Bargatze has some ideas for NASCAR

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Comedian and show host Nate Bargatze arrives for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theatre at LA Live in Los Angeles.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.

It’s about five hours before the Daytona 500, in a radio room of the Daytona International Speedway media center, and Nate Bargatze has a question.

How does anyone get any sleep around here?

Bargatze, the Grammy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated comedian who is the No. 1 earning comedian in the world according to PollStar, slept in a bus on Saturday evening in the infield. He was woken up by cars being worked on, fellow campers who partied into the morning waking up early, too. He’s awake now, though, no doubt. His silver hair is perfectly kept; his white shoes and watch are mint clean. His Nashville, self-deprecating charm is still intact — which is what vaulted him in the nation’s consciousness a few years ago and has made him a two-time host of Saturday Night Live.

Comedian and show host Nate Bargatze arrives for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theatre at LA Live in Los Angeles. PATRICK T. FALLON AFP via Getty Images

But his sleep deprivation has him open to sharing some ideas. And he has many of them. And a lot of them are encased in statements that feel like questions — his trademarked kind, ones that you might’ve seen on his Big Dumb Eyes World Tour, which visited Charlotte in November.

Some of these ideas, even, are about NASCAR. The Tennessee native is a NASCAR fan and is this year’s grand marshal of the Daytona 500, after all — joining a group that has recently included a Pro Football Hall of Famer (Charles Woodson), a global pop icon (Pitbull), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and President Donald Trump.

He’s entitled to such opinions and ideas, he said

He’s entitled to suggestions (!), even, he said.

“It doesn’t hurt to ask,” Bargatze said. “Grand marshals get nervous to ask.”

Read up on those opinions and ideas — as well as some insight into his feature film, The Breadwinner, opening in May — in this interview with The Charlotte Observer’s Alex Zietlow. The interview has been edited lightly for brevity. Beware of unrelenting jest.

Nate Bargatze got some tips from Kevin James

Zietlow: When did you get to the racetrack today?

Bargatze: I woke up in the racetrack. I had my tour bus come down, and it was just easy. You want to experience it the best way you can. And you’re grand marshal, you can ask for a few things. So I was like, ‘Can you please put me in the middle of the track?’ So yeah, we woke up there, you open the door, and you’re kind of in it.

Z: Did you interact with any race fans?

B: Yeah walking from the bus to here I was able to interact with a few people. So it was cool. I haven’t gotten in the thick-thick of it yet. But just walking a little bit, it’s fun just to see everybody working on cars. We heard a car driving this morning. You get woken up. You’re not going to sleep.

Z: That’s so true.

B: That’s what I was thinking. All those people who sleep out there. I’m sure a lot of them have long nights. And then you just wake up to a car going 200 miles an hour.

Z: Oh by the way, they do not sleep. I’m trying to get out of here at midnight, and they’re doing wheelbarrow races, blasting music. It’s crazy. … You mention being grand marshal. A lot of really interesting people have been grand marshals at the Daytona 500. Anthony Mackie, Captain America. The Rock. Pitbull. Donald Trump. It’s an interesting slate. They all kind of bring their own style to it. Have you studied how they say, “Drivers, start your engines?”

B: I’ve watched some videos. And Kevin James is one that a lot of people really talk about as his being one of the best. I was with him last week because he came to Nashville. We’re friends. So I was able to talk to him about it a little bit.

There’s only so much advice they can give you because you’re saying four words. You think it’s going to be this big, ‘OK, here’s what you gotta do.’ But I think it’s all commitment, just go out and do it, and say it. I think people wanna hear the lines. Just do those lines.

Z: I imagine part of you wants to make people laugh, though, right?

B: Yes.

Z: How do you resist that?

B: They’ve told me it’s only gone bad. I did ask. I was asking. As a comedian, you’re trying to get a joke in somewhere, and then they’re like, ‘Well, you can try, but it’s like, here’s what we’ve seen in the past.’ It’s kind of just best to do the words.

And I mean, as a NASCAR fan, you’ve seen this your whole life. You’re like, ‘OK, I want to do it and yell that,’ and here those engines start. It’s a pretty crazy moment.

Growing up a NASCAR fan in Nashville

Z: Did you ever want to be a driver? Were you a car guy growing up?

B: I was never a car guy. But I like driving. There are times when I think, ‘Man, I think it would be fun.’ Just last night, I was thinking if I could learn how to race and get into it. So it seems fun. When you’re watching it, and they’re drifting, and their bumpers are touching, and they’re going 200 miles an hour. I love the idea of it all: the slingshot, and all this kind of crazy stuff. Getting to feel that would be pretty unbelievable. But you gotta have full-blown commitment to get into something like that.

Z: Any opinion on NASCAR coming back to the Nashville Fairgrounds (last hosted a NASCAR race in 1984)?

B: There were roller coasters over there. What made me nervous about roller coasters: at the fairgrounds, I remember riding it as a kid, and they’d always be working on them. Even when you were riding the roller coaster. Like, ‘Why are these guys working on this roller coaster as it’s going?’ Anyway …

The fairgrounds. The speedway is beautiful; where it’s at, it’s very accessible. It’s a real big track. Obviously the fairgrounds, it would be nice to have it in Nashville proper. The soccer stadium is over there. So I don’t know. It would be nice if you could switch it up. It’s a smaller track, a different race. Small tracks, they kind of stand out. We have Bristol, also.

It would be nice if they mixed it up: do the speedway one year, do the fairgrounds one year. I don’t know if I can do this stuff because I’m grand marshal. But that will be one of the things I’ll try.

Z: You have a lot of power as grand marshal.

B: Yeah.

Z: Like, a ton.

B: Way more than I think. That’s what I’m doing: trying to learn how much power do I have. Just keep pushing the limit.

NASCAR-centric sketches, ‘The Breadwinner’ and his Daytona 500 pick

Z: I saw the promotion you did when you became grand marshal. Did you come up with NAYTONA? And do you actually believe you have the power to change some of the elements of the Great American Race?

B: I do. It doesn’t hurt to ask. Grand marshals get nervous to ask. We talked with the NASCAR team, and I got some comedy writers, so we all just kind of came up with the idea because it was easy to say. So it was just a fun concept to go with. And the day we shot it, it was just fun to play with, T-shirts we made up, acting like we were going to go sell out.

Z: Do you have any other NASCAR-centric sketches swirling around in your brain? Maybe you get inspiration today?

B: You know what’s hard? Talladega Nights killed it.

Z: I know.

B: That’s what makes it the hardest. There’s stuff they did in that movie where you’re like, ‘Yeah, they did it. It’s unbelievable.’ You’re always looking. You’re always trying to find material, trying to find something to do. I definitely will have my eyes open and see if I see anything. If I do, I need material. I’ve always needed material.

Z: Wanted to mention your first feature film coming out, The Breadwinner. (Bargatze plays a father with three daughters whose wife goes on Shark Tank, her business takes off, and you keep losing control of a chaotic household.)

I saw the trailer. I thought it was hilarious. I also thought it was so funny that Kevin O’Leary, after his breakout role in Marty Supreme, is being funny in your movie.

B: He’s a huge star now. He’s a big problem. (Laughs.)

Z: Was any of this autobiographical?

B: A lot of it all comes from truth. I have a joke about not knowing my daughter’s school bus number. It happened. That was just what happened. … I was in PetSmart. I don’t even know what I was getting. Our daughter had a guinea pig. So it all comes from that real thing. And then in the movie, you kind of elevate and exaggerate it even more. … It’s a very fun movie. Everybody can come to it. I think it’s going to appeal to a lot of people.

Z: Kids are going to laugh at the roof breaking, you falling off the horse, etc.

B: I would see kids at my show. And it’s like, yeah, when I talk about my wife, and being married, they’re not laughing that much. But when I talk bout a donkey jumping off a high dive, they lighten up a little bit.

Z: (Laughing.) I probably shouldn’t be laughing this hard. I’m revealing my sophomoric sense of humor.

B: Yeah, that’s how I get you too. You ignore my wife stuff too. It’s your age to 8-year-olds. You’re going to laugh at more of that than the kids do.

Z: Thanks so much for your time. And enjoy the race. Oh, by the way, do you have a Daytona 500 winner?

B: I’m gonna root for Jimmie Johnson. I just love that story.

Z: It’s his second-to-last Daytona 500.

B: I saw that. The kid who’s going to three-peat too.

Z: William Byron! Charlotte guy.

B: Yeah, that would be pretty wild.

This story was originally published February 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM.

Alex Zietlow

The Charlotte Observer

Alex Zietlow writes about the Carolina Panthers and the ways in which sports intersect with life for The Charlotte Observer, where he has been a reporter since August 2022. Zietlow’s work has been honored by the Pro Football Writers Association, the N.C. and S.C. Press Associations, as well as the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) group. He’s earned six APSE Top 10 distinctions for his coverage on a variety of topics, from billion-dollar stadium renovations to the small moments of triumph that helped a Panthers kicker defy the steepest odds in sports. Zietlow previously wrote for The Herald in Rock Hill (S.C.) from 2019-22.
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February 15, 2026
Nate Bargatze’s Boys & Girls Club Emmys Bit Fell Flat and Was a Clumsy Exercise in Celebrity Humiliation

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Winning an Emmy ought, under normal circumstances, to be the high point of an actor’s career.

For all the artists who won at this year’s Emmy ceremony, it was a moment they’ll remember for having been policed in the most sanctimonious and irritating manner possible.

Nate Bargatze, the ceremony’s disastrous host, set forth that he had set up a $100,000 pool of money to donate to the unimpeachable nonprofit the Boys & Girls Club. Money would be deducted from this pool, moment-by-moment, if a winner went over 45 seconds — and money would be added if they came in under time. (Bargatze brought real children, announced as beneficiaries of the Boys & Girls Club, to the ceremony, and they were super cute! They came to feel, though, more and more like props in the proceedings — supremely unfair.)

The whole concept was a nice idea for a single monologue joke — raising awareness for a group that does a lot of good while making sure that the ceremony doesn’t drift toward the four-hour mark. And yet it just felt badly underthought.

To wit: Hannah Einbinder won the supporting actress Emmy for “Hacks” — finally! In the show’s fourth season! After multiple ceremonies where she seemed so close but didn’t quite get there! For anyone who follows either the Emmys or one of the signature shows of our current streaming era, this would seem like a big deal. But Einbinder’s emotional speech wasn’t merely foreshortened, and thickened with a strange and ugly tension, by her own knowledge that her inability to sum her whole experience of “Hacks” up in 45 seconds would be impossible. It was, by the end, marked by a ticking clock marking how much money Einbinder was losing for the Boys & Girls Club by continuing to thank her collaborators and say what was on her mind after the time limit passed. “I’ll pay the difference, sorry,” she was forced to say, as she wrapped up.

As regards how time was spent on the Emmys ceremony, Einbinder’s speech, and its presentation, is already up on YouTube. Fully three minutes are spent on the presenters, who include Reba McEntire, being introduced by Bargatze and then paying tribute to the TV series “The Golden Girls,” for some reason. Einbinder speaks for a little more than a minute. This pattern continued throughout: Canned, rehearsed presenter dialogue — to say nothing of the lugubrious In Memoriam segment, during which singer Lainey Wilson slowly strode across the stage to join Vince Gill for long seconds before the reel started playing — unspooled for as long as it needed to. That, random awards-show detritus, was, of course, the cost of doing business, as were Bargatze’s inane intrusions. The real and raw emotions of people experiencing surprise, delight, and the sense of having something that needed to be said? Well, that was on a clock.

Not that Bargatze cared about how he came across to core viewers. He came across, throughout the ceremony, as perpetual hall monitor, seemingly interested exclusively in which stars met his standard and which fell short. If you were relieved, briefly, that the onscreen clock didn’t show during 15-year-old “Adolescence” actor Owen Cooper’s heartfelt acceptance speech — don’t worry! Bargatze was right there, right after, to note that it went over time. One wonders how he’d have reacted, in the moment, to Nicole Kidman’s powerhouse “Big Little Lies” Emmy speech, in which she spoke frankly about domestic violence even as the clock moved toward midnight. Would he have scolded her, too?

Probably! But what, if not for moments like Kidman’s speech, then, or Einbinder’s or Cooper’s speeches, now, do we even watch these things for? The standard Bargatze set was that of someone who is fundamentally uninterested in awards shows at all — which, while a fine way to go through life, raises the question of why he put himself forward to host one, or why he was hired. Bargatze’s seeming singleminded focus on a monetary figure that everyone must have known he’d end up replenishing at the end of the show (as, indeed, he did) seemed so thoroughly to lose the audience that the perpetual Emmys problem of people filing in and out of the theater as the host speaks looked pointed. To whom, even, was he speaking? Around him was an empty room.

Well, Bargatze was addressing an audience who hates awards shows, I guess, and those who get irritated when actors run on too long. It’s hard to imagine how many viewers of an Emmys telecast in 2025, with infinite streaming options available, secretly hate awards shows, but whoever they are, they likely found an ally in Bargatze. The rest of us were left to wonder what exactly he was doing.

Yes, the speeches can run long. And at the Emmys — which, unlike the Oscars, which honor only four actors per ceremony — there are a lot of egos to manage. But past hosts have addressed the need to come in on time with some grace. Conan O’Brien’s 2006 threat to kill Bob Newhart if the show went over time speaks to his particular comic imagination, which is certainly one-of-a-kind. But Bargatze’s bullyragging and berating actors coming off of the peak moment of their career suggests just how limited his comic imagination seems to be.

And it all seemed to come to naught. Bargatze added a bunch of money — bolstered, he said, by CBS — to bring the pot up to $350,000. But, thanks to his ministrations, the presenters of both the drama and comedy trophies had legitimate time to vamp. I’d rather have heard 10 more seconds from six winners at the Emmys than a minute of Brad Garrett and Ray Romano trying to fill time they didn’t expect to have before their best comedy presentation. That Bargatze doesn’t agree is regrettable. It also should mark an end both to his hosting career and to this particular angle on awards shows, that they’re ultimately intended for an audience that hates them and wants to see their winners cut off at the knees. The interesting part is when the winners speak — and Bargatze, tonight’s relentless spoilsport, wouldn’t know anything about winning at the Emmys.

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September 14, 2025
‘The Studio’ breaks record for comedy Emmys as ‘Adolescence’ and ‘Severance’ also score big wins

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“The Studio” made Emmy history Sunday night with its 12th trophy as the AppleTV+ movie-business romp became the winningest comedy series ever in a season.“Studio” co-creator Seth Rogen won for acting, directing and writing. Along with nine wins claimed at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys, it broke a record set last year by “The Bear” with 11.“I could not wrap my head around this happening,” said Rogen after winning best comedy actor at the beginning of the CBS telecast. “I’ve never won anything in my life.”Rogen shared the directing Emmy with longtime collaborator and “Studio” co-creator Evan Goldberg, shared the writing Emmy with Goldberg and others. He’ll get his fourth if “The Studio” wins best comedy. The show rode blockbuster buzz into the Emmys for its breakout first season.Netflix’s acclaimed “Adolescence,” the story of a 13-year-old in Britain accused of a killing, won four Emmys in the limited series categories. Owen Cooper, who played the teen, became the youngest Emmy winner in more than 40 years with a win for best supporting actor.Cooper said in his acceptance that he was “nothing three years ago.”“It’s just so surreal,” Cooper said. “Honestly, when I started these drama classes a couple years back, I didn’t expect to be even in the United States, never mind here. So I think tonight proves that if you, if you listen and you focus and you step out your comfort zone, you can achieve anything in life.”Best supporting actress went to Erin Doherty, who played a therapist opposite Cooper in a riveting episode that like all four “Adolescence” episodes was filmed in a single shot.Cristin Milioti won best actress in a limited series for “The Penguin.” It was the first win of the night for the HBO series from the Batman universe after it won eight at the Creative Arts ceremony.Britt Lower and Tramell Tillman each won their first Emmy for “Severance,” the Apple TV+ Orwellian workplace satire that is considered the favorite for best drama. Lower won best actress in a drama and Tillman won best supporting actor in a drama.“My first acting coach was tough, y’all,” Tillman, wearing an all-white tuxedo, said from the stage. “But all great mothers are.”He looked out to his mother in the audience and told her, “You were there for me where no one else was, and no one else would show up.”His win had been widely expected but Lower’s was a surprise in a category where Kathy Bates was considered a heavy favorite, for “Matlock.”Jean Smart won best actress in a comedy for “Hacks” for the fourth time, at 73 extending her own record for the oldest woman ever to win the category.Every acting winner other than Smart was a first timer.A night of surprise winnersSmart’s castmate and constant scene partner Hannah Einbinder, who had also been nominated for all four seasons but unlike Smart had never won, took best supporting actress in a comedy.She said she had become committed to a bit where “it was cooler to lose.”“But this is cool too!” she shouted, then ended her speech by cursing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and saying “Free Palestine!”Katherine LaNasa won best supporting actress in a drama for the “The Pitt,” a surprise in a category where most expected one of the three nominees from “The White Lotus” to win.“I am so proud and honored,” LaNasa, looking emotional and shocked, said.In perhaps the biggest upset in a night full of them, Jeff Hiller won best supporting actor in a comedy for “Somebody Somewhere,” over Ike Barinholtz of “The Studio” and others.How the 2025 Emmys openedStephen Colbert was the first person to take the stage to present the award during the CBS telecast at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles despite the recent controversial cancellation of his show by the network. He was greeted by a rousing and lengthy standing ovation.“While I have your attention, is anyone hiring?” Colbert said.In an unusual show order, host Nate Bargatze delivered his opening monologue only after the first award was handed out.The show opened with a sketch where “Saturday Night Live” stars Mikey Day, Bowen Yang and James Austin Johnson joined Bargatze, who played television inventor Philo T. Farnsworth opining on what the future of TV will be like.Bargatze-as-Farnsworth mentions that there will be a Black Entertainment Television. When asked if there will be a network for white people, he replied, “Why, CBS of course.”

“The Studio” made Emmy history Sunday night with its 12th trophy, becoming the winningest comedy series ever in a season.

With victories for comedy acting, directing and writing Seth Rogen’s Apple TV+ movie-business romp eclipses the record of 11 set last year by “The Bear.”

“The Studio” came into the night with nine Emmys from last weekend’s Creative Arts ceremony, making it a virtual lock to break the record. And it could keep adding to its total before the evening’s done.

It was the third straight year the record was broken. Last year, “The Bear” – whose dramatic presence in the comedy category irked some competitors – broke its own record of 10 set the year before.

“I could not wrap my head around this happening,” said Rogen after his win for best comedy actor, the first award of the night. “I’ve never won anything in my life.”

Rogen shared the directing Emmy with his longtime collaborator and “Studio” co-creator Evan Goldberg, and he can still win two more before the night’s done.

Britt Lower and Tramell Tillman took trophies for “Severance.” Lower won best actress in a drama for “Severance” and Tillman won best supporting actor in a drama. It was the first career Emmy for each.

“My first acting coach was tough, y’all,” Tillman, wearing an all-white tuxedo, said from the stage. “But all great mothers are.”

He looked out to his mother in the audience and told her, “You were there for me where no one else was, and no one else would show up.”

His win had been widely expected but Lower’s was a surprise in a category where Kathy Bates was considered a heavy favorite, for “Matlock.”

A night of surprise winners

Jean Smart won best actress in a comedy for “Hacks” for the fourth time, at 73 extending her own record for the oldest woman ever to win the category.

Her castmate and constant scene partner Hannah Einbinder, who had also been nominated for all four seasons but unlike Smart had never won, took best supporting actress in a comedy.

She said she had become committed to a bit where “it was cooler to lose.”

“But this is cool too!” she shouted, then ended her speech by cursing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and saying “Free Palestine!”

Katherine LaNasa won best supporting actress in a drama for the “The Pitt,” a surprise in a category where most expected one of the three nominees from “The White Lotus” to win.

“I am so proud and honored,” LaNasa, looking emotional and shocked, said.

In perhaps the biggest upset in a night full of them, Jeff Hiller won best supporting actor in a comedy for “Somebody Somewhere,” over Ike Barinholtz of “The Studio” and others.

How the 2025 Emmys opened

Stephen Colbert was the first person to take the stage to present the award during the CBS telecast at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles despite the recent controversial cancellation of his show by the network. He was greeted by a rousing and lengthy standing ovation.

“While I have your attention, is anyone hiring?” Colbert said.

In an unusual show order, host Nate Bargatze delivered his opening monologue only after the first award was handed out.

The show opened with a sketch where “Saturday Night Live” stars Mikey Day, Bowen Yang and James Austin Johnson joined Bargatze, who played television inventor Philo T. Farnsworth opining on what the future of TV will be like.

Bargatze-as-Farnsworth mentions that there will be a Black Entertainment Television. When asked if there will be a network for white people, he replied, “Why, CBS of course.”

Apple TV+ is poised to have a breakout Emmy year with the two most nominated shows, “Severance” and “The Studio,” which are the favorites to win the two biggest awards.

What to expect from the 2025 Emmy Awards

“The Studio,” with co-creator Rogen starring as the new head of a movie studio, came into the evening the top comedy nominee with 23 and blockbuster buzz for its breakout first season.

“Severance,” the Orwellian office drama about people who surgically split their psyches into workplace “innies” and home “outies,” was the top overall nominee with 27 nominations for its second season. It won six at the Creative Arts ceremony and now stands at eight.

Along with best drama — which would be a first for Apple — star Adam Scott could win his first Emmy, for best actor.

Its top competition for best drama could be “The Pitt,” HBO’s acclaimed drama about one shift in the life of an emergency room.

Its star Noah Wyle could be both the sentimental favorite and the actual favorite for best actor. He was nominated five times without a win for playing a young doctor on “ER” in the 1990s, and now could finally take his trophy for what is in many ways a reprise of the role.

Later in the show, could give “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” the Emmy for best talk series for the first time as a sort of protest vote and tribute to its host.

Many perceived the end of the show as punishment of Colbert and placation of President Donald Trump after Colbert was harshly critical of a legal settlement between the president and Paramount, which needed administration approval for a sale to Skydance Media. Executives called the decision strictly financial.

How to watch and stream the Emmys and its red carpet

The Emmys are airing live on CBS at 8 p.m. Eastern and 5 p.m. Pacific time.

Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers may stream the show live. Standard Paramount+ subscribers can stream it Monday through Sept. 21.

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September 14, 2025
The Best Red Carpet Fashion From the 2025 Emmy Awards

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It’s time to celebrate the best and brightest of the small screen. Tonight, the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards commence, honoring the crème de la crème of the television industry. The awards show, presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, is once again taking place at the Peacock Theater in Downtown L.A., and this year, will be hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze for the first time. Along with Bargatze, presenters set to take the stage include Angela Basset, Jason Bateman, Alexis Bledel, Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Coolidge, Eric Dane, Tina Fay, Walton Goggins, Lauren Graham (please, please let there be a Gilmore Girls reunion!), Jude Law, Evan Peters and Sydney Sweeney.

Apple TV+’s Severance leads the pack with the most overall nominations at a staggering 27, followed by The Penguin (24) and newcomer The Studio (23). No matter if you agree or disagree with the surprises and snubs for the actor and actress noms, there’s no denying that the major categories feature some major star power, including Ayo Edebiri, Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Jeremy Allen White, Sterling K. Brown, Pedro Pascal, Colman Domingo, Michelle Williams and Jake Gyllenhaal. And of course, Harrison Ford, whose nod for his role in Shrinking marks his first ever Emmy nomination.

Before the awards are handed out and the official ceremony begins, however, the attendees walk the red carpet in their most glamorous ensembles. Below, see the best red carpet fashion from the 2025 Emmy Awards.

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Cate Blanchett

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Michelle Williams

in Chanel

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost. Getty Images

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost

Keri Russell. AFP via Getty Images

Keri Russell

in Armani Privé

Elizabeth Banks. Getty Images

Elizabeth Banks

Jennie Garth. Getty Images

Jennie Garth

Adam Brody and Leighton Meester. AFP via Getty Images

Adam Brody and Leighton Meester

Brody and Meester in Prada

Kristen Bell. Getty Images

Kristen Bell

in Armani Privé

Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman. Getty Images

Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman

Akerman in Greta Constantine

Leslie Bibb and Sam Rockwell. Getty Images

Leslie Bibb and Sam Rockwell

Bibb in Giorgio Armani

Colman Domingo. Getty Images

Colman Domingo

in Valentino

Hunter Schafer. AFP via Getty Images

Hunter Schafer

Alexis Bledel. Getty Images

Alexis Bledel

in Marmar Halim

Lauren Graham. Getty Images

Lauren Graham

Catherine Zeta-Jones. Getty Images

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Halsey. Getty Images

Halsey

Rashida Jones. Getty Images

Rashida Jones

in Dior

Mariska Hargitay. Getty Images

Mariska Hargitay

in Elie Saab

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart. Getty Images

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart

Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty. Getty Images

Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty

Hannah Einbinder. Variety via Getty Images

Hannah Einbinder

in Louis Vuitton

Kathryn Hahn. WireImage

Kathryn Hahn

in Valentino

Sydney Sweeney. AFP via Getty Images

Sydney Sweeney

in Oscar de la Renta

Parker Posey. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Parker Posey

in Valentino

Selena Gomez. Getty Images

Selena Gomez

in Louis Vuitton

Angela Bassett. Getty Images

Angela Bassett

in Yara Shoemaker

Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeanne Cadieu. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeanne Cadieu

Gyllenhaal in Prada, Cadieu in Schiaparelli

Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson. Getty Images

Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson

Lainey Wilson. AFP via Getty Images

Lainey Wilson

in Zuhair Murad

Quinta Brunson. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Quinta Brunson

in Louis Vuitton

Rita Ora. Getty Images

Rita Ora

Catherine O’Hara. Getty Images

Catherine O’Hara

Sarah Paulson. Getty Images

Sarah Paulson

in Marc Jacobs

Jenna Ortega. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Jenna Ortega

in Givenchy

Ruth Negga. Getty Images

Ruth Negga

in Prada

Adam Scott. Getty Images

Adam Scott

Erin Foster. Getty Images

Erin Foster

Sara Foster. WireImage

Sara Foster

in Zuhair Murad

Meghann Fahy. Getty Images

Meghann Fahy

in Valentino

Kaitlyn Dever. Getty Images

Kaitlyn Dever

Aimee Lou Wood. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Aimee Lou Wood

in Alexander McQueen

Pedro Pascal. WireImage

Pedro Pascal

Jenny Slate. Getty Images

Jenny Slate

in Rosie Assoulin

Janelle James. WireImage

Janelle James

Carrie Coon. Getty Images

Carrie Coon

in Chanel

Chloë Sevigny. Getty Images

Chloë Sevigny

in Saint Laurent

Bowen Yang. Getty Images

Bowen Yang

in Ami Paris

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Emmys host shares his plan to keep speeches short

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Emmys host shares his plan to keep speeches short

Nate Bargatze plans to donate $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of America — but there’s a catch

Have you watched all the shows? I’ve seen *** lot of commercials of the show. If you’re like Emmy host Nate Bargetzy and haven’t seen all the nominated shows, well, you might still watch the Emmy Awards for this. You’re making *** $100,000 donation to the Boys and Girls Club of America, which is amazing that you’re doing that, but there’s *** catch. Bargetzi says for every Emmy winner’s acceptance speech that exceeds the allotted 45 seconds. And Perfect choice of music. The donation shrinks by $1000 per second. Ouch, deposit too. If they go under, we will put money on top of it. So I would prefer them not all go that under because that can get pretty expensive and the amount of money I give the Boys and Girls Club is totally up to all of Hollywood. Either way, Bargetsi can afford it. He’s currently Billboard’s number one selling stand-up comic in America. His tour grossed more than $80 million last year alone. For his first Hollywood hosting gig. He’s getting advice from veterans like Nicki Glazer, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Conan O’Brien. They’re all just kind of like, you just got to be you and trust that you know what you’re doing. Fortunate to learn that in other settings and so I don’t have to hopefully not learn it, you know, in front of Harrison Ford, right? Bargetsi says, sure, he’ll joke. About Hollywood, but in his trademark polite style like the cancellation of nominee Stephen Colbert’s late night show. Is that off limits, or are you going to address it? I think we’ll say something, but it’ll be done in *** fun, playful way. That family friendly comedic style has helped the Tennessee native gain wide appeal in an era where comedy often divides audiences. Barhetsi met his wife while working at Applebee’s. Welcome. And his daughter introduces him in many of his shows. His father was *** magician and *** clown. I have to ask, did you have *** fear of clowns growing up, because *** lot of kids do. I had *** joke about like I would say, have you ever been yelled at by *** clown because I have. And it’s pretty confusing to get yelled at by *** guy that’s got *** smile painted on his face. Bargetsi doesn’t fear the Emmy stage. In fact, this star can’t wait to be starstruck. Who are you excited to see? Ben Stiller? I’m excited to see. Well, Severance has the most nominations, so you will definitely meet Ben Stiller. We should cross paths, yes.

Emmys host shares his plan to keep speeches short

Nate Bargatze plans to donate $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of America — but there’s a catch

Updated: 9:02 AM PDT Sep 13, 2025

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Comedian Nate Bargatze is hosting the Emmys this weekend — and he thinks he finally figured out how to keep acceptance speeches brief. He plans to donate $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of America.But he’ll dock $1,000 for every second a winner’s speech runs over the 45-second limit. CNN’S Elizabeth Wagmeister sat down with Bargatze to see what else the first-time host has in store for the awards show. The Emmys start at 8 p.m. ET Sunday, Sept. 14.

Comedian Nate Bargatze is hosting the Emmys this weekend — and he thinks he finally figured out how to keep acceptance speeches brief.

He plans to donate $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of America.

But he’ll dock $1,000 for every second a winner’s speech runs over the 45-second limit.

CNN’S Elizabeth Wagmeister sat down with Bargatze to see what else the first-time host has in store for the awards show.

The Emmys start at 8 p.m. ET Sunday, Sept. 14.

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September 13, 2025
Who is Nate Bargatze? What to know about the host of the 2025 Emmy Awards

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Who is Nate Bargatze? What to know about the host of the 2025 Emmy Awards

Updated: 1:55 PM PDT Sep 9, 2025

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Comedian Nate Bargatze will be hosting the 77th Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, but many people are unfamiliar with the comedian’s work.Bargatze is currently one of the highest-grossing comedians after his latest tour sold more than 1.2 million tickets.Bargatze has hosted “Saturday Night Live” twice, appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” 14 times and has also appeared on Conan and Seth Meyers’ respective shows. Bargatze told CBS that he is honored to host the Emmys, and this is a dream of his. “I’m used to performing in front of live people, not an audience like this of all the people that you know,” he said. “So, it will be fun to get in there, get on stage, get that first joke, hear that first laugh and then just get running and just really make your own of it.”

Comedian Nate Bargatze will be hosting the 77th Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, but many people are unfamiliar with the comedian’s work.

Bargatze is currently one of the highest-grossing comedians after his latest tour sold more than 1.2 million tickets.

Bargatze has hosted “Saturday Night Live” twice, appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” 14 times and has also appeared on Conan and Seth Meyers’ respective shows.

Bargatze told CBS that he is honored to host the Emmys, and this is a dream of his.

“I’m used to performing in front of live people, not an audience like this of all the people that you know,” he said. “So, it will be fun to get in there, get on stage, get that first joke, hear that first laugh and then just get running and just really make your own of it.”

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September 9, 2025
Who is Nate Bargatze? What to know about the host of the 2025 Emmy Awards

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Who is Nate Bargatze? What to know about the host of the 2025 Emmy Awards

Updated: 4:55 PM EDT Sep 9, 2025

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Comedian Nate Bargatze will be hosting the 77th Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, but many people are unfamiliar with the comedian’s work.Bargatze is currently one of the highest-grossing comedians after his latest tour sold more than 1.2 million tickets.Bargatze has hosted “Saturday Night Live” twice, appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” 14 times and has also appeared on Conan and Seth Meyers’ respective shows. Bargatze told CBS that he is honored to host the Emmys, and this is a dream of his. “I’m used to performing in front of live people, not an audience like this of all the people that you know,” he said. “So, it will be fun to get in there, get on stage, get that first joke, hear that first laugh and then just get running and just really make your own of it.”

Comedian Nate Bargatze will be hosting the 77th Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, but many people are unfamiliar with the comedian’s work.

Bargatze is currently one of the highest-grossing comedians after his latest tour sold more than 1.2 million tickets.

Bargatze has hosted “Saturday Night Live” twice, appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” 14 times and has also appeared on Conan and Seth Meyers’ respective shows.

Bargatze told CBS that he is honored to host the Emmys, and this is a dream of his.

“I’m used to performing in front of live people, not an audience like this of all the people that you know,” he said. “So, it will be fun to get in there, get on stage, get that first joke, hear that first laugh and then just get running and just really make your own of it.”

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September 9, 2025
Nate Bargatze Spots How He’s ‘In The Way’ Of The Future In Stand-Up ‘SNL’ Monologue

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Nate Bargatze acknowledged that he’s as “shocked” as viewers are that he’s hosting “SNL” before going full stand-up mode in his monologue on Saturday.

The comedian – who has a number of stand-up specials on Netflix including “The Greatest Average American” – brought up his Tennessee roots before declaring that he’s “from the 1900s” as he began to discuss his place in the future during his first-ever “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig.

“The world is so future now and I feel in the way of it,” Bargatze said.

The comedian brought up memories of hotels having fully enclosed showers before noting that today’s hotels have “half a glass” to enclose them.

“And water gets on the floor and that’s the future, that’s what the future – that’s what they want,” he quipped.

“They do half a glass because I’m still alive so they’re like – they don’t want to hear me going ‘where’s the glass at,’ so they do half a glass. And the future, the floors are always wet. Every floor.”

Bargatze, 44, later noted that it would be 2057 when his daughter, 11, turns his current age before he jokingly said he doesn’t believe “it’s a real year.”

“My movies didn’t go that high in fake years,” he quipped.

“How am I gonna’ talk to someone from 2057? I have more in common with a pilgrim.”

You can check out more from Bargatze’s monologue in the video below.

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