it designates parts of somalia an area of active hostility, giving the u.s. military more power to strike those areas. according to command, eight terrorists were killed in the attack. at tthe big winner at the 7 emmy awards, sir evan hanson. also a big night for hello dolly ode, named best musical revival and bette midler, who won the tony for best actress in a musical and outlasted the playoff music with her acceptance speech. oslo, a drama telling the backstory behind the middle east peace talks won for best new play. james earl jones was honored for lifetime achievement. we all associate his voice with this very network. this is cnn. all right, will jeff sessions testify in public tomorrow? that s the big question this morning. we ll discuss what s at stake
tonight s best musical went to a gentlemen s guide for love and murder about a caper set in 1909 london that turns murder in to merriment. it topped the nominations with ten. best play went to all the way starring breaking bad s bryan cranston. love that guy. he won the prize for leading actor for best revival of a play, a raisin in the sun which stars denzel washington. for best actress in a musical, jessie mueller plays the title world in beautiful, the carole king musical. j-lo will not join pitbull for the opening ceremonies of the world cup in brazil on thursday. soccer officials there blaming production issues. it s unclear what that means. production issues. take tomorrow off because there s production issues. or couldn t remove the green m&ms out of the bowl. i don t know what that is. they already recorded the theme song released in april. it was not a hit among brazilians. since it was mainly in english
early in the show, a stunner for jacqueline bisset. winning best actress for miniseries or tv film. no one seemed more stunned than bisset herself, talking kind of in kind of an awkward way. finally front and center. practically had to hail a cab to get to the stage. it was really uncomfortable. she finally got there. totally unprepared to accept an award. she kind of paused for a while. and then she rambled on, eventually getting her mike cut off. too bad about her hair, too. but and she had to get bleeped. there was cursing in there. very awkward. but you know, sometimes awkward tv is some of the most entertaining. in that respect, she was a resounding success. there you go. we move on. raising eyebrows, amy poehler in a random act of affection. making out with bono. just before winning best actress in a musical or comedy series for parks and recreation. she was very proud of that on-camera smoosh.
and god, harvey weinstein. another real life role, marilyn monroe brought michelle williams her first globe, best actress in a musical or comedy. another first time globe winner was octavia spencer. christopher plumber took best supporting actors honors. and steven spielberg got best animated feature and martin score zazy won for hugo. on the tv side, tthe conspiracy thriller homeland won. kelsey grammer won in boss. modern family grabbed kudos for best comedy and laura dern took best actress and matt will he blank took best actor playing an exaggerated variation of himself in episodes. in beverly hills, california, mark barger, nbc news.