Beyoncé's 'Homecoming' Scores 6 Emmy Nominations
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The film, which documents her 2018 Coachella headlining performance, is up for Outstanding Variety Special and more
On Tuesday morning, The Good Place actress D'Arcy Carden and The Masked Singer judge Ken Jeong announced the nominees for the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards live from Wolf Theatre at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in Los Angeles, and the 37-year-old singer racked up a total of six nominations for her Netflix special, Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé.
The live concert film was nominated for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special, Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special, Outstanding Costumes for a Variety (Non-Fiction or Reality Programming), Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special and Outstanding Music Direction.
Homecoming documents Beyoncé’s 2018 headlining Coachella performance. It arrived with a corresponding live album. Earlier today, Bey revealed the tracklist for her new Lion King-inspired album The Lion King: The Gift, which arrives this Friday. It features contributions from Kendrick Lamar, JAY-Z, Childish Gambino, her daughter Blue Ivy, and more.
Beyoncé has yet to win an Emmy Award, but was previously nominated in 2013 for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program for the Super Bowl XlVII Halftime Show, in 2015 for Outstanding Special Class Program for her On the Run Tour with husband JAY-Z, and in 2016 for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special and Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special for Lemonade.