‘How To Get Away With Murder‘ actress Viola Davis is  now the first African-American actress to receive the Emmy award for ‘Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series’ after she earned the coveted gong during last night’s ceremony in Los Angeles.

Her groundbreaking win came before the series returns for a second season on September 24th and came accompanied by an acceptance speech that pays tribute to the African-American humanitarian Harriet Tubman.

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As reported here,  the 2015 Primetime Emmy nominations were unveiled today to honor the year’s most spectacular moments and people on television.

While the historic nominations of Taraji P. Henson (‘Empire’) and Viola Davis (‘How To Get Away With Murder’) could lend the first time in history an African American woman walks away with the ‘Best Actress’ primetime Emmy, other coveted categories are looking just as good for some of entertainment’s leading ladies.

‘Telephone’ duo Lady Gaga and Beyonce are considered frontrunners in their respective categories while fellow pop diva Katy Perry‘s ‘Super Bowl’ outing  – like Bey and Bruno Mars before her, nabbed a mention in this year’s ‘Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program’ category.

See who they’ll be competing against below:

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The nominations have formally been announced for the 2015 Emmy Awards.

Billed as the biggest ceremony honoring shows on the small screen, this year’s list brings with it noms for music drama ‘Empire’ and Shonda Rhimes’ latest sensation ‘How To Get Away With Murder.’

Without further ado, find out who’s up for what after the jump…

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In the court of public opinion, The Wendy Williams Show has been reigning for some time.

Now in sixth season, the daytime talker routinely pulls in more ratings than its more “traditional” competition such as ‘Ellen’ and ‘The View.’

Said shows most certainly have to watch out now, because the series appears to have found favor amongst critics too, who have nominated ‘Wendy’ for two Daytime Emmy Awards.

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The 66th Annual Emmy Awards took place in Los Angeles last night and paid homage to the television shows and movies that rocked the 2013-2014 TV season.

Stars of some of our favourite shows such as ‘Scandal’ and ‘Orange Is The New Black’ already bagged early awards. On the big night, did your favourite show take home any honors?

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Hit TV series’ Scandal and Orange is the New Black have picked up a total of four major Emmys at last night’s ‘Creative Arts Emmys’, one week before the 2014 Emmy Awards air live on August 25th!

Details on the shows’ wins below…

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‘Treasure‘ singer Bruno Mars has celebrated his earning of 2014 Emmy nominations this week, sharing his delight with all 18.5 million of his ‘Twitter’ followers!

His celebration tweet below!

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The ‘66th Annual Emmy Awards’ ceremony will pop, lock and drop its way to ‘NBC’ by August 25th 2014, celebrating the best of what TV had to offer in the last year!

Leading this year’s nominee party with 19 nominations is HBO‘s ‘Game of Thrones’, while the Idris Elba-led ‘Luther’ scores two nominations one year after it wrapped after a three season long run.

So, want to see which other shows have cause to celebrate today?

‘Black’ achievement below!

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As if the outstanding success of her latest world tour wasn’t enough, today has seen the singer/songwriter Beyonce welcome three Emmy nominations….secured by her set at this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.

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A leggy Lady GaGa was snapped sporting this ‘out-there’ ensemble last night at the 39th International Emmy Awards in New York last night.

The singer, whose video for new single ‘Marry The Night’ is expected any day now, is currently re-structuring her team ahead of a tour next year after severing ties with creative director Laurieann Gibson recently.

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Lady GaGa is most certainly expanding her media empire far beyond the realms of music and supporting visuals.

For the starlet’s ‘Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: at Madison Square Garden’ has obtained 5  Emmy nods, the very first set of nominations she has ever received from the well respected award ceremony.

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Nearly 20 years after Fantasia‘s 2007 single ‘When I See U’ first stormed to the top of Billboard R&B charts, the GRAMMY-winning songstress is giving the modern-day classic a fresh pair of wings to repeat the feat.

Dropping jaws with a live rendition of the Midi Mafia-produced bop at the 2024 Time 100 Gala in April (where she was among the esteemed honorees), critical acclaim for the showing was so strong Fannie mastered the audio from the performance with help from EMMY-winning creative director and instrumentalist Adam Blackstone.

Stream her stirring updated take on ‘See’ inside and see the performance (which also included other fan favorites ‘Lose to Win’ and ‘Free Yourself’) people are still talking about.

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