By Danielle Broadway and Christina Anagnostopoulos LOS ANGELES, Sept 15 - At the Emmy Awards on Sunday, Hollywood celebrated a diverse line-up of nominees and winners at television's highest honors and feted the success of Latino, LGBTQ and Japanese talent and stories. Disney's "Shogun" took the top prize of best drama series following its record number of Emmys for a single season of a television series. Japanese actors Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada won best actress and actor for "Shogun", while Frederick E.
O. Toye won best director for a drama series for his work on the show. The series also picked up 14 trophies at the Creative Arts Emmys, a precursor event that recognizes guest actors and crafts such as cinematography and production design.
The series has garnered attention for featuring a majority Japanese cast with Japanese being the primary language spoken within the series. Upon winning best drama, Sanada spoke words of thanks in Japanese. A standout among Latino winners was "The Bear" actor Liza Colon-Zayas, who plays a chef named Tina Marrero.
Colon-Zayas beat industry giants Meryl Streep and Carol Burnett in the best supporting actress category. "And to all the Latinas who are looking at me. Keep believing and vote.
Vote for your rights," Colon-Zayas said during her acceptance speech. Echoing her, actor and comedian John Leguizamo described the Hollywood opportunity gaps that's he's faced throughout his career in Hollywood. Leguizamo called himself a "DEI hire," .