{"id":34141,"date":"2016-09-18T19:04:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T23:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=34141"},"modified":"2016-09-18T19:04:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T23:04:36","slug":"10-years-ago-mrb-at-the-emmys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/10-years-ago-mrb-at-the-emmys\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years Ago: MrB at the Emmys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Emmys are on tonight. <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/cement-strikes-back-at-the-emmys\/\" target=\"_blank\">Normally<\/a>, on Emmy night, I like to show off MrB&#8217;s Emmy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34142\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/my-best-dressed-at-the-emmys-woody-and-matthew\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34142\" class=\"wp-image-34142 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/fitzroy.jpg\" alt=\"fitzroy\" width=\"498\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/fitzroy.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/fitzroy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/fitzroy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/fitzroy-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever shared this photo of MrB holding his Emmy in 2006.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:395px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/120836491\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:150.379747% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/120836491?et=LewdDibWTB5ODiodlnOCOA&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=whQUSAERyWV_A1tD9uu4FvMTnUF_yTq8WyIaK6zAS9s=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"395\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>MrB received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Business &#038; Financial Reporting from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emmyonline.org\/mediacenter\/business_4th_paul_steiger.html\" target=\"_blank\">National Academy of Television Arts &#038; Sciences<\/a> that year. At the time, he was managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, overseeing U.S. and international print and online editions. He didn&#8217;t have much to do with television at all, so we were a little puzzled by the award, but when someone offers you an Emmy, you take it!<\/p>\n<p>I was there with terrible hair.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paul-1.jpg\" alt=\"paul\" width=\"498\" height=\"591\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paul-1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paul-1-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paul-1-300x356.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My hair is so straight and rectangular! I suspect I had chemically straightened my hair shortly before this event and was <a href=\"http:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt0250494\/quotes?qt=qt0423420\" target=\"_blank\">in that period of time when it couldn&#8217;t be washed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The business Emmys &#8212; which were only in their fourth year &#8212; took place in December in 2006, months after the regular Emmys, so we didn&#8217;t get prance down the red carpet with a bunch of actors people and have our moment on television. MrB had his picture on the<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASDAQ_MarketSite\" target=\"_blank\"> outside of the Nasdaq building<\/a> though!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paul-2.jpg\" alt=\"paul\" width=\"498\" height=\"349\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paul-2.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paul-2-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure whether the Business &#038; Financial Reporting Emmy still exists. I&#8217;m having trouble finding anything about it after 2009. However, I did find this spectacular photo of MrB and Eliot Spitzer from the first ceremony in 2003.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2783613\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:60.942761% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/2783613?et=WiaC5L4VS_NY4oxlT1a5aw&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=65PwqPvpZ0Z4XiPmmYjyadertNSfEUZGTejz_GMJAmQ=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"362\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Eliot Spitzer became the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eliot_Spitzer#Governorship\" target=\"_blank\">governor of New York in 2007<\/a>, but he <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/spitzer-is-sorry-about-ho-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\">resigned the next year amidst a prostitution scandal<\/a>. In 2003, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eliot_Spitzer#New_York_Attorney_General\" target=\"_blank\">New York&#8217;s attorney general<\/a>. In that role, he was very into pursuing Wall Street and other white-collar crime, which explains his presence at that 2003 event. I&#8217;m pretty sure I skipped that dinner, which was for the best, because <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/spitzer-is-sorry-about-ho-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eliot always annoyed me<\/a>!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Emmys are on tonight. Normally, on Emmy night, I like to show off MrB&#8217;s Emmy. But I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever shared this photo of MrB holding his Emmy in 2006. Embed from Getty Images MrB received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Business &#038; Financial Reporting from the National Academy of Television Arts &#038;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/10-years-ago-mrb-at-the-emmys\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,534,568],"tags":[856,857],"class_list":{"0":"post-34141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"category-emmys","9":"category-journalism","10":"tag-eliot-spitzer","11":"tag-emmys","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34141"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34149,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34141\/revisions\/34149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}