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Racy Timberlake video wins Emmy
Monday Sep 10 15:41 AEST
AP - The Emmys got edgy as an off-colour Saturday Night Live video featuring Justin Timberlake and strategically-placed gift boxes was honoured at the creative arts ceremony.
(Blank) in a Box, last December's fake music video performed by Timberlake and "SNL" cast member Andy Samberg, is about wrapping a certain part of the male anatomy and presenting it to a loved one as a holiday present.
"I think it's safe to say that when we first set out to make this song, we were all thinking 'Emmy!"' Samberg said in accepting the award Saturday for best original music and lyrics.
"The other thing we were thinking was, 'Hey! Here's this young up and comer, Justin Timberlake, who is clearly very talented and could clearly use a break,"' Samberg said. "So, Justin, if you're out there, congrats to you, kid."'
The video, which beat out competition that included two songs from a musical edition of Scrubs, became an internet sensation. It garnered millions of views on YouTube and NBC's website, which posted an un-bleeped version.
The Creative Arts Emmys, which recognise technical and other achievements for the 2006-07 season, will air September 15 on E!, the night before the Primetime Emmy Awards on Fox.
Timberlake was elsewhere Saturday: He had a concert scheduled in Tacoma, Washington. But his tour takes him to Los Angeles on Primetime Emmys night, raising the possibility he could perform "Box" at the ceremony.
As Samberg arrived at the creative arts awards, he told The Associated Press that he had yet to be asked by the TV academy to perform the song with Timberlake on the Fox broadcast - but he was willing, he said.
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