'Fly the Zionist off the screen': Emmy winner took to the stage with the pin and received a barrage of criticism - voila! culture

Producer Ben Winston wears the pin of the hostages captured by Hamas while accepting the Emmy Award for Best Variety Special for producing Elton John's live performance at Dodger Stadium/Getty Images, Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the 75th Primetime Emmy Ceremony, hosted by actor and comedian Anthony Anderson ("Black Like This," "Law & Order"), was held at Peacock Hall in Los Angeles, and was also broadcast live in Israel (an edited and translated version of the ceremony will be broadcast tonight at 21 p.m. on Bis TV Drama and Video). The main prizes were won by "Descendants", "The Bear" (six statuettes each) and "Nerves" (with five wins).

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Among the winners was British Jewish producer and director Ben Winston, who won the Emmy Award for Best Variety Special for co-producing Elton John's live show at Dodger Stadium that aired on Disney Plus. Winston, who has already won 12 Emmys and has been nominated for 33 awards, rose to accept the award while wearing the yellow pin of solidarity with the Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas, prompting pro-Palestinian and anti-Semitic reactions on social media. Among the aggressive comments he received on social media: "Ben Winston in this yellow ribbon, I really wish this man nothing but bad things," "Get Zionist Ben Winston off my screen now," "Ben Winston wore a yellow ribbon??? I need him to get out of here."

Meanwhile, Elton John's Emmy win completes the EGOT for the 76-year-old singer, winning all of the major awards in American entertainment: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

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