For the Emmys’ weirdest categories, The Bear and SNL are destined to dominate in comedy while drama is anyone’s guess.
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They’re far from the most prestigious categories on the Emmy ballot. They don’t even get presented on the main Emmys telecast. But year in and year out, the Guest Actor and Guest Actress categories present some of the most wide-open and fascinating races, where Oscar darlings like Lily Gladstone compete against other Oscar darlings like Olivia Colman. Some of these actors are taking on meaty, episode-shifting roles, and others are just playing bizarro versions of themselves in a cheeky cameo. They might be the guest of the week in a crime procedural, or one of several A-list cameos brought in to…
