Emmys: Chadwick Boseman wins as another nominee from SC waits for primetime awards

Before the Primetime Emmys are awarded Monday night, the Creative Arts Emmys were held last weekend, and Anderson's own Chadwick Boseman won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for his role in the Disney+ and Marvel Studios animated show "What If...?"

On the show, Boseman voices his "Black Panther" character T'Challa where he becomes Star Lord, a character in an alternate universe from "Guardians of the Galaxy."

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The Academy Award nominee from Anderson, a T.L. Hanna High graduate, died tragically young at the age of 40 after a battle with colon cancer.

His wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the Emmy on his behalf.

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"When I learned that Chad was nominated for this award, I started thinking about everything that was going on when he was recording — everything that was going on in the world and in our world and just being in such awe of his commitment and his dedication," Ledward said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “And what a beautifully aligned moment it really is that one of the last things he would work on would not only be revisiting a character that was so important to him and his career and to the world, but also that it be an exploration of something new, diving into a new potential future — particularly with everything he spoke about purpose and finding the reason that you are here on the planet on this very time.

"You can’t understand your purpose unless you’re willing to ask, ‘What if,’ unless you’re willing to say, ‘What if the universe is conspiring in my favor, what if it’s me?'”

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Greenville's Alrinthea Carter, meanwhile, was nominated in Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for her work on HBO's "A Black Lady Sketch Show." Writers for HBO's "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" won that award.

Greenville native J. Smith Cameron is nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series for her role in the HBO series "Succession." That award is due to be presented Monday night as the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards air at 8 p.m. on Sept. 12 on NBC-TV.

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