Behind the Candelabra

Amy Poehler made out with Bono, Tina Fey mocked George Clooney’s taste in women and Matt Damon emerged, bizarrely, as the night’s recurring gag.

Michael Douglas and HBO’s Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra” took top honors at 65th Emmy Awards Sunday night.

Upon being introduced by Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, the stars of HBO’s Emmy-winning Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra,” Sir Elton John spoke both of the performer’s influence and his great dress sense.

LOS ANGELES — HBO’s Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra” was the top winner at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday in an evening marked by victories for several gay and lesbian artists.

Matt Damon and Michael Douglas won’t just be competing for an Emmy. They’ll be handing one out, too. Emmys producers announced the pair as this year’s first presenters Tuesday.

The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself. Liberace, forever hailed as Mr. Showmanship, was the excess-to-the-max pianist-personality whose onstage and offstage extravagance were legendary and who wowed audiences in Las Vegas and worldwide to become the best-paid entertainer on the planet…