Cruise shocker picked by Emmy voters

The controversial Trapped In The Closet episode of South Park, which poked fun at Tom Cruise, is the cheeky instalment that earned creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone an Emmy Awards nomination on Thursday.

The parody, which questioned Cruise's sexuality and mocked his Scientology beliefs, was caught up in controversy when it first aired last November, and led to South Park regular Isaac Hayes, a fellow Scientologist, quitting the show.