Thursday, September 22, 2011

Emmy 2011 Award Winners


From Movieweb.com, here are the nominees and the winners of 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Jane Lynch just a couple of days back. It's amazing how her career has picked up since Glee. I was quite surprised they didn't win best comedy series. 

Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

    Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn - Mike & Molly
    Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison - The Big C
    Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton - Nurse Jackie
    Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope - Parks and Recreation
    Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance - Raising Hope
    Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - 30 Rock



Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

    Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory
    Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc - Episodes
    Steve Carell as Michael Scott - The Office
    Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter - The Big Bang Theory
    Louis C.K. as Louie - Louie
    Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock



Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

    Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy - Modern Family

    Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester - Glee
    Betty White as Elka Ostrosky - Hot in Cleveland
    Kristen Wiig as Various characters - Saturday Night Live
    Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney - 30 Rock
    Sofía Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett - Modern Family



Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

    Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy - Modern Family

    Jon Cryer as Alan Harper - Two and a Half Men
    Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel - Glee
    Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett - Modern Family
    Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett - Modern Family
    Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker - Modern Family



Comedy Series

    Modern Family (ABC)
    Glee (FOX)
    Parks and Recreation (NBC)
    The Office (NBC)
    30 Rock (NBC)
    The Big Bang Theory (CBS)



Lead Actress In A Drama Series

    Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick - The Good Wife
    Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson - Mad Men
    Connie Britton as Tami Taylor - Friday Night Lights
    Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson - Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
    Mireille Enos as Sarah Linden - The Killing
    Kathy Bates as Harriet Harry" Korn" - Harry's Law



Lead Actor In A Drama Series

    Kyle Chandler as Coach Eric Taylor - Friday Night Lights
    Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson - Boardwalk Empire
    Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan - Dexter
    Jon Hamm as Don Draper - Mad Men
    Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House - House M.D.
    Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens - Justified



Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

    Margo Martindale as Mags Bennett - Justified

    Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder - Boardwalk Empire
    Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris - Mad Men
    Michelle Forbes as Mitch Larsen - The Killing
    Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma - The Good Wife
    Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart - The Good Wife



Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

    Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister - Game of Thrones
    John Slattery as Roger Sterling - Mad Men
    Andre Braugher as Owen - Men of a Certain Age
    Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder - Justified
    Josh Charles as Will Gardner - The Good Wife
    Alan Cumming as Eli Gold - The Good Wife



Drama Series

    Mad Men (AMC)
    Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
    The Good Wife (CBS)
    Friday Night Lights (DirecTV)
    Dexter (Showtime)
    Game of Thrones (HBO)



Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

    Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce - Mildred Pierce
    Elizabeth McGovern as Cora/ Countess of Grantham - Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)
    Diane Lane as Patricia Loud - Cinema Verite
    Taraji P. Henson as Tiffany Rubin - Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
    Jean Marsh as Rose Buck - Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece)



Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

    Barry Pepper as Bobby Kennedy - The Kennedys
    Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy - The Kennedys
    Édgar Ramírez as Carlos - Carlos
    William Hurt as Henry 'Hank' Paulson - Too Big To Fail
    Idris Elba as John Luther - Luther
    Laurence Fishburne as Thurgood Marshall - Thurgood



Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

    Guy Pearce as Monty Beragon - Mildred Pierce

    Brian F. O'Byrne as Bert Pierce - Mildred Pierce
    Tom Wilkinsonas Joe Kennedy - The Kennedys
    Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke - Too Big To Fail
    James Woods as Richard Fuld - Too Big To Fail



Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

    The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
    The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
    Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
    Saturday Night Live (NBC)
    Conan (TBS)
    Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)



Reality - Competition Program

    The Amazing Race (CBS)
    So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
    Project Runway (Lifetime)
    American Idol (FOX)
    Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
    Top Chef (Bravo)



Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program

    Jeff Probst as Host - Survivor

    Cat Deeley as Host - So You Think You Can Dance
    Phil Keoghan as Host - The Amazing Race
    Tom Bergeron as Host - Dancing with the Stars
    Ryan Seacrest as Host - American Idol

Monday, September 19, 2011

Selena Gomez Confirmed Pregnant?


An article from Weekly World News confirms that Selena Gomez is 4 weeks into pregnancy with Justin Bieber's child. They've been so public with their relationship I guess it becomes the natural follow up question. But given that my daughter adores Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber, I'd like to hope it's not true. She is one of the most beautiful young artists to-date and it would be a shame that she'd end up down that road at such a young age.

After being rushed to the hospital after her guest appearance on "The Tonight Show," many speculations have circulated that nausea coupled with an overdoes of public display of affection might have induced pregnancy


Weekly World News reported that publicists for Gomez and Bieber are both denying the pregnancy, but WWN talked to insiders in both the Gomez and Bieber camps and they confirmed that Selena is pregnant.  They also told WWN that both are “thrilled” and can’t wait to have the baby.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

New Series: Secret Circle Similarities To "The Craft"


If you're like me and you're a TV junky, you'd know that there's a new series out called Secret Circle about young witches. I just saw the pilot episode today. It was quite amusing. For the benefit of those who haven't seen it, here's the trailer



Anyway this series reminded me so much of the1996 movie "The Craft" - many elements were so similar that I couldn't help but compare


Check out the four girls in both posters. Please ignore the boys. I think they're there because a huge population of their US target market is probably composed of female teenagers



There's the bad girl -  hair tied back with rather thick eye liner. The innocent looking star - very similar to Robin Tunney from 1996 and the girl on the left looks a lot like Neve Campbell too. They also have a curly co-star very much like Rachel True

Now I don't know about you but it looks like they just copied the formula and added a few twists to it. Of course some of the more advanced cinematography is always appreciated


Saturday, September 17, 2011

Sarah Michelle Gellar Previously Known As Buffy Returns To The Small Screen With New Mystery Series - Ringer


I grew up watching Sarah Michelle Gellar on television as Buffy The Vampire Slayer. She was so cognizant to the series that I think she may have found it difficult to star in anything else. Anyone else she portrayed seemed to look like Buffy.


Now that she's all grown up, Sarah Michelle Gellar returns in a new mystery series where she plays twins. In this thriller, both sisters have their own secrets.

One is a mess and the other seems to lead a perfect life. But when the seemingly perfect sister dies, messed up Sarah Michelle Gellar takes on her life and learns the hard way how many and how heavy her burdens were.

Watch the trailer here

Heidi Klum's Legs Insured For $2M


A creature that looks like that deserves to be insured.


In a Daily Mail UK article, the 38-year-old mother of 4 and host of Project Runway, Heidi Klum confessed that her legs are insured for two million dollars.

Apparently not even legs like hers can be priced evenly as one of them (left leg) has a scar (gasp!) from broken glass while the right leg is still in its tip top form.

Wow now that's what you call valuable assets

Friday, September 2, 2011

Justin Bieber Takes Over Ashton Kutcher's Punk'd?

Rumor is out that Justin Bieber will be taking over the series Punk'd in lieu of Ashton Kutcher. Apparently the first vicitom will be Taylor Swift. Not that exciting if we all know about it now, but I haven't really seen Justin Bieber in action yet (I mean outside of him singing girly songs). I heard he was good on CSI but I still have to see how good he is as a host. Justin Bieber is pretty lucky to be getting so many opportunities to do a variety of things. Unlike other young stars, he got to appear on many different kinds of shows doing a lot of different things aside from singing.

I heard he waited for Usher in an open parking lot just to be able to submit his demo tape. I guess it paid off. But how will he do as the new host of Punk'd? I don't think it'll be that good, but I could be wrong.