The Bryan Awards

The 84th Annual Academy Award Nominations

2012-01-24T05:35:00.001-08:00

This morning, the nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards are being announced from the Academy's Headquarters at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Hollywood by Academy President Tom Sherak and one of last year's nominees, Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone).

Last night on The DJBC Happy Hour, I gave my final predictions on who would get nominated, who might get nominated, and what surprises there could be.

**The average age of an Academy member is over 60.**

"Hollywood loves movies about Hollywood."

New this year, there will be between 5 and 10 nominees for Best Picture.

**Fanfare**
8:38AM- Let the show begin.

Best Supporting Actress:
Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Best Supporting Actor:
Sir Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Max Von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

Best Actress:
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

Best Actor:
Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

Original Screenplay:
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation

Adapted Screenplay:
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Foreign Language Film:
Bollhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

Animated Feature:
A Cat in Paris
Chico and Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots 2
Rango

Best Picture:
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
(9 Best Picture Nominees)

The Bryan and Silver Garbage Film Award Nominees for 2012

2012-01-23T09:47:00.000-08:00

On Friday, the Silver Garbage Film Award Nominees were announced, and Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 leads with 13 Nominations, including Worst Picture. Today, after being postponed three days due to an Internet outage, the Bryan Film Award Nominees were announced just now, and Hugo leads with 16 Nominations.

SELECT BRYAN FILM AWARD NOMINEES:
BEST PICTURE:
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Midnight In Paris
Moneyball
War Horse

BEST DIRECTOR:
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Steven Spielberg (War Horse)

BEST ACTOR:
Jean Dujardin as George (The Artist)
George Clooney as Matt King (The Descendants)
Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover (J. Edgar)
Michael Fassbender as Brandon (Shame)
Gary Oldman as George Smiley (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)

BEST ACTRESS:
Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark (The Help)
Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher (The Iron Lady)
Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe (My Week with Marilyn)
Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary (Young Adult)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Christopher Plummer as Hal (Beginners)
Albert Brooks as Bernie Rose (Drive)
Sir Ben Kingsley as Georges Méliès (Hugo)
Jonah Hill as Peter Brand (Moneyball)
Sir Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier (My Week with Marilyn)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Berenice Bejo as Peppy (The Artist)
Dame Vanessa Redgrave as Volumnia (Coriolanus)
Jessica Chastain as Celia Foote (The Help)
Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson (The Help)
Carey Mulligan as Sissy (Shame)

BEST YOUNG PERFORMER:
Shailene Woodley as Alexandra King (The Descendants)
Thomas Horn (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret (Hugo)
Chloe Grace Moretz as Isabelle (Hugo)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig)
50/50 (Will Reiser)
Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
Young Adult (Diablo Cody)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Descendants (Nat Faxon, Jim Rush, and Alexander Payne- Based on the Novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings)
The Help (Tate Taylor, Based on the Novel by Kathryn Stockett)
Hugo (John Logan- Based on the Novel ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’ by Brian Selznick)
Moneyball (Steven Zaillan & Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chafin- Based on the Book by Michael Lewis)
War Horse (Richard Curtis & Lee Hall- Based on the Novel by Michael Morpurgo)

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM:
Flowers of War (China)
In Darkness (Poland)
Omar Killed Me (Morocco)
A Separation (Iran)
Warriors of the Rainbow (Taiwan)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss In Boots
Rango

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
Captain America: The First Avenger- “Star Spangled Man” (Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by David Zippel)
Gnomeo and Juliet- “Hello, Hello” (Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Bernie Taupin)
The Help- “The Living Proof” (Music by Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige, & Harvey Mason Jr., Lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr., and Damon Thomas)
Hugo- “Coeur Volant” (Music and Lyrics by Elizabeth Cotnoir, Isabelle Geffroy, and Howard Shore)
The Muppets- “Life’s a Happy Song” (Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenzie)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST:
The Cast of The Artist
The Cast of The Descendants
The Cast of The Help
The Cast of Hugo
The Cast of The Ides of March

SELECT SILVER GARBAGE FILM NOMINEES:
WORST PICTURE:
Atlas Shrugged, Part I
Big Momma’s: Like Father, Like Son
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Conan the Barbarian
The Human Centipede
Jack and Jill
Just Go With It
The Smurfs
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1

WORST ACTOR:
Russell Brand as Arthur (Arthur)
Nick Swardson as Bucky Larson (Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star)
Adam Sandler as Jack Sadelstein and Jill Sadelstein (Jack and Jill)
Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black (Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1)
Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen (Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1)

WORST ACTRESS:
Sarah Jessica Parker as Kate Reddy (I Don’t Know How She Does It)
Jennifer Aniston as Katherine Murphy (Just Go With It)
Minka Kelly as Sara Matthews (The Roommate)
Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan (Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1)
Abbie Cornish as Wally Winthrop (W.E.)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Edward Herrmann as Jeremiah Larson (Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star)
Don Johnson as Miles Deep (Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star)
Al Pacino as Himself (Jack and Jill)
Cam Gigandet as Stephen (The Roommate)
Patrick Dempsey as Dylan Gould (Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Mary-Kate Olsen as Kendra Hifferty (Beastly)
Christina Ricci as Kathy (Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star)
Katie Holmes as Erin Sadelstein (Jack and Jill)
Nicole Kidman as Devlin Adams (Just Go With It)
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as Carly Spencer (Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon)

WORST DIRECTOR:
Paul Johannsson (Atlas Shrugged, Part 1)
Tom Brady (Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star)
Dennis Dugan (Jack and Jill & Just Go With It)
Michael Bay (Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon)
Bill Condon (Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1)

WORST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Arthur (Peter Baynham; Based on the 1981 film written and directed by Steve Gordon)
Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 (John Aglialoro and Brian Patrick O’Toole; Based on the Novel Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand)
Just Go With It (Allan Loeb and Timothy Dowling; Based on the 1969 film Cactus Flower and the play Cactus Flower by Abe Burrows)
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon (Ehren Kruger, Based on Transformers by Hasbro)
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 (Melissa Rosenberg; Based on the Novels by Stephenie Meyer)

WORST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, and Nick Swardson)
New Year’s Eve (Katherine Fugate)
Take Me Home Tonight (Jackie and Jeff Filgo, Story by Topher Grace and Gordon Kaywin)
Trespass (Eli Richbourg and Karl Gajdusek)
W.E. (Madonna and Alek Keshishian)

WORST REMAKE or SEQUEL:
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Conan the Barbarian
The Smurfs
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1

WORST ENSEMBLE CAST:
The Cast of Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
The Cast of Just Go With It
The Cast of New Year's Eve
The Cast of Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
The Cast of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1

Winners for The Bryan Film Awards will be announced on February 17. The Winners for the Silver Garbage Film Awards will be announced on February 19.

The 68th Annual Golden Globes: LIVE Blogging

2012-01-15T16:28:00.000-08:00

In about 30 minutes, the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards will air LIVE on NBC, once again hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais. This awards ceremony, run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, honors achievements in both film and television. Once again, A Man and His Awards will be blogging while watching what Hollywood calls the "Party of the Year".

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EDIT: 8PM- The Show has begun LIVE from the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom (and it's the 69th, NOT the 68th)

8:01PM- "You get Britain's biggest comedian hosting the second biggest awards show on America's third biggest network"- Ricky Gervais

8:01PM- "Who needs the Oscars? Not me, not Eddie Murphy."

8:04PM- "A marriage that lasted 72 days. I've been through longer James Cameron acceptance speeches."- Ricky Gervais

8:07PM- Johnny Depp presents the first Best Drama Picture nominee of the night, "Hugo".

8:08PM- Gerard Butler and Mila Kunis present the first award of the night, Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.

8:09PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Christopher Plummer for his role as an elderly man exploring his sexuality in the film Beginners. A standing ovation for the veteran of stage and screen.

8:10PM- "Welcome back to the home of King Kong, Rin Tin Tin, and all our youthful fantasies."- Christopher Plummer

8:13PM- Ashton Kutcher and Elle MacPherson present the role for Lead Actress in a Comedy or Musical TV Series.

8:14PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Laura Dern for the HBO comedy (which I use the term loosely) Enlightened. Dern is a former Miss Golden Globe, and also won for her role as Katherine Harris in the movie Recount, of which she was robbed on an Emmy.

8:16PM- Commercial Break

8:20PM- Julianne Moore and Rob Lowe present Miss Golden Globe (teleprompter error).

8:20PM- "When was the last time you did a cold reading in front of Steven Spielberg?"- Rob Lowe

8:20PM- Moore and Lowe present Best Miniseries or TV Movie.

8:21PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Downton Abbey (which also won the Emmy)

8:22PM- "The whole Downton adventure has been an exciting one, like an exciting child who just won the Olympics."- Julian Fellowes; "It's the audience that makes a success."

8:23PM- Lowe and Moore also present Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie.

8:24PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Kate Elizabeth Winslet for her role as Mildred Pierce (which won her the Emmy). She was a double-winner three years ago on the Golden Globe stage.

8:27PM- Frieda Pinto presents the first nominee for Best Musical or Comedy Film- Midnight in Paris.

8:28PM- Commercial Break

8:32PM- A Message from the Head of the HPFA and Jeremy Irons

8:33PM- Jake Gyllenhall presents the second nominee for Best Musical or Comedy Film- My Week with Marilyn.

8:34PM- "You don't have to thank everyone you met. [...] You just have to thank the main two- your agent and God."- Ricky Gervais

8:35PM- Melissa McCarthy and Paula Patton present the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a TV Series- Drama.

8:36PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Kelsey Grammer for Boss.

8:37PM- McCarthy and Patton are also presenting TV Series- Drama.

8:38PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Homeland, Showtime's new thrilling drama.

8:40PM- Commercial Break

8:44PM- Jimmy Fallon and Adam Levine are going to present the Golden Globes for Original Score and Song for a Motion Picture.

8:45PM- First is Score.

8:46PM- The Golden Globe goes to...the Score from The Artist, composed by Ludovic Bource.

8:48PM- Then Song.

8:50PM- The Golden Globe goes to...the Song "Masterpiece" from W.E., co-written by Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Entertainment Madonna.

8:52PM- Commercial Break

8:56PM- Katharine McPhee and Debra Messing present the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries.

8:57PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Idris Elba for Luther.

8:59PM- Brad Pitt presents the second Drama Motion Picture nominee, The Ides of March.

9PM- Kate Beckinsale and Seth Rogen present the Golden Globe for Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical.

9:01PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn.

9:03PM- Commercial Break

9:07PM- Sarah Michelle Gellar and Piper Perabo present the Golden Globe for Supporting Actor in a Television Program.

9:08PM- The Golden Globe goes to...(lol at Jesse Tyler Ferguson's sign) Emmy-winner Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones.

9:09PM- "I haven't seen Mildred Pierce, but I'm sure it's pretty good."- Peter Dinklage

9:10PM- "You're so much better than last year's audience."- Ricky Gervais; "There is a pecking order around here. TV stars around the edge. Movie stars in the middle."

9:11PM- George Clooney presents the third Drama Motion Picture nominee Moneyball.

9:12PM- Jessica Alba and Channing Tatum present the Golden Globe for Animated Feature Film.

9:14PM- The Golden Globe goes to...The Adventures of Tintin.

9:16PM- Commercial Break

9:20PM- Ewan McGregor presents the third nominee for Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical, 50/50.

9:21PM- Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman present the Golden Globe for Screenplay.

9:22PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris. (Woody Allen is not here; "Come and get it, Woody"- Nicole Kidman)

9:23PM- Husband-and-wife William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman sing and present the Golden Globe for Supporting Actress in Television.

9:24PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Jessica Lange for American Horror Story.

9:26PM- Commercial Break

9:31PM- Madonna presents the Golden Globe for Foreign Language Film.

9:32PM- The Golden Globe goes to...A Separation (Iran).

9:34PM- Dustin Hoffman presents the Golden Globe for Actress in a TV Series- Drama.

9:35PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Claire Danes for Homeland. She's 3-for-3 at the Golden Globes.

9:37PM- Commercial Break

9:42PM- Emily Blunt presents Bridesmaids, the fourth Musical or Comedy Motion Picture nominee.

9:43PM- Tina Fey and Jane Lynch present the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a TV Series- Musical or Comedy.

9:44PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Matt LeBlanc for Episodes.

9:46PM- Bradley Cooper presents the Golden Globe for Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

9:47PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Octavia Spencer for The Help.

9:49PM- Commercial Break, then the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award to Morgan Freeman

9:54PM- Not quite, Reese Witherspoon presents the fourth nominee for Motion Picture- Drama, The Descendants.

9:55PM- Sidney Poitier comes onto the stage (and receives a standing ovation) to introduce Morgan Freeman.

9:58PM- Helen Mirren joins Sidney Poitier onto the stage

10:03PM- After a clip show of highlights from Freeman's illustrious career, a standing ovation as Morgan Freeman takes to the stage to accept the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.

10:06PM- "For the past 45 years, I've never worked."- Morgan Freeman (elaborating on the quote "If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life")

10:07PM- Commercial Break

10:11PM- Robert Downey Jr. presents the fifth and final nominee for Musical or Comedy Motion Picture- The Artist.

10:12PM- Angelina Jolie presents the Golden Globe for Best Director.

10:13PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Martin Scorsese for Hugo.

10:16PM- Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas present the Golden Globe for TV Series- Comedy or Musical.

10:17PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Modern Family.

10:19PM- "They may be pasty and out of shape, but they are the best lovers I've ever had."- Sofia Vergara (in Spanish), then Modern Family co-creator Steven Levitan (in English)

10:20PM- Commercial Break

10:23PM- Michelle Pfeiffer presents the fifth nominee for Motion Picture- Drama, War Horse, based off last year's Tony winner for Best Play.

10:24PM- Jessica Biel and Mark Wahlberg present the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical.

10:25PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Jean Dujardin as The Artist.

10:27PM- A few more Globes to go, but, yup, you guessed it...another Commercial Break

10:31PM- Queen Latifah presents the sixth and final nominee for Motion Picture- Drama, The Help.

10:34PM- Colin Firth presents the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama.

10:35PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Meryl Streep as The Iron Lady.

10:36PM- "When Ricky Gervais' deal fell through, and they came to me to play Margaret Thatcher..."- Meryl Streep

10:38PM- "Serious, challenging, weird movies, are like exotic birds [...] and every year, a new flock flies in [...] I'd like to thank my agent and God- Harvey Weinstein, 'The Punisher'"- Meryl Streep

10:38PM- "We made this for 25 cents in 25 minutes."- Meryl (with a Y) Streep

10:39PM- Jane Fonda presents the Golden Globe for Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy.

10:40PM- The Golden Globe goes to...The Artist. (Even Peppy comes up to the stage, classic)

10:42PM- Only two more categories...another Commercial Break

10:47PM- Natalie Portman presents the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama.

10:48PM- The Golden Globe goes to...George Clooney for The Descendants.

10:49PM- One final Commercial Break, and then the Award for Motion Picture- Drama.

10:54PM- Harrison Ford presents the final award of the evening, Motion Picture-Drama.

10:55PM- The Golden Globe for Motion Picture- Drama goes to...The Descendants.

10:58PM- And that's all she wrote on the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Next Monday, the Golden Raspberry Award nominations, and the day after that, the nominees for the 84th Annual Academy Award nominees will be announced.

The Grammy Nominations Concert Special

2011-11-30T18:52:00.001-08:00

In just about a few minutes, the Grammy Nominations Concert Special will kick off on CBS, once again hosted by Grammy-winning rap star and actor LL Cool J. Only a handful of nominations will be announced, and there are changes from last year. The number of categories has gone down from 109 for last year's Grammys, to 78. Only ten categories will be announced on the night of the Grammycast on February 12.

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10PM- Lady Gaga kicks off the Grammy Nominations Concert Special with "Gonna Marry the Night".

10:02PM- Lady Gaga is dressed as a ghoul in this number.

10:04PM- Nicki Minaj presents the nominees for Record of the Year.

10:06PM- The Nominees for Record of the Year are: Rolling in the Deep (Adele), Holocene (Bon Iver), Grenade (Bruno Mars), The Cave (Mumford and Sons), and Firework (Katy Perry)

10:06PM- "If you are a musician, you want to win Record of the Year"- Nicki Minaj

10:07PM- Rihanna performs via Satellite in London

10:10PM- Commercial Break

10:13PM- The Band Perry (two brothers, one sister) perform

10:18PM- Academy Award nominee Taraji P. Henson presents the Song of the Year nominees.

10:19PM- The nominees for Song of the Year are: "All of the Lights" (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, & Fergie), "The Cave" (Mumford and Sons), "Grenade" (Bruno Mars), "Holocene" (Bon Iver", and "Rolling in the Deep" (Adele)

10:20PM- Commercial Break

10:23PM- Jason Aldean performs live

10:27PM- Commercial Break

10:32PM- Bruno Mars is introducing the nominees for Best New Artist.

10:33PM- The nominees for Best New Artist are The Band Perry, Bon Iver, J. Cole, Nicki Minaj, and Skrillex.

10:34PM- Common, Lupe Fiasco, and Grandmaster Flash unite on the stage for a special performance.

10:38PM- Commercial Break

10:43PM- Usher performs a medley of songs (in a tribute to Jerry Leiber and Nick Ashford, who both died this year). Up first Usher (accompanied by Valerie Simpson and Mike Stoller) with "You're All I Need to Get By" (Ashford and Simpson wrote this song in 1968 for Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell); then Usher with "Stand by Me" (made famous by Ben E. King 50 years ago back in 1961, and was also part of the Leiber and Stoller Broadway anthology "Smokey Joe's Cafe")

10:49PM- Commercial Break

10:51PM- Katy Perry presents the nominees for Album of the Year. This is the biggest category at the Grammys, as this is the final award of the Grammy awards telecast. The nominees are "21" (Adele), "Wasting Light" (Foo Fighters), "Born This Way" (Lady Gaga), "Doo Woops & Hooligans" (Bruno Mars), and "Loud" (Rihanna).

10:54PM- Lady Gaga and Sugarland cap off the concert special with a performance.

LIVE Blogging of the Emmys

2011-09-18T16:45:00.000-07:00

The Emmys begin in less than 15 minutes, hosted by Glee's own Jane Lynch, herself a nominee. Her category actually will be the first of 25 categories to be announced tonight. The show will be produced by Mark Burnett and lots of surprises are going to be expected.

8PM- The ceremony has just begun. All of the stars are here tonight. Leonard Nimoy meets with Jane Lynch to host the Emmys.

8:01PM- Lynch starts singing. A lot of people don't know she is musically trained. Ari Gold & Lloyd join in on "TV is a Vast Wonderland".

8:02PM- Kevin Nealon makes a walk-on, as does Eric Dane, the Big Bang geeks ("I hate it when musical numbers come through our apartment.- Jim Parsons's Sheldon)

8:04PM- After dancing through Reality TV, Jane Lynch meets up with Ron Swanson in Pawnee, Indiana, and then walks in to Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce ("Women don't have to sleep with men anymore to make it to the top?"- Peggy Olson)

8:06PM- "TV is a Vast Wasteland Where Bad Ideas Go to Die..."

8:06PM- Jane Lynch slushies Sue Sylvester

8:07PM- Emmys aren't eligible for Emmys, but this is Eligible for the Bryan Award....so could this be a contender for the Bicentennial Bryan Awards next Summer?

8:08PM- "Except for HBO, it's not TV!"- Jane Lynch on a high note

8:09PM- "There's Betty White. She's the reason why we started the show at 5PM."- Jane Lynch

8:10PM- "The EmmyTones" introduce the Comedy races.

8:12PM- Comedy montage. My VCR is still not working. Jimmy Kimmel & Jimmy Fallon are presenting Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Could Jane Lynch be the first host since Tom Selleck to win while hosting?

8:15PM- The first Emmy of the night goes to Julie Bowen for Modern Family!

8:16PM- "Oh my God, are you kidding me? I don't know what to talk about in therapy next weekend. I won something now."- Julie Bowen; Bowen thanks Modern Family's creators for having "complicated wives with complicated lives".

8:17PM- Julianna Margulies presents Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. "I'm Julianna Margulies, otherwise known as the funniest woman in television. Seriously, look me up."

8:18PM- "If someone from Modern Family wins, that set will be awkward."

8:18PM- Ty Burrell wins the Emmy for Modern Family, joining his TV wife Julie Bowen.

8:19PM- "I actually got a late start in acting...I have a job where I go to work in full makeup..."; Burrell thanks his late father in his speech; "If he were here today, he would say, 'Why the makeup'?" "Couldn't wear a little powder, why do you have to look like a little harlot. Dad, why can't you think of me as a very masculine lady? I do, dad."

8:21PM- Commercial Break # 1

8:26PM- "There are losers, I am a loser."

8:26PM- "I'm sorry I can't be there in person, right after the Golden Globes. In fact, I'm not even allowed to be on American soil right now."- Ricky Gervais

8:27PM- Directing in a Comedy Series

8:28PM- Modern Family is 3/3- Michael Alan Spiller wins the Emmy for Modern Family "Halloween", of which he won the Director's Guild Emmy in February.

8:30PM- Zooey Deschanel and Will Arnett are presenting Comedy Series Writing. "Without Comedy writers, Zooey and I would have nothing to say."- Will Arnett

8:32PM- 4/4- "Caught in the Act" wins the Writing Emmy for Modern Family, which has swept all of the Comedy races tonight. It was a great episode. "Real life handed us the stories."- Steven Levitan; "One man's quest to protect his children juxtaposes one man's cowardly act to betray a friend."- Levitan

8:34PM- Commercial Break # 2- Lead Acting in Comedy races next- can Laura Linney also go 4/4? Can Steve Carell go out on top?

8:39PM- "Welcome back to 'The Modern Family' Awards"- Jane Lynch

8:40PM- "My daughter and her friends had a tea party and they complained about taxes, Obama, and why that Latino kid got in."- Jane Lynch

8:40PM- "I was this next presenter's therapist for many years, and apparently I sucked."- Lynch

8:41PM- Yesterday's Silver Garbage Award winner for Worst Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Charlie Sheen will present Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. "I wish you nothing but the best for this upcoming season. We spent 8 wonderful years together, and I know you will continue to make great television."- Sheen

8:42PM- Wow, a MAJOR UPSET! Jim Parsons repeats as Best Actor for "The Big Bang Theory". Steve Carell leaves Dunder-Mifflin without an Emmy, joining Paul Reiser, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jane Kaczmarek, and a few others as stars exiting shows without an Emmy win.

8:43PM- "I was assured by many people that this wasn't happening."- Jim Parsons

8:44PM- Sofia Vergara and Rob Lowe present Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

8:45PM- All the Lead Actress nominees are getting up onto the stage. Wow....

8:46PM- Standing ovation for the Lead Actress in a Comedy nominees. "Everyone is a winner, and everyone knows that you are going to serve this body with distinction."- Rob Lowe

8:46PM- ANOTHER BIG UPSET! Melissa McCarthy wins the Emmy for "Mike & Molly".

8:47PM- Melissa McCarthy is crowned "Queen of Comedy".

8:47PM- "This is my first and best pageant ever."- Melissa McCarthy

8:48PM- Three big upsets in the Comedy Acting races took place. Reality Competition and Variety Series are up after the next commercial break.

8:54PM- A Sketch of "The Office" with "The New Guys".

8:57PM- "The EmmyTones" bring you the Variety and Reality races.

9PM- The Second Hour Has Just Arrived. So Far- 3/6.

9:01PM- Kaley Cuoco & David Spade present Reality-Competition Series, em Program.

9:02PM- And for the eighth time in nine years- The Amazing Race wins this category. Last year, Top Chef bested it.

9:03PM- "This is a real 'out-of-body' experience."- Bertram Van Munster

9:04PM- Spade and Cuoco are also presenting Variety writing.

9:05PM- The writing team from The Daily Show wins this category once again- 7th win overall.

9:06PM- SNL with 16 nominations, can it win Variety Series, or will The Daily Show make it Tic-Tac-Toe, 9 in a row?

9:07PM- Commercial Break- Variety Directing & Series, and a special musical performance coming up

9:13PM- The Lonely Island and Michael Bolton perform a medley of Lonely Island songs, starting with "Captain Jack Sparrow"- a nominee this year.

9:14PM- Ed Helms, Maya Rudolph, and John Stamos sing "Three Way (The Golden Rule)"- another nominee this year.

9:15PM- Akon performs "I Just Had Sex"- another SNL nominee this year.

9:16PM- Lea Michele and Ian Somerhalder present the Variety Directing nominees.

9:17PM- Don Roy King wins his second consecutive Emmy for directing SNL- this year for the Justin Timberlake/Lady Gaga episode, which was rerun last night.

9:18PM- Scott Caan and Anna Paquin present the Emmy for Variety, Music, or Comedy Series- will The Daily Show continue its run?

9:19PM- And Scott and Anna are right, as are we...The Daily Show has made it 9 in a row.

9:20PM- Commercial Break- The Drama races are up next, folks.

9:26PM- Drama by "The EmmyTones"- Zachary Levi, Cobie Smulders, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Flannery, Wilmer Valderrman, and Joel McHale

9:27PM- Drama Montage

9:28PM- "I often dream of a world where there are no awards or competition..."- Jane Lynch

9:29PM- Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher present the Writing in a Drama Series category.

9:29PM- "I am the guy from 'Pretty in Pink'"- Jon Cryer; "I am not Charlie Sheen."- Ashton Kutcher

9:30PM- The Emmy for Writing in a Drama Series goes to Jason Katims for "Friday Night Lights" series Finale. UPSET! Can FNL throw a Hail Mary to the end zone. This is the first time that "Mad Men" has not won writing in its run at the Emmys.

9:31PM- Cryer and Kutcher also are presenting "Upset Central"/Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

9:32PM- Margo Martindale wins the Emmy for her role as a Kentucky moonshiner in F/X's "Justified".

9:35PM- Commercial Break- more Drama races coming up

9:39PM- Loretta Devine and Paul McCrane- the Drama Guest Acting champs present the Directing in a Drama Series race- can Scorsese nab this?

9:41PM- Martin Scorsese adds an Emmy to his mantlepiece for helming the pilot to "Boardwalk Empire."

9:41PM- "They're counting down, I've got to talk a little bit faster."- Martin Scorsese

9:44PM- Kerry Washington and Jason O'Mara are presenting Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

9:45PM- UPSET CITY! Peter Dinklage wins the Emmy for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Game of Thrones. Mad Men has YET to win an acting Emmy.

9:46PM- "Oh my God, I followed Martin Scorsese. My heart is pounding. You are such a legend."- Peter Dinklage

9:47PM- Lead Acting in Drama, coming up after the next commercial break- more upsets in store?

9:50PM- Lynch is a sketch as Donatella D'Borgia

9:53PM- "Watch out Hollywood, because Jersey is taking over."

9:54PM- Bryan Cranston and Katie Holmes are presenting Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

9:55PM- The "funniest woman" on television- Julianna Margulies wins the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for "The Good Wife".

9:56PM- "I'm so greatful to be your 'good wife', and I'm glad you have no political aspirations."- Julianna Margulies (to her husband)

9:57PM- Drew Barrymore and the NEW Charlie's Angels cast (Minka Kelly, Annie Ilonzeh, and Rachel Taylor) present the Lead Actor in a Drama category.

9:58PM- TOUCHDOWN! Kyle Chandler wins the Emmy for his role as Coach Eric Taylor on "Friday Night Lights".

10PM- Commercial Break- The Miniseries and Movie races...Mildred Pierce vs. Kennedys...it's SHOWTIME!

10:05PM- The EmmyTones bring you the TV Movie and Miniseries part of the show, and LL Cool J joins in the singing.

10:06PM- Miniseries/Movie montage.

10:08PM- The Cast of "Entourage" present the Writing in a TV Movie or Miniseries category.

10:09PM- The Emmy goes to Julian Fellowes for "Downton Abbey."

10:10PM- "When I got here, my wife told me to 'sit down, relax, and enjoy the evening', because she didn't think we were going to win. Now, I'm going to sit down and enjoy the evening now that I've won."- Julian Fellowes; "Ten years ago, you kickstarted my second career with an Oscar, now you nurtured."

10:11PM- The ex-Boys of Summer present Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries as well.

10:12PM- The Emmy goes to Dame Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey. Dame Maggie Smith was not present tonight.

10:12PM- Another Commercial Break

10:17PM- The Ernst & Young Accountants are saluted, and Jane Lynch and Paula Abdul are dressed as accountants

10:18PM- Amy Poehler & Melissa McCarthy are presenting the Lead Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries Emmy.

10:20PM- The Emmy goes to Barry Pepper for The Kennedys, who is also not here. Poehler and McCarthy are also presenting Directing in a Miniseries, Movie, or Special.

10:21PM- The Emmy goes to Brian Percival for Downton Abbey.

10:22PM- John Schaffner, the Chairman of the Academy speaks at the stage and introduces the In Memoriam Segment.

10:23PM- The Tenors sign "Hallelujah" (Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah) for the Memoriam.

10:28PM- Cliff Robertson, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Francis, James MacArthur, Pwter Falk, Harold Gould, Stanley Franzen, James Arness, Janet Maclachlan, Madelyn Pugh Davis, Dteve Landesberg, Blake Edwards, Betty Garrett, John Cossette, Bill Erwin, Barbara Billingsley, Leslie Nielsen, Tom Bosley, Reza Badiyi, Leonard Stern, Ryan Dunn, Denise Cramsey, Frank Potenza Uncle Frank, Bob Banner, Andy Whitfield, Fred Steiner, Jill Clayburgh, John Dye, Jack LaLanne, Al Masini, Sada Thompson, Laura Ziskin, Don Meredith, Sherwood Schwartz, Bubba Smith, and Stephen J. Cannell were among those we lost on the television community this past year.

10:32PM- Anna Torv and David Boreanaz are presenting the Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries category.

10:34PM- The Emmy goes to Guy Pearce for his role as Monty Beragon in Mildred Pierce.

10:34PM- "I got to have sex with Kate Winslet many, many times, and I did not know that it would result to this."- Guy Pearce; "And to my wife, Kate, who has had to listen to me say that every day."

10:36PM- Is Kate Winslet beatable? Find out from Hugh Laurie and Claire Danes (who won this category last year).

10:36PM- "Although she is a 3-to-1 favorite."- Hugh Laurie (on Helen Mirren)

10:37PM- The Emmy goes to Kate Elizabeth Winslet as Mildred Pierce!!!

10:38PM- "I really didn't think we were going to win anything."- Kate Winslet

10:39PM- Three more categories to go- Miniseries or Movie, Drama Series, Comedy Series, in that order....any more upsets in store?

10:44PM- Don Cheadle presents the Outstanding Made for TV Movie or Miniseries category.

10:45PM- The Emmy for Outstanding Made for TV Movie or Miniseries goes to Downton Abbey from Masterpiece Theatre. Winner of 5 Emmys.

10:46PM- "This is really a David and Goliath Story. Goliath was a wonderful show we were up against, and yet we won."- Julian Fellowes; "None of us know what is a hit, we only hope for the best for our shows."- Fellowes

10:47PM- Maria Bello and William H. Macy present the Drama Series race. Is Mad Men's streak over? Can Boardwalk tie The West Wing? Find out now.

10:48PM- The Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series goes to...MAD MEN! FOUR-PEAT!!!! First Hill Street Blues in 1984, then the West Wing in 2003, and now in 2011, MAD MEN, four-peat!!!!

10:49PM- "I did not think that was going to happen."- Matthew Weiner

10:50PM- Commercial Break- the final one, because Gwyneth Paltrow, this year's Guest Actress in a Comedy winner will present the Comedy Series Emmy next.

10:55PM- One more category.

10:56PM- Gwyneth Paltrow presents the Comedy Series Emmy.

10:56PM- The Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series goes to Modern Family for the second straight year. Mad Men is the first Drama to repeat with TWO comedies in the 63 year history of the Emmys. Modern Family is ABC's first repeat Comedy winner since "Taxi" in 1981. Modern Family and Mad Men are the 7th repeating Comedy-Drama pair in Emmy history.

10:56PM- Modern Family is based on Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyds families and lives.

10:58PM- "You're not just making people laugh, you're making them more tolerant. There is nothing wrong with a committing rleationship with an old man and a hot young woman, and many of you in this room agree."- excerpts of Steve Levitan's acceptance speech.

11PM- Who Won and Who Lost? A complete wrap-up on The DJBC Happy Hour tomorrow night at 8PM EDT on WCRS-FM, a podcast will be available for download at http://wcrsfm.org late Monday afternoon.

63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Nomination Announcement

2011-07-14T05:34:00.000-07:00

IN a few seconds, Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly) and Joshua Jackson (Fringe) will announce the Emmy nominations? Who will get in? Who will get snubbed?

EDIT:

Comedy Series:
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC)
The Office (NBC)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:
Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter (The Big Bang Theory, CBS)
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory, CBS)
Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc (Episodes, Showtime)
Louis C.K. as Louie (Louie, F/X)
Steve Carell as Michael Scott (The Office, NBC)
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy (30 Rock, NBC)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:
Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison (The Big C, Showtime)
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn (Mike & Molly, CBS)
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton (Nurse Jackie, Showtime)
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation, NBC)
Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance (Raising Hope, Fox)
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon (30 Rock, NBC)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel (Glee, Fox)
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy (Modern Family, ABC)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett (Modern Family, ABC)
Ed O'Neill as Jay Dunphy (Modern Family, ABC)
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker (Modern Family, ABC)
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men, CBS)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester (Glee, Fox)
Betty White as Elka Ostrovsky (Hot in Cleveland, TV Land)
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy (Modern Family, ABC)
Sofia Vergara as Gloria Pritchett (Modern Family, ABC)
Kristen Wiig as Various Characters (Saturday Night Live, NBC)
Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney (30 Rock, NBC)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:
Idris Elba as Lenny (The Big C, Showtime)
Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman (Modern Family, ABC)
Matt Damon as Carol Burnett (30 Rock, NBC)
Will Arnett as Devon Banks (30 Rock, NBC)
Zach Galifianakis as Host/Various Characters (Saturday Night Live, NBC)
Justin Timberlake as Host/Various Characters (Saturday Night Live, NBC)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:
Kristin Chenoweth as April Rhodes (Glee, Fox)
Dot-Marie Jones as Coach Shannon Bieste (Glee, Fox)
Gwyneth Paltrow as Holly Holiday (Glee, Fox)
Cloris Leachman as Maw Maw (Raising Hope, Fox)
Tina Fey as Host/Various Characters (Saturday Night Live, NBC)
Elizabeth Banks as Avery Jessup-Donaghy (30 Rock, NBC)

Writing in a Comedy Series:
Episodes, "Episode 107" (David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik- Writers, Showtime)
Louie, "Poker/Divorce" (Louis C.K.- Writer, F/X)
Modern Family, "Caught in the Act" (Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman- Writers, ABC)
The Office, "Goodbye, Michael" (Greg Daniels- Writer, NBC)
30 Rock, "Reaganing" (Matt Hubbard- Writer, NBC)

Directing in a Comedy Series:
How I Met Your Mother, "Subway Wars" (Pamela Fryman- Director, CBS)
Modern Family, "Halloween" (Michael Alan Spiller- Director, ABC)
Modern Family, "See You Next Fall" (Steven Levitan- Director, ABC)
Modern Family, "Slow Down Your Neighbors" (Gail Mancuso- Director, ABC)
30 Rock, "Live Show" (Beth McCarthy-Miller- Director, NBC)

Drama Series:
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Dexter (Showtime)
Friday Night Lights (101)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series:
Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan (Dexter, Showtime)
Kyle Chandler as Coach Eric Taylor (Friday Night Lights, 101)
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House (House, Fox)
Timothy Olyphant as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Justified, F/X)
Jon Hamm as Don Draper (Mad Men, AMC)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series:
Connie Britton as Tami Taylor (Friday Night Lights, 101)
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick (The Good Wife, CBS)
Kathy Bates as Harriet Korn (Harry's Law, NBC)
Mireille Enos as Det. Sarah Linden (The Killing, AMC)
Mariska Hargitay as Det. Olivia Benson (Law & Order: SVU, NBC)
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson (Mad Men, AMC)

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones, HBO)
Josh Charles as Will Gardner (The Good Wife, CBS)
Alan Cumming as Eli Gold (The Good Wife, CBS)
Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder (Justified, F/X)
John Slattery as Roger Sterling (Mad Men, AMC)
Andre Braugher as Owen Thoreau (Men of a Certain Age, TNT)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart (The Good Wife, CBS)
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma (The Good Wife, CBS)
Margo Martindale as Mags Bennet (Justified, F/X)
Michelle Forbes as Mitch Larsen (The Killing, AMC)
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris (Mad Men, AMC)

Guest Actor in a Drama Series:
Bruce Dern as Frank Harlow (Big Love, HBO)
Beau Bridges as Nick Brody (Brothers and Sisters, ABC)
Michael J Fox as Louis Canning (The Good Wife, CBS)
Paul McCrane as Josh "Puck" Peyton (Harry's Law, NBC)
Jeremy Davies as Dickie Bennet (Justified, F/X)
Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper (Mad Men, AMC)

Guest Actress in a Drama Series:
Mary McDonnell as Captain Sharon Raydor (The Closer, TNT)
Julia Stiles as Lumen Pierce (Dexter, Showtime)
Loretta Devine as Adele Webber (Grey's Anatomy, ABC)
Randee Heller as Ida Blankenship (Mad Men, AMC)
Cara Buono as Dr. Faye Miller, PhD (Mad Men, AMC)
Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson (Shameless, Showtime)
Alfre Woodard as Ruby Jean Reynolds (True Blood, HBO)

Writing in a Drama Series:
Friday Night Lights, "Always" (Jason Katims- Writer, 101)
Game of Thrones, "Baelor" (David Benoiff & D.B. Weiss- Writers, HBO)
The Killing, "Pilot" (Veena Sud- Writer, AMC)
Mad Men, "Blowing Smoke" (Maria and Andre Jacquemetton- Writers, AMC)
Mad Men, "The Suitcase" (Matthew Weiner- Writer, AMC)

Directing in a Drama Series:
Boardwalk Empire, "Anastasia" (Jeremy Podeswa- Director, HBO)
Boardwalk Empire, "Pilot" (Martin Scorsese- Director, HBO)
The Borgias, "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" (Neil Jordan- Director, Showtime)
Game of Thrones, "Winter is Coming" (Tim Van Patten- Director, HBO)
The Killing, "Pilot" (Patty Jenkins- Director, AMC)

Made for TV Movie or Miniseries:
Cinema Verite (HBO)
Downton Abbey- Masterpiece (PBS)
The Kennedys (Reelz)
Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
Too Big to Fail (HBO)

Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:
Edgar Ramirez as Ilich Ramirez Sanchez/Carlos the Jackal (Carlos, Sundance)
Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy (The Kennedys, Reelz)
Barry Pepper as Robert F. Kennedy (The Kennedys, Reelz)
Idris Elba as John Luther (Luther, BBC America)
Laurence Fishburne as Thurgood Marshall (Thurgood, HBO)
William Hurt as Henry Paulson (Too Big to Fail, HBO)

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie:
Diane Lane as Pat Loud (Cinema Verite, HBO)
Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley (Downton Abbey, PBS)
Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce (Mildred Pierce, HBO)
Taraji P. Henson as Tiffany Rubin (Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story, Lifetime)
Jean Marsh as Rose Buck (Upstairs, Downstairs, PBS)

Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:
Tom Wilkinson as Joseph P. Kennedy (The Kennedys, Reelz)
Brian F. O'Byrne as Bert Pierce (Mildred Pierce, HBO)
Guy Pearce as Monty Beragon (Mildred Pierce, HBO)
Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke (Too Big to Fail, HBO)
James Woods as Dick Fuld (Too Big to Fail, HBO)

Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie:
Dame Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley (Downton Abbey- Masterpiece, PBS)
Melissa Leo as Lucy Gessler (Mildred Pierce, HBO)
Mare Winningham as Ida Corwin (Mildred Pierce, HBO)
Evan Rachel Wood as Veda Pierce (Mildred Pierce, HBO)
Dame Eileen Atkins as Maud, Lady Holland (Upstairs, Downstairs- Masterpiece, PBS)

Writing in a Miniseries or Movie:
Downton Abbey- Masterpiece (PBS)
Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Sherlock: A Study in Pink (BBC America)
Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Upstairs, Downstairs- Masterpiece (PBS)

Directing in a Miniseries or Movie:
Carlos (Olivier Assayas- Director, Sundance Channel)
Cinema Verite (Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini- Directors, HBO)
Downton Abbey- Masterpiece, "Part 1" (Brian Percival- Director, PBS)
Mildred Pierce (Todd Haynes- Director, HBO)
Too Big to Fail (Curtis Hanson- Director, HBO)

Variety, Music, or Comedy Series:
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Conan (TBS)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Variety, Music, or Comedy Special:
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (HBO)
Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (HBO)
The 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour (HBO)
The Pee Wee Herman Show on Broadway (HBO)

Variety, Music, or Comedy Series Writing Team:
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Conan (TBS)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Directing in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series:
American Idol, "1024/1025A" (Gregg Gelfand- Director, Fox)
The Colbert Report, "Episode 6112" (James Hoskinson- Director, Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, "Episode 16048" (Chuck O'Neil- Director, Comedy Central)
The Late Show with David Letterman, "Episode 3333" (Jerry Foley- Director, CBS)
Saturday Night Live, "Justin Timberlake/Lady Gaga" (Don Roy King- Director, NBC)

Writing in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special:
Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (HBO)
Louis C.K.: Hilarious (Comedy Central)
Night of Too Many Stars (Comedy Central)
The Real Women of SNL (NBC)
The 64th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

Directing in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special:
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (Don Mischer- Director, ABC)
The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (Louis J. Horwitz- Director, CBS)
The 64th Annual Tony Awards (Glenn Weiss- Director, CBS)
Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour (Laurieann Gibson- Director, HBO)
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert- Great Performances (Lonny Price- Director, PBS)

Reality-Competition Series:
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Idol (Fox)
Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
So You Think You Can Dance? (Fox)
Top Chef (Bravo)

Reality Program:
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
The Deadliest Catch (A&E)
Hoarders (A&E)
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo)
MythBusters (A&E)
Undercover Boss (CBS)

Reality Host:
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race, CBS)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol, Fox)
Tom Bergeron (Dancing With the Stars, ABC)
Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance, Fox)
Jeff Probst (Survivor, CBS)

Animated Program:
The Cleveland Show, "Murray Christmas" (Fox)
Futurama, "The Late Phillip J. Fry" (Comedy Central)
Robot Chicken, "Star Wars Episode III" (Cartoon Network)
The Simpsons, "Angry Dad: The Movie" (Fox)
South Park, "Crack Baby Athletic Association" (Comedy Central)

Lone Star Corrals 28 Silver Garbage Nominations

2011-07-13T06:52:00.000-07:00

MEN: Two and a Half Men, which starts its ninth season this fall, received eight Silver Garbage Award nominations for its abbreviated eighth season, including Worst Comedy Series and Worst Lead Actor for its controversial former star, Charlie Sheen. Nominations were announced on July 13, the eve of the Primetime Emmy Awards nomination announcement.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-
July 13, 2011

CONTACT: Bryan Curtiss
(614) 285-9079

“Lone Star” Corrals 28 Silver Garbage Award Nominations

It was the first scripted network series to be cancelled last fall, and “Lone Star” left its skidmark after a two-episode run with 28 Silver Garbage Award Nominations, including Worst Drama Series and Worst New Series of the Year as the 2011 Silver Garbage Award nominations were announced from the Indymedia Carriage House in Columbus, Ohio today.

“The show was supposed to be the next ‘Dallas’,” said Silver Garbage Awards founder Bryan Curtiss. “But instead, it ended up being a complete and utter disaster that almost didn’t even make it to episode two.”

The 28 nominations for “Lone Star” are twice as many as the show with the second-most nominations, “The Paul Reiser Show”, with 14 nominations. And like “Star”, “Reiser” only lasted two shows.

Curtiss announced the nominations while taping a segment for his radio program “The DJBC Happy Hour” on WCRS-FM radio in Columbus, Ohio, which will air on July 18.

One of the most controversial headlines centering around the small screen centered around the firing of actor Charlie Sheen from long-running sitcom “Two and a Half Men”, which received eight Silver Garbage nods, including Worst Comedy and Worst Actor for Sheen, who is also cited separately for his Guest Appearance on Drew Carey’s improv show on the Game Show Network.

“By the time he took his ‘Rant Show’ on the road, we all got sick and tired on Sheen and his catchphrases,” Curtiss said. “Sheen was very annoying, and I commend the producers of ‘Two and a Half Men’ for taking him to task.”

The nominees for Worst Comedy Series are “Mr. Sunshine”, Matthew Perry’s failed broadcasting sitcom on ABC; “My Generation”, ABC’s failed dramedy centering around friends in a post 9/11 world; “Outsourced”, NBC’s critically panned remake of the John Jeffcoat romantic comedy film about a call center in India; “The Paul Reiser Show”, and “Two and a Half Men”.

With “Men” starting its ninth season in the fall, it is the latest a show has been a Worst Comedy Series nominee since “According to Jim” in 2009.

The Worst Drama Series nominees are Lifetime’s “Army Wives”; CBS’s “The Defenders”, a modern twist of the Emmy-winning 1960s drama; “Law & Order: Los Angeles”, NBC’s failed spin-off of the “Law & Order” franchise; “Lone Star”, and “Outlaw”, NBC’s flop starring Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court Justice who steps down from the bench to be a public defender.

The Worst New Series nominees are “The Defenders”, “Lone Star”, “My Generation”, “Outlaw”, and “The Paul Reiser Show”.

The most-nominated specials are “The Decision”, NBA star LeBron James’ hour-long press conference announcing his decision to leave his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat, and “The Kennedys”, a miniseries about America’s political dynasty that was yanked from the History Channel lineup before being revived by a small unknown cable network. Both had four nominations.

Returning this year to the Silver Garbage Awards after a seven-year hiatus are technical categories.

That is not the only addition this year as Lead and Supporting “recognition” for first-year shows are added, similar to the Bryan Awards.

The winners for the Silver Garbage Awards will be announced on September 17, the eve of the telecast for the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

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The 2011 Bryan Awards

2011-07-11T18:54:00.001-07:00

The 2011 Bryan Award nominations were announced last week, and defunct soap "As the World Turns" leads with 30 nominations, including Most Missed Series and Best Daytime Soap.

Comedy Series:
The Big C (Showtime)
Glee (Fox)
Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)
Modern Family (ABC)
The Office (NBC)
Raising Hope (Fox)
30 Rock (NBC)

Lead Actor- Comedy Series:
Johnny Galecki & Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory, CBS)
David Duchovny (Californication, Showtime)
Matthew Morrison (Glee, Fox)
Steve Carell (The Office, NBC)
Rob Lowe (Parks and Recreation, NBC)
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock, NBC)

Lead Actress- Comedy Series:
Laura Linney (The Big C, Showtime)
Courteney Cox (Cougar Town, ABC)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie, Showtime)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation, NBC)
Tina Fey (30 Rock, NBC)
Toni Collette (The United States of Tara, Showtime)

Supporting Actor- Comedy Series:
Oliver Platt (The Big C, Showtime)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, CBS)
Ed O'Neill (Modern Family, ABC)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family, ABC)
Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation, NBC)
Garret Dillahunt (Raising Hope, Fox)

Supporting Actress- Comedy Series:
Jane Lynch (Glee, Fox)
Betty White (Hot in Cleveland, TV Land)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family, ABC)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family, ABC)
Jenna Fischer (The Office, NBC)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live, NBC)

Younger Actor- Comedy Series:
Gabriel Basso (The Big C, Showtime)
Dan Byrd (Cougar Town, ABC)
Chris Colfer (Glee, Fox)
Rico Rodriguez II (Modern Family, ABC)
Lucas Neff (Raising Hope, Fox)
Keir Gilchrist (The United States of Tara, Showtime)

Younger Actress- Comedy Series:
Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory, CBS)
Madeleine Martin (Californication, Showtime)
Dianna Agron (Glee, Fox)
Lea Michele (Glee, Fox)
Heather Morris (Glee, Fox)
Naya Rivera (Glee, Fox)
Brie Larson (The United States of Tara, Showtime)

Guest Actor- Comedy Series:
Liam Neeson (The Big C, Showtime)
Rob Lowe (Californication, Showtime)
Larry Hagman (Desperate Housewives, ABC)
Will Ferrell (The Office, NBC)
Jim Carrey (Saturday Night Live, NBC)
Justin Timberlake (Saturday Night Live, NBC)
John Slattery (30 Rock, NBC)

Guest Actress- Comedy Series:
Cynthia Nixon (The Big C, Showtime)
Carla Gugino (Californication, Showtime/Entourage, HBO)
Betty White (Community, NBC)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Glee, Fox/Saturday Night Live, NBC)
Mary Tyler Moore (Hot in Cleveland, TV Land)
Cloris Leachman (Raising Hope, Fox)
Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live, NBC)

Drama Series:
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Dexter (Showtime)
Friday Night Lights (101)
The Good Wife (CBS)
The Killing (AMC)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Walking Dead (AMC)

Lead Actor- Drama Series:
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Jeremy Irons (The Borgias, Showtime)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Showtime)
Hugh Laurie (House, Fox)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men, AMC)
Peter Krause (Parenthood, NBC)
William H. Macy (Shameless, Showtime)

Lead Actress- Drama Series:
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer, TNT)
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights, 101)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife, CBS)
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men, AMC)
Lauren Graham (Parenthood, NBC)
Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy, F/X)

Supporting Actor- Drama Series:
Michael Pitt (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Alan Cumming (The Good Wife, CBS)
Chris Noth (The Good Wife, CBS)
Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-O, CBS)
John Slattery (Mad Men, AMC)

Supporting Actress- Drama Series:
Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife, CBS)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife, CBS)
Lisa Edelstein (House, Fox)
Amy Ryan (In Treatment, HBO)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men, AMC)
Monica Potter (Parenthood, NBC)

Younger Actor- Comedy Series:
Francois Arnaud (The Borgias, Showtime)
Jamie Campbell Bower (Camelot, Starz)
Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights, 101/Parenthood, NBC)
Max Burkholder (Parenthood, NBC)
Cameron Monaghan (Shameless, Showtime)
Jeremy Allen White (Shameless, Showtime)

Younger Actress- Drama Series:
Holliday Grainger (The Borgias, Showtime)
Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights, 101)
Meredith Hagner (Lights Out, F/X)
Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men, AMC)
Mae Whitman (Parenthood, NBC)
Emmy Rossum (Shameless, Showtime)
Laura Slade Wiggins (Shameless, Showtime)

Guest Actor- Drama Series:
Jonny Lee Miller (Dexter, Showtime)
Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights, 101)
Michael J. Fox (The Good Wife, CBS)
Jeremy Irons (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC)
Bob Newhart (NCIS, CBS)
Michael Emerson (Parenthood, NBC)

Guest Actress- Drama Series:
Gretchen Mol (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Julia Stiles (Dexter, Showtime)
Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights, 101)
Candice Bergen (House, Fox)
Shohreh Aghdashloo (House, Fox/Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC)
Elizabeth Mitchell (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC)
Cara Buono (Mad Men, AMC)

Lead Actor- Daytime Soap:
Don Hastings (As the World Turns, CBS)
Michael Park (As the World Turns, CBS)
James Scott (Days of Our Lives, NBC)
Maurice Benard (General Hospital, ABC)
Steve Burton (General Hospital, ABC)
Eric Braeden (The Young and the Restless, CBS)

Lead Actress- Daytime Soap:
Debbi Morgan (All My Children, ABC)
Maura West (As the World Turns, CBS)
Colleen Zenk (As the World Turns, CBS)
Susan Flannery (The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Laura Wright (General Hospital, ABC)
Michelle Stafford (The Young and the Restless, CBS)

Supporting Actor- Daytime Soap:
Trent Dawson (As the World Turns, CBS)
Van Hansis (As the World Turns, CBS)
Jonathan Jackson (General Hospital, ABC)
Brian Kerwin (One Life to Live, ABC)
Billy Miller (The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Michael Muhney (The Young and the Restless, CBS)

Supporting Actress- Daytime Soap:
Melissa Claire Egan (All My Children, ABC)
Kathryn Hays (As the World Turns, CBS)
Julie Pinson (As the World Turns, CBS)
Alley Mills (The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Nancy Lee Grahn (General Hospital, ABC)
Marcy Rylan (The Young and the Restless, CBS)

Younger Actor- Daytime Soap:
Mick Hazen (As the World Turns, CBS)
Scott Clifton (The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Chandler Massey (Days of Our Lives, NBC)
Chad Duell (General Hospital, ABC)

Younger Actress- Daytime Soap:
Kimberly Matula (The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Molly Burnett (Days of Our Lives, NBC)
Lexi Ainsworth (General Hospital, ABC)
Christel Khalil (The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Emily O'Brien (The Young and the Restless, CBS)

Guest Actor- Daytime:
Larry Bryggman (As the World Turns, CBS)
Stuart Damon (As the World Turns, CBS)
Anthony Herrera (As the World Turns, CBS)
Eric Sheffer Stevens (As the World Turns, CBS)
Daniel Benzali (General Hospital, ABC)
James Franco (General Hospital, ABC)
John Wesley Shipp (One Life to Live, ABC)

Guest Actress- Daytime:
Wendie Malick/Victoria Chase (All My Children, ABC)
Ewa Da Cruz (As the World Turns, CBS)
Lesli Kay (As the World Turns, CBS)
Adrienne Barbeau (General Hospital, ABC)
Wendy Williams (One Life to Live, ABC)
Kim Zimmer (One Life to Live, ABC)
Ellen Greene (The Young and the Restless, CBS)

Variety Performer:
James Franco & Anne Hathaway (The 83rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC)
Mick Jagger (The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, CBS)
Pee Wee Herman (The Pee Wee Herman Show on Broadway, HBO)
Sir Elton John (Saturday Night Live, NBC)
Lady Gaga (Saturday Night Live, NBC)
Sir Paul McCartney (Saturday Night Live, NBC)

Late Night Host:
Chelsea Handler (Chelsea Lately, E!)
Conan O'Brien (Conan, TBS)
Jon Stewart (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central)
David Letterman (The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS)
Joel McHale (The Soup, E!)
Daniel Tosh (Tosh.O, Comedy Central)

Reality Host:
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race, CBS)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol, Fox)
Tom Bergeron & Brooke Burke (Dancing with the Stars, ABC)
Heidi Klum (Project Runway, Lifetime)
Jeff Probst (Survivor, CBS)
Carson Daly (The Voice, NBC)

New Series:
The Big C (Showtime)
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Hawaii Five-O (CBS)
Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)
The Killing (AMC)
Raising Hope (Fox)
Shameless (Showtime)
The Voice (NBC)
The Walking Dead (AMC)

Traditional Reality Program:
Heavy (A&E)
Hoarders (A&E)
In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman (OWN)
Intervention (A&E)
The Real L Word (Showtime)
Undercover Boss (CBS)

Reality Competition Series:
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Idol (Fox)
The Apprentice (NBC)
Survivor (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)

Variety Series:
Chelsea Lately (E! Entertainment Television)
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Conan (TBS)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Tosh.O (Comedy Central)

Made for TV Movie or Miniseries:
Cinema Verite: The Saga of An American Family (HBO)
Downton Abbey- Masterpiece (PBS)
Mildred Pierce (HBO)
The Sunset Limited (HBO)
Too Big To Fail (HBO)
Upstairs, Downstairs- Masterpiece Theatre (PBS)

Lead Actor- TV Movie or Miniseries:
Edgar Ramirez (Carlos, Sundance)
Samuel L. Jackson (The Sunset Limited, HBO)
Tommy Lee Jones (The Sunset Limited, HBO)
Laurence Fishburne (Thurgood, HBO)
William Hurt (Too Big to Fail, HBO)

Lead Actress- TV Movie or Miniseries:
Diane Lane (Cinema Verite, HBO)
Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey, PBS)
Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce, HBO)
Taraji P. Henson (Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story, Lifetime)
Jean Marsh (Upstairs, Downstairs, PBS)

Supporting Actor- TV Movie or Miniseries:
Thomas Dekker (Cinema Verite, HBO)
James Gandolfini (Cinema Verite, HBO)
Brian F. O'Byrne (Mildred Pierce, HBO)
Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce, HBO)
James Woods (Too Big to Fail, HBO)

Supporting Actress- TV Movie or Miniseries:
Betty White (The Lost Valentine: Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)
Melissa Leo (Mildred Pierce, HBO)
Evan Rachel Wood (Mildred Pierce, HBO)
Cynthia Nixon (Too Big to Fail, HBO)
Dame Eileen Atkins (Upstairs, Downstairs, PBS)

Animated Program:
Archer (F/X)
Bob's Burgers (Fox)
The Boondocks (Cartoon Network)
The Ricky Gervais Show (HBO)
Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. (Cartoon Network)
The Simpsons (Fox)

Most Missed Series:
As the World Turns (CBS)
Big Love (HBO)
Brothers and Sisters (ABC)
Friday Night Lights (NBC & 101)
The Oprah Winfrey Show (Syndicated)
The United States of Tara (Showtime)

LIVE Blog Updates: The 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

2011-06-19T16:23:00.000-07:00

In about 30 minutes from now, the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will air LIVE on CBS, broadcast from the Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas. Game Show Host nominee Wayne Brady (Let's Make a Deal) is the host for the ceremony. There will be tributes to the Oprah Winfrey Show, All My Children, and One Life to Live, plus Lifetime Achievement Emmys for Emmy-winning Game Show Hosts Alex Trebek and Pat Sajak.

This weekend, the Creative Arts Daytime Emmys were held, and General Hospital cleaned house with six Daytime Emmys, needing three wins tonight to break the record it shares with three other soaps for most Daytime Emmy wins in a single season, plus it could expand its own record for Drama Series wins with an 11th Daytime Emmy in that race. In its way is two-time defending champ The Bold and the Beautiful, which is oddly favored to three-peat in that race.

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7:56PM- Three minutes. This was the first awards ceremony in which A Man and His Awards did real-time updating as the ceremony happened. And we are at full circle.

8:00PM- Wayne Brady is backstage on the cell phone, as JabbaWockeez is on the stage, and via 3-D, they pull Wayne on the stage.

8:01PM- The audience is cheering now, because Wayne has a JabbaWockeez mask on too, and he is making moves on the Daytime Emmy stage.

8:02PM- The Intro, full of Las Vegas sin, lights, and temptation. All of Vegas's acts will be there. How will they cram all this into 120 minutes?

8:03PM- "You can catch them tomorrow night at the Monte Carlo. You can catch me in traption."- Wayne Brady

8:03PM- "This is a banner year for daytime. Oprah retiring. Regis retiring. Meredith Vieira retiring. Erica Kane, One Life to Live, and All My Children, forced retirement."- Wayne Brady

8:04PM- Penn and Teller (which one doesn't speak again?) and Rachael Ray present the Supporting Actor Daytime Emmy, the first award of the night.

8:05PM- Penn has cards with each of the nominees names on them.

8:07PM- The card that Teller picks up says "Susan Lucci".

8:07PM- After Teller is "blindfolded" and Penn spreads the cards on a little table, Jonathan Jackson wins his fourth Daytime Emmy, his first in the Supporting category, for his role as Lucky Spencer on "General Hospital."

8:08PM- "C'mon kids, it's Father's Day, I couldn't resist."- Jonathan Jackson, who brings his two kids on the stage

8:08PM- Daniel Goddard and Christel Khalil from the Y&R present Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

8:09PM- Heather Tom wins her 3rd Emmy. Heather wins for Supporting Actress for her role as Katie Logan Spencer on "The Bold and the Beautiful."

8:10PM- "I have to thank the Daytime Community as a whole. It has been part of my community for most of my life."- Heather Tom

8:11PM- The cast of Cirque du Soleil's "Viva Elvis" performs.

8:13PM- First Commercial Break.

8:14PM- Wow...Jabot Cosmetics is real....the power of soaps.

8:16PM- The hosts of The Doctors present Outstanding Game or Audience Participation Show, or Game Show for short.

8:17PM- There is a tie. "Jeopardy" wins the Emmy for Game Show, it's 13th. "Cash Cab" will NOT be winning, because they usually go in alphabetical order in case of ties.

8:18PM- "The producer can never hope to work with better hosts."- Harry Friedman, Executive Producer of "Jeopardy".

8:19PM- The other Game Show winner is "Wheel of Fortune", the show's 3rd win and 18th nomination. I think this is a sham, because Alex and Pat are getting Lifetime Achievement Emmys later tonight.

8:20PM- "If you're counting, there's one for us."- Pat Sajak

8:20PM- "...I am not a tough act to follow."- Harry Friedman, accepting the Emmy for "Wheel of Fortune"

8:21PM- Jennifer Flavin Stallone and the B&B's Adam Gregory introduce Laura McKenzie, host of "Laura McKenzie's Travelers".

8:22PM- Marie Osmond sings "The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B", a 70-year old classic.

8:25PM- Tracey Bregman and Y&R's Jabot cosmetics before going on stage. Now, more commercials, and more pimping of Genoa City's most famous product- Jabot cosmetics.

8:29PM- Ben Bailey (of Cash Cab) and Sherri Shepherd (of The View) present Informative Talk Show- ALL Doctor shows.

8:30PM- "The Dr. Oz Show" wins the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Informative Talk Show category. The first-ever series win for an Oprah spin-off.

8:31PM- "Congratulations to the flash mob of 'The Dr. Oz Show'. You'd better win with 8,000 people on your crew."- Wayne Brady

8:32PM- The Chairman and Vice Chairman of NATAS are saluted Darrell B. Cohen and Mel Wingus.

8:32PM- B&B's Kim Matula and them Massey boys of Disney fame talk about prizes and then introduce a video.

8:33PM- The Massey boys find an Emmy in the sand, lol...

8:34PM- Jesse and Angie (Darnell Williams and Debbi Morgan) present the Writing Team Emmy, which is B&B's to lose.

8:34PM- "We will move on, but you will forever be missed."- Debbi Morgan (on AMC)

8:35PM- The Y&R Writing Team wins the Emmy for Writing. "Don't give up, we're here to stay."- Maria Arena Bell

8:36PM- Commercial Break again.

8:39PM- Tracey Bregman & Christian LeBlanc present the Game Show Host Emmy. Could tonight's host be a big winner?

8:40PM- Ben Bailey repeats as Best Game Show Host and he is AWOL, and they couldn't find him. Christine Lahti, anyone? How about Isabel Sanford?

8:41PM- "I couldn't get a cab, what could I say? To be totally honest, I was busy (relieving myself) backstage."- Ben Bailey

8:42PM- Anderson Cooper presents the Emmy for Talk Show Host.

8:43PM- There is a tie. Dr. Oz repeats as Best Talk Show. He wasn't there to accept last year. This year, he has company.

8:44PM- The other Talk Show host winner is...Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa who are not present, and so Anderson Cooper accepts on their behalf.

8:44PM- "This season, I'm doing 'Let's Make a Deal' on the back of a Cadillac."- Wayne Brady

8:45PM- Marlee Matlin introduces "Daytime Cares", with a video from Sir Elton John with The Starkey Hearing Foundation.

8:48PM- The Oprah Salute is probably coming up after this commercial break.

8:52PM- Don Diamont and Heather Tom present Talk Show Entertainment, which is Regis's to lose.

8:53PM- The Ellen DeGeneres Show has done it again by winning Talk Show Entertainment yet again. Will this show pull an Oprah?

8:55PM- Gladys Knight begins the Oprah Tribute segment, and honoring Oprah with the first-ever Chairman's Crystal Pillar Award. "You may be off the air for now, but you will forever be part of our hearts."- Gladys Knight

8:58PM- They had to include the "jumping the couch" clip among the clips from the 25 Years of "The Oprah Winfrey Show".

9:00PM- Dr. Oz speaks on behalf of Oprah as part of the Crystal Pillar tribute.

9:01PM- Barbara Walters says some words on Oprah, as does Oprah's eldest son, Dr. Phil.

9:02PM- "For the last 25 years, the World has been lucky enough to call you a friend."- Ellen DeGeneres

9:03PM- Celine Dion, at Caesar's Palace, is giving a shoutout in the middle of her Vegas show.

9:06PM- Celine Dion sings "Because You Loved Me".

9:09PM- Oprah Winfrey from the set of the late "Oprah Winfrey Show" sends a pre-taped message, with her Crystal Pillar award.

9:10PM- Commercial Break, coming up the two-headed Lifetime Achievement Award, plus Daytime Gives Back with Montel, Ridge Forrester, and Sam McCall.

9:13PM- Melissa Archer (from OLTL) and OLTL alum Tuc Watkins present Directing, which is GH's to lose.

9:14PM- There is a tie- the fourth one tonight. The Bold and the Beautiful wins its first-ever Emmy in the Directing category.

9:15PM- "The Young and the Restless" wins its 11th Daytime Emmy for Directing, and its first since 2002. Mike Denney accepts on behalf of the Directing team.

9:17PM- Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares) and Vanna White (Wheel of Fortune) present Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek their Lifetime Achievement Daytime Emmys.

9:22PM- "Without you, I would look like Muammar Gadhafi."- Alex Trebek (saluting his hair and makeup)

9:23PM- Ronn Moss, Kelly Monaco, and Montel Williams present the Daytime Gives Back segment, which this year features the Children's Miracle Network.

9:29PM- Kara Reed and Christel Khalil chatting backstage, and pimping Jabot, which is still breaking the fourth wall of fiction.

9:30PM- A salute to La Lucci, plus the Younger Acting races...after this commercial break.

9:33PM- Crunch time. Arianne Zucker and Galen Gering present the Younger Actress Daytime Emmy.

9:34PM- Brittany Allen wins her only nomination for her role on AMC. She left the show last fall. As Jim Nabors said, "Surprise, surprise."

9:35PM- Could Scott Clifton win his last time in this category? Find out from Drs. Scorpio and Drake.

9:36PM- FINALLY! Eight years in daytime, and Scott Clifton gets his long overdue Emmy for his final year of eligibility in this category for his role as Liam Cooper/William Spencer III on the B&B.

9:37PM- Brandon Beemer (from the B&B) and Nadia Bjorlin from Days of Our Lives talk about visiting Universal Orlando.

9:38PM- Kara Reid and Peter Bergman, yes, the founder of Jabot. Then, Lead Acting Daytime Emmys and a Susan Lucci salute...after this...

9:43PM- Susan Lucci and Liza Huber are on the stage. But first, Liza welcomes the man who gave Susan Lucci her Daytime Emmy, Shemar Moore.

9:45PM- "I've been wanting to do that for 12 years."- Shemar Moore after kissing Susan Lucci

9:46PM- "Without you guys, I've got nothing. We'll get drunk a little later."- Shemar Moore to the Y&R cast

9:46PM- Erica Kane was married 11 times. "I remember when Erica Kane married 'Rocky' Regis Philbin."

9:48PM- "Daytime is just not going to be the same without you."- Shemar Moore to Susan Lucci

9:48PM- Who will win for Lead Actor? Find out now.

9:49PM- Michael Park, who is performing on Broadway in the revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" wins for Lead Actor for ATWT.

9:50PM- Shemar and Susan present the Lead Actress Daytime Emmy.

9:51PM- Laura Wright becomes the first first-time Lead Actress nominee to win since Cynthia Watros in 1998. Laura Wright wins the Emmy for her role as Carly Corinthos-Jacks on "General Hospital", tying GH's 8 win record, set in 1999.

9:52PM- "Before 'General Hospital', it was 'Guiding Light', and before that, it was 'Loving'. This has been 20 years of the best career ever. Thank you so much!"- Laura Wright

9:55PM- One more Emmy left...."All My Children", "The Bold and the Beautiful", "General Hospital", "The Young and the Restless"...can B&B three-peat, or will GH set a new Daytime Emmy record with 9 wins in a single season? Or will AMC or Y&R pull off an upset? Find out from the lovely Meredith Vieira...after one last commercial break.

9:59PM- In 1990, "Santa Barbara" three-peated for NBC. In 1997, "General Hospital" did it for ABC, and in 2011, "The Bold and the Beautiful" does it, winning for Outstanding Drama Series for the third straight year.

10:00PM- The show is over. Coming up next is "The Good Wife" with special guest star Michael J. Fox, and in a supporting guest role, one of my dear friends from my theatrical life.

2011 Tony Awards Results Blog

2011-06-12T16:34:00.000-07:00

In less than a half-hour from now, the 65th Annual Tony Awards will air live on CBS, broadcast from Broadway itself at The Beacon Theatre, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, who won an Emmy the last time he hosted the Tonys. "The Book of Mormon", the irreverent musical from the creators of the long-running animated series "South Park" is expected to sweep the Tony Awards tonight. The Tony Awards are all about the big musical numbers from all the musicals, plus performances from our favorite stage stars. (7:37PM)

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8:02PM- Let the show begin with another opening number.

8:03PM- Brooke Shields struggling. She looks great in her gown, as she is a statuesque beauty at a mere 72 inches tall.

8:04PM- The DJBC Happy Hour isn't the only show to poke fun of the Spider Man fiasco that has yet to hit Broadway.

8:06PM- Alec Baldwin presents the first category- Featured (or Supporting) Actress in a Play, or Performance By An Actress in a Featured Role in a Play, all five of these women are first-time nominees, by the way.

8:08PM- Ellen Barkin wins the Tony for her Broadway debut as a doctor in the revival of the 1985 play "The Normal Heart".

8:10PM- "Performing in 'The Normal Heart' is a profound experience for me."- Ellen Barkin; "30 Years Ago, This Country Was Attacked By A Virus, and Larry Kramer went to war with his pen..."; "Thank You For Turning This Production Into a Cocktail..."

8:11PM- 2 J. Pierrepont Finches- Robert Morse and Matthew Broderick present "How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying"- the first of two Musical Revival Nominees, and introduce Eliot Lawrence, who conducted the original production in the early 1960s.

8:12PM- The H2$ cast is performing "The Brotherhood of Man".

8:17PM- First Commercial Break; Book of Mormon Won for Best Orchestration earlier

8:21PM- The Book of Mormon won earlier for Best Score

8:22PM- Stars share their Broadway moments, starting with John Leguizamo

8:23PM- "I want to get something off my chest...I am Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child."- John Leguizamo

8:24PM- "My first roles were as drug dealers and hit men. I shot Pacino, I shot Harrison Ford, I shot at Bruce Willis..."- Leguizamo about his early film career

8:26PM- Defending Best Actress in a Play champ Viola Davis presents Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play.

8:28PM- John Benjamin Hickey wins the Tony for his role as Felix Turner in "The Normal Heart".

8:29PM- "To my family in Plano, Texas, you'd better not be watching the Mavericks game."- John Benjamin Hickey, to his family in Texas, in his acceptance speech

8:30PM- Aaron Tuveit from Best Musical nominee "Catch Me If You Can" presents the show and Best Actor nominee Norbert Leo Butz performs with the cast of the musical, based off the Leonardo DiCaprio/Tom Hanks movie.

8:34PM- Another break coming up.

8:39PM- Kathleen Marshall wins the Tony for Choreographing "Anything Goes" (which happened earlier on)

8:40PM- "I'm not going to spend the whole evening doing 'Spider Man' jokes, that's too easy."- Neil Patrick Harris

8:41PM- Neil Patrick Harris got six jokes done in 30 seconds.

8:42PM- David Hyde Pierce presents Directing in a Musical Tony.

8:43PM- Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker win the Tony for "The Book of Mormon"

8:44PM- Trey Parker thanks the fans of "South Park"

8:44PM- David Hyde Pierce also presents the Directing in a Play Tony.

8:45PM- Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris win their first Tony nomination and win for Directing "The War Horse". This is the first time in Tony history in which the Directing Tonys went to pairs/teams, instead of individuals.

8:47PM- Don Cheadle presents The Scottsboro Boys, the final Kander and Ebb collaboration, the second Best Musical nominee, based on the 1931 trial in Alabama where 9 black men were unjustly imprisoned. Kander and Ebb came up with the score a la Minstrel show style.

8:51PM- Another Commercial Break

8:56PM- American Theatre Wing Chair Ted Chafin and Honorary Chair Angela Lansbury are on stage discussing the things that the American Theatre Wing does the other 364 days a year.

8:58PM- Harry Connick Jr. presents the category for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical.

8:59PM- Nikki M. James wins the Tony Award for her role in "The Book of Mormon".

9:00PM- "Tony come on over, come and live with me."- Nikki M. James, accepting her Tony Award; "They are saying 'wrap it up', but I will not leave this stage."

9:02PM- Stephen Colbert presents "The Book of Mormon", the third nominee for Best Musical.

9:07PM- Great rendition of "I Believe" from "The Book of Mormon", which won the Tony for Best Sound earlier tonight. Another commercial break up now.

9:12PM- Hugh Jackman (past Tony host) comes to the stage and challenges Neil Patrick Harris.

9:13PM- "I only play the big rooms."- Hugh Jackman

9:17PM- Brooke Shields presents the Tony Award for Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical.

9:18PM- Five-time Emmy winner John Larroquette wins in his Broadway debut as J.B. Biggley in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying".

9:20PM- Bono and The Edge, the composers of "Spider Man: Turn off the Dark" are on the Tony stage.

9:20PM- "We used to be famous for being in U2."- Bono; "When we first saw the Tony Awards on our schedule, we would assume we would be nominated."- Bono; "Reverend Harold Camping came up with his prediction and 'Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark' opens on Tuesday."- Bono

9:22PM- A scene from the upcoming "Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark".

9:26PM- Commercial Break

9:32PM- The 2010-11 Broadway Season was the highest-grossing season on record. Jim Parsons presents the two of the nominees in the Best Play category- "Good People" and "Jerusalem".

9:34PM- A bearded Robin Williams presents Best Book of a Musical.

9:35PM- "Coming next season on Broadway, Muomar Gadhafi in 'Catch Me If You Can.'"; "The only beard is on my face."

9:36PM- Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez win the Tony for Best Book of a Musical for "The Book of Mormon".

9:38PM- Whoopi Goldberg, an EGOT-ist presents the fourth and final nominee for Best Musical, "Sister Act". "'The Lion King' and 'The Color Purple' came on Broadway...'Ghost' is coming soon."

9:42PM- Another Commercial Break

9:46PM- 17 new plays opened up in the 2010-11 season.

9:46PM- Marg Helgenberger presents the other two Best Play nominees- The Mother with the Hat (as CBS is calling it), but it's The Motherfucker with the Hat, and War Horse, a "puppet horse" in World War I, as a boy goes on a mission to find him.

9:48PM- C'mon Ride the Horse, as Neil Patrick Harris rides the War Horse on to the stage. "That horse was held up by glue."- Neil Patrick Harris

9:50PM- Patrick Wilson presents the Tony for Best Revival of a Play, written by Tom Stoppard, Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare, and Larry Kramer- Arcadia, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Merchant of Venice, and The Normal Heart.

9:50PM- "The Normal Heart", Larry Kramer's play about the rise of the AIDS crisis in early 1980s New York City wins the Tony for Best Revival of a Play. The play was first introduced on Broadway in 1985.

9:51PM- "The freedom to love, the freedom to live, and the freedom of marriage are still an issue."- Daryl Roth, a producer of "The Normal Heart", accepting the Best Revival of a Play Tony

9:52PM- "'The Normal Heart' is our history, and I would not have written it, if so many of us had not needlessly died."- Larry Kramer, the playwright of "The Normal Heart".

9:53PM- The cast of last year's Best Musical, "Memphis" perform "Steal Your Heart With Rock and Roll".

9:56PM- "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" won the Tony for Best Costume Design. Anyway, more commercials.

10:02PM- Samuel L. Jackson presents the Tony Award for Best Play. Nominees again are Good People, Jerusalem, The Motherfucker With a Hat, and War Horse.

10:03PM- "War Horse" wins the Tony Award for Best Play. Producer Nicholas Hytner and playwright Nick Stafford accept the Tony for Best Play.

10:05PM- Joel Grey presents the other nominee for Best Revival of a Musical, "Anything Goes", which is ageless as the standards. Pretty hot for a 77 year-old musical.

10:06PM- The cast of the revival "Anything Goes" sing the finale song, which happens to be the title song of the show.

10:09PM- Excellent job by Kathleen Marshall choreographing this excellent number, which was glitzy and glamoury, and on its feet, with the tap dancing cast, led by Best Actress nominee Sutton Foster.

10:10PM- Commercial Break...More to Come...

10:15PM- Producer Philip J. Smith and South African Playwright Athol Fugard won Lifetime Achievement Tonys, and Eve Ensler won the Isabelle Stevenson Award for Humanitarian Achievements, and South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company won a Special Tony for "War Horse"; and Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company won the Regional Tony Award

10:16PM- Dame Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones present highlights from the past Broadway Season

10:17PM- "Theatres are temples. They are mysterious temples shining with magic."- James Earl Jones; "Our plays live in the present, live in the past..."- Dame Vanessa Redgrave

10:19PM- Christie Brinkley, making her debut in "Chicago" this fall; Christie Brinkley presents a performance of the New York Philharmonic Production of Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' singing "Side by Side" with Tony host Neil Patrick Harris as Bobby. In the original 1970 cast album of this musical, this song is 8 minutes and 42 seconds, this performance is going to be about half that.

10:24PM- Kelsey Grammer presents the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical, get ready to flip a coin.

10:25PM- "Anything Goes", which debuted on Broadway over a decade before the Tony Awards were even created, wins the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical.

10:26PM- Tyne Daly introduces the Memoriam Segment.

10:28PM- Arthur Laurents, Michael Langham, Michael Gough, Ellen Stewart, James Gammon, Marcia Lewis Bryan, Jill Clayburg, Sidney Michaels, Hillard Elkins, Betty Garrett, Tom Bosley, Pam Gems, Israel Hicks, Shannon Tavarez, Douglas Leeds, Marian Mercer, Patricia Neal, Arthur Penn, Beverley Randlph, John Willis, Elizabeth Taylor, Jerry Bock, Theoni V. Aldredge, Philip Rose, Romulus Linney, John Cossette, Alexander 'Sandy' Speer, Sada Thompson, Helen Stenborg, Randall Wreightt, Lanford Wilson, and Joseph Stein were anong those in the BRoadway community whom passed away in the last year.

"Well friends, it is time to say goodbye."- Joseph Stein

10:29PM- Commercial Break

10:34PM- The Book of Mormon won the Tony for Scenic Design of a Musical.

10:34PM- Daniel Radcliffe, the star of H2$ presents the Tonys for Actress in a Leading Role in a Play and Musical. NOTE: Only FOUR nominees in the latter category.

10:35PM- Frances McDormand wins the Tony for "Good People".

10:36PM- "The last time I was in the Beacon Theatre, 1988. Gregg Allman played here after his liver transplant."- Frances McDormand

10:37PM- "I believe one days that actors will grow up to play these roles."- Frances McDormand in her acceptance speech, citing her character Margie Walsh in "Good People"

10:38PM- There are only 4 Best Actress in a Musical nominees, because not enought actresses were submitted in this category

10:39PM- Sutton Foster wins the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for "Anything Goes", her 2nd Tony. She won in 2002 in the same category for "Thoroughly Modern Millie".

10:40PM- "All I wanted to be as a little girl was a performer, and I get to do it eight times a week."- Sutton Foster

10:41PM- David Letterman's bandleader Paul Shaffer introduces "It's Raining Men", a song that Shaffer co-wrote with the late Paul Jabara in 1978, with the cast of "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert".

10:44PM- Three categories left at the Tony- Best Actor and Best Musical...after this Commercial Break.

10:49PM- "The Book of Mormon" and "War Horse" won the Lighting Design Tonys.

10:50PM- Catherine Zeta-Jones presents the Tonys for Leading Actor in a Play and Musical.

10:51PM- Mark Rylance wins his 2nd Tony for Best Actor in a Play, this time for "Jerusalem" in the role of Johnny 'Rooster' Byron. Rylance won in 2008 for "Boeing-Boeing".

10:53PM- Norbert Leo Butz wins the Tony for his role as Agent Carl Hanratty in "Catch Me If You Can", his 2nd Best Actor Tony, also for a musical adaptation of a big screen movie, winning in 2005 for his performance as Steve Martin's character in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels".

10:55PM- "The Book of Mormon", "Catch Me If You Can", "The Scottsboro Boys", and "Sister Act", which won will win Best Musical? Find out from Chris Rock...after this last commercial break.

10:58PM- Chris Rock will make his Broadway debut in "The Motherfucker With the Hat" this fall; "If people would tell me that I would miss the best basketball game ever to hang out with Nathan Lane..."- Chris Rock; "We know what the Best Musical is...it's a waste of time, it's like taking a hooker to dinner, you know what's going to happen, you're going to get laid."- Chris Rock

11:00PM- And Chris Rock was right. "The Book of Mormon" wins the Tony for Best Musical. Trey Parker accepts the Tony on behalf of the Production team.

11:01PM- "We all did this because we secretly wanted to have a Mormon family, and we do."- Trey Parker, accepting the Best Musical Tony Award; "On behalf of this big happy Mormon family, we'd like to thank our audiences."- Trey Parker; Parker thanks Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon faith

11:02PM- Neil Patrick Harris recaps what happened at the Tony telecast.

11:04PM- "This isn't reality TV, this is eight shows a week."- Neil Patrick Harris in his wrap-up.

11:05PM- END SHOW...my recap of the Tonys will be NEXT Monday (June 20th) on "The DJBC Happy Hour", at 8PM Eastern on WCRS-FM, 102.1FM and 98.3FM, Columbus.

38th Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations

2011-05-11T06:53:00.000-07:00

General Hospital and The Young and the Restless, the two most-honored soap operas of all-time, lead what could be the final Daytime Emmy race with 21 and 20 nominations, respectively.

This is the first time since 2001 in which two soaps have had 20 nominations or more. This year's GH-Y&R race is a throwback to the 1996, 1997, and 1999 Daytime Emmy races, all won by GH.

The nominees in the Drama Series race are All My Children (ABC), The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS), General Hospital (ABC), and The Young and the Restless (CBS).

A lot of noticeable snubs occurred this year, starting with last year's Best Actress champ, Maura West, and former As the World Turns co-stars Trent Dawson, Eric Sheffer Stevens, and Mick Hazen. Game Show Hosts Alex Trebek and Pat Sajak, who are both recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award this year, also got snubbed in competitive categories.

For the second year in a row, Ellen DeGeneres did not throw her hat in the Talk Show Host ring.

The show that replaced ATWT on the CBS Daytime lineup, The Talk was completely shut out.

The 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, hosted by Game Show host nominee Wayne Brady (Let's Make a Deal) airs on CBS on June 19 at 9PM ET.

Drama Series:
All My Children (ABC)
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
General Hospital (ABC)
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Lead Actor:
Ricky Paull Goldin (All My Children, ABC)
Michael Park (As the World Turns, CBS)
James Scott (Days of Our Lives, NBC)
Maurice Benard (General Hospital, ABC)
Christian LeBlanc (The Young and the Restless, CBS)

Lead Actress:
Alicia Minshew (All My Children, ABC)
Debbi Morgan (All My Children, ABC)
Colleen Zenk (As the World Turns, CBS)
Susan Flannery (The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Laura Wright (General Hospital, ABC)
Michelle Stafford (The Young and the Restless, CBS)

Supporting Actor:
Jonathan Jackson (General Hospital, ABC)
Jason Thompson (General Hospital, ABC)
Brian Kerwin (One Life to Live, ABC)
Doug Davidson (The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Billy Miller (The Young and the Restless, CBS)

Supporting Actress:
Melissa Claire Egan (All My Children, ABC)
Julie Pinson (As the World Turns, CBS)
Heather Tom (The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Nancy Lee Grahn (General Hospital, ABC)
Bree Williamson (One Life to Live, ABC)
Tricia Cast (The Young and the Restless, CBS)

Younger Actor:
Scott Clifton (The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Chandler Massey (Days of Our Lives, NBC)
Chad Duell (General Hospital, ABC)

Younger Actress:
Brittany Allen (All My Children, ABC)
Lexi Ainsworth (General Hospital, ABC)
Emily O'Brien (The Young and the Restless, CBS)

Drama Series Writing:
As the World Turns (CBS)
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Drama Series Directing:
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
General Hospital (ABC)
One Life to Live (ABC)
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Talk Show- Entertainment:
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Syndicated)
Live with Regis and Kelly (Syndicated)
Rachael Ray (Syndicated)
The View (ABC)

Talk Show- Informative:
The Dr. Oz Show (Syndicated)
Dr. Phil (Syndicated)
The Doctors (Syndicated)

Talk Show Host:
Dr. Mehmet Oz (The Dr. Oz Show, Syndicated)
Dr. Travis Stork, Dr. Andrew Ordon, Dr. Jim Sears, and Dr. Lisa Masterson (The Doctors, Syndicated)
Kelly Ripa & Regis Philbin (Live with Regis and Kelly, Syndicated)
Rachael Ray (Rachael Ray, Syndicated)
Sherri Shepherd, Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, and Whoopi Goldberg (The View, ABC)

Game Show:
Cash Cab (Discovery)
Jeopardy (Syndicated)
The Price is Right (CBS)
Wheel of Fortune (Syndicated)

Game Show Host:
Ben Bailey (Cash Cab, Discovery Channel)
Todd Newton (Family Game Night, The Hub)
Wayne Brady (Let's Make a Deal, CBS)
Meredith Vieira (Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, Syndicated)

Legal/Courtroom Program:
Divorce Court (Syndicated)
Judge Judy (Syndicated)
Judge Pirro (Syndicated)
The People's Court (Syndicated)
Swift Justice with Nancy Grace (Syndicated)

Lifestyle Program:
How Do I Look? (The Style Network)
The Martha Stewart Show (Hallmark)
My Generation (PBS)
The Nate Berkus Show (Syndicated)

Lifestyle/Culinary Host:
Christopher Kimball (America's Test Kitchen, PBS)
Martha Stewart (The Martha Stewart Show, Hallmark)
Nate Berkus (The Nate Berkus Show, Syndicated)
Paula Deen (Paula's Best Dishes, Food Network)
Anne Burrell (Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, Food Network)

Morning Program:
Good Morning America (ABC)
Today (NBC)

Pre-School Childrens Series:
Between the Lions (PBS)
Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Disney Channel)
Sesame Street (PBS)
Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)

2011 Tony Award Nominees

2011-05-11T05:50:00.000-07:00

On May 3rd, the nominations to the 65th Annual Tony Awards were announced, and "The Book of Mormon" leads all shows with 14 Nominations, including Best Musical, Book of a Musical, Score of a Musical, Direction of a Musical, and two Best Actor nominations.

Best Play
Good People- Author: David Lindsay-Abaire
Jerusalem- Author: Jez Butterworth
The Motherf**ker with the Hat- Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis
War Horse- Author: Nick Stafford

Best Musical
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act

Best Book of a Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson- Alex Timbers
The Book of Mormon- Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
The Scottsboro Boys- David Thompson
Sister Act- Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
The Book of Mormon- Music & Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
The Scottsboro Boys- Music & Lyrics: John Kander and Fred Ebb
Sister Act- Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Glenn Slater
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown- Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek

Best Revival of a Play
Arcadia
Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Roger Berlind, Stephanie P. McClelland, Scott M. Delman, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Disney Theatrical Group, Robert G. Bartner, Olympus Theatricals, Douglas Smith, Janine Safer Whitney
The Importance of Being Earnest
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy
The Merchant of Venice
Producers: The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Andrew D. Hamingson, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Debbie Bisno & Eva Price, Amy Nederlander, Jonathan First, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Merritt Forrest Baer, The Araca Group, Broadway Across America, Joseph & Matthew Deitch, JK Productions, Terry Allen Kramer, Cathy Chernoff/Jay & Cindy Gutterman, Mallory Factor/Cheryl Lachowicz, Joey Parnes, The Shubert Organization
The Normal Heart
Producers: Daryl Roth, Paul Boskind, Martian Entertainment, Gregory Rae, Jayne Baron Sherman/Alexander Fraser

Best Revival of a Musical
Anything Goes
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Producers: Broadway Across America, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Joseph Smith, Michael McCabe, Candy Spelling, Takonkiet Viravan/Scenario Thailand, Hilary A. Williams, Jen Namoff/Fakston Productions, Two Left Feet Productions/Power Arts, Hop Theatricals, LLC/Paul Chau/Daniel Frishwasser/Michael Jackowitz, Michael Speyer-Bernie Abrams/Jacki Barlia Florin-Adam Blanshay/Arlene Scanlan/TBS Service

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Brian Bedford, The Importance of Being Earnest
Bobby Cannavale, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart
Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance, Jerusalem

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday
Frances McDormand, Good People
Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice
Vanessa Redgrave, Driving Miss Daisy
Hannah Yelland, Brief Encounter

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon
Joshua Henry, The Scottsboro Boys
Andrew Rannells, The Book of Mormon
Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Beth Leavel, Baby It's You!
Patina Miller, Sister Act
Donna Murphy, The People in the Picture

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Mackenzie Crook, Jerusalem
Billy Crudup, Arcadia
John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart
Arian Moayed, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Yul Vázquez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart
Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light, Lombardi
Joanna Lumley, La Bête
Elizabeth Rodriguez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Colman Domingo, The Scottsboro Boys
Adam Godley, Anything Goes
John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Forrest McClendon, The Scottsboro Boys
Rory O'Malley, The Book of Mormon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Tammy Blanchard, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Victoria Clark, Sister Act
Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon
Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Todd Rosenthal, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Rae Smith, War Horse
Ultz, Jerusalem
Mark Wendland, The Merchant of Venice

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, The Scottsboro Boys
Derek McLane, Anything Goes
Scott Pask, The Book of Mormon
Donyale Werle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Best Costume Design of a Play
Jess Goldstein, The Merchant of Venice
Desmond Heeley, The Importance of Being Earnest
Mark Thompson, La Bête
Catherine Zuber, Born Yesterday

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Martin Pakledinaz, Anything Goes
Ann Roth, The Book of Mormon
Catherine Zuber, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable, War Horse
David Lander, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Kenneth Posner, The Merchant of Venice
Mimi Jordan Sherin, Jerusalem

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, The Scottsboro Boys
Howell Binkley, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Peter Kaczorowski, Anything Goes
Brian MacDevitt, The Book of Mormon

Best Sound Design of a Play
Acme Sound Partners & Cricket S. Myers, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Simon Baker, Brief Encounter
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Jerusalem
Christopher Shutt, War Horse

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski, The Scottsboro Boys
Steve Canyon Kennedy, Catch Me If You Can
Brian Ronan, Anything Goes
Brian Ronan, The Book of Mormon

Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse
Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart
Anna D. Shapiro, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Daniel Sullivan, The Merchant of Venice

Best Direction of a Musical
Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys

Best Orchestrations
Doug Besterman, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Larry Hochman, The Scottsboro Boys
Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, The Book of Mormon
Marc Shaiman & Larry Blank, Catch Me If You Can

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Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-Competitive Categories

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Athol Fugard
Philip J. Smith

Regional Theatre Tony Award
Lookingglass Theatre Company (Chicago, IL)

Isabelle Stevenson Award
Eve Ensler

Special Tony Award
Handspring Puppet Company

Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre
William Berloni
The Drama Book Shop
Sharon Jensen and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts

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Tony Nominations by Production
The Book of Mormon - 14
The Scottsboro Boys - 12
Anything Goes - 9
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - 8
The Merchant of Venice - 7
Jerusalem - 6
The Motherf**ker with the Hat - 6
The Normal Heart - 5
Sister Act - 5
War Horse - 5
Catch Me If You Can - 4
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo - 3
The Importance of Being Earnest - 3
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - 3
Arcadia - 2
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson - 2
Born Yesterday - 2
Brief Encounter - 2
Good People - 2
La Bête - 2
Priscilla Queen of the Desert - 2
Baby It's You! - 1
Driving Miss Daisy - 1
The House of Blue Leaves - 1
Lombardi - 1
The People in the Picture - 1

The American Theatre Wing's 65th Annual Tony Awards will air on CBS June 12 at 8 PM ET live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris, who won for hosting the 2009 Tonys, will be the host.

The Tony Awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League.

For more information visit www.TonyAwards.com.

Emmy & Bryan Award Category Updates

2011-04-06T11:59:00.000-07:00

Primetime Emmy Award Updates: - Variety, Music, or Comedy Series, Reality-Competition Program, and Reality Program, will now join the TV Movie/Miniseries, Drama Series, Comedy Series, and ALL Acting categories by having six nominees; All other categories (including Series Writing and Directing) will have five - Showtime sent out its screeners last month; No big surprises (Drama Entrants- The Borgias, Shameless, and Dexter; Comedy Entrants- Californication, The Big C, Episodes, Weeds, Nurse Jackie, and the United States of Tara; Reality Entrants- Penn and Teller and The Real L Word) Bryan Award Updates: - Oprah will now join the eligible candidates for the Most Missed Series race, as Oprah's farewell will air on May 25; Expect a daytime showdown between Oprah Winfrey and the late As the World Turns, which went off the air almost seven months ago; Last year's Most Missed Series race pitted the longest running show in broadcast history (Guiding Light) versus the longest-running crime drama, and co-longest running primetime drama in television history (Law & Order). Both won, and beat the longest-running action drama in television history (24), and ABC's suspense thriller Lost. - The Younger Acting races for Primetime will be split into Younger Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series and Younger Actor and Actress in a Drama Series, easing the competition this year. The category split will be re-evaluated on a yearly basis.

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards- LIVE Reactions

2011-02-27T17:12:00.000-08:00

Just minutes away from Anne Hathaway and Best Actor nominee James Franco hosting the 83rd Annual Academy Awards from the Kodak Theater. Let's watch the Red Carpet pre-show.

8:12PM- About 17 Minutes Away; ABC's Robin Roberts is interviewing Best Actress nominee Nicole Kidman (wearing Christian Dior) with Keith Urban

8:13PM- Tim Gunn is interviewing Gwyneth Paltrow (wearing ??), who is performing "Coming Home" from Country Strong. Gwyneth wants to duet with Jay-Z, because he's a "Genius".

8:14PM- Robin is interviewing Best Supporting Actor nominee Christian Bale, the front-runner to win for "The Fighter". **15 Minutes Away**

8:18PM- One of next year's Razzie Nominees, perhaps- Matt Damon and Roger Sterling in "The Adjustment Bureau"...the ads have been played to death. Transformers 3 was introduced during the Super Bowl...yikes.

8:22PM- Robin Roberts interviews past Oscar and Tony host Hugh Jackman. Couldn't they have gotten him to host if both Anne and James suck?

8:23PM- James Franco is up for Best Actor. When was the last time an acting nominee hosted the Oscar ceremony?

8:23PM- Favorite Acceptance Speeches: Tom Hanks for Philadelphia (Best Actor) and Roberto Benigni for Life is Beautiful (Foreign Language Film)

8:24PM- Halle Berry is being interviewed wearing a Mark Hazel gown.

8:26PM- Robin Roberts interviews Tom Hanks, who is handing out the first award of the night.

8:32PM- James & Anne tell Leo DiCaprio that they will go into Alec Baldwin's dreams ("Inception")

8:33PM- James & Anne walk in and out of "The Social Network" and meet up with "The Fighter"

8:34PM- James (in a bear suit) & Anne now both have True Grit;

8:35PM- "The Naked Girl from 'Love and Other Drugs' and the guy from 'General Hospital' continute on through Alec Baldwin's dreams."

8:35PM- "News from the future- microphones get smaller."- Anne Hathaway (dressed up in 1930s attire)

8:36PM- In and out of dance rehearsal for "Black Swan" and now they meet up with Alec Baldwin; "A dream inside two other dreams, you just got Inception-ed."

8:37PM- James and Anne ride the Back to the Future car to get to the Academy Awards...and HERE THEY ARE! (applause, applause)

8:38PM- "Omigosh, you're all real."- Anne Hathaway (really, Anne, really?)

8:39PM- "It used to be, you get naked, you get nominated. But, not anymore."- Anne Hathaway
8:40PM- "Stand up straight. Steven Spielberg's here."- Anne Hathaway's mother

8:40PM- "I just saw Marky Mark."- James Franco's grandmother
8:41PM- "No, it's Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg."- Franco

8:41PM- "This has been a great year for lesbians in film."- Anne Hathaway; references to Black Swan (dancing lesbians), The Kids Are All Right and Toy Story 3 ("Where's the Dad?")

8:42PM- A look back at Gone With the Wind. Tom Hanks is presenting the first two awards of the night- Art Direction and Cinematography.

8:42PM- "Gone with the Wind was the first film to win for Best Picture, Cinematography, and Art Direction." Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, West Side Story, and Schindler's List, and most recently, Titanic also pulled this tri-fecta.

8:43PM- 3 Films are up for All three Awards; Up first, Nominees for Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter..., (the three films as Tom mentioned) Inception, The King's Speech, and True Grit.

8:44PM- The first Oscar of the Night goes to the team of Alice in Wonderland. Which officially means that this aforementioned tri-fecta WON'T HAPPEN AT ALL.

8:46PM- Nominees for Cinematography: Black Swan, Inception, The King's Speech, The Social Network, and True Grit.

8:47PM- The second Oscar of the Night of the night goes to Wally Pfister, for his Cinematography of Inception. Roger Deakins (the cinematographer for the Coens Brothers films) loses again.

8:48PM- Best Supporting Actress is coming up next...who will win? Jacki Weaver? Hailee Steinfeld? Amy Adams? Melissa Leo? Helena Bonham Carter?

8:51PM- 94 year-young Kirk Douglas comes to the stage in a standing ovation to present Best Supporting Actress.

8:53PM- Supporting Actress Nominees- Amy Adams (The Fighter), Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech), Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom), Melissa Leo (The Fighter), and 14 year-old Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)

8:55PM- "Colin Firth is not laughing. He's British."- Kirk Douglas

8:56PM- "I will never forget this moment. I've been nominated here three times, and I lost all three times. Everyone is still laughing."- Kirk Douglas

8:57PM- And the Oscar goes to...Melissa Leo for "The Fighter".

8:58PM- "Pinch me...is it mine?"- Melissa Leo; "You were much more beautiful that in 'The Fighter.'- Kirk Douglas; "You're much more good looking."- Melissa Leo (Leo and Douglas flirting with each other)

8:59PM- "Golly, I am so speechless...when I watched Kate two years ago, it was so ******** hard."- Melissa Leo

9:00PM- "Thank you Academy. It's about selling the motion pictures and doing the work. Thank you so much!"- Melissa Leo

9:01PM- "I thought 'F' stood for 'The Fighter'"- Anne Hathaway

9:02PM- Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake present the awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short; "I'm pretty sure they have an app for that."- Justin Timberlake

9:03PM- Can "Toy Story 3" be beat?

9:03PM- Animated Short Nominees: Day and Night, The Gruffalo, Let's Pollute, The Lost Thing, and Madagascar: Carnet de Voyage

9:04PM- The Oscar Goes to...The Lost Thing (Best Animated Short)

9:05PM- Animated Feature Nominees: How to Train a Dragon, The Illusionist, and Toy Story 3

9:06PM- The Oscar Goes for Best Animated Feature goes to...the REAL Best Picture of the Year- Toy Story 3. (the award goes to director Lee Unkrich, who is also up for Adapted Screenplay).

9:07PM- "The most awesome place on the planet to make movies."- Lee Unkrich (on Pixar, citing the Toy Story I creators)

9:08PM- Coming up, Original Screenplay. Who will win- The King's Speech? The Kids Are All Right? The Fighter? Inception? Another Year?

9:09PM- The last Oscar nominee to host was Paul Hogan in 1987 (Hogan was up for penning Crocodile Dundee). The last acting nominee to host was Jeff Bridges in 1985 (up for Starman). The only acting nominee to win was David Niven, who hosted the 1959 Academy Awards.

9:12PM- Back again. The first Oscar ceremony was hosted at the Roosevelt Hotel in 1928.

9:13PM- Josh Brolin and Best Actor nominee Javier Bardem (dressed in dapper white on white) present both Screenplay categories.

9:14PM- The Adapted Screenplay nominees: 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, and Winter's Bone

9:14PM- The Oscar Goes To....Aaron Sorkin for "The Social Network"- Aaron's first Oscar win and nomination (he was SNUBBED for "A Few Good Men")

9:15PM- "It was impossible to win an award that Paddy Chayefsky won 35 years ago with the word 'Network' in it."- Aaron Sorkin

9:15PM- "I wrote this movie, but David Fincher directed this movie with an unsightful godliness."- Aaron Sorkin

9:16PM- music is getting harder ("Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award, I expect to see some respect from your guinea pig."- Aaron Sorkin)

9:17PM- Original Screenplay Nominees- Another Year, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, and The King's Speech

9:18PM- And the Original Screenplay Oscar goes to...David Seidler for penning The King's Speech (all of them, hehe...)

9:18PM- "The Writer's Speech, this is terrifying. My father always said to me, I would always be a late bloomer. I believe I am the oldest person to win this Academy Award. I hope that record is broken quickly and often."- David Seidler, accepting his Oscar ("There are so many people and they are telling me to 'wrap up' now.") Seidler also acknowledges those who stutter.

9:20PM- Best Supporting Actor is up after the next break. Who will win? Geoffrey Rush? Mark Ruffalo? John Hawkes? Jeremy Renner? or Christian Bale?

9:24PM- Up now, Anne sings a parody of "On My Own" from Les Miserables.

9:25PM- James Franco dressed in drag. ("I just got a text message from Charlie Sheen."- James Franco)

9:26PM- Russell Brand and Dame Helen Mirren present Best Foreign Language Film.

9:26PM- The Nominees are: Biutiful (Mexico), Dogtooth (Greece), In a Better World (Denmark), Incendies (Canada), and Outside the Law (Algeria).

9:27PM- The Oscar goes to...In a Better World (Denmark), Susanna Bier, producer. This won the Golden Globe, and is Denmark's third Oscar win for Foreign Language Film.

9:28PM- "This is a real Oscar..."- Susanna Bier, accepting her Oscar

9:29PM- Academy Award-winner Reese Witherspoon presents Best Supporting Actor. The nominees are- Christian Bale, John Hawkes, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, and Geoffrey Rush. Is Bale beatable?

9:32PM- And the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor goes to...Christian Bale for The Fighter.

9:32PM- "Bloody hell, wow...what a room full of talented and inspirational people."- Christian Bale, accepting his Oscar

9:38PM- Tom Sherak: "I'm a Brooklyn boy, and I still root for the Dodgers."

9:39PM- Anne Sweeney, president of ABC-Disney and Academy President Tom Sherak announce the renewal of ABC and the Academy's "marriage" for the next nine Oscarcasts.

9:40PM- We go down under with two sexy Aussies, the lovely Nicole Kidman, and past Oscar host Hugh Jackman presenting the nominees for Original Score.

9:41PM- Mini-medley of Star Wars/ET/West Side Story.

9:42PM- The Best Original Score nominees are How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell- very loud and boistroius), The King's Speech (Alexandre Desplat- very pianic, and poetic), The Social Network (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross- very 9-inch-nails-ish), 127 Hours (A.R. Rahman- can he go 3-for-4?), and Inception (Hans Zimmer- he's won here before)?

9:43PM- And the Oscar goes to...The Social Network- Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails fame) and Atticus Ross

9:45PM- "I am six degrees of Kevin Bacon away from our next two presenters. Look it up on the Internet."- James Franco

9:46PM- Matthew McConaughey and Academy Award nominee Scarlett Johannson present the nominees for Sound Mixing, which are Inception, The King's Speech, Salt, The Social Network, and True Grit.

9:47PM- And the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing goes to...the team from Inception

9:48PM- The Nominees for Sound Editing are Inception, Toy Story 3, Tron Legacy, True Grit, and Unstoppable

9:49PM- The Oscar also goes to Inception.

9:53PM- Marisa Tomei presents what happened at the Scientific and Technical Awards.

9:55PM- Cate Blanchett presents Makeup and Costume Design Oscars.

9:56PM- The Makeup nominees are Barney's Version, The Way Back, and The Wolfman, which I believe are the lone nominations for these films. ("That's gross."- CB)

9:57PM- The Wolfman wins the Oscar for Best Makeup (Rick Baker and Dave Elsey, makeup artists)

9:58PM- "It was my ambition to lose an Oscar to Rick Baker one day, this is better."- Dave Elsey, accepting his award

9:58PM- Costume Nominees- Alice in Wonderland, I Am Love, The King's Speech, The Tempest, and True Grit

9:59PM- The Oscar goes to...Colleen Atwood for Alice in Wonderland (also won for Chicago and Memoirs of a Geisha)

10:00PM- Colleen Atwood reads her speech verbatim. (she has great nylon gloves)

10:01PM- What is the Best Movie Song ever? "Lose Yourself"? "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp?" "Falling Slowly"? "Trolley Song"? "Footloose"? "The Time of My Life"? "My Heart Will Go On"? "Beauty and the Beast"? President Obama- "There are a lot of great songs, but if you go with one song, it's 'As Time Goes By'."

10:02PM- Kevin Spacey is on the stage..."Good evening, I'm George Clooney", saying lyrics from "Top Hat", introducing all four Best Original Song Nominees.

10:03PM- Randy Newman performs "We Belong" from Toy Story 3. Once the "Susan Lucci" of the Academy Awards, because of his repetitive defeats year-after-year, he finally won one in 2002 for "Monsters, Inc.".

10:04PM- Alan Menken (on the piano), Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi sing "I See the Light" from Tangled.

10:07PM- Commercial Break

10:12PM- Cute and wholesome Amy Adams and hunky Jake Gyllenhaal present the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject. Nominees are Killing in the Name, Poster Girl, Strangers No More, Sun Come Up, and The Warriors of Qiugang

10:13PM- The Oscar goes to...Strangers No More (Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)

10:14PM- Amy & Jake also present Live Action Short, which the nominees are The Confession, The Crush, God of Love, Nawewe, and Wish 143

10:15PM- The Oscar goes to...God of Love (Luke Matheny)

10:16PM- Check those (Live Action Short) nominees out on ITunes.

10:17PM- "NYU, what's up?"- James Franco; "This was the year of the Movie Musical"- James Franco

10:18PM- A dubbed music video with highlighted clips from Harry Potter, Toy Story 3, The Social Network, and Razzie nominee Twilight: Eclipse.

10:19PM- Oprah Winfrey presents our next category, which is...Documentary Feature.

10:20PM- The Documentary Feature nominees are: Exit Through the Gift Shop, Gas Latin, Inside Job, Restrepo, and Waste Land

10:21PM- The Oscar goes to...Inside Job (Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs)

10:22PM- "In the three years since this recession began, NOT a single Wall Street exec has gone to prison, and that is WRONG."- Charles Ferguson, accepting the Oscar for "Inside Job"

10:23PM- Commercial Break

10:27PM- Jodie Dallas comes up to the stage. How many times has he hosted this shindig? "So, where was I?" "The producers asked me to tell you that this thing is running a little bit long, so the nominees for Best Picture are..."- Billy Crystal

10:28PM- "Bob Hope is what the Oscars should be, a really sexy movie star."; "Bob hosted the Oscars 18 times, I hosted it eight times, and was pooped after two."- Billy Crystal

10:29PM- A look back at the first nationally televised Oscar ceremony, back in 1953.

10:31PM- Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law present the nominees for Visual Effects.

10:32PM- The lucky nominees are Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter..., Hereafter, Inception, and Iron Man 2

10:33PM- The Oscar goes to...the team from Inception

10:34PM- The Film Editing nominees are Black Swan, The Fighter, The King's Speech, The Social Network, and 127 Hours

10:35PM- The Oscar goes to The Social Network

10:41PM- Back to the Show! More Best Original Song nominees (and the winner), with Best Supporting Actress winner (from 4 years ago) Jennifer Hudson

10:42PM- "If I Rise" from 127 Hours with Florence Welch (without her machine) and A.R. Rahman

10:44PM- The fourth and final nominee for Best Original Song is sung by Oscar winning actress, turned country singer Gwyneth Paltrow (a future quadruple crown winner?), singing "Coming Home" from Country Strong.

10:45PM- Who will win Best Original Song? Will it be, "We Belong"? "I See The Light"? "If I Rise"? or "Coming Home"? Find out...RIGHT NOW!

10:46PM- The Oscar for Best Original Song goes to..."We Belong" from Toy Story 3. This is Randy's 2nd Oscar in only a mere 20 nominations. His first Oscar nods were for "Ragtime", 29 years ago.

10:48PM- "My percentages aren't great. This is my 20th nomination, and this is only my second win."/ "It's not really good television to take a list out and thank people."/ "At the Oscar luncheon, they have a lunch special called 'Randy Newman Chicken'." / "I want to be good television." / "You can find a fifth song from someone." / "I thank you all for this. The Academy has been very kind to me, so has the Music Branch. Thank You Very Much."- Randy Newman, in his acceptance speech for Best Original Song for Toy Story 3

10:49PM- After the commercial break, the Memoriam segment, a tribute to those we lost

10:52PM- In Memoriam (sung by Celine Dion- Smile): John Barry (composer- The Lion in Winter, Born Free), Grant McCune, Tony Curtis (No relation, but actor- Some Like It Hot), Edward Limato, Tom Mankiewicz, Gloria Stuart (actress- Titanic), William Fraker, Joseph Strick, Lionel Jeffries, Salle Menke, Ronni Chasen, Leslie Nielsen (actor- Airplane & Naked Gun series), Robert Radhitz, Claude Chabrol, Pete Postlethwaite, Bill Littlejohn, Pierre Guffroy, Patricia Neal (actress- Hud), George Hickenlooper, Irving Ravetch, Robert Culp (actor- Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice), Bob Boyle, Mario Monicelli, Lynn Redgrave (actress- Georgy Girl), Elliott Kastner, Dede Allen (editor), Peter Yates, Anne Francis, Arthur Penn (producer/director- Bonnie and Clyde), Theroin Aldredge, Susannah York (actress- Tom Jones/They Shoot Horses, Don't They?), Ronald Neame, David Wolper (producer- Roots), Jill Clayburgh (actress- Pippin, An Unmarried Woman), Alan Hume, Irvin Kershner (producer- Star Wars), Dennis Hopper (actor/director- Easy Rider, Waterworld), Dino De Laurentiis, Blake Edwards (director- The Pink Panther), Kevin McCarthy, and Lena Horne

10:55PM- Now with a tribute to Lena Horne, Academy Award winner Halle Berry; she was the first black performer to sign a long-term movie contract in 1943

10:57PM- "It's not the load that breaks you down. It's the way you carry it."- Lena Horne

10:57PM- Commercial Break. What's left? The final four...cue Europe- The Final Countdown.!!

11:01PM- Two-time Annette Bening victor Hilary Swank presents the trail blazer herself, Kathryn Bigelow, who will pass on the torch she blazed 357 days ago today.

11:02PM- The nominees for Best Director- Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russell, Tom Hooper, The Coen Brothers, and David Fincher

11:03PM- The Director's Guild curse continues! Tom Hooper wins the Oscar for Best Director for "The King's Speech"

11:03PM- "Triangle of 'man-love'- Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, and Me"- Tom Hooper

11:04PM- Hooper tells the tale of how Hooper landed "The King's Speech". Thanks, Tom Hooper's mom! "With this tonight, I honor you, and the moral of the story is, listen to your mother."- Tom Hooper

11:05PM- Annette Bening (about to lose for the fifth time) recaps the Governor's Awards, which celebrated Honorary Oscar winners Eli Wallach, Jean-Luc Godard, Kevin Brownlow, and Thalberg Lifetime Achievement Winner, Francis Ford Coppola. Wallach, Brownlow, and Coppola get a standing ovation.

11:09PM- Up next- Best Actor and Actress. Who will win? Colin Firth? Annette Bening? Jesse Eisenberg? Michelle Williams? Javier Bardem? Jennifer Lawrence? Defending champ Jeff Bridges? Nicole Kidman? Host James Franco? Natalie Portman? Will Bridges hand over the Best Actress Oscar to Portman? Find out...in just a few short seconds.

11:12PM- Last year's Best Actor champ Jeff Bridges presents the nominees for Best Actress in a Lead Role, who are Annette Bening, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman, and Michelle Williams.

11:16PM- The Oscar goes to...(or Jeff Bridges hands the Oscar to)...surprise...not! Natalie Portman dances off to victory in Black Swan.

11:18PM- This is such a sweet speech that Natalie Portman is giving.

11:20PM- Last year's Best (and Worst) Actress Sandra Bullock is presenting the Best Actor Academy Award, which whom the nominees are Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges , Jesse Eisenberg, Colin Firth, and your host James Franco (or 4 J's and a C); "How much is enough?"- Sandra Bullock (on Jeff Bridges)

11:25PM- The Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role goes to...duh, Colin Firth for The King's Speech!

11:25PM- "I have a feeling that my career has just peaked."- Colin Firth, accepting his Oscar

11:28PM- "If you'll excuse me, I have some impulses to take care of backstage."- Colin Firth

11:31PM- No film with England's monarchy as the Lead/Central role has won the Best Picture Academy Award in the first 82 years. Will "The King's Speech" speak out loudly to claim the top prize, or will one of these nine films dethrone the king- 127 Hours? Toy Story 3? The Social Network? True Grit? The Kids Are All Right? Inception? The Fighter? Winter's Bone? Black Swan? Find out...right NOW from Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg.

11:32PM- The Nominees again for Best Picture are Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, 127 Hours, The Social Network, True Grit, Toy Story 3, and Winter's Bone. "The winner will join a list of movies that include On the Waterfront, Midnight Cowboy, The Godfather, and The Deer Hunter. The other nine movies will join a list of movies that include The Grapes of Wrath, Citizen Kane, The Graduate and Raging Bull."- Steven Spielberg

11:34PM- A lovely Best Picture montage with Colin Firth from "The King's Speech" and his "our darkest moment" monologue.

11:36PM- The final award of the night, the momentum has built to this, the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture goes to....The King's Speech! For the first time in 83 years, a film about England's monarchy wins the Best Picture Oscar. The King's Speech won 4 Oscars.

11:39PM- That's all she wrote...um, no. The chorus from P.S. 22 from Staten Island has a treat for us, the Best Original Song of 1939- "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz.

11:42PM- Welp, that's all she wrote. The King's Speech and Inception are tied with four Oscar wins, the most for any film. True Grit got skunked, just one nomination away from tying The Turning Point and The Color Purple as the losingest film at the Oscars.

11:43PM- Jimmy Kimmel Live after the Oscars is on in about a half-hour, with Tom Hanks, last night's Worst Supporting Actress Razzie winner Jessica Alba, CeeLo Green, and a bunch of other celebs. So, I'm going to go get some things done, and I'll be back for the After-Oscars Special...

12:32AM- Jimmy Kimmel Live After-Oscars Special- "The Week in Censorship".

12:36AM- "Hottie Body Fit Club" sketch with Jimmy K (fitness guru), with Scarlett Johansson (and Minka Kelly, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, and Kelly Ripa and Eva Longoria), as they do a new version of Pilates. This makes "I'm (um, yeah) Matt Damon" look like it was 80 years ago. Also in this sketch- Emily Blunt, Sofia Vergara, and a computer generated Lion.

12:47AM- Tom Hanks is now on chatting with Jimmy Kimmel.

12:50AM- "Toy Story 3 was the Best Movie of the Year."- Tom Hanks (on Jimmy Kimmel's After Oscars Special)

1:03AM- Tom Hanks in a great skit mocking Beauty Pageants. (which Rhonda Howard wins, lol...) "Houston, Tom Hanks has a problem."- Ron Howard

1:22AM- What a great night. Complete Oscar wrap-up in the March BC Bulletin. Now, closing things out on Jimmy Kimmel's After-Oscars Special is CeeLo Green with "Bright Lights, Big City" from his album, The Ladykillers.

Pre-Nominations for the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

2011-02-25T19:58:00.001-08:00

The Pre-Nominations for the soap opera acting categories for the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were officially released by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (the one based out of New York), this morning.

For those who are foreign to how this works, this is the 9th year that the pre-nomination system was implemented, as it was inspired by former Young and the Restless Executive Producer David Shaughnessy in 2002. How it works is that after all of the soap opera actors decide where to submit, a vote is taken, and the top two vote-getters from each show get to represent the show in that category (Example: If Anthony Geary, Steve Burton, and Maurice Benard all submitted in the Lead Actor race for General Hospital, then a vote would take place to determine which of these two actors would represent General Hospital in the Lead Actor race for the Daytime Emmy nominations).

The nominations will be announced in May, with the ceremony taking place in Las Vegas on June 19.

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LEAD ACTOR:
(All My Children)
Ricky Paull Goldin as Jake Martin
Michael E. Knight as Tad Martin
(As the World Turns)
Jon Lindstrom as Craig Montgomery
Michael Park as Jack Snyder
(The Bold and the Beautiful)
Don Diamont as Bill Spencer Jr.
Jack Wagner as Nick Marone
(Days of Our Lives)
Peter Reckell as Bo Brady
James Scott as E.J. DiMera
(General Hospital)
Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos
Steve Burton as Jason Morgan
(One Life to Live)
Jerry ver Dorn as Clint Buchanan
Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan
(The Young and the Restless)
Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott
Christian LeBlanc as Michael Baldwin

LEAD ACTRESS:
(All My Children)
Rebecca Budig as Greenlee Smythe
Alicia Minshew as Kendall Hart-Slater
Debbi Morgan as Dr. Angie Hubbard
(As the World Turns)
Maura West as Carly Tenney
Colleen Zenk as Barbara Ryan
(The Bold and the Beautiful)
Susan Flannery as Stephanie Forrester
Katherine Kelly-Lang as Brooke Logan
(Days of Our Lives)
Kristian Alfonso as Hope Brady
Alison Sweeney as Sami Brady
(General Hospital)
Kelly Monaco as Sam McCall
Laura Wright as Carly Corinthos
(One Life to Live)
Kassie DePaiva as Blair Cramer
Gina Tognoni as Kelly Cramer
(The Young and the Restless)
Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor
Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Newman

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
(All My Children)
Cornelius Smith Jr. as Frankie Hubbard
Jacob Young as J.R. Chandler
(As the World Turns)
Trent Dawson as Henry Coleman
Eric Sheffer Stevens as Dr. Reid Oliver
(The Bold and the Beautiful)
Patrick Duffy as Stephen Logan
Rick Hearst as Whip Jones
(Days of Our Lives)
Shawn Christian as Dr. Daniel Jonas
Jay Kenneth Johnson as Philip Kiriakis
(General Hospital)
Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer
Jason Thompson as Dr. Patrick Drake
(One Life to Live)
Brian Kerwin as Charlie Banks
Mark Lawson as Brody Lovett
(The Young and the Restless)
Doug Davidson as Paul Williams
Billy J. Miller as Billy Abbott

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
(All My Children)
Melissa Claire Egan as Annie Lavery
Chrishell Stause as Amanda Martin
(As the World Turns)
Terri Conn as Katie Peretti
Lesli Kay as Molly Conlan
Julie Pinson as Janet Snyder
(The Bold and the Beautiful)
Adrienne Frantz as Amber Moore
Heather Tom as Katie Logan Spencer
(Days of Our Lives)
Nadia Bjorlin as Chloe Lane
Arianne Zucker as Nicole DiMera
(General Hospital)
Julie Marie Berman as Lulu Spencer
Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis
(One Life to Live)
Robin Strasser as Dorian Cramer
Bree Williamson as Jessica Brennan
(The Young and the Restless)
Tricia Cast as Nina Webster
Amelia Heinle as Victoria Abbott
Elizabeth Hendrickson as Chloe Mitchell

YOUNGER ACTOR:
(All My Children)
Finn Wittrock as Damon Miller
(As the World Turns)
Mick Hazen as Parker Munson Snyder
(The Bold and the Beautiful)
Scott Clifton as Liam Cooper/William Spencer III
Zack Conroy as Oliver Jones
(Days of Our Lives)
Casey Deidrick as Chad DiMera
Chandler Massey as Will Horton
(General Hospital)
Chad Duell as Michael Corinthos
Nathan Parsons as Ethan Lovett
(One Life to Live)
Edward Alderson as Matthew Buchanan
David A. Gregory as Robert Ford
(The Young and the Restless)
Opted not to submit in this category

YOUNGER ACTRESS:
(All My Children)
Brittany Allen as Marissa Chandler
Natalie Hall as Colby Chandler
(As the World Turns)
Opted not to submit in this category
(The Bold and the Beautiful)
Kimberly Matula as Hope Logan
Jacqueline McInnes-Wood as Steffy Forrester
(Days of Our Lives)
Molly Burnett as Melanie Layton
Shelley Hennig as Stephanie Johnson
(General Hospital)
Lexi Ainsworth as Kristina Davis
Haley Pullos as Molly Lansing-Davis
(One Life to Live)
Kristen Alderson as Starr Manning
Brittany Underwood as Langston Wilde
(The Young and the Restless)
Emily O'Brien as Jana Hawkes

LAST-SECOND Golden Raspberry Award Predix

2011-02-25T19:14:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow, the 31st Annual Golden Raspberry Awards will take place. This jab at the worst of what the big screen has to offer has a stakes-all Worst Picture race. Tied with nine nominations apiece, are the two films at the Razzie leaderboard- The Last Airbender and Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Here is who A Man and His Awards' thinks will win tomorrow night.

WORST PICTURE:
The Bounty Hunter
The Last Airbender- WILL WIN
Sex and the City 2- SHOULD WIN
Twilight Saga: Eclipse- SHOULD WIN
Vampires Suck- UPSET PICK

COMMENTARY: Four of these five movies could win this (and all four of the movies I'm talking about are also up for Worst Remake, Sequel, or Prequel). It is safe to assume that "Airbender" takes it, because M. Night Shyamalan hasn't done a decent movie since "The Sixth Sense". "Eclipse", I am rooting for, because "New Moon" was snubbed in this category last year. "Vampires Suck" has a darkhorse shot, if an upset happens, "Sex and the City 2" would win in a New York minute, because the show should have stayed dead in the series finale, and now Sarah Jessica Parker wants to do "Sex and the City 3"? Just say no.

OTHER CATEGORIES:
Worst Actor- Robert Pattinson- Remember Me/Twilight Saga: Eclipse (WILL/SHOULD WIN)
Worst Actress- The "Four Gal Pals"- Sex and the City 2 (WILL WIN); Miley Cyrus- The Last Song (SHOULD WIN)
Worst Supporting Actor- Billy Ray Cyrus- The Spy Next Door (WILL WIN); Jackson Rathbone- The Last Airbender/Eclipse (SHOULD WIN)
Worst Supporting Actress- Liza Minnelli- Sex and the City 2 (WILL WIN); ANY of them (SHOULD WIN)
Worst Director- M. Night Shyamalan- The Last Airbender (WILL WIN); Michael Patrick King- Sex and the City 2 (SHOULD WIN)
Worst Screenplay- Sex and the City 2 (WILL WIN); The Last Airbender (SHOULD WIN)
Worst Remake/Sequel/etc.- Sex and the City 2 (WILL WIN); Twilight Saga: Eclipse (SHOULD WIN)
Worst Eye-Gauging Mis-Use of 3D- Cats and Dogs in 3-D (WILL WIN); The Last Airbender (SHOULD WIN)
Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble Cast- Twilight Saga: Eclipse (WILL WIN); The Last Airbender (SHOULD WIN)

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards- FINAL PREDICTIONS

2011-02-20T20:27:00.001-08:00

On Sunday, the 83rd Annual Academy Awards will air LIVE on ABC, hosted by Anne Hathaway and Best Actor nominee James Franco. In recent years, there haven't been that many big surprises on Oscar night, but Oscar pundits, both amateur, like A Man and His Awards, and professional, like the guys from Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, and so forth, think that this year's top Oscar races are sealed shut.
　
Best Picture:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

WILL WIN- The King's Speech
SHOULD WIN- The Social Network or Toy Story 3
UPSET CHOICE- Toy Story 3

COMMENTARY:
It looks like the Motion Academy will de-friend The Social Network with their choice of Best Picture. They will go for the inspirational story about the king who overcame a stammer to rule England just before World War II. Oscar voters love their period films. If The Social Network were made in the year 2050, then maybe it would get a shot here at winning. It's been a while since the most nominated movie has won Best Picture (The 76th Annual Academy Awards- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King). That streak will end on Sunday as The King's Speech is crowned Best Picture.

Best Actor:
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)

WILL/SHOULD WIN- Colin Firth
UPSET CHOICE- You're kidding, right?

COMMENTARY:
Last year, both Bridges and Firth were nominated. Bridges won the Best Actor prize for playing an alcoholic country singer. This year, it's Firth's turn as he plays King George VI, who overcame a stammer to assume the role of England's monarch following his brother's abdication.

Best Actress:
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

WILL/SHOULD WIN- Natalie Portman
UPSET CHOICE- Annette Bening

COMMENTARY:
Annette Bening is a good actress. She's well overdue for an Academy Award. Four trips to the Academy's Altar (1990- The Grifters, 1991- Bugsy, 1999- American Beauty, 2004- Being Juia), and she's gone home empty-handed all four times. Which is why it pains me to say that she'll go home empty-handed for a fifth time, because Natalie Portman has this one. Oscar voters love their Best Actresses between the ages of 25 and 40. Joanne Woodward, Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Julie Christie, Julie Andrews, Barbra Streisand, Jodie Foster, and the list goes on, they all fit this bill.

Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)

WILL/SHOULD WIN- Christian Bale
UPSET CHOICE- Geoffrey Rush

COMMENTARY:
Bale is the clear-cut choice, but if momentum builds towards The King's Speech, be on the lookout for Geoffrey Rush to pull off an upset.

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

WILL WIN- Hailee Steinfeld
SHOULD WIN- Melissa Leo
UPSET CHOICE- Steinfeld

COMMENTARY:
Anna Paquin. Tatum O'Neal. Patty Duke. All three were in their tweens or teens when they became Academy Award winners. Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Linda Blair also were tweens/teens that were nominated in this category. Young actresses fare well in this category. The original film won John Wayne his only competitive Oscar 41 years ago, and the remake will win one for this talented 14 year-old, who splashed into her big screen debut with the remake of this 1969 western.

Best Director:
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
Joel & Ethan Coen (True Grit)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
David O. Russell (The Fighter)

WILL WIN- Tom Hooper
SHOULD WIN- David Fincher
UPSET CHOICE- The Coen Brothers

COMMENTARY:
Only six times in the history of the Academy Awards, have the Director's Guild picked different from the Academy. Tom Hooper won the Director's Guild, and in a recent interview, said he hopes to win the Oscar. Some critics blasted his direction of the Emmy-winning miniseries John Adams, which he ended up losing the Emmy in 2008. I think that Hooper will win the Oscar, as the Academy will not buck the trend set by the Director's Guild.

Best Animated Feature:
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3

WILL/SHOULD WIN- Toy Story 3
UPSET CHOICE- the other two nominees

COMMENTARY:
It's such a sad, sad story. Poor Andy goes off to college, and our favorite animated toys, go their, as the old Journey album suggests, "Separate Ways". A win for the third Toy Story installment is also a win for the first two Toy Story movies, whose releases pre-dated this ten year-old category.

The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards- LIVE REACTIONS As they Happen

2011-02-13T16:42:00.000-08:00

In less than 20 minutes, the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Telecast will air LIVE from the Staples Center on CBS. Winners in all but ten of the 109 categories have already been announced prior to the telecast (if they did all 109 categories, we'd be up until dawn).

7:45PM- The Red Carpet Pre-Show is dwindling down already. Stars galore from the music industry are out on the red carpet.

7:50PM- Ten minutes and counting...winners so far include Bruno Mars, Lady GaGa, Rihanna, Pink!, John Legend, Seal, and Sade.

7:55PM- Cinco minutos (Five minutes) until the show. Other winners include "Empire State of Mind" (Rap Song/Rap-Sung Collaboration), "Need You Now" (Country Performance- Duo or Group with Vocals/Country Song), "**** You" (Urban/Alternative Performance), and "Crazy Love" (Traditional Pop/Vocal Album).

8:00PM- For the next three and a half hours, it's time to celebrate music, starting right now with a celebration of the "Queen of Soul"- Aretha Franklin.

8:01PM- Clips of Aretha Franklin at the Grammys before the musical celebration begins.
LL Cool J- "Aretha Franklin is and will always be the Queen of Soul." Aretha is in Detroit under the weather and unable to attend the Grammys.

8:02PM- Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Florence Welch (from Florence and the Machine), Yolanda Adams, and Martina Bride get the Grammys started with the musical celebration of Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, and "A Natural Woman", Franklin's breakout 1967 hit song.

8:07PM- Florence Welch belts out Aretha's 1968 hit "Freedom".

8:08PM- Jennifer Hudson belts out Aretha's 1967 breakout hit "R-E-S-P-E-C-T."

8:12PM- These five women of music brought down the house in this 10-minute opening tribute.

8:13PM- Aretha Franklin appears at the Grammys via pre-taped appearance.

8:14PM- Coming up, it's Lady Gaga's big performance, plus others, including Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber & Usher, Bob Dylan and Mumford & Sons, plus the first-ever Grammy Appearance of Mick Jagger (Jagger is paying tribute to the late Blues musician Solomon Burke).

8:15PM- 1st Commercial Break

8:19PM- Back at the Grammys, as Yolanda Adams, Martina McBride, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, and Florence Welch present the Pop Performance by a Duo or Group Nominees- the first telecast award of the night. Nominees- The Cast of Glee, Maroon 5, Paramore, Sade, and Train.

8:20PM- The Grammy (the 100th of this Year, by the way) goes to "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train.

8:21PM- "Thanks, Justin Bieber for not being a duo or group."- Train, accepting the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group

8:22PM- Ricky Martin shows up on the Grammy stage and introducing Lady GaGa's "Born this Way".

8:23PM- Brace yourselves, here comes Lady GaGa.

8:28PM- 2nd Commercial Break

8:33PM- Coming up now, country singer Blake Shelton.
"She's not only the most talented person in the world. She's my fiancee."- Blake Shelton

8:34PM- Miranda Lambert performs her nominated "The House that Built Me", which Lambert dedicated to all the artists that came before the current crop of musical artists.

8:38PM- Lenny Kravitz introduces three-time Grammy nominee this year, Muse.

8:39PM- Muse performs on the stage. It makes you feel like you are actually seeing them play at a LIVE concert.

8:44PM- Bruno Mars, B.O.B., and Janelle Monae- among the acts coming up after this next (3rd) Commercial Break.

8:48PM- Ted Williams is back (new Kraft Mac & Cheese commercial), and Alicia Florrick is in love with Dan from Sports Night.

8:49PM- Ryan Seacrest- "Music always needs new voices." Seacrest introduces three artists with 14 Grammy nods this year between them- Bruno Mars, B.O.B, and Janelle Monae.

8:50PM- "Nothin' on You"- this is one of the best songs of 2010. A great song. "Beautiful girls, all over the world, I could be chasin', but my time would be wasted, because they've got nothin' on you..."

8:52PM- Bruno sings another of his hits, "Grenade".

8:54PM- Janelle Monae sings "Do You Know What You're Fighting For".

8:58PM- Zac Brown and some guy present the second category of the telecast (and 101st of the year)- Female Country Vocal Performance. Nominees are: Jewel, Miranda Lambert, LeAnn Rimes, Carrie Underwood, and Gretchen Wilson.

8:59PM- The Grammy goes to...Miranda Lambert for "The House That Built Me".

9:00PM- "First Grammy performance, first Grammy ever..."- Miranda Lambert

9:00PM- Justin Bieber and Usher with Jaden Smith, Bob Dylan with Mumford and Sons and the Avett Brothers, Lady Antebellum, plus more, after...

9:01PM- ...4th Commercial Break

9:05PM- Eva Longoria- "In 2007, a young kid from Canada goes down to Atlanta, Georgia...", a video clip of Justin Bieber and Usher meeting for the first time....

9:06PM- Bieber, now 16, plays "Baby" on the guitar; This guy can strum it; and then they bring in the drummers- Taiko drummers, that is

9:08PM- Bieber then sings "Never Say Never"

9:09PM- Joining Justin is Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's 13 year-old son, Jaden. (proud parents Will & Jada standing up to applaud)

9:11PM- "OMG"- Love this song- Usher can bring it...it's like watching the announcement of the starting lineup at an NBA game, or like one of those talk show promos on TV- the chorus of "OMG". This "OMG" is a 180 improvement from last week's snoozefest in Big D at the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

9:12PM- Bieber joins in at the end of "OMG".

9:13PM- Silver Garbage nominee Pauley Perrette and Paramour come out to the stage to introduce Best Rock Album. Nominees: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam, Jeff Beck, Neil Young, and Muse.

9:14PM- Yes! "The Resistance" can't resist the Grammy gold. Congrats to Muse for winning Best Rock Album.

9:15PM- More commercials....then Bob Dylan/Avett Brothers/Mumford and Sons, CeeLo Green & Gwyneth Paltrow, Lady Antebellum, Eminem and Rihanna, Eminem and Dr. Dre...

9:16PM- Commercial Break # 5

9:20PM- Selena Gomez and Donnie Wahlberg present the nominees for Best Pop Vocal Album. Nominees are Justin Bieber, Susan Boyle, Lady GaGa, John Mayer, and Katy Perry.

9:21PM- The Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album goes to "The Fame Monster"- Lady Gaga

9:22PM- "When I wrote 'Born this Way', I imagined (Whitney) was singing it..."- Lady Gaga

9:23PM- David Letterman's Top 10 Surprises at the 2011 Grammy Awards

9:25PM- David Letterman introduces Bob Dylan, Mumford and Sons, and the Avett Brothers.

9:26PM- Mumford and Sons perform "The Cave" on the Grammy stage.

9:28PM- The Avett Brothers perform on the Grammy stage.

9:30PM- A big performance with Bob Dylan, Mumford and Sons, and The Avett Brothers, as they sing "Maggie's Farm".

9:33PM- Coming up are a lot of great performances...two hours to go...

9:34PM- Commercial Break

9:39PM- Lea Michele (Glee) and Clay Matthews (The Green Bay Packers) introduce Lady Antebellum who will sing a few hits...

9:40PM- "If You Don't Know Me By Now" is a tribute to the late R&B soul legend Teddy Pendergrass, who passed away early last year, and that's how Lady Antebellum begins their act.

9:42PM- "American Honey", and now one of the best love songs of the tweens, thus far "Need You Now". "Need You Now" won earlier for Country Song of the Year, and Country Duo or Group Vocal Performance. It was also heard in last Sunday's episode of Glee- "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle".

9:43PM- Miley Cyrus and the Kings of Leon (all Tennessee natives) come to the stage to present the award for Best Country Album- Lady Antebellum's to lose. Nominees are Dierks Bentley, Zac Brown Band, Jamey Johnson, Lady Antebellum, and Miranda Lambert.

9:45PM- "It's a quarter after one, and I'm all alone, and I need you now." Lady Antebellum wins the Grammy for Country Album of the Year.

9:46PM- Jamie Foxx comes up to the stage, introducing CeeLo Green and Gwyneth Paltrow, who will perform "Forget You" (Song and Record of the Year Nominee), also known as...

9:47PM- There are some groovy puppets dancing, and CeeLo Green is channeling Elton John in his outfit, while performing. The puppets are so sweet.

9:49PM- In comes Gwyneth. She sang this song of "Glee" and could win an Emmy for it on September 10. There was also the SNL skit where they introduced "Forget You". Priceless. Country Strong and Glee brought out the singer in Gwyneth.

9:51PM- Song of the Year is coming up....after this...

9:52PM- We're halfway home! Commercial break VII.

9:56PM- Neil Patrick Harris introduces Katy Perry.

9:57PM- Katy Perry sings songs from her nominated album "Teenage Dream"

10:01PM- Even Nicole Kidman is singing along from the audience.

10:02PM- Norah Jones, John Mayer, and Keith Urban sing "Jolene", a Dolly Parton song, in honor of Lifetime Achievement Recipient Dolly Parton.

10:04PM- Jones, Mayer, and Urban present Song of the Year. The five lucky nominees? "Beg, Steal, or Borrow", "Forget You", "The House That Built Me", "Love the Way You Lie", "Need You Now".

10:05PM- The Song of the Year is "Need You Now"- It's a quarter after one, and I'm all alone, and I need you now...and I don't know how I can do without....Surprise!

10:06PM- Coming Up is Eminem with both Rihanna and Dr. Dre

10:07PM- I'm Commercial Break the Eighth I Am...

10:12PM- Seth Rogen introduces Rihanna, Dr. Dre, Avril Lavigne, and Eminem.

10:13PM- Rihanna and Eminem sing "Love the Way You Lie", one of the most acclaimed performances of the 2010 eligibility period for the Grammys.

10:16PM- Eminem and Avril Lavigne

10:18PM- Eminem and Dr. Dre

10:19PM- I Need a Doctor to Bring Me Back to Life...

10:20PM- Jewel and John Legend present Best New Artist. Who will it be? Justin Bieber? Drake? Florence and the Machine? Mumford and Sons? or Esperanza Spalding?

10:21PM- The Best New Artist of the Year is...WHOA!!!!! Talk about upsets. Esperanza Spalding wins the Grammy for Best New Artist.

10:22PM- "Thank you to the Academy for even nominating me in this category."- Esperanza Spalding

10:23PM- After Commercial Break Cloud 9, it's Mick Jagger's debut on the Grammy stage to honor the late music legend Solomon Burke. (Commercial Break # 9)

10:25PM- Goldderby Forums poster Benito Delicias- "This will be the best example of 'vote splitting' in history. Pretty much the only explanation." (on Esperanza Spalding's shocking upset win for Best New Artist)

10:28PM- Mr. Shoe/Matthew Morrison talks about the goods of the Recording Academy, and introduce Neil Portnow, the President of the Recording Academy

10:29PM- Portnow talks about the Grammy Foundation, and Grammy Camp, which will expand to New York this year. "The future of music is in great hands."- Portnow

10:30PM- "Nurturing the future talent are the goals that both me and the Academy have in common."- Matthew Morrison

10:31PM- The Academy will support Broadcast service, and internet radio, which will pay the artists for usage for work; and continue to stamp the fights of Free Speech; acknowledges David Geffen for winning the Industry Icon Awards; "One thing has not changed. You can count on the output of our creative community to keep our music playing forever."- Portnow

10:32PM- In Memoriam- going way too fast for me to keep up, includes Alex Chilton, Jimmy Dean, Lena Horne, Solomon Burke, Ronnie James Dio, Bobby Hebb, Margaret Whiting, and others.

10:34PM- Performing for the first time ever at the Grammys, in a tribute to the late Solomon Burke, Mick Jagger.

10:39PM- Mick Jagger gets a standing ovation at the Grammys.

10:40PM- Commercial Break

10:45PM- Trustees Award Winners--> Wilma Cozart Fine, Al Bell, and Bruce Lundvall

10:46PM- Kris Kristofferson introduces his co-star from the 1976 remake of the film A Star is Born, Barbra Streisand.

10:47PM- Barbra Streisand sings the Academy Award Winner for Best Original Song of 1976- "Evergreen" from...A Star is Born.

10:50PM- Nicki Menage and Will.I.Am present Best Rap Album.

10:51PM- Nominees- B.O.B., Drake, Eminem, Jay-Z, and The Roots

10:52PM- Eminem wins Rap Album of the Year for "Recovery", with the driving force being "Love the Way You Lie."

10:53PM- "I want to thank Rihanna for helping propel the album to where it is right now."- Eminem/"...What up, Detroit, Stand Up!"- Eminem

10:54PM- Commercial Break...and then Arcade Fire...and the Big Two

10:58PM- Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Sean Combs introduce Rihanna and Drake, performing "What's My Name?"

10:59PM- There is a bonfire in the middle of the stage for "What's My Name"...

11:02PM- Husband-and-wife Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez present the Grammy for Record of the Year, which past winners have included "Volare", "Moon River", and "Bridge over Troubled Water". This year's crop? "Nothin' on You?", "Love The Way You Lie", "Forget You", "Empire State of Mind", and "Need You Now"

11:04PM- It's a Quarter After One, I'm All Alone, and I Need You Now...The Lady Antebellum sweep continues as "Need You Now" picked up Record of the Year.

11:05PM- ^^ Was performed at the Grammys last year.

11:06PM- Commercial Break

11:11PM- Jason Segel- "If you become successful and reach enough people, you can wear whatever you want. I wore a Superman cape when I was 12, and my nickname was LadyGaga." Segel introduces in their Grammy debut, Arcade Fire.

11:12PM- Arcade Fire lights up the Grammy stage.

11:16PM- Coming up...it's Album of the Year. Who will take claim to it? Arcade Fire? Eminem? Lady Antebellum? Lady Gaga? or Katy Perry? Find out in a few.

11:16PM- Commercial Break

11:21PM- The stars from the 1976 film A Star is Born- Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson present Album of the Year.

11:23PM- The Album of the Year goes to rock group Arcade Fire for "The Suburbs".

11:25PM- Arcade Fire, winners of the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year perform a song to lead us out of the Grammy Telecast.

11:30PM- Complete Wrap-Up of the Grammys in the March BC Bulletin. Good night! Oscars in two weeks.

Screen Actors Guild Awards- Real-Time Updates

2011-01-30T16:54:00.000-08:00

The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards begin in a few minutes, where Hollywood actors salute themselves in 13 categories. Academy-Award winner Ernest Borgnine (Marty, McHale's Navy) will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award tonight as well. At 94, Borgnine is not missing a beat, and he is still actively working on projects.

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8:00PM- I love seeing actors on the Red Carpets; Actors sharing why they are actors

8:03PM- Betty White (Hot in Cleveland) and Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) begin the celebration of the SAG Awards presenting the first category of the night- Outstanding Male Actor in a Drama Series.

8:06PM- Steve Buscemi wins the SAG Award for his role as Nucky Thompson in Boardwalk Empire. Emmy next?

8:07PM- "I was given an award by Alec (Baldwin) and Betty White [...] I didn't know that this was going to be the first one, and I'm nervous."- Steve Buscemi

8:08PM- Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo present the first nominee for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture- The Kids Are All Right.

8:10PM- Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives) and Cory Monteith (Glee) present the second award of the night- Female Actor in a Drama Series.

8:12PM- Julianna Margulies wins her 2nd in a row for The Good Wife.

8:13PM- "I love my job so much, and I'm so grateful to Robert and Michelle King for giving me the job of a lifetime."- Julianna Margulies

8:14PM- "My beautiful friends and family, you are so inspiring to me."- Julianna Margulies

8:15PM- First Commercial Break

8:19PM- Promo about joining Angie Harmon's Conversation on Twitter during the Awards

8:20PM- Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) and Taye Diggs (Rent) present the Nominees for the Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series.

8:22PM- Boardwalk Empire wins the SAG Award for Ensemble Acting in a Drama Series.

8:23PM- "I lost my speech on the other paper [...] I'm glad we won, because I love all the actors in the cast."- Steve Buscemi; "I have time left, and I'm supposed to keep talking."- Buscemi

8:24PM- The President of the Screen Actors Guild- Ken Howard (1776, The White Shadow, Grey Gardens)

8:26PM- Dennis Haysbert (24) introduces a segment on commercials and actors who keep us entertained through advertising.

8:29PM- Jason Bateman (Arrested Development) presents the fourth category- Female Actor in a Supporting Role (in a Motion Picture).

8:31PM- Melissa Leo wins the SAG for The Fighter.

8:33PM- "Thank you girls for helping me bring home a man I can be with tonight."- Melissa Leo (on her SAG Award, giving a shout-out to the actresses who played her daughters in "The Fighter")

8:34PM- 2nd Commercial Break

8:38PM- Among the commercials in this break are a dude texting while driving (a clip of which was seen in the aforementioned commercial montage) and a movie with Liam Neeson and January Jones.

8:39PM- Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation) presents the nominees for Male Actor in a Comedy Series.

8:41PM- "The best actor in this category, according to some people tonight....is Alec Baldwin."- Amy Poehler

8:41PM- Alec Baldwin repeats as Best Male Actor in 30 Rock.

8:42PM- Jon Hamm (Mad Men) presents the award for Female Actor in a Comedy Series. "They called the funniest female actor in comedy to present this award...me"

8:44PM- "The funniest actress according to Amy Poehler and the Teamsters...is Betty White."- Jon Hamm; Betty White, at 89 years young, wins the SAG Award for Hot in Cleveland, the first major award for 15 year-old cable network TV Land.

8:46PM- "I cannot believe this. And they had to get the old rollout at the stairs. There wasn't a prayer. I'm so lucky to be at 89 working with...(applause)...You didn't applaud when I turned 40, but I'm working on the happiest set on the business."- Betty White

8:47PM- Helena Bonham-Carter, Colin Firth, and Geoffrey Rush present the second Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture nominee, The King's Speech.

8:49PM- Angie Harmon (Rizzoli & Isles) and LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles) present the Ensemble in a Comedy Series category.

8:51PM- Modern Family wins the SAG Award for Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

8:52PM- "When the cast wanted me to speak, I said, 'Geez, I hope we don't win.'"- Ed O'Neill

8:53PM- Another Commercial Break

8:58PM- Back again. Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman present the third Ensemble Acting nominee, Black Swan.

9:00PM- TV Veteran Tim Conway (McHale's Navy, The Carol Burnett Show, announcer to TVLand) introduces the Lifetime Achievement Award to Ernest Borgnine.

9:08PM- "And they don't make them like Ernest Borgnine anymore."- SAG Awards Announcer

9:09PM- Morgan Freeman (Red) presents the SAG Award for Lifetime Achievement to Borgnine. ("Ernest Borgnine is a practicing Italian.")

9:11PM- Ernest Borgnine, at 94 years young, gives an eloquent acceptance speech.

9:12PM- More categories coming up after this commercial break, plus the In Memoriam Tribute

9:16PM- Flipping back to the Pro Bowl during the commercial break; on 4th & 9, Philip Rivers slings a touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne in traffic, to cut the NFC's lead from 42-7 to 42-14. A lot of catching up to do for the AFC.

9:17PM- Robin Wright (Santa Barbara, Forrest Gump, Empire Falls) and Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) present Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries.

9:20PM- An absent Al Pacino wins for his role as Dr. Death in You Don't Know Jack.

9:21PM- Armie Hammer, Spider Man (Andrew Garfield), this Generation's Sinatra/Michael Jackson (Justin Timberlake), and Jesse Eisenberg (last night's SNL host) introduce the fourth Ensemble film nominee about Harvard classmates who create Facebook, The Social Network.

9:22PM- Rosario Dawson (Rent) and Josh Duhamel (All My Children, Las Vegas, When in Rome, Transformers movies) present Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries.

9:23PM- Claire Danes wins the SAG for her role as Temple Grandin.

9:26PM- Two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank introduces the In Memoriam Segment

9:29PM- In Memoriam: Jill Clayburgh, Leslie Nielsen, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Culp, Gloria Stuart, Kevin McCarthy, John Forsythe, Anne Francis, Pernell Roberts, Harold Gould, David Nelson, Frances Reid, Larry Keith, Patricia Neal, Danny Aiello III, June Havoc, James MacArthur, Barbara Billingsley, Gary Coleman, Rue McClanahan, Zelda Rubinstein, Fred Foy, Janet MacLachlan, Fess Parker, Lena Horne, Peter Haskell, Peter Graves, Dixie Carter, Tom Bosley, Kathryn Grayson, Peyte Postlethwaite, Steve Landsesberg, Eddie Fisher, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, Dennis Hopper

9:30PM- Commercial Break

9:35PM- Only four categories left...Susan Sarandon presents the Award for Supporting Male Actor in a Motion Picture.

9:37PM- Christian Bale wins for his role in The Fighter.

9:38PM- Christian Bale is surprised by his real-life counterpart (Dickie Ecklund) on the stage accepting his SAG Award.

9:40PM- Amy Adams and Mark Wahlberg present the fifth and final nominee for Ensemble in a Motion Picture, The Fighter.

9:41PM- "It's not like the DGA's. We're not gonna run five hours. We'll all be home for dinner."- Mark Wahlberg presenting The Fighter

9:42PM- Jeff Bridges presents the Female Actor in a Motion Picture Award.

9:44PM- Natalie Portman dances to victory as the Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture for Black Swan.

9:45PM- Portman thanks SAG for everything; Portman has been acting since 11

9:46PM- Coming up- only two prizes left- Male Actor and Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture. (flipping back) NFC leads AFC 45-28 after three quarters.

9:51PM- Back for one last time as Nicole Kidman presents the Male Actor in a Motion Picture Award, the penultimate category of the night.

9:53PM- Colin Firth wins the SAG for his role as King George VI in The King's Speech.

9:55PM- "I'd like to thank security for letting me into the building."- Colin Firth, jokingly, while accepting his SAG Award

9:56PM- All the excitement has led to this. The final award of the evening, brought to you by Donald Sutherland (M*A*S*H, Klute)

9:57PM- The cast of The King's Speech wins the SAG Award for Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture, therefore putting another nail into The Social Network's coffin.

9:58PM- "It shouldn't be called the SAG award, it should be the Uplifting award."/"This film was originally going to be called The King's Therapist's Speech."- Geoffrey Rush, accepting the SAG Award for The King's Speech.

10:00PM- This game is over. I'm having second thoughts of accepting The Social Network's friend request.

A recap of the Guild Awards coming in February's BC Bulletin, which will be coming up like roses on Tuesday afternoon.

Last-Second SAG Predix + Directors Guild Upset Alert

2011-01-30T15:43:00.000-08:00

The Screen Actors Guild Awards will begin in a little over an hour, as Hollywood's actors celebrate themselves. The Fighter leads with five nominations, including Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Here are the final predix for all 13 races:
Cast, Motion Picture: The King's Speech
Actor: Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Female Actor: Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Supporting Female Actor: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack
Female Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Cast, Drama: Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Actor, Drama: Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Female Actor, Drama: Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (TNT)
Cast, Comedy: Glee (Fox)
Actor, Comedy: Ed O'Neill, Modern Family (ABC)
Female Actor, Comedy: Betty White, Hot in Cleveland (TVLand)

Last Night, The Social Network took another setback as Tom Hooper won the Director's Guild prize for helming The King's Speech. The King's Speech leads with 12 Oscar Nominations, including Best Picture.

Other Director's Guild Winners:
Martin Scorsese- "Boardwalk Empire" (TV Drama)
Mick Jackson- Temple Grandin (Miniseries/TV Movie)
Michael Spiller- "Modern Family" (TV Comedy)
Larry Carpenter- "One Life to Live" (Daytime Soap)

Oscar Speaks Loudly To The 'King' With 12 Nominations

2011-01-25T08:09:00.000-08:00

"The King's Speech", a film about the speech impedient of King George VI, leads all movies with 12 nominations, including Best Picture, at this year's Academy Awards.

The nominations were announced this morning at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Hollywood, presented by Academy Chair Tom Sherak and last year's Supporting Actress winner, Mo'Nique.

"The King's Speech" dethroned perceived frontrunner "The Social Network" at the Producer's Guild Award, winning the Best Picture prize there, recently. "The Social Network" was friended in almost every single high-profile awards ceremony for Best Picture until then, including the Golden Globes. "The Social Network" is tied with "Inception" as the third-most nominated movie with eight nominations.

The nominees for Best Picture are "Black Swan", "The Fighter", "Inception", "The Kids Are All Right", "The King's Speech", "127 Hours", "The Social Network", "Toy Story 3", "True Grit", and "Winter's Bone".

The Best Director category is back to the same old "Boy's Club" after Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win this coveted Oscar race last year. The five men up for the prize are Darren Aronofsky for "Black Swan", David Fincher for "The Social Network", Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech", David O. Russell for "The Fighter", and the Coen Brothers for "True Grit".

The nominees for Best Actor in a Motion Picture are Javier Bardem for the Mexican film "Biutiful", Jeff Bridges for "True Grit", Jesse Eisenberg for "The Social Network", Colin Firth for "The King's Speech", and this year's Oscar co-host James Franco for "127 Hours".

The nominees for Best Actress in a Motion Picture are Annette Bening for "The Kids Are All Right", Nicole Kidman for "Rabbit Hole", Jennifer Lawrence for "Winter's Bone", Natalie Portman for "Black Swan", and Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine".

Noticeable snubs included Andrew Garfield ("The Social Network") in Supporting Actor, Mila Kunis ("Black Swan") in Supporting Actress, Mark Wahlberg ("The Fighter") in Best Actor, and Christopher Nolan ("Inception") for Best Director. "Waiting for Superman" was snubbed in the Documentary Feature race, where it had been the perceived favorite to win that award.

Wahlberg and Nolan, however are competing in the Best Picture category, as producers of "The Fighter" and "Inception", respectively. Nolan also got an Original Screenplay nomination, as well.

Winners will be announced at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, which will be broadcast live on ABC from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on February 27. James Franco and Anne Hathaway are the hosts, and the Oscar show this year will be produced by Don Mischer and Bruce Cohen.

To view the complete list of nominees, go to http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html.

Oscar Shortlists

2011-01-20T21:21:00.001-08:00

The 83rd Annual Academy Award Nominations will be announced on Tuesday morning, and shortlists were recently revealed in some of the categories.

Animated Feature

Short Animated

Documentary Short

Documentary Feature

Foreign Language Film

Short Film

Visual Effects

Makeup

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“Black Swan” Dances With 14 Bryan Movie Award Nominations

2011-01-20T20:51:00.000-08:00

A MAN AND HIS AWARDS OFFICIAL 2011 BRYAN AWARDS PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2011

The dark thriller “Black Swan” danced away with 14 Bryan Movie Award nominations, including Best Picture, Director (Darren Aronofsky), and Actress (Natalie Portman) on Friday.

“Black Swan” is about a ballerina who auditions for the role of the White Swan in “Swan Lake” but loses her mind as she acts more like the Black Swan.
The recent Golden Globe champ for Motion Picture-Drama, “The Social Network” has 10 Bryan Movie Award Nominations, including Best Picture, Director (David Fincher), and Actor (Jesse Eisenberg).

“‘The Social Network’ is more than about the creation of Facebook,” said Bryan Awards creator Bryan Curtiss. “It is about many things- power, inspiration, greed, and it features characters you can root for. It is in the drivers seat this awards season.”

The other eight Best Picture nominees are “Alice in Wonderland”, the latest Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration; “127 Hours”; “The Kids Are All Right”, a film about a sperm donor coming back to the lives of a lesbian couple; “Inception”; “The King’s Speech”, the story of King George VI; “Toy Story 3”, the sequel to “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2”; “The Fighter”; and “True Grit”, the Coen Brothers remake of the Oscar-winning 1969 John Wayne film.

Winners will be announced on February 20. To view the complete list of nominees, go to http://thebryanawards.bravehost.com.

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Best Picture:
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit

Best Director:
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)
David O. Russell (The Fighter)

Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter)

Best Actress:
Annette Bening & Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Country Strong)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
Mila Kunis (Black Swan)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

Best Younger Performer:
Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are All Right)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Mia Wasikowska (The Kids Are All Right)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
I Love You, Phillip Morris
127 Hours
The Social Network
The Town
True Grit

Best Original Screenplay:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech

Best Animated Feature:
How To Train Your Dragon
Tangled
Toy Story 3

Best Performance by a Cast:
Black Swan
The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network

To view the complete list of nominees, go to http://thebryanawards.bravehost.com.

‘Airbender’ Soars Off With 16 Silver Garbage Film Nods, ‘Sex’, ‘Eclipse’ Garner Multiple Nods

2011-01-20T20:13:00.000-08:00

A MAN AND HIS AWARDS OFFICIAL 2011 BRYAN AWARDS PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2011

“The Last Airbender” leads all films with 16 Silver Garbage Film Nods, including Worst Picture and Director (M. Night Shyamalan) at the first-ever Silver Garbage Film Awards.

The categories in this category were formerly part of the Bryan Movie Awards, but were separated to provide clarity to the Bryan Movie Awards.

“In years past, it was utterly confusing to say that ‘this movie here’ led the Best of Movies with 15 nominations, while ‘that movie here’ led the Worst of Movies with 12 nominations,” said Bryan Awards creator Bryan Curtiss. “It’s a more clearer and understanding picture. Both awards will be posted on the exact same web page, but they will be two separate awards shows, and I feel that singling out the worst of the big screen fits under the Silver Garbage label.”

The Silver Garbage Awards, are the name of Curtiss’s annual “Worst of Television” awards, honoring the worst programs of the small screen.

Joining “Airbender” in the Worst Picture Category are “The Back-Up Plan”, Jennifer Lopez’s romantic comedy about a woman trying to get pregnant; “Sex and the City 2”, the sequel to the first “Sex and the City” movie; “Burlesque”; “Jonah Hex”, a live action version of the DC Comics Civil War hero; “Grown-Ups”; “Tooth Fairy”; “The Last Song”, Miley Cyrus’s film, based on the Nicholas Sparks (“The Notebook”) novel; and “Yogi Bear”, a live-action remake of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

Winners for the Silver Garbage Film Awards will be announced on February 20. The nominees for the regular Silver Garbage TV Awards will be announced in early July with the winners for that being announced on the eve of the telecast for the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

To view the complete list of nominees, go to http://thebryanawards.bravehost.com/.

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Worst Picture:
The Back-Up Plan
Burlesque
Grown-Ups
Jonah Hex
The Last Airbender
The Last Song
Sex and the City 2
Tooth Fairy
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Yogi Bear

Worst Director:
Dennis Dugan (Grown-Ups)
Jimmy Hayward (Jonah Hex)
M. Night Shyamalan (The Last Airbender)
Julie Anne Robinson (The Last Song)
Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City 2)

Worst Actor:
Dan Aykroyd (Yogi Bear)
Josh Brolin (Jonah Hex)
Dwayne (formerly known as The Rock) Johnson (Tooth Fairy)
Robert Pattinson (Remember Me & Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Adam Sandler (Grown-Ups)

Worst Actress:
Christina Aguilera (Burlesque)
Miley Cyrus (The Last Song)
Megan Fox (Jonah Hex)
Jennifer Lopez (The Back-Up Plan)
Kristen Stewart (Twilight Saga: Eclipse)

Worst Supporting Actor:
Dev Patel (The Last Airbender)
Jackson Rathbone (The Last Airbender & Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Mickey Rourke (The Expendables & Iron Man 2 & Passion Play)
Rob Schneider (Grown-Ups)
David Spade (Grown-Ups)

Worst Supporting Actress:
Cher (Burlesque)
Salma Hayek Pinault (Grown-Ups)
Bryce Dallas Howard (Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Nicola Peltz (The Last Airbender)
Kelly Preston (The Last Song)

Worst Screenplay:
Burlesque
Grown-Ups
The Last Airbender
Marmaduke
Sex and the City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Worst Performance by a Cast:
Burlesque
Grown-Ups
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse

To view the complete list, go to http://thebryanawards.bravehost.com/.

The 68th Golden Globe Awards: LIVE Real-Time Updates

2011-01-16T16:05:00.000-08:00

In less than an hour from now, the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards will air on NBC live from the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. The stars from television and movies will all be out tonight for what is billed as "the party of the year". Expect a lot of surprises, and as usual, lots of great fashion.

1st Update- 7:35PM: I have not turned the channel to the pregame show yet, as I am still watching football, as the New York Jets put the final nail in the New England Patriots coffin, taking a 27-14 lead right now with 1:46 left in the game. And now it's 28-14 Jets. (Courtesy of our brother blog, DJBC Sports Corner). (7:48PM) Jets win 28-21 and will play at Pittsburgh next Sunday night.

LIVE UPDATES:
8PM- The show has just begun, following the Red Carpet pre-show co-hosted by Carson Daly & Natalie Morales. Morales looks stunning in her gown reporting on the red carpet.

8:01PM- "It's going to be a night of partying and heavy drinking, or as Charlie Sheen would call it, breakfast."- Ricky Gervais in his opening monologue

8:02PM- "Wanna see Cher? No, because it's not 1975."- Ricky Gervais in his opening monologue
8:03PM- "My lawyers helped me with the wording of the joke. They're not here."- Gervais in his opening monologue about the snub of "I Love You, Philip Morris"/the Scientology joke

8:05PM- First Category of the Night- Scarlett Johannson presents Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

8:06PM- Christian Bale wins for Supporting Actor for his role as a drug addict in the film "The Fighter."

8:09PM- Julie Bowen (Modern Family) and LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles) present the Actress in a TV Series-Drama Category.

8:10PM- "Peg Bundy" (Katey Sagal in real-life) wins for Best Actress in a TV Series-Drama for the F/X Show "Sons of Anarchy".

8:12PM- Commercial Break

8:16PM- After a commercial break; Julianne Moore and Kevin Spacey introduce Gia Mantegna, daughter of "Criminal Minds" co-star Joe Mantegna as Miss Golden Globe; Moore and Spacey introduce the Miniseries or TV Movie.

8:17PM- "Carlos" is about Carlos the Jackal; "Pillars of the Earth" takes place in 12th Century England

8:18PM- "Carlos" about Spanish terrorist Carlos the Jackal pulls off a shocker by winning Best Miniseries or TV Movie, knocking off Emmy winners "The Pacific" and "Temple Grandin".

8:21PM- "Please present Ashton Kutcher's dad, Bruce Willis"- Ricky Gervais. Bruce Willis presents "Red", Best Motion Picture-Comedy Nominee, starring Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Dame Helen Mirren, and Mary-Louise Parker.

8:23PM- Two actors from "Country Strong"- Leighton Meester present Supporting Actor in a TV Program.

8:24PM- Chris Colfer wins the Golden Globe for Supporting Actor in a TV Program for his role as Kurt Hummel on "Glee".

8:25PM- "I think I dropped my heart between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. If anyone sees my heart, please pick it up for me...I'd like to thank Ryan Murphy for being my fairy godfather...to all the kids who our show celebrates, who are being constantly told 'no'..."- Chris Colfer in his acceptance speech

8:26PM- Commercial Break

8:30PM- We're back. Michelle Pfeiffer presents Alice in Wonderland, the next Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy nominee, directed by Tim Burton, and the latest Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration, starring Depp as the Mad Hatter.

8:31PM- Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives) introduces the President of the Hollywood Foreign Press

8:33PM- Milla Jovovich (The Three Musketeers) and Kevin Bacon introduce Actor in a TV Series- Drama.

8:34PM- Steve Buscemi wins for Best Actor in a TV Series- Drama for HBO's new hit drama, "Boardwalk Empire" about Prohibition in 1920s Atlantic City.

8:35PM- "First of all, I have to thank Table 114, you guys are a lot of fun...now I have to put my glasses on before they play that sad music."- Steve Buscemi

8:37PM- Bacon and Jovovich also Present Best TV Series- Drama.

8:38PM- The streak is over- Boardwalk Empire halts Mad Men's three-year winning streak in the Drama Series race. Could this be a precursor to next August at the Emmys?

8:38PM- "Holy f-in crap, we just won a Golden Globe Award."- Terence Winter, creator/writer/executive producer of "Boardwalk Empire"

8:39PM- "And to my family in Brooklyn, I can't believe I'm sitting in a table next to Al Pacino either."- Terence Winter

8:39PM- Commercial Break

8:42PM- Ted Williams' Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Commercial

8:43PM- We're baaaaaaaack...Andrew Garfield introduces "The Social Network", the first of five Motion Picture-Drama nominees

8:44PM- "That's my favorite movie of the year. The creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is worth 7 million dollars."- Ricky Gervais

8:45PM- Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) and Jennifer Lopez (Gigli, American Idol) present Original Song in a Motion Picture

8:45PM- "That was close. I almost wore the exact same thing."- Alec Baldwin (to Jennifer Lopez)

8:46PM- "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from the gawd-awful "Burlesque" for Original Song. Diane Warren, the songwriter wins her first Golden Globe.

8:49PM- Baldwin and Lopez also present Best Original Score for a Motion Picture as well.

8:50PM- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win for composing the score to "The Social Network".

8:51PM- Commercial Break

8:55PM- We're back. Justin Bieber and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) present nominees for Animated Feature.

8:57PM- "Toy Story 3", the third of the "Toy Story" movies, by no surprises wins for Animated Feature. Well-deserved win. We all knew it was coming back in June. Next stop, Kodak Theatre in Hollywood

8:57PM- "Wow, were you two even born when the first 'Toy Story' movie came out?"- Toy Story 3 director, on Bieber and Steinfeld

8:59PM- Robert Downey Jr. presents the next category, Actress in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy

9PM- "I don't know if an actress can do her best work, unless I first slept with her."- Robert Downey Jr. presenting Actress in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy

9:02PM- Annette Bening wins for "The Kids Are All Right", beating her better half in the film, Julianne Moore, in the Actress in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy

9:03PM- "Julianne, you are a class act, thank you."- Annette Bening (citing her co-star, who helped make "The Kids Are All Right" possible)

9:05PM- "...and to the 1962 Golden Globe Winner for Most Promising Male Star, my husband, Warren Beatty."- Annette Bening

9:06PM- Commercial Break

9:09PM- Sylvester Stallone presents the second Motion Picture-Drama nominee, "The Fighter"

9:11PM- Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech) and Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) present Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie.

9:12PM- Al Pacino wins the Golden Globe as Dr. Death for "You Don't Know Jack".

9:15PM- Rush and Swinton present the female counterpart for the latter category as well- Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie

9:16PM- Claire Danes wins the Golden Globe for "Temple Grandin"

9:17PM- "I have to go fast, because that thing will yell at me."- Claire Danes during her acceptance speech

9:18PM- "She's working with incredible zeal on working with autism and on animal behavior."- Claire Danes about Temple Grandin

9:19PM- Commercial Break

9:23PM- Zac Efron presents the third Musical or Comedy in a Motion Picture Nominee- "The Kids are All Right", about a sperm donor returning to the lives of a lesbian couple

9:24PM- "He starred as the main role in the remake of a TV Show that I created, and now he's leaving the show, and killing cash cow for the both of us."- Ricky Gervais (on Steve Carell)

9:24PM- Tina Fey (SNL, 30 Rock) and Steve Carell (The Office) present the nominees for Best Screenplay

9:25PM- "Screenplays we would have written if we had time."- Tina Fey; "It never gets old"- Steve Carell; "And then there is the story of social networking and how it almost destroyed us."- Fey; "I heard about that movie on Facebook from a friend I've never met."- Carell

9:27PM- Aaron Sorkin wins the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for "The Social Network". It was 10 Years ago at the Globes that Sorkin won a Globe for TV Series-Drama for the most-honored Drama Series in the history of the Emmy Awards- "The West Wing"

9:28PM- "And I want to thank all the female nominees tonight for helping demonstrate to my young daughter that elite is not a bad word, it's an aspirational one. Honey, look around, smart girls have more fun, and you’re one of them."- Aaron Sorkin

9:29PM- Supporting Actress in a Television Program

9:30PM- A Supporting sweep for the Gleeks of McKinley High as Jane Lynch wins for Supporting Actress for "Glee".

9:31PM- "I'm nothing, if but falsely humbled."; "I get these 14-year olds vibrating out of their bodies telling me how wonderful 'Glee' is."- Jane Lynch

9:32PM- Commercial Break

9:35PM- Back to the Beverly Hilton and the Party....

9:36PM- "...A category that nobody cares about."- Ricky Gervais on the Foreign Language Film category

9:36PM- Olivia Wilde (House) and Robert Pattinson (Twilight series) present Best Foreign Language Film.

9:37PM- They will be celebrating this Globe win in the streets of Copenhagen; "In a Better World" from Denmark wins the Globe for Best Foreign Language Film

9:38PM- Dame Helen Mirren presents The King's Speech, nominee for Motion Picture- Drama

9:39PM- "This film was inseminated in Australia...was gestated in England...and given life by a beautiful team..."- Helen Mirren on "The King's Speech", about King George VI's stammering speech

9:40PM- Vanessa Williams (Desperate Housewives) and Blair Underwood (LA Law, The Event) present Actress in a TV Series- Comedy or Musical

9:41PM- Laura Linney wins for "The Big C"; Linney was unable to attend the Golden Globes tonight due to the death of her father, playwright Romulus Linney IV.

9:42PM- Commercial Break; Gotta love Ernst & Young....they have the answer to everything, including who wins.

9:44PM- Kraft Macaroni and Cheese...if I wasn't blogging live reactions, I would get some right now...

9:45PM- "Must See TV" > "Comedy Night Done Right" (NBC's new three-hour Thursday night comedy block)

9:46PM- Back again....Jane Fonda returns to the Globes for the first time in a quarter-century; Jane presents "Burlesque", the least deserving Golden Globe nominee for Musical or Comedy Motion Picture; hopefully John Wilson gives "Burlesque" a ton of Razzie nods next week. ;)

9:47PM- Matthew Bomer (Royal Pains, Guiding Light) & Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) present Lead Actor in a TV Series- Comedy or Musical (or the other way around)

9:48PM- Kaley blushed when she read the envelope, which meant that her Emmy-winning co-star Jim Parsons won the Globe for Best Actor in a TV Series- Musical or Comedy

9:48PM- ^^"Kaley, if you can't tell, she's on the show with me."- Jim Parsons, accepting the Globe

9:50PM- Jeremy Irons (The Borgias) presents Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

9:51PM- Melissa Leo wins the Golden Globe for "The Fighter"

9:51PM- "All that and a kiss from Jeremy Irons."- Melissa Leo, accepting her Globe

9:53PM- Commercial Break; up next is the Cecil B. DeMille Award

9:58PM- Matt Damon presents the Cecil B. DeMille Award Lifetime Achievement Award to Academy Award winner Robert DeNiro

9:58PM- "I don't go to movies a lot, because I'm too busy making them."- Matt Damon

10:01PM- Long clip show montage of Robert DeNiro's illustrious career

10:03PM- Standing ovation for Robert DeNiro

10:05PM- "Matt Damon will someday get his own Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award, and I hope to present it to him, if I'm still alive."- Robert DeNiro, on stage

10:09PM- Commercial Break

10:13PM- Back to Beverly Hills; Megan Fox presents the next "The Tourist", the fifth and final Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy Nominee.

10:14PM- Annette Bening presents the Best Director nominees

10:15PM- David Fincher wins for Best Director for Facebook...I mean, "The Social Network"

10:16PM- "I had no idea when I finished this film five months ago that I would be up here."/"Aaron and Scott, thank you for giving me your baby."- David Fincher accepting the Golden Globe for Best Director

10:17PM- Jimmy Fallon (SNL, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) and this month is named after her- January Jones (Mad Men) present TV Series- Musical or Comedy

10:17PM- "I love the Golden Globes. Everyone gets to drink and have a good time."- January Jones; "Nobody is pretentious..."- Jimmy Fallon

10:18PM- Glee-peat!! "Glee" wins for TV Series- Musical or Comedy for the second straight year

10:19PM- "Thank you to public school teachers. You don't get paid for it, but you are doing the most important job in America. Thank you very much."- "Glee" co-creator Ian Brennan, "Glee" acceptance speech

10:20PM- "Will Johnny Depp beat Johnny Depp?"- The Announcer

10:20PM- Another Commercial Break; hopefully I get to see the Ted Williams Kraft commercial one more time.

10:24PM- Alicia Keys presents the fourth Best Picture Drama Nominee- "The Black Swan", a psychological thriller which is more disturbing than Cam Newton's Heisman Trophy win

10:25PM- Halle Berry presents the Nominees for Actor in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy- Can Johnny Depp beat Johnny Depp?

10:26PM- ^^ The Answer is NO...Paul Giamatti wins for "Barney's Version". Paul's late dad banned Pete Rose from baseball FOR LIFE.

10:26PM- "I'm a little jacked up, because I ate five boxes of Godiva chocolates. I never fell in love with Godiva chocolates."- Paul Giamatti

10:27PM- "I got to smoke and drink and (CENSORED) and get paid for it."- Paul Giamatti

10:28PM- Commercial Break; up next is Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

10:31PM- Down to the Wire...Two Best Picture Prizes, and Actor & Actress, Motion Picture-Drama are left....down...to...the...wire.....

10:32PM- And, we're baaaccck....Joseph Gordon-Levitt ([500] Days of Summer, Inception, 3rd Rock from the Sun) presents Inception, the fifth and final Motion Picture-Drama nominee; Remember when "South Park" did a spoof of "Inception"? Creating the world into a dream, filling it with a bunch of secrets, called inception...

10:33PM- Jeff Bridges presents Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama

10:34PM- Probably the most up-in-the-air category, Natalie Portman wins the Golden Globe for "Black Swan".

10:35PM- "Jeff Bridges, I love you, Thank you."- Natalie Portman, accepting her Globe

10:37PM- Tom Hanks and Tim Allen present the Golden Globe for Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy

10:38PM- "We can kindly recall when Ricky Gervais was a chubby and a politely kind comedian."- Tom Hanks; "Neither of which he is now."- Tim Allen

10:39PM- "According to the HFP and Table 114, the Golden Globe goes to...The Kids are All Right."- Tom Hanks & Tim Allen

10:40PM- The Kids Are All Right wins the Golden Globe for Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical

10:42PM- Another Commercial Break; the NBC Thursday night stars in a promo for "Comedy Night Done Right"; "Amy Poehler and I are like Oprah and Gayle, only we're not denying anything."- Tina Fey in the promo

10:44PM- Only two categories left...

10:45PM- Back again...

10:46PM- Sandra Bullock presents the Golden Globe for Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama.

10:47PM- Colin Firth wins the Globe for his role as King George VI in "The King's Speech".

10:48PM- "Getting through mid-life stage with your dignity in tact is reassurance...this is all that stands between me and a Harley-Davidson."- Colin Firth in his acceptance speech

10:49PM- from Goldderby Forums poster 742- "When Tom Hanks and Robert Downey Jr., good sports both, are calling you out for mean-spiritedness, Ricky, it's time to re-evaluate your material. I hope he didn't ever want to work with anyone in attendance tonight."

10:50PM- One more commercial break, and one final category- Motion Picture- Drama. Can Facebook coast to Golden Globe victory?

10:54PM- Last check at traffic with Michael Douglas presenting Motion Picture- Drama. Douglas received a standing ovation from the audience, less than a week after Douglas said that he won his battle against cancer.

10:54PM- "There's got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation."- Michael Douglas

10:55PM- And the Golden Globe goes to...Facebook!!!!! "The Social Network" wins the most Golden Globes of the night- four, and now has the keys to the Honda Prius on the ride to victory at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

10:58PM- That's all she wrote on the Golden Globies. Now I'm off to write a wrap-up for the February BC Bulletin, which will include Best and Worst Dressed, a Rundown of all 25 Winners, and a recap of the ceremony. Congratulations to all the winners!

Golden Globes- The Final Countdown & Predix

2011-01-12T18:33:00.000-08:00

The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards will air on Sunday night on NBC, hosted by Ricky Gervais. Lots of stars from television and movies will show up for this annual "party of the year".

MOTION PICTURES:

Motion Picture- Drama:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network- WILL/SHOULD WIN

Yes, "The King's Speech" has the most nominations, and is probably a sure bet to win because this is an awards show run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of foreign journalists. However, "The Social Network" is too hard to be ignored. This movie has dominated critics' lists all across the country as one of the ten best films of 2010, and with a Globe win, will sit comfortably in the driver's seat on Oscar Sunday.

Actress, Motion Picture-Drama:
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)- SHOULD WIN
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Halle Berry (Frankie and Alice)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)- WILL WIN
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)

Actor, Motion Picture-Drama:
Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)
Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter)
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)- WILL WIN
James Franco (127 Hours)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)- SHOULD WIN

Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical:
Alice in Wonderland- WILL/SHOULD WIN
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right
Red
The Tourist

It is no secret that Globe voters are smitten with Johnny Depp films, especially in recent history. This is a no-brainer as the latest Depp collaboration with Tim Burton will win this category. On a side note, "Burlesque" will still be in the running for another award, the Golden Raspberry.

Actress, Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical:
Emma Stone (Easy A)- SHOULD WIN
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right)
Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs)- WILL WIN
Angelina Jolie (The Tourist)

Actor, Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical:
Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland)- WILL WIN
Paul Giamatti (Barney's Version)
Kevin Spacey (Casino Jack)
Jake Gyllenhall (Love and Other Drugs)- SHOULD WIN
Johnny Depp (The Tourist)

If Johnny Depp wins, it will be for his role as the Mad Hatter in his latest collaboration with director Tim Burton. If Depp loses, then it is up in the air to see who will win.

Supporting Actress, Motion Picture:
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
Mila Kunis (Black Swan)- SHOULD WIN
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)- WILL WIN

Supporting Actor, Motion Picture:
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Michael Douglas (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)- WILL/SHOULD WIN

Michael Douglas has been through a lot personally in the past several months, fighting throat cancer and getting accolades for reprising his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gecko in the sequel to the 1987 film "Wall Street". Douglas is a cinch to win this category.

Best Animated Feature:
Despicable Me
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3- WILL/SHOULD WIN

This isn't even close. "Toy Story 3" was the most heartbreaking movie of the summer of 2010, and is a future Best Picture nominee.

Best Director- Motion Picture:
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)- SHOULD WIN
David Fincher (The Social Network)- WILL WIN
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)
David O. Russell (The Fighter)

Best Foreign Language Film:
Biutiful (Mexico/Spain)
The Concert (France)
The Edge (Russia)
I Am In Love (Italy)
In a Better World (Denmark)

Best Screenplay- Motion Picture:
Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle (127 Hours)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)
Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids are All Right)- SHOULD WIN
David Seidler (The King's Speech)
Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)- WILL WIN

Sorkin has been a Globe nominee before, but as Executive Producer of his hit TV drama "The West Wing" and short-lived dramedy "Sport Night". This is a tough race to handicap, as all of the five screenplays seem scrumptious to the writer's palate.

TELEVISION:

Best Television Series- Drama:
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)- WILL WIN
Dexter (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Walking Dead (AMC)- SHOULD WIN

Globe voters are in love with the "IT" factor when it comes to the small screen. While "Mad Men" has won the last three years, it is time for Globe voters to step further back in time, from the 1960s to 1920 Atlantic City. A possible spoiler is AMC's "The Walking Dead".

Best Actress- Television/Drama:
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife, CBS)- WILL WIN
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men, AMC)
Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs, USA)
Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy, F/X)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer, TNT)- SHOULD WIN

Best Actor- Television/Drama:
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)- WILL WIN
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, AMC)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Showtime)- SHOULD WIN
Jon Hamm (Mad Men, AMC)
Hugh Laurie (House, Fox)

Best Television Series- Comedy or Musical:
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Big C (Showtime)
Glee (Fox)- WILL WIN
Modern Family (ABC)- SHOULD WIN
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
30 Rock (NBC)

Yes, "Modern Family" won the Emmy back in August, but "Glee" is a universal hit, both on the small screen and on the Billboard charts. Can you sing "repeat"?

Best Actress- Television/Comedy or Musical:
Toni Collette (The United States of Tara, Showtime)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie, Showtime)
Tina Fey (30 Rock, NBC)
Laura Linney (The Big C, Showtime)- WILL/SHOULD WIN
Lea Michele (Glee, Fox)

Best Actor- Television/Comedy or Musical:
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock, NBC)
Steve Carell (The Office, NBC)- SHOULD WIN
Thomas Jane (Hung, HBO)
Matthew Morrison (Glee, Fox)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory, CBS)- WILL WIN

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Carlos (Sundance Channel)
The Pacific (HBO)- WILL/SHOULD WIN
Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don't Know Jack (HBO)

Best Actress- Television/Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Hayley Atwell (Pillars of the Earth, Starz)
Claire Danes (Temple Grandin, HBO)- WILL WIN
Judi Dench (Return to Cranford, PBS)- SHOULD WIN
Romola Garai (Emma, PBS)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (The Client List, Lifetime)

Best Actor- Television/Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Idris Elba (Luther)
Ian McShane (Pillars of the Earth, Starz)
Al Pacino (You Don't Know Jack, HBO)- WILL WIN
Dennis Quaid (The Special Relationship, HBO)
Edgar Ramirez (Carlos, Sundance Channel)- SHOULD WIN

Best Supporting Actress- Television:
Hope Davis (The Special Relationship, HBO)
Jane Lynch (Glee, Fox)- WILL WIN
Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Julia Stiles (Dexter, Showtime)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family, ABC)- SHOULD WIN

Best Supporting Actor- Television:
Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-O, CBS)
Chris Colfer (Glee, Fox)- SHOULD WIN
Chris Noth (The Good Wife, CBS)
Ed O'Neill (Modern Family, ABC)
David Strathairn (Temple Grandin, HBO)- WILL WIN

Grammy Nominations- Eminem Recovers with 10 Nods

2010-12-02T13:06:00.000-08:00

Last night was a big night at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles for the Music Industry as the nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were announced during a live, televised special on CBS.

Grammy and Academy Award-winning rapper Eminem racked up ten Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year for his album, "Recovery", which was considered to be a critical and commercial success, and Record of the Year for "Love the Way You Lie", a collaboration with singer Rihanna.

With the second-most nods was Cee Lo Green, whose claim to fame this past year was the expletive-filled song, "**** You", which was changed (for radio) to "Forget You". Cee Lo Green received seven nominations.

Other big nominees included Katy Perry, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, teen sensation Justin Bieber, and the late Michael Jackson. One big newcomer, Ke$ha was blanked out entirely.

RECORD OF THE YEAR:
"Nothin' on You"- B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars
"Love The Way You Lie"- Eminem featuring Rihanna
"**** You"- Cee Lo Green
"Empire State of Mind"- Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
"Need You Now"- Lady Antebellum

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Arcade Fire- "The Suburbs"
Eminem- "Recovery"
Lady Antebellum- "Need You Now"
Lady Gaga- "The Fame Monster"
Katy Perry- "Teenage Dream"

SONG OF THE YEAR:
"Beg, Steal or Borrow"- Ray LaMontaigne (Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs)
"**** You"- Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence, and Bruno Mars (Cee Lo Green)
"The House That Built Me"- Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin (Miranda Lambert)
"Love The Way You Lie"- Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman, and Marshall Mathers (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
"Need You Now"- Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, and Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum)

BEST NEW ARTIST:
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence and the Machine
Mumford and Sons
Esperanza Spalding

For a complete list of all of the Grammy Nominees in all 109 categories, go to http://www.grammy.com.

Silver Garbage Awards Watch: The New Fall Season

2010-09-21T19:53:00.000-07:00

This week, the 2010-11 broadcast network season officially began. The hits will soon be separated from the misses. The Emmy contenders from the Emmy pretenders. What new fall shows seem like a sure shot to be crowned for television's lowest honor- the Silver Garbage Award?

Let's start with the fourth network, Fox, and LONE STAR, which did not live up from its lead-in House, as it lost more than half of House's audience, eventually gaining only 4.5 million viewers. Not a good start on opening night.
Odds of It Sweeping Next Summer's Silver Garbage Awards: 2 to 1

Moving onto the CW, and Hellcats. Out of the CW's 28 Silver Garbage Award nominations this summer, 25 of them were in between Worst Drama Melrose Place and Worst New Series TBL: The Beautiful Life. It's a show about high school cheerleaders, and it doesn't look promising, critically.
Odds of It Sweeping Next Summer's Silver Garbage Awards: 4 to 1

Staying with the CW, I think that their other new show, Nikita, is a worthless piece of garbage.
Odds of It Sweeping Next Summer's Silver Garbage Awards: 35 to 1

A new comedy is going to make it's debut on NBC's Thursday night block called Outsourced. Critics gave it bad reviews when NBC's fall schedule was revealed in May. It could be the first sitcom to be outsourced from the network lineup.
Odds of It Sweeping Next Summer's Silver Garbage Awards: 2 to 3

Last year, I snubbed NCIS: Los Angeles for Worst New Series and Worst Drama. Therefore, Hawaii Five-O (the new one) could show up, despite the fact that the show is destined to be a hit, following the footsteps of the CBS CSI/NCIS mold. Gosh, do we need another NCIS?
Odds of It Sweeping Next Summer's Silver Garbage Awards: 5 to 2

Speaking of spin-offs and the city of Angels, Law & Order: Los Angeles- hit or miss? At the Silver Garbage Awards, who cares?
Odds of It Sweeping Next Summer's Silver Garbage Awards: 20 to 1

The Event fits in the mold of a new show that could crash and burn.
Odds of It Sweeping Next Summer's Silver Garbage Awards: 15 to 1

and finally....
The Defenders. No, this is not the same CBS legal drama that cruised over the competition at the Emmy Awards in the early 1960s. This is a completely new drama, starring Jim Belushi as a family man and lawyer, and Jerry O'Connell as his womanizing law partner. It has all of the makings for a flop. The promos have been played to death on CBS throughout the summer, and it looks like a really stupid show.
Odds of It Sweeping Next Summer's Silver Garbage Awards: 1 to 6

As the World Stops Turning

2010-09-14T21:47:00.001-07:00

(1956-2010)

On Friday, the world will stop turning for the residents of Oakdale, Illinois. After 54 years, and 13,858 episodes of action, romance, drama, and backstabbing, As the World Turns will fall off the television axis and into the outer space known as television heaven.

It was nine months ago in which CBS announced that the beloved soap opera, which has entertained audiences for generations, and was the top-rated soap from 1958 to 1978, would not be renewed for a 55th year, just three months after sister soap Guiding Light ended a 72-year broadcast run.

As the World Turns was one of two half-hour soap operas to debut on April 2, 1956. The show was the first half-hour soap opera, beating The Edge of Night by three hours.

The show revolved around the triumphs, tragedies, romance, and backstabbing of the Hughes family (for most if not all of those 54 years), and other families (the Snyders, Stewarts, Lowells, etc.). In 1956, Irna Phillips created a show that would later stand the test of times. On Monday April 2, 1956, at one thirty in the afternoon, this show broke the mold of the fifteen-minute soap opera format on television, by becoming the first half-hour soap opera in the history of television. For the first nineteen years, the show would be done LIVE on the air, until the spring of 1975, when the show started to be taped in advance. By year's end, the show expanded to a full hour. No other show, yet has been the # 1 show for as many consecutive years as this series, until The Young and the Restless surpassed ATWT’s mark in the 2007-08 season. The show had it's best of times (The 1960s, the Douglas Marland penned "Glory Days" of the late '80s and early '90s, and the early 2000s), and the worst (the last 2/3 of the '90s and the early '80s), but still, managed to survive through 54 years of love, of loss, of laughter.

The show shot the final episode at it’s Brooklyn studio (it’s home for the last eleven years) on June 23. Four days later, co-stars Michael Park, Maura West, and Julie Pinson won Daytime Emmy awards for the show. In his acceptance speech, Park said, "We had to say goodbye to over 60 members of our family on Wednesday. It was heartbreaking, and I pray you never have to endure what we endured on Wednesday…I can't think of a better way to say goodbye to a 13-year run on a 53-year-old show than this right here.”

What is next? Coronation Street will take the reign as the longest-running soap, internationally. In America, General Hospital will take over as the longest-running soap still on the air. CBS will replace As the World Turns with The Talk, starting on October 18. The Talk is another take of ABC’s The View, but through the view of mothers. CBS will air repeats of The Price is Right for the next four weeks in the interim. ABC’s One Life to Live is the last remaining New York-based soap (All My Children moved production to Los Angeles in January). And lastly, Procter & Gamble is out of the soap opera producing business, after decades of production.

The World may have stopped turning, but it will be in the memories of long-devoted fans.

SHOWS THAT DEBUTED IN 1956:
As the World Turns is one of the few memorable shows that debuted during this year, which wasn’t a banner year for new television shows. Here are five other shows that debuted in ’56, besides ATWT.

1) Queen for a Day- a game show
2) My Friend Flicka
3) The Edge of Night- debuted three hours after ATWT on April 2, 1956
4) Playhouse 90- gave us “Requiem for a Heavyweight”
5) Circus Boy- future Monkee Mickey Dolenz (credited as Mickey Braddock) got his start

CELEBRITIES THAT STEPPED FOOT IN OAKDALE:
Soap operas have been known to be the launching point of the careers of many, many A-list celebrities. ATWT was no different.

1) Julianne Moore as Frannie Hughes (1985-1988, 2010) & Sabrina Fullerton (1986-1988)
2) Marisa Tomei as Marcy Thompson Cushing (1983-1985)
3) Meg Ryan as Betsy Stewart Andropoulous (1982-1984)
4) Tamara Tunie as Jessica Griffin (1987-1995, 1999-2007)
5) John Wesley Shipp as Doug Cummings (1985-1986)
6) Lauryn Hill as Kira Johnson (1991)
7) Parker Posey as Tess Shelby (1991-1992)
8) Martin Sheen as Jack Davis (1965-1970)
9) Steven Weber as Kevin Gibson (1985-1986)
10) Dana Delany as Hayley Wilson Hollister (1981)
plus many others, including Jason Biggs, Jordana Brewster, Peyton List, Courteney Cox, Annie Parisse, William Fichtner, Ming-Na, Richard Thomas, Swoosie Kurtz, Mark Rydell, David McCallum, Robert Vaughn, John James, James Earl Jones, Thomas Gibson, and Robert Horton.

Other soap stars such as Christian LeBlanc, Judith Chapman, Peter Reckell, Linda Dano, Sharon Case, Ruth Warrick, Frances Reid, Tom Eplin, Cady McClain, Hillary Smith, Justin Deas, Lynn Herring, Austin Peck, Stuart Damon, Tom Pelphrey, and Billy Warlock also had roles on ATWT.

The 10 Greatest Couples in As the World Turns History:

10. Penny Hughes and Jeff Baker- Before Will and Gwen, before Luke and Noah, before Lily and Holden, this was teen angst at its finest, as Chris and Nancy Hughes had their first marriage annulled, but Penny and Jeff were the first teen supercouple in the show’s history. Sadly, they did not live happily ever after as Jeff was killed in a car wreck in 1962 (Mark Rydell decided to leave the show), and Penny went through a couple more marriages before marrying a race car driver and moving to Europe.

9. Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer- There was BAM (the first lesbian supercouple in soap history), and Otalia, and Kish, and of course, Nuke. Luke and Noah were the first gay male supercouple in soap opera history, as Luke Snyder fell in love with Noah Mayer, an Army brat with dreams of becoming a filmmaker, in spite of his career Military father. When they first met, Noah was dating cute and charming Maddie Coleman, but one day when Luke kissed Noah while tying a tie, the rest was history, and not long after, Noah dumped Maddie for Luke.

8. John Dixon and Lucinda Walsh- They knew each other when he was an intern in medical school, but it wasn’t until 1987, in which John and Lucinda became a supercouple on the show, and the two most hated people in Oakdale found wedded bliss with each other. Is it possible that they may find each other before the World falls off the television axis?

7. Lisa and anyone- The many loves of Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi Chedwyn. One of the many plot twists and turns throughout the decades was the love life of Lisa, as she had more marriages on average that any person.

6. Steve and Betsy Andropoulous- The 1980s was known as the “decade of the supercouple”- Luke and Laura, Josh and Reva, Bo and Hope, Victor and Nikki, Tom and Margo, Steve and Betsy? Yup. At least when blue-eyed blonde Meg Ryan was in the role of Betsy Stewart, who fell head over heels for Greek businessman Steve Andropoulous, while Craig Montgomery was pining for her affections. However, Steve won Betsy’s heart and in 1983, they got married.

5. Tom and Margo Hughes- They met in 1981, but little did they know that they would fall in love. That’s what exactly happened when Tom and Margo went hot on the trail for Mr. Big (and his house of horrors). Tom and Margo’s romance was the brainchild of the Mary-Ellis Bunim-led era of the show in an effort to compete with ABC’s “Big Three”. Co-stars Justin Deas and Margaret Colin (who were Tom and Margo at the time) got married in real life as well. Since Tom and Margo’s action packed courtship, different actors have played the characters, but Tom and Margo remain as one of the longest-lived marriages in soapdom.

4. Jack Snyder and Carly Tenney- On Wednesday, CarJackers across the country will get one last joy of excitement as Carly and Jack get married…for the last time. It’s been a topsy-turvy ride the last 13 years for Carly and her G-Man, surviving crazy Julia, the Evil Spa, three “who’s the baby daddy” storylines, Simon Frasier, Carly’s alcoholism, and Jack’s marriage to Janet.

3. Chris and Nancy Hughes- One of the few soap opera couples to remain true to each other. After being shelved in the early 1980s, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1986. Not long after their golden anniversary, Chris passed away (actor Don McLaughlin died). But Chris and Nancy remain the standard when it comes to 100 percent fidelity on daytime.

2. Bob and Kim Hughes- In April, these two were finally married (legally) after their marriage was deemed invalid, but it was a long and bumpy ride for the two, who have spent the last 25 years as a couple on the show.

1. Lily and Holden Snyder- Probably the most important couple in the show’s rich history. Funny thing is, is that Lily Walsh married her “Uncle” Holden Snyder (Iva Snyder is Lily’s biological mother). However, head writer (at the time) Douglas Marland modified the Snyder family tree to make Iva adopted, so that the writers could pursue the Lily and Holden romance, which has fizzled a few times over the years, as they each were in love with other people. However, Lily always found her way back to her stable boy, Holden. Will they before the World falls out of the TV galaxy?

The 10 Greatest Storylines in As the World Turns History:

10. The Baby Switch (2005)- On one stormy night, Jennifer Munson and teen Gwen Norbeck each gave birth to a baby boy. After the deliveries, Craig Montgomery switched the babies around, and Gwen ended up with Jennifer's baby, and vice versa. Jennifer has a mental breakdown after she is told that her baby died, when in all reality, it was being raised by Gwen and her boyfriend, Jennifer's brother Will. Several months later, after tests are done, reality sets in as Gwen learns that her baby died, and that the babies were switched. Soap opera drama at its finest.

9. The Memorial Serial Killer (2003)- This was one of the best suspense thrillers in soap opera history, as no one saw this one coming. Dr. Eric Decker comes to Oakdale and works at Memorial. Shortly after Dr. Decker comes to town, mysterious deaths take place at Oakdale Memorial. The summer of 2003 had everyone guessing who, but not long after Chief of Staff Dr. Bob Hughes got struck by the serial killer, all fingers were pointing at Dr. Decker, who had found romance with Dr. Susan Stewart.

8. Luke Comes Out (2006)- How do you tell a story that is so relevant and give it an angle to make the storyline your own? In 2006, Oakdale teen Luke Snyder told his parents that he was gay to little fanfare, but it paved the way for daytime's first gay male supercouple, as Luke later found love with army brat and aspiring filmmaker Noah Mayer.

7. Andy's Alcoholism (1989-90)- This was one of the great Douglas Marland storylines as young Andy Dixon battled an alcohol addiction, as he was rejected by an older woman he had a fling with. This was one of the few times in which Drs. Bob Hughes and John Dixon were on the same side.

6. Lucinda and John get married (1987)- The two most diabolical and hated residents of Oakdale knew each other from his days as a medical school intern in Chicago, but not long after they crossed paths in Oakdale, the chief surgeon and the CEO had one night of drunken bliss and then got married, making one of daytime's most oddest and ruthless couples.

5. The Doug Cummings arc (1985-86)- "Someone to Watch Over Me" had a new meaning after this story arc, which garnered John Wesley Shipp a well-deserved Daytime Emmy in 1986 for his role as a restauranteur obsessed with Kim Hughes, from her days as a nightclub songstress. The aforementioned standard's tie to this story arc was the scene in which Kim walks into Doug's "Kim Shrine", which was everything Kim Hughes. Doug kidnapped Kim and Frannie and took them to a remote cabin in the Rockies, where Doug had hoped to make Frannie his wife.

4. The Evil Spa (2002)- Question: How do you get rid of two characters, played by pregnant actresses while they go on maternity leave? The Answer: Take them and a friend to an evil spa, and have them kidnapped by the most sinister villain known to man. Actresses Maura West and Kelley Menighan Hensley went off on maternity leave in early 2002, and their Oakdale alter egos, Carly Tenney and Emily Stewart brought pal Rose D'Angelo with them to a spa. While at the spa, these three lovelies are kidnapped by James Stenbeck and disappear without a trace. Eventually, they were found safe and sound.

3. The Right to Die/Casey Peretti (1990)- This was one of the cornerstone battles and issues facing real life people in which ATWT scribe Douglas Marland transferred into Oakdale, as Dr. Casey Peretti is put on life support, and Casey's stepdaughter Margo Hughes literally pulls the plug on a brain dead Casey. Coincidentally, Casey was Katie's father and the namesake of Tom and Margo's second son, Casey.

2. Margo's Rape/HIV (1992-93)- This was one of the most memorable storylines of its time. It began when Tom and Margo return to Oakdale from a vacation in Cape Cod. Margo is called in to break up a liquor store holdup. What happens next would be the catalyst for the storyline for months to come. The gunman, Elroy Nevins holds Margo at gunpoint and rapes her. What she doesn’t know is that Nevins has AIDS.

1. Lily's Parentage (1987)- This was true soap opera child parentage revelation at its finest. Not since Phillip’s parentage on Guiding Light was there a parentage revelation so shocking that it was hard to believe that it was true. In the episode that aired on June 24, 1987, you have Rod Landry grabbing young Lily Walsh in the Snyder barn and then Iva Snyder grabbing a pitch fork and yelling, “SHE’S YOUR DAUGHTER!” (followed by the opening theme song). Priceless drama. And then there was that thing with Rose D’Angelo that happened years later that had to be explained.

10 FAVORITE VILLAINS in As the World Turns History:

10) Tonio Reyes- a James-type replacement in between a couple of James's "deaths" during the Douglas Marland days

9) Dr. Rick Decker- Dr. Death kept us glued to our sets in the Summer of 2003.

8) Ralph Manzo- who knew that Janet had ties to a known mobster? We didn't

7) Damian Grimaldi- He kidnapped Luke as a boy, tried to send him off to a camp to cure gays, and swindled his way back into Lily's heart (and pants)

6) Craig Montgomery- Among Craig's crimes in the last 28 years: He faked impotency to woo Meg Ryan (em, Betsy), he switched babies by kidnapping his own son (Johnny) and raising him as his own, he tried to kill a girlfriend's lover on a remote cliff, drove his wife off a cliff, and stole from a teen's trust fund

5) Col. Win Mayer- You needed a disapproving, homophobic father for the Luke and Noah saga, and this career Army man fit the bill

4) Doug Cummings- "Someone to Watch Over Me" has a whole new meaning, in a creepy kind of way

3) Mr. Big (and his house of horrors)

2) Dr. John Dixon- the longest-running dastardly character in soap history

1) Only South Park's Kenny has died more times than this man...James Stenbeck

25 Best Characters in As the World Turns History:

So many people called Oakdale home, but here are the BC Bulletin's 25 Best Characters in ATWT's 54 years and 13,858 days.

1) Dr. Bob Hughes
2) Dr. John Dixon
3) Lucinda Walsh
4) James Stenbeck
5) Kim Sullivan Reynolds Dixon Stewart Andropoulous Hughes
6) Lily Walsh Mason Snyder Grimaldi Snyder Grimaldi
7) Lisa Miller Hughes Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi Chedwyn
8) Barbara Ryan Stenbeck Munson Munson Montgomery Stenbeck Coleman
9) Tom Hughes
10) Margo Montgomery Hughes
11) Holden Snyder
12) Carly Tenney Snyder Snyder Snyder
13) Craig Montgomery
14) Doug Cummings
15) Nancy Hughes McClosky
16) Christopher Hughes I
17) Jack Snyder
18) Iva Snyder Benedict
19) Penny Hughes Baker Lowell Cunningham
20) Dr. Dan Stewart
21) Edith Hughes
22) Andy Dixon
23) Kirk Anderson
24) Paul Ryan
25) Henry Coleman

Honorable Mention: Gwen Norbeck Munson, Dusty Donovan, Emily Stewart, Dr. Rick Decker, Gunnar St. Clair, Jennifer Ryan, Liz Talbot, Jeff Baker, Luke Snyder, Noah Mayer, Grace Baker, Emma Snyder, Dr. David Stewart, Ellen Lowell Stewart, Simon Frasier, Julia Lindsay Snyder

SHOWS THAT ENDED IN 2010:

As the World Turns isn't the only long-running series to bite the dust in 2010. Here are some other shows that said "farewell" besides ATWT.

1) 24- Eight days in which Jack Bauer saved the world, and after the eighth day, Jack rested.
2) Law & Order- tied with Gunsmoke as the longest-running primetime drama
3) Lost- the castoffs eventually did get off the island...although they were all dead
4) The Tudors- the ending was spoiled 463 years ago, and so for 463 years, we knew how this was going to end, but alas, poor Yorick, King Henry VIII died off-screen.
5) Cold Case- each episode had a great soundtrack to listen too, but low ratings and high costs proved fatal for this show at the end

For another BC Bulletin story on ATWT, check out http://thebcshow.bravehost.com/atwt50th.html for our 50th Anniversary page, which was made four and a half years ago.

And of course, look for a proper Bryan Awards wake for ATWT in the summer of 2011 as part of the 11th Annual Bryan Awards.

The BC Bulletin LIVE Emmy Awards Reactions

2010-08-29T15:44:00.000-07:00

The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards air in a little over an hour on NBC. The BC Bulletin will be blogging live reactions as the ceremony takes place. (6:45PM ET)
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Sorry, I'm late. I got in my best dressed for the Emmycast. Right now, Billy Bush (nephew of George W.) is chatting with birthday girl and Lead Actress nominee Lea Michele of Glee. Michele is dressed in a navy blue Oscar de La Renta gown.

What I glimpsed- Billy talking with Modern Family hottie Sofia Vergara, who vowed if the show won for Best Comedy Emmy, she'd run down naked on Sunset Blvd. To counteract, Maria Menounos interviewed her fellow co-star and nominee Julie Bowen, who said that "if (Bowen), Ty (Burrell), and the show all won, I'll run down naked." Choose your words carefully. The show begins in a tad over five minutes. Oh, and all of the Comedy categories (except series) are together, Drama are together, Miniseries and Movie are all together.
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The SHOW is STARTING!!!!!

The Opening Sketch: Jimmy Fallon is chatting with castmembers (Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, and Cory Monteith) of Glee. The Glee-sters are figuring out a way to get to the Emmys. They enlist Tina Fey, Jon Hamm, Jorge Garcia, Joel McHale, and Sue Sylvester/Jane Lynch, spoofing the Boss man's "Born to Run". (8:05PM)

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8:08 PM- WE are looking back at the past year in Comedy with clips from Comedy of the past year.

8:11PM- Jon Hamm and Betty White are presenting the first award of the evening- Supporting in a Comedy Series.

**The Emmy goes to** FIZBO!!!! Eric Stonestreet wins the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in "Modern Family". Hey, NBC, WHERE THE CLIPS AT?!?!

8:18PM- After a quick commercial break; Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) and the lovely Vergara are presenting the 2nd award of the evening- Writing in a Comedy Series.

"When did you get a laugh?" is the question asked of the nominees in this category? As is "Is funny sexy?"

The "Modern Family" pilot wins for Writing in a Comedy Series. Christopher Lloyd (not the actor) is the son of the late David Lloyd, who won in this race 34 years ago for the epic "Chuckles the Clown Bites the Dust" episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

8:22PM- Stephen Colbert is presenting the third award- Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Does Jane Lynch have this one wrapped up?

8:24PM- Janie did have this one wrapped up as the surly coach of the Cheer-E-O's nabs the Emmy. Congrats to Jane Lynch!

8:31PM- Chandler Bing and Lorelai Gilmore, BFF's in real life (Matthew Perry and Lauren Graham) are presenting the nominees for Guest Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series. I'm a big Lauren Graham fan, and she should have three Emmys by now, but has never been a nominee. And they are presenting the fourth category- Directing in a Comedy Series.

"What is the worst direction you've ever given?" is the question asked of all of the nominees in this category

8:33PM- The Emmy goes to Ryan Murphy for directing the pilot of the "sensation, sweeping the nation", Glee.

8:35PM- A clip with the cast of Modern Family. A "pitch" session with the cast of the show. Ha! A scene with Bowen and George Clooney. Priceless. Also, Vergara with Clooney, and Stewie Griffin of Family Guy talking to Ed O'Neill, mentioning that Modern Family is a show "he can talk about."

8:37PM- Eva Longoria Parker and LL Cool J are presenting Lead Actor in a Comedy Series- AND NOW WE HAVE CLIPS!!!! Category Numero Cinco!

8:38PM- JIM PARSONS wins the Emmy for his hilarious drunk scene!!!!! Like Maura West two months ago, Jim Parsons wins with an episode with a boozy drunk scene. As mentioned, Parsons had that scene in his reel where he accepts a trophy while drunk. A two-for-one EMMY SPECIAL.

8:44PM- 'Nother Commercial Break. And then Doogie Howser comes up to the stage to present the Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy.

8:45PM- History has been made. One Edith Falco of Brooklyn, New York becomes the first woman to win Lead Acting Emmys for Comedy and Drama. "I'm not funny", Falco insists during her acceptance speech. Robert Young and Carroll O'Connor are the other two people to pull of this feat.

8:47PM- Up next is a look back at Reality in the past year.

8:49PM- Mr. Amy Poehler/Gob Bluth (Will Arnett) and Felicity (Keri Russell) present the seventh award of the night- Reality/Competition Program. Can The Amazing Race make it 8 straight, or will a new victor triumph?

8:50PM- THE STREAK IS OVER!!!!! Top Chef pulls off the upset in the Reality/Competition Program. Everyone thought Idol would finally get it. Not even a "Simon Sayonara" could save them. REPEAT- The Amazing Race's streak ends at seven. I guess that the Emmy race can open up in this race. Apprentice next year?

8:57PM- After another commercial break, and an intro to the accountants from Ernst & Young, a look back at the year in DRAMA, Drama, Drama...

9:00PM- The next six categories are the Drama races. L&O SVU's Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay introduce Category Numero Ocho- Writing in a Drama Series.

"What's the best note you ever got for a network" is the question asked for the nominees?

9:01PM- The Emmy goes to Mad Men's season finale, written by creator Matthew Weiner, with Erin Levy. "Shut the Door, Have a Seat" was one of the great hours of TV the past year. Last year, the season 2 finale, "Meditations in an Emergency" won this race.

9:03PM- Chris and Mariska present the 9th award- Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (with clips). The Emmy goes to Aaron Paul, who had a breakout year, and is the 15th actor to win this category in the last 15 years. Congrats, Aaron!

9:10PM- after another break, Nathan Fillion and the lovely Emily Deschanel present the 10th award of the night- Supporting Actress in a Drama Series- the most "up in the air" category.

9:11PM- Archie Panjabi pulls off the 2nd upset of the night, winning for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The Good Wife. Could The Good Wife pull off the Drama Series upset win?

9:12PM- Edie Falco, as Jimmy Fallon called her "the original housewife of New Jersey" presents the Lead Actor award. (# 11)

9:13PM- Tic-tae-toe, THREE in a Row (but not four), Bryan "with a Y" Cranston wins for Lead Actor in a Drama Series award for the third (but not fourth) consecutive year for Breaking Bad.

9:15PM- another commercial break

9:19PM- Guest Actor and Actress in a Drama Series recap; John Lithgow and Ann-Margret are presenting the 12th category of the night- Drama Series Directing.

The nominees question- "What did your mom want you to be when you were growing up?"

9:21PM- Steve Shill wins for Drama Series directing for Dexter for the episode "The Getaway." Lost's finale got snubbed in both writing and directing- this does not look good for the swan song of Lost, about to follow in the footsteps of the swan songs of M*A*S*H, Cheers, St. Elsewhere, and Newhart.

9:23PM- a Musical tribute (by Fallon) to three shows that went off the air- 24 (Fallon dressed as Sir Elton John), Law & Order (a parody of Boyz II Men's It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday, also by Fallon, dressed as a hip-hop artist), and Lost (Fallon dressed as a rock star, to the tune of Green Day's ??song??)

9:27PM- another commercial break

9:31PM- Glee's Matthew Morrison and 30 Rock's Tina Fey present the 13th award of the evening- Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

9:32PM- Floyd, we've got another upset. The better half of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick pulls off the 3rd upset of the night, on her 5th nomination for TNT's The Closer.

9:34PM- We now move to the next arena, Variety. Stephen Colbert joins in Jimmy Fallon's segue to the Year in Variety.

9:36PM- Could The Daily Show's streak also end at seven? Could The Daily Show's little brother, Colbert rise up, or could SNL's Betty White campaign pay off with extra dividends, or will Team Coco get a pity win? We'll find out, NOW!

9:37PM- Joel McHale and Jeff Probst present the 14th award of the night- Variety, Music, or Comedy Special writing.

9:39PM- The Tony Awards (last year's- 2009) win for Best Writing in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special. (I thought that this would be announced during the Creative Arts awards. I was wrong)

9:47PM- after another word from our sponsors, funny British comedian Ricky Gervais takes the stage, and free beer is handed out to some of the nominees. I guess the party has begun. OK, Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.

Same question as Drama Series directing...

9:48PM- Haha, Louis J. Horwitz's mom wanted him to be an accordionist on The Lawrence Welk Show, lol....unfortunately for Louis's mom, with Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren, there were too many accordionists cooking in the kitchen.

9:49PM- Ricky Gervais was hoping for Bucky Gunts, and he got it right. Bucky directed the Opening Ceremony for the Vancouver Olympic Games. Congrats to Ricky for predicting it right.

9:50PM- And Sweet 16- Variety, Music or Comedy Series

9:51PM- And the eighth time is still the charm for Jon Stewart, as The Daily Show makes it eight in a row. Jim Tressel is getting ideas from Jon Stewart in order to beat Michigan. SNL was robbed for the second straight year in a row.

9:57PM- after the next break, the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award will be given to George Clooney.

10:00PM- And now, a word from the Chairman from the Academy, John Schaffner(?). Julianna Margulies presents the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award to her former ER co-star George Clooney. Clooney is the 4th recipient of this award, one whose humanitarian work has had a lasting impact in the industry (America: A Tribute to Heroes, Tsunami: A Concert of Hope, and Hope for Haiti Now).

10:04PM- And now, the Miniseries/Movie categories- a year back at those.

10:06PM- Jim & Betty- John Krasinski and January Jones present the 17th category- Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

10:07PM- Julia Ormond wins the Emmy for her portrayal of the mother of Temple Grandin.

10:14PM- After another break, Claire Danes (the new spokesgal for Latisse) presents the Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Emmy.

10:15PM- David Strathairn wins for Temple Grandin.

10:17PM- Jewel performs the song for the Memoriam segment

10:21PM- Commercial break

10:25PM- Jonathan Rollins and Abby Lockhart (Blair Underwood and Maura Tierney) present the Writing in a Miniseries or Movie Emmy (Emmy # 20 tonight) to Adam Mazer who penned You Don't Know Jack (NOT about the computer game).

10:28PM- Underwood & Tierney present the 21st Emmy of the night- Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, which goes to Claire Danes as Temple Grandin. Danes was the youngest Lead Actress nominee in the history of the Emmys, 15 years ago at the tender age of 16. (She should be 2-for-2)

10:30PM- Another break. Only 6 categories left. (edited to realize there are 27 categories and not 26...or 24, or 28- like there were originally, pre-Clooney Humanitarian Award).

10:34PM- Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, and Alexander Skarsgard of True Blood present the Emmy for Directing in a Miniseries or Movie. (Category # 22)

10:35PM- Mick Jackson wins the Emmy for directing Temple Grandin. The third time is the charm for Jackson, who helmed The Bodyguard, Volcano, and L.A. Story.

10:37PM- The True Blood trio also presents Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, which goes to Al Pacino for his role as Dr. Death (Jack Kevorkian) in You Don't Know Jack.

10:42PM- And now, the Final Four- Miniseries, Made for TV Movie, Drama Series, and Comedy Series. I predicted The Pacific, Temple Grandin, Mad Men, and Modern Family. Will I go 4-for-4? But first, another word from our sponsors. The Event- next year's Great Emmy drama, or next year's Silver Garbage chariot horse?

10:45PM- Laurence Fishburne presents the Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries...flip a coin.

10:46PM- The coin landed on heads for The Pacific. Cranford gets swept by Tom Hanks, having lost to John Adams two years ago.

10:48PM- Fishburne also presents the Best Made for TV Movie Emmy, which goes to Temple Grandin, HBO's film about a woman who overcame autism and received a doctorate.

10:49PM- Will Mad Men make it three in a row? Find out now as 1984's Best Drama Lead Actor Tom Selleck hands out the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.

10:50PM- Tic-tac-toe, THREE IN A ROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Catch tonight's show again in 10 minutes on the East Coast folks!

10:52PM- one more prize. Can Modern Family win it? Will Glee sing out a high note? Or will 30 Rock pull off a shocker and four-peat? Comedy Series is up next after one final word from the sponsors.

10:56PM- And now, the 27th and Final Award of the night- Outstanding Comedy Series (see last update). And now, Sam Malone (ok, Ted Danson).

10:58PM- The Emmy Goes to...Modern Family. ABC's first Comedy Series winner in 22 years. 30 Rock is one Emmy nomination shy of tying the shutout record. Traditional family is back at the Emmys.

10:59PM- That's all she wrote on the Emmys. Now I'm off to write about tonight. So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good night (musical break) Adios, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, GOODNIGHT!

2010 Silver Garbage Award Winners

2010-08-28T09:59:00.000-07:00

And the Winners Are:

Worst Comedy Series: The Jay Leno Show
Worst Actor: Michael Strahan, Brothers
Worst Actress: Jenna Elfman, Accidentally on Purpose
Worst Supporting Actor: Carl Weathers, Brothers
Worst Supporting Actress: CCH Pounder, Brothers
Worst Cast: Brothers

Worst Drama Series: Melrose Place
Worst Actor: Spencer Pratt, The Hills
Worst Actress: Mischa Barton, The Beautiful Life: TBL
Worst Supporting Actor: Corbin Bleu, The Beautiful Life: TBL
Worst Supporting Actress: Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Melrose Place
Worst Cast: The Beautiful Life: TBL

Worst Reality Show: Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Worst New Show: The Beautiful Life: TBL

A full wrap-up of the Silver Garbage Awards will be in the September issue of The BC Bulletin, which will be released Wednesday.

The BC Bulletin's FINAL EMMY PREDICTIONS

2010-08-24T10:24:00.000-07:00

By Bryan Curtiss

The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards air this upcoming Sunday on NBC. HBO's "The Pacific" is the most-nominated program with 24 Emmy nominations, followed by Fox's "Glee" with 19. This should be a very interesting Sunday night to see who wins and who comes up empty-handed in the approximately 25 categories that will be bestowed on television's biggest night. The BC Bulletin is predicting 14 of those big races.

Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Glee (Fox)- SHOULD WIN
Modern Family (ABC)- WILL WIN
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
The Office (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)

SNUBBED: The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Community (NBC)
DARKHORSE: Nurse Jackie (Showtime), 30 Rock (NBC)

I believe that the winner of this race will join a list of freshman laffers to win for Comedy Series- joining “The Phil Silvers Show” (1956), “The Monkees” (1967), "All in the Family" (1971), "Taxi" (1979), "Cheers" (1983), "The Cosby Show" (1985), "The Golden Girls" (1986), "The Wonder Years" (1988), "Frasier" (1994), "Arrested Development" (2004), and last, but not least, three-time defending champ "30 Rock" (2007). With 19 Nominations, "Glee" is the biggest sensation that is sweeping the television nation. However, the trendiest shows come up empty-handed on Emmy night. "Glee" only won two awards at the Creative Arts Awards, while rival freshman Comedy "Modern Family" won three. The big surprise going into Emmy week is that three-time defending champ "30 Rock" was blanked at the Creative Arts Ceremony, one year removed from the show's record 24 nominations. Anyway, back to the topic at hand. "Glee" should win because it has the most nominations for any series, it won the Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy Series, it won the SAG for Best Cast in a Comedy Series, but on Sunday, it's a whole new ball game. Even the trendiest of shows failed to win- "Desperate Housewives", "Twin Peaks", "Moonlighting", "Miami Vice", "The Sopranos" all were favored to win for their breakout freshman years, but came up empty-handed, which is why I think that the Emmy will go to "Modern Family". Emmy voters love traditional family shows, as witnessed by their love and affection for "All in the Family" and "Everybody Loves Raymond". The last time an ABC show won in this category (1988 to be exact), Ronald Reagan was President and gas cost less that two bucks.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper- The Big Bang Theory (CBS)- SHOULD WIN
Larry David as Himself- Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester- Glee (Fox)
Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk- Monk (USA)- WILL WIN
Steve Carell as Michael Scott- The Office (NBC)
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy- 30 Rock (NBC)

SNUBBED: David Duchovny as Hank Moody (Californication, Showtime), Thomas Jane as Ray Drecker (Hung, HBO), Joel McHale as Jeff Winger (Community, NBC)
DARKHORSE: Parsons

It should all go down to a battle of who has the best tapes. Based on this theory, Tony Shalhoub should win his fourth Emmy for "Monk". Shalhoub submitted the series finale, in which his OCD-afflicted detective finally solves his wife's murder. However, be on the lookout for a possible win by Parsons, as he has a breakout scene in his reel in which his character drunkenly accepts an award on stage, and (1) Emmy voters love drunks- as witnessed by soap star Maura West's win earlier this summer, and (2) it shows that Parsons's character is a winner- a la Dame Maggie Smith in "California Suite" (ok, not really, but you get the picture).

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Lea Michele as Rachel Berry- Glee (Fox)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell- The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton- Nurse Jackie (Showtime)- WILL/SHOULD WIN
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope- Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon- 30 Rock (NBC)
Toni Collette as Tara Gregson- The United States of Tara (Showtime)

SNUBBED: Courteney Cox as Jules Cobb (Cougar Town, ABC)
DARKHORSE: Collette

It's an open and shut case as Emmy voters will reward Falco's pill-popping, adulterous nurse over the competition, which includes defending champ Collette as a wife and mother with multiple personalities. What could keep Collette from repeating is that there hasn't been a repeat in this race in nine years, after a 13-year stretch (1989 to 2001) with only five winners in this race (Candice Bergen- five times, Helen Hunt- four times, Patricia Heaton- twice/the last to repeat, Roseanne and Kirstie Alley- once). Since Patricia Heaton's repeat, there have been eight different winners (Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Sarah Jessica Parker, Felicity Huffman, Louis-Dreyfus, America Ferrera, Fey, Collette), and Falco will be the ninth. Also, with her impending win, Falco will be the first woman to win Lead Acting Emmys for both Comedy and Drama, joining Robert Young (“Father Knows Best”- 1959 & “Marcus Welby M.D.”- 1970) and Carroll O'Connor (“All in the Family”- 1972, 1977-1979 & “In the Heat of the Night”- 1989) as the only actors to pull off this feat in Emmy history.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel- Glee (Fox)
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson- How I Met Your Mother (CBS)- SHOULD WIN
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy- Modern Family (ABC)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett- Modern Family (ABC)
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker- Modern Family (ABC)- WILL WIN
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper- Two and a Half Men (CBS)

SNUBBED: John Krasinski as Jim Halpert (The Office, NBC), Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett (Modern Family, ABC), Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold (Entourage, HBO), Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute (The Office, NBC)
DARKHORSE: Burrell, Harris

One word- Fizbo. That word was the episode of Stonestreet's reel, in which his character was dressed as a clown. That episode should be enough for Stonestreet to win. Be on the lookout for a possible upset by co-star Burrell, or by Neil Patrick Harris, who won two Emmys on Saturday night (for hosting the Tonys and his guest appearance on "Glee"). God forbid that Ducky from "Pretty in Pink" does the unthinkable...again.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester- Glee (Fox)- WILL/SHOULD WIN
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy- Modern Family (ABC)
Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett- Modern Family (ABC)
Kristen Wiig, Performer- Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney- 30 Rock (NBC)
Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper- Two and a Half Men (CBS)

SNUBBED: Jane Adams as Tanya Skagle (Hung, HBO), Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray (Glee, Fox), Jenna Fischer as Pam Halpert (The Office, NBC), Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes (Weeds, Showtime)
DARKHORSE: You've got to be kidding...right?

If anyone but Lynch wins, it will be a tragedy bigger than Jon Cryer's win last year.

Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Dexter (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Lost (ABC)- SHOULD WIN
Mad Men (AMC)- WILL WIN
True Blood (HBO)

SNUBBED: Treme (HBO)
DARKHORSE: Breaking Bad (AMC), Dexter (Showtime), The Good Wife (CBS)
In any given year, be on the lookout for an upset winner ("Law & Order"- 1997, "Police Story"- 1976, "Cagney & Lacey"- 1985 & 1986, "thirtysomething"- 1988, "24"- 2006). However, "Mad Men" picked flawlessly in their submissions, and I don't think it's 100 percent possible for "Mad Men" to be denied their third consecutive win. "Lost", could win for submitting it's epic finale. But in my opinion, the finale was too long, and dragged a bit. That's what cost shows such as "St. Elsewhere", "M*A*S*H", "Seinfeld", "Cheers", and "Sex and the City" gold in their final seasons. "Mad Men" will join an elite list of shows- "The Defenders" (1962, 1963, 1964), "Hill Street Blues" (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984), "L.A. Law" (1989, 1990, 1991), and "The West Wing" (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) to three-peat in this race, because "Mad Men" is the Cadillac of the Emmy kingdom (at least until the Bentley in the form of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" comes in next year).

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston as Walter H. White- Breaking Bad (AMC)- WILL WIN
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan- Dexter (Showtime)- SHOULD WIN
Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor- Friday Night Lights (DirectTV)
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House- House (Fox)
Matthew Fox as Dr. Jack Shepherd- Lost (ABC)
Jon Hamm as Don Draper- Mad Men (AMC)

SNUBBED: Simon Baker as Patrick Jane (The Mentalist, CBS), Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as King Henry VIII (The Tudors, Showtime)
DARKHORSE: Hall
Cranston is very likely to three-peat, because he won't be winning this race next year ("Breaking Bad" will not be eligible for next year's race because the show's fourth season does not begin until next July). However, Hall had a breakout year complete with Golden Globe and SAG wins, as his character went toe-to-toe with Guest Actor champ John Lithgow, and Dexter's wife Rita is found murdered in the bathtub. The race has been between Cranston and Hall, and it's a 70-30 race right now, with Cranston leading.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Kyra Sedgwick as Det. Brenda Johnson- The Closer (TNT)
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes- Damages (F/X)
Connie Britton as Tami Taylor- Friday Night Lights (NBC)
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick- The Good Wife (CBS)- WILL/SHOULD WIN
Mariska Hargitay as Det. Olivia Benson- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
January Jones as Betty Draper- Mad Men (AMC)

SNUBBED: Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood, HBO)
DARKHORSE: None really, but watch out for Sedgwick

If anyone but Julianna Margulies wins, it will be a shocker, because Margulies is the clear choice to win this race. Connie Britton and January Jones should both be proud that they got to break on through with their first Emmy nods this year, after multiple snubs.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman- Breaking Bad (AMC)- SHOULD WIN
Martin Short as Joe Tobin- Damages (F/X)
Michael Emerson as Ben Linus- Lost (ABC)
Terry O'Quinn as John Locke- Lost (ABC)- WILL WIN
John Slattery as Roger Sterling- Mad Men (AMC)
Andre Braugher as Owen Thoreau Jr.- Men of a Certain Age (TNT)

SNUBBED: John Goodman as Creighton Bernette (Treme, HBO), Josh Holloway as Sawyer Ford (Lost, ABC)
DARKHORSE: Braugher, Emerson

If John Lithgow were nominated here like he belonged (he had as much screen time as Michael C. Hall on "Dexter" last season), he would have won, plain and simple. Terry O'Quinn is in the driver's seat right now. However, what's keeping O’Quinn from sealing a win is the fact that in the last 14 years in this category, there have been 14 different winners (the late Ray Walston, Hector Elizondo, Gordon Clapp, Michael Badalucco, Richard Schiff, Bradley Whitford, the late John Spencer, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Imperioli, William Shatner, Alan Alda, O'Quinn, Zeljko Ivanek, and Emerson). Braugher is a spoiler choice, because of his out-of-left field nomination which surprised everyone. Paul has once again garnered buzz for another great season on “Breaking Bad” and definitely deserves a statuette to call his own.

On a side note, condolences go out to Martin Short, whose wife, former actress Nancy Dolman passed away last Saturday.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Sharon Gless as Madeline Westen- Burn Notice (USA)
Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons- Damages (F/X)
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart- The Good Wife (CBS)
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma- The Good Wife (CBS)
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris- Mad Men (AMC)- SHOULD WIN
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson- Mad Men (AMC)- WILL WIN

SNUBBED: Khandi Alexander as Ladonna Batiste (Treme, HBO), Michelle Forbes as Maryann Forrester (True Blood, HBO), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren (Law & Order, NBC)
DARKHORSE: Gless

It can be a race in which any of these six actresses could win. On paper, it is between "Mad Men" co-stars Hendricks and Moss. However, a possible out-of-left field upset could be on the horizon for Gless, who won two Emmys in the 1980s for her role on "Cagney & Lacey", and is a perennial Emmy vet. And Emmy voters revere their veteran actors, case in point- Betty White. The only thing missing was Khandi Alexander, who was snubbed for great work on HBO's "Treme", which itself got almost ignored by Emmy voters, much like "The Wire", which was also produced by the creators of "Treme".

Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Endgame- Masterpiece Classic (PBS)
Georgia O'Keeffe (Lifetime)
Moonshot (History Channel)
The Special Relationship (HBO)
Temple Grandin (HBO)- WILL WIN
You Don't Know Jack (HBO)- SHOULD WIN

SNUBBED: None
DARKHORSE: None

Four of the six nominees should be proud to make it to Awards Sunday. This is really a two-person race. HBO has won this category 15 of the last 17 years, and there is no doubt they'll make it 16 out of 18, having one half of this year's nominees. "Temple Grandin" has the edge, because it is about a woman who overcame autism to get a doctorate degree. I would not be surprised if HBO's flick about famed assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian, "You Don't Know Jack" comes out on top. Both "Grandin" and "Jack" shared the Made for TV Movie honors at the Bryan Awards.

Outstanding Miniseries
The Pacific (HBO)- WILL/SHOULD WIN
Return to Cranford- Masterpiece Classic (PBS)

SNUBBED: The Prisoner (AMC)
DARKHORSE: Return to Cranford (PBS)

Barring any British-sentiment for the sequel to "Cranford", the sequel, like the original will lose to an epic HBO miniseries that was executive produced by Academy Award winner Tom Hanks. "The Pacific" has everything- love, conflict, victory, what doesn't "The Pacific" have? Oh, yeah, acting nominations. But, like "Band of Brothers" before it (which also failed to have an acting nomination), "The Pacific" will be honored, not because it was a World War II miniseries, but because it was 10 of the best hours of television of 2010.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Jeff Bridges as Jon Katz (A Dog Year, HBO)
Sir Ian McKellen as Number Two (The Prisoner, AMC)
Dennis Quaid as President Bill Clinton (The Special Relationship, HBO)
Michael Sheen as Prime Minister Tony Blair (The Special Relationship, HBO)
Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Kevorkian (You Don't Know Jack, HBO)- WILL/SHOULD WIN

SNUBBED: Jeremy Irons as Alfred Stieglitz (Georgia O'Keeffe, Lifetime)
DARKHORSE: Bridges or McKellen

Al Pacino has this bad girl wrapped up, marking this the second time he's won for portraying a real person (he was a quasi-fictionalized version of attorney Roy Cohn in "Angels in America"). Emmy voters love real people in this category, as witnessed in the past decade, as Emmy voters have honored portrayals of John Adams, Peter Sellers, Otto Frank, and Sir Winston Churchill (twice).

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Dame Maggie Smith as Mary (Capturing Mary, BBC)
Joan Allen as Georgia O'Keeffe (Georgia O'Keeffe, Lifetime
Dame Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkins (Return to Cranford, PBS)
Hope Davis as Hillary Clinton (The Special Relationship, HBO)
Claire Danes as Temple Grandin (Temple Grandin, HBO)- WILL/SHOULD WIN

SNUBBED: Caterina Scorsone as Alice (Alice, SyFy)
DARKHORSE: Dench

This Emmy is Claire Danes' to lose. 'Nuff said?

Emmy Trivia: The last time Danes was Emmy-nominated, she became the youngest Lead Actress nominee in Emmy history, for her role as Angela Chase in "My So-Called Life."

Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)- WILL WIN
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (NBC)- SHOULD WIN

SNUBBED: The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
DARKHORSE: Colbert, The Daily Show

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" has resided in this category for the last seven years. It's about time for a change, don't you think? For the first time in 27 years, late night titan David Letterman won't be competing in this race, as "The Late Show with David Letterman" was snubbed in this category for the first time since Letterman has been on CBS (Letterman was nominated as Executive Producer of "When Kids Grieve", which lost on Saturday night). In the 35 year history of the show, "Saturday Night Live" has only won this award twice (1976 and 1993), and submitted the Betty White episode, which won honors for White and director Don Roy King. Meanwhile, "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien", which went out with a bang in January, submitted the finale, and "The Colbert Report" submitted an episode from Colbert's trip to Iraq, which won a Writing Emmy on Saturday, which means that this race is far from over.

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race (CBS)- WILL WIN
American Idol (Fox)- SHOULD WIN
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
Top Chef (Bravo)

SNUBBED: Survivor (CBS)
DARKHORSE: Wow…good one there

"The Amazing Race", like "The Daily Show" has a seven-year itch of its own. "The Amazing Race" was the first winner of this category. And the second. And the third. And so far, it's the only reality competition show to win this category. And as the years go by, it seems like there's a reality show that could unseat it. But every year, "The Amazing Race" has won, now having as many Emmys for Reality-Competition Program, as there are continents on the planet. Can "American Idol" finally get over the hump with their farewell to grouchy ex-judge Simon Cowell? Find out on Sunday.

SELECT CREATIVE ARTS WINNERS:
Guest Actor, Comedy Series: Neil Patrick Harris as Bryan Ryan- Glee (Fox)
Guest Actress, Comedy Series: Betty White, Host/Performer- Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Guest Actor, Drama Series: John Lithgow as Arthur Mitchell- Dexter (Showtime)
Guest Actress, Drama Series: Ann-Margret as Rita Wilson- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Reality Host: Jeff Probst- Survivor (CBS)
Animated Program: Disney Prep and Landing (ABC)
Reality Program: Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (ABC)
Variety Special: The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)

‘Glee’, ‘Pacific’, ‘SNL’ Win Big; ‘World Turns’ and ‘Lost’ Go Out On Top

2010-08-15T20:54:00.000-07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(August 15-16, 2010)

CONTACT: Bryan Curtiss (BCurtiss@hotmail.com)

‘Glee’, ‘Pacific’, ‘SNL’ Win Big; ‘World Turns’ and ‘Lost’ Go Out On Top

“Glee” won 14 Bryan Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, at this year’s Bryan Awards.

“Glee”, Fox’s smash hit musical comedy series, led all shows with a record 42 Nominations this year, breaking the record of 40 set by CBS soap opera “As the World Turns” in the inaugural Bryan Awards in 2001.

“Glee” won prizes for Younger Actor (Chris Colfer), Supporting Actress (Jane Lynch), and two prizes for directing, among its accolades.

“The thing about ‘Glee’ is that it was able to resonate through the television viewing audience in song. In the complete history of the television world, no show has been able to do that, until now,” said Bryan Awards Creator Bryan Curtiss.

“As the World Turns”, which is ending its 54-year run on September 17, won eight Bryan Awards this year, including Best Daytime Soap for the first time since 2002. The show swept the Lead Acting races with wins for recent Daytime Emmy winners Michael Park and Maura West. Park and West’s on-screen son, Mick Hazen won for Younger Actor. The show also won for Guest Actor (Stuart Damon), makeup, costumes, and casting.

“As the World Turns”, which is ending its 54-year run on September 17, won eight Bryan Awards this year, including Best Daytime Soap for the first time since 2002. The show swept the Lead Acting races with wins for recent Daytime Emmy winners Michael Park and Maura West. Park and West’s on-screen son, Mick Hazen won for Younger Actor. The show also won for Guest Actor (Stuart Damon), makeup, costumes, and casting.

“There will never be another soap like (‘As the World Turns’) in the history of the Bryan Awards,” Curtiss remarked about the departing soap. “The loss of both ‘World Turns’ and ‘Guiding Light’ is a huge wake-up call to daytime television and the already slowly dying soap opera industry, telling them that it’s time to completely revamp.”

Also winning eight Bryan Awards was the soap which will take over as the longest-running soap after ATWT wraps, and Damon’s long-time home for over 30 years, “General Hospital”, which won awards for Supporting Actor (Jonathan Jackson), Younger Actress (recent Daytime Emmy champ Julie Berman), Episode of the Year (Carnival), and five craft prizes.

Another show that left the airwaves in 2010 picked up eight Bryan Awards, and it was the Best Drama of the year, “Lost”. ABC’s suspense drama about castaways from a plane crash picked up writing, directing, and Episode of the Year laurels for the show’s swan song.

At the Bryan Awards, “Lost” soared over two-time defending champion “Mad Men”, which only won three Bryan Awards, including Ensemble Cast and Supporting Actress for Christina Hendricks, who plays an administrative assistant in a 1960s advertising agency.

In Miniseries and Movie races, “Temple Grandin” and “You Don’t Know Jack” shared the honor for top TV Movie, while HBO’s ten-part World War II drama “The Pacific” took home nine Bryan Awards, including Best Miniseries.

If “Glee” was the biggest sensation of the past television season, actress Betty White would have been a clear and distant second biggest sensation.

The veteran Emmy-winning actress hosted “Saturday Night Live”, in part due to a large Facebook campaign to get White to host the show. The campaign paid off, and “SNL” reaped it’s third straight Variety Series win. White was named Best Guest Actress for her hosting duties on the show, and won for Performance of the Year. In addition to all of the accolades for hosting “Saturday Night Live”, White also won for her guest stint on Daytime Emmy victor “The Bold and the Beautiful”.

To view the complete list of winners, go to http://thebryanawards.bravehost.com.

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2010 Creative Arts Bryan Award Winners

2010-08-06T17:36:00.000-07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(August 6, 2010)

‘Glee’, ‘Pacific’, ‘SNL’ Big Winners At Bryan Creative Arts Awards

CONTACT:
Bryan Curtiss

BCurtiss@hotmail.com

Fox’s “Glee”, with a record 42 Bryan Award nominations, is the heads-on favorite to sweep the Bryan Awards this year, and after Friday night’s Creative Arts Bryan Awards, they made that mark.

“Glee” won ten Bryan Awards on Friday evening, including Best Performance by a Cast in a Comedy Series, at the 2010 Creative Arts Bryan Awards.

The Creative Arts Bryan Awards were held to honor achievements in all but the 30 main categories that will be announced on Bryan Award Sunday on August 15. The achievements range from technical and behind-the-scenes categories, to guest acting categories.

“Glee” also won for Ensemble Cast in a New Series, Supporting Actress in a New Series (Jane Lynch), Guest Actress in a New Series (Kristin Chenoweth), Guest Actor in a New Series (Mike O’Malley, who also won for his work on NBC’s “Parenthood”), Directing for both a Comedy Series and New Series (co-creator Ryan Murphy for helming the pilot). The show also won prizes for casting, editing, and sound mixing.

“‘Glee’, if it sweeps every category on Bryan Awards Sunday, could break the record for most wins in a single season in Bryan Awards history,” said Bryan Awards creator, Bryan Curtiss.

The record that Curtiss is talking about is 15 Bryan Award wins in one year, which was set by ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” during its 2005 rookie campaign. This year, “Housewives” received only one nomination, and lost.

The romp by “Glee” led to a complete sweep over rival freshman comedy, “Modern Family”, ABC’s multi-layered family skein, which had 24 nominations. The show only won for Supporting Actor in a New Series for co-star Eric Stonestreet.

Also with 24 nominations, “The Young and the Restless”, the top-rated daytime soap for over the last 23 years, failed to win a single award for the second consecutive year at the Creative Arts Bryan Awards.

HBO’s “The Pacific” was another big winner at the Creative Arts Bryan Awards, winning eight Bryan Awards.

“The Pacific” won for directing in a Miniseries or Movie, plus kudos for casting, editing, cinematography, sound editing, sound editing, music, and visual effects.

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” won seven Bryan Awards, including Comedy Episode of the Year, for the episode hosted by Comedy Guest Actress champ Betty White. That episode also won for writing, and shared the directing prize with the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games, which won four Bryan Awards, including Variety Performance for Michael Bublé, who also won for his SNL musical appearance with Comedy Guest Actor champ Jon Hamm, who picked up his first Bryan Award win.

The love for Betty White was apparent at the Bryan Awards. Her guest hosting gig on SNL was contributed to a fan-driven Facebook drive to get her to host the show. White, at 88 years young, is currently on the TVLand sitcom “Hot in Cleveland” and could might as well be back for more at next year’s Bryan Awards.

White also won for Performance of the Year for hosting “Saturday Night Live” and for Guest Actress in a Daytime Drama for the second time for reprising her 2007-winning role on “The Bold and the Beautiful”.

“At 88, Betty White is having a renaissance, and is still getting work, and not dropping a beat,” Curtiss said.

ABC’s “Lost”, which ended its six-year run in May, and ABC’s “General Hospital”, which will become the longest-running soap still on the air this September, each received six Bryan Awards each.

Departing shows “24” and “As the World Turns” picked up four Bryan Awards each, as did “Survivor”.

For a complete list of winners, go to http://thebryanawards.bravehost.com for more information.

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Classic Bryan Awards, Part 2

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Just what are the Classic Bryan Awards exactly? The Classic Bryan Awards is a three-part series in which we go back in time to look back at the major winners of the first ten years, and to play with history and choose winners from the Golden Age of Television up to Y2K.
This Month, we will look back at Bryan Award winners from 2008 and 2004.

In August's BC Bulletin, we will take a look back at Bryan Award winners from last year, 2007, 2005, and 2002, and choose "winners" for 2000, 1997, 1995, 1992, 1990, 1986, 1984, 1981, 1977, 1975, 1971, 1969, 1966, 1963, 1961, 1958, 1957, 1955, and 1952.

(1983)

The 1982-83 was the era of a new day for NBC. In September 1982, NBC, in third place since the early 1970s launched a Thursday night lineup featuring Musical Drama Fame, Emmy-winning police drama Hill Street Blues, Emmy-winning sitcom Taxi (transplanted from ABC), and introduced a new sitcom, Cheers, set in a Boston Bar. Cheers (if the Bryan Awards were around in 1983) shared the honor with a fellow NBC freshman show set in Boston, St. Elsewhere, a low-rated medical drama set in a gloomy Boston hospital, which would also claim the Drama Series prize, among its 24 nominations. In Daytime, All My Children won most of the awards, however the top prize went to sister soap One Life to Live.

Comedy Series: Cheers (NBC)
Drama Series: St. Elsewhere (NBC)
Daytime Soap: One Life to Live (ABC)
Miniseries: (TIE) The Thorn Birds & Winds of War (ABC)
Made for TV Movie: Special Bulletin (NBC)
Variety Program: Motown 25- Yesterday. Today. Forever. (NBC)
New Series: (TIE) Cheers & St. Elsewhere (NBC)
Actor, Comedy: Alan Alda, M*A*S*H (CBS)
Actress, Comedy: Shelley Long, Cheers (NBC)
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Christopher Lloyd, Taxi (NBC)
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Carol Kane, Taxi (NBC)
Cast, Comedy: Cheers (NBC)
Actor, Drama: Ed Flanders, St. Elsewhere (NBC)
Actress, Drama: Linda Evans, Dynasty (ABC)
Supporting Actor, Drama: Bruce Weitz, Hill Street Blues (NBC)
Supporting Actress, Drama: Christina Pickles, St. Elsewhere (NBC)
Cast, Drama: Hill Street Blues (NBC)
Younger Actor: Gary Coleman, Diff'rent Strokes (NBC)
Younger Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker, Square Pegs (CBS)
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Tommy Lee Jones, Executioner's Song (NBC)
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Ann Margret, Who Will Love My Children? (ABC)
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Richard Kiley, The Thorn Birds (ABC)
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Jean Simmons, The Thorn Birds (ABC)
Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Nicholas Nickleby (Syndicated)
Actor, Daytime: Robert S. Woods, One Life to Live (ABC)
Actress, Daytime: Dorothy Lyman, All My Children (ABC)
Supporting Actor, Daytime: Darnell Williams, All My Children (ABC)
Supporting Actress, Daytime: Lois Kibbee, The Edge of Night (ABC)
Younger Actor, Daytime: Michael E. Knight, All My Children (ABC)
Younger Actress, Daytime: Kim Delaney, All My Children (ABC)
Cast, Daytime: All My Children (ABC)

(1982)

Comedy Series: Police Squad (ABC)
Drama Series: Hill Street Blues (NBC)
Daytime Soap: General Hospital (ABC)
Miniseries: Brideshead Revisited- Great Performances (PBS)
Made for TV Movie: Bill (CBS)
Variety Program: Night of 1,000 Stars (ABC)
New Series: Police Squad (ABC)
Actor, Comedy: Leslie Nielsen, Police Squad (ABC)
Actress, Comedy: Bonnie Franklin, One Day at a Time (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Christopher Lloyd, Taxi (ABC)
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Loretta Swit, M*A*S*H (CBS)
Cast, Comedy: Taxi (ABC)
Actor, Drama: Daniel J. Travanti, Hill Street Blues (NBC)
Actress, Drama: Joan Collins, Dynasty (ABC)
Supporting Actor, Drama: Michael Conrad, Hill Street Blues (NBC)
Supporting Actress, Drama: Nancy Marchand, Lou Grant (CBS)
Cast, Drama: Hill Street Blues (NBC)
Younger Actor: Gary Coleman, Diff'rent Strokes (NBC)
Younger Actress: Valerie Bertinelli, One Day at a Time (CBS)
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Mickey Rooney, Bill (CBS)
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Ingrid Bergman, A Woman Called Golda (Syndicated)
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Sir Laurence Olivier, Brideshead Revisited- Great Performances (PBS)
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Claire Bloom, Brideshead Revisited- Great Performances (PBS)
Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Brideshead Revisited (PBS)
Actor, Daytime: Anthony Geary, General Hospital (ABC)
Actress, Daytime: Lisa Brown, Guiding Light (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Daytime: David Lewis, General Hospital (ABC)
Supporting Actress, Daytime: Jane Elliot, Guiding Light (CBS)
Cast, Daytime: General Hospital (ABC)

(1980)

In 1980, ABC's satire of soap operas, Soap took the Comedy prize for the third straight year. As for actual soap operas, CBS's Guiding Light would win for Best Daytime Drama. CBS's Lou Grant returned to the top of the Drama pile after taking home the honors in 1978.

Comedy Series: Soap (ABC)
Drama Series: Lou Grant (CBS)
Daytime Soap: Guiding Light (CBS)
Miniseries: Moviola (NBC)
Dramatic Special: All Quiet on the Western Front- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)
Variety Program: The Lawrence Welk Show (Syndicated)
Actor, Comedy: Richard Mulligan, Soap (ABC)
Actress, Comedy: Cathryn Damon, Soap (ABC)
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Mike Farrell, M*A*S*H (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Loretta Swit, M*A*S*H (CBS)
Cast, Comedy: M*A*S*H (CBS)
Actor, Drama: Larry Hagman, Dallas (CBS)
Actress, Drama: Barbara Bel Geddes, Dallas (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Drama: Patrick Duffy, Dallas (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Drama: Nancy Marchand, Lou Grant (CBS)
Cast, Drama: The White Shadow (CBS)
Younger Actor: Gary Coleman, Diff'rent Strokes (NBC)
Younger Actress: Melissa Gilbert, Little House on the Prairie (NBC)
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Powers Boothe, Guyana Tragedy: The Jim Jones Story (CBS)
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Patty Duke Astin, The Miracle Worker (NBC)
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Ernest Borgnine, All Quiet on the Western Front- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Patricia Neal, All Quiet on the Western Front- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)
Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Moviola (NBC)
Actor, Daytime: Michael Zaslow, Guiding Light (CBS)
Actress, Daytime: Judith Light, One Life to Live (ABC)
Supporting Actor, Daytime: David Lewis, General Hospital (ABC)
Supporting Actress, Daytime: Jane Elliot, General Hospital (ABC)
Cast, Daytime: Guiding Light (CBS)

(1978)

If the Bryan Awards were around in 1978, All in the Family would have become the first series since I Love Lucy in 1953 to sweep all four regular acting categories at the Bryan Awards in one year.

Comedy Series: (TIE) All in the Family (CBS) & Soap (ABC)
Drama Series: Lou Grant (CBS)
Daytime Soap: Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Miniseries: Holocaust (NBC)
Dramatic Special: A Family Upside Down (NBC)
Variety Series: The Muppet Show (Syndicated)
Variety Special: The Second Barry Manilow Special (ABC)
New Series: Soap (ABC)
Actor, Comedy: Carroll O'Connor, All in the Family (CBS)
Actress, Comedy: Jean Stapleton, All in the Family (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Rob Reiner, All in the Family (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Sally Struthers, All in the Family (CBS)
Cast, Comedy: All in the Family (CBS)
Actor, Drama: Edward Asner, Lou Grant (CBS)
Actress, Drama: Sada Thompson, Family (ABC)
Supporting Actor, Drama: Mason Adams, Lou Grant (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Drama: Nancy Marchand, Lou Grant (CBS)
Cast, Drama: Lou Grant (CBS)
Younger Actor: Adam Rich, Eight is Enough (ABC)
Younger Actress: Melissa Sue Anderson, Little House on the Prairie (NBC)
Actor, Miniseries or Special: Derek Jacobi, I, Claudius (PBS)
Actress, Miniseries or Special: Meryl Streep, Holocaust (NBC) & An Uncommon Woman, Great Performances (PBS)
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Special: Ossie Davis, King (NBC)
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Special: Patty Duke Astin, A Family Upside Down (NBC)
Cast, Miniseries or Special: Holocaust (NBC)
Actor, Daytime: Martin Hulswit, Guiding Light (CBS)
Actress, Daytime: Beverlee McKinsey, Another World (NBC)
Supporting Actor, Daytime: Don Stewart, Guiding Light (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Daytime: Kate Mulgrew, Ryan's Hope (ABC)
Cast, Daytime: Ryan's Hope (ABC)

(1976)

In this Bicentennial Year, The Mary Tyler Moore Show would have won yet again in the Comedy races. In the Drama race, Upstairs, Downstairs would have prevailed again for the top prize. In the Miniseries race, Rich Man, Poor Man would have dominated in prizes. The newest soap opera on ABC, Ryan's Hope would have been named top soap, had the Bryan Awards existed in 1976.

Comedy Series: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Drama Series: Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
Daytime Soap: Ryan's Hope (ABC)
Miniseries: Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC)
Dramatic Special: Eleanor and Franklin (ABC)
Variety Series: NBC Saturday Night (NBC)
Variety Special: The Monty Python Show (ABC)
Actor, Comedy: Henry Winkler, Happy Days (ABC)
Actress, Comedy: Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Ted Knight, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Betty White, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Cast, Comedy: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Actor, Drama: Jim Hutton, Ellery Queen (NBC)
Actress, Drama: Angie Dickinson, Police Woman (NBC)
Supporting Actor, Drama: David Wayne, Ellery Queen (NBC)
Supporting Actress, Drama: Angela Baddeley, Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
Cast, Drama: The Waltons (CBS)
Younger Actor: John Travolta, Welcome Back, Kotter (ABC)
Younger Actress: Melissa Gilbert, Little House on the Prairie (NBC)
Actor, Miniseries or Special: Nick Nolte, Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC)
Actress, Miniseries or Special: Lee Remick, Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill- Great Performances (PBS)
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Special: Ray Bolger, The Entertainer (NBC)
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Special: Rosemary Murphy, Eleanor and Franklin (ABC)
Cast, Miniseries or Special: Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC)
Actor, Daytime: Bill Hayes, Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Actress, Daytime: Helen Gallagher, Ryan's Hope (ABC)
Supporting Actor, Daytime: Bernard Barrow, Ryan's Hope (ABC)
Supporting Actress, Daytime: Frances Heflin, All My Children (ABC)
Cast, Daytime: Days of Our Lives (NBC)

(1974)

Comedy Series: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Drama Series: Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
Daytime Soap: The Doctors (NBC)
Limited Series: QB VII (ABC)
Dramatic Special: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (CBS)
Variety Series: The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
Variety Special: The Shape of Things (CBS)
New Series: Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
Actor, Comedy: Redd Foxx, Sanford & Son (NBC)
Actress, Comedy: Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Comedy: McLean Stevenson, M*A*S*H (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Valerie Harper, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Cast, Comedy: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Actor, Drama: Telly Savalas, Kojak (CBS)
Actress, Drama: Michael Learned, The Waltons (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Drama: Will Geer, The Waltons (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Drama: Ellen Corby, The Waltons (CBS)
Cast, Drama: The Waltons (CBS)
Young Performer: Ralph Carter, Good Times (CBS)
Actor, Miniseries or Special: Martin Sheen, The Execution of Private Slovik (NBC)
Actress, Miniseries or Special: Cicely Tyson, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Special: Ned Beatty, The Execution of Private Slovik (NBC)
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Special: Joanna Miles, The Glass Menagerie (ABC)
Cast, Miniseries or Special: QB VII (ABC)
Actor, Daytime: Macdonald Carey, Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Actress, Daytime: Mary Stuart, Search for Tomorrow (CBS)

(1973)

Although it's been almost 40 years since the show debuted, the show took place in an economic climate, much like the economic climate that the United States is in in the summer of 2010. The Waltons, if we did the Bryan Awards in 1973, would have taken home 11 Bryan Awards out of a hefty 20 Nominations, including Best Drama Series and Best New Series, for its realistic setting in the rural backdrop of Virginia during the Great Depression. In the Comedy race, The Mary Tyler Moore Show took home its first Comedy Series prize. PBS took top honors in the Limited Series and Dramatic Special races for respectively Vanity Fair, based on the novel, and Steambath, a controversial special set in a sauna in purgatory.

Comedy Series: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Drama Series: The Waltons (CBS)
Daytime Soap: The Edge of Night (CBS)
Limited Series: Vanity Fair- Masterpiece Theatre (PBS)
Dramatic Special: Steambath (PBS)
Variety Series: The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
Variety Special: Singer Presents Liza with a 'Z' (NBC)
New Series: The Waltons (CBS)
Actor, Comedy: Jack Klugman, The Odd Couple (ABC)
Actress, Comedy: Beatrice Arthur, Maude (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Ted Knight, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Valerie Harper, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Cast, Comedy: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Actor, Drama: David Carradine, Kung Fu (ABC)
Actress, Drama: Michael Learned, The Waltons (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Drama: Will Geer, The Waltons (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Drama: Ellen Corby, The Waltons (CBS)
Cast, Drama: The Waltons (CBS)
Young Performer: Richard Thomas, The Waltons (CBS)
Actor, Miniseries or Special: Henry Fonda, The Red Pony (NBC)
Actress, Miniseries or Special: Lauren Bacall, Applause (CBS)
Cast, Miniseries or Special: Steambath (PBS)
Actor, Daytime: Macdonald Carey, Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Actress, Daytime: Mary Fickett, All My Children (ABC)

(1972)

Where were you in '72? On television, Sammy Davis Jr. kissed Archie Bunker, Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers' friendship was told, and King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I had their own miniseries. All in the Family reprised its 1971 Comedy Series win, as well as wins for Lead Actor and Actress Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton. The Drama Series favorite was Columbo, NBC's gumshoe. However, Columbo was upset in that race by NBC's freshman drama about paramedics, Emergency!, which also took acting prizes for co-stars and real-life married couple Julie London and Bobby Troup. Columbo's consolation prize was Best Actor for Peter Falk. The Best Dramatic Special went to Brian's Song, about the friendship of NFL running backs Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers. Best Limited Series, a new category this year, went to Elizabeth R, Masterpiece Theatre's six-part series about Queen Elizabeth. Best Variety Series went to The Lawrence Welk Show, a past winner, which was cancelled by ABC and then picked up in First-run Syndication, came back to pull off an upset win.

Comedy Series: All in the Family (CBS)
Drama Series: Emergency! (NBC)
Daytime Soap: Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Dramatic Special: Brian's Song (ABC)
Variety Series: The Lawrence Welk Show (Syndicated)
Variety Special: Jack Lemmon in 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (NBC)
Limited Series: Elizabeth R- Masterpiece Theatre (PBS)
Actor, Comedy: Carroll O'Connor, All in the Family (CBS)
Actress, Comedy: Jean Stapleton, All in the Family (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Edward Asner, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Valerie Harper, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Cast, Comedy: All in the Family (CBS)
Actor, Drama: Peter Falk, Columbo (NBC)
Actress, Drama: Julie London, Emergency! (NBC)
Supporting Actor, Drama: Bobby Troup, Emergency! (NBC)
Supporting Actress, Drama: Gail Fisher, Mannix (CBS)
Cast, Drama: Emergency! (NBC)
Actor, Special: Keith Michell, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (CBS & PBS)
Actress, Special: Glenda Jackson, Elizabeth R (PBS)
Supporting Actor, Special: Jack Warden, Brian's Song (ABC)
Supporting Actress, Special: Jenny Agutter, The Snow Goose (NBC)
Cast, Special: Brian's Song (ABC)

(1968)

If He & She debuted in 1970 or 1972, the show would have run for at least six, seven, or maybe even eight seasons, like many of the adult situation comedies that followed suit in the '70s, such as All in the Family, The Odd Couple, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Bob Newhart Show. But the show was a trail blazer of its time in 1967, lasting only one season. Former CBS Exec Mike Dann called He & She, "the smartest show (he) ever cancelled."

Comedy Series: He & She (CBS)
Drama Series: Mission: Impossible (CBS)
Dramatic Special: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, CBS Playhouse (CBS)
Variety Series: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (NBC)
Variety Special: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (NBC)
Actor, Comedy: Don Adams, Get Smart (CBS)
Actress, Comedy: Marlo Thomas, That Girl (ABC)
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Jack Cassidy, He & She (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Marion Lorne, Bewitched (ABC)
Actor, Drama: Carl Betz, Judd, for the Defense (ABC)
Actress, Drama: Barbara Bain, Mission: Impossible (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Drama: Milburn Stone, Gunsmoke (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Drama: Barbara Anderson, Ironside (NBC)
Actor, Special: Melvyn Douglas, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, CBS Playhouse (CBS)
Actress, Special: Dame Judith Anderson, Elizabeth the Queen- Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)

(1967)

Comedy Series: Get Smart (NBC)
Drama Series: Star Trek (NBC)
Dramatic Special: Mark Twain Tonight (CBS)
Variety Series: The Lawrence Welk Show (ABC)
Variety Special: The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris Special (CBS)
Actor, Comedy: Don Adams, Get Smart (NBC)
Actress, Comedy: Marlo Thomas, That Girl (ABC)
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Hayden Rorke, I Dream of Jeannie (NBC)
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Frances Bavier, The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
Actor, Drama: Martin Landau, Mission: Impossible (CBS)
Actress, Drama: Barbara Bain, Mission: Impossible (CBS)
Actor, Special: Ivan Dixon, The Final War of Olly Winter, CBS Playhouse (CBS)
Actress, Special: Shirley Booth, The Glass Menagerie (CBS)

(1964)

Comedy Series: The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Drama Series: Arrest & Trial (ABC)
Variety Series: The Lawrence Welk Show (ABC)
Actor, Series: David Janssen, The Fugitive (ABC)
Actress, Series: Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Series: Jim Nabors, The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Series: Rose Marie, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Cast: The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)

(1959)

Comedy Series: The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)
Drama Series: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS)
Dramatic Special: Little Moon of Alban- Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)
Variety Series: The Garry Moore Show (CBS)
Variety Special: An Evening with Fred Astaire (CBS)
Actor, Series: Robert Young, Father Knows Best (CBS)
Actress, Series: Jane Wyatt, Father Knows Best (CBS)
Supporting Actor, Series: Dennis Weaver, Gunsmoke (CBS)
Supporting Actress, Series: Amanda Blake, Gunsmoke (CBS)
Cast: The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)
Actor, Special: Christopher Plummer, Little Moon of Alban- Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) Actress, Special: Julie Harris, Little Moon of Alban- Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)

(1951)

This is where the Bryan Awards would have begun, if I were around in the dawn of the original "Golden Age" of Television. The 1950s were a beginning of an era in entertainment, as television was forming, and would eventually replace the radio in the form of household entertainment. Your Show of Shows, one of the first sketch comedies in television history, which introduced America to the likes of Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, and Carl Reiner, would have been crowned the first Best Comedy winner. Studio One, the anthology series, would have been chosen to be the first Best Drama winner.

Comedy: Your Show of Shows (NBC)
Drama: Studio One (CBS)

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Classic Bryan Awards

- The BC Bulletin Staff & Bryan Awards Committee
Just what are the Classic Bryan Awards exactly? The Classic Bryan Awards is a three-part series in which we go back in time to look back at the major winners of the first ten years, and to play with history and choose winners from the Golden Age of Television up to Y2K.
This Month, we will look back at Bryan Award winners from 2008 and 2004.
Next Month, we will take a look back at Bryan Award winners from last year, 2007, 2005, and 2002, and choose "winners" for 2000, 1997, 1995, 1992, 1990, 1986, 1984, 1981, 1977, 1975, 1971, 1969, 1966, 1963, 1961, 1958, 1957, 1955, and 1952.

(2008)

Comedy Series: 30 Rock (NBC)

Drama Series: Mad Men (AMC)

Daytime Soap: The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Miniseries: John Adams (HBO)

Made for TV Movie: Recount (HBO)

Variety Series: Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Variety Special: Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveShow (HBO)

New Series: Mad Men (AMC)

Actor, Comedy: David Duchovny, Californication (Showtime)

Actress, Comedy: Christina Applegate, Samantha Who? (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Jeremy Piven, Entourage (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Jenna Fischer, The Office (NBC)

Cast, Comedy: Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Actor, Drama: Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment (HBO)

Actress, Drama: Glenn Close, Damages (F/X)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Michael Emerson, Lost (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: January Jones, Mad Men (AMC)

Cast, Drama: Mad Men (AMC)

Younger Actor: Zach Gilford, Friday Night Lights (NBC)

Younger Actress: Adrianne Palicki, Friday Night Lights (NBC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Paul Giamatti, John Adams (HBO)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Kevin Kline, As You Like It (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Dern, Recount (HBO)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: John Adams (HBO)

Actor, Daytime: Anthony Geary, General Hospital (ABC)

Actress, Daytime: Maura West, As the World Turns (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Greg Rikaart, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: (TIE) Kathy Brier, One Life to Live (ABC) & Gina Tognoni, Guiding Light (CBS)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Mick Hazen, As the World Turns (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Rachel Melvin, Days of Our Lives (NBC)

Cast, Daytime: The Young and the Restless (CBS)

(2004)

Comedy Series: Arrested Development (Fox)

Drama Series: The Sopranos (HBO)

Daytime Soap: The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Miniseries: Angels in America (HBO)

Made for TV Movie: Something the Lord Made (HBO)

Variety Series: Chappelle's Show (Comedy Central)

Animated Series: South Park (Comedy Central)

New Series: The Apprentice (NBC)

Actor, Comedy: Kelsey Grammer, Frasier (NBC)

Actress, Comedy: Lauren Graham, Gilmore Girls (WB)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Scott Patterson, Gilmore Girls (WB)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Kelly Bishop, Gilmore Girls (WB)

Cast, Comedy: Arrested Development (Fox)

Actor, Drama: Anthony LaPaglia, Without A Trace (CBS)

Actress, Drama: Amber Tamblyn, Joan of Arcadia (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Drea DeMatteo, The Sopranos (HBO)

Cast, Drama: The Sopranos (HBO)

Younger Actor: Martin Spanjers, Eight Simple Rules (ABC)

Younger Actress: Alexis Bledel, Gilmore Girls (WB)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Al Pacino, Angels in America (HBO)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Meryl Streep, Angels in America (HBO)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Jeffrey Wright, Angels in America (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Mary Louise Parker, Angels in America (HBO)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Angels in America (HBO)

Actor, Daytime: Eric Braeden, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Actress, Daytime: Cady McClain, As the World Turns (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Greg Rikaart, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Alicia Minshew, All My Children (ABC)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Matthew Bomer, Guiding Light (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Eden Riegel, All My Children (ABC)

Cast, Daytime: The Young and the Restless (CBS)

(1999)

Comedy Series: Ally McBeal (Fox)

Drama Series: The Sopranos (HBO)

Daytime Soap: General Hospital (ABC)

Miniseries: The '60s (NBC)

Made for TV Movie: The Rat Pack (HBO)

Variety Series: The Chris Rock Show (HBO)

Animated Series: South Park (Comedy Central)

New Series: The Sopranos (HBO)

Actor, Comedy: Michael J. Fox, Spin City (ABC)

Actress, Comedy: Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City (HBO)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Robert Guillaume, Sports Night (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Lucy Liu, Ally McBeal (Fox)

Cast, Comedy: Ally McBeal (Fox)

Actor, Drama: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos (HBO)

Actress, Drama: Edie Falco, The Sopranos (HBO)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Steven Hill, Law & Order (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Nancy Marchand, The Sopranos (HBO)

Cast, Drama: The Sopranos (HBO)

Younger Actor: Topher Grace, That '70s Show (Fox)

Younger Actress: Keri Russell, Felicity (WB)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Don Cheadle, A Lesson Before Dying (HBO)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Helen Mirren, The Passion of Ayn Rand (Showtime)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Don Cheadle, The Rat Pack (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Jacqueline Bisset, Joan of Arc (CBS)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: The Rat Pack (HBO)

Actor, Daytime: Anthony Geary, General Hospital (ABC)

Actress, Daytime: Kim Zimmer, Guiding Light (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Stuart Damon, General Hospital (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Sharon Case, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Jonathan Jackson, General Hospital (ABC)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Rebecca Herbst, General Hospital (ABC)

Cast, Daytime: General Hospital (ABC)

(1996)

If the Bryan Awards were around in 1996, the # 1 show on television that year, ER, would have won again for Drama Series. Friends, the show about six young twentysomethings in New York, would have been crowned top laffer. ABC's General Hospital would have been named Best Soap, with its groundbreaking teen AIDS storyline taking place that season. Murder One, Steven Bochco's critically acclaimed legal drama, would have been named Best New Series, despite the fact it would be cancelled at the end of its sophomore season.

Comedy Series: Friends (NBC)

Drama Series: ER (NBC)

Daytime Soap: General Hospital (ABC)

Miniseries: Gulliver Travels (NBC)

Made for TV Movie: Tuskegee Airmen (HBO)

Variety Series: Dennis Miller Live (HBO)

Animated Program: The Simpsons (Fox)

New Series: Murder One (ABC)

Actor, Comedy: John Lithgow, 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC)

Actress, Comedy: Helen Hunt, Mad About You (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Jason Alexander, Seinfeld (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seinfeld (NBC)

Cast, Comedy: Friends (NBC)

Actor, Drama: (TIE) George Clooney, ER (NBC) & Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue (ABC)

Actress, Drama: Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Wrote (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Stanley Tucci, Murder One (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Barbara Bosson, Murder One (ABC)

Cast, Drama: ER (NBC)

Younger Actor: Noah Wyle, ER (NBC)

Younger Actress: Sara Gilbert, Roseanne (ABC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: (TIE) Alan Rickman, Rasputin (HBO) & Gary Sinise, Truman (HBO)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange, A Streetcar Named Desire (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Sir Ian McKellen, Rasputin (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Kathy Bates, The Late Shift (HBO)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Rasputin (HBO)

Actor, Daytime: Maurice Benard, General Hospital (ABC)

Actress, Daytime: Erika Slezak, One Life to Live (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Michael Sutton, General Hospital (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Rosalind Cash, General Hospital (ABC)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Joshua Morrow, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Kimberly McCullough, General Hospital (ABC)

Cast, Daytime: General Hospital (ABC)

(1993)

Comedy Series: Seinfeld (NBC)

Drama Series: Picket Fences (CBS)

Daytime Soap: Guiding Light (CBS)

Miniseries: Queen (CBS)

Made for TV Movie: Barbarians at the Gate (HBO)

Variety Series: Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Animated Program: Batman- The Animated Series (Fox)

New Series: Picket Fences (CBS)

Actor, Comedy: Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld (NBC)

Actress, Comedy: Roseanne, Roseanne (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Michael Richards, Seinfeld (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne (ABC)

Cast, Comedy: Cheers (NBC)

Actor, Drama: Tom Skerritt, Picket Fences (CBS)

Actress, Drama: Kathy Baker, Picket Fences (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Fyvush Finkel, Picket Fences (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Mary Alice, I'll Fly Away (NBC)

Cast, Drama: Picket Fences (CBS)

Younger Actor: Chad Lowe, Life Goes On (ABC)

Younger Actress: Kellie Martin, Life Goes On (ABC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Robert Morse, Tru- American Playhouse (PBS)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Holly Hunter, The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleading-Murdering Mom (HBO)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Beau Bridges, The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleading-Murdering Mom (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Ann-Margret, Queen (CBS)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Queen (CBS)

Actor, Daytime: Peter Simon, Guiding Light (CBS)

Actress, Daytime: Ellen Dolan, As the World Turns (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Jerry ver Dorn, Guiding Light (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Ellen Parker, Guiding Light (CBS)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Monti Sharp, Guiding Light (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Heather Tom, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Cast, Daytime: Guiding Light (CBS)

(1991)

Comedy Series: Cheers (NBC)

Drama Series: L.A. Law (NBC)

Daytime Soap: Guiding Light (CBS)

Made for TV Movie: The Josephine Baker Story (HBO)
Miniseries: Separate But Equal (NBC)

Variety Series: In Living Color (Fox)

Variety Special: The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (ABC)

New Series: Evening Shade (CBS)

Actor, Comedy: Craig T. Nelson, Coach (ABC)

Actress, Comedy: Kirstie Alley, Cheers (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Jonathan Winters, Davis Rules (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Bebe Neuwirth, Cheers (NBC)

Cast, Comedy: Cheers (NBC)

Actor, Drama: James Earl Jones, Gabriel's Fire (ABC)

Actress, Drama: Patricia Wettig, thirtysomething (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Drama: David Clennon, thirtysomething (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Amanda Donohoe, L.A. Law (NBC)

Cast, Drama: L.A. Law (NBC)

Younger Actor: Neil Patrick Harris, Doogie Howser M.D. (ABC)

Younger Actress: Danica McKellar, The Wonder Years (ABC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Sidney Poitier, Separate But Equal (NBC)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Lynn Whitfield, The Josephine Baker Story (HBO)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Richard Kiley, Separate But Equal (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Vanessa Redgrave, Young Catherine (TNT)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Sarah, Plain and Tall (CBS)

Actor, Daytime: Peter Bergman, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Actress, Daytime: Jeanne Cooper, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: William Roerick, Guiding Light (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Jess Walton, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Rick Hearst, Guiding Light (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Tricia Cast, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Cast, Daytime: The Young and the Restless (CBS)

(1988)

Comedy Series: Frank's Place (CBS)

Drama Series: L.A. Law (NBC)

Daytime Soap: All My Children (ABC)

Miniseries: Baby M (ABC)

Made for TV Movie: Foxfire- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Variety Program: Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (CBS)

New Series: thirtysomething (ABC)

Actor, Comedy: Dabney Coleman, The "Slap" Maxwell Story (ABC)

Actress, Comedy: Beatrice Arthur, The Golden Girls (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: John Larroquette, Night Court (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Estelle Getty, The Golden Girls (NBC)

Cast, Comedy: Cheers (NBC)

Actor, Drama: Richard Kiley, A Year in the Life (NBC)

Actress, Drama: Jill Eikenberry, L.A. Law (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Larry Drake, L.A. Law (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Christina Pickles, St. Elsewhere (NBC)

Cast, Drama: L.A. Law (NBC)

Younger Actor: Blair Underwood, L.A. Law (NBC)

Younger Actress: Danica McKellar, The Wonder Years (ABC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Hume Cronyn, Foxfire- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Tandy, Foxfire- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Dabney Coleman, Baby M (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Jane Seymour, Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (ABC)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Baby M (ABC)

Actor, Daytime: David Canary, All My Children (ABC)

Actress, Daytime: Erika Slezak, One Life to Live (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Justin Deas, Santa Barbara (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Ellen Wheeler, All My Children (ABC)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Andy Kavovit, As the World Turns (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Martha Byrne, As the World Turns (CBS)

Cast, Daytime: Santa Barbara (NBC)

(1987)

As the World Turns is going to be history, this fall. If the Bryan Awards existed in 1987, the show would have replicated it's Daytime Emmy success that year at the Bryan Awards, but sweeping all of the main categories, something that has rarely happened in Awards history. In Primetime, L.A. Law, the hot rookie legal drama, ended St. Elsewhere's Drama Series winning streak with a win for Drama Series.

Comedy Series: The Golden Girls (NBC)

Drama Series: L.A. Law (NBC)

Daytime Soap: As the World Turns (CBS)

Miniseries: A Year in the Life (NBC)

Made for TV Movie: Promise- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Variety Program: The Tracey Ullman Show (Fox)

New Series: L.A. Law (NBC)

Actor, Comedy: Michael J. Fox, Family Ties (NBC)

Actress, Comedy: Rue McClanahan, The Golden Girls (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: John Larroquette, Night Court (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Estelle Getty, The Golden Girls (NBC)

Cast, Comedy: The Golden Girls (NBC)

Actor, Drama: William Daniels, St. Elsewhere (NBC)

Actress, Drama: Sharon Gless, Cagney & Lacey (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Ed Begley Jr., St. Elsewhere (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Bonnie Bartlett, St. Elsewhere (NBC)

Cast, Drama: L.A. Law (NBC)

Younger Actor: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, The Cosby Show (NBC)

Younger Actress: Michele Greene, L.A. Law (NBC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: James Woods, Promise- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Ann Margret, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Stephen Collins, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Piper Laurie, Promise- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: A Year in the Life (NBC)

Actor, Daytime: Larry Bryggman, As the World Turns (CBS)

Actress, Daytime: Elizabeth Hubbard, As the World Turns (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Gregg Marx, As the World Turns (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Lisa Brown, As the World Turns (CBS)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Jon Hensley, As the World Turns (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Martha Byrne, As the World Turns (CBS)

Cast, Daytime: As the World Turns (CBS)

Episode of the Year

2010-07-19T17:03:00.000-07:00

Episode of the Year- Just what is it exactly? It is the best single half-hour (or hour, or two) of programming of the past year. It is the single best program of the past year, because it mesmerized critics and fans alike.

2010 Comedy Episode of the Year Nominees:
Curb Your Enthusiasm- "Seinfeld" (HBO)
Glee- "The Power of Madonna" (Fox)
Glee- "Sectionals" (Fox)
The Office- "Niagara" (NBC)
Saturday Night Live- "Betty White/JayZ" (NBC)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien- "Episode 146" (Series Finale) (NBC)

PAST WINNERS:
2009: Saturday Night Live, "Justin Timberlake/MotherLover" (NBC)
2008: Californication, "Pilot" (Showtime)
2007: The Simpsons- "24 Minutes" and "You Kent Always Say What You Want" (Fox)
2006: (TIE) Arrested Development- "Development Arrested" (Fox) & South Park- "Trapped in the Closet" (Comedy Central)
2005: Desperate Housewives- "Pilot" (ABC)
2004: Chappelle's Show- "Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories: Rick James" (Comedy Central)
2003: South Park- "I'm a Little Bit Country" (Comedy Central)
2002: The Late Show with David Letterman- Late Night TV returns after the 9/11 Attacks (CBS)
2001: Malcolm in the Middle- "Bowling" (Fox)

SELECT ARCHIVE WINNERS:
1999: Frasier- "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskovitz" (NBC)
1998: (TIE) The Larry Sanders Show- "Flip" (HBO) & South Park- "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" (Comedy Central)
1997: Ellen- "The Puppy Episode" (NBC)
1994: Frasier- "The Good Son" (NBC)
1993: (TIE) Cheers- "One for the Road" (NBC) & Seinfeld- "The Contest" (NBC)
1992: The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson- "One for the Road" (NBC)
1990: Newhart- "The Last Newhart" (CBS)
1985: The Cosby Show- "Pilot" (NBC)
1984: Happy Days- "Passages" (ABC)
1983: M*A*S*H- "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" (CBS)
1982: Barney Miller- "Landmark" (ABC)
1981: Soap- "Episode 90" (ABC)
1979: Soap- "Episode 47" (ABC)
1978: All in the Family- "Edith's 50th Birthday" (CBS)
1977: The Mary Tyler Moore Show- "The Last Show" (CBS)
1976: The Mary Tyler Moore Show- "Chuckles the Clown Bites The Dust" (CBS)
1975: M*A*S*H- "Abyssinia, Henry" (CBS)
1974: The Mary Tyler Moore Show- "The Lars Affair" (CBS)
1973: Maude- "Maude's Dilemma" (CBS)
1972: All in the Family- "Sammy's Visit" (CBS)
1971: All in the Family- "Meet the Bunkers" (CBS)
1968: He & She- "The Coming Out Party" (CBS)
1966: The Dick Van Dyke Show- "Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth" (CBS)

2010 Drama Episode of the Year Nominees:
The CSI Trilogy (CBS)
Law & Order- "Rubber Room" (Series Finale) (NBC)
Lost- "The End" (Series Finale) (ABC)
Mad Men- "Shut the Door, Have a Seat" (AMC)
The Tudors- "405" (Showtime)
24- "Day 2: 2:00PM to 4:00PM" (Series Finale) (Fox)

PAST WINNERS:
2009: ER- "And in the End" (NBC)
2008: The Wire- "-30-" (HBO)
2007: The Sopranos- "Made in America" (HBO)
2006: Grey's Anatomy- "It's The End of the World As We Know It" (ABC)
2005: Lost- "Pilot" (ABC)
2004: The Sopranos- "Long Term Parking" (HBO)
2003: The Sopranos- "Whitecaps" (HBO)
2002: (TIE) Buffy the Vampire Slayer- "Once More with Feeling" (UPN) & 24- "Day 1: 11:00PM to 12:00AM" (Fox)
2001: (TIE) The Sopranos- "Pine Barrens" (HBO) & The West Wing- "Two Cathedrals" (NBC)

SELECT ARCHIVE WINNERS:
2000: The West Wing- "In Excelsis Deo" (NBC)
1999: The Sopranos- "College" (HBO)
1995: ER- "Love's Labour Lost" (NBC)
1991: L.A. Law- "Good to the Last Drop" (NBC)
1988: St. Elsewhere- "The Last One" (NBC)
1987: L.A. Law- "The Venus Butterfly" (NBC)
1986: St. Elsewhere- "Time Heals" (NBC)
1985: Miami Vice- "Brother's Keeper" (NBC)
1984: Hill Street Blues- "Grace Under Pressure" (NBC)
1983: St. Elsewhere- "Cora and Arnie" (NBC)
1981: Hill Street Blues- "Hill Street Station" (NBC)
1980: Dallas- "A House Divided" (CBS)
1979: Battlestar Galactica- "Saga of a Starworld" (ABC)
1974: The Waltons- "Thanksgiving Story" (CBS)
1973: The Waltons- "A Love Story" (CBS)
1972: Emergency!- "Pilot" (NBC)
1971: Adam-12- "Elegy for a Pig" (NBC)
1968: The Fugitive- "Judgment Day" (ABC)
1967: Star Trek- "City on the Edge of Forever" (NBC)

2010 Daytime Nominees:
All My Children- 40th Anniversary (ABC)
As the World Turns- Christmas Eve/Brad Says Goodbye (CBS)
As the World Turns- Bob & Kim's 25th Wedding Anniversary (CBS)
General Hospital- The Carnival (ABC)
Guiding Light- The Series Finale (CBS)
The Young and the Restless- Colleen Carlton Drowns/Victor Newman gets Colleen's Heart (CBS)

PAST WINNERS:
2009: Guiding Light- "The Return of Phillip/Coop's Death" (CBS)
2008: All My Children- "Jesse and Angie Reunion" (ABC)
2007: (TIE) Guiding Light- "70th Anniversary" (CBS) & The Price is Right- "Bob Barker's Farewell" (CBS)
2006: As the World Turns- "50th Anniversary" (CBS)
2005: General Hospital- "Sam's baby dies to save Alexis's daughter" (ABC)
2004: (TIE) General Hospital- "Port Charles Hotel Fire" (ABC) & Port Charles (Series Finale) (ABC)
2003: Port Charles- "Surrender (Premiere)" (ABC)
2002: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood- Series Finale (PBS)
2001: All My Children- "Bianca Comes Out" (ABC)

SELECT ARCHIVE WINNERS:
1999: "Susan Lucci's Historic Emmy Win", The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (CBS)
1994: "B.J.'s Heart", General Hospital (ABC)
1993: "Maureen Bauer's Death", Guiding Light (CBS)
1991: "I'm Coming, Bud", Guiding Light (CBS)
1990: "Josh & Reva's Wedding", Guiding Light (CBS)
1986: "Doug Cummings (Climax)", As the World Turns (CBS)
1985: "The Slut of Springfield", Guiding Light (CBS)
1984: "Mister Hooper Dies", Sesame Street (PBS)
1983: "The Christmas Miracle", Texas (NBC)
1982: "Luke & Laura's Wedding", General Hospital (ABC)
1980: "The Hall of Mirrors", Guiding Light (CBS)

2010 Reality Moment of the Year Nominees:
American Idol- "The Judges Save Mike" (Fox)
American Idol- "Simon Says Goodbye/Season Finale" (Fox)
Big Brother 11- "Chima Gets Expelled" (CBS)
Project Runway- "(Season 6) Bryant Park Fashion Week" (Lifetime)
The 650 Pound Virgin (TLC)
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains- "The Dumbest Move" (CBS)

PAST WINNERS:
2009: American Idol- "Songs of Michael Jackson" (Fox)
2008: Not Given
2007: American Idol: "Idol Gives Back I" (Fox)
2006: The Apprentice: "Take Me Out to the Boardroom"/The Firing of Four (NBC)
2005: Survivor Palau- "Ulong Disappears One-by-One" (CBS)

And starting this year, we've introduced a new "Episode of the Year" category, for Animated Programs, and the nominees are:
The Boondocks- "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman" (Cartoon Network)
The Cleveland Show- "Pilot" (Fox)
Family Guy- "Brian and Stewie" (Fox)
South Park- "Dead Celebrities" (Comedy Central)
South Park- "Sexual Healing" (Comedy Central)
South Park- "You Have 0 Friends" (Comedy Central)

Winners for the Episode of the Year Nominees will be Announced on Friday August 6. This year's winners will join the lucky list of winners that were considered the best episodes and moments of television history.

2010 Silver Garbage Awards- Melrose, Brothers Lead With 14 Nominations

2010-07-07T21:37:00.000-07:00

OFFICIAL RELEASE
(July 7, 2010)
When the CW decided to revive “Melrose Place” in the spring of 2009, the execs at the fledgling network were unaware what would happen next.

The failed remake to the successful 1990s primetime soap turned a show that was considered “Appointment TV” to “Must Flee TV”, and was cancelled after one painful season. The show leads with 14 Silver Garbage Award nominations, including Worst Drama and Worst New Series.

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” said Silver Garbage Awards creator Bryan Curtiss. “And then the CW tried to fix it, and disaster struck.”

Sharing the lead with “Melrose Place” is “Brothers”, Fox’s failed family sitcom, which also has 14 Nominations.

“‘Brothers’ was by far, the worst sitcom in a relatively weak year for Comedies in this awards,” Curtiss said. “It was so weak, that there could be possible scenarios played out as the date pushes forward to announce the winners.”

Joining “Brothers” in the Worst Comedy Series race are “Hank”, “Scrubs”, “Til Death”, and “The Jay Leno Show”.

“Seth Meyers was right when NBC was torn between Leno and Team Coco (Conan O’Brien),” Curtiss said about the failure of Leno’s primetime show, which aired five nights a week. “‘The Jay Leno Show’ was a sign that NBC was desperate to fill up hours in primetime that could have gone to either quality shows, or complete duds. The end result was that nobody really won and NBC became desperate to fill up five hours of programming for the price of one.”

Among the missing shows in the final ballot is the “NCIS” franchise, once a perennial staple in recent years, has faded from Silver Garbage view. Curtiss explains, if they did the expanded nominee format like the Emmys and Bryan Awards, “NCIS” and “NCIS: Los Angeles” would have gotten a little bit more love, as the “NCIS: Los Angeles” finished sixth in voting for Worst New Series, Worst Drama Series, and Worst Remake or Spin-Off.

“‘NCIS’ and ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ in a relatively ‘weak’ year, would have both gotten in. I still think it’s an overrated show, despite the fact that both shows are hits,” Curtiss remarked.

The first show to be cancelled in the fall season, “TBL: The Beautiful Life” got an amassing 11 nominations, in a show that Curtiss admits has a special spot for the Silver Garbage Awards.

“‘TBL’ was a complete train wreck from the moment that the CW first aired the promos for the show last summer. Not even the network execs themselves were prepared for it to sink that quickly,” Curtiss said about the instant failure of the show, which was pulled after only airing twice last September.

Joining “Melrose” and “TBL” in the Worst Drama lineup are “Eastwick”, “Past Life”, and “Trauma”.

The Nominees for Worst of the First Ten Years will be announced on July 16 and winners announced on August 20. The winners for the Silver Garbage Awards will be announced on August 28, the eve of the telecast for the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

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To view a complete list of the nominees, go to http://thebryanawards.bravehost.com/Silver_Garbage_Awards/2010awards.html.

Glee Leads With Record 42 Nominations

2010-07-01T07:56:00.000-07:00

'Glee' Sings With Record 42 Bryan Award Nominations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (July 1, 2010)
CONTACT: Bryan Curtiss; BCurtiss@hotmail.com

"Glee", Fox's musical comedy sensation leads all television programs with a record 42 Bryan Award Nominations, including Best Comedy Series and Best New Series.

"Glee‟ is one of those special shows in the history of television that is an innovator for the genre," said Bryan Awards Creator Bryan Curtiss. "Its ability to mix through various genres- comedy, drama, musical, is uncanny, and unbeatable in television today."

Joining "Glee" in the Comedy race are Fox's Animated Sitcom "Family Guy", ABC's freshman family sitcom "Modern Family", CBS's adult dating sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and a pair of NBC sitcoms, "The Office", and two-time defending Comedy champ "30 Rock".

"As the World Turns", which is ending its 54-year run on September 17, which held the old record of 40 Nominations since 2001, is the second-most nominated show with 32 Bryan Award Nominations, including Best Daytime Soap, after being snubbed in that category last year.

"It's so hard to say goodbye to 'As the World Turns', since it has impacted our lives for so many decades. It‟s been a fixture in my life," Curtiss remarked about the departing show, which wrapped up shooting in its Brooklyn, New York studio on June 23.

"As the World Turns" isn't the only departing series to pick up a truckload of accolades at the Bryan Awards. "Lost", which finished its six-year run with one of the biggest finales in television history and Showtime's 16th Century Royal Drama, "The Tudors" have 18 and 16 nominations respectively, including nods for Outstanding (Primetime) Drama. "Guiding Light", which ended its 72-year broadcast run almost ten months ago, finishes with 14 additional nominations to its tally, and Fox's action thriller "24" received 12 final nods.

Joining "Lost" and "The Tudors" in the Drama Series race are AMC‟s "Breaking Bad", Showtime‟s serial killer "Dexter", HBO‟s vampire hit "True Blood", and two-time defending Drama Series winner, "Mad Men."

"The 2009-10 season was a season of sentimentality, as we saw old favorites bite the dust," Curtiss said about the recognition of the departing series. "It was one of the most sentimental seasons in television history, compared to other years in television history. It was hard to say goodbye to the longest running show in broadcast history, plus the longest running espionage show in primetime history, and the co-longest running primetime drama in television history. It was probably the most sentimental year since a few years."

The Nominees in the Most Missed Series category are "Guiding Light", "Lost", "The Tudors", "24", "Law & Order", and "Monk".

In the Miniseries and Movie races, HBO reigns supreme again, with three of the four nominees in the Made for Television Movie category, including "Temple Grandin", a film about an autistic professor, which leads all television movies with 14 Bryan Award nominations.

"Temple Grandin‟ was a superb story about a woman battling a mental affliction, and the impact that she has made," Curtiss said.

Joining "Grandin" in the Made for Television Movie category are Masterpiece Theatre‟s South African thriller "Endgame", HBO‟s Tony Blair-Bill Clinton piece "The Special Relationship", and "You Don't Know Jack", about famed assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

The Miniseries category features a range of nominees, from an adaptation to a Jane Austen classic, to a documentary on professional football, to the unofficial sequel to "Band of Brothers" in "The Pacific", to a remake of a 1960s British series which made its American debut 42 years ago, to the sequel to 2008 Bryan Nominee "Cranford", to an adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland".

The Nominees for Outstanding Miniseries are "Alice", "Emma", "Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League", "The Pacific", "The Prisoner", and "Return to Cranford."

"The reason that 'Full Color Football (The History of the American Football League)' was submitted in this race was because it was different from the traditional miniseries," Curtiss remarked. "Yes, it was a documentary, but the footage from the NFL Films archives would make for great performances, if it were dramatized."

The winners in the main categories of the Bryan Awards will be announced on Sunday August 15. The winners in the other categories will be announced on Friday August 6. For a complete list of the nominees, go to http://thebryanawards.bravehost.com/Television_Awards/2010s/2010awards.html.

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Welcome

2010-06-22T17:36:00.000-07:00

The 2010 Bryan Award Nominations will be announced Next Week

BLIND ITEMS (for the Daytime Categories):
- One of the two cancelled soaps is the most-nominated Daytime program, and the second-most nominated program overall, Daytime or Primetime
- Three of the four Daytime Emmy Drama Series nominees are nominated.
- Three of the Daytime Drama series nominees have a combined XX nominations this year, and at least XY nominations apiece.
- Two perceived Daytime Emmy frontrunners who were snubbed, are both nominees for Bryan Awards
- Two of the female acting nominees are also competing in another category, in the Primetime level
- Three of the nominees for Cutest Couple are same-sex couples.
- Two of those three nominees in the previous blind item are also up for Daytime Tandem.
- The New Kid(s) on the Daytime Block is/are nominated.

BLIND ITEMS (for the Primetime Categories):
- The ultimate "sensation of the year" dominates all shows and is THE most nominated program of the year.
- Two departing dramas are not only up in the Drama Series race, but they are the two of the three most-nominated (Primetime) dramas.
- Two Guest Acting nominees are nominated head-to-head in not one, but two categories.
- The "Queen" is back at the Bryan Awards, one of the most revered and honored actresses of the first decade of the Bryan Awards garners some love for her return to Primetime television.
- One of the biggest new shows barely made the cusp in the Comedy/Drama Series race.
- Another of the biggest new shows was well received, but failed to be nominated for Best New Series.
- There will be a joint acting nominee in one of the Lead Acting races.
- A beloved Animated/Variety show is missing for that respective series category, because it is entering a different Series race.

The 2010 Bryan Award Nominations will be announced around 10:00AM Eastern Time on July 1. Winners in the Main Categories will be announced on August 15. Winners in the Technical Categories will be announced on August 6.