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2009 Emmy Nominees

17 July 2009 8:40 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

The Emmys are once again approaching, meaning it’s time to highlight those shows that made the often-unbearable experience of TV watching worth your while, if only for a short while.

Take a look over the list of this year’s Emmy Nominees then head on down to the comment section to give your two cents.

 

The 2009 Emmy Nominees (Abridged Version):

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Drama Series:

“Big Love,” HBO

“Breaking Bad,” AMC

“Damages,” FX

“Dexter,” Showtime

“House,” Fox

“Lost,” ABC

“Mad Men,” AMC

Comedy Series:

“Entourage,” HBO

“Family Guy,” Fox

“How I Met Your Mother,” CBS

“Flight of the Conchords,” HBO

“The Office,” NBC

“30 Rock,” NBC

“Weeds,” Showtime

Actor, Drama Series:

Simon Baker, “The Mentalist”

Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment”

Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”

Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”

Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”

Hugh Laurie, “House”

Actress, Drama Series:

Glenn Close, “Damages”

Sally Field, “Brothers and Sisters”

Mariska Hargitay, “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”

Holly Hunter,

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Nominees of 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards Unveiled

16 July 2009 7:14 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced nominees for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards in full on Thursday, July 16. NBC's comedy series "30 Rock" led the pack with a total of 22 nods. The amount of nominations the show has received marks the most nods that a TV show has ever collected in history.

Beside scoring Best Actress in Comedy nomination for its leading actress Tina Fey, "30 Rock" also earned Best Actor in Comedy nomination for its leading actor, Alec Baldwin. Outstanding Comedy Series, Best Supporting Actor in Comedy, as well as Best Supporting Actress in Comedy were some other nods that the show got. In addition to those, "30 Rock" brought Jennifer Aniston a gong for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Comedy Series, thanks to her guest starring role as Claire.

Also nabbing multiple nominations was "Mad Men." The AMC's drama series earned 16 nods all at once, just one count less than

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“30 Rock” Rocks At Emmy Announcements

16 July 2009 1:12 PM, PDT | From Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news

NBC's 30 Rock, which received last year's Emmy award for best comedy show, appeared likely to repeat this year after receiving 22 Emmy nominations, more than any other television show. AMC's Mad Men received the second-greatest number of nominations for a series, 16, and appeared likely to pick up a second-straight award for best drama when winners are announced on CBS's telecast of the The nominees in the top categories:

Best drama: Lost, Mad Men, House, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Damages and Big Love; Best comedy series: Entourage, 30 Rock, The Office, Family Guy, Flight of the Conchords, Weeds and How I Met Your Mother; Best actor in a drama: Simon Baker (The Mentalist), Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment), Hugh Laurie (House), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Jon Hamm (Mad Men); Best actress in a drama: Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Svu), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), Glenn Close (Damages), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men

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Emmy Nominations, Oh My

16 July 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | From Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news

From some surprises with the nominations (like Family Guy nominated for Best Comedy) or not so big surprises (like Jeremy Piven not being nominated), here are the list of nominees. Who do you think will win? Who do you want to win? Voice your opinion below at let us know, were curious!

Outstanding Comedy Series

30 Rock Entourage Family Guy Flight of the Conchords How I Met Your Mother The Office Weeds Outstanding Drama Series

Big Love Breaking Bad Damages Dexter House Lost Mad Men Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) Tony Shalhoub (Monk) Steve Carell (The Office) Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men) Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) Michael C. Hall (Dexter) Hugh Laurie (House) Gabriel Bryne (In Treatment) Jon Hamm (Mad Men) Simon Baker (The Mentalist) Lead Actress

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Primetime Emmy Nominations Announced

16 July 2009 10:45 AM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

The nominees for the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning in Los Angeles by Grey’s Anatomy star Chandra Wilson, Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons and Television Academy chair John Shaffner. Among the nominees were some past winners, some past nominees and a few who’ve never had the feeling of “Its just a thrill to be nominated.”

The real surprises were the nominations of both Family Guy and Flight of the Conchords in the “Outstanding Comedy” category, the nomination for Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog in the “Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs” category (Say that three times fast) as well as the 22 nominations for 30 Rock, which is an Emmy record.

A rules change expanded the number of comedy, drama and key acting category nominees from five to six for which intensified the competition for those extra slots. Ties in the voting actually

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Emmy Nominations Reveal Few Surprises

16 July 2009 10:01 AM, PDT | From CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news

It's a good day for funny people, especially if your name is Tina Fey or Seth MacFarlane.

Fey's series, 30 Rock, was handed 22 Emmy nominations this morning, which stands as a record for a comedy series. She and Alec Baldwin were also nominated for acting awards. Plus, for the first time some of the other actors on NBC's laffer  were recognized. Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer and Tracy Morgan all picked up supporting nominations.

MacFarlane's Family Guy was also nominated for best comedy series, the first time an animated show has cracked that category since The Flintstones in 1961. Two years ago MacFarlane decided to pull his show from contention in the animated series category to have it considered for best comedy.

Mad Men, the drama about the advertising world in the sixties, picked up 16 nominations in the drama categories, including a best actor nod for Jon Hamm. Hamm is also nominated as

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Movie Stars For Emmy

16 July 2009 9:54 AM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

Since the EMMYs have 2,741 categories, we only focus on two things: first, how our favorite shows did and second, which big screen stars other than La Pfeiffer (she's always there with her television kingpin husband) will show up. Which of them got nominated for their small screen sojourns whether longform or more movie-like?

Speaking of which...

Drew Barrymore on the set of Going the Distance

Yes, you, Drew. But you knew she knew (everyone knew) that her affecting work in Grey Gardens as "Little Edie" was going to make the grade. "Big Edie" Jessica Lange also won a nomination for the narrative feature based on -- but also sort of jumping off from and commenting on -- the famous beloved documentary of the same name. I hope to have an interview with their director here soon.

Before we get to the rest of the big screen folks, here's the nominees

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30 Rock Leads 2009 Emmy Nominations

16 July 2009 9:48 AM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news

The nominees for the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today in Los Angeles, and the show to garner the most nods was 30 Rock, which received a record 22 nominations for a comedy series. With the Emmys expanding their number of nominees from five to six in certain categories, some new shows were finally able to get some recognition, although a few big shows were still overlooked in their final seasons: most notably The Shield and Battlestar Galactica. There are a ton of categories so I only included some of the major nominees below. For the complete list visit the Emmy Awards official website [1]. What do you think of the nominees? Did any of your favourite shows get left out? What are the biggest oversights? Outstanding Comedy Series 30 Rock Entourage Family Guy Flight Of The Conchords How I Met Your Mother The Office Weeds Outstanding Drama Series Big Love Breaking Bad

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2009 Emmy Nominations Released

16 July 2009 8:55 AM, PDT | From TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news

30 Rock rules the Emmy Nomination Roost this year with an astounding 22 nominations.  I won't be able to look at a winged woman holding a giant atom without thinking of Tina Fey.  On the drama side of things, Mad Men made it's mark with a whooping 16 noms, bringing its total to a ridiculous 32 nominations since it entered contention.  To give you an idea of how awesome the Emmy folks think Mad Men is, it is the only show nominated for Outstanding Writing besides Lost, which snared a single nomination in the category.  Now, for the major  2009 Emmy Nominations, and our reaction.

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

Entourage • Tree Trippers • HBO • Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in

association with HBO Entertainment

Julian Farino, Director

Flight Of The Conchords • The Tough Brets • HBO • Dakota Pictures and Comedy Arts in

association with HBO Entertainment

James Bobin, Director

The Office • Stress Relief

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Emmys Awards 2009: The nominees

16 July 2009 7:33 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Digital Spy presents the list of major nominees for this year's Emmy Awards, which will take place in Los Angeles on September 20. Outstanding Comedy Series

Family Guy

30 Rock

Weeds

How I Met Your Mother

The Office

Flight of the Conchords

Entourage Outstanding Drama Series

Mad Men

Breaking Bad

Lost

Damages

Dexter

Big Love

House Lead Actor in a Drama

Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Hugh Laurie - House

Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment

Michael C. Hall - Dexter

Jon Hamm - Mad Men

Simon Baker - The Mentalist Lead Actress in a Drama

Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men

Glenn Close - Damages

Sally Field - Brothers and Sisters

Mariska Hargitay - Law and Order: Svu

Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Holly Hunter - Saving Grace Lead Actor in a Comedy

Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

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‘Flight of the Conchords,’ ‘Family Guy’ Lead Surprising 2009 Emmy Nominees

16 July 2009 6:58 AM, PDT | From HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news

Chicago – The 61st Annual Emmy Nominations were announced today and there were a few surprises, a few disappointments, and a variety of unusual choices. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences displayed a desire to move forward with some first-time nominees, mostly ignoring some tired staples like “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Desperate Housewives,” but also missed some arguably deserving choices.

The Best Drama and Best Comedy categories expanded to seven nominees this year, which allowed for a wide variety of networks to claim a “Best” nominee.

Family Guy

Photo credit: Fox

The nominees for Best Drama are “Big Love,” “Breaking Bad,” “Damages,” “Dexter,” “House,” “Lost,” and “Mad Men”. The refusal to give in to pressure to nominate the last season of “ER” is nice and its hard to argue with too many of their actual choices, but HBO’s great “In Treatment” needed to be in that seven and “True

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The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations

16 July 2009 6:30 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards this morning. NBC comedy series 30 Rock lead the way with 22 nominations with the HBO telefilm Grey Gardens with 17 nominations and last year's winner for Best Drama, Mad Men, with 16 nominations. Take a look at the complete list of the nominees below.

Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

American Masters - Jerome Robbins: Something To Dance About - PBS - Thirteen/Wnet American Masters - Ron Rifkin, Narrator

Family Guy - I Dream of Jesus - Fox - Fox Television Animation - Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin

Robot Chicken - Robot Chicken: Star Wars - Episode II - Cartoon Network - ShadowMachine - Seth Green as Robot Chicken Nerd, Bob Goldstein, Ponda Baba, Anakin Skywalker, Imperial Officer

The Simpsons - Eeny Teeny Maya Moe - Fox - Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox Television

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Emmy 2009 Breakdown: Drama Acting

16 July 2009 6:21 AM, PDT | From E! Online | See recent E! Online news

Simon Baker is in. Anna Paquin is not. In today's Emmy nominations, Baker scored a Lead Actor in a Drama Series nod for his freshman hit, The Mentalist. He'll face off a familiar field: In Treatment's Gabriel Byrne, Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston, Dexter's Michael C. Hall, Mad Men's Jon Hamm and House's Hugh Laurie. All five of those gents were nominated last year; Cranston is the defending champ. The corresponding Lead Actress race looks just as similar. Last year's winner, Damages' Glenn Close, is, like last year, up against Brothers & Sisters' Sally Field, Law & Order: Svu's Mariska Hargitay, Saving Grace's Holly Hunter and The Closer's Kyra...

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'30 Rock' Leads Emmy Noms

16 July 2009 6:17 AM, PDT | From TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news

Chandra Wilson ("Grey's Anatomy") and Jim Parsons ("Big Bang Theory") had the honor of introducing this year's Emmy Award nominations -- Read on to see if your favorites received a nod! There were a few surprises, as the animated "Family Guy" was nominated for Best Comedy Series. Other noms include "Entourage," "Flight of the Conchords," "How I Met Your Mother," "The Office," "30 Rock" and "Weeds." This year introduces a new show category, Best Variety Program. Nominees included "The Colbert Report, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "Real Time" with Bill Maher. This year's nominees for Best Actor in a Comedy are Jemaine Clement ("The Flight of the Conchords"), Tony Shalhoub ("Monk"), Steve Carell ("The Office"), Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock"), Charlie Sheen ("Two and a Half Men"), and presenter Jim Parsons seemed genuinely surprised to pick up a nom for his work this past year.

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DVD Playhouse--July 2009

14 July 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | From The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news

DVD Playhouse—July 2009

By

Allen Gardner

Do The Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Spike Lee’s groundbreaking fable about race relations in an ethnically mixed Brooklyn neighborhood during a sweltering New York summer remains as potent, timely and prescient as it was in 1989. Lee is among the cast, which also includes John Turturro, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Rosie Perez (to name a few), that provide the tableaux-like framework for this stunning work. Criminally ignored by Oscar (it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture, but did garner nods for Supporting Actor Danny Aiello and Lee’s screenplay), it endures as a timeless classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Wynn Thomas, Joie Lee; Documentary; Deleted and extended scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.

Coraline (Universal) A young girl moves into an old Victorian house with her parents

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Our pundits duel over Emmy drama divas

13 July 2009 7:44 PM, PDT | From Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news

Our Emmy prophets — forums moderators Chris "Boomer" Beachum and Robert "Rob L" Licuria, who also contribute to AwardsHeaven.net — agree on five of the six women who will vie for lead actress in a drama series. They both think returning champ Glenn Close ("Damages") will face off against 2007 winner Sally Field ("Brothers and Sisters"), three-time also ran Kyra Sedgwick ("The Closer") and newcomers January Jones ("Mad Men") and Anna Paquin ("True Blood"). For the sixth slot, Rob – who went four for five right last year – opts for Oscar winner Holly Hunter returning to the race a second time for "Saving Grace." Boomer – who got all five nominees right last year – believes "Big Love" star Jeanne Tripplehorn will break through and land her first nod. Best Drama Series Actress

Glenn Close, "Damages" – Rob, Boomer

Sally Field, "Brothers and Sisters" – Rob, Boomer

Holly Hunter, "Saving Grace" – Rob

January Jones, "Mad Men" – Rob,

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Streep Nom #9 and Act III: Funny Lady

11 July 2009 9:59 AM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

Streep at 60: We've been looking at each Meryl Streep Oscar nod and its competition. Previously 78, 79, 81, 82 and 83, 85, 87 and 88

I believe that Meryl Streep's film career can be divided into five chapters or acts (thus far).

Act I (Liberated Lady) 1977-1981Act II (Chamaeleonidae Erotica) 1981-1988Act III (Funny Lady) 1989-1992Act IV (???) 1993-2001Act V (The Great Entertainer) 2002-presentAfter the High Drama years it came as a shock to many when Meryl was suddenly making comedies. Some felt it was a career crisis and there was some backlash going on. This is possibly hard to comprehend for her new young fans but great success always leads to it and many people were sick of Streep's total dominance as the Eighties wound down. It was somewhat common wisdom at the time that her run at the top was ending, having turned 40 in 1989. Several younger stars were coming into their own

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Speaking of Top Tens...

8 July 2009 6:01 AM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

...oh, don't act like you don't speak of them often.

I don't think I'll be getting to "Best of the Aughts" until late this year or possibly March 2010 given what's sure to be a crazed Oscar season but I was looking over those old Actors & Actresses of the Aughts list (compiled to reflect 2000-2005 cinema) and realizing how much can change within four to five years of cinema. Halfway through this decade Meryl Streep hadn't yet reconquered the world, Christian Bale hadn't yet started alienating fans, Scarlett Johansson hadn't yet started boring people, Heath Ledger hadn't left us, Holly Hunter hadn't moved to the small screen, Jude Law's career hadn't receded, Maggie Cheung hadn't vanished...

Here's what the lists looked like in 2005

Actor

Jude LawGael Garcia BernalEwan McGregorTony Leung Chiu-WaiJohnny DeppClive OwenPeter SarsgaardDaniel CraigChristian BaleGeorge ClooneyJust Missed: Jim Broadbent, Jake Gyllenhaal

Further down... Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Bill Murray,

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TNT Contest celebrates Tuesday line up: HawthoRNe, Saving Grace

6 July 2009 7:33 AM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

TNT Tuesday night Prize Pack is offered by the network to celebrate their hit series, HawthoRNe and Saving Grace which air on TNT Tuesday Nights Hawthorne . Tuesdays at 9pm Et/Pt on TNT Jada Pinkett Smith is the latest talented actress to join TNT.s line-up of strong, complex female characters, following in the footsteps of Kyra Sedgwick on The Closer and Holly Hunter of Saving Grace. In this character-driven medical drama, Pinkett Smith plays Christina Hawthorne, a compassionate and headstrong Chief Nursing Officer heading up a group of dedicated nurses at Richmond Trinity Hospital who spend long days and nights on the hospital.s front lines. Hawthorne is the kind of nurse you want on your side

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Streep Nom #7-8: The Abundant Riches of 1987-88

5 July 2009 6:03 PM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

We've been looking at each Meryl Streep Oscar nod and its competitive field. Previously: 78, 79, 81, 82, 83 and 85

Meryl Streep's first act was the Liberated Lady. The second was The Chameleon in which Meryl was always the lead, always had new hair, voice and body language and basically controlled Oscar's Universe. It was as if there was only 4 spots for Best Actress, one reserved for her in perpetuity. This second act ended with her intense immersion into notorious dingo-hating Lindy Chamberlain in A Cry in the Dark. [Editor's Note: Yes, I'll do a top ten performance list when "Streep at 60" wraps in mid July. I've heard your requests and I've been rewatching all the movies.]

Starting in 1989 Act III of Streep's career began but we'll get to that shortly. First, let's look at her competition in the last two years of her legendary Act II.

1987

the nominees were...

Cher, MoonstruckGlenn Close, Fatal AttractionHolly Hunter, Broadcast NewsSally Kirkland, AnnaMeryl Streep, Ironweed

I've always loved that "Mary Louise" exchange. But is Cher rewriting history to claim Silkwood as her first movie or

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NATHANIEL R

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