Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford and 65th Annual DGA Awards Dinner Chair Michael Stevens today announced that director/actor/producer Kelsey Grammer will host the 65th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 2, 2013 in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. “We’re so pleased to welcome Kelsey Grammer back as host of the DGA Awards for the second year in a row,” said Hackford. “Last year, Kelsey kept the show (and the wine) flowing while both celebrating the craft of directing and poking fun in all the right places. The audience had a rousing good time and I know we are all looking forward to seeing what Kelsey comes up with this year.” Stevens said, ?Kelsey is the consummate entertainer ? between his sharp wit and archly-raised eyebrow, and his long history in this community on both sides of the camera, the show promises to be...
- 12/18/2012
- by aablog@hollywoodnews.com (Josh Abraham)
- Hollywoodnews.com
HollywoodNews.com: Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced that director/actor/producer Kelsey Grammer will host the 64th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, January 28, 2012 in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Kelsey Grammer as the host of the DGA Awards,” Hackford said. “With his acerbic wit, his mellifluous voice and his long experience in the entertainment industry, the evening promises to be just as irreverent, intimate and entertaining as always. We’re looking forward to it.”
Grammer, who currently stars on the critically acclaimed Boss, became a DGA member in 1996 and was himself nominated for a DGA Award for outstanding directing in a Comedy Series for the “Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz” episode of Frasier. In addition to directing nearly 40 episodes of Frasier, Grammer’s other directing credits include Everybody Hates Chris; Out of Practice; My Ex Life; Alligator Point; and Hank.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Kelsey Grammer as the host of the DGA Awards,” Hackford said. “With his acerbic wit, his mellifluous voice and his long experience in the entertainment industry, the evening promises to be just as irreverent, intimate and entertaining as always. We’re looking forward to it.”
Grammer, who currently stars on the critically acclaimed Boss, became a DGA member in 1996 and was himself nominated for a DGA Award for outstanding directing in a Comedy Series for the “Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz” episode of Frasier. In addition to directing nearly 40 episodes of Frasier, Grammer’s other directing credits include Everybody Hates Chris; Out of Practice; My Ex Life; Alligator Point; and Hank.
- 12/19/2011
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Lost co-star Cynthia Watros has been tapped to star opposite Tom Cavanagh in CBS' comedy pilot My Ex-Life. The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers on two best friends (Cavanagh, Watros) who happen to be a divorced couple sharing custody. Watros replaces Gillian Vigman, who originally was cast in the pilot. Watros is doing My Ex-Life as a guest star because of her commitment to ABC's hit drama Lost, on which she is a regular.
- 4/19/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lost co-star Cynthia Watros has been tapped to star opposite Tom Cavanagh in CBS' comedy pilot My Ex-Life. The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers on two best friends (Cavanagh, Watros) who happen to be a divorced couple sharing custody. Watros replaces Gillian Vigman, who originally was cast in the pilot. Watros is doing My Ex-Life as a guest star because of her commitment to ABC's hit drama Lost, on which she is a regular.
- 4/18/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Parker Posey has been tapped for a multiple-episode arc on ABC's drama Boston Legal. In pilot-casting news, Chris Johnson has joined the CW comedy pilot "She Said/He Said," Kathleen Rose Perkins has landed a lead role in CBS' untitled Tom Hertz project, Jonathan Sadowski has been cast in CBS' comedy pilot My Ex-Life, and Scoot McNairy has been added to the cast of Fox's comedy pilot More, Patience. In a three-episode stint on David E. Kelley's Boston Legal, Posey will play Marlene Stanger, a recent transfer from another firm. Nicknamed "The Squid" after the only animal in popular mythology that can kill a shark, Stanger is a BlackBerry-carrying politico looking to make partner.
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Hot off his stint on 24, Sean Astin is in negotiations to star in ABC's comedy pilot The Guys. Meanwhile, Jennifer Esposito has been tapped as the lead in Fox's comedy pilot More, Patience, Lindsay Sloane has landed the female lead opposite Nick Lachey in the CW comedy pilot She Said/He Said, Roger Bart has joined Tom Cavanagh in CBS' comedy pilot My Ex-Life, Emmy winner Cloris Leachman has been added to the cast of NBC's untitled Chris Sheridan comedy pilot, and Paul Michael Glaser has been cast in Fox's drama pilot Faceless. In other pilot news, Marsh McCall has come aboard NBC's comedy pilot Twenty Good Years as executive producer/showrunner.
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