Best Actress must be next. They're doing the five past winners thing again. The nominees: Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, Melissa Leo, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie. I only saw The Reader and Changeling, and I liked Jolie in Changeling better. It will almost certainly go to Winslet or Streep, but Jolie is my pick anyway. The winner: Kate Winslet. Oh, hey, she thanked Peter Jackson too. He directed one of her first films (if not *the* first film for her).
Wow, her speech went on for a while, and they didn't interrupt her with music. They haven't done that all night. They must just be letting this one go long tonight if it has to.
Best Actor is next. The presenters: Michael Douglas presenting Frank Langella. Robert DeNiro presenting Sean Penn. Adrian Brody presenting Richard Jenkins. Anthony Hopkins presenting Brad Pitt (they were together in the great movie Meet Joe Black), and Ben Kingsley presenting Mickey Rourke. My pick is Frank Langella, though Mickey Rourke is almost certain to win. Winner: Sean Penn. Wow, his wife Robin Wright Penn looks great! Dude, thank your wife. Thank your wife. There's the political commentary. Two more things? More political commentary. Mentions Mickey Rourke. Did he thank his wife??? If he did, I sure did miss it.
Best Picture, presented by Steven Spielberg. First, a Best Picture nominee montage, with a focus on this year's nominees but with clips from past winners sprinkled in. The nominees: Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, and Slumdog Millionaire. My pick: Slumdog Millionaire. Winner: Slumdog Millionaire. Good. It truly was the most deserving out of those nominated.
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Comments on the show:
The new way of presenting acting nominees with five past winners per category saying nice things about the current year's nominees was a good idea in a way, but it carried on a little long and dragged down the momentum of the show.
I don't understand why there were only three Best Song nominees instead of five, but I do like the fact that they combined shorter versions of them all together into one performance rather than doing full versions of each, sprinkled throughout the show.
I also like how they clumped similar categories together back to back using the same presenters to save time, though I think having Will Smith present four or five awards all on his own was a little excessive.
I wasn't so sure about Hugh Jackman hosting since I've never watched him host the Tony Awards, but it really didn't matter much because once the show got started, there really wasn't too much for him to do.
And, not once did they start music in the middle of a person's speech. That was respectful. Now, if winners will just learn to police themselves on how long they go on crying and catching their breath, the show might be over by 11:30.
Overall, I liked the show. You could tell they were trying new things, and many of them worked or were at least improvements. With a little tweaking (and, I'm sorry, some overall better nominees), next year's show could be excellent.
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Live Blogging: 81st Annual Academy Awards [Half-Hour 7]
Liam Neeson and Freida Pinto are up to present Best Foreign Language Film. Woops. I don't think the nominees were in the same order on the screen as they were in which they read them aloud. Whatever won, it's a Japanese film.
Queen Latifah is on stage. Oh, here we go... In Memoriam (with Queen Latifah singing "I'll Be Seeing You"): Bernie Mac. Michael Crichton. Pat Hingle. Roy Scheider. Isaac Hayes. Ricardo Mantalban. Stan Winston. James Whitmore. Charlton Heston. Sydney Pollack. Paul Newman.
I wish they had filled the screen with the memoriam images. Instead we got a view of the stage which had monitors showing various pictures of those that passed away and their work. The end result is that the images of them were very small on the TV screen. A few times, a person's name got cut off at the bottom of the screen or was just too small to read well. I know they're trying some new things this year, but I'd rather they just let the memoriam fill the screen as they have in the past.
Reese Witherspoon is up to present the Best Director award. Her dress is a little weird. Anyway, my pick is Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (although Chris Nolan for The Dark Knight would have been just as deserving had he been nominated). Winner: Danny Boyle -- who, in my defense, really does look like Rudy Giuliani, so it was an honest mistake.
Queen Latifah is on stage. Oh, here we go... In Memoriam (with Queen Latifah singing "I'll Be Seeing You"): Bernie Mac. Michael Crichton. Pat Hingle. Roy Scheider. Isaac Hayes. Ricardo Mantalban. Stan Winston. James Whitmore. Charlton Heston. Sydney Pollack. Paul Newman.
I wish they had filled the screen with the memoriam images. Instead we got a view of the stage which had monitors showing various pictures of those that passed away and their work. The end result is that the images of them were very small on the TV screen. A few times, a person's name got cut off at the bottom of the screen or was just too small to read well. I know they're trying some new things this year, but I'd rather they just let the memoriam fill the screen as they have in the past.
Reese Witherspoon is up to present the Best Director award. Her dress is a little weird. Anyway, my pick is Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (although Chris Nolan for The Dark Knight would have been just as deserving had he been nominated). Winner: Danny Boyle -- who, in my defense, really does look like Rudy Giuliani, so it was an honest mistake.
Live Blogging: 81st Annual Academy Awards [Half-Hour 6]
Okay, if they still have to do Score, Song, Best Foreign Film, Best Picture, a tribute to Jerry Lewis (?), and the In Memoriam parts, they must not be trying to finish by 11:00. They haven't done the boring lawyer part yet either.
Eddie Murphy is out to present the Jean Hersholt Award (whatever that is). The recipient is Jerry Lewis. These parts are usually long & boring. Time for raspberry jelly toast.
And, now a music montage of the Best Score nominees. Zac Efron & Alicia Keys are out to present the award. My pick: Slumdog Millionaire. Winner: Slumdog Millionaire.
Now, the best Original Song. One nominee from WALL-E and two from Slumdog Millionaire. Being performed on stage. Why are there not five nominees? My pick: WALL-E. I have to admit a little bit of language bias for my pick. Although, wow, the Indian songs are pretty catchy & lively. And, they did a little bit of a blend of songs at the end. Nice. The winner: "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire. And, now that I see the songs performed, which jogs my memory how they sounded in the movie, I think I'm okay with the Slumdog win. That was a great song, even if the lyrics were in a different language.
Eddie Murphy is out to present the Jean Hersholt Award (whatever that is). The recipient is Jerry Lewis. These parts are usually long & boring. Time for raspberry jelly toast.
And, now a music montage of the Best Score nominees. Zac Efron & Alicia Keys are out to present the award. My pick: Slumdog Millionaire. Winner: Slumdog Millionaire.
Now, the best Original Song. One nominee from WALL-E and two from Slumdog Millionaire. Being performed on stage. Why are there not five nominees? My pick: WALL-E. I have to admit a little bit of language bias for my pick. Although, wow, the Indian songs are pretty catchy & lively. And, they did a little bit of a blend of songs at the end. Nice. The winner: "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire. And, now that I see the songs performed, which jogs my memory how they sounded in the movie, I think I'm okay with the Slumdog win. That was a great song, even if the lyrics were in a different language.
Live Blogging: 81st Annual Academy Awards [Half-Hour 5]
Looks like Best Supporting Actor is up next. They're bringing out five past winners again. This could take a while. Cuba Gooding, Jr. did a great job introducing Robert Downey, Jr.'s nomination. Kevin Klein is doing the introduction for Heath Ledger. And, the winner is: Heath Ledger. No surprise. His parents & sister are accepting the award on his behalf. Very nice.
The next award must be for Best Feature Documentary. Interesting how they're introducing them by showing clips of some of the filmmakers talking about their films. Bill Maher (urgh) is there to take a pot-shot at religion and maybe just present a freakin' award in the process. The winner: Man on Wire. Now, the Best Documentary Short Film. Winner: Smile Pinki.
And, now the 2008 action movie montage. Kind of weird that they take the effort to recognize action movies, but they never consider nominating one.
Will Smith is up to present the award for Best Visual Effects. There should be more than two nominees for this. My pick is Iron Man. The Dark Knight would be okay. *But,* *of course,* it goes to Benjamin Button.
Will Smith stays for Best Sound Editing. The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Slumdog Millionaire, WALL-E, and Wanted. Great nominees. My pick: WALL-E. Winner: The Dark Knight. Wow! I wasn't expecting that. It probably would have been my 2nd choice, though Iron Man would have been an extremely close 3rd.
Will Smith still up for Best Sound Mixing. Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, WALL-E, and Wanted. My pick: WALL-E. Winner: Slumdog Millionaire. Wow! Another surprise.
Oh, that's not Rudy Giuliani in the audience. That must be Danny Boyle, director of Slumdog Millionaire. Woops.
Will Smith *still* up for Best Film Editing. I do like how they're grouping the awards together this year. The nominees: Frost/Nixon, The Dark Knight, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, and Benjamin Button. My pick: Slumdog Millionaire. The winner: Slumdog Millionaire.
The next award must be for Best Feature Documentary. Interesting how they're introducing them by showing clips of some of the filmmakers talking about their films. Bill Maher (urgh) is there to take a pot-shot at religion and maybe just present a freakin' award in the process. The winner: Man on Wire. Now, the Best Documentary Short Film. Winner: Smile Pinki.
And, now the 2008 action movie montage. Kind of weird that they take the effort to recognize action movies, but they never consider nominating one.
Will Smith is up to present the award for Best Visual Effects. There should be more than two nominees for this. My pick is Iron Man. The Dark Knight would be okay. *But,* *of course,* it goes to Benjamin Button.
Will Smith stays for Best Sound Editing. The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Slumdog Millionaire, WALL-E, and Wanted. Great nominees. My pick: WALL-E. Winner: The Dark Knight. Wow! I wasn't expecting that. It probably would have been my 2nd choice, though Iron Man would have been an extremely close 3rd.
Will Smith still up for Best Sound Mixing. Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, WALL-E, and Wanted. My pick: WALL-E. Winner: Slumdog Millionaire. Wow! Another surprise.
Oh, that's not Rudy Giuliani in the audience. That must be Danny Boyle, director of Slumdog Millionaire. Woops.
Will Smith *still* up for Best Film Editing. I do like how they're grouping the awards together this year. The nominees: Frost/Nixon, The Dark Knight, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, and Benjamin Button. My pick: Slumdog Millionaire. The winner: Slumdog Millionaire.
Live Blogging: 81st Annual Academy Awards [Half-Hour 4]
Natalie Portman & Ben Stiller are out to present Best Cinematographer. Ben Stiller looks like Joaquin Phoenix did on David Letterman with the wild hair, shaggy beard, and sunglasses. It's the funniest thing Stiller has ever done (which isn't saying much). Natalie Portman looks hotter than Angelina Jolie too, though I'd prefer to see her hair down. My pick is Slumdog Millionaire with The Dark Knight an *extremely* close 2nd choice. The winner: Slumdog Millionaire. Woohoo.
Now, the guys from Pineapple Express are watching clips from 2008 comedies. So, were there only 1.5 comedies last year. Most of their clips are from dramas.
Those guys are up to present Best Short Film. No clue here. The winner is...something from Germany.
Hugh Jackman is singing & dancing in a tux & top hat. Very un-Wolverine-like. I think that's Beyonce who's joining him now. They're doing a Oscar song montage.
Ooh, a commercial for a Sandra Bullock movie with Ryan Reynolds and Betty White. I am there. It's called The Proposal. I have to wait until June for it. Bummer.
Now, the guys from Pineapple Express are watching clips from 2008 comedies. So, were there only 1.5 comedies last year. Most of their clips are from dramas.
Those guys are up to present Best Short Film. No clue here. The winner is...something from Germany.
Hugh Jackman is singing & dancing in a tux & top hat. Very un-Wolverine-like. I think that's Beyonce who's joining him now. They're doing a Oscar song montage.
Ooh, a commercial for a Sandra Bullock movie with Ryan Reynolds and Betty White. I am there. It's called The Proposal. I have to wait until June for it. Bummer.
Live Blogging: 81st Annual Academy Awards [Half-Hour 3]
Jennifer Anniston and Jack Black are up to present Best Animated Feature: Bolt, Kung-Fu, and WALL-E. My pick: WALL-E (duh). The winner: WALL-E!
Anniston & Black stay up there for Best Animated Short Film. A couple of them look foreign. I think Presto will win, and I base my prediction on absolutely nothing. Hmm. The French one won. Well, the title sounded French, but the award acceptor is Japanese and speaks barely any English. Interesting.
Daniel Craig and Sarah Jessica Parker are up to present Best Art Direction. I totally forgot to make my pick for this earlier. The winner: Benjamin Button. Let me look again at the nominees. Nope, out of the three I saw, I would have picked The Dark Knight or Changeling instead.
Craig & Parker remain to present Best Costume Design. Benjamin Button is the only one I saw. The winner: The Duchess. Don't know; didn't see it.
And, they're still up there for Best Makeup. My pick is Hellboy II. Benjamin Button will probably get it though. And, it does.
Two people I don't know are to present...a 2008 love montage. Oh, that reminds me, I still wanted to see Last Chance Harvey.
Anniston & Black stay up there for Best Animated Short Film. A couple of them look foreign. I think Presto will win, and I base my prediction on absolutely nothing. Hmm. The French one won. Well, the title sounded French, but the award acceptor is Japanese and speaks barely any English. Interesting.
Daniel Craig and Sarah Jessica Parker are up to present Best Art Direction. I totally forgot to make my pick for this earlier. The winner: Benjamin Button. Let me look again at the nominees. Nope, out of the three I saw, I would have picked The Dark Knight or Changeling instead.
Craig & Parker remain to present Best Costume Design. Benjamin Button is the only one I saw. The winner: The Duchess. Don't know; didn't see it.
And, they're still up there for Best Makeup. My pick is Hellboy II. Benjamin Button will probably get it though. And, it does.
Two people I don't know are to present...a 2008 love montage. Oh, that reminds me, I still wanted to see Last Chance Harvey.
Live Blogging: 81st Annual Academy Awards [Half-Hour 2]
And, the Oscars have begun. Less fanfare than usual. No prelude, clip montage, etc. Just Hugh Jackman.
It's going to be hard to get used to hearing Jackman's Australian accent. I'm so used to hearing him as Wolverine. He's singing now. He's bringing back the nominee music montage that only Billy Crystal used to do. He brought Anne Hathaway on stage to help with the Frost/Nixon segment. Oh, she can sing too.
I like how the The Reader portion of the music montage had nothing to do with The Reader. The lyrics implied that Hugh never got around to seeing The Reader. That's okay; he didn't miss much. Now, Hugh's sitting on Frank Langella's lap.
Hugh's pointing out several nominees in the front row. Where is Jack Nicholson? He's not nominated for anything, but doesn't he usually get an honorary front row seat anyway?
Woops. They had a little trouble with the curtains when revealing the screen to show the previous Best Actress montage. You could actually hear someone say, "Open them!"
Five actresses are up to present the Best Supporting Actresses. My pick is Taraji P. Henson out of the two movies I saw, but she may be the least likely of the five to win. Wow, this is a long presentation. They're talking about the roles of the nominees rather than showing clips. If they do this with every award, this will be a long night. The winner: Penelope Cruz. Wow, they're letting her go on forever with her acceptance. This show may last until Tuesday.
Steve Martin and Tina Fey are up to present one of the screenplay categories. Tina Fey looks better than Angelina Jolie too. This is the Original Screenplay category. The only one I've seen here is WALL-E, so it's automatically my pick. I wish J. Michael Straczynski had been nominated for Changeling. And, the winner is: Milk.
Now, the Adapted Screenplay category. Benjamin Button, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, The Reader, and Slumdog Millionaire. My pick is Slumdog, with Frost/Nixon a very close 2nd choice. The winner: Slumdog Millionaire. Woohoo.
Was that Rudy Giuliani in the crowd?
It's going to be hard to get used to hearing Jackman's Australian accent. I'm so used to hearing him as Wolverine. He's singing now. He's bringing back the nominee music montage that only Billy Crystal used to do. He brought Anne Hathaway on stage to help with the Frost/Nixon segment. Oh, she can sing too.
I like how the The Reader portion of the music montage had nothing to do with The Reader. The lyrics implied that Hugh never got around to seeing The Reader. That's okay; he didn't miss much. Now, Hugh's sitting on Frank Langella's lap.
Hugh's pointing out several nominees in the front row. Where is Jack Nicholson? He's not nominated for anything, but doesn't he usually get an honorary front row seat anyway?
Woops. They had a little trouble with the curtains when revealing the screen to show the previous Best Actress montage. You could actually hear someone say, "Open them!"
Five actresses are up to present the Best Supporting Actresses. My pick is Taraji P. Henson out of the two movies I saw, but she may be the least likely of the five to win. Wow, this is a long presentation. They're talking about the roles of the nominees rather than showing clips. If they do this with every award, this will be a long night. The winner: Penelope Cruz. Wow, they're letting her go on forever with her acceptance. This show may last until Tuesday.
Steve Martin and Tina Fey are up to present one of the screenplay categories. Tina Fey looks better than Angelina Jolie too. This is the Original Screenplay category. The only one I've seen here is WALL-E, so it's automatically my pick. I wish J. Michael Straczynski had been nominated for Changeling. And, the winner is: Milk.
Now, the Adapted Screenplay category. Benjamin Button, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, The Reader, and Slumdog Millionaire. My pick is Slumdog, with Frost/Nixon a very close 2nd choice. The winner: Slumdog Millionaire. Woohoo.
Was that Rudy Giuliani in the crowd?
Live Blogging: 81st Annual Academy Awards [Half-Hour 1]
Red carpet time...
Kate Winslet looks great. Josh Brolin, yeah who cares, he's with Diane Lane. Diane Lane always looks great. I can't tell if she's got short hair or just wearing it up. I like her better with longer hair (I like just about any woman with longer hair). But, she looks good anyway. Amy Adams look good too.
Taraji P. Henson looks good too. There's Pitt & Jolie -- super briefly. I'm sure everyone will be saying how hot Jolie is. I actually think Diane Lane and Amy Adams are hotter.
There's the cast of Slumdog Millionaire, including the kids that played the younger versions of the main characters. Freida Pinto -- another woman hotter than Angelina Jolie.
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens -- Who are they? Am I that old already? Am I that out of touch? Okay, yes. I am, and I know it.
Holy crap, Robert Downey, Jr.'s wife is the hottest yet. Dude, keep staying off the drugs. Screwing up that marriage would be a crime. :)
Miley Cyrus looks like she's wearing a silver Christmas tree from Wal-Mart. Anne Hathaway looks good. Her dress makes her look like a metallic mermaid.
And, here are the lawyers from Price Watershouse Coopers dressed in boredom. Penelope Cruz looks good from the waist up, but from the waist down she looks like she's wearing the curtains from old haunted house. Richard Jenkins -- I don't know who he is.
There's Marisa Tomei. She looks really great, but it's surprising how un-revealing her dress is. Maybe that's intentional since she shows nearly everything in The Wrestler. Also, it's probably cold out there. Practical choice Marisa.
Now they're talking about the stage and the music. And, that's pretty much it for the red carpet.
Kate Winslet looks great. Josh Brolin, yeah who cares, he's with Diane Lane. Diane Lane always looks great. I can't tell if she's got short hair or just wearing it up. I like her better with longer hair (I like just about any woman with longer hair). But, she looks good anyway. Amy Adams look good too.
Taraji P. Henson looks good too. There's Pitt & Jolie -- super briefly. I'm sure everyone will be saying how hot Jolie is. I actually think Diane Lane and Amy Adams are hotter.
There's the cast of Slumdog Millionaire, including the kids that played the younger versions of the main characters. Freida Pinto -- another woman hotter than Angelina Jolie.
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens -- Who are they? Am I that old already? Am I that out of touch? Okay, yes. I am, and I know it.
Holy crap, Robert Downey, Jr.'s wife is the hottest yet. Dude, keep staying off the drugs. Screwing up that marriage would be a crime. :)
Miley Cyrus looks like she's wearing a silver Christmas tree from Wal-Mart. Anne Hathaway looks good. Her dress makes her look like a metallic mermaid.
And, here are the lawyers from Price Watershouse Coopers dressed in boredom. Penelope Cruz looks good from the waist up, but from the waist down she looks like she's wearing the curtains from old haunted house. Richard Jenkins -- I don't know who he is.
There's Marisa Tomei. She looks really great, but it's surprising how un-revealing her dress is. Maybe that's intentional since she shows nearly everything in The Wrestler. Also, it's probably cold out there. Practical choice Marisa.
Now they're talking about the stage and the music. And, that's pretty much it for the red carpet.
2009 Oscar Picks
The Oscars are tonight. Real quick, before they air, my wishes and predictions are below.
Best Picture
1st Choice: Slumdog Millionaire
2nd Choice: Frost/Nixon
3rd Choice: Benjamin Button
4th Choice: The Reader
(Didn’t see Milk.)
All four that I saw were good, but only Slumdog Millionaire left me a complete sense of satisfaction. Benjamin Button, while containing a lot of nice technical achievements, was a little over-rated story-wise. And, neither Frost/Nixon nor The Reader were quite as engaging and enthralling as I think they were meant to be. After seeing four of these movies now, I will join many others who claim that, despite being a summer popcorn movie based on a comic book, The Dark Knight *really* does deserve to be in this list. It is no less special, epic, emotional, engaging, or well made than the ones actually nominated. I didn’t get around to seeing WALL-E a 2nd time to see if I thought it deserved to be in this list, but I do remember enjoying it more than I enjoyed The Reader.
Best Director
Similar opinion as above. Same order of preference. There’s no reason Christopher Nolan shouldn’t be in this list.
Best Actor
From all the hype, it sounds like Mickey Rourke is a lock, but I saw The Wrestler yesterday, and I just wasn’t as impressed as the rest of the world. I like Brad Pitt (not for the reasons ladies like him); I think he’s capable, watchable, and likable. But, I wasn’t blown away by his performance. Having not seen Milk or The Visitor, Langella gets my vote by default.
Best Actress
The only two I saw here were The Reader and Changeling. I’m doubting Angelina Jolie is not much of a contender for this, especially with Winslet & Streep in the mix, but I actually liked her performance. From what I’ve heard, Hathaway has a good shot, but that movie, or at least her character in that movie, didn’t look very watchable to me from the trailers & clips I saw of it.
Best Supporting Actor
A default vote, since The Dark Knight was the only movie here I saw. But, Ledger is a lock. I have a hard time imagining anyone else winning, regardless of the reasons people voted the way they did. And, he definitely deserves to be nominated to say the least.
Best Supporting Actress
I only saw Button & Wrestler. It sounds like Tomei may be a favorite for this, and she was good in her small role. However, I can’t help but wonder, was her emoting and delivery of lines enough to get her the nomination, or does the Academy give extra credit whenever an actress spins on a pole, wears a fishnet body stocking, bends over to the camera wearing a thong, and lets the makeup department litter her body with fake tattoos and nipple piercings. I’ll go with Taraji P. Henson, even though I think she’s a long shot.
Best Original Screenplay
Another default vote. WALL-E was the only one I saw. I’ve read good things about In Bruges and Happy-Go-Lucky. I’m intrigued enough that I might check them out on video someday.
Best Adapted Screenplay
My choices here have the exact same order of preference as my Best Picture and Best Director picks.
Best Animated Feature
Didn’t see Kung-Fu Panda though I’ve heard it’s good. Bolt was good, but not *quite* as good as I was hoping. In fact, my broadest complaint with it is that it felt a little short on overall quality compared to a Pixar movie. So, no brainer, it’s WALL-E.
Best Cinematography
1st Choice: Slumdog Millionaire
2nd Choice: The Dark Knight (very, very, very close 2nd; virtually a tie)
3rd Choice: Changeling
4th Choice: Ben. Button
5th Choice: The Reader
Ooh, tough, tough, category. Slumdog felt unique in it’s overall look. It was at time lively and kinetic but without using an excess of shaky-cam, which is about the only thing that keeps The Dark Knight from being my #1 pick. I liked the visual look & feel of Changeling. The camerawork in Benjamin Button was good, but I can’t remember any particular impressive scenes. And, I’m not entirely sure why The Reader is in the list.
Best Costume Design
A default vote. Button is the only one I saw.
Best Film Editing
Slumdog did such a good job cutting between the different time periods & settings. It was a little confusing in the beginning, but I like how things come together in the end. I think the editing had to be done carefully to balance all the elements.
Best Makeup
Excellent category. Benjamin Button had people looking different ages, and Dark Knight had the deformities of the Joker & Two-Face (although much of Two-Face’s look was done digitally). But, the makeup work done in Hellboy II was original, diverse, extensive, creative, and impressive.
Best Original Score
I don’t notice music too much in movies, but I think Slumdog may have stood out here.
Best Original Song
Sort of a default vote for WALL-E. Although I saw Slumdog, I wouldn’t have understood the words in the songs. Why are there only three nominees instead of five? Did enough people complain about the live performances of the Best Song nominees that they shrank the list?
Best Sound Editing
I’m no expert on sound, but since there’s no dialogue in the first half of WALL-E, the strength of the movie relies on two main things: images and sounds effects. I think WALL-E is a lock for one, if not both, of the sound awards.
Best Sound Mixing
Same opinion as for Best Sound Editing.
Best Visual Effects
Another really great category. With all the armor, computer screens, and in-helmet displays done by computer graphics, I’d be shocked if Iron Man didn’t win. But, there again, I almost forgot about the digital effects used to make Harvey Dent look like Two-Face in The Dark Knight. While equally excellent in quality, I think Iron Man is still more deserving when you factor in quantity of effects.
EDIT
I neglected to include Best Art Direction. Out of the three I saw, I would have preferred The Dark Knight or Changeling to win, but Benjamin Button got it instead.
Best Picture
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
1st Choice: Slumdog Millionaire
2nd Choice: Frost/Nixon
3rd Choice: Benjamin Button
4th Choice: The Reader
(Didn’t see Milk.)
All four that I saw were good, but only Slumdog Millionaire left me a complete sense of satisfaction. Benjamin Button, while containing a lot of nice technical achievements, was a little over-rated story-wise. And, neither Frost/Nixon nor The Reader were quite as engaging and enthralling as I think they were meant to be. After seeing four of these movies now, I will join many others who claim that, despite being a summer popcorn movie based on a comic book, The Dark Knight *really* does deserve to be in this list. It is no less special, epic, emotional, engaging, or well made than the ones actually nominated. I didn’t get around to seeing WALL-E a 2nd time to see if I thought it deserved to be in this list, but I do remember enjoying it more than I enjoyed The Reader.
Best Director
- David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
- Stephen Daldry - The Reader
- Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
- Gus Van Sant - Milk
Similar opinion as above. Same order of preference. There’s no reason Christopher Nolan shouldn’t be in this list.
Best Actor
- Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
- Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn - Milk
- Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
From all the hype, it sounds like Mickey Rourke is a lock, but I saw The Wrestler yesterday, and I just wasn’t as impressed as the rest of the world. I like Brad Pitt (not for the reasons ladies like him); I think he’s capable, watchable, and likable. But, I wasn’t blown away by his performance. Having not seen Milk or The Visitor, Langella gets my vote by default.
Best Actress
- Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie - Changeling
- Melissa Leo - Frozen River
- Meryl Streep - Doubt
- Kate Winselt - The Reader
The only two I saw here were The Reader and Changeling. I’m doubting Angelina Jolie is not much of a contender for this, especially with Winslet & Streep in the mix, but I actually liked her performance. From what I’ve heard, Hathaway has a good shot, but that movie, or at least her character in that movie, didn’t look very watchable to me from the trailers & clips I saw of it.
Best Supporting Actor
- Josh Brolin - Milk
- Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
- Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
- Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
A default vote, since The Dark Knight was the only movie here I saw. But, Ledger is a lock. I have a hard time imagining anyone else winning, regardless of the reasons people voted the way they did. And, he definitely deserves to be nominated to say the least.
Best Supporting Actress
- Amy Adams - Doubt
- Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis - Doubt
- Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Maria Tomei - The Wrestler
I only saw Button & Wrestler. It sounds like Tomei may be a favorite for this, and she was good in her small role. However, I can’t help but wonder, was her emoting and delivery of lines enough to get her the nomination, or does the Academy give extra credit whenever an actress spins on a pole, wears a fishnet body stocking, bends over to the camera wearing a thong, and lets the makeup department litter her body with fake tattoos and nipple piercings. I’ll go with Taraji P. Henson, even though I think she’s a long shot.
Best Original Screenplay
- WALL-E
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- Frozen River
- In Bruges
- Milk
Another default vote. WALL-E was the only one I saw. I’ve read good things about In Bruges and Happy-Go-Lucky. I’m intrigued enough that I might check them out on video someday.
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Doubt
My choices here have the exact same order of preference as my Best Picture and Best Director picks.
Best Animated Feature
- Bolt
- Kung-Fu Panda
- WALL-E
Didn’t see Kung-Fu Panda though I’ve heard it’s good. Bolt was good, but not *quite* as good as I was hoping. In fact, my broadest complaint with it is that it felt a little short on overall quality compared to a Pixar movie. So, no brainer, it’s WALL-E.
Best Cinematography
- Changeling
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
1st Choice: Slumdog Millionaire
2nd Choice: The Dark Knight (very, very, very close 2nd; virtually a tie)
3rd Choice: Changeling
4th Choice: Ben. Button
5th Choice: The Reader
Ooh, tough, tough, category. Slumdog felt unique in it’s overall look. It was at time lively and kinetic but without using an excess of shaky-cam, which is about the only thing that keeps The Dark Knight from being my #1 pick. I liked the visual look & feel of Changeling. The camerawork in Benjamin Button was good, but I can’t remember any particular impressive scenes. And, I’m not entirely sure why The Reader is in the list.
Best Costume Design
- Australia
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Duchess
- Milk
- Revolutionary Road
A default vote. Button is the only one I saw.
Best Film Editing
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog did such a good job cutting between the different time periods & settings. It was a little confusing in the beginning, but I like how things come together in the end. I think the editing had to be done carefully to balance all the elements.
Best Makeup
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Excellent category. Benjamin Button had people looking different ages, and Dark Knight had the deformities of the Joker & Two-Face (although much of Two-Face’s look was done digitally). But, the makeup work done in Hellboy II was original, diverse, extensive, creative, and impressive.
Best Original Score
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Defiance
- Milk
- Slumdog Millionaire
- WALL-E
I don’t notice music too much in movies, but I think Slumdog may have stood out here.
Best Original Song
- “Down to Earth” from WALL-E
- “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire
- “O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire
Sort of a default vote for WALL-E. Although I saw Slumdog, I wouldn’t have understood the words in the songs. Why are there only three nominees instead of five? Did enough people complain about the live performances of the Best Song nominees that they shrank the list?
Best Sound Editing
- The Dark Knight
- Iron Man
- Slumdog Millionaire
- WALL-E
- Wanted
I’m no expert on sound, but since there’s no dialogue in the first half of WALL-E, the strength of the movie relies on two main things: images and sounds effects. I think WALL-E is a lock for one, if not both, of the sound awards.
Best Sound Mixing
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Slumdog Millionaire
- WALL-E
- Wanted
Same opinion as for Best Sound Editing.
Best Visual Effects
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Iron Man
Another really great category. With all the armor, computer screens, and in-helmet displays done by computer graphics, I’d be shocked if Iron Man didn’t win. But, there again, I almost forgot about the digital effects used to make Harvey Dent look like Two-Face in The Dark Knight. While equally excellent in quality, I think Iron Man is still more deserving when you factor in quantity of effects.
EDIT
I neglected to include Best Art Direction. Out of the three I saw, I would have preferred The Dark Knight or Changeling to win, but Benjamin Button got it instead.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
My Ratings for Oscar-Nominated Movies
My list of movies I’ve seen that are getting two or more Oscar nominations each, along with my letter grade and the list of nominations for each:
(A) Iron Man - 2 Nominations
(A) WALL-E - 6 Nominations
(A) The Dark Knight - 8 Nominations
(B+) Changeling - 3 Nominations
(A-) Slumdog Millionaire - 10 Nominations
(B+) Frost/Nixon - 5 Nominations
(B) The Reader - 5 Nominations
(B-) The Wrestler - 2 Nominations
(B+) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 13 Nominations
(A) Iron Man - 2 Nominations
- Best Sound Editing
- Best Visual Effects
(A) WALL-E - 6 Nominations
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Original Screenplay - Andrew Stantion, Jim Reardon, and Pete Docter
- Best Original Score
- Best Original Song - “Down to Earth”
- Best Sound Editing
- Best Sound Mixing
(A) The Dark Knight - 8 Nominations
- Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger
- Best Cinematography
- Best Film Editing
- Best Art Direction
- Best Makeup
- Best Sound Editing
- Best Sound Mixing
- Best Visual Effects
(B+) Changeling - 3 Nominations
- Best Lead Actress - Angelina Jolie
- Best Art Direction
- Best Cinematography
(A-) Slumdog Millionaire - 10 Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Director - Danny Boyle
- Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy
- Best Cinematography
- Best Film Editing
- Best Original Score
- Best Original Song - “Jai Ho”
- Best Original Song - “O Saya”
- Best Sound Editing
- Best Sound Mixing
(B+) Frost/Nixon - 5 Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Director - Ron Howard
- Best Lead Actor - Frank Langella
- Best Adapted Screenplay - Peter Morgan
- Best Film Editing
(B) The Reader - 5 Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Director - Stephen Daltry
- Best Actress - Kate Winslet
- Best Adapted Screenplay - David Hare
- Best Cinematography
(B-) The Wrestler - 2 Nominations
- Best Lead Actor - Mickey Rourke
- Best Supporting Actress - Marisa Tomei
(B+) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 13 Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Director - David Fincher
- Best Actor - Brad Pitt
- Best Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson
- Best Adapted Screenplay - Eric Roth & Robin Swicord
- Best Cinematography
- Best Film Editing
- Best Art Direction
- Best Costume Design
- Best Makeup
- Best Original Score
- Best Sound Mixing
- Best Visual Effects
Friday, February 13, 2009
Partial Best Picture Commentary
For some reason, it's been hard for me to keep in the habit of blogging for the last few months, including doing full-fledged movie reviews, but I still have a tendency to leave comments on other people's blogs.
Quoted below is the comment I made to an entry about the Best Picture nominated film Frost/Nixon over at TheReelAddict.com. The writer of the original post said they were having trouble "getting" Frost/Nixon. My comment strays a bit into my overall opinion of this year's Best Picture nominees.
Quoted below is the comment I made to an entry about the Best Picture nominated film Frost/Nixon over at TheReelAddict.com. The writer of the original post said they were having trouble "getting" Frost/Nixon. My comment strays a bit into my overall opinion of this year's Best Picture nominees.
I know what you mean. I have similar feeling about all four of the five Best Picture nominees I’ve seen. They’re good, but not quite *that* good. Slumdog Millionaire comes the closest to having a complete, epic, well rounded story with a satisfying emotional payoff at the end (even if the plot depends too much on a convenient series of coincidences).
I feel that the strength of Frost/Nixon was in the performances which play very well, sometimes in very intense close-up monologues. I also noticed the similarities between Frost/Nixon and sports movies. But, that’s one of the elements I actually liked. It was interesting to see Frost & Nixon spar for a while, then go back to their respective corners to re-group and then break between rounds. It felt like a boxing match. I don’t like sports, particularly boxing, but it was interesting to me to see the typical sports formula applied to a long interview where words were flying rather than fists. I liked that twist.
The biggest problem with this movie and other Oscar nominees from this year and other years is what I call the “so what” factor. Sometimes, I watch a movie and no matter how well made it was or how much I respect the performances, I still feel like, “Eh, so what.”
Did I learn anything, did I get excited, did I laugh a lot, did I almost tear up a little, am I more relaxed or in a better mood for having seen the movie? If the answer to all those questions is “no,” then the movie didn’t quite hit every mark. I sort of learned some things about both Frost & Nixon through the movie, but with biopics, it’s always hard to tell what’s true and what’s creative license.
As good as Kate Winslet’s performance was, I feel that The Reader definitely missed on all those marks. While I may sound like the typical geek (which I am), I’m more convinced now that The Dark Knight should have at least been nominated. For a comic book movie, it had all the high production values and top caliber performances you’d expect from an Oscar-worthy movie, but it was also written well and covered a lot of moral and philosophical issues without being depressing or draining. I might need to see Wall-E again to determine if I’d feel the same way about it (as good as it was, I think my expectations for it were *even higher* which clouded my opinion of it).
Frost/Nixon would be my 3rd choice for Best Picture after Slumdog Millionaire (1st) and Benjamin Button (2nd choice; also less emotional gravitas than it’s given credit for).
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Live Blogging: 80th Annual Academy Awards [Hour 4]
Harrison Ford is up to present Best Original Screenplay. Noms: Juno, Lars and the Real Girl, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, The Savages. My pick: Juno. The winner: Juno!!! Yay! The screenwriter, Diablo Cody, looks a little like a weirdo, uh, I mean, free spirit, but she is talented to pull off the script that she did.
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Helen Mirren is up to present Best Actor. Is it just me or is Helen Mirren kind of hot for an old chick. I'm pretty sure I said the same thing last year. I loved the fact that after winning an Oscar, she didn't mind being in National Treasure 2. Noms: George Clooney (he was very good in Michael Clayton, the best part of the movie); Daniel Day-Lewis (for There Will Be Blood, my personal pick and sure winner); Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd (ugh, I'm not a Johnny Depp fan); Tommy Lee Jones (for the Valley of Elah; I didn't see that one, but he was really good in No Country for Old Men); Viggo Mortensen (for Eastern Promises). And the winner: Daniel Day-Lewis. No big surprise. Wow, his voice is very difference in real life. Just makes the performance that much more powerful.
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Best Director. Presented by Martin Scorsese. Noms: Diving Bell & Butterfly, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood. The Coen brothers win for No Country for Old Men.
Best Picture. Presented by Denzel Washington. Noms: Atonement (my 5th choice), Juno (my 1st choice), Michael Clayton (my 4th choice), No Country for Old Men (my 3rd choice), There Will Be Blood (my 2nd choice). No Country for Old Men wins. Hmmm. I would say, "It was good, but I don't think it was quite *that* good," because frankly, I felt that way about all the entries this year. I think this was just an "off" year. As a normal, everyday, mainstream movie-goer, Waitress and Ocean's 13 tied as my favorite movies of 2007. I also really respect Juno, Charlie Wilson's War, and The Bucket List. So what do I know.
All in all, a boring, uneventful Oscars ceremony. Nothing wrong with it, just not exciting either. We need another Lord of the Rings movie. ;)
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Helen Mirren is up to present Best Actor. Is it just me or is Helen Mirren kind of hot for an old chick. I'm pretty sure I said the same thing last year. I loved the fact that after winning an Oscar, she didn't mind being in National Treasure 2. Noms: George Clooney (he was very good in Michael Clayton, the best part of the movie); Daniel Day-Lewis (for There Will Be Blood, my personal pick and sure winner); Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd (ugh, I'm not a Johnny Depp fan); Tommy Lee Jones (for the Valley of Elah; I didn't see that one, but he was really good in No Country for Old Men); Viggo Mortensen (for Eastern Promises). And the winner: Daniel Day-Lewis. No big surprise. Wow, his voice is very difference in real life. Just makes the performance that much more powerful.
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Best Director. Presented by Martin Scorsese. Noms: Diving Bell & Butterfly, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood. The Coen brothers win for No Country for Old Men.
Best Picture. Presented by Denzel Washington. Noms: Atonement (my 5th choice), Juno (my 1st choice), Michael Clayton (my 4th choice), No Country for Old Men (my 3rd choice), There Will Be Blood (my 2nd choice). No Country for Old Men wins. Hmmm. I would say, "It was good, but I don't think it was quite *that* good," because frankly, I felt that way about all the entries this year. I think this was just an "off" year. As a normal, everyday, mainstream movie-goer, Waitress and Ocean's 13 tied as my favorite movies of 2007. I also really respect Juno, Charlie Wilson's War, and The Bucket List. So what do I know.
All in all, a boring, uneventful Oscars ceremony. Nothing wrong with it, just not exciting either. We need another Lord of the Rings movie. ;)
Live Blogging: 80th Annual Academy Awards [Hour 3]
After the commercial, Jon Stewart is seen playing Wii Tennis against a little girl. That's pretty funny.
Colin Farrell is up to present another nominated song, this one from Once, a movie I've heard good things about and may have to check out on video. The song sounds okay. The guys over at TheMovieBlog.com *hate* the live performances of Best Song nominees, calling it a waste of time. I disagree. Best Song is the only category in which you can enjoy the content live. For everything else, you have to have to have either seen the movie or gotten a good impression from the quick clip.
Jack Nicholson is up to present a montage of Best Picture winners throughout Oscar history.
Renee Zellweger is up to present Best Film Editing. My personal pick and the winner... The Bourne Ultimatum. Wow, Bourne may not be in the main categories, but it's cleaned up in the technicals it was nominated for.
Nicole Kidman is up to present... a freakin' huge necklace she's wearing. It looks like she fell through a chandelier on the way to the stage. Anyway, she's presenting Robert Boyle for an Honorary Oscar in art direction.
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Penelope Cruz is up to present Best Foreign Language Film. I actually saw one or two of the foreign language nominees last year, but last year was a good year. This year, not so much. An Austrian film wins. It's called The Counterfeiters.
Patrick Dempsey is up to present the final Best Song nominee, also from Enchanted. Continuing my earlier argument in support of the live Best Song performances, it breaks up the night. Without the songs, it's just awards and montages. And, frankly, it's the montages I'd like to get rid of.
John Travolta is up to present the winner for Best Song. The winner is the song from Once. Marketa Irglova is really pretty, but unfortunately she wasn't given a chance to say her thanks as her fellow music partner and co-star took up all the time. There's no way he hogged it intentionally. They just didn't give them enough time. When they have two people winning an award, they should let both of them talk, even if each person gets half the time.
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Oh, that's so nice. Jon Stewart gave Marketa her chance to say her thanks. She looks & sounds so nice. Nice job, Jon Stewart.
Cameron Diaz is up to present Best Cinematography, something she can barely pronounce, apparently. Noms: Jesse James, Atonement, Diving Bell & Butterfly, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood. My vote, Blood. And, it wins. Yay.
Hillary Swank is up to present the memoriam montage, the only truly worthy montage of them all. Dabbs Greer, the pastor from Little House on the Prairie. Lois Maxwell, Moneypenny from James Bond movies. Suzanne Pleshette. Ingmar Bergman (not familiar with his work, but his name is very recognizable). And, of course, Heath Ledger.
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Amy Adams is up to present... her really, really pretty, awesome good looks. She's so pretty. Such nice, long, silky, red hair. Such a sweet voice. What is she doing? Oh, she's presenting Best Original Score. Noms: Atonement, Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, and 3:10 to Yuma. No strong preference here. Dario somebody won for Atonement. Okay. Bye, bye, Amy.
Tom Hanks is up to present U.S. soldiers in Iraq who are presenting Best Documentary Short Subject. That's pretty cool to do it that way. Tom Hanks gets to present the nominations for Best Documentary Feature, which all sound very serious. Taxi to the Dark Side wins.
Colin Farrell is up to present another nominated song, this one from Once, a movie I've heard good things about and may have to check out on video. The song sounds okay. The guys over at TheMovieBlog.com *hate* the live performances of Best Song nominees, calling it a waste of time. I disagree. Best Song is the only category in which you can enjoy the content live. For everything else, you have to have to have either seen the movie or gotten a good impression from the quick clip.
Jack Nicholson is up to present a montage of Best Picture winners throughout Oscar history.
Renee Zellweger is up to present Best Film Editing. My personal pick and the winner... The Bourne Ultimatum. Wow, Bourne may not be in the main categories, but it's cleaned up in the technicals it was nominated for.
Nicole Kidman is up to present... a freakin' huge necklace she's wearing. It looks like she fell through a chandelier on the way to the stage. Anyway, she's presenting Robert Boyle for an Honorary Oscar in art direction.
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Penelope Cruz is up to present Best Foreign Language Film. I actually saw one or two of the foreign language nominees last year, but last year was a good year. This year, not so much. An Austrian film wins. It's called The Counterfeiters.
Patrick Dempsey is up to present the final Best Song nominee, also from Enchanted. Continuing my earlier argument in support of the live Best Song performances, it breaks up the night. Without the songs, it's just awards and montages. And, frankly, it's the montages I'd like to get rid of.
John Travolta is up to present the winner for Best Song. The winner is the song from Once. Marketa Irglova is really pretty, but unfortunately she wasn't given a chance to say her thanks as her fellow music partner and co-star took up all the time. There's no way he hogged it intentionally. They just didn't give them enough time. When they have two people winning an award, they should let both of them talk, even if each person gets half the time.
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Oh, that's so nice. Jon Stewart gave Marketa her chance to say her thanks. She looks & sounds so nice. Nice job, Jon Stewart.
Cameron Diaz is up to present Best Cinematography, something she can barely pronounce, apparently. Noms: Jesse James, Atonement, Diving Bell & Butterfly, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood. My vote, Blood. And, it wins. Yay.
Hillary Swank is up to present the memoriam montage, the only truly worthy montage of them all. Dabbs Greer, the pastor from Little House on the Prairie. Lois Maxwell, Moneypenny from James Bond movies. Suzanne Pleshette. Ingmar Bergman (not familiar with his work, but his name is very recognizable). And, of course, Heath Ledger.
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Amy Adams is up to present... her really, really pretty, awesome good looks. She's so pretty. Such nice, long, silky, red hair. Such a sweet voice. What is she doing? Oh, she's presenting Best Original Score. Noms: Atonement, Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, and 3:10 to Yuma. No strong preference here. Dario somebody won for Atonement. Okay. Bye, bye, Amy.
Tom Hanks is up to present U.S. soldiers in Iraq who are presenting Best Documentary Short Subject. That's pretty cool to do it that way. Tom Hanks gets to present the nominations for Best Documentary Feature, which all sound very serious. Taxi to the Dark Side wins.
Live Blogging: 80th Annual Academy Awards [Hour 2]
Nice montage of bincoulars & periscopes. Now one of bad dreams. I know they're just joking. But, I could do without all montages.
Keri Russell is up to present a song from August Rush, something I never got around to seeing but am still very tempted to. Keri Russell should be nominated for Best Actress in Waitress. Waitress is one of two great films sadly overlooked this year, the other being Charlie Wilson's War. Waitress ties with Ocean's 13 as my favorite movie of 2007, but Waitress would be far more Oscar-friendly. Unfortunately, it came out during the summer, so I guess it got forgotten by Oscar season. If I had done a top 10 list of 2007 movies, Charlie Wilson's War also would have been in the top 10, if not top 5.
Owen Wilson is up to present Best Live Action Short Film. Needless to say, I didn't see any of these. The winner sounds like a French film. Whatever.
Jerry Seinfeld's character from Bee Movie is "up" to present Best Animated Short Film. Wow, bunch of foreign stuff here too. Something called Peter and the Wolf won. Looks like claymation. And, the makers are British this time. American short films must suck.
Alan Arkin is up to present Best Supporting Actress. Tilda Swinton won for her role in Michael Clayton. That's one of only two of the movies that I saw. She said she's giving her award to her agent for bringing her to America. She then jokes about George Clooney wearing the nippled Batsuit under his costume on the the set everyday. George looks embarrassed. But, even he mentioned the horrible movie Batman & Robin during the red carpet pre-show. I think he beats himself up quite a bit for that movie, but I don't blame him at all. I think all the blame rests with Joel Schumacher.
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Jessica Alba is up to present some of the awards already given out previously. Jon then makes a joke about Jessica Alba and Cate Blanchett both being pregnant but that with Jack Nicholson there, they may have to re-tally after the show. That's pretty funny.
Josh Brolin and James McAvoy are up to present Best Adapted Screenplay. Did Josh Brolin just call Jack Nicholson, Mike Nicholson? My pick here is There Will Be Blood. The winners are the Coen brothers for No Country for Old Men.
A boring business guy is up now to explain the voting.
Mylie Cyrus is up to present another song from Enchanted, this one sung by Kristen Chenoweth. Chenoweth is really pretty. She's wearing a pretty nice grey dress. I like grey dresses. Women should wear that color more often. The song, however, is not that great. The choices must not have been that good this year.
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Judi Dench and Halle Berry are up to present... wait, no they're not. Two big curly headed guys whose names I can't remember who starred in movies I can't remember are presenting Best Sound Editing. My vote is for The Bourne Ultimatum. Sweet!!! Bourne won!!! And, I just realized something. This is the only category, other than Best Picture, for which I had seen all five movies. I would have been okay with anyone of them, except Transformers, winning. There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men both had great sound.
Best Sound Mixing. Bourne Ultimatum is up for this one also, so are Old Men, Ratatouille, and Transformers, as well as 3:10 to Yuma which I didn't see. Sweet!!! Bourne Ultimatum won for this one too!!! Excellent.
Forrest Whitaker is up to present Best Actress. From this category, I've only seen Juno, so my vote is for Ellen Page by default. Though, it's not like Cate Blanchett can do any wrong. I also like Laura Linney even though I haven't seen her in much. Marion Cotillard won for La Vie En Rose, a French film. Eehhhh. Whatever.
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Keri Russell is up to present a song from August Rush, something I never got around to seeing but am still very tempted to. Keri Russell should be nominated for Best Actress in Waitress. Waitress is one of two great films sadly overlooked this year, the other being Charlie Wilson's War. Waitress ties with Ocean's 13 as my favorite movie of 2007, but Waitress would be far more Oscar-friendly. Unfortunately, it came out during the summer, so I guess it got forgotten by Oscar season. If I had done a top 10 list of 2007 movies, Charlie Wilson's War also would have been in the top 10, if not top 5.
Owen Wilson is up to present Best Live Action Short Film. Needless to say, I didn't see any of these. The winner sounds like a French film. Whatever.
Jerry Seinfeld's character from Bee Movie is "up" to present Best Animated Short Film. Wow, bunch of foreign stuff here too. Something called Peter and the Wolf won. Looks like claymation. And, the makers are British this time. American short films must suck.
Alan Arkin is up to present Best Supporting Actress. Tilda Swinton won for her role in Michael Clayton. That's one of only two of the movies that I saw. She said she's giving her award to her agent for bringing her to America. She then jokes about George Clooney wearing the nippled Batsuit under his costume on the the set everyday. George looks embarrassed. But, even he mentioned the horrible movie Batman & Robin during the red carpet pre-show. I think he beats himself up quite a bit for that movie, but I don't blame him at all. I think all the blame rests with Joel Schumacher.
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Jessica Alba is up to present some of the awards already given out previously. Jon then makes a joke about Jessica Alba and Cate Blanchett both being pregnant but that with Jack Nicholson there, they may have to re-tally after the show. That's pretty funny.
Josh Brolin and James McAvoy are up to present Best Adapted Screenplay. Did Josh Brolin just call Jack Nicholson, Mike Nicholson? My pick here is There Will Be Blood. The winners are the Coen brothers for No Country for Old Men.
A boring business guy is up now to explain the voting.
Mylie Cyrus is up to present another song from Enchanted, this one sung by Kristen Chenoweth. Chenoweth is really pretty. She's wearing a pretty nice grey dress. I like grey dresses. Women should wear that color more often. The song, however, is not that great. The choices must not have been that good this year.
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Judi Dench and Halle Berry are up to present... wait, no they're not. Two big curly headed guys whose names I can't remember who starred in movies I can't remember are presenting Best Sound Editing. My vote is for The Bourne Ultimatum. Sweet!!! Bourne won!!! And, I just realized something. This is the only category, other than Best Picture, for which I had seen all five movies. I would have been okay with anyone of them, except Transformers, winning. There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men both had great sound.
Best Sound Mixing. Bourne Ultimatum is up for this one also, so are Old Men, Ratatouille, and Transformers, as well as 3:10 to Yuma which I didn't see. Sweet!!! Bourne Ultimatum won for this one too!!! Excellent.
Forrest Whitaker is up to present Best Actress. From this category, I've only seen Juno, so my vote is for Ellen Page by default. Though, it's not like Cate Blanchett can do any wrong. I also like Laura Linney even though I haven't seen her in much. Marion Cotillard won for La Vie En Rose, a French film. Eehhhh. Whatever.
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Live Blogging: 80th Annual Academy Awards [Hour 1]
The show is opening with computer graphic montage of images from various movies throughout history. Many of the images come from movies that were probably never up for Oscars, except maybe the technical ones. Lots of sci-fi images.
And, with no fanfare or buildup, here's Jon Stewart. He brings up the Writer's Strike first. "Welcome to the make-up sex," he says.
Jon comments about the focus on killers in several of the nominations this year. "Thank goodness for teenage pregnancy," he says, referring to Juno.
Dang, who is that with George Clooney. Is that his wife, his girlfriend, his cousin? Whoever she is, she's quite, quite nice looking.
Jon awkwardly throw in an Iraq War reference. Then he jokes about John McCain's age.
Jennifer Garner is presenting the first award. Nice dress; slightly weird hair-do. Best Costume Design. I only saw Atonement. The designer for Elizabeth: The Golden Age won. Although I didn't see it, I could tell from clips & previews that it's a pretty deserving movie for this category.
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George Clooney is up to... talk about something, I think the history of the Oscars. He looks less grey right now. I wonder if colors his hair in movies or in real life. Wow, these clips of past Oscars make me wish the more recent Oscars were more interesting.
Anne Hathaway and Steve Carrell are up to present Best Animated Film. Steve was "thinking" he was presenting Best Documentary. Anne corrected him. Did Steve Carrell just say, "Shit"? My vote goes for Ratatouille, but just barely. I think it was good but over-rated. Truthfully, I didn't see Surf's Up, and I wouldn't want to see Persepolis. Ratatouille won. Whatever.
Katherine Heigl is up to present Best Make-Up. She looks pretty nice. She apologizes, saying she's not very good at this and incredibly nervous. I thought she was joking, but maybe not. She pretty much just presents the nominees, and she does look & sound genuinely nervous. La Vie En Rose won for Best Make-Up. Ehh, whatever. This was not a compelling category this year.
Amy Adams is up to sing a nominated song from Enchanted. I like Amy Adams. She was about the only thing I liked about the movie Junebug, and she also played a nice yet under-used character in Charlie Wilson's War. I've heard good things about Enchanted, even from a few male critics, but I haven't brought myself to see it yet. Maybe I'll break down and rent it one day.
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Dwayne Johnson is up to present Best Visual Effects. Noms: Golden Compasss, Pirates 3, Transformers. My picks is Golden Compass. And, it wins. Whoa. I was a little worried it would go to Transformers. Granted, Golden Compass wasn't a great movie (neither is Transformers), but specifically in terms of visuals, I had more problems with Transformers.
Cate Blanchett is up to present Best Art Direction. Noms: American Gangster (probably should have caught that one), Atonement, Golden Compass, Sweeney Todd, and There Will Be Blood. My pick is Golden Compass again. Ugh. Sweeney Todd got it. I didn't see that movie, but I could tell just by looking at it that I wouldn't want to.
Jon is joking about the wide acting range of Cate Blanchett, saying that the pitbull in No Country for Old Men was even played by Cate Blanchett. He then says that even he, right now, is being played by Cate Blanchett.
Jennifer Hudson is up to present Best Supporting Actor. Noms: Casey Affleck, Javier Barden (he'll probably win and is deserving), Phillip Seymour Hoffman (my personal pick), Hal Holbrook, and Tom Wilkinson (good but not super). The winner is: Javier Bardem. No big surprise. Is it just me or does Javier Barden look a lot like Jeffrey Dean Morgan (I think that's the right name of the actor who played Denny in Grey's Anatomy)?
And, with no fanfare or buildup, here's Jon Stewart. He brings up the Writer's Strike first. "Welcome to the make-up sex," he says.
Jon comments about the focus on killers in several of the nominations this year. "Thank goodness for teenage pregnancy," he says, referring to Juno.
Dang, who is that with George Clooney. Is that his wife, his girlfriend, his cousin? Whoever she is, she's quite, quite nice looking.
Jon awkwardly throw in an Iraq War reference. Then he jokes about John McCain's age.
Jennifer Garner is presenting the first award. Nice dress; slightly weird hair-do. Best Costume Design. I only saw Atonement. The designer for Elizabeth: The Golden Age won. Although I didn't see it, I could tell from clips & previews that it's a pretty deserving movie for this category.
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George Clooney is up to... talk about something, I think the history of the Oscars. He looks less grey right now. I wonder if colors his hair in movies or in real life. Wow, these clips of past Oscars make me wish the more recent Oscars were more interesting.
Anne Hathaway and Steve Carrell are up to present Best Animated Film. Steve was "thinking" he was presenting Best Documentary. Anne corrected him. Did Steve Carrell just say, "Shit"? My vote goes for Ratatouille, but just barely. I think it was good but over-rated. Truthfully, I didn't see Surf's Up, and I wouldn't want to see Persepolis. Ratatouille won. Whatever.
Katherine Heigl is up to present Best Make-Up. She looks pretty nice. She apologizes, saying she's not very good at this and incredibly nervous. I thought she was joking, but maybe not. She pretty much just presents the nominees, and she does look & sound genuinely nervous. La Vie En Rose won for Best Make-Up. Ehh, whatever. This was not a compelling category this year.
Amy Adams is up to sing a nominated song from Enchanted. I like Amy Adams. She was about the only thing I liked about the movie Junebug, and she also played a nice yet under-used character in Charlie Wilson's War. I've heard good things about Enchanted, even from a few male critics, but I haven't brought myself to see it yet. Maybe I'll break down and rent it one day.
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Dwayne Johnson is up to present Best Visual Effects. Noms: Golden Compasss, Pirates 3, Transformers. My picks is Golden Compass. And, it wins. Whoa. I was a little worried it would go to Transformers. Granted, Golden Compass wasn't a great movie (neither is Transformers), but specifically in terms of visuals, I had more problems with Transformers.
Cate Blanchett is up to present Best Art Direction. Noms: American Gangster (probably should have caught that one), Atonement, Golden Compass, Sweeney Todd, and There Will Be Blood. My pick is Golden Compass again. Ugh. Sweeney Todd got it. I didn't see that movie, but I could tell just by looking at it that I wouldn't want to.
Jon is joking about the wide acting range of Cate Blanchett, saying that the pitbull in No Country for Old Men was even played by Cate Blanchett. He then says that even he, right now, is being played by Cate Blanchett.
Jennifer Hudson is up to present Best Supporting Actor. Noms: Casey Affleck, Javier Barden (he'll probably win and is deserving), Phillip Seymour Hoffman (my personal pick), Hal Holbrook, and Tom Wilkinson (good but not super). The winner is: Javier Bardem. No big surprise. Is it just me or does Javier Barden look a lot like Jeffrey Dean Morgan (I think that's the right name of the actor who played Denny in Grey's Anatomy)?
2008 Oscar Picks
The Oscars are tonight. Real quick, before they air, my wishes and predictions are below.
I'm not as enthused about the Oscars this year, so this was the only category in which I was determined to see all five nominees.
1st Choice: Juno
2nd Choice: There Will Be Blood
3rd Choice: No Country for Old Men
4th Choice: Michael Clayton
5th Choice: Atonement
I'd be okay with any of the four I've seen (all but Diving Bell). No strong preference, but I'd say Paul Thomas Anderson is most deserving out of the four.
My pick, by far, is Juno. Not a perfect movie or even a perfect script, but one of the sharpest and wittiest scripts to come around in a while.
My pick is There Will Be Blood. Old Men & Atonement both had problems, and I didn't see the other two.
Only say Blood & Michael Clayton, but I'd say this has to go to Daniel Day-Lewis.
Ellen Page, by default. Juno is the only one of the five I saw. I've probably only seen a couple movies with Laura Linney, but I just like her for some reason. So, I'd be okay if she won even though I don't know what The Savages is about.
Bardem will probably get this, and that will be okay. But my personal preference is for Hoffman to get it. Charlie Wilson's War deserves more credit.
Not much prefernce. I'd say Tilda Swinton was probably a little better than Saorise Ronan and had a bigger role in her movie.
Tough call between Blood & Old Men, but I lean toward Blood.
It would be awesome if Bourne Ultimatum won, and I think it should.
Another Blood vote. As long as it's not Transformers.
3:10 was the only one I didn't see, and I don't have a preference. Just to make a choice, I'll vote toward No Country for Old Men. As long as it's not Transformers.
Not a great movie, but a good look... I say The Golden Compass.
Didn't see Surf's Up; wouldn't want to see Persepolis; thinking Ratatouille is over-rated. Rat movie gets my vote by default.
Only saw Atonement, but I'd say it's deserving enough.
Wouldn't want to see Pirates; was disappointed in the other two. My preference leans toward The Golden Compass.
Best Picture
- Atonement
- Juno
- Michael Clayton
- No Country for Old Men
- There Will Be Blood
I'm not as enthused about the Oscars this year, so this was the only category in which I was determined to see all five nominees.
1st Choice: Juno
2nd Choice: There Will Be Blood
3rd Choice: No Country for Old Men
4th Choice: Michael Clayton
5th Choice: Atonement
Achievement in Directing
- Joel & Ethan Coen -- No Country for Old Men
- Paul Thomas Anderson -- There Will Be Blood
- Tony Gilroy -- Michael Clayton
- Jason Reitman -- Juno
- Julian Schnabel -- The Diving Bell and Butterfly
I'd be okay with any of the four I've seen (all but Diving Bell). No strong preference, but I'd say Paul Thomas Anderson is most deserving out of the four.
Best Original Screenplay
- Juno
- Michael Clayton
- Ratatouille
- Lars and the Real Girl
- The Savages
My pick, by far, is Juno. Not a perfect movie or even a perfect script, but one of the sharpest and wittiest scripts to come around in a while.
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Atonement
- Away From Her
- No Country for Old Men
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- There Will Be Blood
My pick is There Will Be Blood. Old Men & Atonement both had problems, and I didn't see the other two.
Best Actor
- George Clooney -- Michael Clayton
- Daniel Day-Lewis -- There Will Be Blood
- Johnny Depp -- Sweeney Todd
- Viggo Mortensen -- Eastern Promises
- Tommy Lee Jones -- In The Valley of Elah
Only say Blood & Michael Clayton, but I'd say this has to go to Daniel Day-Lewis.
Best Actress
- Ellen Page -- Juno
- Julie Christie -- Away From Her
- Marion Cotillard -- La Vie En Rose
- Cate Blanchett -- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Laura Linney -- The Savages
Ellen Page, by default. Juno is the only one of the five I saw. I've probably only seen a couple movies with Laura Linney, but I just like her for some reason. So, I'd be okay if she won even though I don't know what The Savages is about.
Best Supporting Actor
- Javier Bardem -- No Country for Old Men
- Tom Wilkinson -- Michael Clayton
- Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Charlie Wilson's War
- Hal Holbrook -- Into the Wild
- Casey Affleck -- The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Bardem will probably get this, and that will be okay. But my personal preference is for Hoffman to get it. Charlie Wilson's War deserves more credit.
Best Supporting Actress
- Cate Blanchett -- I'm Not There
- Tilda Swinton -- Michael Clayton
- Amy Ryan -- Gone, Baby, Gone
- Saorise Ronan -- Atonement
- Ruby Dee -- American Gangster
Not much prefernce. I'd say Tilda Swinton was probably a little better than Saorise Ronan and had a bigger role in her movie.
Achievement in Cinematography
- Atonement
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- No Country for Old Men
- There Will Be Blood
- The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Tough call between Blood & Old Men, but I lean toward Blood.
Best Film Editing
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- No Country for Old Men
- Into the Wild
- There Will Be Blood
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
It would be awesome if Bourne Ultimatum won, and I think it should.
Achievement in Sound Editing
- There Will Be Blood
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Ratatouille
- No Country for Old Men
- Transformers
Another Blood vote. As long as it's not Transformers.
Achievement in Sound Mixing
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Ratatouille
- 3:10 to Yuma
- No Country for Old Men
- Transformers
3:10 was the only one I didn't see, and I don't have a preference. Just to make a choice, I'll vote toward No Country for Old Men. As long as it's not Transformers.
Best Art Direction
- Atonement
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- There Will Be Blood
- American Gangster
- The Golden Compass
Not a great movie, but a good look... I say The Golden Compass.
Best Animated Feature Film
- Surf's Up
- Persepolis
- Ratatouille
Didn't see Surf's Up; wouldn't want to see Persepolis; thinking Ratatouille is over-rated. Rat movie gets my vote by default.
Achievement in Costume Design
- Atonement
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Across the Universe
- La Vie En Rose
Only saw Atonement, but I'd say it's deserving enough.
Best Visual Effects
- The Golden Compass
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Transformers
Wouldn't want to see Pirates; was disappointed in the other two. My preference leans toward The Golden Compass.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Live Blogging: 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards (Hour Three)
[10:04] Masi Oka from Heroes is up to introduce Tom from MySpace who is presenting an Emmy to Al Gore for Achievement in Interactive Programming (over the internet). I wonder if Gore will announce a presidential bid, or at least joke about doing so.
[10:07] No presidential announcement from Gore.
[10:08] Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher are up to present... Holy crap, Joely's cleavage is moving around!!! I don't know if those are real or not, but either way, she's got some muscles underneath, uh, those. Brad is joking about them. What award is this for? Oh, Best Performance in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special. The winner is: Tony Bennett, yet again.
[10:10] Anthony Anderson and Teri Hatcher are up to announce the nominees for Best Guest Actors & Actresses in Comedies. The winners were: Stanley Tucci and Elaine Stritch (sp?) for, uh, two shows. I'm losing focus. Can you tell?
[10:13] Elaine has trouble reading the teleprompter. She says she's not faking it, that she really doesn't know what the hell she's doing. Then she struggles to read out the joke on the teleprompter. She won an Emmy??? Anyway, they're presenting Best Directing for a Comedy. The winner is: Richard Shepherd for the Ugly Betty pilot. Okay, I can see that. Really good episode; really good pilot. The director for the musical episode of Scrubs was also nominated, and he/she would have been my first choice.
[10:16] Anthony and Teri are back for Best Writing in a Comedy. Two of the nominees are for 30 Rock. The winner is: Greg Daniels for the "Gay Witch Hunt" episode of The Office.
[10:24] Wayne Brady is out to present... something. But, first, he's making two semi-randomly chosen stars to do some kind of competition. It's Rainn Wilson, from The Office, and Kanye West. The competition is regarding the lyrics of music of... Kanye West. Kanye West goes first and gets it wrong because he pronounces the last word "you" instead of the more proper "ya." Rainn does it and gets it right. That was kind of dumb and took way too much time. It's crap like this that makes award shows three hours or longer, which also causes the winners of some of the more anticipated awards have to rush through their acceptance speeches. If they cut out half of the "cute" little comedy moments and half the musical numbers, they'd have time to let the more important winners at the end have just as much time as the obscure people who win awards in the middle of the show.
[10:29] Rainn and Kanye are presenting Best Reality Competition. The winner is: The Amazing Race. Wow, don't they win every year? They practically have an army on stage to accept the award.
[10:35] Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart are up. Colbert has a gas-powered leaf blower on his back. Stewart berates him for using a gas-powered motor indoors at the first "green" Emmys. Colbert claims that the motor runs on alternative fuel -- the tears of Al Gore. Okay, I like these guys, but even their skit is going on too long. Hello, third hour of the show. Important awards still to give out. Tick-tock, tick-tock.
[10:38] Finally... Stephen and Jon are presenting the Lead Comedy Actor. The winner is: Ricky Gervais, for Extras. Gervais is not there, so Jon jokes that they're going to give the award to their friend Steve Carell, who then runs up on stage and jumps with Stephen and Jon for joy.
[10:40] Felicity Huffman and Hugh Laurie are presenting Best Lead Drama Acress. The winner is: Sally Field. Yay!!! She was my first choice. Of course, it's partly because I don't watch any of the other shows of the other actresses. Okay, Field hasn't been cut off by the music quite yet, but she's also talking really, really fast.
[10:42] Okay, now Field's trying to continue over the music, but she forgets what she's saying. Then, she remembers, they give up on the music, and then they cut off the sound and cut to the weird ceiling angle again. I wonder if Field got censored.
[10:43] Now, their doing the In Memory portion for those that died during the year. Larry "Bud" Melman (from David Letterman Show) Don Herbert (Mr. Wizard). Steve Irwin. Joel Siegel (movie critic). Jack Palance. Tom Poston. Tom Snyder. Ed Bradley. Merv Griffin.
[10:51] William Shatner and Debra Messing are up to present Best Lead Comdedy Actress. Come on America Ferrera!!! The winner is: America Ferrera, for Ugly Betty!!! Yay!!! Granted, I don't watch the other shows people are nominated for either. But, America really is deserving too.
[10:54] Jimmy Smits and Kate Walsh are up to present... Their new shows coming this fall. Okay, the award... Best Lead Drama Actor. The winner is: James Spader, for Boston Legal. Wow!!! That's a surprise. I love Hugh Laurie (House), Spader, and Denis Leary (Rescue Me), but Laurie was slightly more my 1st choice. Spader was my 2nd, with Leary being an equally close 3rd. I'm shocked that it wasn't James Gandolfini, for The Sopranos. In fact, in his acceptance speech, Spader said he felt like he just stole a bunch of money from the mob. Well, if Spader can get the acting Emmy over Gandolfini, maybe Sopranos won't necessarily get the Drama Series award.
[11:02] Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton are presenting Best Comedy Series. The winner is: 30 Rock. (???) I'm surprised Ugly Betty didn't get it. Again, I don't watch any of those shows other than Ugly Betty.
[11:08] Helen Mirren is up to present Best Drama Series. Nominees: Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, House, Sopranos. The winner is: The Sopranos. Boooo!!! Oh well. It's not much of a surprise, with it being their last year. Maybe it's as good as most say. I don't have HBO, so I've never seen a single episode. My hopes were for House or at least Heroes. I would also have been pleasantly surprised with Boston Legal and somewhat okay with Grey's Anatomy.
[11:11] Yay!!! It's over. Now I can watch the season finale of The 4400 on TiVo. Good night.
[10:07] No presidential announcement from Gore.
[10:08] Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher are up to present... Holy crap, Joely's cleavage is moving around!!! I don't know if those are real or not, but either way, she's got some muscles underneath, uh, those. Brad is joking about them. What award is this for? Oh, Best Performance in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special. The winner is: Tony Bennett, yet again.
[10:10] Anthony Anderson and Teri Hatcher are up to announce the nominees for Best Guest Actors & Actresses in Comedies. The winners were: Stanley Tucci and Elaine Stritch (sp?) for, uh, two shows. I'm losing focus. Can you tell?
[10:13] Elaine has trouble reading the teleprompter. She says she's not faking it, that she really doesn't know what the hell she's doing. Then she struggles to read out the joke on the teleprompter. She won an Emmy??? Anyway, they're presenting Best Directing for a Comedy. The winner is: Richard Shepherd for the Ugly Betty pilot. Okay, I can see that. Really good episode; really good pilot. The director for the musical episode of Scrubs was also nominated, and he/she would have been my first choice.
[10:16] Anthony and Teri are back for Best Writing in a Comedy. Two of the nominees are for 30 Rock. The winner is: Greg Daniels for the "Gay Witch Hunt" episode of The Office.
[10:24] Wayne Brady is out to present... something. But, first, he's making two semi-randomly chosen stars to do some kind of competition. It's Rainn Wilson, from The Office, and Kanye West. The competition is regarding the lyrics of music of... Kanye West. Kanye West goes first and gets it wrong because he pronounces the last word "you" instead of the more proper "ya." Rainn does it and gets it right. That was kind of dumb and took way too much time. It's crap like this that makes award shows three hours or longer, which also causes the winners of some of the more anticipated awards have to rush through their acceptance speeches. If they cut out half of the "cute" little comedy moments and half the musical numbers, they'd have time to let the more important winners at the end have just as much time as the obscure people who win awards in the middle of the show.
[10:29] Rainn and Kanye are presenting Best Reality Competition. The winner is: The Amazing Race. Wow, don't they win every year? They practically have an army on stage to accept the award.
[10:35] Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart are up. Colbert has a gas-powered leaf blower on his back. Stewart berates him for using a gas-powered motor indoors at the first "green" Emmys. Colbert claims that the motor runs on alternative fuel -- the tears of Al Gore. Okay, I like these guys, but even their skit is going on too long. Hello, third hour of the show. Important awards still to give out. Tick-tock, tick-tock.
[10:38] Finally... Stephen and Jon are presenting the Lead Comedy Actor. The winner is: Ricky Gervais, for Extras. Gervais is not there, so Jon jokes that they're going to give the award to their friend Steve Carell, who then runs up on stage and jumps with Stephen and Jon for joy.
[10:40] Felicity Huffman and Hugh Laurie are presenting Best Lead Drama Acress. The winner is: Sally Field. Yay!!! She was my first choice. Of course, it's partly because I don't watch any of the other shows of the other actresses. Okay, Field hasn't been cut off by the music quite yet, but she's also talking really, really fast.
[10:42] Okay, now Field's trying to continue over the music, but she forgets what she's saying. Then, she remembers, they give up on the music, and then they cut off the sound and cut to the weird ceiling angle again. I wonder if Field got censored.
[10:43] Now, their doing the In Memory portion for those that died during the year. Larry "Bud" Melman (from David Letterman Show) Don Herbert (Mr. Wizard). Steve Irwin. Joel Siegel (movie critic). Jack Palance. Tom Poston. Tom Snyder. Ed Bradley. Merv Griffin.
[10:51] William Shatner and Debra Messing are up to present Best Lead Comdedy Actress. Come on America Ferrera!!! The winner is: America Ferrera, for Ugly Betty!!! Yay!!! Granted, I don't watch the other shows people are nominated for either. But, America really is deserving too.
[10:54] Jimmy Smits and Kate Walsh are up to present... Their new shows coming this fall. Okay, the award... Best Lead Drama Actor. The winner is: James Spader, for Boston Legal. Wow!!! That's a surprise. I love Hugh Laurie (House), Spader, and Denis Leary (Rescue Me), but Laurie was slightly more my 1st choice. Spader was my 2nd, with Leary being an equally close 3rd. I'm shocked that it wasn't James Gandolfini, for The Sopranos. In fact, in his acceptance speech, Spader said he felt like he just stole a bunch of money from the mob. Well, if Spader can get the acting Emmy over Gandolfini, maybe Sopranos won't necessarily get the Drama Series award.
[11:02] Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton are presenting Best Comedy Series. The winner is: 30 Rock. (???) I'm surprised Ugly Betty didn't get it. Again, I don't watch any of those shows other than Ugly Betty.
[11:08] Helen Mirren is up to present Best Drama Series. Nominees: Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, House, Sopranos. The winner is: The Sopranos. Boooo!!! Oh well. It's not much of a surprise, with it being their last year. Maybe it's as good as most say. I don't have HBO, so I've never seen a single episode. My hopes were for House or at least Heroes. I would also have been pleasantly surprised with Boston Legal and somewhat okay with Grey's Anatomy.
[11:11] Yay!!! It's over. Now I can watch the season finale of The 4400 on TiVo. Good night.
Live Blogging: 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards (Hour Two)
[09:02] Queen Latifah is introducing a tribute to Roots.
[09:05] Now, they've got seven of the cast members of Roots on stage. Cicely Tyson, Ben Varene, Levar Burton, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr., Ed Asner, and one other person whose name I don't remember (not familiar with her at all). Anyway, they're up there to announce the winner for Best Mini-Series. And, the winner is: Broken Trail. Robert Duvall gives the acceptance speech.
[09:09] Neill Patrick Harris and Hayden Paniteirre (sp?) are announcing the nominees for Guest Actor/Actress Awards.
[09:11] The winner of the Guest Actress Award -- who I don't recognize -- is presenting the Best Drama Directing Award. The winner is: Alan Taylor for Sopranos. Some of the other nominees included directors from a great episode of Battlestar Galactica, an episode of Heroes, and the pilot for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
[09:14] Hayden and Neill are back with Best Drama Writing. The winner is: David Chase for Sopranos. Sopranos had three nominations, two of which were from David Chase. The other two were from Battlestar Galactica and Lost.
[09:20] Steve Carell is presenting Best Variety, Music, or Comedy Series. The nominees are the usual late night shows. The winner is: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. That definitely would have been my first choice. Yay!
[09:24] Carell is back with Best Variety, Music, or Comedy Special. The nominees are varied and obscure. The winner is the Tony Bennett special.
[09:27] Ryan is introducing some suits from Ernst & Young who are in charge of something dealing with the Emmys. Whatever.
[09:28] Mark Harmon and Marcia Cross are presenting Best Supporting Mini-Series or Movie Actress. The winner is: Judy Davis for The Starter Wife. She's not there. Oh well.
[09:29] The chairman of the TV Academy is up now doing a general tribute to TV and the Emmys. Boring.
[09:36] Glenn Close, Kyra Sedgwick, and May Louise Parker are up now presenting an award for Best TV Movie. Their microphones don't seem to be working, and Mary Louise almost acts like she doesn't want to be there, at least for a second. Myabe she realized her mic was messing up and it distracted her. The winner: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
[09:39] Joe Montegna (sp?) is introducing musical group The Jersey Boys, which maybe is a musical tribute to the Sopranos (???). I don't know.
[09:44] Now, the entire cast of The Sopranos are up on stage. Hmm. I guess the musical number was a tribute. So, they haven't even won the Best Drama Series award yet, and they get stage time anyway? Odd.
[09:49] Sally Field and Patrick Dempsey are presenting Best Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie. Lot of big names in this category. The winner is: the biggest name of them all, the Queen herself, Helen Mirren, for Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theater). I like her. Didn't see her mini-series or movie, but I'm very cool with her winning. She just made a comment that Americans are very generous. Wow, she actually requested that the music cut her off because she knew she was babbling. Yeah, I like her a lot.
[09:52] Lewis Black is up presenting... nothing. He was just up there for a tirade that I chose not to pay attention to because I'm multi-tasking and commenting on someone else's blog right now.
[09:56] Two people I don't recognize are presenting Best Director for a Mini-Series or Movie. The winner is: Phillip Martin for Prime Suspect: The FInal Act (Masterpiece Theater) Wow, he had a super short speech.
[09:57] The same two people are back for Best Writing for a Mini-Series or Movie. The winner is: Frank Deasy for Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theater). Wow, he was super short with his speech too. These British guys know how to say it and get it over with.
[09:05] Now, they've got seven of the cast members of Roots on stage. Cicely Tyson, Ben Varene, Levar Burton, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr., Ed Asner, and one other person whose name I don't remember (not familiar with her at all). Anyway, they're up there to announce the winner for Best Mini-Series. And, the winner is: Broken Trail. Robert Duvall gives the acceptance speech.
[09:09] Neill Patrick Harris and Hayden Paniteirre (sp?) are announcing the nominees for Guest Actor/Actress Awards.
[09:11] The winner of the Guest Actress Award -- who I don't recognize -- is presenting the Best Drama Directing Award. The winner is: Alan Taylor for Sopranos. Some of the other nominees included directors from a great episode of Battlestar Galactica, an episode of Heroes, and the pilot for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
[09:14] Hayden and Neill are back with Best Drama Writing. The winner is: David Chase for Sopranos. Sopranos had three nominations, two of which were from David Chase. The other two were from Battlestar Galactica and Lost.
[09:20] Steve Carell is presenting Best Variety, Music, or Comedy Series. The nominees are the usual late night shows. The winner is: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. That definitely would have been my first choice. Yay!
[09:24] Carell is back with Best Variety, Music, or Comedy Special. The nominees are varied and obscure. The winner is the Tony Bennett special.
[09:27] Ryan is introducing some suits from Ernst & Young who are in charge of something dealing with the Emmys. Whatever.
[09:28] Mark Harmon and Marcia Cross are presenting Best Supporting Mini-Series or Movie Actress. The winner is: Judy Davis for The Starter Wife. She's not there. Oh well.
[09:29] The chairman of the TV Academy is up now doing a general tribute to TV and the Emmys. Boring.
[09:36] Glenn Close, Kyra Sedgwick, and May Louise Parker are up now presenting an award for Best TV Movie. Their microphones don't seem to be working, and Mary Louise almost acts like she doesn't want to be there, at least for a second. Myabe she realized her mic was messing up and it distracted her. The winner: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
[09:39] Joe Montegna (sp?) is introducing musical group The Jersey Boys, which maybe is a musical tribute to the Sopranos (???). I don't know.
[09:44] Now, the entire cast of The Sopranos are up on stage. Hmm. I guess the musical number was a tribute. So, they haven't even won the Best Drama Series award yet, and they get stage time anyway? Odd.
[09:49] Sally Field and Patrick Dempsey are presenting Best Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie. Lot of big names in this category. The winner is: the biggest name of them all, the Queen herself, Helen Mirren, for Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theater). I like her. Didn't see her mini-series or movie, but I'm very cool with her winning. She just made a comment that Americans are very generous. Wow, she actually requested that the music cut her off because she knew she was babbling. Yeah, I like her a lot.
[09:52] Lewis Black is up presenting... nothing. He was just up there for a tirade that I chose not to pay attention to because I'm multi-tasking and commenting on someone else's blog right now.
[09:56] Two people I don't recognize are presenting Best Director for a Mini-Series or Movie. The winner is: Phillip Martin for Prime Suspect: The FInal Act (Masterpiece Theater) Wow, he had a super short speech.
[09:57] The same two people are back for Best Writing for a Mini-Series or Movie. The winner is: Frank Deasy for Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theater). Wow, he was super short with his speech too. These British guys know how to say it and get it over with.
Live Blogging: 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards (Hour One)
[08:04] Okay, getting a slightly late start on the live blogging. Two characters from The Family Guy just sang a cute song about today's TV shows. And now, Ryan Seacrest, the host, is on stage.
[08:06] Ryan just hit on two of the women from Desperate Housewives. Then he talked to William Shatner. Ryan knows too much about fashion. He keeps commenting on people's clothes.
[08:08] We just dodged a bullet. I thought Ryan was about to sing. It was just a fake-out. Before that, he pointed out that the Emmys are "in the round," with the stage being in the center and the audience surrounding all sides.
[08:09] Ray Romano is on stage for the first award. He's babbling right now, and the camera cut to a weird ceiling angle for a few seconds with the audio cut off. I wonder if something happened requiring some censoring or it was a random glitch.
[8:11] After two minutes of a stand-up "comedy" routine, Romano is finally getting to the nominations of Best Supporting Comedy Actors. Jeremy Piven from Entourage got it. I don't watch any of these shows, so I don't care.
[08:14] America Ferrera and Vanessa Williams are on stage for Best Supporting Drama Actors. My vote is for Michael Emerson from Lost or Masi Oka from Heroes. Williams Shatner wouldn't be bad either. The winner is: Terry O'Quinn. Wow. He would have been my 4th choice. I didn't even think he had much to do on Lost this season. I guess the nomination and win were based soley on the one or two episode that were Locke-centric. That's nice; he commends his castmate, Michael Emerson. The music cuts him off.
[08:21] We're back from break, and Ryan is going on about women on TV. He works in a joke about drugs and Paula Abdul that catches Paula off guard.
[08:22] Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tiny Fey are giving out the award for Best Supporting Comedy Actress. My first choice is Vanessa Williams, because Ugly Betty is the only comedy I watch. And the winner is: Jaime Pressley, from My Name is Earl. I would have been okay with Jenna Fischer winning too. I saw my first episode of The Office today, and from what I know of Jenna's character Pam from that episode and random clips I've seen, I'd say I could easily get a crush on Pam.
[08:26] Kyle Chandler and Katherine Heigl are presenting Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series or Movie. Katherine couldn't resist correcting the announcer on the pronounciation of her last name (high-gul, not high-jel). I don't know; I think she should have just let it go. Thomas Haden Church won for Broken Trail.
[08:33] Ellen Degeneres is asking Hugh Laurie is she should have "something" removed. I like her. She's funny. Except right now she's kind of babbling, which I have mixed feelings about. She's introducing a montage of late night show one-liners. The montage doubles as a tribute to Tom Snyder who died this past year.
[08:37] Eva Longoria and the cast of Entourage are presenting Best Supporting Drama Actresses. My main picks are for Rachel Griffiths from Brothers & Sisters or Chandra Wilson from Grey's Anatomy. The winner is: Katherine Heigl. She would have been my 3rd choice. You can tell that Katherine reacted by saying, "Oh, sshhit," because the sound cut out, and they cut to the weird ceiling camera again. Oddly, I doubt you could have heard her anyway, so I guess they didn't want to offend anyone who could read lips.
[08:41] Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jon Cryer are presenting Best Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series. The nominees come from the following shows: Colbert Report, Daily Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Late Show with David Letterman, and Real Time with Bill Maher. The visual montages of the writing teams are hilarious. I hope those end up on YouTube. The winner is: Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Weird. That would have been my 3rd or 4th choice. My first choice would have been Daily Show.
[08:50] Ryan just made a good joke about the cast of Kid Nation all on treadmills providing power for the awards show. Now, a musical number with Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera. Say what?
[08:53] Okay, the musical number wasn't bad but was kind of pointless. Christina looks much more mature and classy than she did in her skanky phase, but she also looks over-processed (too much make-up).
[08:54] Alec Baldwin is now presenting Best Directing for Variety, Music, or Comedy Series. The winner is: Rob Marshall for some kind of Tony Bennett special. Okay, I guess that's why they got Bennett to sing beforehand.
[08:55] Ali Larter and Keifer Sutherland are presenting Best Lead Actor in Mini-Series or Movie. The winner is: Robert Duvall for Broken Trail. Didn't see it; don't care. But, I do like Robert Duvall, so good for him.
[08:06] Ryan just hit on two of the women from Desperate Housewives. Then he talked to William Shatner. Ryan knows too much about fashion. He keeps commenting on people's clothes.
[08:08] We just dodged a bullet. I thought Ryan was about to sing. It was just a fake-out. Before that, he pointed out that the Emmys are "in the round," with the stage being in the center and the audience surrounding all sides.
[08:09] Ray Romano is on stage for the first award. He's babbling right now, and the camera cut to a weird ceiling angle for a few seconds with the audio cut off. I wonder if something happened requiring some censoring or it was a random glitch.
[8:11] After two minutes of a stand-up "comedy" routine, Romano is finally getting to the nominations of Best Supporting Comedy Actors. Jeremy Piven from Entourage got it. I don't watch any of these shows, so I don't care.
[08:14] America Ferrera and Vanessa Williams are on stage for Best Supporting Drama Actors. My vote is for Michael Emerson from Lost or Masi Oka from Heroes. Williams Shatner wouldn't be bad either. The winner is: Terry O'Quinn. Wow. He would have been my 4th choice. I didn't even think he had much to do on Lost this season. I guess the nomination and win were based soley on the one or two episode that were Locke-centric. That's nice; he commends his castmate, Michael Emerson. The music cuts him off.
[08:21] We're back from break, and Ryan is going on about women on TV. He works in a joke about drugs and Paula Abdul that catches Paula off guard.
[08:22] Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tiny Fey are giving out the award for Best Supporting Comedy Actress. My first choice is Vanessa Williams, because Ugly Betty is the only comedy I watch. And the winner is: Jaime Pressley, from My Name is Earl. I would have been okay with Jenna Fischer winning too. I saw my first episode of The Office today, and from what I know of Jenna's character Pam from that episode and random clips I've seen, I'd say I could easily get a crush on Pam.
[08:26] Kyle Chandler and Katherine Heigl are presenting Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series or Movie. Katherine couldn't resist correcting the announcer on the pronounciation of her last name (high-gul, not high-jel). I don't know; I think she should have just let it go. Thomas Haden Church won for Broken Trail.
[08:33] Ellen Degeneres is asking Hugh Laurie is she should have "something" removed. I like her. She's funny. Except right now she's kind of babbling, which I have mixed feelings about. She's introducing a montage of late night show one-liners. The montage doubles as a tribute to Tom Snyder who died this past year.
[08:37] Eva Longoria and the cast of Entourage are presenting Best Supporting Drama Actresses. My main picks are for Rachel Griffiths from Brothers & Sisters or Chandra Wilson from Grey's Anatomy. The winner is: Katherine Heigl. She would have been my 3rd choice. You can tell that Katherine reacted by saying, "Oh, sshhit," because the sound cut out, and they cut to the weird ceiling camera again. Oddly, I doubt you could have heard her anyway, so I guess they didn't want to offend anyone who could read lips.
[08:41] Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jon Cryer are presenting Best Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series. The nominees come from the following shows: Colbert Report, Daily Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Late Show with David Letterman, and Real Time with Bill Maher. The visual montages of the writing teams are hilarious. I hope those end up on YouTube. The winner is: Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Weird. That would have been my 3rd or 4th choice. My first choice would have been Daily Show.
[08:50] Ryan just made a good joke about the cast of Kid Nation all on treadmills providing power for the awards show. Now, a musical number with Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera. Say what?
[08:53] Okay, the musical number wasn't bad but was kind of pointless. Christina looks much more mature and classy than she did in her skanky phase, but she also looks over-processed (too much make-up).
[08:54] Alec Baldwin is now presenting Best Directing for Variety, Music, or Comedy Series. The winner is: Rob Marshall for some kind of Tony Bennett special. Okay, I guess that's why they got Bennett to sing beforehand.
[08:55] Ali Larter and Keifer Sutherland are presenting Best Lead Actor in Mini-Series or Movie. The winner is: Robert Duvall for Broken Trail. Didn't see it; don't care. But, I do like Robert Duvall, so good for him.
2007 Emmy Picks
The Emmys are tonight. Real quick, before they air, my wishes and predictions are below.
Bold: My 1st or 2nd pick
Italics: I've seen zero episodes of this show, or maybe one episode only
Technically, House is my very 1st choice, but Heroes wouldn't be bad either. I love Boston Legal, but I doubt it would win. I'm kind of surprised it's even nominated. Grey's Anatomy is good but over-rated. Plus, this was it's worst season.
I only watch Ugly Betty. My pick by default.
If Daily Show doesn't win, I'd be okay with David Letterman too.
This is a great category. It's tough. I love James Spader and Denis Leary, but Hugh Laurie is just a tad more impressive. If he doesn't get it, Spader would be my 2nd choice by a hair.
I've seen a few eps of Monk. It's not super, and I think Shalhoub is over-rated, but he's the only one I'm familiar with.
I've seen a few eps of Medium, and Arquette is pretty good. But, out of these, B&S is the only one I watch regularly, so Sally Field wins my vote by default.
I stopped watching Desperate Housewives. Huffman is great, but Ugly Betty's Ferrera is my pick.
Terry O'Quinn didn't do as much this year on Lost. I think T.R. Knight is over-rated. William Shatner is great, but his character often doesn't have much to do. Emerson is successfully creepy in his role, and Oka is super as a hero.
Who cares. I watch none of these
Not a great category. I think some people got overlooked here.
Another default vote. I'd rather the Ugly Betty nom had gone to Ana Ortiz or maybe even the girl who plays Amanda (can't remember her name right now).
Bold: My 1st or 2nd pick
Italics: I've seen zero episodes of this show, or maybe one episode only
Best Drama Series
- House
- Heroes
- Boston Legal
- Grey's Anatomy
- The Sopranos
Technically, House is my very 1st choice, but Heroes wouldn't be bad either. I love Boston Legal, but I doubt it would win. I'm kind of surprised it's even nominated. Grey's Anatomy is good but over-rated. Plus, this was it's worst season.
Best Comedy Series
- Ugly Betty
- Entourage
- The Office
- 30 Rock
- Two and a Half Men
I only watch Ugly Betty. My pick by default.
Best Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- Late Nigt with Conan O'Brien
- Late Show with David Letterman
- The Colbert Report
- Real Time with Bill Maher
If Daily Show doesn't win, I'd be okay with David Letterman too.
Best Lead Drama Actor
- Hugh Laurie, House
- Denis Leary, Rescue Me
- James Spader, Boston Legal
- James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
- Kiefer Sutherland, 24
This is a great category. It's tough. I love James Spader and Denis Leary, but Hugh Laurie is just a tad more impressive. If he doesn't get it, Spader would be my 2nd choice by a hair.
Best Lead Comedy Actor
- Tony Shalhoub, Monk
- Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
- Steve Carrell, The Office
- Ricky Gervais, Extras
- Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men
I've seen a few eps of Monk. It's not super, and I think Shalhoub is over-rated, but he's the only one I'm familiar with.
Best Lead Drama Actress
- Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
- Patricia Arquette, Medium
- Minnie Driver, The Riches
- Edie Falco, The Sopranos
- Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
I've seen a few eps of Medium, and Arquette is pretty good. But, out of these, B&S is the only one I watch regularly, so Sally Field wins my vote by default.
Best Lead Comedy Actress
- America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
- Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
- Tina Fey, 30 Rock
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
I stopped watching Desperate Housewives. Huffman is great, but Ugly Betty's Ferrera is my pick.
Best Supporting Drama Actor
- Michael Emerson, Lost
- Masi Oka, Heroes
- T.R. Knight, Grey's Anatomy
- Terry O'Quinn, Lost
- William Shatner, Boston Legal
- Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos
Terry O'Quinn didn't do as much this year on Lost. I think T.R. Knight is over-rated. William Shatner is great, but his character often doesn't have much to do. Emerson is successfully creepy in his role, and Oka is super as a hero.
Best Supporting Comedy Actor
- Jon Cryer, Two and Half Men
- Kevin Dillon, Entourage
- Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
- Jeremy Piven, Entourage
- Riann Wilson, The Office
Who cares. I watch none of these
Best Supporting Drama Actress
- Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
- Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
- Katherine Heigl, Grey's Anatomy
- Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
- Lorraine Bracco, The Sopranos
- Aida Turturro, The Sopranos
Not a great category. I think some people got overlooked here.
Best Supporting Comedy Actress
- Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
- Conchata Ferrell, Two and Half Men
- Jenna Fisher, The Office
- Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
- Jamie Pressly, My Name is Earl
- Holland Taylor, Two and Half Men
Another default vote. I'd rather the Ugly Betty nom had gone to Ana Ortiz or maybe even the girl who plays Amanda (can't remember her name right now).
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