The 2011 Emmy Nominations Announced

The 2011 Emmy Award nominations were announced today by Joshua Jackson and Melissa McCarthy, who ended up finding herself nominated for her work on Mike & Molly, and it’s Mad Men that has come out on top this year with a whopping 19 nominations.

Mad Men, which has won best drama for the past three years, is followed by Boardwalk Empire with 19 nominations and Modern Family, last year’s top comedy series, with 17 nominations.

Newcomer Game of Thrones and sitcom 30 Rock each have 13 nominations while getting snubbed this year is True Blood, The killing and Justified.

Glee star Jane Lynch, will host this years show when it takes place in two months on September 18th and will air live from Los Angeles’s Nokia Theatre. Full list of nominations are after the jump, who do you think should win what category?

Take the jump to see the full list!

Broadway Actors Resent Hollywood Stars

Broadway actors are aiming a familiar lament at Hollywood stars: They’re taking our jobs!

Reuters (“Hollywood stars at center of Broadway backlash“):

Every year, Hollywood celebrities head to Broadway where they get plenty of attention for their headlining efforts.

The Tony Awards, being presented on June 12, are the ultimate judge of the skills of any stage actor, famous or not, and many lesser-known performers worry that the value of the award diminishes as film stars continue to take them home.

Last year’s star-studded broadcast disheartened many New York actors, including Hunter Foster, who started the Facebook group Give the Tonys Back to Broadway!! in an effort to combat the Tinseltown effect. With the now almost 9,000-member group, Foster hopes to restore the ceremony as a beacon of hope for the next generation of stage performers.

Whether stage actors like his sister, Sutton Foster — nominated this year for her performance in “Anything Goes” — will disappear from Broadway’s future if the Tonys continue to focus on Hollywood stars is debatable. Many actors appearing on Broadway — including Al Pacino, a nominee this year for “The Merchant of Venice” — began their careers on stage, but their mass appeal comes from their films.

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A star can be an economic necessity for a Broadway show, and Michael Riedel, New York Post theater columnist and host of PBS’s “Theater Talk,” does not think Hollywood stars take jobs away from New York actors. “If you didn’t have these celebrities, a lot of these shows wouldn’t be produced,” he said. “All of these shows have people in them who are not movie stars and they’re all working.”

A Tony represents the Holy Grail for a stage actor and can significantly boost a performer’s career, whereas film and television actors are already honored with awards like Oscars and Emmys. Having widely recognized actors swoop in and secure a Tony nomination can be upsetting to some, said Garrett Eisler of the blog The Playgoer, as there are limited spots.

According to Eisler, stars have driven Broadway ticket sales throughout history, but “what changed is the definition of who is a star.” In the 1950s and ’60s, the box office names were Robert Preston, Rex Harrison, and Zero Mostel, who had some fame from film but whose main medium was the stage. “A Broadway star could really be a star,” Eisler said, recognizing that Patti LuPone is one of the few who fits this bill today. “Now you can’t be a star unless you’re a Hollywood star.”

The Internet democratizes entertainment, and a stage performer will never receive the same size audience for a Broadway show that another actor will receive for a film or a television series. ”There’s been a generational shift,” Eisler explained, noting that today’s generation of young people is the first to come of age with the Internet. “Certain stars can’t become household names without appearing on multiple platforms.”

Tony winner and New York stage veteran Victoria Clark acknowledged her win for “The Light in the Piazza” in 2005 helped launch her career and turned her into more of a “known quantity.” Her role as Mother Superior in this year’s “Sister Act,” for which she is nominated, came to her in part because of her name and the connections she made through her past work. ”Jerry Zaks could have gone after anybody between the ages of 45 and 80 for this part,” she said, referring to the show’s director. “There’s a message to our directors: Support the people that supported you when you first started your career and go back to those people and give them a shot.”

Celebrities coming to Broadway take work away from New York theater actors, according to Clark, but she also says the industry should not separate actors into film, TV, and stage categories. “It’s our culture that segregates us,” she argued. “If we were actors in any other country, we’d all be doing everything, no questions asked.”

This is a bizarre lament. If actors who have gained fame in the movies are more able to attract an audience, why shouldn’t they headline Broadway plays? It would be one thing if their skills didn’t translate to the stage but nobody here is making that claim. Rather, people who have chosen to make their careers under the lights of Broadway are complaining that they’re not famous enough. That’s just too bad.

 

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Kara DioGuardi Date Raped by Well-Known Music Producer

In her soon-to-be-released memoir, former ‘American Idol‘ judge Kara DioGuardi reveals she was molested as a child and date raped by a well-known music producer.

In the book, ‘A Helluva High Note,’ DioGuradi opens up about a family friend’s son who repeatedly molested her when she was only 11. “On one particular day, he took me into the back shed of his house and put his hands all over my breasts and vagina,” she writes. “I remember freezing and not knowing what to do.”

DioGuardi, whose new Bravo show ‘Platinum’ debuts next month, also reveals how a well-known producer date raped her after dinner. “Within a few hours, he was on top of me, pumping, sweating, and speaking to me in Spanish, not a word of which I could understand,” she writes.

The former ‘Idol’ judge said she never told anyone for fear it would affect her career.

DioGuardi also reveals in her book that a “hugely successful artist” sexually harassed her a few years later. She was invited on a three-day songwriting trip but instead of actually writing songs, “the trip’s activities consisted of watching Russian porn, scavenging around the kitchen for food [and] leering at two strippers … as they performed sex acts in the living room.”

She also discusses her struggles with getting pregnant during her final season of ‘Idol.’ She ended up asking the producers to let her out of her contract. “I wanted a child and there was no way I could get pregnant under the stress of eighteen-hour work days and live TV,” she writes. “I had undergone three unsuccessful rounds of IVF during Season 9.”

Heidi Klum Donates Her Panties For Jay Leno’s Gift Bag

Since Jay Leno isn’t a big movie star, he doesn’t get those fancy gift bags the Oscars gives out.

So Ross Matthews was dispatched to the Academy Awards with a bag to see what celebrities would be willing to donate to Jay. He came on ‘The Tonight Show’ to reveal what he’d received.

He got a nice pair of shades from Jamie Foxx — “I’m so not giving those to Jay!” — as well as various other trinkets from celebrities like Zachary Levi and Hayden Panettiere. He got a very unique item from Heidi Klum.

When Klum couldn’t find anything in her clutch that she could donate, she made an offer Matthews couldn’t refuse.

“Well you can have my underwear,” she said, reaching for them through the high slit in her dress. “You want my underwear?”

“Jay will like that,” Matthews said with a laugh as she tucked them into the bag. Sure, it could have all been an elaborate stunt to mess with Leno’s head, but he seemed pleased to receive them just the same.

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James Franco Snubs His Own Oscars After-Party

James Franco left L.A. immediately after the Oscars, tweeting photos from the airport and enjoying a Bloody Mary instead of attending his own after-party at The Supper Club.

Run… run away!

US Magazine reports,

While a few stars — Seth Rogen, Kevin Spacey and stars of the CW’s 90210 showed up — Franco, 32, was a no-show, a source confirms to UsMagazine.com.

The Supper Club bash, the insider adds, was a “bust.”

Franco seemed over it before it even began.

Gatecrasher noted, of the early exit: “We hear that he’s heading back East immediately afterwards to finish a paper on Byron that’s due for a class at Yale.”

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Academy Awards Nominees Lunch Class of 2011

If you didn’t know it, every year, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences gathers all the Oscar nominees at a private luncheon.

This year’s class picture was posted by The Academy on twitter today.

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From Annette Bening sitting on Jeff Bridges‘ lap, to Hans Zimmer and Hailee Steinfeld really hitting it off, to Michelle Williams sneaking in onto the side but looking adorable as always, to a mysterious lack of David Fincher.

It’s like a huge Oscar Where’s Waldo!

Nearly one hundred and fifty Oscar nominees gathered at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, Monday, February 7, 2011 for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Nominees Luncheon.

The 2011 Oscar Nominations

The nominations for the 83nd Academy Awards were announced earlier this morning by Mo’Nique and Academy President Tom Sherak and as usual there was no big surprises.

The only surprises was the likes of Julianne Moore, Andrew Garfield, Christopher Nolan and Ryan Gosling all getting snubbed and left out in the dark.

The King’s Speech leads the pack with twelve nominations, True Grit comes in second with ten while The Social Network and Inception have eight each.

Anne Hathaway and James Franco will host the ceremony when it airs live February 27 on ABC. Who do you think will win each category?

Nominations after the jump!!!

The 2011 Razzie Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 2011 Razzie Awards have been announced which sees both The Last Airbender and Twilight : Eclipse leading the pack with nine nominations each. Jessica Alba is nominated for Worst Support Actress in 4 different movies, that’s gotta hurt for her. Here is the full list…

Worst Picture:
‘Twilight Saga: Eclipse’
‘The Last Airbender’
‘The Bounty Hunter’
‘Sex & The City 2′
‘Vampires Suck’

Worst Actor:
Robert Pattinson: ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ and ‘Remember Me’
Ashton Kutcher: ‘Killers’ and ‘Valentine’s Day’
Gerard Butler: ‘The Bounty Hunter’
Jack Black: ‘Gulliver’s Travels’
Taylor Lautner: ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’

Worst Actress:
Jennifer Aniston: ‘The Bounty Hunter’
Miley Cyrus: ‘The Last Song’
The Four “Gal Pals”: ‘Sex & The City 2′
Megan Fox: ‘Jonah Hex’
Kristen Stewart ‘Twilight Saga: Eclipse’

Worst Supporting Actress:
Jessica Alba: ‘The Killer Inside Me,’ ‘Little Fockers,’ ‘Machete,’ and ‘Valentine’s Day’
Cher: ‘Burlesque’
Liza Minnelli: ‘Sex & The City 2′
Nicola Peltz: ‘The Last Airbender’
Barbra Streisand: ‘Little Fockers’

Worst Supporting Actor:
George Lopez: ‘Marmaduke,’ ‘The Spy Next Door,’ and ‘Valentine’s Day’
Billy Ray Cyrus: ‘The Spy Next Door’
Dev Patel: ‘The Last Airbender’
Jackson Rathbone: ‘The Last Airbender,’ and ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Rob Schneider: ‘Grown Ups’

Worst Director:
Sylvester Stallone: ‘The Expendables’
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer: ‘Vampires Suck’
Michael Patrick King: ‘Sex & The City 2′
M. Night Shymalan: ‘The Last Airbender’
David Slade: ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’

Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble:
The Entire Cast of ‘Sex & The City 2′
The Entire Cast of ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’
The Entire Cast of ‘The Last Airbender’
Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler: ‘The Bounty Hunter’
Josh Brolin’s Face & Megan Fox’s Voice: ‘Jonah Hex’

Worst Eye-Gouging Use of 3D:
‘Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge Of Kitty Galore’
‘Clash of the Titans’
‘The Last Airbender’
‘Nutcracker 3D’
‘Saw 3D’

Worst Screenplay:
‘Last Airbender’
‘Little Fockers’
‘Sex & The City 2′
‘Twilight Saga: Eclipse’
‘Vampires Suck’

Worst Prequel, Remake, Ripoff or Sequel:
‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’
‘Clash of the Titans’
‘The Last Airbender’
‘Sex & The City 2′
‘Vampires Suck!’

I’ve only seen about 5 of these movies and they definitely deserve to be nominated for a Razzie. What movies do you think should win?

Andy Dick Pissed Himself Again

Andy Dick was photographed on the red carpet at the 2011 Adult Video Network Awards in Las Vegas on January 8th — and by the looks of things, he pissed himself!

88 Miles West said of the photograph:

I am a journalist from Texas. My photog & I went to the AEE & AVN a week or so back in Vegas. Shot the red carpet of the AVN Awards @ the Palms. Andy Dick was kicked off & we were there to take pics.

Notice the stain in the crotch. We can only speculate what it is….Once kicked off, he ran around shooting everyone the finger including taxi cabs. Andy was a mess…took off running by himself down the street…complete mess.

This isn’t the first time Dick has been caught with pant issues. He was recently spotted letting it all hang out at some cafe’.

Maybe this is why he was kicked out

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The 2011 Golden Globes Winners List

The 2011 Golden Globes Awards took place in Hollywood last night and there was a few surprises with the winners list, mainly The Social Network taking the award for Best Motion Picture instead of Black Swan. You can see the full winners list after jump because I don’t really want to talk about. Here is what I want to talk about:

Yes, Ricky Gervais‘s opening monologue which he pretty much went in on everyone in Hollywood and I loved every second of it. I’m sure there is probably a number of hits out on his head today.

The best one for me is when he decided to crack a joke at Tom Cruise and John Travolta, after saying Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor played two gay characters in “I Love You Philip Morris”, he then said “the complete opposite of some famous Scientologists, then.”

It was a good start to the show and really the only bit that I cared about, if these celebrities can’t take being made fun of then they are definitely in the wrong business.

The full list of winners after the jump!!!

The 2011 Golden Globe Nominations

The 2011 Golden Globe Nominations were announced earlier today during a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton that seen Katie Holmes, Blair Underwood and Josh Duhamel announce the nominations.

Colin Firth‘s drama, The King’s Speech, leads the way with 7 nominations while The Social Network and The Fighter come second with a cool six nominations. Perhaps a huge shock for people is Christina Aguilera and Cher‘s movie, Burlesque, receiving 3 nominations.

The 2011 Golden Globes will take place on January 16 and will air live on NBC.

See the nominations after the jump!!!

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Joy Behar Will Help Judge Miss America

Whoopi Golberg said there was a “huge announcement” coming on The View this morning.

And this is what it was: Miss America 2010 Caressa Cameron announced the star judges for this year’s pageant and they include Joy Behar. Joy was presented with her own sparkly crown.

“My daughter said, ‘You call yourself a feminist? Judging the Miss America contest?” But then she and The Viewsters discussed that it’s not a beauty contest, it’s about scholarship and “being healthy,” as Cameron said.

Among the other judges: Desperate Housewives’ creator Marc Cherry, DWTS pro Tony Dovolani, actress Marylou Henner and designer Taryn Rose. (No Rush Limbaugh this year.)

“I will be looking for the one girl who has cellulite,” said Joy. “I’m just warning you.”

The show will air live from Las Vegas on Jan. 15 on ABC.

The 2011 Grammy Nominations

The 2011 Grammy Nominations were in Los Angeles yesterday and as you can expect they are full of the biggest names in music over the past year.

Eminem is ahead of the rest with 10 nominations, while Bruno Mars, Arcade Fire, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry all are big names as well for the year.

The 53rd Grammy Awards take place on February 13 and will air on CBS.

See the nominations after the jump!!!

5 Of The Weirdest Oscar Hosts Ever

Now we know that Anne Hathaway and James Franco are hosting the 2011 Academy Awards, NY Mag decided to take a look at the 5 weirdest people to ever taking the hosting duties at the Oscars and here they are…

Paul Hogan

Will it be awkward for James Franco to host the show the same year he’s expected to receive an Oscar nomination? At least a precedent has been set: In 1987, Paul Hogan co-hosted the ceremony and he, too, was up for an Oscar that night. Yes, that Paul Hogan. Yes, the star of Crocodile Dundee and noted tax dodger. Yes, he began his hosting patter with “G’day, viewers.” Alas, Hogan lost in the Best Original Screenplay category to Woody Allen (sure, why not).

Donald Duck

Animated characters often make a cameo at the Oscars (think of the tuxedo-clad Pixar characters who turn up when the nominees for Best Animated Film are called), but in 1957, Donald Duck was an actual co-host, appearing at the ceremony on film. Like Franco and Hathaway, Donald proved that the Academy is quick to reward actors who frequently go bottomless.

Bob Hope, David Niven, Tony Randall, Mort Sahl, Laurence Olivier, Jerry Lewis

Why have one Oscar host when you can have six? In 1959, the ceremony went with the odd combination of five funnymen and the dead-serious Olivier. Even with six hosts, the ceremony finished twenty minutes early — a near-inconceivable feat in the modern-day era of bloated award shows — and NBC had to cut to a sports rerun to fill the dead air.

Frank Capra

When the Oscars were in their infancy, there wasn’t any conventional wisdom on who should host (nor was there a telecast to worry about), and so it was that one of the biggest directors of the era, Frank Capra, ended up presiding over the eighth Academy Awards in 1936. It may have been a good career move: Capra had taken home the Best Director award the year before for It Happened One Night, and he got another one the following year for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. (Capra also hosted the first ceremony where the trophies were actually dubbed “Oscars,” a nickname that became officially enshrined three years later.)

No Hosts

The Oscar-hosting gig might be a prestigious one, but for three of the most pivotal years in American history, no one took it. From 1969 to 1971, the Oscars went host-less (this, after a four-year run from Bob Hope), meaning no one was around to comment on unlikely victories like Midnight Cowboy’s X-rated triumph or the 1969 Best Actress tie between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand. The ceremony has forgone a host only once since; unfortunately, it was in 1989, when the show instead opened with a famously misbegotten musical number starring Rob Lowe and Snow White. (At least the Oscars recovered quickly: The next year, Billy Crystal hosted for the first time.)

Pretty good list in my opinion.

source: The Five Weirdest Oscar Hosts Ever [NY Mag]