A Controversial Show Vindicated (Again) by Awards Gold
It was Michel Hazanavicius’ night at the DGA Awards. Yes, you better learn how to pronounce the French director’s six syllable name of Lithuanian origin already. More on that in a moment. It would be an understatement to say that “The Kennedys” began as a very rough road for Jon Cassar and everyone else involved in the production of the mini-series about the presidency of JFK, starring Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes as...
Gervais Gets Neutered, Silence is Golden for The Artist
It was the second coming of Ricky Gervais to the emcee podium of the Golden Globe Awards, or actually, the third. After last year’s controversial performance, people forget that the British comedian also hosted the 2010 edition of the kudocast. The hyped-up fascination of who he would offend this year paid off again in the ratings, with Nielsen estimating that about 16.8 million viewers tuned in to Sunday night’s...
Awards Season Comes into Focus with Critics Choice Pix
The first major televised award show of the season has suddenly clarified the rest of the campaign leading up to its grand finale, the Academy Awards. The 17th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards, presented by the influential Broadcast Film Critics Association and aired on VH1, anointed some surprise winners during the two-hour telecast live last night from the Hollywood Palladium. “The Help,” released last...
The Descendants: George Clooney in a Way You’ve Never Seen Him
Savvy. Sophisticated. Sexy. Charming. All of these attributes described George Clooney, offscreen as well as in most of his movie roles– but not in his latest, “The Descendants,” in theaters now. If you want to see Clooney as a hangdog husband who’s been cheated on, a dad of a couple of daughters who clearly don’t respect him, but someone who retains some integrity in the midst of family and...
Fallon is Fab as Emmy Host
It’s all over but the hangovers from the afterparties and Ricky Gervais’ beer being served at the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The host of this year’s Golden Globe Awards almost stole the show as a presenter with his line about Mel Gibson going through a lot lately, but not as much as the Jews. That was just one of the many inspired and funny moments during this year’s live coast-to-coast telecast, which will go down...
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