Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad Share Critics’ Choice Love, Tatiana Maslany Becomes a Drama Queen
Critics are a notoriously picky lot, and members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association are certainly no exception. That’s why it was such a surprise — and a testament to the quality of television programming over the past season — that there were not one, not two, but three ties in highly contested categories whose winners were revealed at the 3rd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards held June 10 at...
Rebel-ing and Reveling in the MTV Movie Awards
Just when you thought movie awards season ended with the Oscars and kudo- attention shifted to the Emmys, along comes the MTV Movie Awards to shower last year’s films with golden popcorn trophies. That’s because the awards show, which aired live from Sony Pictures Studios Sunday April 14–and will be repeated numerous times on MTV–also acts as a great promotional opportunity for upcoming...
Sir Elton John Raises Millions for a Good Cause on Oscar Night
By the time Oscar Sunday rolls around, most of the people out celebrating have been doing so for days on end. But if you’re one of the lucky guests at the Elton John AIDS Foundation Viewing Party and afterparty, brace yourself for a grand finale to awards season –and to be on board for the whole afternoon well into the night. Yet all of the glitzy celebration is for a good cause. The 21st annual event, hosted by Sir Elton...
Academy Awards Governors Ball Showcases Wolfgang Puck’s Winning Cuisine
As soon as the last envelope for best picture is ripped open, it’s showtime at the Ray Dolby Ballroom for 1,600 guests who will make their way over from the theater at the Oscars for some high class sustenance after the lengthy ceremony. A much smaller number got an exclusive preview of the 2013 Governors Ball the night before in what’s become an annual tradition—a full dress rehearsal of the food, drink and design overseen by...
Argo, Ang and the Academy Award for Awkward Oscar Host
Benjamin Affleck, we didn’t see your boobs. But now we can safely say that the members of the motion picture academy’s directors branch are in fact boobs for not nominating you– or Kathryn Bigelow. So the 85th Annual Academy Awards will go down in history as one of the few times that the winner of the best picture trophy was passed over for directing the film. Or as host Seth McFarlane put it, the story of...
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