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Awards Season Gets Knackered

The Oscars are this Sunday, which marks the high point of the annual self-congratulation season in the entertainment industry, and the high point of televised, poorly choreographed idiocy. However, in the UK, they’re making a good run for the statuette in the "poorly choreographed idiocy" category. Last night’s Brit Awards was filled with arguing and swearing on stage, and drew a surprisingly large number of formal complaints, despite a tape delay that allowed broadcasters to bleep out offending portions of the speeches.

The major problems were the hosts, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, and the amount of booze provided to the audience and presenters. Heatworld reports that Sharon, angered by one presenter’s comments, ran up and tried to grab the award from him so she could present it properly, yelling "Shut up, you’re pissed, piss off you bastard!"
On the other hand, legendarily sloppy performer Amy Winehouse did a wonderful job, […]

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SAG, DGA Award Winners

The Directors Guild and Actors Guild awards shows went off without a hitch over the weekend. "No Country For Old Men," "The Sopranos" and "The Office" took the top SAG prizes, while "No Country," "Mad Men" and "Pushing Daisies" directors won the DGA’s biggies. Click for the official lists of the SAG winners and DGA winners. Needless to say, our friends over at Give Me My Remote" were pretty happy about the two comedy winners and live-blogged the whole evening here.
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So You Think You Can Dance Emmy Nomination!

2 Emmy Nominations for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!
Wait, what? It appears that So You Think You Can Dance did get some EMMY love!
Both Wade Robson and Mia Michaels are up for Best Choreography! SUPER YEAH! I’m heading down to the Leaky Cauldron to celebrate! This is as […]
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Emmy Nominations Are In

I almost forgot the Emmy nominations were this morning. Silly me. There are some fun additions to this years Emmy list and sadly there are still a few head scratching oldies thrown in for good measure.
Outstanding Drama Series
Boston Legal
Grey’s Anatomy
Heroes
House
The Sopranos
Outstanding Comedy Series
Entourage
The Office
30 Rock
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty
Outstanding Reality Series
The […]
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Ducky By Any Other Name

…would be a DOG?  This article about Chihuahua Ducky was on the landing page of Boston.com this morning and it freaked me out a little bit.
 
DUCKY SETS WORLD RECORD!  A jigga what?
He looks like a wingless bat, quacks like a duck, lounges in a car seat, and naps in a baby’s playpen. Occasionally, over his […]
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