Thanks in part to singing and dancing host Neil Patrick Harris and the lure of TV’s best and brightest celebrities decked out in their glitziest finery, the Primetime Emmy Awards garnered their best ratings in three years, Reuters reports, with more than 13 million Americans tuning in. Read more »
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Emmys Grab Highest Ratings in Three Years
September 21st, 2009 / Author: Mary Beth QuirkNeil Patrick Harris to Host Prime-Time Emmys
July 13th, 2009 / Author: Mary Beth Quirk
Neil Patrick Harris did such a good job hosting the Tony Awards last month, CBS has signed up the How I Met Your Mother star to emcee the prime-time Emmys on Sept. 20. Read more »
Lauren Conrad’s No Actress
August 13th, 2008
As she gears up for a fourth season of her MTV hit reality show The Hills, Lauren Conrad is also preparing to guest star on the ABC Family drama Greek. She’ll play herself on the show– which is good, because Conrad insists she can’t act.
"I tried [acting] when I first moved to L.A., " she tells ET in an interview set to air tonight. "I took a couple of classes. Awful. Any opportunity you have to make fun of yourself I think is fun to do, but acting is an art and I don’t think I have a talent there."
But back to The Hills– Lauren says fans can look forward to (gasp!) much more drama in the fourth season.
"There are a couple of reconciliations on the show, but things got worse before they got better," she reveals.
Conrad will attend her first Emmy Awards this year. She’s designing a dress for the women who hand out the Emmy statuettes–the first time a celebrity designer has done so in Emmy history.
Of what she plans to design, Lauren says, "They are not supposed to stand out, but you still want an element of your own design in there. It will be a classic, beautiful look with my own twist."
30 Rock Stars “Flattered” By Emmy Nominations
July 17th, 2008
It’s nice to be nominated – especially if you work on 30 Rock. The NBC comedy snagged a series-leading 17 Emmy nominations Thursday morning, including the biggies for Comedy Series, Comedy Actress for Tina Fey and Comedy Actor for Alec Baldwin.
"I’m flattered to be nominated,” the actor says in a statement. “Congratulations to Tina and everyone at 30 Rock. The writers do a wonderful job, and I hope we have some success in September. I am delighted for any recognition the show receives and thank you to the Academy."
The Golden Globe winner is up against The Office’s Steve Carell, Pushing Daisies’ Lee Pace, Monk’s three-time Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub and newlywed Charlie Sheen of Two and a Half Men.
While 30 Rock has a one in five chance of winning in Comedy Actor, it has a four in five chance of scoring a statuette in the Guest Comedy Actor, as the show’s temporary talent Rip Torn, Will Arnett, Steve Buscemi and Tim Conway monopolized the category (Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Shelley Berman prevented the sweep).
The lucky gents were quick to credit the show’s multi-talented cast for their honors.
"In comedy, the most important thing is the people you’re acting with,” Rip says in a statement. “Working with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin, you’re more than half way there."
Adds Will, whose wife Amy Poehler is nominated for Supporting Comedy Actress for Saturday Night Live, "My parents always told me it was important to be a good guest, so I feel like they deserve the credit."
Primetime Emmy Nominations
July 17th, 2008
Here are the nominees in the main categories for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards. For the list of nominees, click here. The ceremony airs Sept. 21 on ABC.
Outstanding Drama Series
Boston Legal
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
The Office
30 Rock
Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
James Spader, Boston Legal
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Glenn Close, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
Tony Shaloub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Ted Danson, Damages
Michael Emerson, Lost
Zeljko Ivanek, Damages
William Shatner, Boston Legal
John Slattery, Mad Men
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Candice Bergen, Boston Legal
Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Rainn Wilson, The Office
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Jean Smart, Samantha Who?
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Heidi Klum, Project Runway
Howie Mandel, Deal or No Deal
Jeff Probst, Survivor
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
30 Rock, Mad Men Lead Emmy Nods
July 17th, 2008
The Primetime Emmys are going to Rock and go Mad this year.
Cult favorite 30 Rock and freshmen series Mad Men lead all series nominations (HBO’s John Adams leads with 23 overall) for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards with 17 and 16 nods, respectively.
The NBC comedy will be back to defend its Comedy Series crown against some familiar players, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, The Office and Two and a Half Men while the critically acclaimed AMC drama will try to edge out Boston Legal, Damages, Dexter, House and Lost for Drama Series honors.
No, you’re not counting wrong – there are six nominees there, as there are also in the Drama Actor category. Defending champ James Spader (Boston Legal) will be looking for his fourth Emmy against perennial bridesmaid Hugh Laurie (House) and a bunch of newbies – In Treatment’s Gabriel Byrne, Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston, Dexter’s Michael C. Hall and Golden Globe-winning Mad Men Jon Hamm.
The Academy stuck with the traditional five nominees though in the other races. Last year’s Brothers & Sisters‘ Drama queen (no pun intended) Sally Field returns to the fray and will duke it out with four tough chicks — 2006 winner Mariska Hargitay (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit), TNT’s girl power duo of Holly Hunter (Saving Grace) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) and Damages’ Glenn Close, who earned her 11th nomination.
Glenn’s co-stars Ted Danson and Zeljko Ivanek could cause some, um, damage in the Supporting Drama Actor race. They’re up against the always ostentatious William Shatner (Boston Legal), Mad Men’s John Slattery and Lost’s Michael Emerson.
With Katherine Heigl out of the Supporting Drama Actress running – but not out of a job – Grey’s Anatomy will have to rely on Chandra Wilson and Sandra Oh to take one for the team. The medical drama had a poor showing, netting only five nominations and getting shut out of the Drama Series race. Chandra and Sandra will double-team up against Boston Legal’s Candice Bergen, Brothers & Sisters’ Rachel Griffiths and Dianne Wiest from In Treatment.
Grey’s may have faltered, but 30 Rock rose to the occasion – increasing its nomination tally by seven from last year. Seven of those nominations, in fact, are in guest acting races. Leading lady Tina Fey will be looking to sweep the Big Three awards in a single season (Globe, SAG, Emmy) against Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera (who did so last year), Samantha Who?’s Christina Applegate, 2006 funnywoman Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine) and Weeds’ Mary-Louise Parker. Tina could potentially win four trophies come Emmy night — she’s also nominated for variety performer in Saturday Night Live, writing for 30 Rock and producing the comedy.
Meanwhile, the show’s leading man Alec Baldwin will face off against The Office’s Steve Carell, three-time champ Tony Shahloub (Monk), Two and a Half Men’s Charlie Sheen and a fresh face in Pushing Daisies’ Lee Pace.
Lee wasn’t his show’s only acting nod. Bubbly blonde Kristin Chenoweth, who announced the nominations Thursday morning, scored a Supporting Comedy Actress nomination, as did her co-announcer, How I Met Your Mother’s Neil Patrick Harris – in a different category, of course.
Unfortunately for Neil’s fake on-screen paramour, Britney Spears, she was not shortlisted in the Guest Comedy Actress race. And if you really want to keep score, she didn’t make the Top 10 list either.
Neil will look to dethrone two-time defending champion Jeremy Piven for Supporting Comedy Actor bragging rights and Kristin will hope to trump another petite blonde comedienne – Saturday Night Live’s Amy Poehler, who became the first SNL woman to nab a nomination. Not to be outdone, her husband, Will Arnett, reeled in a nod for Guest Comedy Actor for 30 Rock too.
In the reality show races, D-lister Kathy Griffin may get a bookend trophy while the Reality – Competition race features last year’s players, The Amazing Race, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Project Runway and Top Chef. The Amazing Race is looking for its sixth consecutive win.
Should the globe-trotting series win yet again, Ryan Seacrest will still have another chance for an Emmy. A new category, Reality Show Host, will pit the AI emcee against DWTS’ Tom Bergeron, Runway babe Heidi Klum, Deal or No Deal’s Howie Mandel and Survivor’s Jeff Probst.
The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air Sept. 21 on ABC.
Emmy Watch: Comedy Nominees
July 16th, 2008
"Dying is easy; comedy is hard." And it’s going to be even harder for shows to get Emmy nominations Thursday morning. With a well-rounded crop of series and acting talents to choose from, Emmy voters are going to have their work cut out for them. So who will have the last laugh tomorrow? OK! predicts the finalists for the comedy categories!
Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Pushing Daisies
The Office
30 Rock
Two and a Half Men
The only locks for nominations are NBC hits The Office and defending champion 30 Rock. It’s hard to bet against Curb Your Enthusiasm as well. The Emmy favorite should be back looking for its first win (it’s lost four times) and has a better chance at the "HBO spot" than Entourage, whose season concluded too long ago that it may not be fresh in voters’ minds. Two and a Half Men will take the sole "traditional sitcom" slot, leaving one more open for perhaps critically acclaimed freshmen series Pushing Daisies.
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men
Ricky Gervais spoiled the two-man race between Alec Baldwin and Steve Carell last year, but he won’t have the chance to do so this year. Others who could though are three-time winner Tony Shalhoub, Charlie Sheen and Larry David, the latter two of whom are looking for their first win in the category. Keep an eye out for Golden Globe-winning Californication star David Duchovny, who could crash the party.
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
The Academy never recognized Christina Applegate for Married…With Children (she did win a guest starring Emmy for Friends), but they will for Samantha Who?. America Ferrera should be back to defend her crown while Tina Fey will look to follow in America’s footsteps of sweeping the big three awards in a single season (Golden Globe, SAG and Emmy). 2006 winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus and perennial bridesmaid Mary-Louise Parker are the safe picks for the last two spots, which means the Desperate Housewives could be shut out yet again (first time was in 2006). Should one make it in, it will probably be Marcia Cross.
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
John Krasinski, The Office
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Rainn Wilson, The Office
This may be the easiest race to gauge out of the main five. Two-time defending champion Jeremy Piven will definitely be looking for a three-peat, but his co-star Kevin Dillon, a nominee last year, may be left out of the, um, Entourage. Rainn Wilson, Jon Cryer and Neil Patrick Harris are looking solid to return. Plus, Neil is announcing the nominees tomorrow, and that’s a good sign (but not always — Eric McCormack missed out on a nod when announcing in 2002). After sending in a poor tape last year, John Krasinski learned his lesson this time around and should find himself shortlisted. Spoilers include 30 Rock players Jack McBrayer and Tracy Morgan.
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Jenna Fischer, The Office
Jean Smart, Samantha Who?
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
A wide-open race, we are guaranteed a new winner as last year’s champ Jaime Pressly failed to even make the Top 10 list! Also missing from the semifinals is past nominee Cheryl Hines, which could be a sign that the Academy’s love for Curb Your Enthusiasm is waning. Vanessa Williams is an easy pick to return, and Holland Taylor and Jenna Fischer ought to find themselves back in the mix too. We may see new faces in Jean Smart and the ever-bubbly Kristin Chenoweth, who is also announcing the nominees tomorrow.
Emmy Watch: Drama Nominees
July 15th, 2008
Another TV season has come and gone, which means only one thing — Emmy season is upon us! Nominations for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmys will be announced on Thursday, and in anticipation of it, OK! brings you its own predictions of who will make the cut. First up — the drama categories.
Drama Series
Boston Legal
Damages
House
Lost
Mad Men
With last year’s winner The Sopranos gone for good, there’s room for more new blood in the lineup. Critically acclaimed freshmen dramas Damages and the Golden Globe-winning Mad Men to should find their way on the list, alongside past nominees, popular favorite House and the always baity Boston Legal. The final spot should go to Lost, but don’t be surprised if Grey’s Anatomy pops up.
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Denis Leary, Rescue Me
James Spader, Boston Legal
Defending champion — and three-time winner — James Spader will return yet again, as will the way overdue Hugh Laurie. Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm is all but a shoo-in as well. That leaves two spots. As a past nominee, Denis Leary has an edge to get back in while a newbie slot should go to Bryan Cranston, thrice a supporting comedy actor nominee for Malcolm in the Middle. The pitch-perfect Michael C. Hall may just miss the cut given the macabre nature of Dexter.
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Glenn Close, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Three years ago, it was supposed to a head-to-head race between Glenn Close and Mariska Hargitay for top honors, but Medium’s Patricia Arquette upset them all. That shouldn’t happen this time, but you’ll never know with those Emmy voters! A constant for the last four years, Mariska should be back, as will Glenn, this time for Damages, not The Shield. Rounding out the field will be the TNT girl-power duo of Kyra Sedgwick and Holly Hunter, and you can’t count out reigning queen Sally Field, whose tape — her dealing with her son in Iraq — is right up voters’ alley.
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Ted Danson, Damages
Michael Emerson, Lost
William Shatner, Boston Legal
John Slattery, Mad Men
Blair Underwood, In Treatment
In a shocker, last year’s champ, Lost’s Terry O’Quinn didn’t even make the Top 10 list! But that just means more room for his co-star(s). Michael Emerson, who lost out to Terry last year, should nab a nod, and 2005 nominee Naveen Andrews could very well join him. Hammy William Shatner, who’s won two statuettes for Denny Crane, should return while scene-stealers Ted Danson, John Slattery and Blair Underwood will get first-time nods for their new shows.
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Candice Bergen, Boston Legal
Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy
This is better known as "The Category Katherine Heigl Removed Herself From." The Grey’s star won’t be around to defend her crown, but she could pass it along to her colleagues, Sandra Oh and Chandra Wilson, who would be earning their fourth and third consecutive nominations, repsectively. Crashing the hospital party will be the heartbreaking Rachel Griffiths, legal eagle Candice Bergen (who famously withdrew her name from Emmy consideration after winning five times for Murphy Brown) and double Oscar winner Dianne Wiest.
Guess Who?
September 17th, 2007 / Author: OK! Staff
At last night’s Emmy awards, which nominated actress felt
her seat-filler was messing with her? She got so angry she called security and
got the girl kicked out of the show!
Think you know who our mystery lady is?
Feel free to guess away, because we’re not saying.
