LIVE RESULTS: 2008 Golden Globe Awards
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Without a formal ceremony to introduce the winners, tonight’s ‘presentation’ at the Beverly Hilton was simply about the facts. Here are the 2008 Golden Globe Award Winners:
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM
- Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There **WINNER**
- Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson’s War
- Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
- Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
- Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- “That’s How You Know,” Enchanted
- “Grace Is Gone,” Grace Is Gone
- “Guaranteed,” Into the Wild **WINNER**
- “Despedida,” Love in the Time of Cholera
- “Walk Hard,” Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
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2008 Golden Globe Nominations (TV)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, FX, HBO, NBC, PBS, Showtime, TNT-HD, Entourage, Extras, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Medium, My Name Is Earl, The Office, The Sopranos,
So who cares if no one will be in attendance, the Golden Globe nominations must go on! (If the ceremony continues on as planned, it will air Sunday, January 13th on NBC.)
Here are the most notable omissions/additions in this year’s list of television honorees:
- Damages and Longford led the pack with 4 nominations each.
- James Gandolfini and The Sopranos were both left out of the races (though Edie Falco did get a nod).
- Three of the nominees for best TV Comedy (Entourage, Extras, Californation) came from pay-cable networks.
- Past faves (Desperates Housewives, Heroes, Ugly Betty) were nowhere to be found. (Though America Ferrera did earn a nod for her individual achievement.)
- HBO led the networks with 18 nominations; ABC was second with 11.
(Click below for the full list of television honorees; click here for the film nominations.)
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TV on DVD: December 11, 2007
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, FX, FOX, NBC, DVD,
There’s only two weeks left until Christmas! Here are some of the TV on DVD options you can find on the shelves this Tuesday.
- Beverly Hills 90210 (Season 3)
- Big Love (Season 2)
- Dirt (Season 1)
- Frasier (Season 10)
- Frasier (Complete Series)
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (Season 3)
- High School Musical 2 (Extended Edition)
- Lost (Season 3)
- Masters of Horror: The V Word
- National Geographic: Inside the Living Body
- Slayers Next (Season 2)
Big Love Needs Big Help
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, HBO, Cable/Satellite,
HBO has just announced that their under-appreciated series, Big Love, has already been picked up for a third season. And while I dutifully watch this show and wish others would jump on board, I must admit—it really needs to improve by the time it comes up to bat again.
When I watch a show about polygamists, I want the show to focus on the polygamy angle. Unfortunately, I’m not entirely thrilled with the direction the show has taken this year. Way too much time has been spent on the compound, the family problems, the gambling venture and the annoying Rhonda. It’s time we back to the central storyline: the three wives and one husband. There is so much potential fodder there for a voyeur like me. Jealousy, time management, household duties….those subjects were only touched upon in the first season. Everytime ABC’s John Quinones does a 20/20 investigative piece on polygamists, I’m glued. I like to be a fly on the wall because I want to know if these wives truly get along with each other.
And what about the common denominator for all these women? Bill Paxton is extremely appealing as Bill Hendrickson, but his character is stretched a bit thin when he’s focused outside his immediate row of homes. Shouldn’t he be popping pills wondering how he’s going to take care of his ladies and his business? How exactly does he father all of his children equally?
Granted, storylines reminiscent of Desperate Housewives cannot be sustained over the lifetime of this series…but am I the only one who is bothered that the wives are TOO nice to each other? Yes, they argue—but where are the catfights? Big Love tries to demonstrate that polygamists are families too…but if they were just like the rest of us, would we have a reason to watch?
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