Defamer | by Mark | Fri, Nov 16
Fri, Nov 16
While the Academy Awards telecast will doubtlessly be crippled by the absence of its writers, as we hinted above, the Golden Globes has a secret weapon that could obviate the need for WGA labor: the presence of liquor at the attendees' tables. In fact, a minor shift in the Globes ceremony's...
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source: The Envelope
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Published Sun, Nov 1
Ricky Gervais to host Golden Globe Awards 
source: OfficeTally
The Office’s creator and executive producer Ricky Gervais will host the next Golden Globe awards show. The British comedian will host the 67th Annual Golden Globes in January, PEOPLE has confirmed. “Not only is this the biggest Hollywood celebration of the industry, which includes both...
Published Mon, Oct 26
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source: The Envelope
At the most recent Globes, Gervais raised eyebrows when he appeared at the podium and teased "The Reader" star Kate Winslet about finally winning her first statuette from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association: "I told you. Do a Holocaust movie and the awards come! Didn't I?"
Published Mon, Oct 26
William Bradley: Chinatown's 35th Anniversary Edition and the Polanski Scandal 
source: Huffington Post
Before talking about what Chinatown is, let's talk about what it is not. It is not an Oscar winner for Best Picture. Though it did the best of the any films of 1974, winning best picture and other top prizes, at the British Academy Awards and the Golden Globes, it lost at the Oscars to The Godfath...
Published Fri, Oct 23
U2 Adapts To Changing Times, Laments Loss Of Obama Election Joy 
source: Huffington Post
Some would argue that the Irish rockers – Bono, Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. – remain pop's biggest act. They are entering their fourth decade of music-making with a string of awards, from Grammys to Billboard to Golden Globes, tens of millions of records sold and a social impact th...
Published Fri, Oct 23
The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars 
source: Gawker
The show may or may not get higher ratings than the American Idol finale, but the subject of who will host and produce the 82nd Academy Awards telecast remains Hollywood's perennial obsession. Not to mention — three hours of people in tuxedoes getting trophies and making speeches?!? In th...
Published Tue, Oct 20
'A Serious Man' could be serious awards contender 
source: The Envelope
A Serious Man" marks a return to the awards derby for the Coen brothers two years after "No Country for Old Men" won them three Oscars, for best picture, direction and adapted screenplay. Joel and Ethan Coen revisit their suburban Minneapolis childhood in the quasi-autobiographical "A S...
Published Fri, Oct 2
source: About.com Men's Fashion
No matter how many award shows there are the Emmys Golden Globes and Oscars will always be the biggies. And speaking of the Emmys I have picked what I think were the best dressed male celebrities at the 57th Annual Emmy Awards.
Published Fri, Sep 25