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‘Mildred Pierce’ leads the way in the Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
The HBO mini-series scored an astonishing 21 nods when the nominees were announced this morning (14.07.11) by Melissa McCarthy and Joshua Jackson, including Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for Kate Winslet, Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Mini-series Or A Movie for both Tom Wilkinson and Guy Pierce, Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for Evan Rachel Wood, Melissa Leo and Dame Maggie Smith, and Outstanding Miniseries or Movie. Elsewhere, ‘Mad Men’ – which received 19 nominations – has the chance to take Outstanding Drama for the fourth year in a row, while ‘Modern Family’ could again scoop Outstanding Comedy, with the category amongst the 17 nods the sitcom earned. John Hamm received his fourth nomination in a row for Outstanding Actor in a Drama and could receive his first win in the category as ‘Breaking Bad’ star Bryan Cranston – who has taken home the honour at the previous three ceremonies – was not eligible to win this year as the show took a break between seasons. Other leading nominations included Prohibition-era drama ‘Boardwalk Empire’ with 18, ‘Game of Thrones and ’30 Rock’ with 13 each and 16 for ‘Saturday Night Live’. Despite being dropped by the History Channel and subsequently picked up by the lesser known ReelzChannel, ‘The Kennedys’ scored an impressive 10 nominations, including Outstanding Miniseries or Movie. The 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards will take place on September 18 and will be hosted by Jane Lynch. List of main Primetime Emmy Award nominations: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series: ‘The Colbert Report’ ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ ‘Conan’ ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ ‘Saturday Night Live’ ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Edie Falco – ‘Nurse Jackie’ Tina Fey – ’30 Rock’ Laura Linney – ‘The Big C’ Melissa McCarthy – ‘Mike & Molly’ Martha Plimpton – ‘Raising Hope’ Amy Poehler – ‘Parks And Recreation’ Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin – ’30 Rock’ Louis C.K. – ‘Louie’ Steve Carell – ‘The Office’ Matt LeBlanc – ‘Episodes’ Jim Parsons – ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Johnny Galecki – ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Outstanding Comedy Series: ‘The Big Bang Theory’ ‘Glee’ ‘Modern Family’ ‘The Office’ ‘Parks and Recreation’ ’30 Rock’ Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Taraji P. Henson – ‘Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story’ Diane Lane – ‘Cinema Verite’ Jean Marsh – Upstairs Downstairs’ Elizabeth McGovern – ‘Downton Abbey’ Kate Winslet – ‘Mildred Pierce’ Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: Idris Elba – ‘Luther’ William Hurt – ‘Too Big To Fail’ Greg Kinnear – ‘The Kennedys’ Barry Pepper – ‘The Kennedys’ Edgar Ramirez – ‘Carlos’ Laurence Fishburne – ‘Thurgood’ Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Programme: Tom Bergeron – ‘Dancing with The Stars’ Cat Deeley – ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Phil Keoghan – ‘The Amazing Race’ Jeff Probst – ‘Survivor’ Ryan Seacrest – ‘American Idol’ Outstanding Reality Competition: ‘The Amazing Race’ ‘Dancing With The Stars’ ‘American Idol’ ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ ‘Project Runway’ ‘Top Chef’ Outstanding Drama: ‘Boardwalk Empire’ ‘Dexter’ ‘Friday Night Lights’ ‘Game of Thrones’ ‘The Good Wife’ ‘Mad Men’ Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama: Kathy Bates – ‘Harry’s Law’ Connie Britton – ‘Friday Night Lights’ Mireille Enos – ‘The Killing’ Julianna Margulies – ‘The Good Wife’ Mariska Hargitay – ‘Law and Order: Special Victims Unit’ Elisabeth Moss – ‘Mad Men’ Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama: Steve Buscemi – ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Kyle Chandler – ‘Friday Night Lights’ Michael C. Hall – ‘Dexter’ Jon Hamm – ‘Mad Men’ Hugh Laurie – ‘House’ Timothy Olyphant – ‘Justified’ Outstanding Miniseries or Movie: ‘Downtown Abbey’ ‘The Kennedys’ ‘Cinema Verite’ ‘Mildred Pierce’ ‘Pillars of the Earth’ ‘Too Big To Fail’
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Next Week's TV Picks
Monday 17th
George Clooney is an odd one. He can go from an out an out blockbuster that everyone in the world will see (even those without TV’s had Ocean’s 11 beamed into their brains via satellite) to little movies that still cost as much but not many know about, and he still holds his credibility. I am speaking, of course, about Welcome to Collinwood on BBC 1 at 23:20. Clooney plays the wheelchair bound old acerbic Safe Cracker hired by a motley band of crooks who share a goal of obtaining the biggest score of their lives, their ‘Bellini’. With a brilliant cast including Sam Rockwell, William H Macy and Michael Jeta, Collinwood is a silly yet excellent crime caper that’ll make you late for work on Tuesday but is absolutely worth it.
Tuesday 18th
Music Award shows annoy me, filled with prancing posing idiots fuelling themselves on champagne for a night of self indulgence, Damon Albarn worship and dancing on tables because their “so mad”. The Classical Brit Awards 2010 (ITV, 22:35) will be oh so different. Presented by classical crumpet Myleene Klass, this event will be full of brilliant performances (one of which by Bryn Terfel…..awesome) so get a glass of good wine and turn the volume up. But before this make sure your watching BBC 1 at 21:00 to see our fair Editor Miss Catherine Balavage committing acts of violence upon Paul McGann in Luther.
Wednesday 19th
YAAAAAAYYYYY THE BIG BANG THEORY IS BACK!
Finally after a weird disappearance from our screens for two months the rest of season 3 is continuing on Channel 4 at 22:55 (why it’s on so late confuses me). After a double date with Howard and Bernadette, Leonard and Penny’s relationship suffers a blow after Penny tells of her belief in psychics. Meanwhile Raj recruits Sheldon as his wingman as the pair attend a University Mixer in an attempt to score!…….I love this show.
Thursday 20th
I wasn’t expecting to like Forgetting Sarah Marshall (showing at 20:00 on Sky Movies Comedy), but one day after finding nothing else to watch I decided to give it a go and found that it’s surprisingly entertaining. I thought this lighthearted, sweet story of a man trying to get his ex would be overshadowed by Russell Brand overtly parodying himself, but his performance is believable and down to earth, and with a very good if small role by Jonah Hill this is my recommendation for the 20th. Oh and at 22:00 turn over to Channel 4 to hear Charlie Brooker yell about the TV that none of us should watch in You Have Been Watching.
Friday 21st
I missed The Wrestler when it came out at the cinema, and this annoyed me. So I’m definitely going to be tuning into Sky Premier at 22:00 to see this award winning film. The story of an aging pro-wrestler trying to come to terms with hanging up his shorts and living his life outside the ring, re-patching his role as father to the daughter he abandoned, attempting to tell a stripper how he really feels for her and having to work a dead end job while struggling with his deteriorating health, The Wrestler is one to watch.
Saturday 22nd
I don’t know if I like Michael Moore, his films give good messages and highlight problems that might otherwise go ignored to anyone not experiencing them, but he uses cheap tricks and propaganda to deliver them. Case in point, in Sicko he tells of the UK’s brilliant health care system by interviewing a well paid and very well off GP…and that’s it, he doesn’t share the information about the lack of Mid-Wives, the struggling NHS, the MRSA debacle etc etc. But all this said, like I stated, it’s the message he delivers that’s important, and Capitalism: A Love Story on Channel 4 at 22:15 tells us of the capitalist tendencies of major US corporations and lets us know how the rich stay rich and how the poor are kept poor. Sure to be insightful, shocking and entertaining…but beware the propaganda!
Sunday 23rd
It seems I’m ending this week with a bunch of movies, but seeing as that’s how I spend the most of my time (when I’m not playing Half-Life2) it’s appropriate. Sunday’s choice is the outstanding Frost/Nixon on Sky Movies Crime and Thriller at 15:15. This dramatisation shows the series of interviews given by David Frost to ex President Richard Nixon, which came very close to the ex Oval Office dweller admitting guilt for the Watergate Scandal and uttering the shocking statement of ‘When the President does it, it’s not illegal’. Strange to think that that bloke off Through the Keyhole went up against such a formidable foe and came out on top! Make sure you don’t miss this.