Going out with a Bada-Bang at the Emmys!
Hello, everybody. Just like "Everybody Loves Raymond" when it picked up its final awards shortly after the series ended, "The Sopranos" at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday picked up its last award for Best Drama just a few months after they ended. Tina Fey's "30 Rock" picked up Best Comedy honors.
On the acting side, Sally Field may have won Lead Actress-Drama for "Brothers and Sisters", but it was her anti-war remark during her speech that had the Fox censors in blackout mode. The same thing happened earlier in the show when Supporting Actress-Drama winner Katherine Heigl ("Grey's Anatomy") uttered "shit" when realizing she won. Other winners include America Ferrera (Lead Actress-Comedy), Jaime Pressly (Supporting Actesss-Comedy), James Spader (Lead Actress-Drama), Robert Duvall (Lead Actor-Miniseries/Movie), and the absent Ricky Gervais (Lead Actor-Comedy...in which "The Office's" Steve Carell accepted on his behalf in a mini-reunion with his old "Daily Show" buddies Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert!
Speaking of "TDS"...both that and "The Amazing Race" CANNOT BE STOPPED!!!! 5-0 now in their respective Variety/Music and Reality-Competition categories!!! But it was Tony Bennett who took the most haul with seven Emmys for his "An American Classic" special, and his duet with Christina Aguilera (who I think may be showing some kind of baby bump) was dynamite -- as was the "Sopranos" tribute with the entire cast in a final bow as well as the cast of "Roots" reuniting 30 years after the epic miniseries had all of America not moving a muscle for eight nights. And one person omitted from the "In Memoriam" montage was Augie Hiebert, who brought television to Alaska in the 1950's with its first stations in Anchorage and Fairbanks; he died last week at the age of 90.
However, the one real buzz on the red carpet prior to the show was the arrest of O.J. Simpson in Las Vegas for armed robbery. You can sure bet that it's worth a million more jokes to the late nighters, especially Conan O'Brien whose "Late Night" finally won the Variety Series Writing award! Oh yeah, there were the fashions, brought to us by Ferrera, Heidi Klum, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Narcisco Rodriguez), Eva Longoria (Kaufman Franco), and Kristen Bell.
As for who dressed best? Well, she may have she also starred in "Knocked Up," but Katherine Heigl was a knockout in her white Zac Posen. The worst-dressed? I thought Hayden Panettiere was going to go all out, but she looked pregnant in her gown. But all the talk was about Heigl's "Grey's" co-star Ellen Pompeo's hair-do. Is she channeling her Amy Winehouse or something?
So the final scoreboard: HBO as usual took the most bounty with 21 awards, followed by NBC (19), ABC and CBS (10 apiece), PBS (9), and Fox (7).
Oh, a note to the Emmy producers: Even though he did great, don't make Ryan Seacrest host ever again! And bring back the traditional stage setup next year for your 60th show; this ain't the MTV awards!
Now that "Who's gonna win the Emmy?" has already been answered for the 59th time, the question is now, "How much free money will Alaska get this year?" On Wednesday afternoon at around 2:00 pm Alaska Time (all other time zones, you do the math), we will all find out as Governor Sarah Palin will announce the amount of the 2007 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend to the world. Last year's check was $1,106.96, and I'm predicting this year's will be between $1,232.84 and $1,391.01. And just like last year, I will have the amount here on this blog the second it's official, so be watching.
And with that...so long and stay strong!
Hello, everybody. Just like "Everybody Loves Raymond" when it picked up its final awards shortly after the series ended, "The Sopranos" at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday picked up its last award for Best Drama just a few months after they ended. Tina Fey's "30 Rock" picked up Best Comedy honors.
On the acting side, Sally Field may have won Lead Actress-Drama for "Brothers and Sisters", but it was her anti-war remark during her speech that had the Fox censors in blackout mode. The same thing happened earlier in the show when Supporting Actress-Drama winner Katherine Heigl ("Grey's Anatomy") uttered "shit" when realizing she won. Other winners include America Ferrera (Lead Actress-Comedy), Jaime Pressly (Supporting Actesss-Comedy), James Spader (Lead Actress-Drama), Robert Duvall (Lead Actor-Miniseries/Movie), and the absent Ricky Gervais (Lead Actor-Comedy...in which "The Office's" Steve Carell accepted on his behalf in a mini-reunion with his old "Daily Show" buddies Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert!
Speaking of "TDS"...both that and "The Amazing Race" CANNOT BE STOPPED!!!! 5-0 now in their respective Variety/Music and Reality-Competition categories!!! But it was Tony Bennett who took the most haul with seven Emmys for his "An American Classic" special, and his duet with Christina Aguilera (who I think may be showing some kind of baby bump) was dynamite -- as was the "Sopranos" tribute with the entire cast in a final bow as well as the cast of "Roots" reuniting 30 years after the epic miniseries had all of America not moving a muscle for eight nights. And one person omitted from the "In Memoriam" montage was Augie Hiebert, who brought television to Alaska in the 1950's with its first stations in Anchorage and Fairbanks; he died last week at the age of 90.
However, the one real buzz on the red carpet prior to the show was the arrest of O.J. Simpson in Las Vegas for armed robbery. You can sure bet that it's worth a million more jokes to the late nighters, especially Conan O'Brien whose "Late Night" finally won the Variety Series Writing award! Oh yeah, there were the fashions, brought to us by Ferrera, Heidi Klum, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Narcisco Rodriguez), Eva Longoria (Kaufman Franco), and Kristen Bell.
As for who dressed best? Well, she may have she also starred in "Knocked Up," but Katherine Heigl was a knockout in her white Zac Posen. The worst-dressed? I thought Hayden Panettiere was going to go all out, but she looked pregnant in her gown. But all the talk was about Heigl's "Grey's" co-star Ellen Pompeo's hair-do. Is she channeling her Amy Winehouse or something?
So the final scoreboard: HBO as usual took the most bounty with 21 awards, followed by NBC (19), ABC and CBS (10 apiece), PBS (9), and Fox (7).
Oh, a note to the Emmy producers: Even though he did great, don't make Ryan Seacrest host ever again! And bring back the traditional stage setup next year for your 60th show; this ain't the MTV awards!
Now that "Who's gonna win the Emmy?" has already been answered for the 59th time, the question is now, "How much free money will Alaska get this year?" On Wednesday afternoon at around 2:00 pm Alaska Time (all other time zones, you do the math), we will all find out as Governor Sarah Palin will announce the amount of the 2007 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend to the world. Last year's check was $1,106.96, and I'm predicting this year's will be between $1,232.84 and $1,391.01. And just like last year, I will have the amount here on this blog the second it's official, so be watching.
And with that...so long and stay strong!
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