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Emmy Nominations That Should Happen But Never Will
5:06AM Richard Lawson | This year’s Primetime Emmy award nominations will be announced tomorrow, meaning we can finally celebrate television actors. So who will be nominated? Well we kind of already know that. But who should be nominated? More »
Small Screen
Which True Blood Character Is Going Gay?
8:01AM Richard Lawson | There will be a sexual switch-up on True Blood this season, and now we’re eager to find out who. Also today: Russell Crowe is moving to a different planet for a while, a deserving actress gets a big role, and the Oscars will never be the same again. More »
Print
Your 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Are Here
5:25AM Hamilton Nolan | Your 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced! If you’re “keeping score:” two for the New York Times, and two for the Los Angeles Times. The Wall Street Journal had to make do with one for editorial writing, and the Washington Post had to settle for a photography Pulitzer. Plenty of long-winded bragging and wounded sniping starts now! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
The Oscars Are Still Old And Useless
5:09PM a | Well, that’s that! The 2011 Academy Awards have come and gone. Meaning Gawker’s entertainment writers Brian Moylan and Richard Lawson will now tear the miserable thing to shreds. More »
People
An Oscars Problem: Anne Hathaway Is Not Funny
6:29AM Richard Lawson | Everyone was befuddled when the news dropped that instead of some familiar old-ish white man or Whoopi Goldberg, this year’s Oscar hosts would be Anne Hathaway and James Franco. Well, the James Franco bit just seemed like yet another weird event in his performance art career of being weird, so sure, OK. But the Hathaway angle remained confusing. Now we see why! After the initial “Her?” reaction died down, a little promo clip was released that was actually sorta funny! Funny at least in the Anne Hathaway getting tackled to the ground style of funny. So maybe this wouldn’t be so bad. Weird, but not awful. Hathaway has proven she can sing, so maybe she’ll just be the prettily trilling straight woman to Franco’s elasti-faced whatever. Fine. We can deal with that. But now. Oh but now. Now this newer, longer promo clip has been released and Anne Hathaway is not playing the straight woman. No. She is doing jokes! Anne Hathaway-style jokes! And they are very bad. And her delivery is very bad. She is the nerdy girl with the makeover who thinks she’s cool all of a sudden. She is Mia Thermopolis in Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. I mean, that jokey dancing thing? I’m pretty sure the last time that was funny, I was drinking Busch Light from a can and “Let’s Get Retarded” was blasting on Laurence the theatre senior’s speakers. Which is to say some seven years ago. Also, fake outtakes? Lah-haaaame. Just the lamest. I’ve now swung back to where I originally started. This is going to be a disaster. Not, mind you, that the Oscars are ever that funny, but Jon Stewart and Ellen DeGeneres and even Martin-Baldwin did pretty good work. And no, I am not mildly intrigued by this curious Grease redo thing that Franco posted on his Twitter. I’m not. Apparently they’re doing that number on the show on Sunday. Disaster. Disaster, I say!
Flotsam & Jetsam
Your Ultimate Oscar Party Menu
7:59AM Richard Lawson | The Oscars are on Sunday and today is Tuesday, meaning you need to start planning your menu for the party. Luckily we’re here to give you some ideas for the perfect awards show feast, all based on this year’s nominees! More »
People
Awards Season: When Good Actors Go Bad
7:42AM Richard Lawson | The Golden Globes and SAG Awards have been given out and the Oscar nominations have been announced, so we are reaching the denouement of the 2011 Awards Season Thrill-Parade. And, unfortunately, one of the saddest narratives of the season is playing out with one of our favourite actresses, Melissa Leo. She’s gotten way too into the whole hoopla. More »
Music
Gwyneth Paltrow To Bless Us With A Song Once More
7:16AM Richard Lawson | Yes indeedy, the blonde wisp-angel is performing at this year’s Oscars. Also today: turns out The Walking Dead actually does need writers, Ben Affleck might be headed to Tehran, and MTV finally says no to Lauren Conrad. More »
People
First Look At Oscar Hosts Anne Hathaway And James Franco Is Surprisingly Promising
6:48AM Richard Lawson | ABC has released its first promo for this year’s Oscar broadcast, showcasing the comedy stylings of hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway. It’s short but also… kinda fun? Mostly it’s satisfying to watch Anne Hathaway be tackled to the ground. More »
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