Monthly Archives: January 2006

SAG Award blog entry without a lame “SAG” pun

Posted on January 29, 2006 by David Kronke

“Desperate Housewives”‘ Felicity Huffman won the SAG for Best Actress/Comedy; she also won the Emmy for same last September. (Mary Louise-Parker won the Globe in the same category, competing against four “Housewives” nominees; Huffman was the only housewife nominated here, … Continue reading →

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Spirits SAGging: So where’s the kitsch?

Posted on January 29, 2006 by David Kronke

This is a kind of tasteful ceremony, which makes it kind of a drag to watch. The opening was a smidgen self-serving, but hardly over the top in the aggrandizement area. For that, we need to go to the commercials: … Continue reading →

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Continuing to SAG: “Lost” without a bigger teleprompter

Posted on January 29, 2006 by David Kronke

Pulse-pounding update: Presenters Peter Graves and Barbara Bains cant read the teleprompter. But they rallied and presented the cast of Lost? with The Actor? for Best Ensemble/Drama. Terry OQuinn called his co-stars paranoid . . . grasping . . . … Continue reading →

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SAG Awards: More trophies to distribute

Posted on January 29, 2006 by David Kronke

The Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony opened with a group of random actors whose names mustve on balls pulled out of a Lotto machine (Randy Quaid, Anne Hathaway, James Denton) telling their little stories of aspiration, followed by success, making … Continue reading →

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Oscars: Predicting the Future for Dummies

Posted on January 26, 2006 by David Kronke

Hmm, seems like only yesterday I was hearing from the so-called Oscar experts — rather insistently, as if a finger were being poked into my chest — that “Munich” and “Memoirs of a Geisha” were going to be the movies … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Red Carpet Escort

Posted on January 25, 2006 by mngiadmin

A few years ago, an alarming number of celebs starting “wearing Mom to the Oscars.” A sweet thought, but LA.COMfidential says the trend made the extravaganzas look about as glamorous as a Sunday brunch. Perhaps the reason for the family … Continue reading →

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Oscars: I’d like to thank…

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Valerie Kuklenski

Write that pretend acceptance speech and have the camera handy. Starting Feb. 10, this year’s Oscar statuettes — minus the winners’ names, of course — will be on display for three weeks in a free exhibition, “Meet the Oscars: The … Continue reading →

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SAG Awards: It’s in the bag

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Valerie Kuklenski

The celeb goody bag at this weekend’s Screen Actors Guild Awards includes, of all overblown items, a Swarovski-crystal embellished electronic Sudoku game from Techno Source. Make your own bargain version: Get a bag of paste jewels from a craft store, … Continue reading →

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TV Critics’ Press Tour: Move along; nothing to see here

Posted on January 25, 2006 by David Kronke

A mere two days have passed since the conclusion of the TV Critics Association’s winter press tour in Pasadena and already two much bigger TV stories have broken than any that occurred during the tour itself: Paula Kerger being named … Continue reading →

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“Bubble” bursts film distribution notions

Posted on January 24, 2006 by David Kronke

Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh will challenge traditional assumptions of film distribution when his latest film, “Bubble,” a murder mystery set in a toy factory, opens in theaters, goes on sale on DVD and premieres on HDNet on Friday. This is … Continue reading →

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