Lindsay Lohan had a brief stint on Ugly Betty this season, for which she was put on the long list of actresses who might eventually be nominated for a guest actress Emmy. Also sharing that list was Britney Spears, for her How I Met Your Mother spot. Like Katherine Heigl, Lohan has removed her name from the list of actresses in contention for a nomination. Her rep said that “We made a decision to wait” since Lindsay is planned for a 5-episode arc next season. I bet she just couldn’t stand it that Britney might got nominated for an Emmy while she could be left out:
Lindsay Lohan is following in the footsteps of Katherine Heigl by pulling her name from consideration for this year’s Emmy Awards.
Lohan, who made a guest appearance on the season finale of Ugly Betty in May, bowed out in hopes of increasing her chances next year, when she’s scheduled to appear in five episodes as a down-on-luck high school pal of Betty’s.
“The appearance was brief,” a rep for the actress told the Los Angeles Times Tuesday. “We made a decision to wait.”
Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta raved about Lohan to Usmagazine.com in May.
“She was terrific – a pleasure,” Horta said. “She came in early and was very pleasant.”
US also has quotes from Ugly Betty’s creator about how professional and charming Lohan is. She’s also been praised for showing up on set and actually doing the work for her new film, Labor Pains, in which she plays a young woman who fakes a pregnancy to keep her job. Lindsay has developed a new talent of faking to keep her job, so she surely can relate to her character. At least she’s hanging in there and trying to do her work, but it seems like she shouldn’t get any more chances at this point. There are plenty of brands she could represent and commercials she could do that would be more fitting for her at this stage of her career.
Lindsay Lohan is shown on the set of her I Know Who Knocked Me Up movie, or whatever it’s called, on 6/16/08, thanks to WENN.
The Sopranos went out with a bang and took home three Emmys for its final season, including best Drama. This was the Sopranos second win for best Drama, having earned the Emmy for the first time in 2004. None of the actors of the Sopranos were honored with Emmys this year, but both James Gandolfini and Edie Falco have won three separate Emmys for best actor and actress in a drama.
Minor controversies this year included a several second blackout after Ray Romano made a joke about his old costar Patricia Heaton f’ing her new costar Kelsey Grammar, and Katherine Heigl mouthing a swear word when she learned that she had won best supporting actress for a drama. Heigl said she didn’t expect to win and didn’t have anything prepared, but was sure to add that she’d worked 17 years in the industry and “worked her ass off.”
America Fererra took home best actress in a comedy and sounded a bit more gracious in her acceptance speech, saying “This is such an amazing, wonderful achievement. The award is to be able to get up and go to work tomorrow.”
Tina Fey quipped when 30 Rock won for best comedy that she wanted to thank the “dozens and dozens of viewers.”
And another censor happened at the end of Sally Field’s rambling two minute acceptance speech for best actress for her work on Brothers and Sisters. She criticised the war on Iraq when praising mothers saying “Surely this [award] belongs to all the mothers in the world. May they been seen, may their work be valued, and raised, and especially to the mothers who stand with an open heart and wait. Wait for their children to come home from danger, from harm’s way and from war… And to war, um um…. I am proud to be one of those women…”
At the end she tried to add “If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn’t be any god-damned wars in the first place,” and she was cut off after “God.” It’s a pretty good statement against the war, but she should have cut the speech shorter and put it in the middle so she wouldn’t get cut off. [Thanks to Democratic Underground for the details. Other details and quotes from AP Article and People.com]
Here’s the complete list of winners at the 59th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Drama: “The Sopranos,” HBO.
Comedy: “30 Rock,” NBC.
Miniseries: “Broken Trail,” AMC.
Variety, Music or Comedy Series: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central.
Variety, Music or Comedy Special: “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” NBC.
Made-for-TV Movie: “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” HBO.
Reality-Competition Program: “The Amazing Race,” CBS.
Creative Achievement in Interactive TV: Current.
Actor, Comedy Series: Steve Carell, “The Office,” NBC.
Actor, Drama Series: James Spader, “Boston Legal,” ABC.
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Robert Duvall, “Broken Trail,” AMC.
Actress, Drama Series: Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters,” ABC.
Actress, Comedy Series: America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty,” ABC.
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Helen Mirren, “Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre),” PBS.
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Terry O’Quinn, “Lost,” ABC.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Jeremy Piven, “Entourage,” HBO.
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Thomas Haden Church, “Broken Trail,” AMC.
Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Katherine Heigl, “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC.
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jaime Pressly, “My Name Is Earl,” NBC.
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Judy Davis, “The Starter Wife,” USA.
Individual Performance, Variety or Music Program: Tony Bennett, “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” NBC.
Directing, Drama Series: “The Sopranos: Kennedy and Heidi,” HBO.
Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: “Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre),” PBS
Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Program: “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” NBC.
Writing for a Drama Series: “The Sopranos: Made in America,” HBO.
Writing, Comedy Series: “The Office: Gay Witch Hunt,” NBC.
Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: “Prime Suspect: The Final Act,” PBS
Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” NBC.
And here’s Sally Field’s Acceptance Speech:
And a memorable performance by Christina Aguilera and Tony Bennett. Can you imagine if Britney tried to perform?
Here are pictures from the press room including Thomas Haden Church, Tony Bennett, Robert Duvall, Sally Fields, America Ferrera, Helen Mirren, Katherine Heigl, Terry O’Quinn Jon Stewart, James Spader, Tina Fey, Lorne Michaels, and Alec Baldwin. Thanks to Splash and WENN for these pictures.
There were some doozies last night at the Emmys, with Ellen Pompeo taking the crown for worst hair and makeup in a poofy updo with 60s eye makeup and pale lips. Her dress wasn’t that bad, but the gold braided accessories just added to her dated, goofy look. Hayden Panetteire of Heroes wore a peach Marc Bouwer dress made of yards of fabric. She could have smuggled a sibling into the event under that dress. The top featured a brassiere with swirled design accented by a giant broach. An apt commentor on Just Jared said it was “a bad pregnant prom dress.”
Jennifer Morrison of House tried too hard in a silver one-shoulder flapper dress slit to the upper thigh that had too many pieces accented by thick lines and somehow managed to make the slender actress look like she had a tummy. It was pretty from the waist up, but it was too complicated overall. She almost didn’t make this list, as it’s not a terrible dress. Update: After seeing more pictures of Morrison’s dress, she definitely wasn’t one of the worst dressed and doesn’t deserve to be on this list. It only looked poorly cut from certain angles.
America Fererra, Eva Longoria, and Mary Louise-Parker all made Yahoos! best dressed top ten, but I thought their dresses were unflattering. Ferrerra usually looks gorgeous, but her Monique Lhuillier dress wasn’t cut well for her figure and I don’t like the weird spangly belt. Eva Longoria looked arrogant without reason as usual in a beaded Kaufman Franco that made her boobs look like tennis balls. She paired the silver dress with weird plain tan flats heels that look suited to a day at a country club, not an awards show. Mary Louise-Parker wore a red strapless gown that was decent, but the piece at the bottom flared out oddly and it was too tight all over.
Poor newly single Jenna Fischer of The Office looked ridiculous in a gray dress with gold leaves all over it and a big ‘ol bow underneath a strange gold braided belt. Just Jared quotes her as saying “I had to wear something that wouldn’t hurt my back,” as if trying to excuse her awful choice.
Mark Wahlberg’s wife, Rhea Durham, wore a peach cap-sleeve dress with a beaded top in a nipple-look starburst pattern and long skirt. I’ve seen it before, I’m trying to remember on whom, in another color. (On Mischa Barton at the Dead Man’s Chest Pirate’s premiere, thanks Katie for the tip.) It wasn’t as unattractive in the other color from what I remember.
Edie Falco’s dress was too tight but would have been passable if it wasn’t for all the black and white beaded flowers scattered on it. The random pattern of the beading makes them look like mistakes that you want to pick off, as if she was hit by a wind filled with sticky little daisies.
People aren’t just laughing at Britney Spears for her performance at the VMAs, they’re mad at her. A ton of websites and blogs are saying she should apologize for her performance. I’m not sure to who, specifically… I guess the public in general. I’m not sure she needs to apologize per se, but she should acknowledge that she messed up, and take responsibility. She should also probably make some type of comment about what she’s going to do to improve her career and her life. She also shouldn’t make excuses. Don’t blame your hairstylist, don’t blame Sarah Silverman, the media, or all the stuff you’ve been “going through.” She’s been doing it to herself. It should be quick and clear, and then she should get the hell outta there before she can say anything that’ll make it worse.
Apparently Britney has been considering apologizing at the Emmy Awards on Sunday. I’m not sure that’s really the proper forum.
“Is Britney Spears considering gracing another awards show stage just a week after her MTV Video Music Awards disaster?
“Yes, according to an Emmy Awards show source, who tells Usmagazine.com that Fox network brass were ‘in negotiations’ with Brit’s camp as of Thursday afternoon to get her on this Sunday night’s annual telecast. The source adds that while her appearance has not yet been confirmed, ‘the idea is to have her come on and apologize for the VMAs. She’s weighing the offer.’
“Spears, 25, opened last Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards to scathing reviews. Since then, her lackluster performance has been blamed on just about everything, from her hair to her work ethic to her entertainment lawyer.
“Though Spears has been keeping a low profile since the show, a source tells Us that at least some within her inner circle are receptive to the Emmy idea and are urging her to do it.
“However, a source close to Spears says: ‘I can’t say this is 100 percent not true. All I can say is that the Emmy people aren’t dealing with her record company, her manager or her agents at William Morris. So if she is doing anything for the Emmys then it’s not going through the official channels.’”
I don’t think an awards show is really the format for tearful apologies. Isn’t that what “Access Hollywood” is for? Maybe Barbara Walters, if you’re a big celebrity. Brit could probably negotiate that. But apologizing in front of a big audience of nicely dressed actors seems like the wrong idea for a trashy dressed singer. The Emmys are about a song and dance number and a few tear-stained montages. It just sounds really awkward. I image Britney’s apology would go something like this:
“Hi y’all. No, I’m not here for an award. I’m here to tell ya’ll I’m sorry y’all [smacks gum]. I was up ‘till morning drinking before my performance, and everyone keeps s’ain it shulda been gooder [smacks gum]. I didn’t drink that much y’all. Jus some wine coolers, some cosmos, a couple appletinis, a Yellow Parrot or two, then a Bee Sting and a few Pink Squirrels. I think I had a Rhett Butler and a Roman Snowball, but I’m not sure. [Blows bubble] There was definitely a Turkey Trot and a London Fog. But I stopped ‘cuz I wanted to put on a good show for y’all. I think someone put s’mthin in my drink, ‘cuz I was crazy hung over the next morning y’all. Sorry y’all. Next time, I’ll make my dancers work harder. They really screwed me. And that wardrobe lady. She really screwed me too. And those hairstylists. And the stage director. And the set designer. I’ll make sure they never do that to me again, y’all. God bless.”
Picture note by JayBird: Images from Brit’s VMA performance via The Blemish. Header image of Britney out after the VMAs with her brother Brian. Images thanks to WENN.
Justin Timberlake has been forced (forced I tell you!) to cancel two of his upcoming shows due to vocal strain. Apparently touring for several months straight has hurt his vocal cords. This seems to be a fairly common problem for performers, which always makes me wonder why they don’t schedule more time in between each show to rest. If I made the kind of money Justin makes, I’d wrap my throat in a warm velvet pillow soaked in honey at all times. They say honey is good for the throat. I’m guessing if it’s good in it, then it’s good on it, too. Though that might just be because I want to put honey on Justin Timberlake. Moving on.
“Justin Timberlake has been ordered to rest his voice.
“Timberlake’s strained voice is the result of his performance Sunday at MTV’s Video Music Awards in Las Vegas and months of touring, Jive Records said in a statement Tuesday.
“A doctor ordered several days of vocal rest for Timberlake, forcing the 26-year-old singer to miss shows in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday and San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday.
“Tour promoter AEG Live has rescheduled the shows for Sept. 23 in San Jose and Sept. 25 in Sacramento. Timberlake wraps up his FutureSex/LoveShow tour this month.”
That sucks, though that still leaves Emmy night free, thank God. Even though I previously reported/hailed that Timberlake and Andy Samberg were going to sing “Dick in a Box” at the Emmys, details have still not been finalized. The pair won a Creative Arts Emmy in the “Original Music and Lyrics” category this past weekend (see, there is a reason for the Junior Emmys after all!) at which point Andy Samberg said the pair haven’t even been asked to perform the song yet. It’s possible the original E! News story was wrong, but it’s also possible Samberg was just grumpily saying that they haven’t been asked – a lot of sources beyond E! have been reporting that the pair were asked to perform, but ran into a snag, refusing to censor the lyrics. Fight the power! Unless it means you can’t perform at all, then compromise it all so we have a reason to watch the Emmys!
“An off-color ‘Saturday Night Live’ video featuring Justin Timberlake and strategically placed gift boxes was honored at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
‘(Blank) in a Box,’ last December’s fake music video performed by Timberlake and ‘SNL’ cast member Andy Samberg, is about wrapping a part of the male anatomy and presenting it to a loved one as a holiday present.
“‘I think it’s safe to say that when we first set out to make this song, we were all thinking Emmy!’ Samberg said in accepting the award Saturday for best original music and lyrics. ‘The other thing we were thinking was, “Hey! Here’s this young up and comer, Justin Timberlake, who is clearly very talented and could clearly use a break,”’ Samberg said. ‘So, Justin, if you’re out there, congrats to you, kid.’ Timberlake was elsewhere Saturday: He had a concert scheduled in Tacoma, Wash. But his tour takes him to Los Angeles on Primetime Emmys night, raising the possibility he could perform ‘Box’ at the ceremony.
“As Samberg arrived at the creative arts awards, he told The Associated Press that he had yet to be asked by the TV academy to perform the song with Timberlake on the Fox broadcast - but he was willing, he said.”
I pray to all deities that Andy Samberg is just being coy. If I have led any of you astray, I apologize. Awards shows annoy the crap out of me (on principle – you’re acting, people, not moving mountains) and I think “Dick in a Box” is the only thing that can get me through. I’m not one for censorship, but couldn’t they just say “Junk in a Box”? It’s better than no box at all, am I right? The Emmy people can’t possibly want Samberg and Timberlake to censor more than that, otherwise you’d take away from the very essence, the very “boxiness,” of the song. Whether you’re religious, spiritual, or whatever, I ask you, dear readers, to pray to your deity/non-deity/animal of choice that this song will be performed on Emmy night. If not, I will walk around New York with a box taped to my crotch until Christmas.
Picture note by JayBird:
Here’s Andy Samberg with Maya Rudolph at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Images thanks to PR Photos.
So there’s this awards show called the Creative Arts Emmys. It has categories like “Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation,” “Outstanding Costumes for a Variety/Music Program,” and “Outstanding Special Class Program” where they nominate other awards shows. Think of them as the Junior Emmys. I believe the show is held in a high school gymnasium’s empty swimming pool, or something close to that. They generally didn’t get a lot of publicity, until E! came around and had hours and hours of time available to devote to otherwise passed-over content. Hence the Creative Arts Emmys are now shown on TV a week after they actually take place. I have no idea why. Comedian Kathy Griffin won an award for “Outstanding Reality Program” for her show, “My Life on the D-List.” I haven’t seen the show and couldn’t give a flip about Kathy Griffin, but she gave an acceptance speech that really riled some people.
“‘Mel Gibson. Michael Richards. Isaiah Washington. Imus. Jerry Lewis. Every time a celebrity offends a segment of the population, he pays a price, in one way or another,’ said [Catholic League president Bill] Donohue in a Monday statement. ‘The question now is whether Kathy Griffin will pay a similar price for her outburst. And as we have learned, her verbal assault was calculated.’
“‘I guess hell froze over,’ Griffin told a receptive audience as she accepted her Emmy statuette. ‘A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this. He had nothing to do with this… suck it Jesus, this award is my God now.’
Donohue described Griffin’s remarks as a ‘kind of vulgar in-your-face brand of hate speech’ coming from a self-described ‘complete militant atheist,’ and pleaded with The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ chairman and CEO Dick Askin to help in condemning what she said.
“‘Kathy Griffin’s offensive remarks will not be part of the E! telecast on Saturday night,’ the Academy said in a Monday statement, according to The AP.
It’s pretty clear to me that Kathy Griffin wasn’t mocking Christianity, she was just mocking how important awards are to Hollywood, by joking (in a cutting manner… but hey, humor beyond formulaic jokes can be cutting) that her award is now her God. It doesn’t seem that she was mocking Jesus; she was mocking herself by acting like an award mattered more than anything else in the world. She could also be mocking the way so many celebrities suddenly thank God when they get an award, but never acknowledge religion at any other time. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but I really don’t think this was that offensive. Think of all the Jesus/nun/pope joke toys out there.
Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Kathy performing at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida three weeks ago. Header image of Kathy at the 59th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards this past Saturday. Images thanks to PR Photos.
It’s August 30th, which means there’s only 116 days left ‘till Christmas, so we best whip out the “Dick in a Box” video again. It’s like Christmas in July, but we’re on the quarter system here. It turns out that there actually is a real – and wonderful – reason to tune into the Emmys this year: Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake will be performing their (now) classic holiday song “Dick in a Box.” It’s right up there with “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” now. The lyrically gifted song - a Freudian lovefest and feminist nightmare – is nominated in the Original Music and Lyrics category. But it turns out there’s a bit of controversy of the lyrics – I have no idea why.
“Justin Timberlake doesn’t want to cover up his ‘Dick’ at the Emmys. As I first reported, Timberlake and Andy Samberg are said to be in talks to perform their Saturday Night Live skit ‘Dick in a Box’ at the Primetime Emmys Sept. 16. A source reports that things may have hit a snag because the show’s producers have apparently asked Timberlake and Samberg to change the words of the racy ditty to make it more family friendly. The ceremony airs on Fox at 8 p.m.
“I’m told the singer and the actor have balked at the request. When the holiday-themed skit debuted on SNL in December, the word ‘dick’ was bleeped out 16 times. The skit features Timberlake and Samberg bearing gifts attached to their man parts while crooning to their ladies. The funny thing is that if the Emmys performance were to occur, it’s possible Timberlake and Samberg could have already been named winners by that time, since ‘Dick in a Box’ is nominated for Original Music and Lyrics. It goes up against Family Guy’s ‘My Drunken Irish Dad,’ MADtv’s ‘Merry Ex-Mas’ and double-nominee Scrubs for ‘Guy Love’ and ‘Everything Comes Down to Poo.’ The Original Music and Lyrics award will be bestowed Sept. 8 at the Creative Arts Emmy ceremony, a week before the Primetime Emmys.
Oh man, I think I just found my dream Emmy category. As much as I love “Family Guy” more than any other show, and admire any song titled “Everything Comes Down to Poo” (because it’s both funny and true) “Dick in a Box” is infinitely better than all the rest. I’ll even dare to say that it’s the greatest 3 minutes of singing ever put on television. Don’t challenge me on this, I will hear no arguments. The song, inspired by ’90s R&B bands, is lyrically genius, as it explains the male psyche more succinctly than any psychologist ever could. It also sounds oddly like most of *Nsync’s Christmas CD - not that I’ve ever heard it, nor do I own it, nor do I play it from the day after Thanksgiving through January 1st – which is okay, because there’s a New Years song on there. Let’s pray that the FOX sensors back down (it’s not like it’s Cock in a Box… thought that’d be funny too) and our television screens are graced with a live performance this September 16th.
Here’s the video one more time, because you know you wanted to watch it again, and were about to head over to YouTube anyway.
“Is Britney Spears considering gracing another awards show stage just a week after her MTV Video Music Awards disaster?
