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Emmy Nominees Announced

Rowena Li — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:26:16 +0000

The nominees for the 2010 Emmys were announced this morning by Sofia Vergara (”Modern Family”) and Joel McHale (”Community”). Leading the nominations were HBO’s “The Pacific” and AMC’s “Mad Men” and freshmen comedies “Glee” and “Modern Family.” For a detailed list of nominees, check out EW.com.

The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmys will be hosted by talk-show host Jimmy Fallon on August 29. It will be the first Emmy Awards to air live coast-to-coast since 1976.

The Twitterverse is reacting to all of the Emmy nods and snubs.

dopeydoo So Castle did receive Emmy nominations! http://castletv.net/castle-receives-emmy-nominations just not 4 the main categories..but still yay!

LRMachuca So glad for all the #modernfamily Emmy noms.

LizzieMo 19!!!! Holy cow! That’s 19 Emmy nominations for Glee! Wow massive!

daniellekantor i think everyone I wanted to be nominated for emmy actually got nominated!!!! #emmy

Jonas4ever33 I’m so pumped about this! an Emmy!? so Awesome!!!!! GO JONAS!!! ♥

LiebeAnne Grr, I’m pissed about the #emmy noms. So I’m jut gonna go watch Doctor who and then study. One more day of school…

mekkalekkah RT He is the best! @Carrie_Preston Tell Michael Congratulations on his FIFTH Emmy nomination! He deserves it! He is amazingly talented!

KENNECTED YES!!! #HBO!!! RT @NYCShopGuide: “Glee” is a top Emmy nominee with 19 nods. The leading nominee is HBO drama “The Pacific,” with 24.

stateoftheA_R_T Congrats to “The Office” & “Modern Family” getting emmy nods my favorite tv shows on today period.

AgentEricaEvans Who’s rejoicing with me? RT @LizMitchellFC Elizabeth got an Emmy Nomination for LOST http://elizabeth-mitchell.org/?p=6333

seh79 I may watch this year! Not too bad (but what about some love for #CHUCK?) RT @theTVaddict Emmy Nominations 2010: http://bit.ly/99kcNm

nyteblade Good morning skeletons! I see that Craig was passed over yet again. That is why I’ve not cared about the emmy’s in years. Popularity contest

cassiebelek FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS got a writing nomination. This is almost too much. Did someone torture Emmy voters into submission?

billiber RT @lucillebluth: ELIZABETH MITCHELL JUST GOT NOMINATED FOR A MOTHERFUCKING EMMY MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.

cbyrne19 I’m on the same page with @MichaelAusiello…no #emmy love for #community??? DID YOU NOT WATCH THE PAINTBALL EPISODE???

snorkel_maiden Pleased to see that Hugh Laurie has been Emmy nominated again this year- about time he won it, though!

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Snoop Dogg Reaffirms His “True Blood” Love

Rowena Li — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:12:20 +0000

Rapper Snoop Dogg is vying for some vampire love. A devoted “True Blood” fan, the artist released a new music video reaffirming his “True Blood” devotion, reports MTV.com. “Oh Sookie,” a homage to the show’s Sookie Stackhouse (actress Anna Paquin), was released on Thursday on HBO.com. The song offers Snoop Dogg’s best sexual seduction tips in an attempt to insert himself into the love triangle between Sookie, Eric and Bill on the show.

This is the second time the vampire show’s most prominent fan has made a shout-out. Snoop Dogg previously mentioned the show in his 2009 song “Gangsta Love.”

The Twitterverse seems to be loving Snoop Dogg’s latest venture.

AyStayvay Snoop Dogg’s “Sookie” song about the True Blood character may or may not be (IS) the most awful and embarrassing thing I’ve ever heard.

SlowBurn Snoop Dogg wrote a tribute to True Blood’s Sookie Stackhouse. Brilliant! http://ping.fm/vTlx0

joshpuetz Snoop Dogg – “Oh Sookie”: Snoop Dogg does a song tribute to…True Blood’s Sookie Stackhouse? Random and awesome. http://bit.ly/bmWYR0

_Katzi_ “Oh Sookie” by Snoop Dogg is the best thing EVAR RT She Loves You Blog Video: http://tumblr.com/xtlbs54t1 #TrueBlood #Soooookeh

Steppenwolf_20 @theConfessee OMG Snoop Dogg’s Sookie song is hilarious! XD hahahahha Yeees, it is. I totally love it! #trueblood

offwidthe RT @LogoTV: Snopp Dogg’s True Blood-loving “Oh Sookie” Video: Finally the Song of the Summer! http://ow.ly/17NjtX

adam_casteel omg this is perfect!!! http%3A//www.hbo.com/true-blood/cast-and-crew/sookie-stackhouse/video/snoop-dogg-oh-sookie.html

LiteBrite00 RT @BlackIceGTI: Snoop Dogg ” Oh Sookie” is fucking Hilarious !!<- It is! LOL #Trueblood

hnoddings I am freakin’ dying over this Snoop Dogg “Oh Sookie” video. http://bit.ly/aj5wpB So rad

zoopsplaythang @snoopdogg fng awesome snoop dogg whipping it out sookie style. Love it

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‘Entourage’ Movie To Come After Series End

Mark O. Estes — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:04:11 +0000

Vince Chase and his friends might see life after “Entourage” ends on HBO.

Co-executive producer Mark Wahlberg told MTV.com that the plan is for a movie version of the exploits of Vince, Drama, Turtle, Ari, and Eric to come after the series ends its run on HBO, but he doesn’t necessarily say when that day will be. Wahlberg also mentioned that after the Season 7 premiere, there will be six more episodes in 2011. Whether or not those six episodes will be a part of Season 7’s episode count (ala Season 3) or if they will be a stand-alone Season 8 remains to be seen, but Wahlberg is very optimistic about the future.

What do you guys think? Should the men of “Entourage” get the same treatment as the ladies of “Sex and the City”?

AndraPopescu HBO wants to make an Entourage movie after the next season and a half ends. Do I sense Aquaman? My life couldn’t get better right now

im_ghetto Tell me an Entourage Movie wouldn’t be sick?!?!?

TXNGL “Mark Wahlberg ‘Focused’ on ‘Entourage’ Movie” – Man I can’t wait for the new season to start later this month.

jenniferricci Entourage movie set for production. Ari on the big screen baby.

ShopTilYouDrop So excited about Entourage The Movie, really hoping it repairs all the damage SATC2 did. (ps how stoked am I we didn’t run an SJP cover??)

thefirstweevil Wahlberg wants an ENTOURAGE movie *after* the season after this one, as if the show will have anything left by then. http://bit.ly/cNjlKo

imthealeksandra Rumour of the day: Entourage The Movie coming soon? PLEASE LET IT BE TRUE!

allan_pat Just what the world needs: an Entourage movie. Let’s hope it’s not as dire as Sex and the City 2 http://bit.ly/9cH803

Michy_Ye entourage the movie better put a ass kicking to sex it city 2 lol

iHolland damn entourage cliffhanger! “Lloyd, Vince’ll have a new movie poster soon for you to whack off to! -Ari Gold

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Twitterville Reacts to Golden Globe Nominations

Rowena Li — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:46:34 +0000

Singer Justin Timberlake and actors John Krasinski (”The Office”) and Diane Kruger (”Inglourious Basterds”) gathered yesterday morning to announce the 2010 Golden Globe nominations. Twitterers commended or lamented the selections.

kdotrunsthis Sandra Bullock is a Golden Globe multi-nominee? What a world we live in

Thizboy27 RT @Jon_Favreau: Congratulations to Robert Downey Jr on his Golden Globe nomination.

ribticklers Comedy: Meryl Streep vies against self in Golden Globe nom http://bit.ly/8Q2MbR

Leading the nominations with six was “Up in the Air,” which received a nod for Best Motion Picture – Drama as well as acting nominations for George Clooney, Vera Farimga and Anna Kendrick. The other two nominations are for Best Screenplay and Best Director.

Other contenders for best drama include James Cameron’s sci-fi film “Avatar,” the Iraq War drama “The Hurt Locker,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” and the Harlem-based drama “Precious: Based on The Novel Push By Sapphire.”

937theBus “Avatar” received four Golden Globe nominations. So imagine how many it would’ve racked up if it wasn’t so stupid.

BrienneYvonne Shout out to “Precious” for 3 Golden Globe nominations!

shirleyen @AnnaKendrick47 Congratulations on your Nominee for the Golden Globe !!! x

ToniThai RT @arazz: Thx! 34th St Films,Go Team! RT @DianneAshford CONGRATS!!! Golden Globe noms announcd.”PRECIOUS” nominated 5best pic,best actress

bethjohnstonx Just read Golden Globe nominations. Makes me even more excited about Up in the Air. x x

The upcoming musical “Nine” scored five nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Original Song – Motion Picture. Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard each received a nod for their performance in the film.

Other films looking to win the Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category include the summer hit “The Hangover,” the Zooey Deschanel romance “(500) Days of Summer,” the cooking movie “Julie & Julia,” and the upcoming Meryl Streep comedy “It’s Complicated.”

NeetaSreekanth So happy the that The Hangover got nominated for a Golden Globe!!! Love that Movie!!

BandoroRangga Haha, 500 days of summer and entourage become nominee of golden globe.. My favorite movie and tv series..

JoeyArceo Marion Cotillard is one of the most beautiful women in the world, golden globe nom! Not big on musicals, but #NINE looks well done!

chrispauley (500) days of summer & hangover both nominated for golden globe best picture comedy or musical.Let’s see how it plays out.

2009 was a novel year for animated films, with many making it to the big screen in 3-D. The Best Animated Feature Film nominations went to “Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs,” “Coraline,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “The Princess And The Frog,” and “Up.”

PattyBaragar Golden Globe Nominations announced – I vote Fantastic Mr. Fox for Best Animated Feature Film! Wes Anderson is amazing. http://ow.ly/MjON

literarybug PONYO is NOT nominated for a Golden Globe but CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS is!? What the hell!? http://is.gd/5oBVy

Malinky2Stoatir Congrats to “Up” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” on their golden globe noms #craigferguson SQUIRREL!

prophetesstli The Princess & the Frog nominated for a Golden Globe. My niece is so excited.

On the smaller screen, HBO received the most nominations of any television network at 17. Two of its shows, “Big Love” and “True Blood” were nominated for Best Television Series – Drama, along with SHOWTIME’s “Dexter,” FOX’s “House,” and AMC’s “Mad Men.”

KellysKinks I am soo happy about this years Golden Globe Nominations! Happy to see Dexter, Mad Men 30 Rock and GLEEEE! With top nods! Tv at its finest!

leslievincent1 Tues Happy Thoughts: Very pleased w/Golden Globe noms today for Mad Men, the new girl in Up In The Air, and Modern Family.

imatrix Dexter has been nominated for 3 Golden Globe awards! Including Best TV Series (Drama) and Best Performance by an Actor (Michael C. Hall)

erikaspn The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations are in, Supernatural is out ..again!!! it is ridiculous and absurd at the same time!!!

For the Musical or Comedy category, nominees were NBC’s “30 Rock,” HBO’s “Entourage,” FOX’s “Glee,” ABC’s “Modern Family,” and NBC’s “The Office.”

celticlibrarian seems silly but I’m so happy #Glee got so many Golden Globe nominations.

mr_taylor Is anyone watching The Sing-Off? Seems like Glee-Fever is everywhere! Congrats to the cast for their 4 Golden Globe noms!

FoxKansas #GLEE received 4 Golden Globe noms! Congrats to Jane Lynch, Lea Michele & Matthew Morrison along with the entire cast & crew!

For a complete list of nominations, check out The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Web site. The Golden Globes air January 17 on NBC.

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Ricky Gervais to Host Golden Globes

Bobby Pellegrino — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:50:41 +0000

British comedian Ricky Gervais will host the 67th Annual Golden Globes in January, according to a report from PEOPLE.com.

Gervais, who masterminded the hit NBC series “The Office,” is used to finding success at the ceremony, previously racking up three Golden Globes while his HBO show “Extras” won Best TV Comedy last year.

Twitter users are very excited to see his routine:

forestjwp just got really excited about Ricky Gervais hosting the Golden Globes this year!

AdventureBus How AWESOME will Golden Globes be next year with Ricky Gervais as host? Super awesome, me thinks!

lucidnitram Ricky Gervais is hosting the Golden Globes next year…just thought you might want to know

AG23 Ricky Gervais is going to be hosting the Golden Globes! Awesome!

shannontey41 I can’t say how excited I am that Ricky Gervais is hosting the Golden Globes this year. Love it!

Gervais will be the telecast’s first host since 1995. The show airs January 17, 2010.

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“True Blood” Stars Announce Engagement

April Daley — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:45:06 +0000

The lead actors on HBO’s hit series “True Blood” are engaged, PEOPLE reports.

Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, who play supernatural inhabitants in the Southern-based vampire drama, met on set and have reportedly been a couple since the 2008 pilot.

“True Blood” fans tweeted their congratulations:

SareC81 Yay…..congrats to gorgeous True Blood couple Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer who are engaged!!! Hot hot hot…….

brookesparks this warms my little black heart. RT @dedicating: Sookie and Bill from True Blood are engaged IRL. Interesting!

Artistic27 aww on the brighter side! True blood stars in love and engaged!!

CoreyIsKeyNote Who woulda thought…bill and sookie from true blood are engaged in real life?…this is crazy

AreYouDaft Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin are engaged. Lucky b*tch…

musicalgator Omg!!!!!! Stephen moyer and anna paquin are getting married!!!!! Hee hee.

SECSIMADELA That just made my day I was having a horrible one but knowing that Anna paquin and Stephen moyer are getting married made me smile ok night

killastar Just heard the news that True Blood’s Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are engaged! Awww Sookie and Bill ^_^

suckit_nerds ANNA PAQUIN AND STEPHEN MOYER ARE ENGAGED?! That is so f**king cute.

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Primetime Emmy Nominees Announced

Brittany March — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:37:20 +0000

The nominees for the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today, with “Mad Men” and “30 Rock” leading the nominations with 16 and 22 nods respectively, according to CNN.com. The two shows came out on top last year, with “Mad Men” taking best drama and “30 Rock,” which just announced a syndication deal, won best comedy series.

A surprising nominee this year for best comedy series is FOX’s “Family Guy,” which was taken off the air for a while then returned in 2005. It is only the second animated TV series in history to be nominated for the best comedy series category. The other was “The Flintstones” in 1961.

The nominees for Best Drama Series include: “Big Love,” “Breaking Bad,” “Damages,” “Dexter,” “House,” “Lost,” and “Mad Men.”

The nominees for Best Comedy Series are: “Entourage,” “Family Guy,” “Flight of the Concords,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “The Office,” “30 Rock,” and “Weeds.”

Though some categories were expanded to seven nominees this year, there were quite a few snubs. “Grey’s Anatomy” received no nominations in the major categories, and neither did “Desperate Housewives”, which only received nominations for best guest actor and best hairstyling.

Other shows that came up empty in major categories were “ER,” “Boston Legal,” “Battlestar Galactica,” and HBO’s “True Blood.” The popular FX drama “The Shield” got snubbed completely.

“Grey Gardens,” which aired on HBO earlier this year, was nominated for 17 awards, including best made-for-TV movie.

Many Twitterers are more than happy with the 2009 nominees:

LizArcury is VERY excited about the Emmy nominations!

StacyLibby 30 Rock leads Emmy Nominations… as it should!

rmg619 is reading the Emmy nominations! YAY Grey Gardens, Weeds, House, 30 Rock, Chandra Wilson, Sally Field, and many more!

MSMiller67 Happy for the 16 Emmy Nominations that went to Mad Men. #MadMen

MegMeli03 yay! The Office got some Emmy nominations go Steve Carell!

Joanna762 Hooray for House MD and Hugh for their Emmy nominations!

GE_Anderson Wife tells me Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and 30 Rock got lots of Emmy nominations. Well deserved. Best show since Seinfeld.

danabeguerie The Emmy Nominations are amazing – made me cry. I’m totally serious. 22 for 30 rock! Flight of the Conchords! Kristen Wiig! Sarah Silverman!

Kenictionary Excited about some of the Emmy nominations this year. NPH of course, the ladies from Weeds, and Sarah Silverman! http://bit.ly/q1llu

Others criticized the choices:

groovypuella 30 Rock has 22 Emmy nominations? Really? Am I missing something? Because I don’t see the appeal of the show…

darkphenix305 Who does Emmy nominations? How The Shield and 24 get shafted. WTF.

totes_for_totes I am so disappointed by Emmy nominations. I think they are just crap now. Seriously.

colindungan BS ALERT:can’t believe true blood got ZERO emmy nominations

TwittsMcGee Emmy Nominations: Where is True Blood? FAIL http://bit.ly/Oh6lA

lakeshow No emmy nominations for Shield or Chuck? Lame! #emmy

kellerj15 Only 3 Emmy nominations for True Blood. What’s up with that?

amycasey Here’s my Emmy Comment. Per usual, you blew it. NO SHIELD nominations?? On the other hand at least NPH got one.

stellrecht No Friday Night Lights emmy nominations? Ridiculous!

hlcherryholmes Disappointed but not surprised “Battlestar Galactica” didn’t get the Emmy nominations it deserved. If you haven’t watched the series, do so.

The Emmy awards will air Sunday, Sept. 20 on CBS at the Los Angeles Nokia Theatre, with host Neil Patrick Harris.

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HBO To Develop TV Series Based On “Middlesex”

Brittany March — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:35:54 +0000

Jeffrey Eugenides’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Middlesex” has been optioned by HBO, who will turn the book into a one-hour drama series, according to Broadcasting & Cable.

Actor/producer Rita Wilson and playwright Donald Margulies will executive produce. Margulies won a Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for his play “Dinner With Friends,” which was made into an HBO television film.

HBO’s synopsis of the drama series says it “follows the life of Calliope Stephanides and the epic family history that may hold the answer to her complicated sexual identity.”

The Twitterverse is both curious and excited about the upcoming TV series:

vinylwino Middlesex being adapted as an HBO series… hmmm, makes me a bit nervous, but def. curious!!

natashasinha MIDDLESEX IS GOING TO BE AN HBO SERIES. Slightly afraid, mostly excited, & extremely suspicious about 1 element: http://tinyurl.com/nrl4mw

frontmatter Eugenides’s MIDDLESEX to come to HBO? Awesome. http://bit.ly/vNuW0 (via Shelf Awareness)

GratuitousV I know I’m a couple days late on this but I’m still intrigued about an HBO version of Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex. Loved the book.

palais1977 Wee! One of my favorite books, Middlesex, is becoming a HBO series! http://tinyurl.com/nrl4mw

victorglenn yes! jeffrey eugenides’ middlesex to be adapted as hbo series: http://tinyurl.com/ny5ed9 #happydance

alisoncarey Wow. Middlesex is going to be an HBO series. Hurry and read it first! http://bit.ly/10J4is

delga http://is.gd/1s4Xz Middlesex as a HBO series? OH MY GOD

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New MTV Projects Announced Along With Layoffs

Jessica Cherry — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:50:48 +0000

Variety.com is reporting that eight new projects are being developed for possible MTV shows. Among them:

A Jamie Foxx-created sketch comedy show inspired by the 1990’s Fox hit “In Living Color.”

A reality show, featuring Audrina Patridge, has yet to be titled.

A team of superheros will be the subject of “The Awesomes,” with SNL’s head writer Seth Meyers and producer Lorne Michaels overseeing the show.

A coming-of-age show, which “essentially spins HBO’s “Hung” by giving a certain anatomical gift to an unpopular 15-year-old,” and

Under consideration is an adaptation of the 80’s movie “Teen Wolf.

But along with these new projects, MTV has laid off nearly 80 employees, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“It was not done for financial reasons, it was purely creative — an overhaul of the organization to better meet the creative needs of MTV,” MTV President of Programming Tony DiSanto said.

Twitter users had mixed reactions to the bittersweet news:

Jswizel Another round of layoffs at MTV today. Praying for my people to escape the cut…

ahomii A lot of layoffs at MTV today. God bless unemployees.

alexweprin Same day as layoffs, MTV announces dev slate. Includes what looks like teen version of HBO’s Hung called Hard Times.

WadeBannerK975 Jamie Foxx is workin on a sitcom to follow in the footsteps of In Living Color. If he make it happen I’mma be geeked.

_MeganAlyse Laguna Beach was ok in hs. The Hills, tolerable once a year. The City, I refused. THE AUDRINA SHOW? WTF MTV no wonder you have layoffs!!!

AmyBPerrault @THR _ This is a new one — layoffs for “creative” reasons. Ha. Good one @MTV.

briantruitt Riiiiiiight. RT @THR: MTV layoffs a ‘creative’ decision http://tinyurl.com/kny9mr

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True Blood Ad Takes Over LA Times Front Page

Elyse Roth — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:57:05 +0000

When the Los Angeles Times hit newsstands Friday, the headlines were nowhere to be seen. According to the Associated Press, the front page of the Times featured a full page advertisement for the Sunday season premiere of the HBO show “True Blood.”

The ad showed a close-up black-and-white picture of the show’s star, Stephen Moyer, with blood dripping from his mouth. The real front page was only visible after taking off the ad which wrapped around the entire paper. A spokeswoman for the Times said it was the first time the newspaper has ever featured a wrap ad like that.

Twitterers had mixed feelings about the unusual ad placement:

MikeCosta So it’s come to this: A huge, 4-pg ad for “True Blood” makes up the entire first section of the LA Times. Remember when you saw headlines?

crojers Whoa! the front page of the LA Times is an ad for true blood, like above the fold right below the masthead. Crazy.

rocglobal Vampires suck LA Times lifeblood: http://bit.ly/ce282

jolilore LA Times puts fullpage ad for True Blood as their cover. Wonder if anyone thought the cover story was “Vampires discovered!”

wrighton You know what? I don’t hate the LA Times ‘True Blood’ ad wrap.

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