The Golden Globe Awards are no longer the joke they used to be in, say, the 80s and 90s. Once derided as that “other” movie awards show that has been the domain of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. While it isn’t the Academy Awards and it isn’t about what the Motion Picture Academy thinks, the Globes have become more prestigious and therefore meaningful because the movie awards derby has been so saturated in the press –thank you, Access Hollywood and all the other movie promo shows—that it’s become almost a cottage industry. Read the rest of this entry »

SMASH TV: 2008 EMMY NOMINATIONS

The big story of this morning’s Emmy nominations, read by Kristin Chenoweth (“Pushing Daisies”) and Neil Patrick Harris (“How I Met Your Mother”) and themselves nominees this year, was cable, cable, cable. HBO’s “John Adams” received 23 nominations, including Outstanding Miniseries or Made-for-TV Movie, and lead acting nods for Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney. Other strong showings by “Mad Men” (AMC), Dexter (Showtime) and some HBO programs or movies have once again reminded us that there is rather good quality to be found beyond the traditional TV networks.

For the lead categories, the Emmys have it almost right. Outstanding Drama Series nominees this year are Read the rest of this entry »