Articles in the Award Shows Category
3 and a-half-hours of the Oscars - 4 including the red carpet pre-coverage - and I honestly feel like I could have not bothered - I gained absolutely nothing from it. Not one of the results was the slightest bit surprising - I could have written that winners list a month ago and saved us all a lot of bother.
Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin…wow…has their even been a double act with less combined stage presence? Their opening duologue was almost painful, and despite them loosening up as the evening went on, it was all a little too little too late. I wish Robert Downey Jr. - who was funny as always - or Neil Patrick Harris - saviour of the Emmys - had stepped in…
It was a night of shockers at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, with Avatar walking away the biggest winner of the night, with Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director for James Cameron.
Robert Downey Jr took home the Best Actor in a Comedy for Sherlock Holmes, in what was one of the happiest surprises of the night for me - if I was a betting man I’d have had money on Daniel Day Lewis - before Jeff Bridges deservingly took Best Actor in a Drama.
In television, Glee, nominated for four awards managed to scrape just one - but it was the biggest: Best Comedy/Musical Television Series, and that was quite enough to put a smile on my face (even if Jane Lynch was COMPLETELY robbed.…
In a night where predictability somewhat won the day, last nights Primetime Emmys were saved by just one man: Neil Patrick Harris. As the perfect host, he combined his wit, his clear love for his art, and a brilliant stage presence to really bring the show to life.
From opening number “Don’t touch the remote”, he has the audience hooked, and takes them on a rollercoaster ride, making sure to point out every role that the other presenters may have wanted to forget.
His banter with Jon Cryer after Cryer beats him to the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy award is priceless.
The real highlight of the night however comes as Harris introduces the “Emmy counters” to explain the process. Just as they take the…
