Emmy Award Winners

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night on NBC from the Nokia Theatre live in Los Angeles. I have to say I actually watched the whole thing, if only because there was nothing else on. I think Jimmy Fallon was suited to the event. Him playing his guitar and singing like a banshee is what he does best. Check out a list of the important winners below.

Outstanding Drama
**Winner** "Mad Men"
"Breaking Bad"
"Dexter"
"The Good Wife"
"Lost"
"True Blood"

Outstanding Comedy
**Winner** "Modern Family"
"30 Rock"
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
"Glee"
"Nurse Jackie"
"The Office"

Outstanding Actor in a Drama
**Winner** Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad")
Hugh Laurie ("House M.D.")
Jon Hamm ("Mad Men")
Kyle Chandler ("Friday Night Lights")
Matthew Fox ("Lost")
Michael C. Hall ("Dexter")

Outstanding Actress in a Drama
**Winner** Kyra Sedgwick ("The Closer")
Connie Britton ("Friday Night Lights")
Glenn Close ("Damages")
January Jones ("Mad Men")
Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife")
Mariska Hargitay ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit")

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy
**Winner** Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory")
Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock")
Larry David ("Curb Your Enthusiasm")
Matthew Morrison ("Glee")
Steve Carell ("The Office")
Tony Shalhoub ("Monk")

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy
**Winner** Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie")
Amy Poehler ("Parks and Recreation")
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("The New Adventures of Old Christine")
Lea Michele ("Glee")
Tina Fey ("30 Rock")
Toni Collette ("The United States of Tara")

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
**Winner** Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad")
Andre Braugher ("Men of a Certain Age")
John Slattery ("Mad Men")
Martin Short ("Damages")
Michael Emerson ("Lost")
Terry O'Quinn ("Lost")

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama
**Winner** Archie Panjabi ("The Good Wife")
Christine Baranski ("The Good Wife")
Christina Hendricks ("Mad Men")
Elisabeth Moss ("Mad Men")
Rose Byrne ("Damages")
Sharon Gless ("Burn Notice")

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy
**Winner** Eric Stonestreet ("Modern Family")
Chris Colfer ("Glee")
Jesse Tyler Ferguson ("Modern Family")
Jon Cryer ("Two and a Half Men")
Neil Patrick Harris ("How I Met Your Mother")
Ty Burrell ("Modern Family")

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy
**Winner** Jane Lynch ("Glee")
Holland Taylor ("Two and a Half Men")
Jane Krakowski ("30 Rock")
Julie Bowen ("Modern Family")
Kristen Wiig ("Saturday Night Live")
Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family")

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
**Winner** "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart"
"The Colbert Report"
"Real Time With Bill Maher"
"Saturday Night Live"
"The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien"

Outstanding Reality Show Competition
**Winner** "Top Chef"
"Project Runway"
"The Amazing Race"
"Dancing with the Stars"
"American Idol"

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
**Winner** Jeff Probst ("Survivor")
Phil Keoghan ("The Amazing Race")
Ryan Seacrest ("American Idol")
Tom Bergeron ("Dancing with the Stars")
Heidi Klum ("Project Runway")

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
**Winner** Steve Shill ("Dexter) - "The Getaway"
Michelle MacLaren ("Breaking Bad") - "One Minute"
Jack Bender ("Lost") - "The End"
Leslie Linka Glatter ("Mad Men" -" Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency"
Agnieszka Holland ("Treme") - "Do You Know What It means" (Pilot)

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
**Winner** Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy ("Mad Men") - "Shut the Door"
Rolin Jones ("Friday Night Lights") - "The Son"
Michelle King and Robert King ("The Good Wife") (Pilot)
Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse ("Lost") - "The End"
Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner ("Mad Men") - "Guy Walks Into Advertising Agency"

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
**Winner** Ryan Murphy ("Glee") - "Director's Cut (Pilot)"
Paris Barclay ("Glee") - "Wheels"
Jason Winer ("Modern Family") (Pilot)
Allen Coulter ("Nurse Jackie") (Pilot)
Don Scardino ("30 Rock") - "I Do Do"

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy
**Winner** Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd ("Modern Family") (Pilot)
Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan ("Glee") - "Director's Cut (Pilot)"
Greg Daniels and Mindy Kaling ("The Office") - "Nicaragua"
Matt Hubbard ("30 Rock") - "Anna Howard Shaw Day"
Tina Fey and Kay Cannon ("30 Rock") - "Lee Marvin Vs. Derek Jeter"

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special
**Winner** "The 63rd Annual Tony Awards"
"The 82nd Annual Academy Awards"
"Bill Maher... But I'm Not Wrong"
"The Kennedy Center Honors"
"Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me"

Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special
**Winner** Bucky Gunts ("Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony""
Ron de Moraes ("In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music From the Civil Rights Movement")
Louis J. Horvitz ("The Kennedy Center Honors")
Glenn Weiss ("The 63rd Annual Tony Awards")
Joel Gallen ("The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert""

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
**Winner** Julia Ormond ("Temple Grandin")
Kathy Bates ("Alice")
Catherine O'Hara ("Temple Grandin")
Brenda Vaccaro ("You Don't Know Jack")
Susan Sarandon ("You Don't Know Jack")

Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
**Winner* David Strathairn ("Temple Grandin")
Michael Gambon ("Emma")
Patrick Stewart ("Hamlet")
Jonathan Pryce ("Return To Cranford")
John Goodman ("You Don't Know Jack")

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
**Winner** Adam Mazer ("You Don't Know Jack")
Michelle Ashford and Robert Schenkkan ("The Pacific") - "Part Eight"
Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan ("The Pacific") - "Part Ten"
Peter Morgan ("The Special Relationship")
Christopher Monger and William Merritt Johnson ("Temple Grandin")

Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
**Winner** Claire Danes ("Temple Grandin")
Maggie Smith ("Capturing Mary")
Joan Allen ("Georgia O'Keeffe")
Dame Judi Dench ("Return To Cranford")
Hope Davis ("The Special Relationship")

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
**Winner** Mick Jackson ("Temple Grandin")
Bob Balaban ("Georgia O'Keeffe")
David Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa ("The Pacific") - "Part Eight"
Tim Van Patten ("The Pacific") - "Part Nine"
Barry Levinson ("You Don't Know Jack")

Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
**Winner** Al Pacino ("You Don't Know Jack")
Jeff Bridges ("A Dog Year")
Ian McKellen ("The Prisoner")
Michael Sheen ("The Special Relationship")
Dennis Quaid ("The Special Relationship")

Outstanding Miniseries
**Winner** "The Pacific"
"Return to Cranford (Masterpiece)"

Made for Television Movie
**Winner** "Temple Grandin"
"Endgame"
"Georgia O'Keeffe"
"Moonshot"
"The Special Relationship"
"You Don't Know Jack"

Outstanding Reality Program
**Winner** "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution"
"Antiques Roadshow"
"Dirty Jobs"
"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List"
"MythBusters"
"Undercover Boss"

Outstanding Nonfiction Series
**Winner** "The National Parks: America's Best Idea"
"American Experience"
"American Masters"
"Deadliest Catch"
"LIFE"
"Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)"

Outstanding Animated Program
**Winner** "Disney Prep & Landing"
"Alien Earths"
"The Ricky Gervais Show"
"The Simpsons"
"South Park"

Outstanding Children's Program
**Winner** "Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie"
"Hannah Montana"
"iCarly"
"Jonas"
"Wizards of Waverly Place"

Stallone wants Willis for 'Expendables II' Villian

Given the success of Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables, it's no surprise the actor/writer/director is eager to get going on a sequel.  While the action legend has publicly stated he has a concept in mind and wants to build upon what was established in the first film, Sly revealed this weekend what casting he wants for 'Ex2' (like that?).  Via his recently registered Twitter page, the actor wrote:

Had dinner with Bruce Willis last night. I want him in EXPENDABLES II as a super villain. What do you think?

What do I think?  I think it's a great idea.  But you what I think is an even greater idea?  Having Stallone's Barney Ross and his Expendables team up with Schwarzenegger's Trench and his Expednables to take down Willis' super villian, Church.  Schwarzenegger's team can be made up of guys like Van Damme, Norris, Seagal, and Snipes to compliment Stallone, Statham, Li, Couture, Lundgren, and Crews.  What do you think about that?

New International Tangled Poster

I'm not sure what to make of Disney's new animated take on Rapunzel but it's visually nice I guess, but from what I've seen and heard they have messed with quite a bit of the classic fairytale in an effort to appeal to young boys.

Anyway /Film has the new international poster (France to be exact) and it does a decent job showcasing the all new tomboy slapstick Rapunzel.

"Tangled" Opens on November 24th.

New Faster Images

Dwayne Johnson is returning to the action genre this winter after a number of kiddie films varying in the degrees of their success.

In "Faster" he plays a man out to avenge is brother after a botched bank robbery, CBS has released some new images via Comingsoon.Net and I've posted a couple below.

"Faster" Opens on November 24th.

Details Emerge on the 2pac Biopic!

While the police have seemingly given up on solving the murder of rapper/actor/poet, Tupac Shakur, fans and certain members of the media continue to look for clues. Tupac died September 13, 1996 in Las Vegas at the age of 25 from gunshot wounds sustained six days earlier. That is pretty much the only thing everyone can agree on.

A new film being developed about the man who's had more albums released since his death (8), then when he was alive (6) will focus on his last day of life, with flashbacks to the final four years leading up to it. It will also try to shed some light as to why he was killed.

Stephen J. Rivele, one of two screenwriters hired to write the film spoke to Vulture about the direction the project would be taking:

"This is the story of an artist whose character is at odds with his medium. He was a really sensitive, very romantic, talented young poet who also could sing, dance, and act. But the realities [of the hip-hop record business] were that he had to create this persona of the gangster,"

"He was obviously very angry, and had been subjected to a great deal of violence at home, in the streets and in prison. But he was just beginning to shed that anger and look for a purer voice...He was in the process of changing himself, and entering a new phase of his life — essentially a Romantic vision — and had set up a new label, and a new production company to create it. He saw the contradiction between the musical persona of 'Thug Life,' and his essential nature as a gentle, sensitive person. And that was partly responsible for his murder: He was not a gangster, but the people around him were. They saw he was going to leave, that they were going to lose him, and so I think they decided to kill him."

The film is expected to begin production in November with Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) in the directors chair. As of yet there's no official release date, title or casting in place, but I would have to assume that Anthony Mackie who portrayed Pac in the Notorious biopic will not be the lead reprising his role, or at least I seriously hope not.

Mission: Impossible 4 Loses Its Title

They might as well come clean and admit this will be the last installment with Tom Cruise. Assuming this makes enough money to warrant a fifth one next Christmas.

The trades report the fourth Mission: Impossible will surprisingly not be titled Mission: Impossible 4. The logic behind the move relates to The Dark Knight being the first Batman movie not to feature the World's Greatest Detective's name in the title, and that made $1 billion! I get what they're saying, but...stop.

It's common knowledge by now the studio has worried of the waning box-office appeal of Cruise. But such a move as this sends a clear message. He's out after M:I IV or "The Really Hard To Accomplish Spy Adventures!"

Then again, it's a minor miracle he's even back for this one.

Kung Fu Panda Screenwriters Penning Karate Kid 2

Sony's hot to get a Karate Kid sequel going ever since the remake high-kicked ass at the box-office. They've been openly taking pitches from anyone in town since its $56 million opening in June.

Heat Vision reports the screenwriting duo of Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris have been assigned the gig. How much of their hiring had to do with the connecting-the-dots of their writing Kung Fu Panda? Not knocking their skills, mind you. Their Nottingham script was said to be a great read before Ridley Scott & Co. decided to take the original "The Sheriff of Nottingham is the good guy" take and turn it into "The truth behind the legend" for Robin Hood.

One assumes the core cast (Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan and Taraji P. Henson) had options locked into their initial contracts. But there's been nothing to suggest they or director Harald Zwart won't return for second helpings.

Alex Kurtzman: Writer, Producer, Director!

Alex Kurtzman is responsible for blockbusters ranging from Star Trek (Ya!) to Transformers (Booooooo!)

Next stop is the director's chair. Vulture reports he'll make his helming debut with Welcome to People. Written by Kurtzman, his writing/producing partner-in-crime Bob Orci and documentary filmmaker Jody Lambert, the drama centers a twenty-something delivering $150,000 to an older sister and a young anger-troubled nephew he never knew existed.

Interestingly enough, Kurtzman was up for directing a number of high-profile projects including the latest Jack Ryan reboot Moscow. That makes the notion of Jonah Nolan directing Superman: The Man of Steel sound less crazy, eh? But he opted to start in the smaller route with People, a script actually penned six years ago. 

Steven Spielberg will produce for DreamWorks and casting is expected to start up in the not-too-distant future.

But rest assured, fellas, this doesn't affect Star Trek 2.

Beauty and the Beast Returns to Theaters

In what is basically sounding like a giant commercial for the upcoming blu-ray/DVD rerelease of Disney's Beauty and the Beast on October 5, Fathom Events has announced that the animated favorite will be returning to select theaters for two days only on September 29 at 6:30pm and October 2 at 12pm local time.  You can check the list of participating theaters here.

The HD feature presentation of the first animated Best Picture nominee will include an introduction by American Idol's Jordin Sparks, with behind-the-scenes footage from the upcoming DVD release and the inevitable Jordin Sparks Beauty and the Beast music video.

The other catch is that this will also be a sing-along edition of Beauty and the Beast, meaning that audiences will be invited and even worse, encouraged to sing along with the each of the songs from the movie.  If you've ever had to endure the live stage version of Beauty and the Beast (which I loved, and saw twice on Broadway) sitting near someone who can't help themselves belting out "Be Our Guest" along with the actors, you've got a pretty good idea of what you're in for. 

But Beauty and the Beast is one of the best films of that whole animated musical era, so if you're a fan, this is still a great chance to see it on the big screen again.

Lost Marathon in London

Now, I was a big fan of Lost and I'm slowly but surely enjoying watching my way through the entire series on DVD again, especially now that the final season of the show was released this week, but even I'm not sure I have the stamina for this.

According to BluRay.com, the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square, London, will be holding a Lost marathon starting on September 13, in which they will be showing all 121 episodes of the series back-to-back.  The screening will be open to the first 280 fans who show up at the door.

Apparently they will be well prepared for any Lost-related emergency, as they also reported that paramedics will be on hand throughout the marathon, which will mercifully have breaks along the way.

Says the Prince Charles theater manager Gregory Lynn, "We're thrilled to host such an exciting event and look forward our cinema running all day and all night for as long as it takes!"

The marathon should take just over 5 days to finish.  Sounds like fun, although slightly...insane.  And it figures, the last time I was in London the only big event I got to see in Leicester Square was the world premiere of High School Musical 3.

In other Lost news, included along with the final season on DVD/Blu-Ray this week is the infamous bonus feature, "The New Man in Charge," the deleted 12-minute addition to the epilogue that answers quite a few questions left after the series finale, and like most episodes of Lost, once again left me yelling "DON'T END THERE!!!" at the screen as soon as it ended (maybe that's the real reason they need paramedics at the London marathon). 

It's currently disappearing from YouTube as quickly as it's being put up there, but for the moment you can watch "The New Man in Charge" (with subtitles in a language I don't recognize) here.