Category Archives: Awards

Too Early for This: Grammy Picks – 1 Oct 2012

Sunday marked the end of the Grammy’s eligibility period, so let’s take a look at the early contenders for the increasingly irrelevant award, but one that features arguably the best ceremony. ALBUM OF THE YEAR Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay Tempest, Bob Dylan Babel, Mumford … Continue reading

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Emmy Recap 2012

Well, that was a little surprising. I was traveling back from Austin on Sunday so I didn’t catch any of the actual ceremony, but the actual awards were somewhat shocking. Here were the biggest losers: Mad Men actors: They’re now … Continue reading

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Emmy Predictions 2012: Drama

Prepare yourself for a whole lot of Breaking Bad love. I don’t have much of anything to say in these categories, since I almost exclusively followed comedies last year. Basically, it’s time for Breaking Bad to sweep where Mad Men … Continue reading

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Emmy Predictions 2012: Comedy

COMEDY SERIES 30 Rock (NBC) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Girls (HBO) Modern Family (ABC) Veep (HBO) Are you excited for this slate at all? I’m certainly not. I can think of at least four series … Continue reading

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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 August 2012

BEST PICTURE The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Django Unchained The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Misérables Lincoln The Master Moonrise Kingdom To the Wonder Zero Dark Thirty The skinny: There won’t be 10 nominees this year, but it’s a stronger … Continue reading

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Reactionary Tale: Emmy Nominations 2012

As always with the notoriously crazy Television Academy, you have to take the good with the bad. This year held very few surprises, as the dramas were dominated by critically acclaimed cable series and the comedies dominated by HBO and … Continue reading

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Emmy Picks 2012: Comedy

COMEDY SERIES 30 Rock (NBC) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Potential spoiler: Veep (HBO) In my dreams: Community (NBC) The skinny: Girls has more buzz than Veep, … Continue reading

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Emmy Picks 2012: Drama

Unlike the Oscars, not a whole lot will change between now and next month, when the Emmy nominees are announced. So there won’t be any revisions between now and then. We’ll just see what made the cut July 18. Today, … Continue reading

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Oscar Guide 2012

Pencils down. The awards are handed out tonight, and that’ll be it. I’ll be live-tweeting, starting around 7:30 CST. But for now, I’ll break down the eight major categories, and give my projections in the remaining sixteen. BEST PICTURE The … Continue reading

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Reactionary Tale: Oscar Nominations 2012

Well, well, well. Looks like we’ve got ourselves a horse race now. Nine nominees hit that five percent threshold. Nobody, and I mean nobody, was predicting this. The closest anyone got was Roger Ebert, who guessed there would still be … Continue reading

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