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Los Angeles- The Emmy Award nominations were announced today and to the surprise of nobody, 30 Rock dominated the comedy categories, while Mad Men led the way for drama series.

About the only surprise was the sheer dominance of 30 Rock, which netted a record-setting 22 nominations. The show, which won best comedy series last year, scored Best Actor and Actress nominations for Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin.

Mad Men, garnered 16 nominations- including Best Drama, Best Actor (Jon Hamm) and Best Actress (Elisabeth Moss). Hamm, in a crossover role, was also nominated for his Guest Star stint on 30 Rock.

On a sad note, Farrah Fawcett, who never won an EMMY during her life, was nominated for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special for “Farrah’s Story,” the documentary about her battle with cancer.

Along with 30 Rock, the other Best Comedy Series nominees were Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, The Office and Weeds.

The other nominees for Best Drama Series were Big Love, Breaking Bad, Damages, Dexter, House and Lost.

The Emmys will be broadcast on Sept. 20 on CBS from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris, who did a brilliant job as emcee on the recent Tony Awards, has been tapped as the emcee of the Emmys.

COMEDY

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Entourage
Family Guy
Flight of the Conchords
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
30 Rock
Weeds

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Jemaine Clement, Flight of th Conchords
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Rainn Wilson, The Office

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Kristin Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alan Alda, 30 Rock
Beau Bridges, Desperate Housewives
Jon Hamm, 30 Rock
Steve Martin, 30 Rock
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jennifer Aniston, 30 Rock
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Gena Rowlands, Monk
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock
Betty White, My Name Is Earl

DRAMA

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Big Love
Damages
Breaking Bad
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
Michael Emerson, Lost
William Hurt, Damages
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
William Shatner, Boston Legal
John Slattery, Mad Men

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Rose Byrne, Damages
Hope Davis, In Treatment
Cherry Jones, In Treatment
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Edward Asner, CSI: NY
Ted Danson, Damages
Ernest Borgnine, ER
Michael J. Fox, Rescue Me
Jimmy Smits, Dexter

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Brenda Blethyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Carol Burnett, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sharon Lawrence, Grey’s Anatomy
CCH Pounder, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

REALITY

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef

HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Heidi Klum, Project Runway
Padma Lakshmi (Host) and Tom Colicchio (Co-Host), Top Chef
Jeff Probst, Survivor
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

REALITY SERIES
Antiques Roadshow
Dirty Jobs
Dog Whisperer
Intervention
Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List
MythBusters

May 17, 2009 (New York City)- Billy Elliott The Musical blew away the competition at the 54^th Annual Drama Desk Awards, winning 10 awards, including Best Musical, Best Director, Outstanding Featured Actor and Actress and Outstanding Music (Elton John).

Shrek The Musical was a distant second with three awards, including one for Brian d’Arcy James, who took home the honors as Outstanding Actor in a Musical. Other big winners included Lynn Nottage, who took Best Play honors for Ruined, The Norman Conquests, which won for Outstanding Revival of a Play and Hair, which won for Outstanding Revival of a Musical.

In the acting categories, Geoffrey Rush was named Outstanding Actor in a Play (The Norman Conquests), Janet McTeer was Outstanding Actress in a Play (Mary Stuart) and Allison Janney, of West Wing fame, took Best Actress in a Musical for her work in 9 to 5.

Other big-name winners included Angela Lansbury (Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play) and Stephen Sondheim (Outstanding Lyrics for Road Show).

Billy Elliott is now the dds-n favorite to dominate the upcoming Tony Awards.

THE WINNERS

Outstanding Play:                                                Ruined by Lynn Nottage

Outstanding Musical:                                          Billy Elliot The Musical

Outstanding Revival of a Play:                         The Norman Conquests  

Outstanding Revival of a Musical:                    Hair

Outstanding Music in a Play:                             Dominic Kanza (Ruined)

Outstanding Actor in a Play:                              Geoffrey Rush  (Exit the King)

Outstanding Actress in a Play:                          Janet McTeer (Mary Stuart)

Outstanding Actor in a Musical:                        Brian d’Arcy James (Shrek The Musical)

Outstanding Actress in a Musical:                    Allison Janney (9 to 5)

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play:             Pablo Schreiber (reasons to be pretty) off Broadway

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play:         Angela Lansbury (Blithe Spirit)

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical:       Gregory Jbara (Billy Elliot The Musical)

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical:   Haydn Gwynne (Billy Elliot The Musical)

Outstanding Director of a Play:                         Matthew Warchus (The Norman Conquests)

Outstanding Director of a Musical:                   Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot The Musical)

Outstanding Choreography:                              Peter Darling (Billy Elliot The Musical)

Outstanding Music:                                             Elton John (Billy Elliot The Musical)

Outstanding Lyrics:                                             Stephen Sondheim (Road Show)

Outstanding Book of a Musical                         Lee Hall (Billy Elliot The Musical)

Outstanding Orchestrations:                              Martin Koch (Billy Elliot The Musical)

Outstanding Set Design of a Play:                   David Korins (Why Torture Is Wrong and the People

                                                                                                          Who Love Them)

Outstanding Set Design of a Musical:             Tim Hatley (Shrek The Musical)

Outstanding Costume Design:                         Tim Hatley (Shrek The Musical))

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play:           David Hersey (Equus)

Outstanding Sound Design:                              Paul Arditti (Billy Elliot The Musical)

Outstanding Solo Performance:                       Lorenzo Pisoni (Humor Abuse)

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical:     Rick Fisher (Billy Elliot The Musical)

Unique Theatrical Experience:                        Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words

Ben Franklin is known as a scientist, inventor, statesman and publisher. He is enshrined (posthumously) in two unlikely halls of Fame. Franklin is a member of the Advertising Hall of Fame as a pioneer in the field. The first known magazine advertisement appeared in his General Magazine in 1741. He is also a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. According to the Hall, “Benjamin Franklin was a competent swim coach and teacher; he advised on water safety, lifeboat rescue escape from shipwrecks, and the advisability of universal learn-to-swim classes.”

Slumdog Millionaire enjoyed one of the greatest nights in Academy Awards history, winning a total of eight Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director.

With the Academy Awards in the rear view mirror, the 2009 Awards Season has come to a merciful end.

What have we learned?

* Meryl Streep will be nominated for an Academy Award … and lose (15 nominations with just two Oscars on the mantle).

* The Directors Guild of America will make their choice for Best Director (Slumdog Millionaire’s Danny Boyle) and that winner will go on to win the Oscar. The DGA has picked the ultimate Oscars winner all but six times since 1948.

* A performance of a lifetime will be the last of a lifetime. It happened with Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) this year. Other fantastic final performances include Peter Finch (Network), James Dean (Giant), Vincent Price (Edward Scissorshands) and Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond).

* There will be inexplicable Oscar snubs. This year had plenty. Bruce Springsteen not even getting a nomination for The Wrestler, no acting nominations for Slumdog Millionaire, no acting nominations for Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) or Colin Farrell (In Bruges) and no Best Picture nomination for Wall-E.

* There will be  dozens of inexplicable Emmy snubs. Let’s start with Friday Night Lights. Snubbed for Best Drama, Best Actress (Connie Britton) and Best Actor (Kyle Chandler). Two huge Best Drama snubs- Big Love and The Wire. Biggest Comedy snub? No nomination for Flight of the Conchords.  Other acting snubs included Jenna Fischer (The Office), Kristin Wiig (Saturday Night Live), January Jones (Mad Men), Mia Wasikowska (In Treatment) and Tracy Morgan (30 Rock).

* The Grammys still love the oldies but goodies. This year’s Grammy Winners included Robert Plant, The Eagles, Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, Al Green, Jose Feliciano, B.B. King, Dr. John, John Williams, George Carlin, Peter Gabriel and Pete Seeger.

* Tina Fey is a comic genius.

* Laura Linney may well be the best actress working today.

* Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Sean Penn turn any project they work on into gold.

* Richard Jenkins and Melissa Leo are overnight success stories that were decades of brilliant work in the making.

* Don’t let looks fool you. While Brad Pitt and Algenina Jolie may be too beautiful for words, both are remarkable actors as well. This year’s Best Acting nominations were no fluke. Both have a history of turning in extraordinary performances.

* Hugh Jackman is extremely talented…. but his talents are far better suited for hosting the Tonys than the Oscars. Billy Crystal… we miss you!

* Don’t you wish Mickey Rourke had won the Best Actor Oscar? … even if it was just to see his acceptance speech.

* Since the Oscars treat comedies like second-class citizens, shouldn’t they follow the Golden Globes lead and give separate awards for dramas and comedies? Outside of a win for Penelope Cruz and a nomination for Robert Downey Jr., comedic writers, actors and directors were all but ignored.

* The final thing we learned? That in no time, we’ll be going through all of this again.

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Bing Crosby Born: May 3, 1903 Place of Birth: Tacoma, WA Education: Gonzaga University Quote: I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse. Claim to Fame: Crosby was hugely popular both as a singer and as an actor. Crosby teamed with Bob Hope in a series of successful “Road” movies. Awards and Honors: Academy Award (Best Actor); Golden Globe Award; Peabody Award; Western Music Hall of Fame; 41 #1 songs; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; Hit Parade Hall of Fame

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Sidney Crosby Born: August 7, 1987 Place of Birth: Cole Harbor, Nova Scotia Education: No college Quote: I think to be great, you have to prove that you’re the best year after year after year and show that by winning. I think that’s something you have to earn. Claim to Fame: Crosby was one of the most highly touted junior hockey players in history and quickly established himself as a star in the NHL, winning the league’s scoring title while still a teenager. Awards and Honors: NHL’s Art Ross Trophy (scoring); NHL’s Hart Trophy (MVP), NHL’s Lester Pearson Trophy; Guy Lafleur Trophy; NHL Offensive Player of the Year

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