Golden Globe Awards 2016 Nominations

The 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will be held and simulcast live on NBC on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 8 p.m. EST at The Beverly Hilton produced by Dick Clark Productions. Nominations were announced by America Ferrera, Chloe Grace Moretz, Angela Bassett and Dennis Quaid this morning live from The Beverly Hilton.   

Carol leads the way with five nominations, including Best Motion Picture, Drama and Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for which both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara received nominations. Netflix had a network high of eight nominations. The Revenant, Steve Jobs, and The Big Short each received four nominations.

And the nominees are:

Best Motion Picture, Drama
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best Motion Picture, Comedy 
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck

Best Director – Motion Picture
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro Iñárritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max
Ridley Scott, The Martian

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy 
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Melissa McCarthy, Spy

Amy Schumer, Trainwreck


Maggie Smith, Lady in the Van

Lily Tomlin, Grandma

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Will Smith, Concussion

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best TV Series, Drama

Empire
Game of Thrones
Mr. Robot
Narcos
Outlander

Best TV Series, Comedy
Casual
Mozart in the Jungle
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

Best TV Movie or Limited-Series
American Crime
American Horror Story: Hotel
Fargo
Flesh and Bone
Wolf Hall

Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Wagner Moura, Narcos
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Emma Donoghue, Room
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight

Best Animated Feature Film
Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited-Series, or TV Movie
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Regina King, American Crime
Judith Light, Transparent
Maura Tierney, The Affair

Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex Girlfriend
Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
Julia Louis Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lilly Tomlin, Grace & Frankie

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Ben Mendelson, Bloodline
Tobias Menzies, Outlander
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
"Love Me Like You Do" 50 Shades of Grey
"One Kind of Love" Love and Mercy
"See You Again" Furious 7
"Simple Song No. 3" Youth
"Writing's on the Wall" Spectre

Tune in to the ceremony, hosted by Ricky Gervais, Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 8 p.m. EST on NBC. 

SAG Awards 2016 Nominations

The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-AFTRA will be held and simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 8 p.m. EST at the Shrine Auditorium.  Nominations were announced by Anna Faris and Anthony Mackie this morning.  

House of Cards and Trumbo  scored the most nominations with three each, including series ensemble and cast performance respectively.  

And the nominees are:

FILM

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Johnny Depp - Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Helen Mirren - Woman in Gold
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Sarah Silverman - I Smile Back

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale - The Big Short
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon - 99 Homes
Jacob Tremblay - Room

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Rooney Mara - Carol
Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
Helen Mirren - Trumbo
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton 
Trumbo

TELEVISION 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Idris Elba - Luther

Ben Kingley - Tut

Ray Liotta - Texas Rising

Billy Murray - A Very Murray Christmas 

Mark Rylance - Wolf Hall

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Nicole Kidman - Grace of Monaco

Queen Latifah - Bessie Smith

Christina Ricci - The Lizzie Borden Chronicles

Susan Sarandon - The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

Kristen Wiig - The Spoils Before Dying

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones

Jon Hamm - Mad Men

Rami Malek - Mr.Robot

Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul

Kevin Spacey - House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series  

Claire Danes - Homeland

Viola Davis - How to Get Away With Murder

Julianna Marguiles - The Good Wife

Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey

Robin Wright - House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Ty Burrell - Modern Family

Louis C.K. - Louis

William H. Macy - Shameless

Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black

Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie

Ellie Kemper - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Julia Louis-Dreyfus- Veep

Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Homeland

House of Cards

Mad Men

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (6 nominees)

The Big Bang Theory

Key & Peele

Modern Family

Orange is the New Black

Transparent

Veep

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Screen Actors Guild 52nd Annual Life Achievement Award

Carol Burnett

Don't forget to tune in to the SAG Awards live on Saturday, January 30, 2016 on TBS or TNT.  

58th Annual Grammy Awards Nominations

This morning, Alicia Keys announced Grammy nominations for key categories on CBS This Morning.  The categories announced were Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year. Music released between October 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015 is eligible to be nominated for the 58th Grammys.

A full list of the nominations is now available on the Grammy website and can be found here.
Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations with 11, followed by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd each earning seven nominations.

Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor

Record of the Year
D'Angelo and The Vanguard "Really Love"
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud"
Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"

Song of the Year
"Alight" written by Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears and Pharrell Williams, performed by Kendrick Lamar
"Blank Space" written by Max Martin, Shellback, and Taylor Swift, performed by Taylor Swift
"Girl Crush" written by Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, and Liz Rose, performed by Little Big Town
"See You Again" written by Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charlie Puth and Cameron Thomaz performed by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
"Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge, performed by Ed Sheeran

Album of the Year
Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Taylor Swift, 1989
The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness

Tune-in to the 58th Grammys on February 15, 2016 at 8/7c on CBS.

The Wiz Live! on NBC

Since 2013, NBC has produced a live musical adaptation every year at the beginning of December as a holiday tradition.  2013 saw a production of The Sound of Music starring Carrie Underwood and last year's production was Peter Pan starring Allison Williams as Peter.  This year NBC did a production of The Wiz with an all-star cast including Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah, David Alan Grier, Uzo Aduba, Common, Ne-Yo, Amber Riley, Stephanie Mills and 18-year-old Shanice Williams as Dorothy.  

Stephanie Mills played Dorothy in the Original Broadway production of The Wiz and brings Aunt Em to life in the made-for-tv live show. Shanice Williams was cast after a nationwide talent search, and can she ever sing! Speaking of singing, it worked in the show's favor to cast current singers including Ne-Yo, Common and Mary J. Blige as the songs are one of the best parts of The Wiz and they delivered them with the heart and soul they were intended to have. 

The show was co-produced by Cirque de Soleil's theatrical division and the choreography during the tornado demonstrated this right off the bat. The crows and monkeys flying was also a nice touch. We also enjoyed the choreography during the Emerald City sequence and "Brand New Day."

The singing throughout the show was amazing. Amber Riley and Shanice Williams singing "He's the Wizard" was a great introduction to the world of Oz.  "Ease on Down the Road," "Be a Lion," Ne-Yo singing "What Would I Do If I Could Feel?" and Mary J. Blige singing "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News" were some of our other favorite performances. "Brand New Day" was even more fierce during the show than it was at the Macy's Day parade. Uzo Aduba singing the "Believe in Yourself (Reprise)" was worth waiting until the end of the show for and Shanice Williams singing "Home" brought us to tears. 

Bravo on this one, NBC! 

Beautifiul - The Carole King Musical on Tour

The writing duos of Carole King & Gerry Goffin and Cynthia Weil & Barry Mann wrote many of the top hits of the 1960s and 1970s.  Beautiful- The Carole King Musical tells the story of a sixteen year old girl  from Brooklyn who becomes one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time.  The story is exciting and fun but also very real and emotional, and it is coupled with an incredible B-plot of the relationship between Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann.

I had the privilege to see the original Broadway cast including Jessie Mueller as Carole King, who won a Tony for the role, and it was one of the best musicals I had ever seen (and the first time I saw the show I had a standing room only ticket, so I sincerely mean that).  When it was announced that the show would be going on tour I knew I would have to make it a point to see it!

My excitement was further escalated by the announcement that Abby Mueller would be playing Carole King! Yes, she is the sister of Jessie Mueller, but that's not the only reason it's great that she's playing Carole King.  She is also a fantastic musical theater performer in her own right, and she brings her own unique aspects to the portrayal of Carole King.  The rest of the cast is also incredible! Liam Toby plays Gerry Goffin, Ben Fankhauser, who was recently seen as 'Henry' in North Carolina Theatre's production of Next to Normal, plays Barry Mann and Becky Gulsvig plays Cynthia Weil.  And you can't forget about the excellent ensemble of actors who bring the music to life in a big way!

I can't say much of anything that's new about why this show is so incredible and truly a must-see, but I will tell you I got my mom tickets for her birthday and had to basically drag her to see the show with me, but I chose to drag her because I knew she would thoroughly enjoy it. Since we saw the show, she has told every single person she has encountered that they need to get to DPAC immediately and see this fantastic show!

Here are just a few of the local reviews Beautiful - The Carole King Musical has received:

Beautiful - The Carole King Musical is playing at DPAC through October 4 and then moves on to the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C..  You can find all of the upcoming tour dates here. Don't miss this incredible show when it comes to a city near you!

67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

The 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Andy Samberg, took place on Sunday Night September 20th.  The awards were presented during a FOX live telecast from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

In Samberg's first time as host, his opening was like the opening skit of an episode of SNL and starred some of this year's nominees...it was awesome!  It felt like he hit the nail on the head in terms of providing the new angle the Academy was looking for when they chose him as this year's host.



Some of the best moments of the night included Ricky Gervais pretending he won the Emmy, the "World's Best Boss" mug for Lorne Michaels (but actually Shonda Rimes), Andy's performance of "I'd Like to Give the World an Emmy", metal detectors on the red carpet, and Tracy Morgan's appearance to announce the winner of Outstanding Drama Series.

VEEP won Outstanding Comedy Series.  Julia Louis-Dreyfus won Lead Actress in a Comedy for her role in VEEP, and Tony Hale won Supporting Actor in a Comedy for his role in the series, his second category win for the role.  Jeffrey Tambor won Lead Actor in a Comedy for his role in Transparent, Jill Soloway also won the Emmy for Directing for the series.  Allison Janney won Supporting Actress in a Comedy for her role in Mom, her 7th career Emmy.

Olive Kitteridge swept the Limited Series categories wining 6 Emmys for Writing, Directing, Supporting Actor, Lead Actress, Lead Actor, and Outstanding Series.  The one other televised award in the category, Supporting Actress, went to Regina King for American Crime.

Game of Thrones won awards for Directing and Writing in a Drama Series, Oustanding Drama Series, and Supporting Actor in a Drama for Peter Dinklage.  Uzo Aduba won Supporting Actress in a Drama for her role in Orange is the New Black.  Jon Hamm (finally) won the Emmy for Lead Actor in a  Drama for playing Don Draper in Mad Men. Viola Davis took home Lead Actress in a Drama for How To Get Away With Murder, making her the firs African American woman to win the category.



One thing I personally enjoyed was the way they announced the nominees for Writing and Directing in a Comedy Series by asking the writers what was the hardest part of writing for a comedy and directors what are the best skills to have as a Comedy director.

Full Winners List
Creative Arts Emmys Full Winners List

Fashion

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Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany looked fabulous in a Bouchra Jarrar Couture ivory tuxedo.  

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Taraji P. Henson of FOX's Empire looked incredible in custom Alexander Wang. 

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Orange is the New Black's Uzo Aduba looked marvelous in Jonathan Cohen.

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Claire Danes looked magnificent in a rockstar-esque Prada gown.

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Mad Men's Christina Hendricks looked stunning in Naeem Khan.













Of course, there were many more stunning looks on this year's red carpet! To see all of those looks check out the Red Carpet gallery here.

Fall 2015 Television Schedule: What's New and What's Returning

When the calendar flipped to September that meant the countdown was on for our favorite TV shows to come back into our lives. Starting September 21st we kick off Premiere Week with The Big Bang Theory on CBS at 8; this will the time slot for Big Bang until CBS is done covering Thursday night football then Big Bang will return to its normal time slot. Tuesday nights have a couple new shows with Limitless on CBS, Quantico on Fox, Heartbreaker on ABC, and Scream Queens on Fox.

Wednesday night the return of the breakout drama Empire makes its highly anticipated return. Also on Wednesdays will be Nashville on ABC, Law and Order: SVU and Chicago PD on NBC. Thursday Nights TGIT returns on ABC with a McDreamy-less Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and How To Get Away with Murder. Also on NBC on Thursday is the resurrection of the groundbreaking drama Heroes with Heroes Reborn.

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Friday's viewers can take another swim in the tank with SharkTank on ABC, a race around the world on CBS with The Amazing Race, and see whats happening on Dateline. Sunday will feature its resident power women with The Good Wife and Madam Secretary on CBS. New to the Sunday night line up is Blood and Oil; if you were a fan of Dallas (the old or new version) this is a show you should check out starting Gossip Girl star Chase Crawford.

A few notes: Chicago PD will not start on Wednesday September 23rd because Law and Order: SVU is a 2 hour episode; so Chicago PD will start September 30th. Chicago Fire doesn't start until October 13th at its normal time of 10pm on Tuesday. The third installment of the Chicago series by Dick Wolf will have Chicago Med starting on November 17th. On Sunday September 27th at 8 there will be a 2 Hour CSI farewell with some of the original cast making an appearance. The September 24th episode of Heroes Reborn will also be 2 hours.

Addicting Television Shows that are not on basic networks:

Downton Abbey: January 2016
Walking Dead: October 11, 2015
Finding Carter Season 2b: October 6, 2015
Suits: January 2016
Major Crimes: November 2015

Let us know what shows you would like more information on in the comments! Or what shows you think everyone should watch because they are just epic!

Television Premiere Dates: August

August

Sunday, August 2
8:00 pm: Bachelor in Paradise (ABC)

Monday, August 3
9:30 pm: Significant Mother (CW)

Tuesday, August 4
10:00 pm: Playing House (USA)

Wednesday, August 5

Difficult People (Hulu)

8:00 pm: America's Next Top Model (CW)

9:00 pm: Mr. Robinson (NBC)

              A Wicked Offer (CW)
              Job or No Job (ABC Family)

9:30 pm: The Carmichael Show (NBC)

Saturday, August 8
11:00 pm: America's Next Weatherman (TBS)

Tuesday, August 11
9:00 pm: Next Step Realty: NYC (ABC Family)

Wednesday, August 12

8:00 pm: Young and Hungry (ABC Family)
8:30 pm: Kevin From Work (ABC Family)

Sunday, August 16
9:00 pm: Show Me A Hero (HBO)

Tuesday, August 18
8:00 pm: Startup U (ABC Family)

Thursday, August 20
10:00 pm: Documentary Now! (IFC)

Saturday, August 22

9:00 pm: Blunt Talk (Starz)
9:30 pm: Survivor's Remorse (Starz)
10:00 pm: Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted (HBO)

Sunday, August 23
9:00 pm: Fear the Walking Dead (AMC)

Monday, August 24
8:00 pm: Switched at Birth (ABC Family)

Tuesday, August 25
10:00 pm: Public Morals (TNT)
               Tosh.O (Comedy Central)

Friday, August 28
Narcos (Netflix)

Monday, August 31
9:00 pm: Awkward (MTV)
9:30 pm: Faking It (MTV)
10:00 pm: Todrick (MTV)
10:30 pm: Girl Code Live (MTV)

Primetime Emmy Nominations 2015

At 8:30 a.m. PST/11:30 a.m. EST, Uzo Aduba of Orange is the New Black and Cat Deely, host of So You Think You Can Dance?, announced the nominations for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards live from the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles.

Going into the nominations, perennial favorites including Mad Men and Orange is the New Black were expected to do well, as well as some newcomers including Empire, black-ish, and Grace and Frankie.  

Game of Thrones has the most nominations with 24, including Outstanding Drama Series. Grace and Frankie were not nominated as well as expected, while Netflix comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was nominated better than expected, including a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series. Empire was largely snubbed, with only one nomination in the main acting categories of Taraji P. Henson for Lead Actress.

Andy Samberg will host the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20.  The awards will be broadcast live on Fox from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

A partial list of nominations can be found below and a full list of nominations can be found here.

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland House of Cards
Mad Men
Orange Is the New Black

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 
Veep

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Louis CK, Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
William H Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Allison Janney, Mom
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Niecy Nash, Getting On

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Adam Driver, Girls
Tony Hale, Veep
Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele