Emmy Awards Tomorrow Night

the emmy awards are tomorrow night. i have really no vested interest as i have no idea how the nominees get in and some of the best are generally left out.

that said amongst the nominees everything 'good wife', 'glee' and 'breaking bad' works for me as i agree with all their noms.

my choices are highlighted in blue

Drama Series

Breaking Bad AMC Dexter Showtime The Good Wife CBS Lost ABC

Mad Men AMC True Blood HBO

Comedy Series

Curb Your Enthusiasm HBO Modern Family ABC Glee Fox Nurse Jackie Showtime

The Office NBC 30 Rock NBC

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Larry David Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Tony Shalhoub Monk (USA) SteveCarell TheOffice (NBC) Alec Baldwin 30 Rock (NBC) Matthew Morrison Glee (Fox)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad (AMC) Michael C. Hall Dexter (Showtime) Kyle Chandler Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)

Hugh Laurie House (Fox) Matthew Fox Lost (ABC) Jon Hamm Mad Men (AMC)

Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Jeff Bridges A Dog Year (HBO) Ian McKellen The Prisoner (AMC) Michael Sheen The Special Relationship (HBO) Dennis Quaid The Special Relationship (HBO) Al Pacino You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Lea Michele Glee (Fox) Julia Louis-Dreyfus The New Adventures of Old Christine(CBS) Edie Falco Nurse Jackie (Showtime) Amy Poehler Parks and Recreation (NBC) TinaFey30Rock(NBC) Toni Collette United States of Tara (Showtime)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Kyra Sedgwick The Closer (TNT) Glenn Close Damages (FX) Connie Britton Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)

Julianna Margulies The Good Wife (CBS) Mariska Hargitay Law & Order: SVU (NBC)

January Jones Mad Men (AMC)

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Maggie Smith Capturing Mary (HBO) Joan Allen Georgia O’Keeffe (Lifetime) Judi Dench Return to Cranford (PBS) Hope Davis The Special Relationship (HBO)

Claire Danes Temple Grandin (HBO)

SupportingActor in a Comedy Series

ChrisColfer Glee(Fox) Neil Patrick Harris How I Met Your Mother (CBS) Jesse Tyler Ferguson ModernFamily(ABC) Eric Stonestreet Modern Family (ABC) TyBurrellModernFamily(ABC) Jon Cryer Two and a Half Men (CBS)

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Aaron Paul Breaking Bad (AMC) Martin Short Damages (FX) Terry O’Quinn Lost (ABC) Michael Emerson Lost (ABC) John Slattery Mad Men (AMC) Andre Braugher Men of a Certain Age (TNT)

Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Michael Gambon Emma (PBS) Patrick Stewart Hamlet (PBS) Jonathan Pryce Return to Cranford (PBS)

David Strathairn Temple Grandin (HBO) John Goodman You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)

Supporting Actress in a ComedySeries

Jane Lynch Glee (Fox) JulieBowenModernFamily(ABC) Sofia Vergara Modern Family (ABC) Kristen Wiig Saturday Night Live (NBC) JaneKrakowski30Rock(NBC) Holland Taylor Two and a Half Men(CBS)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Sharon Gless Burn Notice (USA) Rose Byrne Damages (FX) Archie Panjabi The Good Wife (CBS) Christine Baranski The Good Wife (CBS)

Christina Hendricks Mad Men (AMC) Elisabeth Moss Mad Men (AMC)

Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Kathy Bates Alice (Syfy) Julia Ormond Temple Grandin (HBO) Catherine O’Hara Temple Grandin (HBO) Brenda Vaccaro You Don’t Know Jack (HBO) Susan Sarandon You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)

Made for Television Movie

Endgame (PBS) Georgia O’Keeffe (Lifetime) Moonshot (History) TheSpecialRelationship(HBO) Temple Grandin (HBO) You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)

Variety, Music or Comedy Series

The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO) The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien (NBC)

Reality Competition Program

The Amazing Race (CBS) American Idol (Fox) Dancing With the Stars (ABC) Project Runway (Lifetime) Top Chef (Bravo)

Stewart Eviscerates Glenn Beck's Civil Rights Rally: 'I Have A Scheme'

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Bill Maher Called It in 2006

as the rest of us knew ken mehlman's 'dirty little secret'

Keith on 'Countdown' Had It Right

once again the hypocritical ken melmahn and his coming-out

But Chris on 'Hardball' Had It Wrong

these log cabin republicans are so full of crap.

and chris i can't believe you are falling for their crap!

i said it before and i'll say it again a gay republican is akin to a jew voting for hitler in 1939.

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'Avatar' Returns Today*

*with additional pandora footage

'The Day After That' from 'Kiss of the Spider Woman'

'kiss of the spider woman' opened in 1993 on broadway. the cast starred brent carver as molina, anthony crivello as valentin and chita rivera as spider woman/aurora (see sidebar) all of whom won tony awards.

the show itself won best musical, book and music and lyrics.

not long after liza minnelli recorded the 'day after that' which she premiered live at the un on world's aids day. it became an anthem in the fight against aids.

i've chosen to post two of liza's versions here.

however the best version of all was the original by anthony crivello who won a  most deserved tony award for his role as molina. this is the best i could do. it's not about the pictures or the video. it's all about the music, the lyrics and anthony's amazing voice.

Stewart Talks Mosque AGAIN, Beats FOX News at Their Own Game

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Listen to This A-HOLE on the '9/11 Burning the Koran' Day

this moron appeared on 'hardball' tonight. chris why the hell are you giving these idiots a forum? need to tell you chris...you are NOT going to change these fanatics!


i'm telling you...the idiots are taking over the asylum.

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Jon Stewart: More on Mosques

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What a Disgrace: What a Frackin' Hypocrite*

ken mehlman the former republican national committee chairman during gw's administration and was the architect of much of the anti-gay rhetoric and policies during that time has come out of the closet.

 well congratulations you moron. you think this is too little too late? well damn it i do!  go back to your bush cronies. we have no use for you now. when you could have done something you chose to do nothing. you should have stayed in your closet. i have no pity for your 'journey'. typical republican closet case who's motto seems to be 'first do harm'.

*for one of the few times i can remember i totaly disagree with chris mathews on this subject.

Just Some Portrait Shots I Like

Spring Music Fest: Audra McDonald

 audra mcdonald: actress and singer. multiple tony award winner. brilliant.

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What's On My Mind Today? Charlie Crist

i never blogged about the florida primaries because i was just waiting. i choose not to vote for any of the democrat party nominees even though it is my party affiliation. when charlie crist decided to run as an independent i kind of knew where my senate vote was going in november. he has been a good governor and generally at odds with his republican party. that scored him a lot of points with me.

now if he'd only come out of the closet. charlie...we all know!

"What if..."

abc and soapnet had characters from different daytime dramas bumping into each other this summer. i admit that i've been a closeted 'general hospital' and 'one life to live' watcher for the past gazillion years. time to come out of the closet. 

first up 'behind the scenes'

'What If'' Maxie Jones Met Rex Balsom

maxie jones (general hospital) meets rex balsom (one life to live).

Happy Birthday Blake

As Suspected

a week or so back it was speculated that sandra and director stephen daldry may work together. the speculation seems to becoming more of a fact with tom hanks jumping on board.

sandra 'blindsided' most critics and bloggers when she was nominated for best actress this past film year. some had to eat their pig-skin when she won. now she is teaming up with daldry who directed nicole kidman to her oscar ('the hours) and then directed kate winslet to her's ('the reader'). so to the nay- sayers i say...watch out. number two isn't too far-fetched.

A few weeks ago, Sandra Bullock was seen leaving a meeting with Stephen Daldry with what looked like a script in her hands. Today it’s fairly certain that script was Eric Roth’s adaptation of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Varietysays Bullock and Tom Hanks may be the director’s first choice to play the adult leads alongside a precocious kid facing a world of tragedy and post-traumatic stress just after the World Trade Center attack.

'Warner Bros. and Paramount are eyeing Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks for the feature version of post- 9/11 drama “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” with Scott Rudin producing.

Warners, the lead studio on the project, indicated it has made offers to the thesps but is not yet in formal negotiations. And the studios have not yet greenlit the project. The Jonathan Safran Foer novel, set in 2003, centers on a 9-year-old boy who finds a key in a vase that belongs to his father — who perished in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — and searches to find the lock that goes with it. It was one of the first American novels to incorporate the Sept. 11 events into the plot.'

Happy Birthday Alex

Betty and Neil Patrick Score Early Emmys

betty white scores an emmy for her 'saturdat night live' hosting and neil patrick harris scores two. the first for hosing the 'tonys' and as guest star in a comedy on 'glee'. they were awarded saturday night at the 'creative arts' portion of the emmys.

'To Know Him Is to Love Him (Her)'

following up on spotlighting linda ronstadt yesterday leads me to this trio by linda, dolly parton and emmylou harris.

the song is one of my all time favorites.

the original was recorded by a 50's group called the ponitails

the beetles saw fit to record it with a few updated lyrics as 'to know her is to love her' listen carefully.

my favorite version is john lennon's solo version

all together this only proves that good music can transcend time, place and musical genre.

What's On My Mind Today

Barack vs Moslem Haters

this obama being a moslem has to stop. this is racism through and through. who are these nutjobs who think this? well i know we know who they are!  after listening to this crap on cnn the other night i have to wonder why barack or anyone else would want to be a christian. this is franklin graham a so called 'christian'.

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and what if he were of the moslem faith. is their anything in the constitution of the united stated that says moslems can't be president. it seems that many christians believe freedom of religion is only for them. i was raised christian. they tried to turn me into a papist. no fracking way. i was out of there. i converted to judaism which was the faith of jesus. o yes it was! he was born a jew and died a jew. he had no idea that within three hundred years a bunch of 'jesus cults' would get together and form these arrogant religions one born out of the other out of more arrogance and enter the concept of religious greed. 

for the record the jewish faith, the moslem faith and the christian faith are all the founded on the faith of abraham. start reading folks. educate yourselves. don't be led blindly by bigoted morons. and faith is far different from religion. faiths are equal while it is religions that cause the fights and the factions and the fractions of the crazies. 

but i believe i am preaching to the choir. those who swallow this nonsense that permeates around the world, particularly in america,  have probably given up on my blog already or are about to now. goodbye and good riddance.

once again here's keith...watch and listen and learn.

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Encore: Linda Ronstadt

with yesterday's posting of 'different drum' i got into a linda mood. 

these are some of my favorite ronstadt's that came during her 'golden' years. it's always great to revisit my musical past favorites.

early linda

My Favorite Linda Ronstadt: 'Blue Bayou'

Happy Birthday Loretta

someone write a series for this woman. she is the funniest of them all. the best of the best.

Idiot of the Week and What Is Going on in My Mind Today?

Well Here Is the Winner Once Again

this moron is like an std you can't get rid of

"dr.laura:don't retreat ... reload!"

Sarah Palin’s post-VP nominee career has so far benefitted from bomb-throwing. The process follows a tight script—a crude, semi-calculated comment is shot into the middle of a political debate via Facebook or Twitter. It gains national attention. Liberals are outraged. Conservatives rush to her defense. Sarah Palin dominates a news cycle and becomes more beloved by her base.

But by unnecessarily rushing to the defense of Dr. Laura Schlessinger—after she dropped the N-bomb 11 times and told the caller “don’t marry outside of your race”—Sarah Palin might finally have gone too far and picked a fight she cannot win.

Palin is “trying to shock us each day with more and more outlandish commentary,” said one black conservative. “And at that moment that person is no longer fit to lead.”*two racist bitches really*** note well that this was said by a black conservative not liberal or independent **note well that this was said by me

Stone Poneys' Kenny Edwards Dead at 64

i love this song. it was the introduction of linda ronstadt to the music scene. the stone poney's disbanded after this release which was a major hit for them. ronstadt went on to an amazing solo career. 

'different drum' feat linda ronstadt: