Alan Cumming is a perfect choice to host the 2011 Britannia Awards (Sunday at 8/7c on TV Guide Network). I mean, the man won a Tony Award for playing an emcee (for Cabaret in 1998)! Plus, the Scottish actor has other skills relevant to the gig — just ask him. "I'm a little bit cheeky and a little bit mischievous," he says. "I'm quite good on my feet."
It's a good thing too, because Cumming's packed schedule — including his ongoing gig on The Good Wife, which shoots in New York — made it difficult to find time to fly to Los Angeles to host the show, let alone prepare what he will say. "It kind of keeps me on my toes and kind of feels like doing theater without having to do a play for six months," he says. "I have no script yet, but I enjoy the last minute-ness of it."
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Cumming promises that he won't be nearly as controversial as that other biting awards show host from across the pond. "I think it's a Scottish thing to...read more
Cuba LibreFree | Hulu
Length: 48:17
Aired: 2/13/1987
While investigating the death of a policeman and drug dealer, Crockett and Tubbs are lead to a revolutionary and an assassination attempt. watch
Cuba LibreFree | Xfinity
Length: 48:17
Aired: 2/13/1987
While investigating the death of a policeman and drug dealer, Crockett and Tubbs are lead to a revolutionary and an assassination attempt. watch