Chandra Wilson, Jim Parsons
Dr. Bailey and Dr. Cooper are teaming up for the Emmys. Grey's Anatomy star Chandra Wilson and The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons will announce the nominations for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.
The duo will be joined by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman-CEO John Shaffner for the 8:30 am/ET reveal on July 16.
Wilson has received ...
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Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris fans hoping to see their fave be a cut-up as host of Sunday's Tony Awards (airing at 8 pm/ET, on CBS) will probably get some satisfaction. But those wanting to see the How I Met Your Mother star cut a rug or break out into song might come up empty.
"They have an opening planned that is bigger than they have ever had in Tony history. But I don't think I'm going to be involved in it," Harris shared in a press conference call.
Instead, Harris says he will take a cue from Hugh Jackman ...
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Emmy Award
The TV gold rush will start earlier this year. The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards has been rescheduled to Sunday, Sept. 13, a week earlier than the original date, CBS announced.
The move was made to accommodate ...
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Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno gave Eminem a "new moon" preview of his own.
The "face-off" between Sacha Baron Cohen's bare backside and Eminem's mug came as a surprise to the viewers of Sunday's MTV Movie Awards, but just how shocked was the rapper also known as Marshall Mathers?
To hear host Andy Samberg's head writer, Scott Aukerman, tell it, not at all.
Ending nearly 24 hours of silence from all involved parties, Aukerman took to his blog to set the record straight: "Yes, the Eminem-Bruno incident was staged. They rehearsed it at dress [rehearsal] and yes, it went as far as it did on the live show."
As previously reported, Cohen's "Bruno" alter ego ...
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Eminem
Never butt into Eminem at an awards show — especially not with your butt.
The rapper, who had an infamous encounter with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at the 2002 Video Music Awards, was in no mood to get cheeky with Sacha Baron Cohen's flamboyant alter ego, Bruno, at Sunday's MTV Movie Awards. Baron Cohen, wearing angel wings and a scanty thong, descended on wires and staged a crash-landing upside-down onto Eminem.
"Are you ...
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Andy Samberg, Susan Boyle
The toughest get in showbiz these days? Susan Boyle.
While MTV has secured such big-names as Denzel Washington, Kiefer Sutherland and, uh, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog for Sunday's Movie Awards, it failed in its quest to lock in the Britain's Got Talent singing sensation.
"Yeah, we tried. I wanted her here," host Andy Samberg tells E! Online. "But, you know, they've got a ...
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Ellen DeGeneres
Can Ellen DeGeneres pull off a five-peat?
The dance-happy comedienne picked up a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Talk Show Host, a category she has owned since 2005.
DeGeneres will face off against ...
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Slumdog Milllionaire, Twilight
Teen romance — whether with vampires or in Mumbai slums — is all the rage at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.
Twilight leads this year's field with seven nominations, just edging out the six-time nominated Slumdog Millionaire. Both are up for Best Movie.
Joining the two in the Best Movie race are The Dark Knight, High School Musical 3: Senior Year and Iron Man.
Slumdog and Twilight will duke it out in ...
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Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are heading to the CW, Variety reports.
The move will mark the first time in the ceremony's 36-year history that it has not aired on a Big Three network, as the show has rotated between CBS, ABC and NBC. This year's telecast will air ...
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Trace Adkins, 44th annual Academy Of Country Music Awards
The few ratings highlights from a repeats-rampant Sunday:
• CBS' coverage of the Academy of Country Music Awards was the night's most watched program, averaging 14.8 million total viewers.
• NBC's Kings (3.63 mil) was subject to another royal bummer, dropping 18 percent.
• Celebrity Apprentice's double-elimination was watched by 7.03 mil, down 17 percent week-to-week.
• The Simpsons (6.4 mil) dipped 180K.
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