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ESPYs bring athletes, Hollywood together

July 13, 2011 Tom Comi

Click here for 2012 ESPYS TV coverage. If somebody asked you who won the Oscar for Best Picture last year or the TV show that took home the Emmy for Best Drama, there is a pretty good chance you’d be able to remember both. How about who won the ESPY for Best Team? Not so much. Think of the ESPYs as a sports version of the MTV Movie Awards in that both are rarely memorable but are a lot of fun to watch. And with this one, how can you really go wrong when the sports world and Hollywood unite […]

Tony Awards brings Broadway to your living room

June 10, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Follow @ChannelGuide There is always something special about two entertainment mediums coming together, and that’s exactly what we get Sunday night when CBS brings us live coverage of the Tony Awards (8 pm ET). Even more cool is that there so many familiar faces from television and the movies who have been nominated for their work on the stages of Broadway, including Al Pacino, Edie Falco, Vanessa Redgrave, Josh Gad, John Larroquette, Ellen Barkin, Billy Crudup and Joe Mantello. You can also include returning host Neil Patrick Harris (pictured), who is sure to entertain viewers with his […]

“The Soup Awards” premieres on April Fool’s Day

March 31, 2011 StayTuned Staff

By Athena Voulgaropoulos Awards season just wouldn’t be complete without its most prestigious event, The Soup Awards. E!’s hilarious annual showcase of reality TV stupidity appropriately premieres on April Fool’s Day, this Friday at 10p ET/PT. Hottie McHottie host Joel McHale will hand out awards in such illustrious categories as “Best Nonsensical Phrase” and “Finest Psychological Problem that is Now a TV Series.” Helping him present these dubious honors are a slew of tabloid-friendly celebs, including “troll” Jon Cryer, ’80s teen icon Anthony Michael Hall, Real Housewife NeNe Leakes and the always-fabulous RuPaul, as well as McHale’s Community castmates Danny […]

What celebrities are saying about Elizabeth Taylor

March 24, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Sometimes it’s difficult to put into words the career of a screen icon like Elizabeth Taylor, so we’re not even going to try, other than to say how fortunate we were to have witnessed her great body of work. Instead, we have decided to defer to the people who knew the two-time Oscar winner and AIDS activist best. So with a nod to Twitter and several news-gathering sources (such as Yahoo!), here is what folks are saying about the late, great Liz Taylor: Elton John: “We have just lost a Hollywood giant. More importantly, we have lost […]

We’d thank the Academy for these host pairings

February 28, 2011 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison OK, so the consensus seems to be that James Franco and Anne Hathaway pretty much stunk it up as Oscar hosts. Franco harvested the most scorn, with his laid-back dudeness being interpreted as apathy, while Hathaway was given marginal credit for at least trying. (Personally, I was bothered far more by the disembodied voice of what was — I guess — supposed to be Bob Hope speaking to Billy Crystal from beyond the grave.) On top of that, what was seen as a naked grab for greater appeal among a younger, hipper demographic had the opposite effect […]

Academy Awards: Winners and Losers

February 28, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Since the Academy Awards is all about who does and doesn’t walk away with the coveted Oscar, we decided to look at the evening from a TV-watching experience and declare who we thought stepped up and who didn’t. Red Carpet Winner: Robin Roberts was a pro at handling the live interviews, and she showed a great knowledge of the nominated movies and the nominees. You would think that would be a prerequisite for working the red carpet, but sadly that has not been the case over the years. Red Carpet Loser: We adore Tim Gunn and greatly […]

Razzie Awards to be held tomorrow

February 25, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

You won’t seem them on TV (even though they seem to be ready-made to be presented as an hourlong special for Comedy Central, Spike or IFC; and they do have a YouTube channel), the Golden Raspberry Awards (aka “Razzies”) will be having their 31st installment tomorrow at a ceremony in Hollywood. These hilarious awards — which celebrate the worst in film from the past year — are traditionally held the night before the Oscar ceremony, and are sort of the anti-Academy Awards. Each of this year’s 10 categories has five nominees (it could be argued that the Razzies should expand […]

Cartoon Network presents the Hall of Game Awards Feb. 25

February 25, 2011 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz Cartoon Network’s first awards show, the Hall of Game Awards (Feb. 25 at 7pm ET), honors the best in sports as chosen by young fans in a few fun and kid-friendly categories. Skateboard legend Tony Hawk hosts the awards show, which also includes appearances from such pro athletes as Drew Brees, Shannon Brown, Kobe Bryant, Roger Federer, Arian Foster, Rick Fox, Zachary Gordon, A.J. Hawk, Dwight Howard, Terrell Owens, Venus Williams and Tiger Woods. NBA great Magic Johnson receives the first-ever “Gameblazer Award” lifetime achievement award. Also, First Lady Michelle Obama will appear on the telecast to […]

Academy Awards: What are the odds?

February 24, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi It seems that you can pretty much bet on anything these days, which means there is money to be had if you think you have a good feeling about how the 83rd annual Academy Awards show will go down Sunday. Even if you aren’t the gambling type, the odds we found on the website bodog.com do give a pretty strong indication as to who will be walking away with the little, golden statuettes this weekend. Granted, there are always upsets, but suffice it to say that the somewhat predictable outcomes for most of the major categories could […]

Take back that Oscar!: The least deserving Academy Award winners

February 24, 2011 Ryan Berenz

There are some Oscar winners no one would dispute. The Godfather. Denzel Washington. Meryl Streep. Then there are others that make you scratch your head. And still others that make you want to take those envelopes and rip them into little pieces, then stomp them into the ground until they are all but forgotten. We’ve compiled some of our nominees for the most egregious offenders over the last two decades, with the hope that we won’t look back on this year’s Academy Awards (Feb. 27 on ABC) — and find more to add to the list: Best Supporting Actress: Kim […]