2012 Golden Globe Winners!

It was kind of a low key show with a severely leashed Ricky Gervais.    He had a few good cracks but he did seem like he was restraining himself.

The awards themselves were full of surprises, at least for me, with people like Christopher Plummer and Laura Dern taking home awards.

Here is the list of the winners.

The Oscars are right around the corner!

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh, "My Week with Marilyn"
Albert Brooks, "Drive"
Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"
Viggo Mortensen, "A Dangerous Method"
WINNER: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical
WINNER: Laura Dern, "Enlightened"
Zooey Deschanel, "New Girl"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Laura Linney, "The Big C"
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
"Cinema Verite"
WINNER: "Downton Abbey"
"The Hour"
"Mildred Pierce"
"Too Big to Fail"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Romola Garai, "The Hour"
Diane Lane, "Cinema Verite"
Elizabeth McGovern, "Downton Abbey" (Masterpiece)
Emily Watson, "Appropriate Adult"
WINNER: Kate Winslet, "Mildred Pierce"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama
Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
WINNER: Kelsey Grammer, "Boss"
Jeremy Irons, "The Borgias"
Damian Lewis, "Homeland"

Best Television Series — Drama
"American Horror Story"
"Boardwalk Empire"
"Boss"
"Game of Thrones"
WINNER: "Homeland"

Best Original Score — Motion Picture
WINNER: Ludovic Bource - "The Artist"
Abel Korzeniowski - "W.E."
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross - "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Howard Shore - "Hugo"
John Williams - "War Horse"

Best Original Song — Motion Picture
"Hello Hello" — "Gnomeo & Juliet," music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin
"The Keeper"— "Machine Gun Preacher," music and lyrics by Chris Cornell
"Lay Your Head Down" — "Albert Nobbs," music by Brian Byrne, lyrics by Glenn Close
"The Living Proof" — "The Help"; music by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr.; lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas
WINNER: "Masterpiece" — W.E., music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hugh Bonneville, "Downtown Abbey" (Masterpiece)
WINNER: Idris Elba, "Luther"
William Hurt, "Too Big to Fail"
Bill Nighy, "Page Eight" (Masterpiece)
Dominic West, "The Hour"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
Jodie Foster, "Carnage
Charlize theron, "Young Adult"
Kristen Wiig, "Bridesmaids"
WINNER: Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"
Kate Winslet, "Carnage"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER: Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones"
Paul Giamatti, "Too Big to Fail"
Guy Pearce, "Mildred Pierce"
Tim Robbins, "Cinema Verite"
Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family"

Best Animated Feature Film
WINNER: "The Adventures of Tintin"
"Arthur Christmas"
"Cars 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
WINNER: Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - "The Ides of March"
Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist"
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash - "The Descendants"
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin - "Moneyball"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER: Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story"
Kelly MacDonald, "Boardwalk Empire"
Maggie Smith, "Downtown Abbey" (Masterpiece)
Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"
Evan Rachel Wood, "Mildred Pierce"

Best Foreign Language Film
"The Flowers of War" (China)
"In the Land of Blood and Honey" (USA)
"The Kid With a Bike" (Belgium)
WINNER: "A Separation" (Iran)
"The Skin I Live In" (Spain)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama
WINNER: Claire Danes, "Homeland"
Mireille Enos, "The Killing"
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Madeleine Stowe, "Revenge"
Callie Thorne, "Necessary Roughness"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
David Duchovny, "Californication"
Johnny Galecki, "The Big Bang Theory"
Thomas Jane, "Hung"
WINNER: Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"
WINNER: Octavia Spencer, "The Help"
Shailene Woodley, "The Descendants"

Morgan Freeman receives the Cecil B Demille award

Best Director — Motion Picture
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
George Clooney, "The Ides of March"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
WINNER: Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"

Best Television Series — Comedy or Musical
"Enlightened"
"Episodes"
"Glee"
WINNER: "Modern "Family"
"New Girl"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Comedy or musical
WINNER: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist
Brendan Gleeson, "The Guard"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "50/50"
Ryan Gosling, "Crazy, Stupid, Love."
Owen Wilson, "Midnight in Paris"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis, "The Help"
Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
WINNER: Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
Tilda Swinton, "We Need to Talk About Kevin


Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
"50/50"
WINNER: "The Artist"
"Bridesmaids"
"Midnight in Paris"
"My Week With Marilyn"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
WINNER: George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "J. Edgar"
Michael Fassbender, "Shame
Ryan Gosling, "The Ides of March"
Brad Pitt, "Moneyball"

Best Motion Picture — Drama
"The Descendants"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"The Ides of March"
"Moneyball"
"War Horse"


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DVD Review: Ghost Town

Ghost Town
Written By: David Koepp & John Kamps
Directed By: David Koepp
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Tea Leoni, & Billy Campbell

Ricky Gervais makes his leading man debut as Dr. Bertram Pinkus in Ghost Town, a somewhat romantic comedy about an extremely unlikable dentist who, after dying for seven minutes, can see ghosts. He finds himself helping ghost Greg Kinnear to break up the engagement of Kinnear's widow. Pinkus of course falls for the widow, played by Tea Leoni.

Ghost Town is a pretty formulaic movie. There aren't really any surprises (minus the F-bomb a couple of times) but it is saved from mediocrity by Ricky Gervais and Tea Leoni. Gervais in particular gives a hilarious performance. His performance turned a one note character into an extremely entertaining one. He took Pinkus from someone to hate into someone you care about with believability and laughs. Tea Leoni is equally as charming and I cannot understand why she doesn't work more. She is a great actress and is extremely likable in this. She has some great chemistry with Gervais, clearly enjoying her time acting along side him.


The cast is rounded out by Greg Kinnear and Billy Campbell, both who give good performances. I'd like to one day see something different from Kinnear. He always seems like the same character to me. I should mention SNL's Kristen Wiig's small part as Pinkus's surgeon. She is quite funny here. She is my favorite SNL cast member and it was a nice surprise to see her in this movie.

The story, like I said before, is pretty by the numbers. There is nothing too new here to point out. Ricky Gervais really carries the movie and makes it successful. It's not bad by any means and it makes for a fun couple hours to watch. Don't expect miracles here, but do expect a lot of laughs.

The DVD is a little light on special features. There is a commentary with director David Koepp and Ricky Gervais which I am sure is hysterical but I haven't heard it yet. There is also a great blooper reel showing off all of Gervais' screw ups and times he breaks down laughing. This is really funny as well.

Overall, Ghost Town is a charming, touching, and funny romantic comedy. It's certainly worth your time to watch it especially for fans of Ricky Gervais. It's well written and directed but for some reason falls short of being perfect.

Pick it up and enjoy a good laugh.

Ghost Town is available on DVD and Bluray now.

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Ricky Gervais HBO Special!

He is best known for The Office or Extras but few people know that Ricky Gervais actually does stand up comedy as well.

So it's good news that he will have his American TV Stand-Up debut on November 15, when HBO airs his Out of England special. I saw Ricky on his American tour this summer and found it to be hilarious so do yourself a favor and watch this special.

Ricky Gervais: Out of England airs on HBO on November 15.

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Rumoured Host of the next Oscars??

RICKY GERVAIS!!!

Please let this be true. Best. Oscars. Ever.

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Ricky Gervais Emmy Moment

This is the funniest moment of last nights Emmy show. The only thing that approaches its hilarity is anything Tina Fey utters with or without Amy Poehler standing next to her.

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Emmy Recap and Winners!

Well, the 60th Annual Emmy's are over. The show, save for a couple parts, was a complete disaster. The reality show hosts proved to be pretty much awkward and even Ryan Seacrest seemed to think it was going bad.

The highlight of the night was Ricky Gervais. He was hysterical and owned the entire show. The other highlight was Tina Fey and 30 Rock cleaning up. She is amazing and I wish I had an ounce of the skill and talent she has.

I pretty much crapped out on my picks. I think I got about 3 correct. Michael C. Hall and John Slattery were completely robbed.

That said, here are your winners:

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

JEREMY PIVEN as Ari Gold HBO

Entourage

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

JEAN SMART as Regina Newly ABC

Samantha Who?

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

ŽELJKO IVANEK as Ray Fiske FX NETWORKS

Damages

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM

LOUIS J. HORVITZ ABC

80th Annual Academy Awards

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

DIANNE WIEST as Dr. Gina Toll HBO

In Treatment

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM

Tom Purcell, Head Writer COMEDY CENTRAL

Stephen Colbert, Writer

Allison Silverman, Writer

Richard Dahm, Writer

Michael Brumm, Writer

Rob Dubbin, Writer

Eric Drysdale, Writer

Peter Gwinn, Writer

Jay Katsir, Writer

Laura Krafft, Writer

Frank Lesser, Writer

Glenn Eichler, Writer

Peter Grosz, Writer

Bryan Adams, Writer

Barry Julien, Writer

Meredith Scardino, Writer

The Colbert Report

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE

LAURA LINNEY as Abigail Adams HBO

John Adams

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES

THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART COMEDY CENTRAL

Jon Stewart, Executive Producer

David Javerbaum, Executive Producer

Rory Albanese, Co-Executive Producer

Kahane Corn, Co-Executive Producer

Josh Lieb, Co-Executive Producer

Jim Margolis, Supervising Producer

Jennifer Flanz, Supervising Producer

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

BARRY SONNENFELD ABC

Pushing Daisies

Pie-Lette

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

TINA FEY NBC

30 Rock

Cooter

OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE

RECOUNT HBO

Paula Weinstein, Executive Producer

Len Amato, Executive Producer

Sydney Pollack, Executive Producer

Jay Roach, Executive Producer

Michael Hausman, Produced by

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE

TOM WILKINSON as Benjamin Franklin HBO

John Adams

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL

JAY ROACH HBO

Recount

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL

KIRK ELLIS HBO

John Adams

Independence

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE

DAME EILEEN ATKINS as Miss Deborah Jenkyns PBS

Cranford (Masterpiece)

OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM

THE AMAZING RACE CBS

Jerry Bruckheimer, Executive Producer

Bertram van Munster, Executive Producer

Jonathan Littman, Executive Producer

Hayma "Screech" Washington, Executive Producer

Amy Nabseth Chacon, Co-Executive Producer

Elise Doganieri, Co-Executive Producer

Bill Pruitt, Supervising Producer

Matt Schmidt, Supervising Producer

Mark Vertullo, Supervising Producer

Jarratt Carson, Senior Producer

Giselle Parets, Senior Producer

Phil Keoghan, Producer

OUTSTANDING MINISERIES

JOHN ADAMS HBO

Tom Hanks, Executive Producer

Gary Goetzman, Executive Producer

Kirk Ellis, Co-Executive Producer

Frank Doelger, Co-Executive Producer

David Coatsworth, Produced by

Steven Shareshian, Produced by

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM

DON RICKLES HBO

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

GREG YAITANES FOX

House

House’s Head

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

MATTHEW WEINER AMC

Mad Men

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Pilot)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE

PAUL GIAMATTI as John Adams HBO

John Adams

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

ALEC BALDWIN as Jack Donaghy NBC

30 Rock

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

GLENN CLOSE as Patty Hewes FX NETWORKS

Damages

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

BRYAN CRANSTON as Walt White AMC

Breaking Bad

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

TINA FEY as Liz Lemon NBC

30 Rock

OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM

JEFF PROBST CBS

Survivor

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

30 ROCK NBC

Lorne Michaels, Executive Producer

Tina Fey, Executive Producer

Marci Klein, Executive Producer

David Miner, Executive Producer

Robert Carlock, Executive Producer

John Riggi, Co-Executive Producer

Jack Burditt, Co-Executive Producer

Jeff Richmond, Producer

Don Scardino, Producer

Jerry Kupfer, Producer

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

MAD MEN AMC

Matthew Weiner, Executive Producer

Tom Palmer, Co-Executive Producer

Scott Hornbacher, Producer

Lisa Albert, Producer

Andre Jacquemetton, Producer

Maria Jacquemetton, Producer

Congrats to the winners!

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