Tracking Celebrities in Their Native Habitat
I don’t think you’ll be hearing much dissent about this award. Tina Fey truly deserves to be the Entertainer of the Year, don’t ya think? News reports say that it was her impersonation of Sarah Palin that did the trick. I am not surprised. Not at all.
“She has used her voice to defend those who have none.” That’s how the people behind PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, described Oprah Winfrey. Her reach has extended beyond the human race – as PETA’s Person of the Year, she is not the patron saint of animals too!
It’s almost time for the Oscars again and despite the huge following that it has gained over the decades, it seems that the ratings for the event have spiralled downwards in the recent years. This time around, we can expect them to come up with something big in an effort to capture everyone’s attention. For starters, organizers have signed up hottie Hugh Jackman to host the show. Will his charisma and appeal be enough to pull up the ratings? I know it’s reason enough for me to watch.
Here it is, folks, the GG nominations:
FILM
Best Motion Picture – Drama
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• The Reader
• Revolutionary Road
• Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama
• Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie, Changeling
• Meryl Streep, Doubt
• Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long
• Kate Winslet. Revolutionary Road
Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
• Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn, Milk
• Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
• Burn After Reading
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• In Bruges
• Mamma Mia!
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Actress – Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
• Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky
• Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
• Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
• Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey
Best Actor – Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
• Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Colin Farrell, In Bruges
• James Franco, Pineapple Express
• Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
• Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey
Best Supporting Actress
• Amy Adams, Doubt
• Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis, Doubt
• Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
• Kate Winslett, The Reader
Best Supporting Actor
• Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
• Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
• Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
• Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Animated Feature
• Bolt
• Kung Fu Panda
• WALL-E
TV
Best Television Series – Drama
• Dexter
• House
• In Treatment
• Mad Men
• True Blood
Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama
• Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
• Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• January Jones, Mad Men
• Anna Paquin, True Blood
• Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama
• Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
• Michael C. Hall, Dexter
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men
• Hugh Laurie, House
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors
Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical
• 30 Rock
• Californication
• Entourage
• The Office
• Weeds
Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
• Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
• America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock
• Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
• Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• Steve Carell, The Office
• Kevin Connolly, Entourage
• David Duchovny, Californication
• Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Ok, its about as juicy as what my dog ate for breakfast (yes, dogfood), but one can’t help but wonder about the sort of woman this hugely successful Olympic swimmer would take home to meet his omnipresent Mother? He’s had more than his fair share of lady admirers slash girlfriends, especially since his amazing victories in Beijing, but it never seemed serious.
Well, the scoop is that he’s taking one home to spend Thanksgiving in Baltimore with the fam today. Could it be a mermaid? Sadly not, she’s a Las Vegas cocktail waitress called Caz. All that time in Vegas has also revealed another passion for the Fishy Phelps, poker. He even went as far as to say that he hoped to compete in the World Series of Poker next year.
