Beware: Some Emmy-watchers are making a false assumption about the races for best lead actor and actress in the drama series. They believe Michael C. Hall ("Dexter") and Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife") are shoo-ins to win on Aug. 29 because they've already bagged the Golden Globe and SAG Award earlier this year. Not necessarily so!Only rarely do the three awards line up, probably because their voting systems vary so much. Winners of Globes and SAG Awards are decided by a popular ballot, but the Emmy is a juried award chosen after a small group of judges views one sample episode submitted by every nominee in the category.

Occasionally, the three prizes do concur – as when James Gandolfini ("The Sopranos") won best drama actor at the Emmys a few months after triumphing at the Globes and SAG in 2000. Ditto, Gillian Anderson ("The X-Files") in 1997 and Edie Falco ("The Sopranos") in 2003. However, all of the following actors failed to repeat at the Emmys soon after sweeping the Globes and SAG: Dennis Franz ("NYPD Blue") in 1995, Anthony Edwards ("ER") in 1998 and Hugh Laurie ("House M.D.") in 2007.

Golden Globe-nominated actress Anne Jeffreys heaped praise on Shen Yun Performing Arts after taking in the show at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Thursday night.

“I loved it. I thought it was beautiful. It was informative and the dancers were glorious. The costumes were so beautiful and the precision. I liked everything about the show,” said Ms. Jeffreys, who has acted on stage and in more than 40 films.

Besides working along side Frank Sinatra, she has appeared on L.A. Law, Murder She Wrote, the original Battlestar Galactica and has her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"There were so many people on the stage and they were all so graceful. I just loved it. And colorful, the costumes were gorgeous. The dancing was unbelievable.”

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So what you're saying to yourself is they must be three very good nominations. House must be up for Best Dramatic Show.

Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Television Show Created in the History of Television Shows or something equaling that.

Well you'd be right about Best Actor. Hugh Laurie was again nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Dramatic Series.

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Most of you probably watched the Golden Globe arrivals on TV, but I was behind a glass window facing the red carpet on Sunday afternoon. The most fashionable accessory at the ceremony wasn't sparkly or even very expensive: it was a sea of red and white umbrellas that shielded the celebrities from the rain. Some stars (Taylor Lautner, Bradley Cooper) managed to stay dry, others (Harrison Ford, Sandra Bullock) weren't so lucky, and Robert Downey, Jr.'s tux was as soggy as Sherlock Holmes's trenchcoat. Toni Collette (best actress in a drama winner for.

The United States of Tara) summed it up best when she told the press room backstage that after she left her house, "I walked out into the rain, the chaos." Maybe that wasn't a bad way to prepare for a night with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group of journalists who hand out the awards.

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The Golden Globes - the awards show known for the fact that it often points toward the Oscars - has anointed Avatar as the Academy Award favourite. At the 67th Globe ceremony Sunday night, the special-effects blockbuster, which is on track to set the all-time box office record, was named best drama.

In ad dition, Avatar director James Cameron - a Canadian who was born in Kapuskasing, Ont. - was named bestdirector for the motion-capture sci-fi adventure whose technical innovations may have changed moviemaking.

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British funnyman Ricky Gervais is set to take the Golden Globe Award stage on fire with his extremely entertaining presentation. The actor will make his return to the Golden Globe Award 2011 as a host of the function.

Ricky Gervais will be presenting the prestigious ceremony for the second time next year. He quoted, "I suppose it is flattering, to be honest, and it was a surprise. I had so much fun last year. I'm going to go out all this time. I'm going to make sure they're never going to invite me back.”

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Hollywood starlet Chloë Sevigny wants to solidify her East Village street cred, and may even go so far as to join the local community board, according to a video interview the actress did for Bust Magazine. The fashionable and oft-photographed 35-year-old, who lives in the East Village and is often seen hanging out in Tomkins Square Park, spoke extensively to the women's pop culture magazine about her longtime roots in the Manhattan neighborhood.

“I would never go to the Lower East Side or Nolita, no,” she said in the interview.  “I still feel like the East Village retains some of its kind of weirdo, East Village vibe.”She also spoke of the East Village ethos — personified by people like punk goddess Patti Smith, who Sevigny name-checked in the video — and of how the neighborhood has changed over the past 20 years.

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Ricky Gervais has signed a deal with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) to return to host “The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards” on 16 January, 2011 on US broadcaster NBC.
This year’s show will be broadcast from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. It will recognise work done in film and television.

NBC and Universal Media Studios executive VP, alternative programming Paul Telegdy says, "As viewers discovered with our last awards telecast, Ricky’s surprising and unpredictable humour is a great fit for the Globes which will continue as a live event across the nation."

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Ricky Gervais "can't believe" he has been asked back to host next year's 68th Golden Globes Awards ceremony.Organisers have confirmed that the comedian, best known for creating and starring in The Office, has been asked back after delighting guests with some of his irreverent humour.

"I can't believe they invited me back after (the) awful things I said," Gervais said. "Let's see how far I can go this time." Next year's Golden Globe Awards - one of the highlights of Hollywood's awards season - will be held on January 16.

"We are thrilled to have Ricky back as the host of the Golden Globe Awards," said Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Philip Berk. "His combination of wit, irreverence and spontaneity makes him the ideal host. He was fantastic last year, and he'll be even better the second time around."

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Apparently, Randy Quaid confused his Golden Globe statuette with a Get Out of Jail Free Card in the past when confronting felony charges that he and his wife, Evi, dodged paying a $10,000 hotel bill last year.
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People reports: " 'They came to court this morning hoping that Judge Ochoa would forgive them for not showing up a couple weeks ago, but the judge said they showed disrespect by prior failures to appear and by flashing Randy's Golden Globe award in court the last time around.

Santa Barbara District Attorney Arnie Tolks said, referring to the couple bringing to a hearing Randy's best-actor trophy for the 1988 miniseries 'LBJ: The Early Years.' 'They both apologized to the court, but the judge obviously didn't take it lightly.' "

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