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President Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 2009
Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, also citing the president’s outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.
The committee said it attached particular emphasis on the President’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons.
The stunning choice made Obama only the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, shocking many Nobel watchers- who believed it was too early to award the president. Barack Obama took office only weeks before the committee’s Feb. 1 deadline for nominations. Theodore Roosevelt won the award in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson won in 1919. Former President Jimmy Carter won the award in 2002, while former Vice President Al Gore shared the 2007 prize with the U.N. panel on climate change.
“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” the committee said this morning. “His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world’s population.”
“Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play,” the committee said.
So if nominations had to be in by Feb 1- That means Obama was nominated just 9 days after taking office… Doesn’t that strike anyone as a little odd?
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Want To Buy Estelle Getty’s Emmy On eBay?
Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Officials at The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences are working to convince eBay bosses to yank an auction offering the late Estelle Getty’s 1988 Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Emmy Award to the highest bidder, Variety has learned.
The auction violates TV Academy rules, the Emmy group claims.
“It’s a situation in which the award is not meant to be monetized,” says John Leverence, Senior VP of Awards for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “The value of the award is in the recognition by your peers. That intangible value is priceless; to monetize the award by selling it . . . is just not something the academy wants to see happen.”
Leverence said the academy was contacting eBay officials, “to let them know the official rules, at which point we’re sure [the auction] will be taken down. It’s pretty much in black-and-white — there’s no wiggle room.”
Getty earned the prize for her siganature role as wisecracking Italian Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls, which ran on NBC between 1985 and 1992. The auction, scheduled to end Wednesday, was posted by an LA art dealer, with an initial asking price of $15,000. No bids had been made as of mid-day Wednesday no bids have been made.
Estelle Getty died in July 2008, at the age of 84. She is survived by two sons.
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Kristin Chenoweth Gets Help From The Paramedics Back Stage At The Primetime Emmy Awards
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Kristin Chenoweth is doing fine after suffering a migraine and seeking medical attention at last night’s Primetime Emmy Awards in Hollywood, her publicist tells The Associated Press.
Paramedics were called backstage at the Nokia Theater after the star, who won her first Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Emmy Award for her role as Olive Snook on the now-defunct ABC series Pushing Daisies,first complained about a migraine headache, then said she couldn’t open her eyes.
Paramedics on site cared for the star in the room outside of the backstage gift lounge. She rested and then left the ceremony.
Kristin, who had given a tearful acceptance speech just moments before, wasted no time using the award as a new resume booster.
“I’m unemployed now so I’d like to be on ‘Mad Men,’” she said while accepting the award. “I also like ‘The Office’ and ‘24.’”
Chenoweth is also known for her award-winning performance in the Broadway musical Wicked.
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2009 Emmy’s: The Winners List
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Outstanding Comedy Series: “30 Rock,” NBC
Outstanding Drama Series: “Mad Men” AMC
Outstanding Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad,” AMC
Actor, Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock,” NBC.
Actress, Comedy Series: Toni Collette, “United States of Tara,” Showtime.
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Michael Emerson, “Lost,” ABC.
Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Cherry Jones, “24,” Fox.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men,” CBS.
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Kristin Chenoweth, “Pushing Daisies,” ABC.
Miniseries: “Little Dorrit” PBS.
Made-for-TV Movie: “Grey Gardens,” HBO.
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Brendan Gleeson, “Into the Storm,” HBO.
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange, “Grey Gardens,” HBO.
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Ken Howard, “Grey Gardens,” HBO.
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Shohreh Aghdashloo, “House of Saddam,” HBO.
Directing for a Comedy Series: “The Office: Stress Relief,” Jeff Blitz, NBC.
Directing for a Drama Series: “ER: And in the End,” Rod Holcomb, NBC.
Directing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series: “American Idol: Show 833 (The Final Three),” Bruce Gowers, Fox.
Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special: “Little Dorrit: Part 1,” Dearbhla Walsh, PBS.
Variety, Music, or Comedy Series: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central.
Reality-Competition Program: “The Amazing Race,” CBS.
Writing for a Comedy Series: “30 Rock: Reunion,” Matt Hubbard, NBC.
Writing for a Drama Series: “Mad Men: Meditations in an Emergency,” Kater Gordon and Matthew Weiner, AMC.
Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central.
Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special: “Little Dorrit,” Andrew Davies, PBS.
Host, Reality or Reality-Competition Program: Jeff Probst, “Survivor,” CBS.
Original Music and Lyrics: “81st Annual Academy Awards: Song Title: Hugh Jackman Opening Number,” ABC.
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2009 Emmy’s: Neil Patrick Harris Opening Number “Put Down The Remote”
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Okay, so it was another awards show with a musical number opening, but Neil Patrick Harris was a worthy host for the 2009 Emmys. Check out Neil Patrick Harris singing “Put Down the Remote” in this Emmy Awards video clip.
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2009 Emmy’s: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Neil Patrick Harris & Nathan Fillion
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Check out one of the highlights of the 2009 Emmys – the appearance of host Neal Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion as Dr. Horrible and The Hammer from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog during the accountants presentation at the Emmy Awards.
Genius!
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2009 Emmy’s: Maksim Chmerkovskiy & Karina Smirnoff Dance Performance
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Such a pity that Dancing with the Stars pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff broke off their engagement – their talent and chemistry is unbeatable in this amazing 2009 Emmys dance performance
video clip.
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2009 Emmy’s: Toni Collette “United States Of Tara” Acceptance Speech
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Toni Collette looks amazing in this acceptance speech video for her win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (United States of Tara).
What did you think of Toni Collette’s win? Was Tina Fey robbed? I had expected Tina Fey to take the award but I was really hoping Christina Applegate would-she was absolutely wonderful on ‘Samantha Who’ so sad ABC cancelled that!
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2009 Emmy’s: Kristin Chenoweth Win’s Emmy “Pushing Daisies” Acceptance Speech
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Check out Kristin Chenoweth accepting her Emmy award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy for her work on “Pushing Daisies” (now cancelled, such a shame) in this Emmy 2009 acceptance speech video.
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2009 Emmy’s Red Carpet: Alyson Hannigan
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
She has always followed her own intuition when it comes to fashion, and at tonight’s Primetime Emmy Awards, Alyson Hannigan definitely dressed to impress.
The “How I Met Your Mother” actress looked lovely as she arrived at the big shindig, sporting a sexy black strapless gown with a slight train and her trademark long red locks.
