'Six Feet Under' is irresistible Emmy bait, ... It's sophisticated, it's elitist in its sensibilities, it's very cynical and it's brilliantly written -- the writing and acting is first-rate. And it's about life and death, which gives it a kind of aesthetic importance. |
'Deadwood' is a hard show to like, ... It's full of cuss words and nasty people doing nasty things to each other. Emmy voters tend to like huggable shows. They've given a lot of awards to 'The Sopranos,' but 'Deadwood' is arguably grittier than that. |
'Lost' and 'Desperate Housewives' revitalized broadcast television, which is the business of the vast majority of Emmy voters, and they appreciate that, |
'Lost' and 'Desperate Housewives' revitalized broadcast television, which is the business of the vast majority of Emmy voters, and they appreciate that. |
A smile is the most important expression a star can make. If the smile is a 200-watt smile, it's extraordinary. It's become a cosmetic necessity for the fancy folk. It's now more noticeable when you meet a star up close who doesn't have it. |
All those shows won Emmys because voters were forced to watch them, |
All those shows won Emmys because voters were forced to watch them, Will they watch them? |
And where do we put Gere? |
Avoid as much as possible the temptation to go out and call the long shots. In general, the favorites tend to win. But everybody wants to be able to say they saw the Marcia Gay Harden upset. |
Because of cable, all the awards shows have dropped in the ratings, but the popularly chosen ones have dropped even further, |
Because we're shameless film snobs, ... a lot of what's behind the tinsel. |
Call these the gay Globes. |
Early in his career he was touted as the new 'it' boy and never quite demonstrated that. While he was a pretty boy, like Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, he's failed to score either the critical praise or the box-office payoff that those guys have. |
Everyone in the world is picking Reese Witherspoon but me. I'm betting on the last-movie-seen theory. When there are upsets at the Oscars, they tend to be obscure movies that were probably the last DVD screener on the Academy's stack. |
For the first time, sentimentality and popularity may play a role in voting. The question is, how much? |