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    Politics and Plain Old Fun Resonate at the Oscars

    From Shareablee: The Twitter boards, of course, went wild at that very end of the lengthy 89th Annual Academy Awards telecast on Sunday when…egads…the wrong film was announced as the Best Picture winner. But one particular tweet, perhaps, that exemplified the mood of note during the live telecast was… Ready to watch #Oscars2017, or as […]

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    Oscars 2017…And the Winners Were

    “La La Land,” as predicted, won the most number of Oscars, with six. But it was not named Best Picture. In a stunning turn, “Moonlight” won the top honor after “La La Land” was incorrectly named the winner by presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Members of the “La La Land” team were in the […]

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    Screen Actors Guild Awards: And the Winners Were…

    TBS and TNT featured the live telecast of the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, held in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium. Actress Lily Tomlin, whose career spans nearly six decades, received the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by her “9 to 5” co-star Dolly Parton. Here is the complete listing of winners: TELEVISION -Outstanding […]

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    ‘La La Land’ Leads Oscar Nominations with 14

    [socialpoll id=”2415460″] Nominations for the 89th Academy Awards have been announced. Leading the pack is “La La Land” with 14, which ties the records held by “Titanic” in 1997 and “All About Eve” in 1950.” Sci-fi film “Arrival” and coming-of-age drama “Moonlight” rank second with the most nominations, with eight each (including best picture). The […]

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    The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards…and the Winners Were…

    “Moonlight” and “LA La Land” were named Best Motion Picture Drama and Musical or Comedy at the 74th Annual “Golden Globe Awards,” hosted by Jimmy Fallon. Top honors on television went to Netflix’s “The Crown” for Best Drama, FX’s “Atlanta” for Best Comedy, and FX’s “The People v. OJ Simpson” for “Best TV Movie or […]

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    Emmy Award Nominations Announced – HBO Leads; FX No. 2

    [socialpoll id=”2374647″] [socialpoll id=”2374485″] HBO leads the pack of the 68th Primetime Emmy Award nominations with 94 in total (and 23 nominations for “Game of Thrones,” which was one short of the 24 nods last year). Next on cable is FX with 56. Tops among the broadcast networks is NBC with 41 Emmy nominations, followed […]

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