Showing posts with label Alexis Bledel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alexis Bledel. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Emmy Awards: Part Two

In addition to all the "creative arts" Emmy Awards given out last Saturday, another slew of gold statues were handed out on Sunday by the Television Academy. This time, guest actors, hairstylists and costume designers were among those honored.

Here's the whole list of Emmy Award winners from Part Two of the Creative Arts ceremony.

Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer on SNL
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live
 
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series 
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series 
Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series 
Gerald McRaney, This Is Us

Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Kim Estes, Dicks

Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series 
Jane Lynch, Dropping the Soap

Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
Veep

Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series 
Stranger Things 

Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special 
Big Little Lies 

Outstanding Children’s Program 
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas 

Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie 
The Night Of 

Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series 
The Ranch 

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) 
Veep 

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) 
The Handmaid’s Tale 

Outstanding Commercial 
Calling JohnMalkovich.com 

Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Series, Limited Series or Movie 
Big Little Lies 

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within a Scripted Program 
Westworld 
 
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie 
Feud: Bette and Joan 

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series 
Westworld 

Outstanding Main Title Design 
Stranger Things 

Outstanding Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) 
Feud: Bette and Joan 

Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) 
Westworld 

Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series 
The Big Bang Theory 

Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Fargo 

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
House of Cards 

Outstanding Music Supervision 
Big Little Lies 

Outstanding Original Interactive Program 
The People’s House – Inside the White House with Barack and Michelle Obama

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music 
Stranger Things 

Outstanding Period/Fantasy Costumes for a Series, Limited Series or Movie
The Crown 

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less)
Veep 

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
The Handmaid’s Tale 

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More) 
The Crown 

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special 
American Horror Story: Roanoke 

Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training 

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series 
Master of None 

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series 
Stranger Things

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie 
The Night Of 

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special 
The Night Of 

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series 
Stranger Things 

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation 
Mozart in the Jungle 

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) 
Westworld 

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie 
The Night Of 

Outstanding Special Visual Effects 
Westworld 

Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role 
Gotham 

Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program 
Shameless

Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie 
Marvel’s Luke Cage

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Fire up Netflix -- GILMORE GIRLS: A YEAR IN THE LIFE Is Here Friday!

There have been hints, teasers, sneak peeks and all kinds of interviews to hype Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, the four-part look at where Lorelai and Rory Gilmore are now, eight years after we last saw the mother and daughter living their quirky, rapid-fire, off-beat lives in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

All the anticipation pays off Friday, November 25, when all four 90-minute episodes drop on Netflix. When and how you watch the four pieces of this Gilmore puzzle are up to you, whether you're the type to binge all at once, watch one a day, or savor and watch five minutes at a time, rewinding to watch again and again, but they'll be there, on Netflix, waiting patiently, when Black Friday hits.

Amy Sherman-Palladino, who provided the original vision behind Gilmore Girls, the series, and her creative partner (and husband) Daniel Palladino are at the helm of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, which means we can expect the characters to be the people we knew and loved between 2000 and 2007. Or at least 2006. Sherman-Palladino and Palladino weren't there for the 2006-7 season, so... That one is iffy. Anyway, Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel are back as Lorelai and Rory, along with Kelly Bishop as Lorelai's acerbic mother, Emily. Edward Herrmann, the wonderful actor who played Lorelai's patrician father, passed away in 2014, but we are assured Richard Gilmore (and Herrmann) will be well represented as the Gilmores left behind grieve his absence.

Everybody has a different favorite among the friends, acquaintances and annoyances who surrounded the Gilmores. There is a whole lot of quirk in this ensemble. And most of them will be on hand in some capacity. That includes Scott Patterson as Lorelai's faithful love interest Luke, Keiko Agena as Rory's BFF Lane and Melissa McCarthy as Lorelai's pal Sookie, as well as Rose Abdoo (Gypsy), Aris Alvarado (Caesar), Jackson Douglas (Jackson), Chris Eigeman (Jason), Sean Gunn (Kirk), Emily Kuroda (Mrs. Kim), Todd Lowe (Zack), Vanessa Marano (April), Danny Strong (Doyle), Sally Struthers (Babette), David Sutcliffe (Christopher), Liz Torres (Miss Patty), Yanic Truesdale (Michel), Liza Weil (Paris) and Michael Winters (Taylor). Carole King and Sebastian Bach will be making appearances as well. And new faces will also be around, with Broadway stars Christian Borle and Sutton Foster showing up as part of a musical Stars Hollows Thanksgiving pageant.

All three of Rory's major boyfriends -- Dean (Jared Padalecki), Jess (Milo Ventimiglia) and Logan (Matt Czuchry) -- will be back in her life, although nobody knows yet which of them, if any, she ends up with. My guess is that she revisits old loves and sees she's better off alone, but I will have to wait till Friday to find out.

The other big mystery is what exactly the Magic Four Words will be. Amy Sherman-Palladino has said many times that she knew from the get-go how the show would end, and that would be with one four-word line that finishes the story of the Gilmore Girls. Nobody knows what those four words will be, however. A lot of guessers think Rory will tell Lorelai that she is pregnant ("I'm having a baby"?) but that just doesn't sound right to me. Whatever the Magic Four Words are, we'll find out on Friday, along with whether Luke and Lorelai last, how Emily moves on, and what Rory decides about her future.

You'll find Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life on Netflix this Friday.