Hank Kingsley

I don't watch any TV Dramas, but I think every TV critic in America is going to storm the academy for not nominating Friday Night Lights. Very pleasantly surprised to see "Extras" love, with Gervais for actor, along with a writing nom and directing nom. And how about that comedy writing category? One for Extras, two for The Office, two for 30 Rock. Can't go wrong with that. Most excited for Jenna Fischer and Rainn Wilson, naturally. For variety show: especially after last night, it would be a CRIME for The Colbert Report to not win. Watch as Tony Bennett takes it.

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series Entourage • One Day In The Valley Julian Farino, Director Extras • Orlando Bloom Ricky Gervais, Director Stephen Merchant, Director The Office • Gay Witch Hunt Ken Kwapis, Director Scrubs • My Musical Will Mackenzie, Director 30 Rock • The Breakup Scott Ellis, Director Ugly Betty • Pilot Richard Shepard, Director Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series Battlestar Galactica • Exodus, Part 2 Felix Alcala, Director Boston Legal • Son of the Defender Bill D’Elia, Director Friday Night Lights • Pilot Peter Berg, Director Heroes • Genesis • NBC David Semel, Director Lost • Through the Looking Glass Jack Bender, Director The Sopranos • Kennedy And Heidi Alan Taylor, Director Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip • Pilot Thomas Schlamme, Director Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series Extras Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman Monk Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk The Office Steve Carell as Michael Scott 30 Rock Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy Two And A Half Men Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series Boston Legal James Spader as Alan Shore House Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House Rescue Me Denis Leary as Tommy Gavin The Sopranos James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano 24 Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo The New Adventures Of Old Christine Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell 30 Rock Tina Fey as Liz Lemon Ugly Betty America Ferrera as Betty Suarez Weeds Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series Brothers & Sisters Sally Field as Nora Walker The Closer Kyra Sedgwick as Dep. Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson Medium Patricia Arquette as Allison Dubois The Riches Minnie Driver as Dahlia Malloy The Sopranos Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series Entourage Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama Entourage Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold How I Met Your Mother Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson The Office Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute Two And A Half Men Jon Cryer as Alan Harper Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series Boston Legal William Shatner as Denny Crane Grey’s Anatomy T.R. Knight as George Heroes Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura Lost Michael Emerson as Ben Lost Terry O’Quinn as John Locke The Sopranos Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series My Name Is Earl Jaime Pressly as Joy Turner The Office Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly Two And A Half Men Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper Two And A Half Men Conchata Ferrell as Berta Ugly Betty Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater Weeds Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series Brothers & Sisters Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Whedon Grey’s Anatomy Katherine Heigl as Isobel “Izzie” Stevens Grey’s Anatomy Chandra Wilson as Dr. Bailey Grey’s Anatomy Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang The Sopranos Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano The Sopranos Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program 79th Annual Academy Awards Ellen Degeneres, Host The Colbert Report Stephen Colbert, Host The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Jon Stewart, Host Late Show With David Letterman David Letterman, Host Tony Bennett Tony Bennett, Performer Outstanding Comedy Series Entourage The Office 30 Rock Two and a Half Men Ugly Betty Outstanding Drama Series Boston Legal Grey's Anatomy Heroes House The Sopranos Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series The Colbert Report The Daily Show with John Stewart Late Night with Conan O'Brien Late Show With David Letterman Real Time With Bill Maher Outstanding Reality-Competition Program The Amazing Race American Idol Dancing with the Stars Project Runway Top Chef Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series Extras • Daniel Radcliffe Ricky Gervais, Writer Stephen Merchant, Writer The Office • Gay Witch Hunt Greg Daniels, Written by The Office • The Negotiation Michael Schur, Written by 30 Rock • Tracy Does Conan Tina Fey, Written by 30 Rock • Jack-Tor Robert Carlock, Written by Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series Battlestar Galactica • Occupation/Precipice Ronald D. Moore, Written by Lost • Through The Looking Glass Damon Lindelof, Written by Carlton Cuse, Written by The Sopranos • Kennedy And Heidi Matthew Weiner, Writer David Chase, Writer The Sopranos • The Second Coming Terence Winter, Writer The Sopranos • Made In America David Chase, Writer Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program The Colbert Report The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Late Night With Conan O’Brien Late Show With David Letterman Real Time With Bill Maher Discuss!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!! Congratulations to the Office crew for cleaning up in Emmy nominations: * Comedy Series: The Office * Lead Actor In A Comedy Series: Steve Carell * Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series: Rainn Wilson * Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series: Jenna Fischer * Directing For A Comedy Series: Ken Kwapis, Gay Witch Hunt * Writing For A Comedy Series: Greg Daniels, Gay Witch Hunt * Writing For A Comedy Series: Michael Schur, The Negotiation * Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series: Dean Holland, Dave Rogers * Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (half-hour) And Animation: John Cook, Peter J, Benjamin Patrick, The Coup

They un-detate his capa.

Oh man, I love oat nut bread.

I do like their honey barbecue boneless wings. Everything else is average.

More of Ryan. Excellent. I'm actually working hard to get him to do standup at my school in the Spring, so hopefully I'll get to meet him. Interesting to read about Roy's departure, especially considering there was an interview with Mindy Kaling about a week ago where she said in the episode she was writing (the sixth of the season) there was the return of a character we thought we'd seen the last of. I figured Roy, but maybe it's Amy Adams or something. And Bob, instead of fighting the Creed thing, just think of a good season 3 quote to sub-headline the Season 4 thread. Preferably an Ed Helms line.

This is also on Office Tally, regarding Season 4: So the first four episodes are hour-longs, and I assume they would leave the last hour-long for the season finale. Odd choice, I expected them to spread them out across the season. Maybe they're still considering the show going 60 minutes full time (for season 5) and this is a test.

I got the best fucking Margherita pizza at Wild Oats the other day. Yeah, man.

Yeah, didn't he get some insane, higher-than-Tom-Cruise salary for this?

And Michael Cera plays Evan, as in Evan Goldberg, the other writer. I'm pretty sure it's based on their experiences. Apparently they wrote their earliest draft a long time ago and over the years just kept making it better.

I hate you, Bob. One more month for me.

oh, and call it Double Jeopardy solidarity if you wanna, but Joe is right about "Way I Are." Fuckin' great song. When you hear top 40 songs nonstop at frat parties, you develop a sort of strange bond with them.

Oh, is this where all the retirees hang out? Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (though you've probably heard of them since Neko Case is in the band) Old 97's - Alive and Wired (a live album but a good intro to the band, since it's 30 songs for $10 on iTunes. Amazing deal) How are all you guys, anyway.

and HEY HEY I'M A COLLEGE...

Just the structure, with only a last initial given instead of a full name, jumped out at me. Then again maybe it's just a European style that I never picked up on, I don't know.

Finished Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading earlier this week. Bought it blindly based on my love for Pale Fire and the description, which compared itself to the surreal landscapes of Kafka's "The Trial." Oddly enough, despite a similar style, Nabokov had no access to Kafka's works throughout his writing this book, which makes some of the similarities (names: Nabokov's Cicinnatus C./Kafka's Josef K.) all the more interesting. It follows Cicinnatus, in prision for an absurd crime, who experiences absurd and dreamlike events as fluidly as he does his life. It's anchored by his idealistic journal writings, which eventually play a huge part during his execution. Highly recommended.

There's this place called Buckle that sells Affliction shirts. I thought about it for like 4 seconds, but then a) saw the $46 price b) saw a bro walking in wearing one and decided against it. Got this really neat Obey shirt for $30, though. That's about as much as I'll pay for a t-shirt.

You may have seen the site before, but definitely check out http://www.officetally.com now if you haven't. The webmaster just posted part 2 of her amazing Q&A with writer Michael Schur (The Negotiation, Traveling Salesmen/The Return, The Job, etc.). Part 1 can be found a few posts down. The site is really informative and posts news as soon as it comes out.

Yeah, I really wanted to like it, but it was just painfully unfunny.

License to Wed: yes it is THAT BAD. Brian Baumgartner saying a (bleeped) "motherfucker" during the outtakes in the credits was the funniest part of the movie.

The pink donuts are fucking delicious.

James Gunn/Nathan Fillion on Slither all of The Office's are good. Except the ones with Melora Hardin. She is awful. Undeclared/Freaks and Geeks are usually best with Judd and/or Seth.

David Cross fucking ruled it in "She's the Man."