This is a good race, but we’re looking at a comedy race so I am more familiar with the actors on their own as opposed to who they played in these shows. That being said I will just blindly pick my favorite and go with that. My pick is going to be Giovanni Ribisi.

Entourage • HBO • Martin Landau as Bob Ryan
Extras • HBO • Sir Ian McKellen as Himself
Monk • USA • Stanley Tucci as David Ruskin
My Name Is Earl • NBC • Giovanni Ribisi as Ralph Mariano
My Name is Earl • NBC • Beau Bridges as Carl Hickey

Winner: Stanley Tucci

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I didn’t see any of these so it would be hard to pick one of them. If we are going on classic comedy I am going to give it to Wanda Sykes. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have any idea because I haven’t seen any of the shows.

The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner • Comedy Central •
The Kennedy Center Honors: A National Celebration Of The Performing Arts • CBS •
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed • HBO •
Tony Bennett: An American Classic • NBC •
A Tribute To James Taylor (Great Performances) • PBS •
Wanda Sykes: Sick And Tired • HBO •

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I didn’t see any of these options listed below. However, there was one I was really looking forward to seeing and that was Life Support with Queen Latifah. If anyone else had played that part with the options that are listed in this nominee list I would give it to someone else. However, I think she has what it takes to win this one. My projected winner for this one is Queen Latifah.

Life Support • HBO • Queen Latifah as Ana
Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre) • PBS • Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison
The Robber Bride • Oxygen • Mary-Louise Parker as Zenia Arden
The Starter Wife • USA • Debra Messing as Molly Kagan
What If God Were The Sun • Lifetime • Gena Rowlands as Melissa Eisenbloom

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I didn’t have a chance to see any of these. Apparently I am not too good when it comes to watching mini-series or television movies. For sentimental value I will give it to Inside the Twin Towers though as long as anyone but the Lifetime Movie picks it up I will be satisfied.

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee • HBO •
Inside The Twin Towers • Discovery Channel •
Longford • HBO •
The Ron Clark Story • TNT •
Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy • Lifetime •

Winner: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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I didn’t have a chance to see any of these movies and I am not overly familiar with the actresses either, at least not to my knowledge. That being said I am going to leave this one to you to guess.

Broken Trail • AMC • Greta Scacchi as Nola Johns
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee • HBO • Anna Paquin as Elaine Goodale
Longford • HBO • Samantha Morton as Myra Hindley
The Starter Wife • USA • Judy Davis as Joan McAllister
Tsunami, The Aftermath • HBO • Toni Collette as Kathy Graham

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I didn’t see any of these so it would be hard to pick one of them. If we are going on classic comedy I am going to give it to Wanda Sykes. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have any idea because I haven’t seen any of the shows.

The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner • Comedy Central •
The Kennedy Center Honors: A National Celebration Of The Performing Arts • CBS •
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed • HBO •
Tony Bennett: An American Classic • NBC •
A Tribute To James Taylor (Great Performances) • PBS •
Wanda Sykes: Sick And Tired • HBO •

Winner: Tony Bennett: An American Classic

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Rather than make picks I will just give you the numerous writing awards and nominees to check out. I am assuming The Sopranos, Ugly Betty, and Bill Maher will get some awards though I am opting out of actual picks for this one.

Outstanding Writing For Nonfiction Programming

American Masters • Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film • PBS • James Sanders, Written By, Ric Burns, Written By
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! • Wal-Mart • Showtime • Penn Jillette, Written By, Teller, Written By, Sheryl Zohn, Written By, Jon Hotchkiss, Written By, Michael Goudeau, Written By, Star Price, Written By, Cliff Schoenberg, Written By, David Weiss, Written By
Planet Earth • Mountains • Discovery Channel • Vanessa Berlowitz, Writer, Gary Parker, Writer
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed • The History Channel • Steven Smith, Writer, David Comtois, Writer, Kevin Burns, Writer
This American Life • God’s Close-Up • Showtime • Nancy Updike, Writer

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There is only one show on this list that nearly everyone in my house watches on a regular basis. My pick for this one is Real Time with Bill Maher.

The Colbert Report • Comedy Central •
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central • Late Night With Conan O’Brien • NBC •
Late Show With David Letterman • CBS •
Real Time With Bill Maher • HBO •

Winner: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Thoughts: John sauntered up to the stage while waiting for the rest of the crew to get up there. John and cast looked great. He was funny, as to be expected. I was slightly bummed that Bill missed out, but I am glad that Jon Stewart won this one. He thanked everyone and Comedy Central.

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They have a lot of good cartoons on here this time around. I have never seen Robot Chicken so that one’s automatically out when it comes to my projected pick. I already know who everyone wants to win in my house. I love South Park and Sponge Bob, and well The Simpson are older than my son. However, when it comes to the winner, I am rooting for Avatar: The Last Airbender all the way.

Avatar: The Last Airbender • City Of Walls And Secrets • Nickelodeon • Michael Dante DiMartino, Executive Producer, Bryan Konietzko, Executive Producer, Eric Coleman, Executive Producer, Aaron Ehasz, Co-Executive Producer/Head Writer, Tim Hedrick, Written by, Lauren MacMullan, Directed by, Yu Jae Myoung, Animation Director/Timing Director
Robot Chicken • Lust For Puppets • Cartoon Network • Seth Green, Executive Producer/Writer/Directed by,
Matthew Senreich, Executive Producer/Writer, Keith Crofford, Executive Producer, Mike Lazzo, Executive Producer, Corey Campodonico, Producer, Alex Bulkley, Producer, Tom Root, Head Writer, Douglas Goldstein, Head Writer, Hugh Davidson, Writer, Jordan Allen-Dutton, Writer, Mike Fasolo, Writer, Dan Milano, Writer, Erik Weiner, Writer
The Simpsons • The Haw-Hawed Couple • Fox • James L. Brooks, Executive Producer, Matt Groening, Executive Producer, Al Jean, Executive Producer, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Executive Producer, Tim Long, Executive Producer, John Frink, Co-Executive Producer, Don Payne, Co-Executive Producer, Dana Gould, Co-Executive Producer, Kevin Curran, Co-Executive Producer, J. Stewart Burns, Co-Executive Producer, Michael Price, Co-Executive Producer, Bill Odenkirk, Co-Executive Producer, Marc Wilmore, Co-Executive Producer, Joel H. Cohen, Co-Executive Producer, Laurie Biernacki, Animation Producer, Rick Polizzi, Animation Producer, Mark Kirkland, Supervising Director, Matthew Faughnan, Assistant Director, Scott Brutz, Animation Timer, Chris Clements, Directed By, Matt Selman, Written by
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When it comes to this one I didn’t see a few of the performances so I can only guess. I am rooting for Jean Smart for her guest role on 24 or Kate Burton who was on Grey’s Anatomy as Ellis Grey. As for who wins, it’s really anyone’s guess since I missed most of these roles.

Grey’s Anatomy • ABC • Kate Burton as Ellis Grey
Grey’s Anatomy • ABC • Elizabeth Reaser as Jane Doe
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC • Marcia Gay Harden as Star Morrison
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC • Leslie Caron as Lorraine Delmas
24 • Fox • Jean Smart as Martha Logan

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I didn’t have too much to say about hair and makeup. If you are interested in seeing the winners they are all listed below under their respective nominee choices.

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Series

Dancing With The Stars • Episode 303 • ABC • Mary Guerrero, Department Head Hairstylist, Lucia Mace, Key Hairstylist, Cynthia P. Romo, Additional Hairstylist
Deadwood • A Constant Throb • HBO • Peter Tothpal, Department Head Hairstylist, Carol Pershing, Assistant Department Head Hairstylist, De’Ann Power, Additional Hairstylist
Desperate Housewives • It Takes Two • ABC • Gabor Heiligenberg, Department Head Hairstylist, Dena Green, Additional Hairstylist, James Dunham, Additional Hairstylist, Maria Fernandez, Additional Hairstylist
Rome • De Patre Vostro (About Your Father) • HBO • Aldo Signoretti, Department Head Hairstylist, Stefano Ceccarelli, Key Hairstylist, Claudia Catini, Additional Hairstylist, Michele Vigliotta, Additional Hairstylist
Ugly Betty • I’m Coming Out • ABC • ABC Studios
Mary Ann Valdes, Department Head Hairstylist, Lynda K. Walker, Key Hairstylist, Norma Lee, Additional Hairstylist

Winner: Rome

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special

79th Annual Academy Awards • ABC • Maria Valdivia, Department Head Hairstylist, Anthony Wilson, Key Hairstylist, Cynthia P. Romo, Additional Hairstylist
Broken Trail • AMC • Penny-Lea Thompson, Department Head Hairstylist
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee • HBO • Iloe Flewelling, Department Head Hairstylist, Chris Harrison, Additional Hairstylist, Heather Smith, Additional Hairstylist, Penny Thompson, Additional Hairstylist
Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre) • PBS • Anne Oldham, Department Head Hairstylist, Fay De Bremaeker, Key Hairstylist

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Considering I didn’t have a chance to watch any of these I will just leave you to see the nominees and the one who picked up the award.

Broken Trail • AMC •
Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre) • PBS •
The Starter Wife • USA •

Winner: Broken Trail

Thoughts: Queen Latifah came out to honor the cast of Roots, who actually gave out the award for Outstanding Miniseries. Queen Latifah looked absolutely fabulous in a red dress. The cast of Roots was moved to be honored. Robert Duvall accepted the award. He thanked his wife and many others.

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Christina and Tony performed together at the Emmys. It was, no doubt, in celebration of the multiple Emmys, the recent Tony Bennett special has won this year.

The duet sang “Stepping Out with My Baby”. As you can imagine both of them sounded incredible. Tony wore a suit with a light shirt and tie. Christina had on a colorful pink dress that was meant to be slightly loose though you could easily see that baby bump. She looked good. It was almost hard to recognize her. Both performers hung by the piano and backup dancers did their thing to make things more interesting. A little boring compared to the skanky show Britney put on at the VMAs, but t wasn’t a bad performance and certainly more on tune then Britney!

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This one is going to be a guess for me. While I have had the pleasure of seeing all of these actors in other productions, I have yet to see any of these miniseries or movies. Based on the talent and the plots that are available here, I am going to go with my heart on this one and give it to William H. Macy who played Clyde Umney & Sam Landry on Nightmares & Dreamscapes.

Broken Trail • AMC • Robert Duvall as Prentice “Print” Ritter
Jesse Stone: Sea Change • CBS • Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone
Longford • HBO • Jim Broadbent as Lord Longford
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From The Stories Of Stephen King • Umney’s Last Case • TNT •
William H. Macy as Clyde Umney & Sam Landry
The Ron Clark Story • TNT • Matthew Perry as Ron Clark

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