Feb 24 2008
The 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony is live. These are the highlights of the night:
Jon Stewart’s opening monologue got the audience going in a good spirit. The funniest part was when he mentioned how Vanity Fair had canceled their annual Oscar party in respect to the writers. He pointed out that next year it might be better to actually invite the writers to the party instead of canceling it.
Jan 27 2008
After a cute start with funny introductions and congratulations to the Screen Actors Guild on their 75th anniversary, the awards were under way. Here are the results in the order they were announced.
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series:
WINNER: James Gandolfini "The Sopranos"
NOT THE WINNERS aka NOMINEES:
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
John Hamm "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie, "House"
James Spader, "Boston Legal"
My reaction play-by-play:
Jan 25 2008
MSNBC reported on Thursday that the government of Spain is taking Florida treasure-hunting company, Odyssey Marine Exploration, to court. Odyssey did what all treasure-hunting companies hope to do - FOUND an actual treasure.