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This Is the Golden Globes' Craziest Acceptance Speech

Jacqueline Bisset rambles on just a bit

(Newser) - The craziest acceptance speech of the Golden Globes so far? Defamer gives the honor to Jacqueline Bisset, who won best supporting actress in a TV series, miniseries, or movie for her work in Dancing on the Edge. After taking quite a while just to get to the stage and then...

Tina Fey, Amy Poehler's Best Golden Globes Lines

Fey even swipes back at Taylor Swift

(Newser) - Tina Fey and Amy Poehler opened the Golden Globes by simultaneously flattering and teasing their fellow Hollywood bigwigs—including Amy Poehler. "I believe Amy is here tonight, can we get a shot of her?" Poehler asked as the camera cut to Jennifer Lawrence. Poehler was quick to note that...

Whoops: Sprinkler Drenches Globes Red Carpet
 Whoops: 
 Sprinkler Drenches 
 Globes Red Carpet 
golden globes
Jan 12, 2014 7:11 PM CST

Whoops: Sprinkler Drenches Globes Red Carpet

Plus, pictures of Golden Globes arrivals

(Newser) - The Golden Globes red carpet had a pretty big "oops" a couple hours before the ceremony when a lighting rig set off a fire sprinkler, which drenched the carpet and some cameras, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Thanks to the Beverly Hills Fire Department's air blowers and wet...

Here's What Stars Will Be Eating at the Golden Globes

Needless to say, lots of champagne will be available

(Newser) - If award shows seem to you like a boring waste of time and you're not sure why anyone, even a celebrity, would want to attend, consider this: At least at the Golden Globes, guests get to eat. The Today show takes a look at this Sunday's menu, dreamed...

Bullock Sweeps People's Choice Awards

She was the evening's top winner with 4 trophies

(Newser) - Sandra Bullock reigned supreme at the 40th annual People's Choice Awards last night, taking home four trophies as the evening's top winner. The actress was named favorite movie actress, comedic actress, dramatic actress, and shared the favorite movie duo award with Gravity co-star George Clooney. Bullock's buddy...

Here's Your 2014 Golden Globes Drinking Game

Tina Fey, Amy Poehler talk about Sunday's awards show

(Newser) - Tina Fey and Amy Poehler sat down for a pre-Golden Globes interview with the Hollywood Reporter , so of course they laid out the rules for this year's drinking game . "Anytime you see a gown with sleeves, you're going to drink," says Fey. "Anytime they cut...

Golden Globes: Slave, Hustle Each Nab 7 Nods

Nominations announced for Jan. 12 award show

(Newser) - The Golden Globes nominations are in, and 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle are the leaders with seven nominations each, the AP reports. Both received Best Picture nods, along with (in the drama category) Captain Phillips, Gravity, Philomena, and Rush, and (in the comedy/musical category) Her, Inside Llewyn Davis,...

Taylor Swift Wins Big at AMAs
 Taylor Swift 
 Wins Big at AMAs 
Nov 25, 2013 12:03 AM CST

Taylor Swift Wins Big at AMAs

She takes top prize for 3rd time

(Newser) - Taylor Swift's fans have done it again, voting her the American Music Awards artist of the year for a third time. The 23-year-old pop star also won country album of the year for Red and favorite female country and pop/rock artist, giving her a leading four trophies as fans...

Taylor Swift, George Strait Among Big Winners at CMAs

Strait wins top honor for third time

(Newser) - The Country Music Association Awards paid tribute to the past, present, and future, giving George Strait his third entertainer of the year trophy last night while also awarding a quartet of 20-somethings who are helping to stretch the ever-fluid boundaries of the genre. Strait won the CMA's top honor...

YouTube's Debut Awards Show Was ... Kind of a Mess

Critics weigh in on the 'YTMAs'

(Newser) - YouTube threw its first awards show last night, and the results were ... interesting. The unscripted show, directed by Spike Jonze and hosted by Jason Schwartzman and Reggie Watts, took place in New York City and was livestreamed on YouTube. Awards were handed out and artists offered up performances (er, "...

Fey, Poehler Getting Huge Globes Paydays
 Fey, Poehler Getting 
 Huge Globes Paydays 
rumor mill
Oct 22, 2013 10:13 AM CDT

Fey, Poehler Getting Huge Globes Paydays

Source says they'll make $4M each, each time they host

(Newser) - OK, so it may be a report from gossip site Radar Online , but we can totally see Tina Fey and Amy Poehler doing this: While making a deal to host the Golden Globes for the next two years , they "decided to ask for the craziest package ever given to...

Fey, Poehler Re-Up for 2 Years as Globes' Hosts

Tina, Amy are committed for 2014, 2015

(Newser) - Wish Tina Fey and Amy Poehler would just host every awards show from now until the end of time? Well, we've got good news for you. For at least the next two years, they'll host the Golden Globes, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Their stint as this year'...

Hottest Emmys After-Party: Losers Party

Jon Hamm, Amy Poehler co-host

(Newser) - One bonus of not winning any awards last night at the Emmys: You didn't have to pay to get into Jon Hamm and Amy Poehler's Losers Party, an after-party held at Soho House. Winners, on the other hand, had to make a $1,000 donation to World Wide...

Emmys Were a Total &#39;Bummer&#39;
 Emmys Were a Total 'Bummer' 
OPINION
Sep 23, 2013 7:33 AM CDT

Emmys Were a Total 'Bummer'

No one had fun watching this show: critics

(Newser) - The reviews are in for last night's Emmy Awards, and they are not good. (Catch up on what happened here .) One big problem: The In Memoriam segments that seemed to arrive every 20 minutes or so. A sampling of the reactions:
  • The "steady stream of in-memoriam segments
...

First Emmys Acceptance Speech Is Pretty Awesome
 Lots of Surprises 
 at the Emmy Awards 
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Sep 22, 2013 10:09 PM CDT

Lots of Surprises at the Emmy Awards

We watched the Emmy Awards so you didn't have to

(Newser) - After giving tonight's Emmy Awards host Neil Patrick Harris some really excellent award show advice , Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took the stage to present the first award: Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series went to Nurse Jackie's Merritt Wever, who gave perhaps the best acceptance speech...

Is This the Best Acceptance Speech Ever?
 Is This the Best 
 Acceptance 
 Speech Ever? 
emmy awards
Sep 22, 2013 8:34 PM CDT

Is This the Best Acceptance Speech Ever?

Merrit Wever wins Emmy Award, says almost nothing

(Newser) - The first award at tonight's Emmy Awards went to Nurse Jackie's Merritt Wever for best supporting actress in a comedy—and while accepting it, an emotional Wever simply said "Thank you so much" a few times and then, "I gotta go." And then she walked...

No Big Musical Number as Neil Patrick Harris Opens Emmys

Instead we got a boring skit and some bad jokes

(Newser) - If you were expecting Neil Patrick Harris to open tonight's Emmy Awards with one of his typical big song-and-dance numbers, you were probably disappointed: Instead, he started with a sketch involving him attempting to watch an entire season of television that was not very well-received on Twitter (sample tweet...

Ig Nobel Winner: Scientists Who Ate a Parboiled Shrew

Yes, it's once again the 'weirdest night in science'

(Newser) - The 23rd Ig Nobel Awards—a spoof on the only slightly more prestigious Nobel Prizes—were held at Harvard last night, in what Slate describes as "the weirdest night in science." Legit scientific research is honored for its ability to make people laugh, the BBC reports, and the...

7 VMA Moments Everyone Is Talking About

Miley Cyrus twerks, *NSYNC reunites, and more from the Video Music Awards

(Newser) - Pole dance? That's so 2009 . Miley Cyrus outdid herself at the MTV Video Music Awards last night with a twerking performance that left the audience feeling violated, Australia's News Network reports. Cyrus started out wearing practically nothing, then managed to find a way to strip down even further...

Teary Lea Michele Honors Monteith's 'Beautiful Heart'

'We're gonna get through this together,' she promises fans

(Newser) - Lea Michele won Best Actress in a Comedy last night at the Teen Choice Awards, and she used her time on stage to honor her late boyfriend and Glee co-star Cory Monteith, Jezebel reports. "I just wanted to be here today to personally thank all of you and tell...

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