Chaos erupts at Top Short Model Tryouts

Three people were arrested and six injured in New York on Saturday afternoon when an audition lineup for America's Next Top Model turned into a brawl.

The next cycle of America's Next Top Model will only be using shorter than average height of Top Models.

Thousands of women had been waiting overnight outside the Park Central New York hotel for a shot at stardom on the hit television reality show created and hosted by former supermodel Tyra Banks when the chaos broke out.

Two people were taken to hospital, but four others refused treatment.

Police cancelled the day's auditions but said they didn't know what started the outbreak. The CW network, which airs the show, said it was working with police to investigate what had happened.

It certainly is model behaviour.

Hugh Jackman Hosts 81st Academy Awards

The 81st Academy Awards was held tonight and again the gay issue movie was snubbed for best picture. However, Sean Penn won Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay was won by Dustin Lance Black – both for Milk.

Here are some of the winners for the night:

Best Picture
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Director
WINNER: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"
David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant, "Milk"

Best Actor
WINNER: Sean Penn, "Milk"
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Best Actress
WINNER: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep, "Doubt"

Best Supporting Actor
WINNER: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Josh Brolin, "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"

Best Supporting Actress
WINNER: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Amy Adams, "Doubt"
Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"

Original screenplay
WINNER: "Milk," written by Dustin Lance Black
"Frozen River," written by Courtney Hunt
"Happy-Go-Lucky," written by Mike Leigh
"In Bruges," written by Martin McDonagh
"WALL-E," screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Best Costume Design
WINNER: "The Duchess," Michael O'Connor
"Australia," Catherine Martin
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Jacqueline West
"Milk," Danny Glicker
"Revolutionary Road," Albert Wolsky

Best Makeup
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Greg Cannom
"The Dark Knight," John Caglione Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army," Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Best Sound Editing
WINNER: "The Dark Knight," Richard King
"Iron Man," Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
"Slumdog Millionaire," Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
"WALL-E," Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
"Wanted," Wylie Stateman

Noah Wyle is Back on ER

It was so good to see the return of Dr Carter on ER tonight. He was one of the main characters on ER since it was first introduced on NBC’s “Must See TV” in 1994. He stayed on the show for eleven years and he was one of my favourite characters on the show. After he left I lost interest in the show.

As he comes back for the final shows of the series he brings the show back to life. It is too bad he came back so late, he probably could have saved the show. I am just giddy over his return and misty eyed over the last scene.

Get me a kleenex!!

SAG Award Winners 2009

And they are...

Best Actor
WINNER: Sean Penn - "Milk"
Richard Jenkins - "The Visitor"
Frank Langella - "Frost/Nixon"
Brad Pitt - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke - "The Wrestler"

Best Actress
WINNER: Meryl Streep - "Doubt"
Anne Hathaway - "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie - "Changeling"
Melissa Leo - "Frozen River"
Kate Winslet - "Revolutionary Road"

Supporting Actor
WINNER: Heath Ledger - "The Dark Knight"
Josh Brolin - "Milk"
Robert Downey, Jr. - "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman - "Doubt"
Dev Patel - "Slumdog Millionaire"

Supporting Actress
WINNER: Kate Winslet - "The Reader"
Amy Adams - "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz - "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis - "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Ensemble Cast
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire"
"Doubt"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"


PRIMETIME TELEVISION

Actor in a television movie or miniseries
WINNER: Paul Giamatti - "John Adams"
Ralph Fiennes - "Bernard and Doris"
Kevin Spacey - "Recount"
Kiefer Sutherland - "24: Redemption"
Tom Wilkinson - "John Adams"

Actress in a television movie or miniseries
WINNER: Laura Linney - "John Adams"
Laura Dern - "Recount"
Shirley Maclaine - "Coco Chanel"
Phylicia Rashad - "A Raisin in the Sun"
Susan Sarandon - "Bernard And Doris"

Actor in a drama series
WINNER: Hugh Laurie - "House"
Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"
William Shatner - "Boston Legal"
James Spader - "Boston Legal"

Actress in a drama series
WINNER: Sally Field - "Brothers & Sisters"
Mariska Hargitay - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Holly Hunter - "Saving Grace"
Elisabeth Moss - "Mad Men"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

Actor in a comedy series
WINNER: Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
David Duchovny - "Californication"
Jeremy Piven - "Entourage"
Tony Shalhoub - "Monk"

Actress in a comedy series
WINNER: Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Christina Applegate - "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera - "Ugly Betty"
Mary-Louise Parker - "Weeds"
Tracey Ullman - "Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union"

Ensemble in a drama Series
WINNER: "Mad Men"
"Boston Legal"
"Dexter"
"House"
"The Closer"

Ensemble in a comedy series
WINNER: "30 Rock"
"Desperate Housewives"
"Entourage"
"The Office"
"Weeds"

The 81st Academy Awards Nominations

The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. I wonder how many will be big winners after the Golden Globes snubs that happened recently; that said, there were some great moments.

A) Kate Winslet winning two awards and her acceptance speech professing her love for Leonard DiCaprio. And yes I am a big fan of Titanic.

B) Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin winning their awards.

C) HEATH LEDGER

Other than that – I found it all to be quite boring and drab and a lot of really bad dressed stars. Enough said!!

And the winners were:

The Big Screen

Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg

Best Motion Picture - Drama: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy: Colin Farrell – In Bruges

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Best Animated Feature Film: Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Director - Motion Picture: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire, Written by Simon Beaufoy

Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire, Composed by A. R. Rahman

Best Original Song - Motion Picture: "The Wrestler" – The Wrestler. Music & Lyrics By: Bruce Springsteen


The Little Screen

Best Television Series - Drama: Mad Men


Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama: Anna Paquin – True Blood

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama: Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: 30 Rock

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: Tina Fey – 30 Rock

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television: John Adams

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television - Laura Linney – John Adams

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Paul Giamatti – John Adams

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Laura Dern – Recount

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Tom Wilkinson