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Thank to the WGA strike the Golden Globe Award ceremony has been cancelled. Why did this happen and what is the fate of other awards shows.

A look at how the continuing writers strike is starting to effect more than just our regular scheduled programming.

Though there is still no official statement from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, sponsors of the Golden Globe Awards, media buzz is that the awards show has been canceled as a result of the Writers Guild strike.

It's Almost time, Oscar is about to take the stage for the 78th Annual Academy Awards. The Pinnacle of award presentations, and the only one I will be watching.

For many years I have thought it strange that I never saw the Oscars on TV. It was only two years ago that I discovered that the Academy Awards was the award show and that the Oscar is the name of the golden statuette.

While all the focus is on the awards ceremony, the real story lies behind the scenes. The process of choosing the Academy Awards is steeped in tradition and determines who walks up on stage, and who just walks.

A recent view of E! Entertainment's repeat broadcast of the red carpet show at the SAG Awards has caused me to reflect on my fixation with Awards shows. I have been watching awards shows for many years.

The 2008 Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to air on Sunday, February 24. But will the show go on?

Jon Stewart hosted the 80th Annual Academy Awards live from Hollywood Sunday night, thanks primarily to the fact that writers strike had ended. The three-hour extraganza a three-hour glitz-filled, star-studded tribute to 2007's cinematic best.

Born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, John Stewart has become a major figure in the television landscape in his role on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In January of 2006 he was chosen to be host of the 78th Academy Awards.

The Globes are thought to be the precursor to the Academy Awards but that is sometimes not the case. Last year, for instance, Academy Award winning Best Picture "Crash" was not even nominated for the Globe in the same category.

In 2006, when Jon Stewart first hosted the prestigious ceremony known as the Academy Awards, his performance left critics less than satisfied; two years later, Stewart has once again agreed to host the Oscars, leaving many confused as to why he would so eagerly return.

Humorous look at inspiring moments during the Oscars' presentation. Academy Awards, Jon Stewart, Diablo Cody, Robert Boyle, Hollywood, Juno, Oscars

A look at the 2008 Oscars, some strange moments and a look at pre-show predictions versus post show results.

Are The 2008 Golden Globes and Oscars Dunzo due to the writers strike?

Here is a continuing look at the Golden Globe Awards, this time looking at the decade of the 1980's.

Continuing a look at my three part series on the Golden Globe Awards, here is a look at the awards in the 1990's.

It's time for the makeup sex... according to comedian/talk show host Jon Stewart.

The highs and lows and downright disasters of MTV's Video Music Awards.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences anounced the Oscar nominations for the best of the 2007 year. Cate Blanchett was nominated in both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories while Keira Knightley and James McAvoy were shut out.

The 2006 Oscars are in the books. Most of the favorites won and some of my time was wasted. Here are the highs and lows of the big award show...

A roundup of the best of the Oscars.

The Golden Globes got cut down to size. The Grammys are still at 50/50. Amid the burgeoning effects of the WGA strike, are the Oscars next?

Some snubs, some surprises, and a long -awaited win in this year's 79th Annual Academy Awards

New York-area members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the 79th Academy Awards February 25th at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City.

A rundown of the top contenders to be nominated for best supporting actor at the 2007 Academy Awards....

My goal here is to produce a series of columns giving thoughts, predictions, commentary and information on the movie awards season leading up to the Academy Awards

The Academy Awards are over with. The show was uneven but the awards at the end made it worthwhile.

The Academy Awards can be a great excuse to throw a party while celebrating the biggest night in Hollywood. Besides the opportunity to hang out with friends, there are foods, drinks, and money involved…all the ingredients for fun!

The 79th annual Academy Awards is now over as all the actors and actresses breath a sigh of relief and can begin again to enthral us with performances in hopes that next year will bring a nomination and maybe the golden man himself.

A Top 8 countdown of the most dazzling diva's at the 79th Annual Academy Awards.

The 80th Academy Awards was hosted by the normally funny Jon Stewart; however, tonight he wasn't even remotely funny.

The decision of the Academy Awards to give Best Picture to Crash over Brokeback Mountain got me to thinking about the last time there was an upset in the top category. So I decided to rewatch Spielberg's 1998 classic...

Read on for a detailed look at who may win this year's Golden Globes in television in all eleven categories!

If you watched the Academy Awards on Sunday and at any point during the ceremony asked yourself "what's the point?" you'll want to keep reading.

It's the 80th anniversary for the prestigious Academy Awards ceremony. Here's a list of movies than have won or been nominated for the top prizes.

When you look at the Academy Award-winning films of 1998, you see a list of films that have worn their 10 years well. You may be surprised that these films are turning 10 this year, because they have all stood up well over the past decade.

With the writer's strike over, the 80th Annual Oscar show was able to go on as scheduled. Host Jon Stewart handled the staid show with topical humor, although a couple of slip ups nearly threw John Travolta and Colin Farrel off the stage.

Academy Award season is upon us now. Nominations for the 2006 awards will be announced later this month with the ceremony taking place late next month.

This list consists of the 8 Oscar Hosts of the last 35 years or so, as far back as the early 70's ranging from Bob Hope to last year's acerbic (and hilarious) Jon Stewart.

From Roberto Benigni's tour de farce in 1998 to Alfred Hitchcock's terse acceptance speech in 1967, a look back at the last 40 years of Oscar Night.

The 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Ryan Seacrest tried to attract a younger, hipper crowd this year; however, red carpet fashion demonstrated a return to old school Hollywood glamour.

The Oscars were given out tonight at the 80th Annual Academy Awards at Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Check out the winners!

Alan Rosenberg, SAG president, announces that SAG actors are hesitant to cross WGA picket lines to present or accept awards at the Golden Globes.

Thanks to the striking Writer's Guild of America (WGA), annual awards ceremony, the Golden Globes, has been scaled back to almost nothing this year.

Why are critics afraid to call a mutt a mutt? This article lists the 25 worst or most overrated movies ever made. The list goes from box office bombs to cash cows and from obvious flops to Oscar winners.

Dreamgirls and Elizabeth I get the most total Golden Globes this year. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is thanked for introducing a new category to the ceremony.

David Letterman presided over the most entertaining Oscar telecast of the past thirty years. His reward? He's never been invited back, but Whoopi "Four Hours of Jokes that Bomb" Goldberg has been invited back multiple times.

Oscar winner Kathy Bates (Best Actress for Misery, ) assisted with the announcements from Samuel Goldwyn Auditorium of the nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards early Tuesday morning in Hollywood.

An overview of the nominees, and my predictions for the winners of the 80th annual Academy Awards

The Academy Awards have never been free from scandal. Even America's Sweetheart was involved in one of the biggest scandals.

This article shares information on the 2008 Golden Globe Award winners.

Nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards were announced early this morning. There are Golden Globe repeats and newcomers as well. Find out just how many films made the cut and how you can win a trip to L.A. with your predictions.

How Awards Shows seem to have lost track of what really matters

All of Hollywood is buzzing with the 80th Academy Awards nominations.

"Little Miss Sunshine" took home four awards at the 2007 Independent Spirit Awards.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Award Winners are announced as the WGA strike turns an awards melee into a press conference news item.

Every year, ESPN has their annual awards show recognizing the best in sports from that year. ESPY stands for "Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly." The first annual award show was held in 1993, and there has been one every year since.

The Academy Award of Merit, more commonly known as the Oscar, is one of the most recognized awards in the world. Where it got the name Oscar is not exactly known, but it has come today to be its most popular name.

The Top 5 most hearfelt and moving speeches from this years Oscars.

A recap of the 2008 Oscars

Celebrities at this year's Oscars wore a wide range of styles. I have summarized what I feel are the 10 best dressed women for the night.

Despite this being a rather ordinary show that was largely unspectacular, there were many worthy winners at this year's Oscars.

Javier Bardem took home the Best Supporting Oscar for "No Country for Old Men," adding to 3 others the film won, but Marion Cotillard's Best Actress for portraying Edith Piaf may have been the night's upset.

A look at the 89 version of the academy awards show. Highlights of performances and quotes from host Jon Stewart.

Determined by the Hollywood Foreign Press, the Golden Globes are considered the precursor to the Oscar nominations.

No Country for Old Men, There Will be Blood and Atonement Lead the Oscar nominations.

Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Jessica Lange, Joan Allen and Kathy Bates load up a 1966 Bonneville convertible, and hit the road in "BONNEVILLE", a story about three friends who "come of age" opening in theaters February 29.

A brief overview of the Oscars as well as a look at the best and worst presenters of the evening.

My thoughts on the Oscars...

Here are my top 10 candidates for Best Actor for 2006:

This year's Academy Awards is sure to be controversial. We will have some surprises in store.

On the surface the writer's strike seems reasonable. There are many good writers outside the guild, however, that would willingly work for what the WGA has turned down.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences was founded by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer V.P. Louis B. Mayer to forestall unionization in Hollywood. During the height of the Great Depression, labor strife nearly destroyed the Academy and the Oscars.

A summary of this year's Oscar nominations along with a complete list

The Screen Actors Guild is the first award show to have a true red carpet. Sure, the Critics Choice Awards had gone on without a hitch, but it's not as big as the SAGs. And the Golden Globes ended up just being pre-recorded interviews.

It was announced on Tuesday that this year will see the first Webby Film and Video Awards, a new ceremony to honor the best in web video. There will be awards in 11 categories, with a judging panel made up of Hollywood and TV heavyweights.

Most people are unaware of exactly what the WGA is striking about. What people are more unaware of however is what a long term strike could mean for California's economy.

Award season is upon us. This is the time of year when the best movies, TV shows, actors, writers, directors, costume designers, screenwriters, composers, and many others are awarded for their genius, skills and expertise. Who's hosting? Who will win?

Like any awards show, the Emmys have their ups and downs. From Jon Stewart to Helen Mirren, what went wrong and what was so blissfully right?

The motive for the Writer's Strike currently in effect across Southern California has frozen Hollywood movie production. But just as more of strange Tom Cruise allegations make the news, his new studio is poised to grab the entire movie industry for himself and his church.

As always, the excitement has already begun. The red carpet will roll, and Jon Stewart will host the 80th Academy Awards in The Kodak Theatre in California.

Consumers, media watchers, viewers and industry insiders must all consider the effect the newly launched writer's strike will have on the holiday Southland economy of Los Angeles, California

Fans watched in awe as the Dixie Chicks scooped up five out of the five awards they were nominated for.

Scarlett Johansson receives Hasty Pudding Theatricals award from Harvard University while her rumored guypal reunite with ex-girlfriend Cameron Diaz in West Hollywood.

Many questions abound as Oscar Night nears. Will Martin Scorsese finally win? Is Eddie Murphy really nominated for an award? Can any host be worse than Jon Stewart? Allow me answer these questions and more.

We all know the Oscars are a joke. But sometimes the joke is especially cruel. Not all bad Oscar choices go to bad performances, however. Sometimes it's just a case of the voters not getting it right.

Icon Public Relations has opened their new offices in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Icon PR, brings a Hollywood style to the metroplex, with their unlimited International media resource base. Icon PR, plans to take their metroplex clients to national and global ranks.

Buying flowers in Hollywood should not be a difficult task. Check out these terrific florists in the area.

Ah, Oscar Monday. For a single day, America's focus is on film as the most wondrous of art forms. Presented herein are some highlights, lowlights and trivia from the long history of the Academy Awards for you to peruse.

The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were announced on January 4, 2007 at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles. The nominees were a mix of old favorites and new shining stars.

The misty streets of Harlem were stained with muddy water, but the rainy weather did not stop music and film fans from convening at the world famous Apollo Theater for the Second Annual Imagenation 2006 Revolution Awards. .

On November 5th the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike. The strike was due to an inability for industry heads to agree to the demands the WGA had pertaining to residual payments for digital media. What does a strike mean for the everyday television viewer?