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• 'Arrested Development' Season 5 Will Be in the Vein of 'Making a Murderer'
• Oscars 2016: Here's Why the Best Picture Race Is Still Up for Grabs
• Jimmy's Breaking Bad in 'Better Call Saul' Season 2 Trailer
• Golden Globes 2016: 10 Things to Watch for at This Year's Ceremony
• Who Run the World? Watch Channing Tatum and Beyonce on 'Lip Sync Battle'
• 'Game of Thrones' Sets Season 6 Premiere Date; Plus, the Latest on Seasons 7 and 8
• 'Carol,' 'Bridge of Spies' Lead 2016 BAFTA Nominations
• 11 Times Elena Gilbert Was Our 'Vampire Diaries' Dream Girl
• Golden Globes: 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Awards Ceremony
• Best of Late Night TV: Ricky Gervais Teaches 'A--hole or Elbow,' Meghan Trainor's Terrible First Kiss

'Arrested Development' Season 5 Will Be in the Vein of 'Making a Murderer' Posted: Want more "Making a Murderer"? Here it comes ... in the style of "Arrested Development." Deadline reports that "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz is working on season 5 of the beloved comedy, which first aired on Fox and continued on Netflix last season. Hurwitz is "chomping at the bit and hoping to get the new season out before the November Presidential elections," due to the timeliness of storylines begun in season 4. If you recall, the Bluth clan wanted to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, and Lindsay Bluth decided to run for president as a Republican candidate on the strength of support for that idea. Of course, when the fourth season debuted on Netflix in May 2013, it seemed an absurd idea. Hurwitz could not have predicted the rise of Donald Trump in this Republican primary. As well, Hurwitz intends to capitalize on another trend in pop culture: the true crime documentary, which has been a resurgence thanks to HBO's "The Jinx" and Netflix's "Making a Murderer." Season 4 ended with Buster arrested for killing Lucille Austero. Hurwitz, a big fan of the genre, intends season 5 to be a serialized murder mystery "in the vein" of "Making a Murderer." Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Oscars 2016: Here's Why the Best Picture Race Is Still Up for Grabs Posted: It's one week until the Oscar nominations are announced, and pundits often think they know how the Academy members will vote. But then we learn what Hollywood really thinks from the industry insiders who actually make the movies: The members of the guilds. After all, the unions and trade groups who hand out guild awards are often the same people who'll be voting for the Oscars. We already learned a lot from the Screen Actors Guild, who announced their nominations last month -- and who'll hand out their prizes at the end of January. But this week, we heard from several other guilds -- including the Producers Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, and the American Society of Cinematographers -- and our simple narrative about "Spotlight" being the runaway front-runner in an otherwise wide-open race has gone out the window. Earlier this week, the National Society of Film Critics, a group that prides itself on voting according to its members' own quirky taste and not the conventional wisdom, named "Spotlight" the group's Best Picture. If even the NSFC picked "Spotlight," as so many other groups already have, then surely the consensus is right this time, and the ensemble drama about the investigative reporters who exposed the Catholic Church's pedophilia cover-up is truly the top candidate for a Best Picture Oscar. But we have to remember, the predictive value of an NSFC award is virtually zero most years, and this year shouldn't be any different. And if we needed any reminders of whose choices matter and whose don't, we got several of them this week from the guilds -- starting with the American Cinema Editors. The editors of the ACE threw the oddsmakers for a loop by leavIng "Spotlight" off their list of nominees. Their drama category includes such expected titles as "Mad Max: Fury Road," "The Martian," and "The Revenant." The ACE animation nominees are less controversial: Pixar's "Inside Out" and "The Good Dinosaur," along with Charlie Kaufman's stop-motion "Anomalisa." Granted, the ACE picks won't necessarily foretell the Academy nominees for Best Picture or even Best Editing, but no movie has won a Best Picture Oscar in 20 years without first being nominated for an Eddie. Tough break, "Spotlight" fans. The producers, whose guild prize is usually a very good predictor of who'll get a Best Picture Oscar nomination, did include "Spotlight," as well as Oscar front-runners "The Martian," "The Revenant," and "Mad Max: Fury Road." They also echoed the rising support for such films as "The Big Short," "Bridge of Spies," and "Brooklyn." But they snubbed "Star Wars," as well as supposed front-runners "Carol," "Room," "Joy," and "The Hateful Eight." The writers liked "Spotlight," "Carol," and "Martian," as well as rising contenders "The Big Short" and "Compton." Of course, the WGA nominations come with a caveat: Only union members are eligible for nominations, which means they ignore most foreign scripts and some by non-member domestic writers. So that leaves out some likely Oscar screenplay contenders, including Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight," Hungarian drama "Son of Saul" (currently the front-runner for the foreign-language Oscar), "Inside Out" (the probable Best Animated Feature Oscar winner), "Anomalisa," "Brooklyn," "Room," "The Danish Girl," and "Ex Machina." Still, the WGA awards do have some predictive value. They may not get all the Oscar nominees right, but 22 of the 32 winners of the guild's Original and Adapted Screenplay honors over the past 16 years have gone on to win on Oscar night. What do all these guild awards tell us? First of all, the race is still up for grabs, and "Spotlight" is far (ish) from a sure thing. Second, there's more support for "The Big Short," "Bridge," "Ex Machina," "Sicario," and "Compton" than one might have guessed a month ago. (And maybe less for "Carol," "Brooklyn," "Hateful Eight," and "Room.") Third, crowdpleasers that critics love -- including "Martian," "Mad Max," and "Star Wars" -- all still have a good shot. And fourth, because of the complexities of the Academy's weighted ballot system, the lack of strong support for almost all of these movies could mean as few as five Best Picture nominees this year, instead of the usual eight or nine. Which five have the most enthusiastic support, and which are merely well-liked but not loved, is still too hard to tell. The suspense of this early, chaotic phase of the race is about to end. On Sunday, the Golden Globes will be handed out, but they won't matter much because voting for Oscar nominations ends two days earlier, on January 8. We also haven't heard yet from the Directors Guild of America; their nominations come out Tuesday, January 12, and will offer a strong indication of Oscar voters' picks for Best Director and Best Picture nominations. Finally, the Oscar nominations themselves will be announced on Thursday, January 14. At that point, none of the winners journalists have picked will matter anymore, and we'll focus entirely on what and whom the industry insiders choose. %Slideshow-348022% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Jimmy's Breaking Bad in 'Better Call Saul' Season 2 Trailer Posted: Jimmy McGill is sick of being the good guy. In the trailer for season 2 of "Better Call Saul," he wonders, "Where has it gotten me?" Well, we know where turning to the dark side will get him! The trailer provides only the teeniest glimpses at the new season, which begins February 15 on AMC. Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) is apparently faking evidence — wait, is this Albuquerque, or Manitowoc County? — and taking side jobs from Mike (Jonathan Banks). Last season's "Better Call Saul" showed us Jimmy before he'd turned into Saul Goodman, when he was still a well-meaning, if slightly shady lawyer. But learning his brother, Chuck (Michael McKean), had such a low opinion of him made him bitter. Now, he's starting his descent toward "Breaking Bad," and we're excited to see the whole journey. "Better Call Saul" season 2 premieres Monday, February 15 at 10 p.m. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Golden Globes 2016: 10 Things to Watch for at This Year's Ceremony Posted: "They don't go safe. They go bold. Sometimes that's disastrous, and sometimes it's absolutely wonderful." That's Helen Mirren, praising the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for hiring cheeky Ricky Gervais again to host the 73rd Golden Globe Awards this Sunday. But she could just as easily be talking about the Globes ceremony itself. The few dozen foreign entertainment correspondents who comprise the HFPA often make offbeat, even bizarre choices, and they put on a show where free-flowing champagne sometimes makes stars rowdy. Then again, their TV prizes are often the first to recognize worthy newcomers, their movie prizes can sometimes be a stepping stone to the Oscars, and their emcee should keep the show from becoming stuffy and predictable. Though there are a few things we can predict you'll see during the Golden Globes on Jan.10: 1. Venom From Ricky Gervais Hey, remember when Gervais first hosted, a few years back, and Hollywood bigwigs were so shocked by his ego-puncturing treatment of them that the HFPA only invited him back to host twice more? Yep, he's back this year for a fourth go-round, after the intervening Tina Fey/Amy Poehler years apparently proved too tasteful. Of this year's guests and honorees, Gervais has boasted, "I might make some of them cry." 2. Love for Denzel He's already won two Golden Globes and earned seven nominations over the course of his career, but this time, he's guaranteed a win: The lifetime achievement prize, which the HFPA calls the Cecil B. DeMille award. Lest we forget, for all his badassery on screen, Washington is also a trained Shakespearean thespian. If the ceremony turns out to be short on dignity and class, Washington's segment should make up for that. 3. Jamie Foxx's Daughter Miss Golden Globe, the gowned gal who helps hand out the trophies and escort the winners offstage, is one of the few jobs in Hollywood that admits to having nepotism as a prerequisite. It's always the daughter (well, sometimes, the son) of an established star. This year, it's Corinne Foxx, who'll be adorning the same stage where her father Jamie was nominated for three Globes in the same year back in 2005. Sure, Miss Globe is often a starlet you haven't heard of yet (Foxx is a model and is still in college), but they do sometimes go on to greater fame, as Melanie Griffith, Laura Dern, and Griffith's daughter Dakota Johnson have. So if Corinne Foxx becomes a star, you saw her here first.4. Mel Gibson We don't see a whole lot of the original Mad Max in public anymore, much less at the Golden Globes, where Gervais skewered him in a memorable joke a few years ago. But he's apparently forgiven the HFPA, since he's scheduled to appear as a presenter. 5. Big Movie Stars Several of last year's winners -- including Amy Adams and Michael Keaton -- will return to crown their successors. Other movie stars who'll open envelopes include Kurt Russell, Helen Mirren, and Channing Tatum. 6. Small-Screen Celebs TV stars aren't chopped liver. There'll be plenty of them presenting as well, including your favorites from "Empire" and "Blindspot's" Jaimie Alexander. 7. Johnny Depp Cap'n Jack hasn't been announced as a presenter, but the HFPA always seems to find a way to raise the star-power of its event by luring him onto the red carpet. A few years ago, they had to shoehorn his thriller "The Tourist" into the comedy category. This year, despite failing to nominate him for "Black Mass," they've named his wife Amber Heard as a presenter. So Depp has to show up, doesn't he? 8. A Coronation for Brie Larson For the most part, the movie races this year are wide open and hard to predict. But, arguably, Larson is the one to beat for Best Dramatic Actress for her role as the captive mom in "Room." Meanwhile, Globe favorite Leonardo DiCaprio shouldn't have much trouble walking off with the Dramatic Actor award for "The Revenant." And the Globes' odd decision to declare "The Martian" a comedy ought to result in wins for Matt Damon and director Ridley Scott. 9. New TV Blood The calendar allows the HFPA to be the first out of the gate in honoring new shows and new stars that won't be eligible for Emmys for another seven or eight months. Globe voters tend to make the most of this advantage, as they did last year by helping put Amazon's "Transparent" on the map. That comedy is up for prizes again this year, but another classy Amazon newbie, "Mozart in the Jungle," could grab them instead. Similarly, watch for Globe love for USA's drama "Mr. Robot" and its star, Rami Malek. 10. Alcohol. Lots of it. The Globes are famous (Infamous?) for letting the stars drink during the show, in the hope of generating some spontaneous and outrageous moments. Guests will be drinking the Moët Ruby Red, this year's official Globe cocktail, which is made of champagne, raspberries, lemon peel, and a sprig of tarragon. Even one of the desserts, a chocolate mousse atop a flourless cake, has Grand Marnier liqueur in it. There's also beef filets, trout, winter vegetables, and Fiji water on the menu, not just spiked drinks and desserts, but still... open bar, y'all. Watch out. %Slideshow-349122% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Who Run the World? Watch Channing Tatum and Beyonce on 'Lip Sync Battle' Posted: Who run the world? Girls. But who run "Lip Sync Battle"? That, without a doubt, has to be Channing Tatum and Beyoncé. This week's "Lip Sync Battle" featured a duel between two Tatums -- the actor and his wife, Jenna Dewan Tatum. She started the battle with a fierce, sexy, NSFW simulation of his dance to Ginuwine's "Pony" in "Magic Mike XXL." But Channing upped the ante by dressing up as Beyoncé for an all-out performance to Beyonce's "Who Run the World" -- complete with wind effects. The guy has moves, as we've all seen, but he was really nailing it. Then, the house really came down when Queen Bey herself came out to join in the fun. OK, maybe it's stacking the deck in your favor to bring out Beyonce, but hey, all's fair in love and "Lip Sync Battle." Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

'Game of Thrones' Sets Season 6 Premiere Date; Plus, the Latest on Seasons 7 and 8 Posted: Finally, "Game of Thrones" fans know when they'll find out if Jon Snow lived or died (come on, he totally lived). HBO announced that the fantasy drama will return for a sixth season April 24. HBO president Michael Lombardo had even more exciting news to deliver at the winter Television Critics Association press tour -- they are in negotiations with executive producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss for seventh and eighth seasons, according to Deadline. "David and Dan are feeling there's probably two more years after season 6, that's what we're looking at right now," Lombardo said back in July. "We hope that they would change their mind, but that's how they are feeling now." It's unclear if the showrunners have received insight from author George R.R. Martin on how he plans to wrap up his epic saga. Already, the show has caught up to the book series, and Martin admitted earlier this month that he had not met his end-of-year-deadline for the sixth novel, "Winds of Winter." If the author takes as much time to write the final book in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series as he did the last two, "Game of Thrones" may very well outpace its source material. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. %Slideshow-296121% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

'Carol,' 'Bridge of Spies' Lead 2016 BAFTA Nominations Posted: After getting snubbed in the Producers Guild award nominations earlier this week, "Carol" has risen from the ashes to lead all movies, along with "Bridge of Spies," in BAFTA award nominations. "Carol" and "Bridge of Spies" netted nine nods apiece, including Best Film. They are joined in that category by "The Big Short," "The Revenant," and "Spotlight." Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon continued to cement their roles as Oscar frontrunners with nominations in the lead actor category. In an interesting turn for awards season watchers, Alicia Vikander was nominated as lead actress for "The Danish Girl." She also received mention in the supporting category for "Ex Machina." Here is the full list of nominations: BEST FILM The Big Short Bridge of Spies Carol The Revenant Spotlight OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM 45 Years Amy Brooklyn The Danish Girl Ex Machina The Lobster DIRECTOR Todd Haynes - Carol Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu - The Revenant Adam McKay - The Big Short Ridley Scott - The Martian Steven Spielberg - Bridge of Spies ​ BEST ACTRESS Cate Blanchett - Carol Brie Larson - Room Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn Maggie Smith - Lady in the Van Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl BEST ACTOR Bryan Cranston - Trumbo Matt Damon - The Martian Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara - Carol Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina Julie Walters - Brooklyn Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christian Bale - The Big Short Benicio Del Toro - Sicario Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies FOREIGN FILM The Assassin Force Majeure Theeb Timbuktu Wild Tales DOCUMENTARY Amy Cartel Land He Named Me Malala Listen to Me Marlon Sherpa ANIMATED FILM Inside Out Minions Shaun the Sheep Movie CINEMATOGRAPHY Roger Deakins - Sicario Janusz Kaminski - Bridge of Spies Ed Lachman - Carol Emmanuel Lubezki - The Revenant John Seale - Mad Max: Fury Road MUSIC Thomas Newman - Bridge of Spies Ennio Morricone - The Hateful Eight Ryuichi Sakamoto - Carsten Nicolai, The Revenant Jóhann Jóhannsson - Sicario John Williams - Star Wars: The Force Awakens OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER Sean McAllister (Director/Producer), Elhum Shakerifar (Producer), A Syrian Love Story Stephen Fingleton (Writer/Director), The Survivalist Alex Garland (Director), Ex Machina Debbie Tucker Green (Writer/Director), Second Coming Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director), Rupert Lloyd (Producer), Theeb ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - Bridge of Spies Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve - Inside Out Alex Garland - Ex Machina Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer - Spotlight Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Emma Donoghue - Room Nick Hornby - Brooklyn Adam McKay, Charles Randolph - The Big Short Phyllis Nagy - Carol Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs EDITING Hank Corwin - The Big Short Michael Kahn - Bridge of Spies Stephen Mirrione - The Revenant Pietro Scalia - The Martian Margaret Sixel - Mad Max: Fury Road PRODUCTION DESIGN Bridge of Spies (Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo) Carol (Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler) Mad Max: Fury Road (Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson) The Martian (Arthur Max, Celia Bobak) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales) COSTUME DESIGN Brooklyn (Odile Dicks-Mireaux) Carol (Sandy Powell) Cinderella (Sandy Powell) The Danish Girl (Paco Delgado) Mad Max: Fury Road (Jenny Beavan) MAKE UP & HAIR Brooklyn (Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn) Carol (Jerry DeCarlo, Patricia Regan) The Danish Girl (Jan Sewell) Mad Max: Fury Road (Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin) The Revenant (Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini) SOUND Bridge of Spies (Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom) Mad Max: Fury Road (Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White) The Martian (Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor) The Revenant (Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson) SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS Ant-Man (Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke) Ex Machina (Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst) Mad Max: Fury Road (Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams) The Martian (Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan)After getting snubbed in the Producers Guild award nominations earlier this week, "Carol" has risen from the ashes to lead all movies, along with "Bridge of Spies," in BAFTA award nominations. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

11 Times Elena Gilbert Was Our 'Vampire Diaries' Dream Girl Posted: Even though Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) has been chilling comatose in a coffin for the latest season of "The Vampire Diaries," we haven't forgotten her. To fill the Elena-sized hole in our hearts, let's count the reasons why we love(d) her so. These are the 11 times Elena Gilbert was totally the love of our lives. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Golden Globes: 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Awards Ceremony Posted: For a night known as Hollywood's most notorious open-bar gala, the Golden Globes ceremony remains shrouded in mystery. Most viewers probably don't even know who presents it (the Hollywood Foreign Press Association), how many voting members it has (only about 90), or what qualifies them to pass judgment on movies and television. Yet movie fans and awards mavens continue to take the Globes seriously as a precursor to the Academy Awards, since some of the Globe honorees will indeed go on to win Oscars. With Ricky Gervais set to reprise his hosting duties this weekend, here are 25 things you need to know about the Globes. 1. Founded in October 1943 by eight foreign-market journalists, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (then called the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association) held its first awards ceremony the following spring, as a luncheon at 20th Century Fox. Instead of trophies, the winners took home scrolls. 2. The next year, the foreign press group held the ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel, but the young group had so little money to stage the event that it solicited actress Joan Bennett's gardener to supply the flowers for the centerpieces. 3. Bette Midler raised eyebrows with her speech in 1980, when she won a pair of trophies for her film debut in "The Rose" (Best Actress and Best New Female Star). Purporting to quote Joan Crawford, she mimed cupping her breasts and said, "I'll show you a pair of Golden Globes!" 4. For the first 14 years, the Globes were presented by HFPA journalists, But in 1958, Rat Packers Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. stormed the stage, wielding whiskey glasses and cigarettes, and began riffing. They were a hit, and the next year, they were asked back as presenters. Now all the awards are presented by celebrities, just like at the Oscars. 5. The Globes first handed out a career achievement prize in 1952, to legendary director and Hollywood founding father Cecil B. DeMille. The award has been named for him ever since. 6. Since 1961, the Globe ceremony has been held at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hilton. 7. The Miss Golden Globe tradition, in which a starlet helps the presenters usher the winners on and off the stage, began in 1963. Originally, there were two Miss Golden Globes, one for TV and one for film. Today, there's just one, and she's traditionally the daughter of a star. 8. The Globes were first televised nationally in 1964, as a segment on "The Andy Williams Show." Shirley MacLaine won Best Actress for "Irma La Douce," but her speech was abruptly cut off by a commercial break. 9. NBC stopped airing the show in 1968, after the FCC complained that the HFPA "misled the public as to how the winners were determined." According to the FCC, the judges would choose winners based on attendance; if the chosen star didn't show, they'd pick someone who did. The HFPA revised its voting procedures and handed over the responsibility of tallying the votes to an outside accounting firm, as the Oscars do. NBC lifted its ban and resumed broadcasting the show in 1975. 10. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," one of only three films in Oscar history to win the top five awards (Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay), was the first (and only) movie to pull off the same feat at the Golden Globes, in 1976. 11. The most nominated movie ever was 1975's "Nashville," with nine nods, but it won only one, for the original song "I'm Easy." 12. Before he was famous as a conspiracy theorist, Oliver Stone was a Globe winner for his screenplay for "Midnight Express." His 1979 speech turned into a tirade against U.S. drug policy (a theme relevant to his movie) that soon had the audience booing and presenter Chevy Chase urging him to just say thank you and exit. Finally, security guards approached, and Stone left the dais. 13. Group president Marina Cisternas designed the trophy in 1946, envisioning a golden globe encircled by a strip of film. The strip is delicate and flimsy, and more than one honoree (including Laurence Olivier) has accidentally broken it even before leaving the podium. 14. The Globes took the biggest hit to their credibility in 1982, when Pia Zadora won the Best New Female Star prize for her campy turn in the exploitation melodrama "Butterfly," a movie that hadn't even opened theatrically at the time of the nominations. (Among the actresses she beat: Elizabeth McGovern in "Ragtime" and Kathleen Turner in "Body Heat.") The award was widely assumed to be payback to Zadora's husband, casino mogul Meshulam Riklis, who had treated some HFPA members to a lavish junket at his Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas (where Zadora had a nightclub act) and to an extravagant luncheon at his house. A couple years later, the group stopped giving out the New Star awards altogether. 15. Everyone remembers that Christine Lahti (above, left) was in the bathroom when she was announced as a winner for TV's "Chicago Hope" in 1998. Not many remember, however, that the same humiliating moment befell Renee Zellweger three years later. 16. Ties are extremely rare at the Oscars, less so at the Globes. In 1949, "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "Johnny Belinda" tied for Best Picture. 17. The only three-way tie in Globe history occurred in 1989, when the Best Actress award was shared among Jodie Foster ("The Accused"), Shirley MacLaine ("Madame Sousatzka") and Sigourney Weaver ("Gorillas in the Mist"). 18. Jamie Foxx holds a record for the most nominations in a single year. He came into the 2005 ceremony with three nods, for his role in TV movie 'Redemption,' his supporting role in the big-screen thriller 'Collateral,' and his lead role as Ray Charles in 'Ray.' The 'Ray' performance won him the Globe (and the Oscar). 19. Calista Flockhart and Harrison Ford met when she accidentally spilled wine on him at the 2002 ceremony. 20. The Globe voters once nominated a fictional character for a screenwriting award. The nomination came in 2003 for the "Adaptation" screenplay, credited to real-life screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his imaginary brother, Donald -- both of whom were played in the film by Nicolas Cage (above). The Oscars later went on to nominate Donald Kaufman as well. 21. In 2008, the Globes were pre-empted by the Writers Guild strike. NBC simply ran a two-hour episode of "Dateline" instead, while the winners were announced via press conference. 22. The red carpet hasn't been immune to controversy. In 2005, Kathy Griffin joked that 10-year-old Dakota Fanning was entering rehab, which led to a forced on-air apology from the E! channel, a donation from the channel to Fanning's favorite charity, and Griffin's firing from future E! awards show coverage. The following year, E! red carpet interviewer Isaac Mizrahi generated complaints for grabbing Scarlett Johansson's breasts during their chat. Maybe the designer was measuring her for a gown. 23. The most notorious backstage interview came in 2007, among the "Grey's Anatomy" cast, involving Isaiah Washington making an offensive comment regarding co-star T.R. Knight. Washington soon left the drama series under a cloud of controversy. 24. Worst fashion faux pas? Probably Lara Flynn Boyle's notorious ballerina tutu in 2003, along with her David Cardona leotard and lace-up slippers. Runner-up: Whoopi Goldberg's yellow track suit, worn at her first Globe appearance in 1986. 25. Allegations of payola surfaced again in 2011, when Columbia's thriller 'The Tourist' was nominated for Best Comedy/Musical, as was the studio's "Burlesque." (Also nominated, for their lead roles, were "Tourist" stars Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.) Both movies had underwhelmed critics, and it was a real stretch to call the mildly tongue-in-cheek "Tourist" a comedy, but it came out that the studio had flown HFPA members to Vegas on a junket that included a private concert by "Burlesque" star Cher. (It was almost the same situation as the "Butterfly" scandal three decades before.) There was no proof of a quid pro quo, and in the case of "The Tourist," there might not even have been one. Rather, its nominations were a way of ensuring that Depp and Jolie would show up on the red carpet. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Best of Late Night TV: Ricky Gervais Teaches 'A--hole or Elbow,' Meghan Trainor's Terrible First Kiss Posted: If you're like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don't worry; we've got you covered. Here's the best of what happened last night on late night. Ricky Gervais is hosting the Golden Globe Awards this Sunday, January 10, but first he taught Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter how to play a so-dumb-it's-hilarious game called "A--hole Or Elbow." Ricky said, despite the insult "don't know your a-- from your elbow," his elbow and his own butt look pretty similar. To prove it, he took a close-up photo of his elbow and cropped it so it looked like it could be his butt. He kept taking photos on the couch and things got REALLY gross, but also really funny. Andy volunteered his own elbow as tribute and Ricky took a double-flap photo. Ricky said he and his friend played this game for three hours once when they were drunk. Perfect for the immature idiot in all of us. If this is a preview of Sunday's show -- oh boy. Cate Blanchett and Dominic Monaghan were both on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and disagreed on the status of the JKL studio bathrooms. Cate criticized the guest restrooms backstage ("Soviet era communist gray kind of gestapo commandant kind of feeling"), then later Dom defended the bathrooms as "spectacular" and "stunning." It's a LOTR feud! Jimmy had a camera go into the bathroom to show everyone what the fuss was about. It seemed fine from here, but if Galadriel wants it to be remodeled, do it. By the way, Dom also talked about doing Just for Men with his beard. He was quite hyper. Cate also talked about the Golden Globes as tightly packed and sweaty "like a mosh pit," which sounds about right. A sweaty mosh pit with Ricky Gervais probably leading the celebs through more rounds of "A--hole or Elbow." Stephen Colbert said it's a universal truth that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and he did not enjoy his BLT this morning. He did not get a tomato on his BLT, and he took the offense personally. So he went on a trip down the street to try and figure out what happened. It goes on for seven minutes and it's a little awkward. Damien Lewis -- one of the best actors ever, period -- had an interesting conversation with Stephen about billionaires. Damien is playing a billionaire in the new Showtime series "Billions," and they had a debate about whether rich people are good or bad. As a Brit, Damien thought Americans liked rich people more. Seth Meyers moderated "Late Night's" own Democratic Presidential Debate, re-editing real footage. It's pretty great. Seth: "Governor O'Malley, serious question: What would you do about people who still have their Christmas decorations up?" O'Malley: "Mark their homes for demolition." Gael Garcia Bernal and Meghan Trainor made for a beautiful couch over on "The Late Late Show," and they both talked about first kisses. VERY different first kisses. Gael recalled his first kiss at age 6 in kindergarten, with a girl named Paulina who had a boyfriend. He still gets tingles thinking about that unexpected smooch. They also showed an on-screen kiss when the actor was 11 -- he was a top lip kisser. Meghan said her first kiss was "terrible." She was a freshman in high school and she had just sorta started seeing this guy, and he went up to her room and asked if he could kiss her. She said yes, but told him to hold that thought -- and then she went to her bathroom to go throw up 'cause she had the flu. She kept puking so her own mom had to tell the kid to leave. Poor Meghan! And that poor boy who wanted to kiss her. He had to take that puke personally. "The Late Late Show" also showed a football photo from when Meghan was the only girl on the football team. An awkward story goes with that, involving her brother and the bleeped-out word "crotch." Gael also taught James to Salsa. Gael is a sexy mofo on all fronts, but Corden could use a tune-up. Maybe sign him up for "Dancing With the Stars." Meghan and James also turned "All About that Bass" into the New Year's anthem "All About That Change": And before you go, check out Kendrick Lamar performing "Untitled 2" on "The Tonight Show": Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. %Slideshow-354137% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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