I am trying out some ‘live blogging’. Love Conan O’Brien (funniest guy on tv after Jon Stewart).

Best Supporting Actress (Comedy) - Karen from Will & Grace

Best Supporting Actor (Drama) - Alan Alda from The West Wing

Best Supporting Actress (Drama) - Blythe Danner from The West Wing

Best Supporting Actor (Comedy) - Ari from Entourage [Entourage kicks ass!]

Best Supporting Actress (Miniseries/Movie) - Kelly MacDonald from The Girl In The Cafe

Best Variety/Comedy Show - Daily Show with Jon Stewart [Wasn’t even a close competition]

Best Guest Actor (Comedy) - Will & Grace

Best Guest Actress (Comedy) -

Best Director (Comedy) - My Name Is Earl

Best Writer (Comedy) - Greg Garcia from My Name Is Earl

Best Guest Actor (Drama) - Christian Klemenson

Best Guest Actress (Drama) - Patricia Clarkson

Best Directing (Drama) - Jon Cassar for 24

Best Writing (Drama) - Terrence Winters for Sopranos

Best Supporting Actor (Miniseries/Movie) - Jeremy Irons

Best Director (Comedy/Variety) - Louis J. Horvitz for 78th Oscars

Best Writing (Comedy/Variety) - Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Best Lead Actor (Miniseries/Movie) - Andre Braugher from Thief

Best Lead Actor (Comedy) - Tony Shalhoub from Monk

Best Made for TV Movie - The Girl In The Cafe

Best Reality Series - The Amazing Race

Best Director (Miniseries/Movie) - Elizabeth I

Best Writing (Miniseries/Movie) - Richard Curtis for The Girl In The Cafe

Best Miniseries/Movie - Elizabeth I

Best Lead Actress (Miniseries/Movie) - Helen Mirren for Elizabeth I

Best Lead Actress (Drama) - Mariska Hargitay for Law & Order SVU

Best Lead Actress (Comedy) - Julia Louis-Dreyfus for New Adventures [Elaine’s my favorite]

Best Lead Actor (Drama) - Kiefer Sutherland for 24

Best Comedy Series - The Office

Best Drama Series - 24

Krrish by Rakesh Roshan starring his son Hrithik turned out to be an interesting movie. By most standards of cinema (desi and videshi) it was disappointing technically and commercially. However, it seemed to have the potential of a franchise. The story of the budding hero seems to have scope, but it does draw from a bunch of the other comic book giants out there. Krrish’s tale of triumph resonates most with our good ol’ neighbourhood Spiderman. The lone caring grandmother, the promise of good, the need to hide the identity; in terms of superhuman powers he seems at par with Spidey as well - strength and agility but no flight. They made good (in the movie) with the archnemisis. Naseerudding Shah played Dr.Arya (yes, another mad scientist) out for global domination albeit with an Indian flavor - foreseeing the future.

Obviously, the concepts of this movie were drawn up by papa and beta Roshan while sharing a Blue Label. You can almost hear them slurring with “And then he will build a computer that will be better than all jyotshis (fortunetellers) combined…’hick’…”. They didn’t work enough on the physics on the hero’s movements and let the wire stunts get carried away. I wish people with access to resources like the Roshans should invest in technical consultants and not just pujaris for their mahurats. In any case, this movie is a small leap for mankind and giant step for Indian Cinema. I hope companies like the ones behind Matrix and animation studios like Pixar wake up, realize the mass market hungry for their business and smell the South Indian coffee.

“Couples that are truly right for each other wade through the same crap as everybody else, but the big difference is they don’t let it take’em down. One of those two people will stand up and fight for that relationship if it’s right and they are real lucky. One of them will say something.”
- Dr. Cox

I have been waiting for this movie for a while now. Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara - a take on Shakespeare’s Othello has Ajay Devgan (Othello), Vivek Oberoi (Cassio), Saif Ali Khan (Iago), Konkona Sen (Emilia), Kareena Kapoor (Desdemona), Deepak Dobriyal (Rodrigo) and Naseerudin Shah (Duke). The cinematography seems tight and the music (especially the title track) is mind-blowing especially with my favorite Sukhvinder Singh (you may recall him from Chaiyya Chaiyya) back in form after a long time. I am a fan, like many others, of the new and improved Saif 2.0 and this movie just proves us right. He is a chameleon and has a few tricks up his sleeve that we all need to look out for. Some people call Ajay Devgan a taxi driver, but like it or not he handles Bihar like no other. Whether its in Gangajal or in and as Omkara, hes the man. For the rest of the cast, I need to watch the movie.