T-Time Weekly News Update for the Week of January 27th-February 3rd 2008

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Weekly News Update for the Week of January 27th–February 3rd 2008

Do you work all day and have no time or energy to find out what's going on in the world? Do you get bored and impatient watching TV anchors tell you over and over what's going on? Do you sometimes care more about what Britney Spears is doing than what President Bush said during his State of the Union address? If you answered yes to even one of these questions this is what you've been waiting for! Every week I'm going to give you a quick rundown of the past week's biggest headlines. I won't bore you with minute details and shove tons of information down your throats. These are just the facts with a little humor for measure! And if you want to know more you can always just Google it or ask me.

Not So Saggy SAGs:
The Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) Awards were held his past week. You may be asking yourself how this was possible considering the writers are still on strike and the Golden Globes were, for lack of a better term, cancelled. Well basically the answer is that the actors are standing by their writers, a.k.a brown-nosing, so the Guild gave a waiver to the SAG Awards to continue on. What’s unusual, but oh so typical Hollywood, about these awards is that the actors vote for one another. In case their egos weren’t big enough…let’s have your peers tell you how amazing you are! Here is the list of the winners of the bigger categories. The SAG is another good indicator of Oscar winners.

MOVIES:
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:

'3:10 to Yuma'

'American Gangster'

'Hairspray'

'Into the Wild'

'No Country for Old Men'

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:

George Clooney, 'Michael Clayton'

Daniel Day-Lewis, 'There Will Be Blood'

Ryan Gosling, 'Lars and the Real Girl'

Emile Hirsch, 'Into the Wild'

Viggo Mortensen, 'Eastern Promises'

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:

Cate Blanchett, 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age'

Julie Christie, 'Away From Her'

Marion Cotillard, 'La Vie en Rose'

Angelina Jolie, 'A Mighty Heart'

Ellen Page, 'Juno'

TELEVISION:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series:

James Gandolfini, 'The Sopranos'
Michael C. Hall, 'Dexter'

Jon Hamm, 'Mad Men'

Hugh Laurie, 'House'

James Spader, 'Boston Legal'

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series:

Glenn Close, 'Damages'

Edie Falco, 'The Sopranos'

Sally Field, 'Brothers & Sisters'

Holly Hunter, 'Saving Grace'

Kyra Sedgwick, 'The Closer'

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series:

Alec Baldwin,'30 Rock'

Steve Carell, 'The Office'

Ricky Gervais, 'Extras'

Jeremy Piven, 'Entourage'

Tony Shalhoub, 'Monk'

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:

Christina Applegate, 'Samantha Who?'

America Ferrera, 'Ugly Betty'

Tina Fey, '30 Rock'

Mary-Louise Parker, 'Weeds'

Vanessa Williams, 'Ugly Betty'

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:'

Boston Legal'

'The Closer'

'Grey's Anatomy'

'Mad Men'

'The Sopranos'

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:

'30 Rock'

'Desperate Housewives'

'Entourage'

'The Office'

'Ugly Betty'

Elections…Schmelections:
So Super Tuesday, February 5th, is almost upon us and the presidential race is heating up! There were endorsements, dropouts, successes and failures (cough…Rudy Guiliani). John McCain and Hillary Clinton rocked the Florida primaries followed by Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, respectively. If you are a registered voter in (feel free to sing along to the state song) Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho (Dem only), Illinois, Kansas (Dem only), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, (Rep only), New Jersey, New Mexico (Dem only), New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia (Rep only), and not to be forgotten American Samoa (except I honestly would forget…I didn’t even know people there were allowed to vote!) then Tuesday is your first day to actually go to the polls and state your mind. And if you’re not registered, well it’s too late for Super Tuesday, but it’s definitely not too late for super actual presidential election so check out… http://rockthevote.com/. First and foremost you will have 2 less candidates to vote for because both John Edwards and Rudy Guiliani have dropped out of the race. Edwards has not officially endorsed another candidate while Rudy has begun stumping for McCain. The Governator, Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, also officially endorsed McCain. Barack Obama hit Clinton where it hurts by being endorsed by Senator Ted Kennedy and his niece Caroline Kennedy. And not to be completely pushed out of the picture President Bush gave his last State of the Union address.

Bipolar Britney:
Progress is finally being made in the craziness that is Britney Spears’ life. After another week of bizarre behavior…speaking in an English accent, driving aimlessly around L.A., getting into screaming matches in the middle of the street with her friends, etc Britney has been admitted to the psych ward at UCLA Medical Center. She is being held for evaluation and is classified a 5150…a.k.a. “a danger to oneself and to others”. Her mother took time away from Britney’s 16-year-old pregnant sister and flew out to L.A. Both her mother and father staged an intervention. Brit’s psychiatrist called in an emergency, and Britney was removed from her house by an ambulance. Apparently Britney was willing to go and understands that she needs help. Right now the claims are that Britney has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She has medication but doesn’t like taking it hence the odd behavior. Currently she’s still in the hospital. Her parents have taken legal control over her estate, house, money, medical decisions, etc. Her shady “manager” Sam Lufti is being pushed out of the picture. Hopefully her family will be able to remove all the negative influences and help Britney get back to her good ol’ self.

News Potpourri:
I'll leave you with some quick news tidbits that couldn't fit either here or there so they're getting their own paragraph! Although this week was hectic as usual there were more random stories than long-drawn out ones. So the potpourri is overflowing this week. The giant Giants have won the Super Bowl and kept the Patriots from a perfect 19-0 record! Eli Manning is finally out of his brother’s shadow, and Tom Brady can go cry in Gisele’s arms. There has been a rumor circling around that NKOTB (New Kids On The Block…shame on you for not knowing that) are reuniting. Their official website is up and running again, and there may be a comeback tour. I can only pray so hard…I knew one day Jordan would come back to me! Gwen Stefani is pregnant again. But the news didn’t come from her, her hubby Gavin or even their toddler son Kingston. Gwen’s father-in-law spilled the news to a weekly newspaper…don’t you just love in-laws:p Hannah Montana star Miley Ray Cyrus has become legal. No she’s not 18 yet (pervs)…she legally changed her name to Miley Ray from her birth name Destiny Hope. If this pop star thing doesn’t work she can always go back to Destiny and become a porn star. Drew Peterson, the prime suspect in his 3rd wife’s death and 4th wife’s disappearance, has been making a ton of public appearances. He has decided that he wants a divorce, would like to go on a dating show, and may possibly go on the game show Moment of Truth where contestants are hooked up to lie detector machines and asked very personal questions…very interesting. Drew…you wouldn’t be so lonely if your wives didn’t keep disappearing! In an attempt to be just like Britney Spears it seems like everyone in Hollywood is either going to rehab or the psych ward. Eva Mendes has just checked herself into Circque Lounge rehab center to deal with personal issues, Justin Chambers, Dr. Karev on Grey’s Anatomy, has just checked himself into the same psych ward at UCLA as Ms. Spears due to stress and lack of sleep, and actress Sean Young had entered rehab for alcoholism after a nasty outburst during the Directors Guild Awards ceremony. Speaking of awards…the Grammy Awards will be airing Sunday, February 10th. French President Nicholas Sarkozy has married his model girlfriend Carla Bruni after 4 months of dating…he’s such a P.I.M.P.

I hope this gives you an idea of what's going on in the world. Buck up…it's not so bad! The Giants are Super Bowl Champs and Britney is finally getting the help she so badly needs. All is right with the world!

Now go and have an intellectually stimulating conversation with your neighbor about what you've just learned.

~t

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