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The Colbert Report -- October 4, 2011 — John Lithgow -- Episode 8002

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The Bryan Awards - The Best of the Last Decade (The 2010s)

With only two weeks left in the decade, I took a thorough look back at the last ten Bryan Awards (with the last nine of them being recorded as annual podcasts for WCRS FM), and picked the Best of the Best since the 2010 Bryan Awards (or programs that aired since January 1, 2010, and airing up until the cut-off for this September’s Bryan Awards, which was May 31, which would eliminate the likes of Mrs. Fletcher, Season 2 of Big Little Lies, plus newbies like On Becoming A God in Central Florida, Perfect Harmony, the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and this week’s A Christmas Carol).

Here are the Guidelines Chosen for both this and the Silver Garbage Awards Worst of the Decade: - Eligibility Period is January 1, 2010 to May 31, 2019. - Glee is being entered for New Series of the Decade, because it won the 2010 Bryan Award in that race, despite it debuted in 2009. - Younger Acting will be merged through the genres: Daytime, Comedy, Drama, and Limited Series.  And if an actor turned 26 doesn't really matter, as long as 50% of their nominations were before they were 26. - Big Little Lies (Season 1), Orange Is the New Black, and Downton Abbey are Dramas.  Shameless is a Comedy.  True Detective is a Longform, as is American Horror Story, and ALL seasons will be lumped into one for Anthology Stories. - Sherlock and Sharknado are being entered for ALL of their movies, ditto for Black Mirror episodes, in the Longform races. - There will be separate Lead and Supporting Acting races for Comedy and Drama Bryan Awards, but NOT for Silver Garbage. Apologies for the Length of this Post, but without further ado...

COMEDY SERIES of the DECADE: Barry (HBO) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) black-ish (ABC) Girls (HBO) Glee (Fox) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Modern Family (ABC) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Transparent (Amazon Prime) Veep (HBO)

DRAMA SERIES of the DECADE: The Americans (F/X) Breaking Bad (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) Homeland (Showtime) Mad Men (AMC) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC)

LIMITED SERIES, TV MOVIE, or SPECIAL of the DECADE: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (F/X) Behind the Candelabra (HBO) Chernobyl (HBO) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Game Change (HBO) Mildred Pierce (HBO) The Normal Heart (HBO) Olive Kitteridge (HBO) The People Versus O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (F/X) Temple Grandin (HBO)

DAYTIME SOAP OF THE DECADE: All My Children (ABC/TOLN) As the World Turns (CBS) The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) General Hospital (ABC) One Life to Live (ABC/TOLN) The Young and the Restless (CBS) 

VARIETY or TALK SHOW of the DECADE: The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Syndicated) Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central) Key & Peele (Comedy Central) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) Saturday Night Live (NBC) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) New Series of the Decade: Glee (Fox; 2010 Winner) Boardwalk Empire (HBO; 2011 Winner) Homeland (Showtime; 2012 Winner) The Newsroom (HBO; 2013 Winner) Masters of Sex (Showtime; 2014 Winner) black-ish (ABC; 2015 Winner) Casual (Hulu; 2016 Winner) This Is Us (2017 Winner) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime; 2018 Winner) Succession (HBO; 2019 Winner)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series of the Decade: Anthony Anderson - black-ish (ABC) Aziz Ansari - Master of None (Netflix) Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (NBC) Don Cheadle - Black Monday & House of Lies (both Showtime) Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Donald Glover - Atlanta (F/X) Bill Hader - Barry (HBO) William H. Macy - Shameless (Showtime) Matt LeBlanc - Episodes (Showtime) Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series of the Decade: Kristen Bell - The Good Place (NBC) & House of Lies (Showtime) Rachel Bloom - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW) Rachel Brosnahan - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Zooey Deschanel - New Girl (Fox) Lena Dunham - Girls (HBO) Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie (Showtime) Allison Janney - Mom (CBS) Ellie Kemper - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep (HBO) Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (NBC) 

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series of the Decade: Louie Anderson - Baskets (F/X) Alec Baldwin - Saturday Night Live (NBC) Tituss Burgess - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Ty Burrell - Modern Family (ABC) Adam Driver - Girls (HBO) Tony Hale - Veep (HBO) Ed O’Neill - Modern Family (ABC) Tony Shalhoub - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family (ABC)

Henry Winkler - Barry (HBO) Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series of the Decade: Alex Borstein - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Julie Bowen - Modern Family (ABC) Anna Chlumsky - Veep (HBO) Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock (NBC) & Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Jane Lynch - Glee (Fox) Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live (NBC) Kathleen Rose Perkins - Episodes (Showtime) Sofia Vergara - Modern Family (ABC) Betty White - Hot in Cleveland (TV Land) Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series of the Decade: Sterling K. Brown - This Is Us (NBC) Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire (HBO) Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (AMC) Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom (HBO) Jon Hamm - Mad Men (AMC) Rami Malek - Mr. Robot (USA) Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul (AMC) Billy Porter - Pose (F/X) Matthew Rhys - The Americans (F/X) Milo Ventimiglia - This Is Us (NBC)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series of the Decade: Claire Danes - Homeland (Showtime) Viola Davis - How to Get Away With Murder (ABC) Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey (PBS) Claire Foy - The Crown (Netflix) Nicole Kidman - Big Little Lies (HBO) Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (CBS) Elisabeth Moss - The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) & Mad Men (AMC) Keri Russell - The Americans (F/X) Kerry Washington - Scandal (ABC) Robin Wright - House of Cards (Netflix) 

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series of the Decade: Jonathan Banks - Better Call Saul & Breaking Bad (both AMC) Jim Carter - Downton Abbey (PBS) Nikolaj Coster-Waldau - Game of Thrones (HBO) Alan Cumming - The Good Wife (CBS) Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (HBO) David Harbour - Stranger Things (Netflix) John Lithgow - The Crown (Netflix) Mandy Patinkin - Homeland (Showtime) Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad (AMC) John Slattery - Mad Men (AMC) 

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series of the Decade: Uzo Aduba - Orange Is The New Black (Netflix) Christine Baranski - The Good Wife (CBS) Alexis Bledel - The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) Laura Dern - Big Little Lies (HBO) Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad (AMC) Lena Headey - Game of Thrones (HBO) Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (AMC) Thandie Newton - Westworld (HBO) Monica Potter - Parenthood (NBC) Dame Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey (PBS)

Lead Actor in a Limited Series, Movie, or TV Special of the Decade: Darren Criss - The Assassination of Gianni Versace (F/X) Benedict Cumberbatch - Parade’s End, Patrick Melrose, and Sherlock (HBO/Showtime/BBC America) Michael Douglas - Behind the Candelabra (HBO) Jared Harris - Chernobyl (HBO) Richard Jenkins - Olive Kitteridge (HBO) Matthew McConaughey - True Detective (HBO) Sam Rockwell - Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Mark Ruffalo - The Normal Heart (HBO) Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo (F/X) Courtney B. Vance - The People versus O.J. Simpson (F/X) 

Lead Actress in a Limited Series, Movie, or TV Special of the Decade: Amy Adams - Sharp Objects (HBO)

Claire Danes - Temple Grandin (HBO) Kirsten Dunst - Fargo (F/X) Nicole Kidman - Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO) Jessica Lange - American Horror Story & Feud: Bette vs. Joan (both F/X) Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge (HBO) Julianne Moore - Game Change (HBO) Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story & The People versus O.J. Simpson (both F/X) Michelle Williams - Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Kate Winslet - Mildred Pierce (HBO) 

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series, Movie, or TV Special of the Decade: Matthew Bomer - The Normal Heart (HBO) Sterling K. Brown - The People versus O.J. Simpson (F/X) Martin Freeman - Sherlock (BBC America) Ed Harris - Game Change (HBO) Guy Pearce - Mildred Pierce (HBO) Jesse Plemons - Fargo (F/X) Edgar Ramirez - The Assassination of Gianni Versace (F/X) David Thewlis - Fargo (F/X) Ben Whishaw - A Very English Scandal (Amazon Prime) Bokeem Woodbine - Fargo (F/X) 

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, Movie, or TV Special of the Decade: Patricia Arquette - The Act (Hulu) Angela Bassett - American Horror Story (F/X) Kathy Bates - American Horror Story (F/X) Patricia Clarkson - Sharp Objects (HBO) Regina King - American Crime (ABC) Melissa Leo - All the Way & Mildred Pierce (both HBO) Julia Ormond - Temple Grandin (HBO) Julia Roberts - The Normal Heart (HBO) Allison Tolman - Fargo (F/X) Evan Rachel Wood - Mildred Pierce (HBO)

Lead Actor in Daytime of the Decade: Maurice Benard - General Hospital (ABC) Peter Bergman - The Young and the Restless (CBS) Scott Clifton - The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Doug Davidson - The Young and the Restless (CBS) Billy Flynn - Days of Our Lives (NBC) Anthony Geary - General Hospital (ABC) Christian LeBlanc - The Young and the Restless (CBS) Billy Miller - General Hospital (ABC) & The Young and the Restless (CBS) James Scott - Days of Our Lives (NBC) Jason Thompson - General Hospital (ABC) & The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Lead Actress in Daytime of the Decade: Eileen Davidson - Days of Our Lives (NBC) & The Young and the Restless (CBS) Susan Flannery - The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Nancy Lee Grahn - General Hospital (ABC) Katherine Kelly Lang - The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Debbi Morgan - All My Children (ABC) Gina Tognoni - The Young and the Restless (CBS) Heather Tom - The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Maura West - As the World Turns (CBS) & General Hospital (ABC) Laura Wright - General Hospital (ABC) Colleen Zenk - As the World Turns (CBS)

Supporting Actor in Daytime of the Decade: Darin Brooks - The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Steve Burton - General Hospital (ABC) & The Young and the Restless (CBS) Trent Dawson - As the World Turns (CBS) Chad Duell - General Hospital (ABC) Jonathan Jackson - General Hospital (ABC) Bryton James - The Young and the Restless (CBS) Eric Martsolf - Days of Our Lives (NBC) Greg Rikaart - Days of Our Lives (NBC) & The Young and the Restless (CBS) Greg Vaughan - Days of Our Lives (NBC) Jacob Young - All My Children (ABC) & The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Supporting Actress in Daytime of the Decade: Julie Marie Berman - General Hospital (ABC) Jessica Collins - The Young and the Restless (CBS) Melissa Claire Egan - All My Children (ABC) & The Young and the Restless (CBS) Jane Elliot - General Hospital (ABC) Genie Francis - General Hospital (ABC) & The Young and the Restless (CBS) Amelia Heinle - The Young and the Restless (CBS) Elizabeth Hendrickson - The Young and the Restless (CBS) Michelle Stafford - General Hospital (ABC) Kirsten Storms - General Hospital (ABC) Arianne Zucker - Days of Our Lives (NBC) 

Younger Actor in a Series, Limited Series, or Daytime Soap of the Decade: Max Burkholder - Parenthood (NBC) Chris Colfer - Glee (Fox) Bryan Craig - General Hospital (ABC) Freddie Highmore - Bates Motel (A&E) Connor Jessup - American Crime (ABC) Chandler Massey - Days of Our Lives (NBC) Cameron Monaghan - Shameless (Showtime) Rico Rodriguez - Modern Family (ABC) Marcus Scribner - black-ish (ABC) Jeremy Allen White - Shameless (Showtime)

Younger Actress in a Series, Limited Series, or Daytime Soap of the Decade: Kristen Alderson - General Hospital & One Life to Live (both ABC) Tara Lynne Barr - Casual (Hulu) Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things (Netflix) Hunter King - The Young and the Restless (CBS) Yara Shahidi - black-ish (ABC) Kiernan Shipka - Mad Men (AMC) Holly Taylor - The Americans (F/X) Sophie Turner - Game of Thrones (HBO) Mae Whitman - Parenthood (NBC) Maisie Williams - Game of Thrones (HBO) 

Talk/Variety Show Host of the Decade: Samantha Bee - Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) Stephen Colbert - The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) and The Late Show… (CBS) Jimmy Fallon - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon & The Tonight Show… (both NBC) Chelsea Handler - Chelsea Lately (E!) John Oliver - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Dr. Mehmet Oz - The Dr. Oz Show (Syndicated) Amy Schumer - Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central) Jon Stewart - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)  The Hosts of The Talk (CBS) The Hosts of The View (ABC) Game/Reality Host of the Decade: Ted Allen - Chopped (Food Network) RuPaul Charles - RuPaul’s Drag Race (Logo/VH1) Carson Daly - The Voice (NBC) Steve Harvey - Family Feud (Syndicated) Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race (CBS) Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn - Project Runway (Lifetime) Jane Lynch - Hollywood Game Night (NBC) Jeff Probst - Survivor (CBS) Ryan Seacrest - American Idol (ABC & Fox) Alex Trebek - Jeopardy (Syndicated)

Ensemble of the Decade: As the World Turns (CBS) Big Little Lies (HBO) Downton Abbey (PBS) General Hospital (ABC) Mad Men (AMC) Modern Family (ABC) The Normal Heart (HBO) The People versus O.J. Simpson (F/X) Saturday Night Live (NBC) This is Us (NBC) 

Episode of the Decade:

The Americans - “START” (F/X)

As the World Turns - “# 13,858” (CBS)

Breaking Bad - “Felina” (AMC)

Game of Thrones - “The Battle of the Bastards” (HBO)

Game of Thrones - “Mother’s Mercy” (HBO)

Glee - “The Quarterback” (Fox)

Mad Men - “Person to Person” (AMC)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - “Pilot” (Amazon Prime)

Saturday Night Live - “Betty White/Jay-Z” (NBC)

South Park - The “Black Friday” Trilogy (Comedy Central)

Sports Moment of the Decade:

American Pharoah Wins The Triple Crown (NBC)

The Big Comeback: The Atlanta Falcons blow a 28-3 lead in Super Bowl LI (Fox)

The Cubs Win The World Series - 2016 World Series (Fox)

The Fierce Five - U.S. Women’s Gymnastics, 2012 Summer Olympics (NBC)

Maximum Security Gets Disqualified from the Kentucky Derby (NBC)

Promise Fulfilled: The Cavs Win the 2016 NBA Finals (ABC)

The Shot ‘18: Michigan Beats Houston at the Buzzer - NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (TNT)

Spotgate: Barrett Was Short - “The Game: Michigan at Ohio State” (ABC)

Team USA Women Win the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup (Fox)

Undisputed: Ohio State Wins the College Football Playoff (ESPN)  

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Brian Greene

Greene was born in New York City of Jewish background.[3] His father, Alan Greene, was a one-time vaudeville performer and high school dropout who later worked as a voice coach and composer. After attending Stuyvesant High School,[4] Greene entered Harvard University in 1980 to concentrate in physics. After completing his bachelor's degree with summa cum laude honors, Greene earned his doctorate at Magdalen College, Oxford University, graduating in 1987.[5] While at Oxford, Greene also studied piano with the concert pianist Jack Gibbons.[6]

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Greene joined the physics faculty of Cornell University in 1990 and was appointed to a full professorship in 1995.[citation needed] The following year, he joined the staff of Columbia University as a full professor.[citation needed] At Columbia, Greene is co-director of the university's Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics (ISCAP) and is leading a research program applying superstring theory to cosmological questions. With co-investigators David Albert and Maulik Parikh he is a FQXi large-grant awardee for his project entitled "Arrow of Time in the Quantum Universe".[7]

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Greene's area of research is string theory, a candidate for a theory of quantum gravity. He is known for his contribution to the understanding of the different shapes the curled-up dimensions of string theory can take. The most important of these shapes are so-called Calabi–Yau manifolds; when the extra dimensions take on those particular forms, physics in three dimensions exhibits an abstract symmetry known as supersymmetry.[citation needed]

Greene has worked on a particular class of symmetry relating two different Calabi–Yau manifolds, known as mirror symmetry and is known for his research on the flop transition, a mild form of topology change, showing that topology in string theory can change at the conifold point.[8]

Currently, Greene studies string cosmology, especially the imprints of trans Planckian physics on the cosmic microwave background, and brane-gas cosmologies that could explain why the space around us has three large dimensions, expanding on the suggestion of a black hole electron, namely that the electron may be a black hole.[citation needed]

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In 2008, together with Tracy Day (former ABC News producer), Greene co-founded the World Science Festival,[9] whose mission is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.[10]

The World Science Festival's signature event is a five-day festival in New York City, typically falling in May. Held at a variety of museums, galleries, and outdoor venues, the festival has surpassed 2 million attendees.[11] Hailed as a “new cultural institution”,[12] by The New York Times, the Festival has featured such luminaries as: Stephen Hawking, Edward O. Wilson, Sir Paul Nurse, James Watson, Anna Deavere Smith, Francis Collins, Philip Glass, Yo-Yo Ma, Oliver Sacks, Mary-Claire King, William Phillips, Paul Davies, Elizabeth Vargas, Sir Roger Penrose, Charlie Rose, Lisa P. Jackson, John Lithgow, Vinton Cerf, Glenn Close, Jeffrey Eugenides, Bill T. Jones, Joyce Carol Oates, Elaine Fuchs.

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Brian Greene on Bookbits radio.

Greene is well known to a wider audience for his work on popularizing theoretical physics, in particular string theory and the search for a unified theory of physics. His first book, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, published in 1999, is a popularization of superstring theory and M-theory. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction, and winner of The Aventis Prizes for Science Books in 2000.[13]The Elegant Universe was later made into a PBS television special of the same name, hosted and narrated by Greene, which won a 2003 Peabody Award.[14]

Greene's second book, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (2004), is about space, time, and the nature of the universe. Aspects covered in this book include non-local particle entanglement as it relates to special relativity and basic explanations of string theory. It is an examination of the very nature of matter and reality, covering such topics as spacetime and cosmology, origins and unification, and including an exploration into reality and the imagination. The Fabric of the Cosmos was later made into a PBS television special of the same name, hosted and narrated by Greene.[citation needed]

Greene's third book, The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos, published in January 2011, deals in greater depth with multiple universes, or, as they are sometimes referred to collectively, the multiverse.[citation needed]

A book for a younger audience, Icarus at the Edge of Time,[15] which is a futuristic re-telling of the Icarus myth, was published September 2, 2008.[16] In addition to authoring popular-science books, Greene is an occasional Op-Ed Contributor for The New York Times, writing on his work and other scientific topics.[citation needed]

The popularity of his books and his natural on-camera demeanor have resulted in many media appearances, including Charlie Rose, The Colbert Report, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, The Century with Peter Jennings, CNN, TIME, Nightline in Primetime, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and the Late Show with David Letterman. It has also led to Greene helping John Lithgow with scientific dialogue for the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun, and becoming a technical consultant for the film Frequency, in which he also had a cameo role. He was a consultant on the 2006 time-travel movie Déjà Vu. He also had a cameo appearance as an Intel scientist in 2007's The Last Mimzy. Greene was also mentioned in the 2002 Angel episode "Supersymmetry" and in the 2008 Stargate Atlantis episode "Trio". In April 2011 he appeared on The Big Bang Theory in the episode "The Herb Garden Germination" as himself, speaking to a small crowd about the contents of his most recent book.[17]

Greene often lectures outside of the collegiate setting, at both a general and a technical level, in more than twenty-five countries. In 2012 his teaching prowess was recognized when he received the Richtmyer Memorial Award, which is given annually by the American Association of Physics Teachers.[18]

In May 2013, the Science Laureates of the United States Act of 2013 (H.R. 1891; 113th Congress) was introduced into Congress. Brian Greene was listed by one commentator as a possible nominee for the position of Science Laureate, if the act were to pass.[19]

In March 2015, an Australian spider that uses waves to hunt prey, Dolomedes briangreenei, was to be named in honor of Brian Greene.[20][21]

He was interviewed at length by Jim Al-Khalili on the BBC radio program The Life Scientific on 28 April 2020.[22]

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*****With the presentation of the Peabody award, Rita Moreno will become the third PEGOT winner on May 18. She will join Barbra Streisand and Mike Nichols on that list.

***** Harvard and Yale text book writing U.S. rep in California, Katie Porter is really shaking up the congressional hearings. Go Go Go!!

***** Could Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker have a way of keeping Trump off the ballot? Are the Dems getting as creative as the GOP?  Illinois is looking into forcing candidates to show the last 10 years of their tax returns or their name will not appear on the ballot.

***** Michael Shannon and Audra McDonald are the newest to play Frankie and Johnny on Broadway.

***** Watching the clueless old white politicians on the Sunday morning shows (yea, you John Barraso) makes me a little queasy. ** And I get so tired of the talking heads speaking for the ‘middle of the country’.  Most of the people I know care deeply about the Mueller report. Who the fuck are they talking about? Talk about special rules for our rich President as we remember Nixon and the Clintons. Why should Scary Clown 45 get such great treatment?  I am always hearing about the ‘middle of the country’ worrying about feeding our families and fixing our cars and not knowing or caring about issues in Washington. It is true that so many are living the paycheck to paycheck dream and are burdened with health care and other emergencies they can’t afford but they pay attention to the political problems of this country too. Since citizens don’t have the time or the power or money to be in Washington, they rely on those they voted for to keep each other in line.  Quit letting the shady shit go on. Have some backbone and do not let things slide. Simple rule: DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

***** Word is that Somebody paid off Brett Kavanaugh’s $92,000 country club fees, $200,000 credit card debt and 1.2 mil mortage. Seems like someone might own him.

***** Maria Butina was sentenced to 18 months.

***** The Man in the High Castle will end after season 4.

***** I love the way Abigail Disney is standing up to CEO’s.  The points she makes are ones that the corporation heads always hope you won’t think about. Shouldn’t employees be treated fairly? If a CEO is motivated by their own bonus they are far more likely to overlook things like environmental damage, human rights violations and worker’s rights. Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz agrees.

***** When will the press (local and worldwide), give equal exposure to ALL candidates that run for office, especially President? We want to be informed. I do research but not everybody does and needs it to be easily accessible. Sometimes you have to spoon feed but why is it so hard to be fair? Enough with the agendas!!! There also needs to be more places to look for local issues. I hear so many citizens that tell me they don’t know what will be on the ballot. The info can be hard to find but USA Facts helps. Check it out!

***** Four days after confirmation, secretary of interior, David Bernhardt is under investigation for ethical misconduct.

***** Rod Rosenstein is out! His good bye included praise for the Pres and thanking him for all the personal conversations!! What He is the Deputy AG. What??

***** Jordan Klepper did a great gag on comedy central with the Clintons about Hil doing the audio book of the Mueller report. Yes!!

***** The Trumps are suing Deutsche bank and Capital One so they won’t turn over financial records to congress. Aren’t these actions obstruction of congress?

***** Indivisible is getting voters and candidates to sign a pledge to make the primary constructive and support the ultimate democratic winner.

***** Thank you to Tricia Newbold who is the WH whistle blower who let us know about Trump overriding security clearances. Rumor is that to punish her they took advantage of her physical limitations and purposely put files high and out of her reach. Wow! That is right out of high school.

***** Julian Assange was taken into custody and it seems he has turned into some sort of odd Howard Hughes character.

***** Hollywood is putting on a fundraiser for Mayor Pete. The event will be co-hosted by Ryan Murphy and hubby David Miller, Matt Bomer, Jess Cagle and hubby Matt Whitney and Billy Eichner among others. Murphy also hosted Kamala Harris on April 12. Some of Pete’s major donors have been Ryan Reynolds, Jane Lynch, Mandy Moore, Bradley Whitford and James Murdoch.

***** The Webby awards have been announced. Some winners are Billy on the Street, James Corden, Schitt’s Creek, Pod Save the People and Jimmy Kimmel’s mean tweets. Best music video went to Donald Glover for This is America and The Daily won for its onald J. Trump presidential twitter library.

***** Better Call Saul will call it quits after season 6.

***** Charlize Theron and Seth Rogan star in Long Shot, a political rom com out May 3.

*****& Sara Gilbert joins season 3 of Atypical!!!!!

***** Mushroom season is here and it looks like our friend Kavin is sure bringing ‘em home.

***** The shower toga looks like a great get for the festival scene.

***** Barry has been picked up for season 3. Hell yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

***** The state of Georgia wants to make any embryo a fully legalized citizen. An embryo would count on taxes and be able to receive child support.

***** Please let the immigrant children out of their cages!

***** Stacey Abrams has a best seller, Lead from the Outside.

***** Did Harper Lee write ‘The Reverand?’ Oh how I wish I knew!!

***** When will the Bob Geldof story make it to the big screen and can Pete Davidson play him please??

***** Tuca and Bertie from Netflix looks awesome. It has to be good with stars Ali Wong and Tiffany Haddish!!

***** John Lithgow is about to release a book with his poetry about the President which will carry the title of his pet name (everybody seems to have one for Trump), Dumpty.

***** The Sultan of Brunei owns the Hotel Bel-Air in L.A. and the Beverly Hills Hotel. His country will now stone gay people to death. BOYCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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***** Tim Ryan is running for President.

***** Seth Moulton is running for President.

***** Joe Biden is running for President.

***** What the hell is happening to Steak ‘n Shake??

***** What the hell is the matter with Senator Mike Lee? He makes a ridiculous presentation with a flying Reagan and all and now he says that babies may be the answer to climate change. He says we need to be free and develop. What is this gut talking about? Why are people like this getting into office?

***** There is a new podcast called Analysis of a killer.

***** Marianne Williamson is running for President.

***** Eric Swalwell is running for President.

***** The notion that Trumps twitter is like a national nanny cam makes perfect sense.

***** Can’t wait to read Seth Abramson’s, Proof of collusion.

***** The question isn’t really collusion. The redacted Mueller report is out and we now see why the team itself did not draw conclusions. All the evidence is there and a sitting President can’t be indicted…. Or can he? There are, however, multiple examples of corruption.  It didn’t cost as much as other independent counsel reports because of all the fines that were charged to Manafort and others pretty much paid for it. Mueller called and wrote to Attorney General Barr and told him he created confusion with his memo and that it didn’t really tell the story.

***** In about 12 years Mueller Probe will be a cool name for a band. –Sarah Silverman

***** Federal appellate judge Maryanne Trump Barry, sister of the President has officially retired at age 82. She was put on the U.S. court of appeals by Bill Clinton. And with that, so ends the investigation into her alleged violations of judicial conduct rules because of participation in fraudulent tax schemes with her siblings in the 90’s.

***** I loved the mash up of Trevor Noah taking over the chair and interviewing Colbert on the Late Show.

***** Oliver North and Wayne LaPierre have been fighting amongst themselves at the NRA. Blackmail? Was North trying to get LaPierre out? The board is standing by the VP while North seems aligned with a public relations firm that some board members disagree with. There are many financial questions as  well. Once again the NRA held its annual convention which does not allow guns. At the end of April North was forced out

***** The Universe is about a billion years younger than we thought according to astronomer Adam Riess. This is causing experts to look into rethinking dark energy and dark matter. Total mind blow!!!

***** People have taken to wearing Free Britney T’s. Her fans held a protest in L.A. to free her from the facility they believe she was forced into.

***** It seems fads lately are all about internet speak like. “felt cute ….” And etc. like that.

***** They are working on a Beauty and the Beast themed bar in Florida.

***** Seymour, Indiana recently uncovered pieces of a mastodon.

***** Mia Farrow has a cute little blue headed bird that visits here every morning. Is it Sinatra?

***** U go Grace Jones, showing us how to do it at 70!!!!!!

***** J Lo and Owen Wilson will star in Marry Me about a pop star who marries a random man in the crowd.

***** Magic Johnson resigned as President of the Lakers. The Owner and general manager were supposedly bad mouthing him.

***** The sweetest moment in the inductions on this year’s rock and roll hall of fame was the love shown for Rick Allen, the drummer for Def Leppard.

***** So twice as many companies don’t pay taxes now thanks to all the tax cuts. Some even get refunds. Scary Clown sure is making it work for the big guys!!

***** Former President of Peru, Alan Garcia shot himself before his arrest for corruption.

***** Wendy Williams and Howard Stern seem to be having a little war of words. She claims he has gone Hollywood and he called her a cunt. She has filed for divorce from this apparently nasty hubby of hers. I thought I heard her say just weeks ago that they were fine.

***** Joel McHale is in the new season of Santa Clarita Diet.

***** Has anybody checked out John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg  ( Wow! Talk about getting the whole treatment) lately ? John F’s only grandson, better known as Jack Schlossberg , has a bright future ahead.

***** Lori Lightfoot has been elected the first black, openly gay woman as Mayor of Chicago.

***** Dave Tilley beat out John McCarty, who passed away in February, to become Spring Bay, Il. Village President.

*****Britney Spears’ Father is in ill health and Britney checked into a facility.

***** Zachary Quinto stars in the new NOS4A2.

***** It’s funny to me that when a true crime story hour begins, you never hear that he (cuz 9 times out of 10 it is the male spouse who is the culprit), was an atheist or an agnostic. No, it is always that he or the family attended church regularly or that they were close to God. This is just a pattern I have observed, totally my own thoughts.  Sometimes it gets way outer limits with the Fathers who sort of run their own cult out of the house. Of course this is not a blanket statement for we see wonderful things being done in the name of the Lord.  It just seems like there is a fine line where religion can be used as a way to hold their power and hide secrets. JS

***** Herman Cain and or Stephen Moore on the Federal regulatory board?  Well, Herman Cain dropped out.

***** Andrew Yang is running for President. Join the Yang Gang!! He wants to free all prisoners with non -violent marijuana offenses, free healthcare for all and every adult gets $1000.00 a month.

***** The Criminal Minds cast is ending their run. I think they should get together one more time and do a sort of Agatha Christie whodunit.

***** Secretary of Homeland security, Kirstjen Nielsen is out.

***** Acting ICE director, Ron Vitiello is out.

***** Dislike the elite? Nobody is more elite that Trump. How do so many people not get that?

***** Every woman should be able to tell her truth and who knows what makes a person uncomfortable but I think Joe Biden is going thru some bullshit. I don’t agree with everything he has done thru the years but I trust Biden and think he would be a great President.  I do think, however that his moment has passed.

***** Check out the behind the scenes book of Washington, ‘The Hill to die on’ by Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer. More proof that Trump just looks at everything as just a big show with his quote,“ There are ratings for everything.”

***** The Profiles in Courage award this year goes to Nancy Pelosi.

***** I have seen the pharmaceutical reps while at some recent Dr.visits, buying elaborate catered affairs for the medical staff.  It is a weekly thing. They sure have some money to throw around. No wonder everybody is hooked on something.

***** Real National emergencies: The electoral college, the discrepancies between the rich and the poor which makes it impossible to achieve the American dream, climate change and healthcare.

***** The co- founder of Home Depot, Ken Langone has seen to it that medical school students at NYU are given free tuition always. YEOW!!

***** We should take a lesson from Sudan. They have ousted President Omar al-Bashir, the butcher of Dafur. The protests have led to his indictment for genocide and crimes against humanity.

***** We never stop learning: Archaeologists have discovered an extinct human species they have never known in the Phillipines that they are calling homo luzonensis.

***** Is Cody Fern teasing us on Instagram about season 9 of American Horror Story:1984?

***** Rumple Buttercup by Matthew Gray Gubler hit #1 on the NY Times bestseller list.

***** As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tarantino’s Palme d’or win in Cannes, he is busy editing Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It isn’t clear if he’ll get the film to this year’s event. Word is coming out that it is fantastic though.

***** I am a little bit sickened that the worst cooks show actually has Jimmie Walker and Tonya Harding on the same show.  Can’t the world find something better for a talent like Walker?? Come on!!

***** Is Stephen Miller and Fox news really running this country?

***** R.I.P. Mildred Mercy Tomes, Christine Marie Rinehart, Sen. Ernest Hollings, Dan Robbins, Shag Sheckler, Charles Van Doren, Georgia Engel, victims of the Sri Lanka shrine and hotel bombings, Lyra Mckee, David Brion Davis, MyLecia Naylor, Shelley Lazar, Mark Medoff, Warren Adler , Lori Kaye, John Singleton, victims of the University of North Carolina shooting and Ken Kercheval.

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69th Emmy Awards: 'The Handmaid's Tale' & 'Big Little Lies' are big winners of the night

Television's glittering Emmys placed politics front and centre on Sunday, lavishing "The Handmaid's Tale" with awards for its bleak portrait of an authoritarian America.

The glitzy ceremony in downtown Los Angeles -- the first under the administration of President Donald Trump -- was widely expected to have a strongly political flavor, and host Stephen Colbert set the tone in his opening monologue.

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"However you feel about the president, and you do feel about the president, you can't deny that every show was influenced by Donald Trump in some way," he said.

"All the late night shows, obviously, 'House of Cards,' the new season of 'American Horror Story.'"

Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" and HBO miniseries "Big Little Lies" were the big winners, with five statuettes each.

"Big Little Lies" cast members Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Alexander Skarsgard all took home Emmys, along with director Jean-Marc Vallee. It also won outstanding limited series.

"The Handmaid's Tale," Hulu's acclaimed series based on the 1985 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, won awards for writing and directing as well as the biggest prize of the night -- outstanding drama series.

Ann Dowd, picking up her first Emmy at age 61 for her portrayal of brutal instructor Aunt Lydia, spoke of how her award was "a dream" while outstanding lead actress Elisabeth Moss turned the air blue with an expletive strewn acceptance speech.

Hulu will have the most to celebrate as the post-show parties get started, stealing a march on rival streaming platform Netflix, which won just four statuettes all evening.

On a night that rewarded ethnic diversity, Sterling K. Brown picked up lead actor in a drama for "This is Us" while Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe, Riz Ahmed and Donald Glover also made it to the podium.

But politics was always going to be the story of the awards from the moment John Lithgow picked up the first one: best supporting actor in a drama for his acclaimed turn as Winston Churchill in Netflix's British royal drama "The Crown."

"In these crazy times his life even as an old man reminds us what leadership and courage in government really looks like," the US actor said.

NBC's long-running comedy sketch show "Saturday Night Live" went into Emmys week with 22 nominations -- the joint-highest total alongside "Westworld" -- after a year of mercilessly spoofing the new commander-in-chief.

Its haul of five Creative Arts statuettes included outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for Melissa McCarthy, whose "Unhinged Spicey" take on Sean Spicer came to embody early criticism of the administration.

The former White House press secretary, whose full-throated defense of Trump earned him derision on television, delighted his former tormentors in a surprise appearance at the opening of the show.

The cast and crew of 'Big Little Lies', winner of Outstanding Limited Series. (AFP)

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'Greatest honour' SNL took four statuettes, with Kate McKinnon tearfully accepting the award for best supporting actress in a comedy series for her portrayal of Hillary Clinton.

She told reporters backstage that the role had been "the greatest honor of my life" and talked of the "special kind of electricity" on set every week.

Alec Baldwin was tapped as best supporting actor in a comedy for his Trump impersonation.

"I suppose I should say at long last, Mr President, here is your Emmy," he joked, in a dig at Trump's oft-stated annoyance at never having won a statuette for NBC reality show "The Apprentice" or its celebrity spin-off.

The show also picked up the award for best variety sketch show and outstanding directing. 

Elsewhere in the comedy stakes, the 33-year-old Glover took home a brace of statuettes for directing and starring in the FX comedy series "Atlanta."

The award caps a huge year for Glover, who already has two Golden Globes for the show, focused on the Georgia capital's rap scene.

Glover got a loud cheer when he took to the stage and thanked Trump for "making black people number one on the most oppressed list."

British funnyman Charlie Brooker also picked up two Emmys for writing and producing "San Junipero," a feature-length episode of the dark comedy series "Black Mirror."

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, in one of the least surprising announcements of the night, won her sixth consecutive Emmy for playing hapless ex-president Selena Meyer in HBO's "Veep," which also won best comedy series.

Wide open field The network's fantasy epic "Game of Thrones" has a record 38 awards, but was ineligible for the 69th Primetime Emmys, having started its seventh season too late.

That left the field open for several much talked-about first-timers, including HBO sci-fi Western show "Westworld," and Netflix's 1980s-set horror series "Stranger Things."

Neither was able to add to their five Creative Arts Emmys, however. 

Perennial favorite HBO led the networks with 10 Emmys. Next were NBC (six), Hulu (five), Netflix (four) and FX (two).

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Emmys 2017 Live Updates: Roasting President Trump; Spicer's Cameo - New York Times

New York Times Emmys 2017 Live Updates: Roasting President Trump; Spicer's Cameo New York Times ... • Stephen Colbert is hosting for the first time. He capped an opening musical number and monologue with an extended roast of President Donald Trump — including a cameo from Sean Spicer. • John Lithgow took the first award of the night, for best ... Emmy Awards Prep! See How All the Stars Are Getting Ready for TV's Biggest NightPEOPLE.com Stars arrive for Emmys expected to feature a cheeky ColbertABC News Emmys 2017: Live from the TV awards hosted by Stephen ColbertUSA TODAY Bustle -Deadline -U.S. News & World Report -E! Online all 380 news articles » http://dlvr.it/PngtdB

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2017 Emmy Nominations Revealed -- 'This Is Us,' 'Westworld' and 'SNL' Among Top Nominees

A slew of TV shows and stars have lots to celebrate after the 69th Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced on Thursday morning.

Veep's Anna Chlumsky and S.W.A.T. star Shemar Moore excitedly called out the nominees, and, per usual, there were some snubs and surprises. Justin Theroux was not recognized for his critically acclaimed role on The Leftovers, while Shannon Purser managed to land a nomination for her small, but beloved, part as Barb Holland on Stranger Things. In total, Stranger Things received 18 nominations, but it was Saturday Night Live and Westworld that tied for the most nominations, both garnering 22. This Is Us was also recognized with 11 nominations, while Feud: Bette and Joan got 18.

MORE: How Game of Thrones Made History at the 2016 Emmys -- See Who Else Has Won Big Over the Years!

Here's a look at the nominees:

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Viola Davis - How to Get Away With Murder Claire Foy - The Crown Elisabeth Moss - The Handmaid's Tale Keri Russell - The Americans Evan Rachel Wood - Westworld Robin Wright - House of Cards

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Sterling K. Brown - This Is Us Anthony Hopkins - Westworld Bob Odinkirk - Better Call Saul Matthew Rhys - The Americans Liev Schrieber - Ray Donovan Kevin Spacey - House of Cards Milo Ventimiglia- This Is Us

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Carrie Coon - Fargo Felicity Huffman - American Crime Nicole Kidman - Big Little Lies Susan Sarandon - Feud: Bette and Joan Reese Witherspoon - Big Little Lies Jessica Lange - Feud: Bette and Joan

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Riz Ahmed - The Night Of Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock: The Lying Detective Robert De Niro - The Wizard of Lies Ewan McGregor - Fargo Geoffrey Rush - Genius. John Turturro -The Night Of

Outstanding Comedy Series Atlanta Black-ish Master of None Modern Family Silicon Valley Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Veep

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Pamela Adlon - Better Things Jane Fonda - Grace and Frankie Allison Janney - Mom Ellie Kemper - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep Tracee Ellis Ross - Black-ish Lily Tomlin - Grace and Franki

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Anderson - Black-ish Aziz Ansari - Master of None Zach Galifianakis - Baskets Donald Glover - Atlanta William H. Macy - Shameless Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Ann Dowd -The Handmaid's Tale Samira Wiley - The Handmaid's Tale Uzo Aduba - Orange Is the New Black Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things Chrissy Metz - This Is Us Thandie Newton - Westworld

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Jonathan Banks - Better Call Saul John Lithgow - The Crown Mandy Patinkin - Homeland Michael Kelly - House Of Cards David Harbour - Stranger Things Ron Cephas Jones - This Is Us Jeffrey Wright - Westworld

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Regina King- American Crime Shailene Woodley - Big Little Lies Laura Dern - Big Little Lies Judy Davis - Feud: Bette and Joan Jackie Hoffman - Feud: Bette and Joan Michelle Pfeiffer - The Wizard of Lies

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Riz Ahmed - Girls Matthew Rhys - Girls Dave Chappelle - Saturday Night Live Lin-Manuel Miranda - Saturday Night Live Tom Hanks - Saturday Night Live Hugh Laurie - Veep

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live Leslie Jones - Saturday Night Live Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live Kathryn Hahn - Transparent Judith Light - Transparent Anna Chlumsky - Veep

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Louie Anderson - Baskets Ty Burrell - Modern Family Alec Baldwin - Saturday Night Live Tituss Burgess - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Tony Hale - Veep Matt Walsh - Veep

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Ben Mendelsohn - Bloodline BD Wong - Mr. Robot Hank Azaria - Ray Donovan Denis O'Hare - This Is Us Brian Tyree Henry - This Is Us Gerald McRaney - This Is Us

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Wanda Sykes - Black-ish Carrie Fisher - Catastrophe Becky Ann Baker - Girls Angela Bassett - Master of None Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live Melissa McCarthy - Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Alison Wright - The Americans Alexis Bledel - The Handmaid's Tale Cicely Tyson - How to Get Away With Murder Ann Dowd - The Leftovers Laverne Cox - Orange Is the New Black Shannon Purser - Stranger Things

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program Amazing Race American Ninja Project Runway RuPaul's Drag Race Top Chef The Voice

Outstanding Variety Talk Series Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Jimmy Kimmel Live Last Week Tonight The Late Late Show With James Corden The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Real Time With Bill Maher

Outstanding Limited Series Big Little Lies Fargo Feud: Bette and Joan Genius. The Night Of

Outstanding Drama Series Better Call Saul The Crown The Handmaid's Tale House of Cards Stranger Things This Is Us Westworld

Outstanding Informational Series or Special Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Inside the Actors Studio Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath StarTalk With Neil deGrasse Tyson Vice

Outstanding Variety Special Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner Louis C.K. 2017 Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale: Who's Going to Clean Up This Sh*t?

Outstanding Special Class Program Hairspray Live! The Oscars Super Bowl LI Halftime Show starring Lady Gaga 70th Annual Tony Awards Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special Amanda Knox The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years A House Divided (Vice Special Report) L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later 13th Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series American Masters Chef's Table The Keepers Planet Earth II 30 for 30

Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds LA 92 O.J.: Made in America Oklahoma City (American Experience) The White Helmets

Outstanding Structured Reality Program Antiques Roadshow Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Fixer Upper Lip Sync Battle Shark Tank Who Do You Think You Are? Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program Born This Way Deadliest Catch Intervention Gaycation With Ellen Page RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell

Late Show's Stephen Colbert will host the 2017 Emmy Awards, which will air live on CBS on Sept. 17.

WATCH: The Standout Performances of the 2016-2017 TV Season

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AARP Bulletin Zongo and Me

This is the directors cut of Zongo and Me, that I just completed for the AARP Bulletin. The concept was to adapt portions of the print article and shoot it as a one man play. The inspiration came from John Lithgow performing Newt GIngrich’s press release on the Colbert Report and the classic reading of Green Eggs and Ham by Jessie Jackson on Saturday Night Live. Without the right actor the project would have been sunk from the beginning, so it was pure luck to find Allen Enlow. Allen’s ability to fine tune the voices was amazing and made my job much easier. A typical exchange was, “I need a little less Nicholson and more Cruise!” 

A higher quality link can be found on my site: http://joshuakessler.com/clients/AARP/AARP_Zongo.mp4

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Everything you want to know about 2017 Emmy Awards

The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards recognising excellence in television will be held in a grand ceremony on Sunday.  

The much-televised ceremony will take place this year at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California. 

The award show will be hosted by The Late Show host Stephen Colbert who is expected to bring his brand of critical comedy to the stage. Interestingly, Colbert's show is also nominated under the category Variety Talk Series. 

The full list of nominations came out on July 13 and science fiction western drama Westworld and Saturday Night Live are the most nominated programs at the 2017 Emmys with 22 each under their belt. 

Here is the full list of nominations for the 69th annual Emmy Awards:

Drama Actress Viola Davis -How to Get Away with Murder Claire Foy -The Crown Elisabeth Moss -The Handmaid’s Tale Keri Russell -The Americans Evan Rachel Wood -Westworld Robin Wright -House of Cards Drama Actor Sterling K. Brown -This Is Us Anthony Hopkins -Westworld Bob Odenkirk -Better Call Saul Matthew Rhys -The Americans Liev Schreiber -Ray Donovan Kevin Spacey -House of Cards Milo Ventimiglia -This Is Us

Comedy Actor Anthony Anderson -Black-ish Aziz Ansari -Master of None Zach Galifianakis -Baskets Donald Glover -Atlanta William H. Macy -Shameless Jeffrey Tambor -Transparent Comedy Actress Pamela Adlon -Better Things Tracee Ellis-Ross -Black-ish Jane Fonda -Grace and Frankie Lily Tomlin -Grace and Frankie Allison Janney -Mom Ellie Kemper -Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Julia Louis-Dreyfus -Veep

Limited Series Big Little Lies Fargo Feud: Bette and Joan The Night Of Genius Limited Series Actor Riz Ahmed -The Night Of Benedict Cumberbatch -Sherlock: The Lying Detective Robert De Niro -The Wizard of Lies Ewan McGregor -Fargo Geoffrey Rush -Genius John Turturro -The Night Of

Limited Series Actress Carrie Coon -Fargo Felicity Huffman -American Crime Nicole Kidman -Big Little Lies Jessica Lange -Feud Susan Sarandon -Feud Reese Witherspoon -Big Little Lies Supporting Actor in a Drama Series John Lithgow -The Crown Jonathan Banks -Better Call Saul Mandy Patinkin -Homeland Michael Kelly -House of Cards David Harbour -Stranger Things Ron Cephas Jones -This Is Us- Jeffrey Wright -Westworld

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Ann Dowd -The Handmaid’s Tale Samira Wiley -The Handmaid’s Tale Uzo Aduba -Orange Is the New Black Millie Bobby Brown -Stranger Things Chrissy Metz -This Is Us Thandie Newton -Westworld Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin -Saturday Night Live Louie Anderson -Baskets Ty Burrell -Modern Family Tituss Burgess -Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Tony Hale -Veep Matt Walsh -Veep

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Kate McKinnon -Saturday Night Live Vanessa Bayer -Saturday Night Live Leslie Jones Saturday Night Live Anna Chlumsky -Veep Judith Light -Transparent Kathryn Hahn -Transparent Variety Talk Series Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Jimmy Kimmel Live! Last Week Tonight With John Oliver The Late Late Show With James Corden Real Time With Bill Maher The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Reality Competition The Amazing Race American Ninja Warrior Project Runway RuPaul’s Drag Race Top Chef The Voice Television Movie Black Mirror: San Junipero Dolly Parton’s Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks Sherlock: The Lying Detective (Masterpiece) The Wizard Of Lies

Variety Sketch Series Billy On The Street Documentary Now! Drunk History Portlandia Saturday Night Live Tracey Ullman’s Show Structured Reality Program Antiques Roadshow Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Fixer Upper Lip Sync Battle Shark Tank Who Do You Think You Are

Unstructured Reality Program Born This Way Deadliest Catch Gaycation With Ellen Page Intervention RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked United Shades Of America: With W. Kamau Bell Host for a Reality/Reality-Competition Program Alec Baldwin -Match Game W. Kamau Bell -United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell RuPaul Charles -RuPaul’s Drag Race Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn -Project Runway Gordon Ramsay -MasterChef Junior Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg -Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Bill Camp -The Night Of Alfred Molina -Feud: Bette and Joan Alexander Skarsgård -Big Little Lies David Thewlis -Fargo Stanley Tucci -Feud: Bette and Joan Michael K. Williams -The Night Of Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Judy Davis -Feud: Bette and Joan Laura Dern -Big Little Lies Jackie Hoffman -Feud: Bette and Joan Regina King -American Crime Michelle Pfeiffer -The Wizard of Lies Shailene Woodley -Big Little Lies

Animated Program Archer Bob’s Burgers Elena and the Secret of Avalor (Sofia the First) The Simpsons South Park Short Form Animated Program Adventure Time -Cartoon Network Disney Mickey Mouse -Disney Channel Marvel’s Rocket & Groot -Disney XD App Steven Universe -Cartoon Network Teen Titans Go! -Cartoon Network

Children’s Program Girl Meets World -Disney Channel Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 90th Celebration -NBC Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas -HBO School of Rock -Nickelodeon Star Wars Rebels -Disney XD Documentary or Nonfiction Special Amanda Knox The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years A House Divided (Vice Special Report) L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later 13th Documentary or Nonfiction Series American Masters Chef’s Table The Keepers Planet Earth II 30 for 30

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