Emmy nominations announced: Neil Patrick Harris and Bryan Fuller among the gay noms

But y'all knew that.

 

Glad to see that Walt Whitman documentary got a nod. Most teledocs of this kind are real snoozers, but this one was quite thorough in its examination of Whitman's life and loves.

Don't forget that Ms. Tina has already made her lesbionic comic debut during her Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Season 8) cameo. In my book hooking up with Willow Rosenberg ANYONE a gay-fav.

I'm having such a good morning thanks to Cheno and NPH! They were adorable and hilarious announcing the nominees this morning (watch video here) and the fact that my fave Pushing Daisies got so many noms makes me squee.

Brian, even though Terrence McNally alluded to its existence in "Corpus Christi," I'm not sure how much you can discuss the "crack of Jesus" without some fundamentalists getting hot and bothered. As it were.

I'd also steer away from the "crack of Mohammed" . . . and definitely no cartoons of it. I might suggest moving away from the bible superheroes altogether and going for an obscure-but-hot '70s dawn reference; how about "crack of Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn"? (Leigh J. McCloskey was my adolescent TV-movie crush . . . gay-for-pay with Police Woman's Earl Holliman. Gotta love that.)

 

 

The blog is a beautiful place, where Leigh J. McCloskey gives it away for free.

What about The Wire's pitiful one nomination for writing? Don't tell me that AfterElton forgot Omar!?!

 

It's a shame that the Academy didn't give The Wire its due.

I get that the Emmy nominations are based on the viewing (or recommended viewing?) of like one episode by the nominating committee so the committee doesn't see or isn't supposed to consider a great season-worth of work.

But come on, folks, Rhys makes every scene he's in in B&S so much better. He makes every actor he works with in a scene step up their games.

And please stop nominating William Shatner. He deservedly won for his work on Boston Legal. But that was 4 years ago. He does need any additional attention until he turns 90 and has yet another amazing comeback. (And mark my words, he will!)

 

Oh how I love Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn ! It's the guiltiest of all my guilty pleasures -- a rent-boy tearjerker. Not only did it star the lovely Leigh but Policewoman himself - Earl Holliman  -- was a featured player. Quite beyond camp, especially when  Alex can't land a job at Baskin-Robbins.

And that's not to mention a memorable turn by "Lina Lamont" herself -- the great Jean Hagen -- as a sympathetic landlady.

Also Oliver Platt got a "guest actor" nomination playing gay (annoyingly) in Nip/Tuck, as did Queer as Folk's Sharon Gless, (in a WONDERFULLY campy role). And wow, I don't get the acclaim given to 30 Rock. 90% of its jokes just don't work for me. But clearly I'm in the minority!

No need to even address the over the top mess that was Oliver Platt, but clearly 30 Rock is one of those shows that the critics fawn over that even some who don't like it seem to want to embrace it as the 30 minute narrative is on life support. I think that the critics have been praising it a little too much, but the Academy is even more overt in its idolatry of this show as it dominated every single category like no other show.

Maybe its a question for another thread, does anyone have any opinions regarding the nomination process. Specifically, I am thinking of the separation of Comedy and Drama categories as there are so many that are hybrids and don't fit either. I know that the producer of shows that encompass both genres have a choice of which category to put themselves in, but a like Boston Legal to me is as comedic as Desperate Housewives or even Ugly Betty. While both portrayer of Boston Legal have kicked ass in "Drama," which would seem to be the harder road, it's strange that the broads from Desperate Housewives got no love. Even America Ferrara's nomination and win last year seem a little out of place and I am thinking out loud if there might be a better way to break these babies down. Maybe the Oscar approach is better than this Golden Globe-like division. Kind of like best in show.

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I think the Kodak Theater, or wherever the Emmys are held now, would collapse if Kathy Griffin won both of her nominations and got to deliver two "Suck it, Jesus!"-esque speeches for it.

Let's all cross our fingers for that.