Emmy Predictions 2014

It's that time of year again, the time to roll out the red carpet for the Oscar's of the small screen! The Shmemmy's oh wait just kidding the EMMY's. 

They will be hosted in my hometown LOS ANGELES on Monday August 25, 2014

*ahem*

MADAME PREDICTA in the house.

Commence the predecting!!!!

The complete list of nominees are: The 66th Annual 

Best Comedy Series

"The Big Bang Theory"

"Louis"

"Modern Family"

"Orange Is the New Black"

"Silicon Valley"

"Veep"

Why: I choose OGITNB because it is the new fresh face in a series of past winners and strong contenders. Most of these have won numerous awards so I believe that the show is going to win because of its quality even though it's on a web streaming network and not one of the giants. 

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Lena Dunham, "Girls"

Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"

Julia Louis Dreyfus, "Veep"

Melissa McCarthy, "Mike & Molly" I'd like her to win but it isn't going to happen, she has a better shot at an oscar. Or the SNL guest performance but she's gonna lose to OGITNB

Amy Poehler, "Parks & Recreation"

Taylor Schilling, "Orange Is the New Black"

Dreyfuss won last time and she might just win it again. I haven't seen "Veep" so i can't say anythign but Taylor Schilling is not the best in OGITNB so i don't think she's ready for it. 

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"

Ricky Gervais, "Derek"

Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes"

Don Cheadle, "House of Lies"

Louis C.K., "Louie"

William H. Macy, "Shameless"

Is there anyone better than Jim Parson's!?

Supporting Actor, Comedy Series

Andre Braugher, "Brookiyn Nine-Nine"

Adam Driver, "Girls"

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, "Modern Family"

Ty Burrell, "Modern Family"

Fred Armisen, "Portlandia"

Tony Hale, "Veep"

Once again I haven't seen the show, but he's probably going to win again, him or one in a surprise twist of fate Fred Armisen. 

Supporting Actress, Comedy Series

Mayim Bialik, "The Big Bang Theory"

Julie Bowen, "Modern Family"

Allison Janney, "Mom"

Kate Mulgrew, "Orange Is the New Black"

Kate McKinnon, "Saturday Night Live"

Anna Chlumsky, "Veep"

Kate Mulgrew is my best bet! She is the heart of OITNB so if anyone deserves it it's her! Julie Bowen is my second choice. 

Best Drama Series

"Breaking Bad"

"Downton Abbey"

"Game of Thrones"

"House of Cards"

"Mad Men"

"True Detective"

The real winner here is House of Cards, I mean the second season was mind blowing I was so freaking hooked, I just can not. That show is one of the greatest shows ever! Game of Thrones is breathtaking in its writing and casting, and Downton Abbey is also of the same caliber but while there are GREAT American shows, I just don't see them winning an award any time soon. Breaking Bad is going to be the winner here because it is the last season and the last time for it to receive an award and from what I understood it was pretty epic. 

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Lizzy Caplan, "Masters of Sex"

Claire Danes, "Homeland"

Michelle Dockery, "Downton Abbey"

Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"

Kerry Washington, "Scandal"

Robin Wright, "House of Cards"

So Claire Underwood definitely deserves this win! I can't believe she got looked over by Danes, but Danes has always been a Hollywood darling. She is honestly the best in this show. I think Michelle Dockery is too safe to be considered for a real winner. Even though I love Downton! I think a surprise win might come from Lizzy Caplan, I haven't seen "Masters of Sex" but I think that in the second round of the show she is seasoned enough for a win. 

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"

Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom"

Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"

Woody Harrelson, "True Detective"

Matthew McConaughey, "True Detective"

Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"

I want Kevin Spacey to win because there is no one quite like Frank Underwood and he is just fucking perfect! However I believe that Bryan Cranston will win for his last season of Breaking Bad as Walter White. It isn't fair but that's the way the cookie crumbles. 

Supporting Actor, Drama Series

Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"

Jim Carter, "Downton Abbey"

Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones"

Josh Charles, "The Good Wife"

Mandy Patinkin, "Homeland"

Jon Voight, "Ray Donovan"

Once again I think that Peter Dinklage should win this category, long has he gone overlooked
(no height pun intended) I mean "Game of Thrones" is in its fourth season already. This was his best season yet! But I think that Aaron Paul will get it as he hasn't won for Breaking Bad and at it's end the Emmy board finally has to award it! I think because they pick the same people over and over they always wait till the last season to award things. 

Supporting Actress, Drama Series

Anna Gunn, "Breaking Bad"

Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey"

Lena Headey, "Game of Thrones"

Christine Baranski, "The Good Wife"

Christina Hendricks, "Mad Men"

Joanne Froggatt, "Downton Abbey"

Anna Gunn got her award last year so I'm hoping to the Almighty to please give it to either the loveable prickly pear Dame Maggie Smith aka Grandmother Countess or to the conniving cunt Cersei aka Lena Heady whom we all love to hate. Both of these dames have it coming. They are just so perfectly cast and so damn convincing in their roles. 

Best Miniseries or Movie

"American Horror Story: Coven"

"Bonnie & Clyde"

"Fargo"

"Luther"

"Treme"

"The White Queen"

I don't quite understand how Fargo made the list as it was just premiered in April and these are shows of 2013! So if it wins I just wouldn't deem it very fair. I think the board jumped the gun on this one. I know zero about "The White Queen" and "Treme" so null on that subject. Luther however I hear is quite good and so I think it has a standing chance. However I love American Horror Story and I think that they deserve some recognition. Especially this year's Coven with all mix of reality and fiction the lines were very blurred, almost to the point where I'm honestly debating Louisiana. I like their chances this year so I hope they get an award. 

Best Actress Miniseries or Movie

Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story: Coven"

Sarah Paulson, "American Horror Story: Coven"

Helena Bonham Carter, "Burton and Taylor"

Minnie Driver, "Return to Zero"

Kristen Wiig, "The Spoils of Babylon"

Cicely Tyson, "The Trip Bountiful"

I'm sorry but no one, no one (well maybe Helena) can debunk the queen Jessica Lange. Especially in this season's Coven where she is basically a magical Gloria Swanson type of character. If she doesn't win this well deserved award Helena will for that beautiful transformation.

Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Dancing on the Edge"

Martin Freeman, "Fargo"

Billy Bob Thornton, "Fargo"

Idris Elba, "Luther"

Mark Ruffalo, "The Normal Heart"

Benedict Cumberbatch, "Sherlock: His Last Vow"

I haven't seen "The Normal Heart" but I read up on it and I think the supporting characters have a better shot than Mark Ruffalo. I think that Idris Elba will take it. The show has been on for three seasons now. I haven't seen Sherlock but if its based on fandoms Sherlock will win but if we learned anything about the snub to "Dr. Who"and "Orphan Black" then we know it's some illogical code that we can not comprehend. 

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie

Colin Hanks, "Fargo"

Jim Parsons, "The Normal Heart"

Joe Mantello, "The Normal Heart"

Alfred Molina, "The Normal Heart"

Matt Bomer, "The Normal Heart"

Martin Freeman, "Sherlock: His Last Vow"

I had to Wikipedia "The Normal Heart" since it was a big topic of conversation, I think that Matt Bomer might take this one. Why you ask? Because according to wiki he has a very heartrending death scene. Now I haven't seen it but here's what I do know. Hollywood is loving Matt Bomer they want to give him better roles than the ones he has currently but nothing fits him just yet and he has a series he's still pretty into. Therefore I think they are going to reward him for branching out. If not him Jim Parsons, because he;s one of their favorites.or Alfred Molina a giant on any screen.  

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie

Frances Conroy, "American Horror Story: Coven"

Kathy Bates, "American Horror Story: Coven"

Angela Bassett, "American Horror Story: Coven"

Allison Tolman, "Fargo"

Ellen Burstyn, "Flowers In the Attic"

Julia Roberts, "The Normal Heart"

I think Julia is going to win this because she was the only girl in a pretty much all male cast. Plus she plays a key role as Dr.Something in the fight to bring attention to AIDS, well at least Wiki made it seem so. I honeslty do believe she is going to win even though I want Kathy Bates to win because she was fucking crazy scary good on AHS: Coven. Let's hope AHS wins. 

Outstanding Animated Program

"Archer"

"Bob's Burgers"

"Futurama"

"South Park"

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Manhattan Project"

I have been wanting to get into this show for the longest. I am a big fun of adult cartoons e.g. Robot Chicken, The Venture Brothers, Harvey Birdman and Shin Chan. However Archer was one of those I haven't really bothered to get into shows but now that it's on Netflix, I'm going to binge watch!

Outstanding Host: Reality-Competition Program

Betty White, "Betty White's Off Their Rockers"

Tom Bergeron, "Dancing with the Stars"

Jane Lynch, "Hollywood Game Night"

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, "Project Runway"

Cat Deeley, "So You Think You Can Dance"

Anthony Bourdain, "The Taste"

Give the Silver Fox some recognition. He's freaking awesome although it will probably go to "Project Runway" crew

Reality-Competition Program

"The Amazing Race"

"So You Think You Can Dance"

"Dancing with the Stars"

"Top Chef"

"Project Runway"

"The Voice"

I'm just going on last year's winners, I don't understand how they award these yet.

Variety Series

"The Colbert Report"

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"

"Jimmy Kimmel Live"

"Real Time with Bill Maher"

"Saturday Night Live"

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"

Call me crazy but I think that the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon should win. From what I have been seeing he is every celebrities dream interview. He gets the celebrity to be silly without revealing anything intimate as well as rendering them fools. I think he has a good shot. 

Children's Program

"Degrassi"

"Dog with a Blog"

"Good Luck Charlie"

"Nick News With Linda Ellerbee - Family Secrets: When Violence Hits Home"

"One Last Hug: Three Days at Grief Camp"

"Wynton Marsalis – A YoungArts Masterclass"

Da Fuck? They give awards to kids now? Where be Peppa Pig and Sesame Street?

Outstanding Guest Actor in Drama

Paul Giamatti as Harold Levinson in "Downton Abbey"

Dylan Baker as Colin Sweeney in "The Good Wife"

Reg E. Cathey as Freddy in "House Of Cards"

Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper in "Mad Men"

Beau Bridges as Barton Scully in "Masters of Sex"

Joe Morton as Rowan Pope in "Scandal"

The only one whom I have seen and who I think was at par with Frank Underwoods sociological needs.

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

Margo Martindale as Claudia in "The Americans"

Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell in "Game of Thrones"

Kate Mara as Zoe Barnes in "House of Cards"

Allison Janney as Margaret Scully in "Masters of Sex"

Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing in "The Newsroom"

Kate Burton as Sally Langston in "Scandal"

I think that Dame Diana Rigg is going to win because she is the only worth mentioning. Honeslty in Game of Thrones she plays the conniving grandma. 

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series

Bob Newhart as Arthur in "The Big Bang Theory"

Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman in "Modern Family"

Steve Buscemi as Marty in "Portlandia"

Jimmy Fallon as Host in "SNL"

Louis C.K. as Host in "SNL"

Gary Cole as Kent Davison in "Veep"

Bob Newhart won last year so he immediately gets my vote followed by Nathan Lane. If neither gets it fuck all them others to shit. 

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

Natasha Lyonne as Nicky Nichols in "Orange is the New Black"

Uzo Aduba as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in "Orange is the New Black"

Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset in "Orange is the New Black"

Tina Fey as Host in "SNL"

Melissa McCarthy as Host in "SNL"

Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson in "Shameless"

Uzo Aduba is fucking amazing and even though she pissed me off this season I can understand her reasoning. I hope she wins she definitely deserves it. Her or Laverne Cox! Sophia is one of my favorite characters in the whole series!

OK thats it. Those are my predictions and I'm actually quite confident. I'll post a post-emmy winner list and we'll see if I got it right. 

MADAME PREDICTA OUT!

Rating Marilyn: Part 2

Now that we're pretty much left with only five movies, well five and a half if you count "Something's Gotta Give",so let's begin with what I think are some of Marilyn's finest movies!

9.Bus Stop

Ok, I consider this a western because its about a Rodeo dude who is like really strong and really macho. I don't remember much because I was not interested in the premise of this movie. I hate that the whole movie all he wants to do is marry her and then he kind of forces her to be with him. He kidnaps her and it isn't until they get stuck in a diner after a thunderstorm that he gets beaten and therefore forced to apologize to her. In the end she ends up having Stockholm Syndrome and agrees to be with him. At least thats what it felt like. Bo is like a giant child and I just can not deal. However Marilyn's acting was superb, she had to have an accent and it was not bad. The costume's were also quite lovely. 

10.The Prince and the Showgirl

I love this movie! It's not my favorite but I do love this movie. Marilyn plays a cute American Showgirl and she is invited to the home of the prince of some foreign prince. His only intentions are dirty ones and soon she finds herself trapped, however she begins to tease him and gets overly drunk on champagne and he is at. first turned of by her behavior but slowly finds herself drawn in. Sadly she falls asleep and he gets nowhere. It keeps on going in this manner until he falls in love with her and after trying to get her to leave he decides she should stay. In 18 months he will be a free citizen and he will be able to marry who he desires and she says a lot can happen in 18 months. She leaves and I like to think that thats where the love ended. I do not like the fact that for pretty much the whole movie she wore one dress. She went to the coronation ball and ceremony in the same mutherfucking dress. I just don't understand why there was a limited budget to her costuming. Laurence Olivier was a stick in the mud the whole movie and we all know he had an affair with Marilyn during shooting so it makes me wonder whether that was the problem with his atttude of if that was one of his "character traits" but he's slightly annoying. He's just not one of my favorite actors. But Marilyn is brilliant in this film!

11.Some Like it Hot

Ok this was my first Marilyn movie and I love it. It holds a special place in my heart because it was my first. I got to see Marilyn at her comedic greatest. This is also my favorite! Alongside Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon and the stroryline there was just no room for failure. I love Sugar Kane, Marilyn's character. She is a ukelelee player/singer in an all girl band. The boys are witness to a gang slaughter and are on the run and posing as girls in the all girls band to avoid the gang. Jack Lemmon's character finds himself chased by one of the millionaire also on the island and Tony Curtis falls in love with Sugar Kane. I love this movie, everything about it is perfect. The costumes, the story line, the casting, the songs! Even though Curtis and Marilyn had problems I can forgive him because Marilyn won her Golden Globe for this performance. And even though I hate the stupid promo pic of Marilyn I recommend that everyone watch this!

12.Let's Make Love

Offical second favorite movie! Let's make love is about a millionaire who falls in love with an actress at a shanty theater somewhere in New York.  He pretends to be himself in a parody play about wealthy people, celebrities in order to seduce the star Amanda. Yves Montand is hilarious and cute in this movie. I like him a lot better than Laurence Olivier. He also had an affair with Marilyn. Although he was a little bitch about it. I love this movie because I love the dance sequence "My Heart belongs to Daddy". The story line and the other story lines are awesome as well. In this movie we see a Marilyn who is both strong and yet sift and innocent. Something she as quiet adept at portraying. 

13.The Misfits

This is the last movie she ever made. It was also the last movie Clark Gable ever made. It was written for her by her then husband the great American playwright Arthur Miller. The truth is that I watched this movie quiet drink. Barbs gave it to me for my birthday last year and it sat in my desk as I wanted to watch it with her and somehow the tequila was introduced and we saw it but I can't say I was paying much attention. I also lost it because I was so friggn drunk. So i have not seen the end. What I can say about this movie is this! That movie captured Marilyn's spirit perfectly. She was strong but vulnerable. Easily swayed but stubborn. Sensual yet innocent. A ball of lovable contradictions just wanting to be loved. I loved it, and I think this is the best Marilyn has ever looked. I was really digging this hair on her. It's so sad that she never really got to continue making films but this is the potential she had. She was becoming a better actress. The world will never know what really happened to Marilyn Monroe, but we do know that she had an unsurpassed quality that is very hard to emulate. A certain je ne sais quoi, that transcended from screen to pictures and straight to some part of the brain that is attracted to her sensual innocence. Whatever your opinin of Marilyn you just cannot deny how great she was, in life as in death

Rating Marilyn: Part 1

So I am a HUGE  Marilyn Monroe fan, if you haven't seen my other post on Marilyn get yourself acquainted with it. Now I owe a huge debt to Melinda from Marilyngeek.com or formerly known as marilynmonroe.ca. This website encouraged my obsession with Marilyn. Yesterday as I was visiting the site I ventured onto the movie review site and I was sad to see that not counting Gentlemen prefer Blondes, I disagreed on her movie tastes so I decided to make a post about it. I'm going to cut it into two parts: movies 1-8 mainly being studio chosen films for her and 8-13 chosen by her or at least with more creative control. Plus they are my favorites as they seem to flow from her more easily.

Let's skip: Ladies of the Chorus, Monkey Business, Let's make it Legal, the Asphalt Jungle, Love Nest  and Clash by Night as they were really only her bits and intro, she really had only 10 min of screen time perhaps in each and was the only reason those movies are remembered are because of her but whateves.

1.All About Eve

Now even though MArilyn only had two scenes in this movie not only were they memorable, but they literally made her more famous. This movie was a hit, it garnered 11 Oscars! I love this movie, I watched it because of Marilyn but it became one of my favorites quickly. The premise is so real and so true, it literally is still going on today. I would recommend this movie to everyone. It is honestly like the adult 40's Mean Girls. 

"Put on your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride." - Margo Channing.

Now we're getting into the good stuff:

2.Don't Bother to Knock

Before TCM was cruelly left in the cold by TWC, I had the fortune to tune into this movie. It was by happenstance that I saw it and I was in awe. I had only seen Marilyn do comedy at this point and I was in shock by her gritty portrayal of a mentally unstable babysitter. Full with suspense and shock this was honestly a good movie. I saw it during Halloween, when they were giving "scary old movies". Honestly I think she deserved more credit than she got. This was something that she hadn't tried on before and even though the audience of the time didn't appreciate it, she was rather convincing. She has this enigmatic quality to portray sadness and sympathy that makes you want to feel sorry for her but then you remember she's psycho and you recant. Her co-stars we're Anne Bancroft and Richard Widmark. The creator of  MarilynGeek was crazy about  this movie. She said :"My opinion: This is a very unusual role for Marilyn.  She doesn't do a bad job either. I think the movie is pretty slow though and it really isn't Marilyn's best work but she does star in it and we get to see lots of her on the screen.  Make sure this isn't the first Marilyn movie you see because you don't get the whole effect of her presence."  Although I agree that this is probably not the first Marilyn you should watch, it's definitely one that you have to watch. I disagree that the movie is too slow. I think that it was perfectly paced so that you can see the strings start to unravel in the little moments, like when she dabs on perfume of stares at herslef in the mirror for a fraction too long. I just love this movie.

3.Niagra 

This movie is breathtakingly stunning, it was shot in Technicolor and let me tell you that there were two big draws to this movie, COLOR and MARILYN'S WALK. You could say this was Marilyn's breakthrough, not Big Break. She is perfect in the role of Rose Loomis a housewife who is vacationing with ther husband in Niagra Falls. The premise is about how she cheats on her husband and involves this other couple. I love this movie because you get to see the sneaky, bitchy and conniving side to Marilyn. Even though she doesn't talk alot in the movie you are so drawn to her. The story is very well written as well. It was one of my first Marilyn movies and I was very happy about it. I think that  because Marilyn could do cold and aloof and yet portray a frightened innocence it worked in the movies favor. You knew Rose had what was coming to her, I mean come on she wanted to kill her husband, and yet you could still feel sorry for her. Her desperation is palpable and her fear is real. It was just, so good. Watch it for the story, the visuals or for Marilyn but watch it!

4.Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

This is Marilyn's Big Break movie. This movie was the perfect vehicle for her. The story is about two girls from the wrongside of the tracks who take are essentially looking for love. Marilyn plays Lorelei, a gold digger essentially but a loveable one. Jane Russell plays her smart, witty fool in love gal pal. They are on a cruise ship to Europe where Lorelei's millionaire boyfriend is going to meet up with them. Now they say that Marilyn was stereotyped as a dumb blonde. Well I will be the first to inform you that not only was Lorelei not dumb, perhaps a bit ditzy but definitely not dumb, she was a spitfire. I love this movie because of the musical numbers, they are neither long nor ostentatious, they just present Lorelei and Dorothy just as they are. Everything about this movie is just perfect. The musicals, the comedic timing, the costuming, and not to mention the CASTING. I love Jane Russel and Charles Coburn because of this movie. I also love Howard Hawks for this movie. This is why Marilyn was stereotyped, because she was perfect for this role. Personally Marilyn wasn't very materialistic (the woman literally lived out of her suitcase) so she wasn't Lorelei but if the shoe fits, strut!

5.How to Marry a Millionaire

Quite possibly my least favorite Marilyn movie of all time, including the westerns. I really hate the premise of this movie. Lauren Bacall also irks me. She wasn't one of my favorites of the era. Betty Grable is boring to me too. The idea that women have to go looking for millionaires to make themselves better is so annoying to me and its a tired old plot even for the 50's. Marilyn's character is  Pola and she is blind as a bat but refuses to wear her glasses in a setting where a man can see her. Although it has comedic elements thanks to her running into walls, I was bored and annoyed the entirety of the film and only watched til the end to see Marilyn. There's not more to say except PASS!

6.River of No Return

Second western I have ever liked. The movie is about a father and son who are re-meeting after a long time and they meet Kay. She is a saloon girl who is in love with a gambling man. After her man is chased out of town by thugs they again run into the father and son. The man robs the father, even though the father has shown him hospitatity and kindness. In a struggle they fight and the gambler is about to kill the man and Kay intervenes. That's how she gets stuck with them. They are attacked by indians and so have to leave. They have to ride a raft all the way down a river the indians call "the river of no return". hence the movie title. I like this movie because my grandma likes this movie. Back when she could walk and come to my house she and I would watch old movies, she liked Marilyn a lot, mainly because I loved her but anyways she always loved the cinematography and the story line. I like it because Marilyn is good in westerns, she plays a lovefool but tough saloon girl. It's Marilyn's forgotten film, and I think it has to do with the cowboys but I would give it a chance. 

7.There's No Business like Show Business 

Here's the truth, I watched but didn't really pay attention until Marilyn came up. Even though she had really great costumes and dance numbers this movie was not really good for her. She was a mean gold digger and lost some of her charm for me. I still liked her in this but it wasn't anything special. I'd skip it and just youtube the dance sequences. 

8.The Seven Year Itch

So this is where Marilyn played "The Girl", and she was fantastic in it. Although I don't like this movie as much as most of her other films I don't dislike it. The storyline is actually hilarious and her acting is perfect, for me the problem is him.Tom Ewell is just not funny to me. His comedy is dry and lacks spark. I honestly fins this movie boring whenever Marilyn is not on screen. However without this movie we wouldn't have that dress scene now would we! That became the Marilyn, so I watch it because of that. However I usually skip around. 

END OF PART 1