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Watch is excellent and hilarious redition of 25 popular television theme songs at last night’s 60th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, CA

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COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: “30 Rock” (NBC)
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)
“Entourage” (HBO)
“The Office” (NBC)
“Two and a Half Men” (CBS)

DRAMA SERIES
“Boston Legal” (ABC)
“Damages” (FX)
“Dexter” (Showtime)
“House” (Fox)
“Lost” (ABC)
WINNER: “Mad Men” (AMC)

MINISERIES
“The Andromeda Strain” (A&E)
“Cranford” (Masterpiece Theatre)
WINNER: “John Adams” (HBO)
“Tin Man” (Sci Fi Channel)

ACTOR IN A COMEDY
WINNER: Alec Baldwin - “30 Rock” (NBC)
Steve Carell - “The Office” (NBC)
Lee Pace - “Pushing Daisies” (ABC)
Charlie Sheen - “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
Tony Shalhoub - “Monk” (USA)

ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Gabriel Byrne - “In Treatment” (HBO)
WINNER: Bryan Cranston - “Breaking Bad” (AMC)
Michael C. Hall - “Dexter” (Showtime)
Jon Hamm - “Mad Men” (AMC)
Hugh Laurie - “House” (Fox)
James Spader - “Boston Legal” (ABC)

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Christina Applegate - “Samantha Who?”(ABC)
America Ferrera - “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
WINNER: Tina Fey - “30 Rock” (NBC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - “New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS)
Mary-Louise Parker - “Weeds” (Showtime)

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
WINNER: Glenn Close - “Damages” (FX)
Sally Field - “Brothers & Sisters” (ABC)
Mariska Hargitay - “Law and Order: SVU” (NBC)
Holly Hunter - “Saving Grace” (TNT)
Kyra Sedgwick - “The Closer” (TNT)

REALITY HOST
Tom Bergeron - “Dancing With the Stars”
Heidi Klum - “Project Runway”
Howie Mandel - “Deal or No Deal”
WINNER: Jeff Probst - “Survivor”
Ryan Seacrest - “American Idol”

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
“Bernard And Doris” - (HBO)
“Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” - (HBO) ”
“The Memory Keeper?s Daughter” - (Lifetime)
“A Raisin In The Sun” - (ABC)
WINNER: “Recount” - (HBO)

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
WINNER: “The Amazing Race” - (CBS)
“American Idol” - (FOX)
“Dancing With The Stars” - (ABC)
“Project Runway” - (Bravo)
“Top Chef” - (Bravo)

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Ralph Fiennes - “Bernard And Doris” (HBO)
Ricky Gervais - “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” (HBO)
WINNER: Paul Giamatti - “John Adams” (HBO)
Kevin Spacey - “Recount” (HBO)
Tom Wilkinson - “Recount” (HBO)

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Catherine Keener - “An American Crime” (Showtime)
Susan Sarandon - “Bernard And Doris” (HBO)
Dame Judi Dench - “Cranford” (Masterpiece Theatre)
WINNER: Laura Linney - “John Adams” (HBO)
Phylicia Rashad - “A Raisin In The Sun” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jon Cryer - “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
Kevin Dillon - “Entourage” (HBO)
Neil Patrick Harris - “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS)
WINNER: Jeremy Piven - “Entourage” (HBO)
Rainn Wilson - “The Office” (NBC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Ted Danson - “Damages” (FX)
Michael Emerson - “Lost” (ABC)
WINNER: Zeljko Ivanek - “Damages” (FX)
William Shatner - “Boston Legal” (ABC)
John Slattery - “Mad Men” (AMC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
David Morse - “John Adams” (HBO)
Stephen Dillane - “John Adams” (HBO)
WINNER: Tom Wilkinson - “John Adams” (HBO)
Denis Leary - “Recount” (HBO)
Bob Balaban - “Recount” (HBO)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Kristin Chenoweth - “Pushing Daisies” (ABC)
Amy Poehler - “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
WINNER: Jean Smart - “Samantha Who?” (ABC)
Holland Taylor - “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
Vanessa Williams - “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Candice Bergen - “Boston Legal” (ABC)
Rachel Griffiths - “Brothers and Sisters” (ABC) )
Sandra Oh - “Grey?s Anatomy” (ABC)
WINNER: Dianne Wiest - “In Treatment” (HBO)
Chandra Wilson - “Grey?s Anatomy” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
WINNER: Eileen Atkins - “Cranford” (Masterpiece Theatre)
Ashley Jensen - “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” (HBO)
Alfre Woodard - “Pictures Of Hollis Woods” (CBS)
Audra McDonald - “A Raisin In The Sun” (ABC)
Laura Dern - “Recount” (HBO)

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM
Jon Stewart - “80th Annual Academy Awards” (ABC)
Stephen Colbert - “The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central)
David Letterman - “Late Show With David Letterman” (CBS)
WINNER: Don Rickles - “Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project” (HBO)
Tina Fey - “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY
Dan Attias, “Entourage” (”No Cannes Do”)
James Bobin, “Flight Of The Conchords” (”Sally Returns”)
Michael Engler, “30 Rock” (”Rosemary?s Baby”)
Paul Feig, “The Office” (”Goodbye, Toby”)
Paul Lieberstein, “The Office” (”Money: Parts 1 & 2″)
WINNER: Barry Sonnenfeld, “Pushing Daisies” (”Pie-Lette”)

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA
Allen Coulter, “Damages” (pilot)
Vince Gilligan, “Breaking Bad” (pilot)
Arlene Sanford, “Boston Legal” (”The Mighty Rogues”)
Alan Taylor, “Mad Men” (”Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”)
WINNER: Greg Yaitanes, “House” (”House?s Head”)

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
WINNER: Louis J. Horvitz - “80th Annual Academy Awards” (ABC)
Jim Hoskinson - “The Colbert Report” (#4051) (Comedy Central)
Don Roy King - “Saturday Night Live” (Host: Tina Fey) (NBC)
Lonny Price - “Company” (Great Performances) (PBS)
Chuck O?Neil - “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (#13050) (Comedy Central)

DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Bob Balaban - “Bernard And Doris” (HBO)
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant - “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” (HBO)
Tom Hooper - “John Adams” (HBO)
Mikael Salomon - “The Company” (TNT)
WINNER: Jay Roach - “Recount” (HBO)

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
“The Colbert Report” - (Comedy Central)
WINNER: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” - (Comedy Central)
“Late Show With David Letterman” - (CBS)
“Real Time With Bill Maher” - (HBO)
“Saturday Night Live” - (NBC)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM - NOT-EXCLUSIVELY-MADE-FOR-TELEVISION VARIETY, MUSIC, COMEDY EVENT PROGRAMS
WINNER: “Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago” (Great Performances) - (PBS)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM — CLASSICAL MUSIC/DANCE PROGRAMS
WINNER: “New York City Opera: Madama Butterfly” (Live From Lincoln Center) - (PBS)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM - SHORT-FORMAT LIVE-ACTION ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS
WINNER: “Battlestar Galactica: Razor Featurette #4″ - (Sci Fi Channel.com)
“Friday Night Lights: Spotlight On Austin” - (NBC.com)
“Lost: Missing Pieces” - (ABC.com)
“Sarah Silverman Program Nugget” - (Comedycentral.com)
“30 Rock: Kenneth The Web Page” - (NBC.com)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM - SHORT-FORMAT ANIMATED PROGRAMS
WINNER: “Camp Lazlo” (”Lazlo?s First Crush”) (Cartoon Network)
“Chowder” - (”Burple Nurples”) (Cartoon Network)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM - SHORT-FORMAT NONFICTION PROGRAMS
“Deadliest Catch: The Real Dutch” (Discovery.com)
WINNER: “Great Moments From The Campaign Trail” (History ChannelVOD)
“Jay Leno?s Garage” (Jaylenosgarage.com)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM - AWARDS PROGRAMS
“80th Annual Academy Awards” (ABC)
WINNER: “The 61st Annual Tony Awards” (CBS)

NONFICTION SPECIAL
“AFI?s 100 Years…100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition” - (CBS)
“Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq” - (HBO)
WINNER: “Autism: The Musical” - (HBO)
“Pioneers Of Television - Late Night: Johnny, Jack, Steve, And Merv” - (PBS)

NONFICTION SERIES
WINNER: “American Masters” - (PBS)
“Biography” - (Biography Channel)
“Deadliest Catch” - (Discovery Channel)
“Inside The Actors Studio” - (Bravo)
WINNER: “This American Life” - (Showtime)

WRITING FOR A COMEDY
James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie - “Flight Of The Conchords” (”Yoko”) (HBO)
Jack Burditt - “30 Rock” (”Rosemary?s Baby”) (NBC)
Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky - “The Office” (”Dinner Party”) (NBC)
WINNER: Tina Fey - “30 Rock”(”Cooter”) (NBC)
Bryan Fuller - “Pushing Daisies” (”Pie-Lette”) (ABC)

WRITING FOR A DRAMA
Michael Angeli - “Battlestar Galactica” - (”Six Of One”) (Sci Fi Channel)
Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, Daniel Zelman - “Damages” (”Pilot”) (FX Networks)
WINNER: Matthew Weiner - “Mad Men” (”Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” - Pilot) (AMC)
Matthew Weiner, Robin Veith - “Mad Men” (”The Wheel”) (AMC)
David Simon, (teleplay), Ed Burns - “The Wire” (“30″) (HBO)

WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
WINNER: “The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central) - Tom Purcell (head Writer), Stephen Colbert, Allison Silverman, Richard Dahm, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Laura Krafft, Frank Lesser, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Bryan Adams, Barry Julien
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central) - Steve Bodow (head Writer), Rory Albanese, Rachel Axler, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Tim Carvell, J.R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, David Javerbaum, Rob Kutner, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, John Oliver, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart
“Late Night With Conan O?Brien” (NBC) - Mike Sweeney (head Writer), Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O?Brien, Matt O?Brien, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg
“Late Show With David Letterman”(CBS) - Eric Stangel (head Writer), Justin Stangel, (head Writer), Jim Mulholland, Michael Barrie, Steve Young, Tom Ruprecht, Lee Ellenberg, Matt Roberts, Jeremy Weiner, Joe Grossman, Bill Scheft, Bob Borden, Frank Sebastiano, David Letterman
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) - Seth Meyers (head Writer), Andrew Steele (head Writer), Paula Pell (head Writer), Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, James Downey, Charlie Grandy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Jon Lutz, Lorne Michaels, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Robert Smigel, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker, Robert Carlock (additional sketch), Lauren Pomerantz (additional sketch)

WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Hugh Costello - “Bernard And Doris” (HBO)
WINNER: Kirk Ellis - “John Adams” (“Independence”) (HBO)
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant - “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” (HBO)
Heidi Thomas - “Cranford” (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
Danny Strong - “Recount” (HBO)

WRITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
Jeff Grogan - “Intervention” (A&E)
David de Vries - “Life After People” (History Channel)
Ira Glass - “This American Life” (“Escape”) (Showtime)
WINNER: Geoffrey C. Ward - “The War” (”Pride Of Our Nation”) (PBS)
Mark Zwonitzer - “Walt Whitman” (“American Experience”) (PBS)

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Maybe it was the strike that did it in, not everyone watched the Oscar telecast this past Sunday. Only about 32 million tuned in to watch the golden statuettes be given away. That is a major drop from last year when ratings clocked in at 40 million.

The awards and parties are over and you can check out the complete list of winners at Trendy’s Oscar page to the right under Oscar 2008 or by clicking here.

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)
Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)

*Tilda is the first upset of the night. Congrats to her! *

Best live action short film

“At Night” A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production: Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
“Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production: Andrea Jublin
“Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard
“Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
“The Tonto Woman” A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Best animated short film

“I Met the Walrus” A Kids & Explosions Production: Josh Raskin
“Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski “Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
“My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov
“Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

* Poor Amy Adams.  The producers should have put on a real stage production for this song as poor girl looked a little silly up there singing.*

Achievement in visual effects

“The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
“Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Achievement in art direction

“American Gangster” (Universal): Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
“Atonement” (Focus Features): Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Don’t forget to check out the complete list of winners on the Oscar 2008 page after the show tonight. Winners will be posted tonight as they are announced. Good luck to all the nominees.

Achievement in costume design

“Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
“Atonement” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
“La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

Best animated feature film of the year

“Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
“Surf’s Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in makeup
“La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
“Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount): Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney): Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Complete List


Feature
“Juno”

Female Lead
Ellen Page, “Juno”

Male Lead

Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Savages”

Director
Julian Schnabel, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”

Supporting Male
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Talk to Me”

Supporting Female
Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”

First Feature
“The Lookout”

Screenplay

Tamara Jenkins, “The Savages”

First Screenplay
Diablo Cody, “Juno”

Best Documentary
“Crazy Love”

Foreign Film

“Once” (Ireland)

Best Cinematography
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”

Producers Award
Neil Kopp (Producer of “Paranoid Park” and “Old Joy”)

Truer Than Fiction Award

Laura Dunn (Director of “The Unforeseen”)


Someone To Watch Award
Ramin Bahrani (Director of “Chop Shop”)

John Cassavetes Award
“August Evening”

Robert Altman Award
“I’m Not There”

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