By Zach Behrens 

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS – COMEDY SERIES
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies (a bittersweet moment as the show was canceled)

OUTSTANDING WRITING – COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock – Reunion, Matt Hubbard

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR – COMEDY SERIES
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS – COMEDY SERIES
Toni Collette, United States of Tara

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING – COMEDY SERIES
The Office – Stress Relief, Jeffrey Blitz

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR – COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

OUTSTANDING HOST FOR REALITY/REALITYCOMPETITION PROGRAMS
Jeff Probst, Survivor

BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live

OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race (damn, this is the 7th consecutive win for them)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS – MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Saddam (While walking to her grandmother’s house, her cousin was shot in the eye by police during the demonstrations in Iran. Aghdashloo is wearing a green bracelet and asked that President Obama talk directly with the Iranian government)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR – MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Ken Howard, Grey Gardens (his second Emmy, the last one from about 30 years ago)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR – MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Brendan Gleeson, Into The Storm (he played Winston Churchill)

OUTSTANDING WRITING – MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Little Dorrit, Andrew Davies (PBS)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING – MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Dearbhla Walsh, Little Dorrit (Part 1) (PBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS – MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens (this is her first Emmy after three nominations)

OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
Grey Gardens

OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
Little Dorrit

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING – VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
Bruce Gowers, American Idol (He got his start directing Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody video)

OUTSTANDING WRITING – VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA SERIES
Michael Emerson, Lost (his third nomination, first win)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA SERIES
Cherry Jones, 24 (her first nomination and first win, she played President Allison Taylor)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR – DRAMA SERIES
Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order SVU (her second Emmy)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING – DRAMA SERIES
ER – And In The End, Rod Holcomb

OUTSTANDING WRITING – DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men – Meditations In An Emergency, Kater Gordon and Matthew Weiner

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close, Damages (second year in a row for the same role, show and category)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA SERIES
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (his second win in a row, is thankful that Glenn close is a woman. “I feel like Cinderfella,” he said.)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men

Source: http://laist.com/2009/09/20/who_won_at_the_emmy_awards_the_list.php

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That’s right America, no more $4.99 to rent the latest flick.  It’s a good thing too, because people weren’t paying it.  Even I admit to being guilty of preferring to stream a new release for free online rather than actually paying for it.  Still, piracy is bad (m’mkay?) and if you are going to be a good movie-watching citizen of the world, you have to pay your dues.

Redbox is the obvious choice for paying less to rent one movie for one night.  At only $1 per day, charged to your debit or credit card, you can get the hottest new releases at almost any grocery store now.  However, if you are like me, and you almost never return a video on time, it can be costly.  Redbox tallies that dollar per day up to a full 30 days, when you then own the video.  Don’t expect them to mail you a nice box to put it in.  The little Redbox case is the best you get for $30 a pop.

So if late fees are your concern, Netflix provides a reasonable alternative.  You pay a monthly fee, get so many rentals at a time, and when you mail them back, they send you another from your queue.  If you don’t get the DVD back in the mail in a timely fashion, don’t worry – there’s no late fees, you just don’t get a fresh flick until you send back the old one.

Blockbuster Online offers the same service for a similar price, but here is where Netflix trumps all… Netflix gives you access to their massive library of Watch Instantly movies and television shows.  Like I said, it’s 2010.  Isn’t it time to get an HDMI port on your new computer when you order it?  Don’t pay too much for Television when you can get it cheap.  Here’s what I do:

We subscribe to Netflix’s $8.99 per month plan.  This gives us access to the Watch Instantly database, plus  1 DVD rental at a time.  This gives us plenty to watch on a regular basis.  We also keep an eye out for when the hottest new releases arrive at Redbox, and use the redbox.com website to reserve the ones we can’t wait to get.  Basically, we have unlimited stuff to watch for under $20 a month.  We don’t have cable, we don’t have satellite, but we always have something fresh and new to watch for everyone in the family.

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This edition’s film to watch again:  Reign of Fire (2002)
Available to Watch Instantly on Netflix?  Yes
Available at Redbox?  No

For my first edition of ReWatch, I’ve selected a movie that was a sleeper hit for sure.  When it was released in 2002, the only big name actor in it was Matthew McConaughey.  Christian Bale had some success with American Psycho for sure, but he was certainly not the giant action hero he is today.

Standing by leadman Bale in this fairly low-budget Dragon-Apocalypse flick is non other than Gerard Butler.  This movie was way before he blew up with his 300 success and became one of the top action stars of today’s hits such as Law Abiding Citizen, and Gamer.

I remember watching years ago when it first came out, and I recall liking it.  I thought that it was a pretty good action flick for such a mediocre cast.  Here, 8 years later, it turns out that Reign of Fire has a mammoth cast of action stars, and has enough momentum to play like it just came out last week.

It should also be noted that even though Matthew McConaughey turned out to be the least successful action star out of the 3, he gives an awesome performance as Denton Van Zan – a beefed up redneck renegade marine with a love for Dragonslaying.  Great Cast, Great Action, Great Movie.  Make sure you put Reign of Fire into your queue soon!

~Mark G.

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