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Jay Pritchett wasn’t always the best with words, and one particular moment proved it. Modern Family had myriad hilarious and heartfelt scenes, but Ed O’Neill held one especially close. It happened during a golf-related episode, where Jay’s reaction to a surprising revelation led to an unexpectedly emotional exchange.

Ed O’Neill in Modern Family | Credits: ABC

A sharp remark hit harder than intended, and what started as a lighthearted moment quickly turned into something deeper.

Ed O’Neill opens up about a Modern Family scene that hit different Jacki Weaver as Shelley Sterling, Ed O’Neill as Donald Sterling, Cleopatra Coleman as V Stiviano | Credits: 20th Century Fox Television

Ed O’Neill had many standout moments in Modern Family, but this one scene hit really differently for him. The veteran actor revealed that a particular exchange with Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Season 3, Episode 16, Virgin Territory, held a special place in his heart.

Warning: This article includes Major Spoilers for Netflix's The Decameron.

Netflix's The Decameron is loosely based on the 14th-century collection of short stories, including the basic premise of fleeing the Plague. Characters and events in the show have little connection to Boccaccio's book, with new personalities and plotlines. The true book adaptation comes at the end of season 1, capturing the spirit of Boccaccio's work in the final five minutes.

Netflix's The Decameron shares its name with the 14th-century book by Giovanni Boccaccio, raising questions about how the two are connected. When the Black Plague first hit Italy in the summer of 1347 via Crimea, the disease devastated Italians, wiping out large chunks of the population, with high-density cities having higher rates of death. By 1348, the illness hit Florence, Italy so hard that the disease gained the nickname "the plague of Florence." In response, a poet and scholar named Giovanni Boccaccio...

Hayden Christensen has had a diverse range of roles since his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars, including musician, young man in a psychological thriller, and historical character in a romantic comedy. Despite initially harsh criticism, Christensen has taken on quality projects and surprised audiences with his versatile performances. Christensen's return to Star Wars in recent years shows his passion for the character of Anakin Skywalker and his willingness to continue exploring the role of Darth Vader. Audiences can hope for future appearances from him in the Star Wars universe.

Though most people know him as Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Hayden Christensen has been pretty busy in the years since their release. Though Christensen has recently made a triumphant return to the series that launched his popularity, he’s got a good amount of other movies in his history now. From action-thrillers to romantic comedies,...

Where to Watch Powered by Mischa Barton's departure from The O.C. marked a significant turning point in her career, but her recent participation in a Neighbours reboot suggests she may consider returning to a potential O.C. reboot if given the opportunity. After leaving The O.C., Barton pursued roles in independent films and appeared as herself on reality television shows such as Dancing with the Stars and The Hills: New Beginnings. While Barton has only had a few acting roles in recent years, she is set to appear in the series Neighbours and has upcoming projects in the horror and fantasy genres, though there is no official news about a return to The O.C. universe.

The popularity of Mischa Barton's character Marissa Cooper on The O.C. raises the question of what happened to her after the show. Barton skyrocketed to fame as one of the lead protagonists in the 2003 teen drama,...

Unknown Mortal Orchestra return from a five-year gap between albums next month with V, the globe-trotting indie pop project’s first LP since 2018’s Sex & Food and Ic-01 Hanoi.

Umo mastermind Ruban Nielson was inspired by “West Coast Aor, classic hits, weirdo pop, and Hawaiian Hapa-haole music” for the band’s upcoming double album, which was written amid the pandemic and family crises saw the singer and his brother Kody Nielson jumping around from Portland to Hawaii to Palm Springs, where the majority of V’s tracks were conceived and recorded.

‘You Give Me Something’ singer James Morrison reveals he finds it tough to write music during difficult periods of his life. He told the Metro newspaper’s Guilty Pleasures column: “If I’ve got really stuff going on, it’s not like I can write a song that day and it’s going to help me. The love of […]...

In a competitive situation, Netflix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to a half-hour workplace comedy inspired by the front office of the Los Angeles Lakers. The project hails from Mindy Kaling, former star/executive producer of one of the all-time great workplace comedy series, The Office; Modern Family alumna Elaine Ko; Lakers’ President and Governor Jeanie Buss and Warner Bros. TV.

Written by Ko, the untitled series is inspired by the personal and professional dynamic between the family owners and front office team that together run one of the most iconic franchises in all of sports: the Los Angeles Lakers. The workplace comedy follows fictional team governor Eliza Reed as she navigates NBA ownership and family drama with her best friend by her side.

Ko serves as showrunner and executive produces with Kaling, Buss and Linda Rambis of the Lakers, and 3 Arts’ Howard Klein. Jordan Rambis will be a producer.

Movie posters are an important advertising element for a film. But what happens when they don't do such a great job in promoting their film?

Movie posters are supposed to be the first and most prominent promotional tool of a film. Many times movie posters may be the first official material released for a film production as well as the first opportunity that the film has to reach its potential audience. That makes them very important. Like trailers, they are meant to capture your attention. Unlike trailers, they are not supposed to give too much away. There are various techniques that have been used over the years to accomplish this task including bright colors, eye-catching fonts, and the prominent inclusion of big name stars’ faces. Graphic design as well as a general nod to the production design of the film are important components for every movie poster. Before the advent of computers,...

The Cannes Film Festival is currently in full swing in the south of France, and one of the movies being sold to worldwide buyers at the fest is Numb, At the Edge of the End. Vmi Worldwide has debuted the first trailer for this indie thriller, as it seeks international buyers at Cannes. The film doesn't have a release date in place yet, and it doesn't seem that the film has a domestic distributor quite yet, but that may change at the festival.

The story follows Kurt Matheson (Hayden Christensen) a war veteran with Ptsd (post traumatic stress disorder) who perceives that the end of the world is coming. After establishing a relationship with a dubious Messiah (Harvey Keitel), he leaves his normal life and begins the construction of a shelter underground, training himself in an extreme way, at the cost of losing everything. He soon makes people believe he is insane.

ABC announced this season's Dancing with the Stars cast live on Good Morning America. The hit series returned for Season 22 With a Live Premiere on Monday, March 21, 8:00-10:01 p.m. The celebrity cast of Dancing with the Stars are slipping into their ballroom shoes and getting ready for their first dance with a lineup of celebrity dancers that includes a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a Peabody Award winner, a Ufc fighter, and Super Bowl 50's Mvp, just to name a few.

As announced this morning, the celebrities with their professional partners heading to the ballroom this season (in alphabetical order) are: Mischa Barton with Artem Chigvintsev. Antonio Brown with Sharna Burgess. Nyle Dimarco with Peta Murgatroyd. Kim Fields with Sasha Farber. Doug Flutie with Karina Smirnoff. Marla Maples with Tony Dovolani. Von Miller with Witney Carson. Wanya Morris with Lindsay Arnold. Geraldo Rivera with Edyta Sliwinska. Jodie Sweetin with Keo Motsepe.

Outlander fans, take note: After Saturday’s midseason finale, the many adventures of James and Claire Fraser will continue on Saturday, April 4, 2015.

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The final eight episodes of the Starz drama’s freshman season will cover roughly the second half of the Diana Gabaldon novel on which it is based.

The cable network also touted Live +3 ratings from last week’s wedding episode, which delivered 3.8 million viewers. According to Starz, the drama is averaging 5 million pairs of eyeballs per episode.

Outlander‘s midseason finale airs Saturday at 9/8c on Starz.

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James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser, welcome to the promised land.

This week’s Outlander saw the marriage of Sam Heughan’s character to Caitriona Balfe’s Claire, an event quickly followed by young Mr. Fraser’s losing his virginity to his time-traveling wife.

We couldn’t let such a momentous event pass without somehow marking the occasion, so without further preamble, here are Heughan’s thoughts on the prosthetics, preparation and politics involved in the Starz drama’s latest hour.

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It.s a fair bet that many ABC viewers are not enamoured of the cooking, home renovations, talent and other reality shows that dominate the commercial broadcasters. schedules.

But producer Nick Murray is betting that Reality Check, an eight-part, studio-based series that investigates the global phenomenon of reality TV, will resonate with ABC audiences, including those who usually shun the genre.

.We won.t be ripping into reality TV,. says Murray, whose company Cjz is co-producing the show with the ABC, which premieres at 9 pm on Wednesday August 13, hosted by comedian Tom Ballard. .It will be a celebratory look at the biggest form of entertainment in the world, the highs and the lows..

Each episode will feature two people who have produced or broadcast reality TV, and a former contestant or judge.

Viewers won.t need to be familiar with the local and international shows being spotlighted to appreciate Reality Check,...

MTV revealed its 2014 Video Music Awards nominations via Snapchat on Thursday morning. Beyonce, Eminem and Australian rapper Iggy Azalea topped the list of nominees. Beyoncé leads the pack with eight nominations including “Video of the Year,” “Best Female” and “Best Choreography.” Eminem scores multiple nods for categories including Best Hip-Hop, Best Male and Best Collaboration. Azalea will compete for several top awards including Video of the Year, Best Female and Best Pop. Also read: MTV's ‘Virgin Territory': Teens Debate Saving Sex for Later Also in the mix with multiple noms were Jay Z, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams,...

MTV presented its upcoming docuseries, “Virgin Territory,” at the Television Critics Association press tour with panelists that didn't quite reflect any groundbreaking differences between the genders. The panel was made up of two women of faith in their early-20s, Dominique Sullivan and Lisa Youngerman, who are waiting for sex until marriage. They're joined by Alec Melger, 21, a gay man from a small Arizona town who can't wait to have sex. So, two women who want to remain virgins and a guy that wants to lose it Asap? That sounds like every college sex movie ever. What's groundbreaking about that?...

Virginity is no longer that topic everyone wants to avoid. As MTV’s upcoming docu-series “Virgin Territory” will show you, more and more folks are opening up about their V-card status and the struggles that come with hanging on to it. That includes celebrities (stars — they’re just like Us!). But sometimes, an A-lister’s declaration of abstinence... Read more »...

Colin Nash has been upped to Svp Series Development of West Coast Reality Programming at MTV. Nash, who joined the network in 2010 as VP Series Development, has worked on the reincarnation of Punk’d, Buckwild and contributed to the revitalization of MTV’s longest-running series, Real World with Season 29’s popular Real World: Ex-plosion, in addition to the Real World’s successful after shows. Additionally, Nash oversaw the special, Life Continued: Defeating Depression. In his new position, Nash will continue to oversee MTV’s West Coast-based development team and reality slate, including the upcoming Slednecks, Virgin Territory and the recently announced 30th season of Real World. Based in Santa Monica, he will continue to report to Evp Lauren Dolgen, MTV Head of West Coast Reality Programming. “When Colin asked him to come to MTV to the development side he was deep into his career as a prolific showrunner,” Dolgen said.

"Hung Like an Outlaw". These are hilarious. Comedian/filmmaker/actor Seth MacFarlane has debuted a handful of 8 brand new character posters for his upcoming western comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West, featuring the movie's cast: Charlize Theron - "Smoking Guns", Amanda Seyfried - "Gold Digger", Neil Patrick Harris - "Lady Tickler", Giovanni Ribisi - "Virgin Territory", Sarah Silverman - "Westward Ho" and Liam Neeson - "Hung Like an Outlaw", plus MacFarlane himself - "Black Sheep". This is fun and ingenious way to introduce all the characters, and I'm looking forward to seeing the trailer next. Here's all 8 of the character posters, debuted one-by-one online via MacFarlane, for your viewing pleasure: Click above for any of the original images, directed from @SethMacFarlane's Twitter. Trailer coming soon. Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West official synopsis: After a cowardly sheep farmer (MacFarlane) backs out of a gunfight,...

Elaine Ko has closed a two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, the company announced today. Having worked at Modern Family as a staff writer then producer and now supervising producer, Ko will be returning to the hit comedy for a fourth year. The producer won an Episodic Comedy WGA Award earlier this year for writing Modern Family’s “Virgin Territory” show. She also shared in the show’s 2012 Best Comedy Series award from the WGA. “Elaine is a Twentieth Century Fox Television success story, starting her career as a staff writer on Do Not Disturb and Family Guy. She’s been on Modern Family from the very beginning,” said 20th Century Fox TV Chairman Dana Walden today in a statement. “Steve and Chris value her enormously, as do we. This deal keeps her on our incredibly important Modern Family, as well as allowing her to develop down the road.

Elaine Ko is climbing the ranks at Modern Family. Ko has inked a two-year overall deal with Modern Family studio 20th Television, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Under the pact, which includes a development component, the former staff writer and producer has been promoted to supervising producer for her fourth season on the ABC comedy. Photos: Broadcast TV's Returning Shows 2013-14 The former Family Guy staff writer shared in Modern Family's best comedy series WGA Award win in 2011 and 2012 and this year nabbed an individual win for her work on the "Virgin Territory" episode of the awards

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And here we are, the last big hurrah before the granddaddy of the awards season, the Academy Awards. As expected, "Zero Dark Thirty" won Original Screenplay but the most surprising winner was "Argo," beating the writing frontrunner, "Lincoln" by Tony Kushner. So more "Argo" power! It's definitely the film to beat this Oscars, and I'm happy that it's my No. 1 film of 2012!

Here's the complete list of WGA winners; for other winners/nominees this awards season, click here:

Film

Original Screenplay

"Zero Dark Thirty" - Written by Mark Boal; Columbia Pictures

Adapted Screenplay

"Argo" - Screenplay by Chris Terrio; based on a selection from "The Master of Disguise" by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired magazine article "The Great Escape" by Joshuah Bearman; Warner Bros. Pictures

Documentary Screenplay

"Searching for Sugar Man" - Written by Malik Bendejelloul; Sony Pictures Classics

Television

Drama Series

"Breaking Bad" - Written by Sam Catlin,...

The Writers Guild of America gathered last night and handed out hardware to those in the world of film, radio and television. Read on for a list of winners from the latter industry...

Drama Series

Breaking Bad, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett

Comedy Series

Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K.

New Series

Girls, Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling

Episodic Drama

“The Other Woman” (Mad Men), Written by Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner

Episodic Comedy

“Virgin Territory” (Modern Family), Written by Elaine Ko

Long Form – Original

Hatfields & McCoys, Nights Two and Three, Teleplay by Ted Mann and Ronald Parker, Story by Bill Kerby and Ted Mann

Long Form – Adapted

Game Change, Written by Danny Strong, Based on the book by Mark Halperin and...

Louie‘s momentum continues. After largely flying under the radar for the first two seasons, the FX series’ third season earned a first Emmy award in September, then first SAG, Golden Globe and PGA nominations. And tonight Louis Ck’s semi-autobiographical series won the top comedy prize at the WGA Awards, its first major best series honor. Louie snapped Modern Family‘s two-year streak to win the best comedy series WGA Award. ABC’s hit comedy didn’t leave empty-handed, converting one of its three episodic nominations to win for Elaine Ko-penned Virgin Territory. Even bigger was the breakthrough for IFC’s cult series Portlandia. In one of the night’s biggest surprises, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s off-beat, modestly budgeted comedy beat out heavyweights The Daily Show, Colbert Report and Armisen’s Saturday Night Live, which had won the comedy/variety WGA Award for the past six years,...

Argo continued its domination of award season by claiming one of the last of the pre-Oscar prizes — the Writers Guild Award, where screenwriter Chris Terrio won the honor for adapted screenplay.

Terrio’s competition included Tony Kushner’s Lincoln, David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook, David Magee’s Life of Pi and Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower. All but Chbosky are also up for the Oscar next weekend, with Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin taking that slot.

Best original screenplay went to Mark Boal for Zero Dark Thirty, who bested John Gatins’ Flight,...

As we enter the home stretch to the Academy Awards, writers were celebrated Sunday. The 2012 Writers Guild Awards honored the best writing in film, television, radio, new media, and video games. "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Argo" took home the original and adapted screenplay awards, respectively. While "Breaking Bad," and "Louie" took home awards for best drama and comedy series.

Here is the full winners list:

Television

Drama SERIESBreaking Bad (AMC), Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett

Comedy SERIESLouie (FX), Written by Pamela Adlon, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K.

New SERIESGirls (HBO), Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling

Episodic DRAMAMad Men (AMC) - "The Other Woman" - Written by Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner 

Episodic COMEDYModern Family (ABC) - "Virgin Territory" - Written by Elaine Ko

Long Form -...

Breaking Bad and Louie took top TV honors at Sunday’s 2013 Writers Guild Awards, winning best drama and comedy series respectively.

Individual achievement kudos (awarded to a specific episode) went to Mad Men‘s Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner for Season 5′s “The Other Woman,” while Modern Family scribe Elaine Ko won for Season 3′s “Virgin Territory.”

Elsewhere, Girls was named best new series, while Portlandia scored the night’s biggest upset by winning best comedy/variety series over Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Other notable TV winners include…

Movie (original screenplay...

Argo continued its triumphant awards run at the Writers Guild of America Awards last night, scoring Best Adapted Screenplay for writer Chris Terrio. The gong is just one more indication that it’s a strong contender for a similar prize at next weekend’s Oscars.Another big prizewinner, Zero Dark Thirty’s Mark Boal, took home Best Original Screenplay for his work on the story of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. And in a popular documentary win, Searching For Sugar Man’s Malik Bendejelloul snagged a trophy for his script.Over on the TV front, Breaking Bad won for Drama Series, while Louie took Comedy Series. New Series went to Girls and the separate episode awards went to Mad Men’s The Other Woman and Modern Family’s Virgin Territory.A list of the major awards is below.FilmORIGINAL SCREENPLAYZero Dark Thirty, written by Mark BoalFlight, written by John GatinsLooper,...

"Modern Family" and "Breaking Bad" are the clear front-runners in the nominations for the 2013 Writers Guild of America Awards.

Both shows are nominated in their respective series categories, and they each occupy at least half the slots in the episodic categories. "Breaking Bad" scored four of the six nominations for individual drama episodes -- that's half of the episodes the AMC series aired in 2012 -- while "Modern Family" has three of the six episodic comedy nods.

The other series nominees are "Boardwalk Empire," "Game of Thrones," "Homeland" and "Mad Men" in the drama category and "30 Rock," "Girls," "Louie" and "Parks and Recreation" on the comedy side.

Here are the prime-time categories in the 2013 WGA Awards. See the full list here.

Drama series

"Boardwalk Empire"

"Breaking Bad"

"Game of Thrones"

"Homeland"

"Mad Men"

Comedy series

"30 Rock"

"Girls"

"Louie"

"Modern Family"

"Parks and Recreation"

New series

"Girls"

"The Mindy Project"

"Nashville"

"The Newsroom...

The 2013 Writers Guild Awards will be handed out Sunday, February 17, and with a total of five nominations, Breaking Bad unsurprisingly leads the way. Modern Family leads comedies with four nominations.

New series earning WGA nominations include HBO’s Girls, Veep and The Newsroom, ABC’s Nashville and Fox’s The Mindy Project, while critical favorites 30 Rock and Homeland were also recognized.

Check out the nominees in the major categories below ...

Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire

Breaking Bad

Game of Thrones

Homeland

Mad Men

Drama | Episodic

Breaking Bad, “Buyout”

Breaking Bad, “Dead Freight”

Breaking Bad, “Fifty-One”

Homeland, “New Car Smell”

Mad Men, “The Other Woman”

Breaking Bad, “Say My Name”

Comedy Series

30 Rock

Girls

Louie

Modern Family

Parks and Recreation

Comedy (Episodic)

Parks and Recreation, “The Debate”

Episodes, “Episode 9″

30 Rock, “Leap Day”

Modern Family, “Little Bo Bleep”

Modern Family, “Mistery Date”

Modern Family, “Virgin Territory”

New Series

Girls, HBO

The Mindy Project,...

AMC’s Breaking Bad is the most-nominated series going into the 2013 Writers Guild Awards, with a total of five nods (including best drama series). ABC’s Modern Family, meanwhile, leads the comedy pack, with four nominations.

New series making the WGA’s short list include HBO’s Girls, Veep and The Newsroom, ABC’s Nashville and Fox’s The Mindy Project, while ABC’s now-defunct One Life to Live is in the Daytime Drama race.

All told, the major categories are as follows; a complete list of nominations is at WGA.org. Awards will be handed out Feb. 17, 2013 in ceremonies...

What do Walter White and Phil Dunphy have in common? They’re both at the center of the TV shows most honored by the Writers Guild of America today. The group just announced the nominees for its annual awards, which will be handed out Feb. 17 at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Breaking Bad garnered five nods; Modern Family drew four. Here’s a list of all the primetime and late night series in contention for the event’s biggest prizes:

Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire, Written by Dave Flebotte, Diane Frolov, Chris Haddock, Rolin Jones, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki,...

It’s a shame that the path of the television year must end on the Emmys, the awards show contained several highs, many lows and just some unfathomable results. Frustration, celebration, and embarrassment come to mind when mentioning the 2012 Emmys. Is it different any other year? No, not really. But its results sour the memory of a great year in television, right as we’re about to usher a new season this week at BuzzFocus. There were more deserving shows that were nominated but for whatever reasons unknown, the powers that be don’t agree.

The Academy of Television Arts & Science in some instances can look rather progressive. One minute they appear to have their shit together one moment–honoring Showtime’s Homeland, Outstanding Drama Series–but at the same time have their heads up their collective asses when they awarded ABC’s Modern Family nearly every major piece of hardware it could qualify for.

Well, that’s it. This years Emmy race is over and there are some familiar names amongst the winners… Modern Family once again dominates the comedy categories whilst Homeland surprises everyone and walks away with Best Drama and Best Leads in a Drama for it’s two stars. It;s nice to see Louis C.K. get an award for the excellent work he does on his “sitcom” Louie.

Best Comedy

Modern Family (ABC) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Girls (HBO) 30 Rock (NBC) Veep (HBO) The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep Zooey Deschanel – New Girl Lena Dunham – Girls Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation Tina Fey – 30 Rock Melissa McCarthy – Mike & Molly

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Jon Cryer – Two and a Half Men Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm Louis C.K. – Louis Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory Don Cheadle – House of Lies...

The results of the television awards ceremony of the year are always something to look forward to – the quality of the small screen has only been improving over the past decade or two, and it’s nice to see credit given where credit’s due.

Mad Men, Modern Family, Downton Abbey, Breaking Bad, Sherlock, and 30 Rock led this year’s nominations, and it’s Modern Family and Homeland that have come away with the most wins, taking four awards apiece.

Homeland has been one of the most talked-about dramas over the past year, and leading stars Damian Lewis (doing a Hugh Laurie, being an English actor playing an American on Us TV) and Claire Danes came away with the Leading Actor/Actress prizes in the dramatic categories.

Modern Family continues its reign as the best comedy in recent years, and dominated the Supporting Actor/Actress awards in the comedy categories,...

"Homeland" broke "Mad Men's" Emmy streak by winning Outstanding Drama Series -- it also took home Lead Actress and Actor in a Drama Series for stars Claire Danes and Damian Lewis.

The complete list of nominees:

Outstanding Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire

Breaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Game Of Thrones

Homeland

Mad Men

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Glenn Close, Damages

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Kathy Bates, Harry's Law

Claire Danes, Homeland

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey

Damian Lewis, Homeland

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey

Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Aaron Paul,...

Season 3 of Modern Family scored not one, but two Emmy nominations this year for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, and now TVLine has an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from one of the episodes in question, “Virgin Territory.”

Who can forget Luke (Nolan Gould) hilariously spurring Manny (Rico Rodriguez) to “borrow” a car and take it on a (verrrry slow) joyride in order to impress dreamy classmate Miranda?

Gould and Rodriguez prove pretty funny just kicking around on the set, too, as evidenced by the video below. Check it out, then hit the comments to discuss your other favorite moments of...

Next up on the episode-specific portion of our “Who Should Win” Emmy poll series: the contest for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.

Modern Family – last year’s winner and category dominator — is back with two episodes in the running: the Jason Winer-directed “Virgin Territory” and the Steven Levitan-helmed “Baby on Board.” The ABC sitcom has some stiff competition in HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, whose nominated director (Robert B. Weide for “Palestinian Chicken”) has four prior nods – and won the race in 2003.

The rest of the field consists of category newbies. Lena Dunham’s direction of Girls...

The nominations are out for the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. When all of the categories are taken into account, "American Horror Story" and "Mad Men" lead the way with 17 nominations each, followed closely by "Downton Abbey" and "Hatfields & McCoys" with 16 apiece.

The complete list of nominees:

Outstanding Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Girls

Modern Family

30 Rock

Veep

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Lena Dunham, Girls

Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Louis C.K., Louie

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory

Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives

Julie Bowen,...

The most-powerful lobbying group in America is the Writers Guild of America. By determining what we watch on TV and in the movies, these writers help shape America's views and set the standard for what is acceptable, normal and right. You probably saw your first interracial or same-sex kiss on a screen. What is put out there by Hollywood is a responsibility that shouldn't be taken lightly -- and one that "Modern Family's" writers and producers blew for me big time in this week's episode, "Virgin Territory."

For the record, I love the show. I love its smart humor and characters. What I didn't love in the episode "Virgin Territory" was the discovery that the 17-year-old character Haley was sexually active and, according to the story line, has been for a while. The revelation that ditzy Haley has been having sex with her even-dumber boyfriend came out of the blue.

Even the closest of loved ones don't know every little thing about each other. In "Virgin Territory," those on Modern Family uncovered secrets both new and old that managed to shake things up.

Usually it's a raucous dinner filled with wine and martinis that leads to spilling secrets, but in this case brunch was all it took for the Pritchetts and Dunphys to get the ball rolling. While the old school secrets about Claire leaving the convertible top down in the rain, were certainly entertaining, it was the newer stuff that I really loved.

Modern Day Secrets

Claire fakes going to yoga in order to go to a shooting range. She finally let Gloria in and, naturally, she showed her that she could hit the bullseye on the first try. Why am I not surprised? What a great revelation about Claire. One would totally buy the notion that she goes to yoga to unwind.

Poster for Drive, Shaolin, Like Crazy, Trespass, The Hunter, The Three Musketeers and set photos of Ryan Gosling shooting The Place Beyond the Pines.

New stills from We Bought a Zoo, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Twixt, The Descendants, and set photos of the Kent Farm set for Man of Steel.

"The upcoming "Clash of the Titans" sequel has scored an official name, the same one that has been unofficially floating around for it over the past six months. Yep, it's now "Wrath of the Titans"…" (full details)

"Kevin Smith's "Red State" is set to be available On Demand from September 1st, three weeks ahead of the theatrical release on September 23rd and six weeks before the disc release on October 18th…" (full details)

"Avi Arad says don't hold your breath for a Spider-Man/Avengers crossover, even if Marvel Studios scored back the rights to the character…" (full details)

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Hello, everybody! To start this week’s blog, I thought I’d try answering a few comments from last week, since you seem to like that, and frankly, so do I. (And yes, of Course, I read your comments! Sometimes twice! Are you kidding? I’m human, and a slightly neurotic human at that!)

To Scarlet. Yes, starting this week, I will do my very best to remember to mention what each dance is when I’m writing about the dancers. Sorry about that. This stuff is so hardwired into my brain, I forget sometimes that not everyone speaks salsa as a second language.

Hey people. Katey Rich, who you'll remember from those old vodcasts and podcasts right here (that's us to the left when we were talking up Inglourious Basterds) has been making waves with her podcast/vodcast series "Kino Katey." I'm a guest star for the first time there to talk about the Oscar changes. Listen in!

She's also doing this fab new series "Virgin Territory" where she watches a classic she's never seen before and talks it up with a friend who loves it, the latest being Apocalypse Now.

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Like Clark Kent exploring his newly constructed Fortress of Solitude, Katey.s back with another installment in .Virgin Territory.. You remember this one, it.s her ongoing series of video blogs in which she bravely admits to never having seen well known movies, and then teams up with someone who loves that film to talk about it and figure out what it is that she.s been missing all this time. Today she.s tackling Richard Donner.s Superman: The Movie with Operation Kino podcast regular, Film School Rejects frequenter, and Ugo writer Matt Patches. Matt loves Superman so much, he even loves Bryan Singer.s Superman Returns and he.s ready to clue Katey in on this whole Superman thing before Zack Snyder brings us his new take with the upcoming Man of Steel. Join the discussion by watching the latest episode of Virgin Territory, embedded below. For the...

Katey.s back with her newest installment of .Virgin Territory., our ongoing series of video blogs in which she discusses movies she.s never seen before with one of that film.s biggest fans. This time, she takes on the 1983, Shirley MacLaine starring classic Term's of Endearment with Movieline's Mike Ryan. .Virgin Territory. is all part of Cinema Blend.s new Kino Katey section, our way of giving back to all of you by providing interesting video, podcast, and opinion content without banner ads or ads of any kind to get in your way while you read. If you haven.t subscribed yet, get moving and get going with one of the many ways to get Kino Katey wherever you want it, whenever you want it, for free. Try it out below, with the newest episode of Virgin Territory: runHtml5Fallback('gorillanationPlayer_ci019_playlist_39_ci019_single_268719', 'html5_vid...

We're debuting two very new things here at Cinema Blend today. First of all there's Kino Katey, the section of the site that's basically dedicated to short-burst thoughts, reviews, and whatever else from me, who you'll still find writing for the rest of the site of course. And one of the new features at Kino Katey is something we're calling Virgin Territory, in which I watch a movie I've never seen before and talk about it with someone who loves it. Because we're celebrating Ash Wednesday all over the site today (you can read all about it here), I decided to watch The Evil Dead, the low-budget 1981 horror film that put director Sam Raimi on the map and introduced Bruce Campbell as the schlocky, blood-spattered hero for generations. To talk it over I enlisted Eric Eisenberg, who owns the entire Evil Dead trilogy on Blu-Ray and can talk extensively about...

Quoth the raven, "I'm a hot piece of ass".

If there's one role that's perfect for not exactly pretty actors, it's Edgar Allan Poe. The famed Victorian-era author of the macabre wasn't ugly by any means, but his high brows, odd-shaped head and eye bags along with his distinct personality means it's a role that seems tailor made for a good character actor rather than a handsome leading man.

That's why one bit of casting over the weekend is rather strange. 26-year-old Australian Chris Egan ("Resident Evil: Extinction," "Letters to Juliet") has been cast as the writer in ABC's "Poe", crime procedural which paints Poe as the world’s very first detective who uses unconventional methods to investigate dark mysteries in 1840s Boston.

Egan is a decidedly odd choice for the part. The blond actor, who could've stepped out of an Abercrombie catalogue, got his start as a teenager on...

The colourful, eccentric and never less than ostentatious Italian film producer and entrepreneur Dino De Laurentiis passed away at his Beverly Hills home yesterday. He was 91.

After producing his first features in the 1940's and teaming with producer Carlo Ponti on several prestigious Italian films in the 1950's, De Laurentiis turned his attention to what would become his trademark - ambitious, expensive and epic scale international co-productions more concerned with being popular entertainment than critically lauded.

Two studio complexes he built, one in Italy and later one in North Carolina, were both forced to close due to tough economic times and various famous flops he produced. Nevertheless with 166 films under his belt, De Laurentiis will long be remembered for many defining works.

Amongst his earlier credits were Federico Fellini's "La Strada" and "Nights of Cabiria", Roger Vadim’s “Barbarella”, Mario Camerini's "Ulysses", King Vidor's "War and Peace".

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Famed film producer Dino De Laurentiis died early Thursday morning in Los Angeles, Variety has confirmed. He was 91.

Though he never directed a film, his name burst through the world of little-known producers, becoming one of the premiere names of both Italian cinema and Hollywood productions. His long career, spanning from pre-war Italy to 2007's trio of 'Hannibal Rising,' 'The Last Legion' and 'Virgin Territory,' stretched beyond genres and cinematic sentimentalities. He produced important films of the Italian New Wave ('La Strada') through to cult gems like 'Danger: Diabolik' and 'Barbarella.'

His on-going success bubbled out of his interest in breaking the boundaries of cinema and moving away from vertically integrated systems and into international co-productions. In the '60s, Italy's socialist government led the famed producer to move to New York, but...