Golden Globe Awards

Sunday, January 15th

AUSTRALIA’S GREAT FLOOD – NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
8.30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
In early 2011, a freak inland tsunami smashed through Queensland bringing widespread destruction. This is the story of Australia’s greatest flood, caught on camera by those who lived through it.

THE AUSSIE WAY UP – NAT GEO ADVENTURE
8.30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
In this series four Aussie gen-Y boys set out to drive from Tasmania to Darwin without stopping for petrol. They set about building a biodiesel boat to get them started at the southernmost tip of Tassie.

ENLIGHTENED – SHOWCASE
8.30pm -  Double Episodes – Australian Exclusive Premiere
Laura Dern stars as Amy Jellicoe, a 40-year-old woman who returns home to California after a month’s stay at a holistic treatment facility, a result of having a mental breakdown at work triggered by her self-destructive ways. Amy returns to her old life with a new cultivated approach and perspective, which includes daily meditation and exhorting the power of self-help and inner healing. Though Amy wants to be an ‘agent of change’ in the world, the people who know her best are sceptical of her latest intentions. She moves in temporarily with her somewhat-estranged mother, Helen (Dern’s real-life mum Diane Ladd) and reconnects with her ex-husband Levi (Luke Wilson), who is struggling with his own demons and addictions. While trying to heal Levi and mend her relationship with Helen, Amy also re-enters work at Abaddonn Industries.

MAMMOTH – WORLD MOVIES
8.30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
Bored of his web design job, Leo takes a trip to Thailand in an attempt to radically change his life. The decisions he makes change the lives of his wife and daughter forever. Starring Michelle Williams and Gael Garcia Bernal.

HOW IT’S MADE – DISCOVERY SCIENCE – Season 15.
9.30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
Find out how the everyday objects we use become the things they are, in a behind the scenes look at their amazing manufacturing processes.

DCI BANKS – UKTV – Season 1
8.30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
This series starts with a fire on a houseboat that leads to the discovery of a charred body. DCI Banks and Annie believe they have uncovered a case of art fraud when a briefcase containing a forged painting and some cash is found on the boat.

NOBLE HOUSE – FOX CLASSICS
7pm
A business tycoon is plunged into a world of espionage, deception and dangerous romance when he is appointed the leader of a powerful company. Based upon the novel Noble House by James Clavell, featuring a large cast led by Pierce Brosnan and directed by Gary Nelson. Produced in 1988.

BERLIN – HISTORY
7.30pm
Berlin is a unique city that has not grown organically, but always been contrived and redefined. Even if we have never visited, we all feel touched by events that have taken place there because they are the universal stories of our time.

THE LIVING DEAD OF AUSCHWITZ: SONDERKOMMANDO – HISTORY
9.00pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
The industrial killing machine of Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps in World War Two could not have functioned without the Sonderkommado. These ‘special units’ were made up of young, strong, Jewish boys, selected from incoming prisoner transportations. Once chosen, they were then forced to carry out the appalling task of helping to ensure victims selected for immediate execution in the gas chambers went unknowingly to their deaths.

Monday, January 16th

COUNTDOWN TO THE RED CARPET – E! ENTERTAINMENT
9am
The 2012 Golden Globe Awards: Red carpet coverage offering a first look at the evening’s fashion parade and interviews with early celebrity arrivals.

LIVE RED CARPET: 2012 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS – E! ENTERTAINMENT
The 2012 Golden Globe Awards: Red carpet coverage offering a first look at the evening’s fashion parade and interviews with early celebrity arrivals.

69th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES RED CARPET AND AWARDS CEREMONY – FOX8
11am – LIVE via Satellite – Australian Exclusive Premiere
The Red Carpet show starts from 11.00am with the awards show from midday. Tune in to see the glitz and glamour of the 69th Annual Golden Globes. Seen in more than 160 countries worldwide, it’s one of the few award ceremonies that include both television and motion picture achievements. Nominees include Boardwalk Empire, Glee, Modern Family and Enlightened. Repeated at 7.30pm.

E! AFTER PARTY – E! ENTERTAINMENT
3pm
The 2012 Golden Globe Awards: Wraps up the Golden Globe Awards and discusses the highlights from the night’s gala.

WE THE PEOPLE – BIO – Season One
7pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
Gloria Allred is one of the most famous attorneys practicing law today; a tireless and successful powerhouse whose high-profile legal battles have led to landmark court decisions and millions of dollars for her clients.

TENNIS: 2012 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – FOX SPORTS
11am – Australian Exclusive Premiere
Hosted by Roger Rasheed, Nicole Pratt, Josh Eagle, Adam Peacock, Ryan Phelan, Lee Furlong, Pat Cash and Wally Masur.

Tuesday, January 17th

RIVER MONSTERS – DISCOVERY CHANNEL
7.30pm
The Giants: Jeremy Wade relives his most thrilling, insane, and agonising attempts to land some of the world’s biggest freshwater fish.

Wednesday, January 18th

FASHION POLICE – 2012 GOLDEN GLOBES – -E! ENTERTAINMENT
11am
Be sure to tune in for a recap of the fashion do’s and don’ts at this year’s ceremony with Joan Rivers and Kelly Osbourne

AUSTRALIAN STORY – BIO – Season One
 9.30pm – Subscription TV Premiere
This program seeks to make Australians, in their diversity and individuality, more understandable to other Australians. It seeks to explore how Australians lead their lives through ordinary and extraordinary events.

APOCALYPSE: THE RISE OF HITLER – NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
7.30pm
In this series we start with – The Menace: What happened at the start of Hitler’s life to provoke his relentless rise to power? From his early life as a mediocre student and failed artist, follow the events that led to Hitler’s dictatorship.

Thursday, January 19th

BLACKROCK – MOVIE GREATS
8.30pm – Subscription TV Premiere
Heath Ledger, in his feature film debut, and Simon Lyndon star in this AFI-nominated drama, based on a true story about a young man torn by loyalty to his friends after a teenager is raped and murdered. Young surfer Jared (Laurence Breuls) is elated when his friend Ricko (Simon Lyndon), a surfing champion, returns home to their seaside suburb that he hosts a party for him at the local club. With everyone in various states of inebriation, Jared witnesses a young girl, Tracey (Bojana Novakovic), having sex with a boy named Toby (Heath Ledger)

GLASTONBURY 2011 – MUSIC MAX
9.30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
Glastonbury Festival is the largest and most revered open air music festival in the world. Glastonbury 2011 saw one of the best superstar line-ups in history. This very special show features performances from U2, Paul Simon and Coldplay.

Friday, January 20th

OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE – W – Season 6
7:30pm – Subscription TV Premiere
In the final season of OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE there are more than a few bombshells ready to go off as the West’s Two-part Series

Saturday January 21st

DINOSAUR HUNTERS – HISTORY CHANNEL
8.30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
A gripping story of obsession, ambition and rivalry that led to one of Britain’s greatest scientific feuds, Dinosaur Hunters is the dramatised story of the men and women who discovered the dinosaurs. Set in 19th century England it is a tale of scientific brilliance and rivalry that changed the world forever. When doctor Gideon Mantell found huge fossilised bones buried in the English countryside he began to wonder whether extraordinary creatures had once roamed the Earth long before Man. It was a pursuit that was to take over his life, but Mantell’s radical ideas flew in the face of Victorian thinking and its literal reading of the Bible, which not only stated that the Earth and it’s inhabitants had been created only 6,000 years previously, but singularly failed to mention ancient giant lizards.defend their mother’s honour and become divided over the many spectacular trials and tribulations ahead of them.

Hammond in trouble with the Mexicans

The BBC is in hot water with the Mexican ambassador in London following Top Gear’s Richard Hammond ‘s call on the show that Mexicans are “lazy, feckless, flatulent and overweight”. The ambassador is calling Hammond’s comments “xenophobic” and “offensive” and is demanding an apology from the presenter.

An Idiot Abroad given second season

Ricky Gervais’ collaborator Karl Pilkington has confirmed that a second season of An Idiot Abroad will be produced which will centre on him completing a bucket list of challenges around the world. The first season of the show has Pilkington travelling around the world visiting the Seven Wonders of the World and complaining a lot.

Coro Street confirms return of Todd Grimshaw

Coronation Street has confirmed that the character of Todd Grimshaw will return to the soap for a storyline in the near future. Grimshaw, played by actor Bruno Langley, was originally on the series for three years in the mid 2000s before returning briefly in 2007.

Gervais not invited back Golden Globes

The head of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Phil Berk has denied reports that Ricky Gervais has been asked to return as host of the Golden Globes next year. Gervais dropped hints on his blog about being asked to return as host in 2012 but Berk hit back saying: “There is no truth to this rumor. We have not asked him to come back. Nice try, Ricky.”

Ricky Gervais has confirmed that he has no intention of hosting the Golden Globes again following his highly-publicised second outing this week.

Gervai tore into various Hollywood celebrities during this year’s awards, which led to much backlash in the press over his offensive comments.

“I’m not going to do it again,” Gervais told TMZ. “I think twice is enough.”

Several of those who Gervais had targeted during his performance hit back, including Robert Downey Jr. who called the ceremony’s vibe “mean-spirited”.

Source: Stuff.co.nz

HFPA president labels Gervais’ performance “unacceptable”

Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk has labelled Ricky Gervais’ performance at the recent Golden Globe Awards as “unacceptable”. Berk, who was the butt of one of the comedian’s jokes, said that he believes Gervais crossed the line but that you expect the unexpected when you hire the likes of him.

Boardwalk Empire producer hints at second season 

Boardwalk Empire executive producer Terence Winter has hinted at the second season of the series, saying that the main story for the second run will continue to develop the stories from the first season. Winters confirmed that while there will be new characters, the same core cast will remain on the series.

New Spartacus lead announced

Australian actor Liam McIntyre has landed the lead role in the second season of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, replacing the departed Andy Whitfield. The former Neighbours actor, who also featured on The Pacific last year, will begin work on the series in a couple of months.

Morgan bans Mills from CNN show

Piers Morgan has banned several celebrities from ever appearing on his new CNN talkshow, with Heather Mills at the top of the list. Morgan claimed his reasoning was due to the fact that it was him who introduced her to Paul McCartney in the first place.

Ricky Gervais took aim at several big-name actors and actresses during the Golden Globe Awards yesterday, with many saying he went too far.

The comedian lined up the likes of Robert Downey Jr. Charlie Sheen, Johnny Depp and Scarlett Johansson during his performance and received a mixed reception from the crowd.

He was particularly scathing of the Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie film The Tourist as well as Charlie Sheen’s recent hotel room indiscretions.

Among other jokes, he referred to Bruce Willis as “Ashton Kutcher’s dad” and to Robert Downey Jr.’s movies Iron Man, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Two Guys and a Girl as “porn films”.

Many of those in attendance disagreed with Gervais’ sense of humour but he did have a fan in award-winner Al Pacino, who praised the Brit for his performance.

“He’s a comic, so he’s going to go for it. He’s letting it go. The only thing he can really get to is his own wit,” Pacino said afterwards.

“You don’t know what they’re going to say! I think it’s worth it.”

Source: The Sun

Glee and Boardwalk Empire successful at Golden Globes

Glee and Boardwalk Empire proved the big winners at yesterday’s Golden Globe Awards with the former picking up three awards and the latter two. Glee collected ‘Best Comedy Series’ as well as the two ‘Best Supporting Actor/Actress’ awards for Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer. Boardwalk Empire was named ‘Best Drama Series’ and Steve Buscemi collected the ‘Best Actor’ drama gong. A full list of winners can be found here.

Gervais doubts third Golden Globes appearance

Ricky Gervais has said he doubts he will be invited back to host the Golden Globes again next year following his controversial performance yesterday. The Office creator fired off shots during the night at the likes of Charlie Sheen, The Tourist and the Church of Scietology and says he will be surprised if they ask him to return for a third year in 2012.

MTV orders book adaptation

MTV has ordered a brand new series based on the book I Just Want My Pants Back. The series is reported to be a “youthful romantic dramedy” set in New York which focuses on 22-year-old Jason Strider as he and his friends negotiate the path to adulthood. MTV’s head of programming says: “[The series] found its right home. It has an amazing, authentic, 20-something voice, feels contemporary and relatable, and will connect with the audience.”

Anne Hathaway lands Glee role

Glee creator Ryan Murphy has confirmed that Anne Hathaway will film a guest appearance on the series. The actress will take on the role of a character’s aunt during her stint in the show’s second season.

The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards were held today (Jan 17) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and shown live on FOX8 from Midday AEDT, replay 8.35pm AEDT. The Cecil B. DeMille Award for outstanding contribution is going to Robert De Niro for his achievements. The awards are voted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Australia has Toni Collette up for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical as well as a number in the film categories. For full details visit www.goldenglobes.org

TV nominations follow. Winners highlighted. Glee was the most successful single show, with three awards. New episodes will be on Ten soon, repeats airing on both Ten and Fox8. Nine had a win with the Big Bang Theory, and The Big C seen on GEM. Plenty for Foxtels’ Showcase, with 5 awards in total for shows including Sons of Anarchy, Boardwalk Empire, and telemovies You Don’t Know Jack and Temple Grandin.

Best Television Series – Drama
** Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions, Sikelia Productions and Cold Front Productions, HBO Entertainment
COMING TO SHOWCASE March 27.
Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Showtime Presents, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions
The Good Wife (CBS)
CBS Television Studios
Mad Men (AMC)
Lionsgate Television
The Walking Dead (AMC)
AMC

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife (CBS)
Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men (AMC)
Piper Perabo – Covert Affairs (USA)
** Katey Sagal – Sons Of Anarchy (FX) Currently on Showcase, coming soon to ELEVEN
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
** Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Coming to Showcase March 27.
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad (AMC)
Michael C. Hall – Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie – House (FOX)

Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
30 Rock (NBC)
Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video and Little Stranger Inc.
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Warner Bros. Television
The Big C (Showtime)
Showtime, Sony Pictures Television, Perkins Street Productions, Farm Kid, Original Film
Glee (FOX)
Ryan Murphy Television, Twentieth Century Fox Television
Modern Family (ABC)
Twentieth Century Fox Television
Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME)
Showtime, Lionsgate Television, Jackson Group Entertainment, Madison Grain Elevator, Inc. & Delong Lumber, Caryn Mandabach Productions

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Toni Collette – United States Of Tara (SHOWTIME)
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME)
Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC)
** Laura Linney – The Big C (Showtime) – GEM
Lea Michele – Glee (FOX)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell – The Office (NBC)
Thomas Jane – Hung (HBO)
Matthew Morrison – Glee (FOX)
** Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory (CBS) – Nine

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
** Carlos (Sundance C)
Film En Stock and Egoli Tossell Film, Sundance Channel – Not airing in Aus, but, now it has won an award, expect one of the premium movie channels to pick it up.
The Pacific (HBO)
Playtone and DreamWorks in association with HBO Films
Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ)
Starz, Tandem Communications, Muse Entertainment Scott Free Films
Temple Grandin (HBO)
A Ruby Films, Gerson Saines Production, HBO Films
You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)
Bee Holder, Cine Mosaic and Levinson/Fontana Productions, HBO Films

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hayley Atwell – Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ)
** Claire Danes – Temple Grandin (HBO) – Showcase
Judi Dench – Return To Cranford (BBC)
Romola Garai – Emma (BBC)
Jennifer Love Hewitt – The Client List (Lifetme)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Idris Elba – Luther (BBC1)
Ian McShane – Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ)
** Al Pacino – You Don’t Know Jack (HBO) – Showcase
Dennis Quaid – The Special Relationship(HBO)
Edgar Ramirez – Carlos (Sundance C)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hope Davis – The Special Relationship(HBO)
** Jane Lynch – Glee (FOX) – Ten
Kelly MacDonald – Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Julia Stiles – Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family (ABC)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Scott Caan – Hawaii Five-O (CBS)
** Chris Colfer – Glee (FOX) on TEN and FOX8
Chris Noth – The Good Wife (CBS)
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family (ABC)
David Strathairn – Temple Grandin (HBO)

Network Tally

1st Run rights only

Ten - 2 – Glee

Nine - 2 – The Big C (GEM), The Big Bang Theory (1st run on Nine, repeats on GO! and The Comedy Channel)

Foxtel – Showcase - 5 – Sons of Anarchy, Boardwalk Empire, You Don’t Know Jack, Temple Grandin

Monday, January 17, at 11.00am on FOX8

Red Carpet coverage at 11.00am

Awards start at midday

Catch all of the glamorous red carpet arrivals with LIVE coverage from 11am as we celebrate the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards, broadcast LIVE from LA’s Beverly Hilton Hotel. The awards ceremony will be a Hollywood celebration of the industry’s biggest television and motion picture achievements.

*Repeat screening at 7.30pm.

The nominees have been announced for the 68th Golden Globe Awards which will be hosted by Ricky Gervais on January 16, 2011.

The complete list of nominees in the television categories is as follows.

Best Supporting Actress in a series, mini-series or TV movie

Hope Davis (The Special Relationship), Jane Lynch (Glee), Kelly McDonald (Boardwalk Empire), Julia Stiles (Dexter), Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)

Best Actress in a TV series, comedy

Toni Colette (United States of Tara), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Tina Fey (30 Rock), Laura Linney (The Big C), Lea Michele (Glee)

Best TV movie or mini-series

Carlos, The Pacific, Pillars of the Earth, Temple Grandin, You Don’t Know Jack

Best Actor, TV series comedy

Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Steve Carell (The Office), Thomas Jane (Hung), Matthew Morrison (Glee), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)

Best Actress in a TV series drama

Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs), Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Best Supporting Actor in a series, mini-series, or TV movie

Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0), Chris Colfer (Glee), Chris Noth (The Good Wife), Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family), David Straithairn (Temple Grandin)

Best TV Series, comedy

30 Rock, The Big Bang Theory, The Big C, Glee, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie

Best Actor in a mini-series or TV Movie

Idris Elba (Luther), Ian McShane (Pillars of the Earth), Al Pacino (You Don’t Know Jack), Dennis Quaid (The Special Relationship), Edgar Ramirez (Carlos)

Best Actress in a mini-series or TV movie

Hayley Atwell (Pillars of the Earth), Claire Danes (Temple Grandin), Judi Dench (Return to Cranford), Romola Garai (Emma), Jennifer Love Hewitt (The Client List)

Best Actor, TV series drama

Steve Buschemi (Boardwalk Empire), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Hugh Laurie (House)

Best TV Series, drama

Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, The Good Wife, Mad Men, The Walking Dead

Source: Broadcastingcable.com

We May have missed out on any film nominations with Nicole Kidman in the film NINE being snubbed, but have some great chances on the television front. Simon Baker has been nominated as best actor in a drama for “The Mentalist”. But it’s the women leading the way with Rose Byrne (Damages), Toni Collette (United States of Tara) and across the Tasman Seas Anna Paquin nominated in 2 categories. Anna is up for best Actress in a drama (True Blood) and Best Actress in a Mini series for “The Courageous Heart Of Irena.

As usual 30 Rock is a front runner, but Glee and the new show Big Love are the new surprises this year. Best Actresses in a Drama Toni Collette, Courtney Cox and Edie Falco though did not see there shows nominated with only Lea Michele (Glee) and Tina Fey (30 Rock) doing so While Simon Baker was the only actor in a Drama not to have his show nominated. Guess that shows our Aussie acting power.

Foxtel was a winner with Entourage, 30 Rock, True Blood and Dexter getting several nominations. But the biggest winner was Channel Ten with Glee, Californication, Nurse Jackie, The Office and Dexter as well, romping in the nominations. Channel 7 had Lost, 30 Rock and How I met Your Mother , while poor Channel 9 only had one nomination for Baker in The Mentalist. See all the action on January 18^th at 12 midday on FOX8.