Emmy Award Nominations
Nominations for the 63rd Annual Emmy Awards were announced this morning, with HBO leading all other channels in nominations (104!). Modern Family was the most nominated sitcom, and my personal favorite, 30 Rock, was close behind them.
The Emmy’s are taking place this year on September 18th. Here are a few of the nominations that were announced this morning for the major categories:
–Nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series include 30 Rock, Modern Family, Glee, and the Office.
–Nominations for Outstanding Drama Series include Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men, Friday Night Lights, and The Good Wife.
–Nominations for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series include The Colbert Report, SNL, and my two favorite late night shows, Conan and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
–Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series include Matt LeBlanc (he’s on TV again??), Steve Carell, Alec Baldwin (30 Rock!), and Jim Parsons, while Lead Actor in a Drama Series includes Jon Hamm, Hugh Laurie, and Steve Buscemi.
–As for Actress in a Comedy Series, Melissa McCarthy, Edie Falco, Amy Poehler, and Tina Fey were nominated. For Drama, Mariska Hargitay, Connie Britton, and Elisabeth Moss were among those nominated.
Did your favorites make the list?
Our Favor!te Things 2010: Molly Ringwald
The wonderful Molly Ringwald shares some of her personal favorites of 2010. You can’t help but like her even more after you read this!
Favor!te Film: The Father of My Children
Favor!te Book: If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This by Robin Black
Favor!te Work of Art: 
A sculpture made by my seven year old, Mathilda
Favor!te Designer: Todd Thomas
Favor!te TV show: Mad Men
Favor!te Blog/Website: Five Chapters
Favor!te Twitterer: Alas, I twitter not
Favor!te You Tube Video: Beweaved Hair Salon
Favor!te Internet Meme: I know it’s old, but Charlie Bit Me is still my favorite. It is just so great on so many levels.
What are you most excited about for 2011? 
The release of Getting the Pretty Back in paperback!
Who do you most want to smooch on New Year’s Eve? My husband.
What do you want the most as a holiday gift? The time to smooch with my husband.
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Molly Ringwald is author of Getting the Pretty Back: Friendship, Family and Finding the Perfect Lipstick
The stories behind Mad Men revealed
The wait is finally almost over… the new season of Mad Men premieres July 25th on AMC. It’s about time. The recently released Season 4 poster has been getting a ton of attention including this in-depth examination and search for hidden meaning from TV Guide.
But to find out the real meaning behind the hit show you’ll need to read Mad Men Unbuttoned: A Romp Through 1960s America by Natasha Vargas-Cooper, the woman behind the highly popular blog The Footnotes of Mad Men.
In the book, Vargas-Cooper turns her eye to everything from Lucky Strike to Madienform, gray flannel suits to Burt Cooper’s Japonism, Grace Kelly to John Cheever — and examines iconic morsels from the show and the error. Very Short List agrees, Mad Men Unbuttoned is like a little time machine that takes us, as Mr. Draper so elegantly put it, ‘to a place where we ache to go again.’”
Still need more Mad Men in your life and on your computer screen? You can download two Mad Men wallpaper designs for your computer: What’s in Don Draper’s Desk and What’s in Joan Holloway’s Purse.
Buy the book at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders or Books-a-Million.
Get Your Own “Mad” Style
Long to emulate the classy vintage style of the ladies of Mad Men but unsure how? Janie Bryant, the costume designer for the show, wants to help you. Along with fashion journalist Monica Corocan, Bryant has written a new style advice book to help fans learn “how to tap into their inner ‘leading lady’”.
According to EW.com, the book will explore vintage couture, including that of screen icons from Clara Bow to Brigitte Bardot. But fear not! The purpose of the guide will not be to turn you into a costume character. Rather, the goal will be to teach you how to incorporate elements from your favorite decade into modern dress. The as-yet untitled book will land in bookstores this fall from Grand Central.
The only decision you have to make now is: are you a Betty, a Peggy, or a Joanie?
Betty
Peggy
Joanie
Mad Men goes shark jumping.
Say it ain’t so, Matthew Weiner! First Sal gets the axe for having some scruples, now this? Everyone’s (okay, only the 2 million of us with good taste) favorite show, Mad Men, has gotten the Sesame Street treatment. In the short segment, Don Draper (a daper Guy Smiley) teaches two of his underlings a lesson about Mad vs. Sad. While the whole exercise make me a bit sad, I’ll admit I was pretty surprised to hear the word “sycophant,” thrown into the segment. Maybe back when I was a toddler they threw those sort of 10-cent words into the sketches, too, and it just went over my head.
Stay tuned for Episode 2 staring the newest Sesame Street character: Whisky Monster (“M is for Maker’s…”)
Go Mad Men yourself.
Mad Men is finally coming back. For real. It is about time. August 16th will be a big night.
I’m most excited for more Pete/Peggy. It’s pretty obvious they are setting up a storyline involving Pete’s inheritance not being granted unless he has a child. Luckily he has that bastard child he doesn’t know about lying around… of course this is just my guess at a new storyline.
Like most Mad Men watchers I’ve always felt I would have done very well in that time-period of the late 50s/early 60s and I would have fit in well at Sterling Cooper. Drink and smoke in the office? Sign me up. But I guess it was not meant to be. It’s a shame being born in the 80s.
Until today when in the custom of “Make yourself a Simpsons character” that was all the rage last year, AMC unveiled Mad Men Yourself.
That’s me, circa 1963. Hot, right?
