So far, "Modern Family" is cleaning up.
The hit ABC comedy swept the first three categories it was nominated in, yielding awards for Eric Stonestreet (Supporting Comedy Actor), Julie Bowen (Supporting Comedy Actress) and Steven Levitan (Directing for a Comedy Series).
"I wouldn't be here without my faith in me," Levitan said, striking an apt note of overconfidence during an event that "Modern Family" has dominated. Bowen was up against co-star Sofia Vergara, and Stonestreet beat out three other actors from the sitcom in his category.
"Modern Family," which had five wins and 12 nominations last year, is up for two more awards -- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Comedy Series -- at tonight's Primetime Emmy Awards, which are being given out in Los Angeles.
The familiar victories for "Modern Family" engendered some sniping among bloggers, who tend to favor more inventive comedies like "Parks and Rec" and "Girls.
The hit ABC comedy swept the first three categories it was nominated in, yielding awards for Eric Stonestreet (Supporting Comedy Actor), Julie Bowen (Supporting Comedy Actress) and Steven Levitan (Directing for a Comedy Series).
"I wouldn't be here without my faith in me," Levitan said, striking an apt note of overconfidence during an event that "Modern Family" has dominated. Bowen was up against co-star Sofia Vergara, and Stonestreet beat out three other actors from the sitcom in his category.
"Modern Family," which had five wins and 12 nominations last year, is up for two more awards -- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Comedy Series -- at tonight's Primetime Emmy Awards, which are being given out in Los Angeles.
The familiar victories for "Modern Family" engendered some sniping among bloggers, who tend to favor more inventive comedies like "Parks and Rec" and "Girls.
- 9/24/2012
- by Michael Hogan
- Huffington Post
Witty and perceptive Romanian film critic
Alex Leo Serban, who has died of lymphatic cancer aged 51, was best known as a witty and perceptive film critic in Romania. He was also a skilled translator, photographer and visual artist and an admired teacher. Leo – as his friends called him – had a gift for languages. He spoke impeccable English and French, and could communicate easily in Italian, Spanish and German. He translated Paul Bowles's novels The Sheltering Sky and Up Above the World into Romanian. His other translations included Martin Sherman's play Bent, as well as poems, stories and essays by Wh Auden, Samuel Beckett, Don DeLillo, Vladimir Nabokov and Susan Sontag.
But it was his film criticism that marked him out as a singular voice. His articles appeared in Cahiers du Cinéma, in France, and Carte di Cinema, in Italy, and were syndicated in American magazines. He wrote a...
Alex Leo Serban, who has died of lymphatic cancer aged 51, was best known as a witty and perceptive film critic in Romania. He was also a skilled translator, photographer and visual artist and an admired teacher. Leo – as his friends called him – had a gift for languages. He spoke impeccable English and French, and could communicate easily in Italian, Spanish and German. He translated Paul Bowles's novels The Sheltering Sky and Up Above the World into Romanian. His other translations included Martin Sherman's play Bent, as well as poems, stories and essays by Wh Auden, Samuel Beckett, Don DeLillo, Vladimir Nabokov and Susan Sontag.
But it was his film criticism that marked him out as a singular voice. His articles appeared in Cahiers du Cinéma, in France, and Carte di Cinema, in Italy, and were syndicated in American magazines. He wrote a...
- 6/6/2011
- by Paul Bailey
- The Guardian - Film News
In the latest scam to hit Facebook, spammers have infiltrated the site's chat feature, posing as your friends. Alex Leo on the warning signs you're being hacked.
Less than a month ago, Facebook chief technology officer Bret Taylor announced the site had cut spam by 95 percent, but as Facebook gets smarter, so do the spammers.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Don't Ditch Your Gmail
Last summer users began receiving messages from friends on their walls and in their inboxes that read, "Lol is this you?" with a link. These posts played into people's fear or excitement that they were being talked about somewhere on the Web and compromised many accounts. Once a user had heard about this phishing expedition, though, they were unlikely to engage with it again. The message was always the same and therefore easy to spot.
But recently, users have begun receiving a different kind of spam on Facebook.
Less than a month ago, Facebook chief technology officer Bret Taylor announced the site had cut spam by 95 percent, but as Facebook gets smarter, so do the spammers.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Don't Ditch Your Gmail
Last summer users began receiving messages from friends on their walls and in their inboxes that read, "Lol is this you?" with a link. These posts played into people's fear or excitement that they were being talked about somewhere on the Web and compromised many accounts. Once a user had heard about this phishing expedition, though, they were unlikely to engage with it again. The message was always the same and therefore easy to spot.
But recently, users have begun receiving a different kind of spam on Facebook.
- 2/17/2011
- by Alex Leo
- The Daily Beast
Web series and web video bits worth clicking today: Julia Allison, host of NonSociety's TMIWeekly, gives dating and sexual courtship advice on College Humor's The Crucial Man series (above) to scruffy host Jon Gabrus, who is trying to figure out how to be a gentleman. [College Humor] Grass Roots, the political comedy on KoldCast TV (below) has scored a distribution deal with The Huffington Post. The site has featured a few political series before like Get Your War On and Swift Kids For Truth. "It sparked our interest because it's both funny and political, which is the goal of our comedy page," said Alex Leo Sr. Editor at HuffPo. [Huffington Post] Babelgum announced they have added another comic strip series, Over the Hedge, has joined its comedy channel adding to other exclusive series like Dilbert and The New Yorker cartoons, also from animation distributor RingTales. Four brief (30-second) episodes of the strip that spawned...
- 12/8/2009
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
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