Exclusive Oscar(R), Emmy(R) Awards Updates From TheEnvelope.com

Exclusive Oscar(R), Emmy(R) Awards Updates From TheEnvelope.com

Oscars Update
Best-supporting actress contender Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"

TheEnvelope.com, the Los Angeles Times' leading year-round entertainment awards website, today reported that DreamWorks/Paramount has pushed "Dreamgirls" Jennifer Hudson down to the best supporting actress race at the Oscars, where she may now be the frontrunner to win that category. Hudson's equivalent in the Broadway musical won the lead actress Tony Award in 1982.

TheEnvelope.com also has posted an exclusive interview with Hudson in which she reveals what happened during the secret filming of the most anticipated scene in the most eagerly awaited film of the year. "Dreamgirls" director Bill Condon had been trying to keep secret details about the scene.

The exclusive "Dreamgirls" report by TheEnvelope.com's Tom O'Neil, who pens the site's "Gold Derby" blog, is available at http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2006/08/oscars_dreamgir.html.

Emmys Update
Conan O'Brien talks about ABC and the Emmys telecast

Conan O'Brien, who hosts the Aug. 27 Emmycast, takes a stab at ABC for trying to make the Emmycast walk the TV ratings plank by airing "Pirates of the Caribbean" during the ceremony's 8 p.m. PT/ET time slot. He also admits the Emmycast will get "the lowest ratings ever."

Traditionally, TV networks don't counter-program during the Emmycast.

In an exclusive interview with Tom O'Neil, O'Brien states that ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson wants to hurt the Emmy broadcast because the network's "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" didn't reap top nominations. McPherson blames the new voting process, even though some Emmy experts believe the fault is really all ABC's for submitting poor episode samples to the judging panels. Some industry sentiment already is turning against McPherson's ploy.

The exclusive O'Brien interview is posted at http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2006/08/podcast_emmy_ho.html

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PRNewswire -- Aug. 16

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