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The Vietnamese-born director’s new film is a sumptuous love letter to French food culture starring former real-life couple Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. He talks about the formal appeal of haute cuisine and the poetry of an omelette

The current menu for film and TV stories about cuisine is all conflict and crisis – kitchens as battlefields, dishes forged in the white-hot skillet of raging tempers. But new French film The Taste of Things couldn’t be further from The Bear or Boiling Point. A controlled simmer is more the temperature of this piece by Vietnamese-born director Tran Anh Hung – the most rapturous hymn to culinary art since such beloved gourmet outings as Babette’s Feast or Eat Drink Man Woman.

Set in the 1880s, the film – which won Tran the best director award at Cannes last year – is about the relationship between cook Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) and her gourmet employer...

It seems every year there is debate about which French film deserves the honor of being the Official Selection of France for the Academy Awards. This year, that debate was as strong as ever, with people trying to figure out if “Anatomy of a Fall” would earn the distinction or if it would go to “The Taste of Things.” Surprising many, ‘Taste’ was chosen.

Read More: France Surprises Selecting ‘The Taste Of Things’ Over ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ For Oscars

Now, as the awards season begins to heat up, we are given our first look at the trailer for “The Taste of Things.” The film follows the story of a master chef in the late 19th Century who seemingly has it all, except for the one thing he longs for.

Continue reading ‘The Taste Of Things’ Trailer: Juliette Binoche Stars In New Romance Drama & France’s Official Oscars Selection at The Playlist.

Macabre Mountain’s East Coast red carpet movie premiere weekend dates are now confirmed:

Friday, October 13, 2023: Cranford Theater, Cranford, NJ – 5:30pm Red Carpet / 6:30pm – Showtime

Saturday, October 14, 2023 – The Village at Sopac Theater, South Orange, NJ – 2:15pm Red Carpet / 3:15pm – Showtime

Free autographs and pictures with the stars in attendance, walk the red carpet, prizes, and so much more!

Macabre Mountain is an independent horror/action movie starring Xander Goldman, Felissa Rose, Dave Sheridan, Robert Mukes, Hannah Fierman, and Dan Kearney.

Produced by Felissa Rose, Xander Goldman, and Dan Kearney.

Follows a troubled law enforcement agent who discovers more than he ever imagined and his world gets turned upside down after traveling to West Virginia.

VIP passes and ticket information can be obtained by contacting Jeremy Hirsch at: jeremy@stagmountainfilms.com

Get ready to embark on a thrilling journey into the heart of the Halloween season!

“Final Summer” is now available on streaming in the US! 9/18/23 in the UK!

You can rent or buy “Final Summer” on Apple TV, Vudu, Youtube and Amazon Prime!

Late summer 1991 and tragedy strikes on the final day of summer camp at Camp Silverlake. As the counsellors try to shut the camp down for the season, they find themselves fighting for their lives against a masked killer.

Final Summer is executive produced by Gareth “Slasher Trash” Morgan and distributed by Miracle Media, UK.

Featuring Bishop Stevens, Thom Mathews and theme music by Slavvy (Terrifier 2), featuring the end credits song “The Taste” by Night Dreamer (Jeff Schroeder of The Smashing Pumpkins).

Amazon Prime:

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Anthony Bourdain, whose death on Friday, June 8 at age 61 shocked the world, could now be memorialized by Emmy voters for his work in the entertainment industry. Two of his programs appear on the 2018 Emmy ballot: CNN’s “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” as Best Informational Series Or Special and the online offshoot “Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown” as Best Short Form Nonfiction Or Reality Series. The celebrity chef and world traveler committed suicide in Strasbourg, France while filming an upcoming episode of the popular CNN program.

Bourdain was no stranger to the Emmy Awards, winning four Primetime trophies for producing “Parts Unknown” (2013-16) and an addition Daytime Emmy for producing culinary program “The Mind of a Chef” (2014). “We are incredibly grateful,” Bourdain said at the Creative Arts Emmys podium in 2013 when he accepted the trophy for “Parts Unknown.” “To all of our producers, the camera people, the shooters, CNN for letting...

The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out Sunday in Los Angeles, and HBO came away from this year’s telecast with 43 total wins, buoyed by Game of Thrones (which amassed 12 Emmys), Olive Kitteridge (eight) and Veep (five).

RelatedEmmys 2015: Americans, House of Cards and Shameless Stars, Freak Show, Thrones Among Winners

Rounding out the Top 5 winningest programs were FX’s American Horror Story: Freak Show and Amazon’s Transparent, which netted five apiece.

TVLine has denoted the major winners below. Your role, of course, in this annual rigmarole is to rave… or rant!

Outstanding Drama

Better Call Saul

Downton Abbey...

HitFix is live-updating all the winners from tonight's 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards. Here's the list as it stands now: Allison Janney, “Mom” **Winner** Mayim Bialik, “The Big Bang Theory” Niecy Nash, “Getting On” Julie Bowen, “Modern Family” Kate McKinnon “Saturday Night Live” Gaby Hoffmann, “Transparent” Jane Krakowski, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Anna Chlumsky, “Veep” Supporting Actor, Comedy Tony Hale, “Veep” **Winner** Andre Braugher, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Adam Driver, “Girls” Keegan-Michael Key, “Key & Peele” Ty Burrell, “Modern Family” Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Directing For A Comedy Series Jill Soloway for Transparent, “Best New Girl” from Amazon Instant Video and Amazon Studios **Winner** Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for The Last Man On Earth, “Alive In Tucson” (Pilot) from Fox and 20th Century Fox Television Louis C.K. for Louie, “Sleepover” from FX Networks, Pig Newton, Inc. and FX Productions Mike Judge for Silicon Valley, “Sand Hill Shuffle” from HBO, HBO Entertainment in association with Judgemental Films,...

The 2015 Emmys are (finally) here.

Andy Samberg hosts, and some of your favorites shows and stars will be going home to make some space on their mantle tonight.

Will "Mad Men" take home Best Drama and Best Actor for Jon Hamm? Will "Orange Is the New Black" take home a statue or two for Netflix? This year's race is crazy competitive, and we'll be updating the winner's list throughout the show. So make sure to check back to see who won, and who lost.

Outstanding Drama

"Better Call Saul"

"Downton Abbey"

"Game of Thrones" -- Winner

"Homeland"

"House of Cards"

"Mad Men"

"Orange Is the New Black"

Outstanding Actor In A Drama

Kyle Chandler, "Bloodline"

Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom"

Jon Hamm, "Mad Men" -- Winner

Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul"

Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"

Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"

Outstanding Actress In A Drama

Claire Danes, "Homeland"

Viola Davis, "How to Get Away With Murder...

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out in Los Angeles last night (September 12), just a week ahead of the Andy Samberg-hosted Primetime Emmy Awards event.

HBO scooped the highest number of awards, with Game of Thrones and Queen Latifah's Bessie among the major winners.

Digital Spy presents a full list of all the winners and nominees below:

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series

American Masters

Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst - Winner

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

The Sixties

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

The Case Against 8

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Winner

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

Sinatra: All or Nothing At All

Virunga

Outstanding Variety Special

Bill Maher: Live From D.C.

The Kennedy Centre Honors

Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen

The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special...

Nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday by Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) and Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance), and HBO led the pack with 126 total nods. ABC (with 42 contenders), NBC and CBS (41 each) and FX (38) rounded out the Top 5.

Program-by-program, HBO’s Game of Thrones reigned with 24 total nominations, followed by FX’s American Horror Story: Freak Show (19), HBO’s Olive Kitteridge (13) and HBO’s Bessie (12), Tying for fifth place, Netflix’s House of Cards, the final season of AMC’s Mad Men and Amazon’s Transparent each amassed 11 nods.

This year's Emmy Award nominations have been announced and "Game of Thrones" topped the list with a whopping 24 nominations, followed by "American Horror Story: Freak Show" with 19 noms and "Olive Kitteridge" with 13.

HBO was by far the network to be with 124 nominations in total across the prime time and technical categories. They were followed by ABC (42), CBS & NBC (41), FX (38), Fox (35), Netflix (34), PBS (29), Comedy Central (25) and AMC (24).

With a new online voting system, the list of nominees are a bit fresher than usual with a lot of first-time nominees in acting categories, and some notable absentees like network comedy stalwarts "The Big Bang Theory" and Melissa McCarthy in favour of fresher faces such as "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt". There was some excellent and overdue casting nominations such as Tatiana Maslany for "Orphan Black" and Taraji P. Henson for "Empire," along with the new 'Limited Series' element and more suitable classifications for some...

And they're off! Nominations for the 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were just announced on Thursday, July 16. "Orange Is the New Black" star Uzo Aduba and "So You Think You Can Dance" host Cat Deeley revealed the major nominees, but there are actually a lot more (like for costume design, sound editing, cinematography, etc.) and you can head to the Nominees and Winners page of Emmys.com to check out the very long roundup of nominees.

Here are the announced Emmy nominations:

Outstanding Drama

"Better Call Saul"

"Downton Abbey"

"Game of Thrones"

"Homeland"

"House of Cards"

"Mad Men"

"Orange Is the New Black"

Outstanding Actor In A Drama

Kyle Chandler, "Bloodline"

Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom"

Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"

Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul"

Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"

Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"

Outstanding Actress In A Drama

Claire Danes, "Homeland"

Viola Davis, "How to Get Away With Murder"

Taraji P. Henson,...

Fox continues to find ratings success with their cooking competitions like MasterChef, MasterChef Junior and Hell's Kitchen. Meanwhile, ABC cancelled their series The Taste. Will Food Fighters on NBC last another year? Will it be renewed for a third season or, will it be cancelled instead? Stay tuned.

On Food Fighters, home cooks compete with professional chefs to see who can make the cook's signature dish the best. The game show is hosted Adam Richman and the pro chefs include Lorena Garcia, Nadia G, Rocco Dispirito, Aaron McCargo Jr., Duff Goldman, Eric Greenspan, Brian Malarkey, Marcel Vigneron, Antonia Lofaso, and Fabio Viviani.

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Kinetic Content CEO Chris Coelen met his own wife on a blind date. So he’s a natural to executive produce “Married at First Sight,” which pairs six strangers in legally binding marriages and then watches the inevitably fraught results. The reality series wraps its eyebrow-raising second season on Tuesday on Fyi network. TheWrap spoke to Coelen, who also produces “The Taste,” “Little Women:la,” and prior shows “Wife Swap,” and “Don’t Forget the Lyrics.” He gamely fielded questions table-side at the Beverly Hilton, moments after he and co-executive producer Sam Dean lost the Critics Choice TV Award to Clay Newbill and Mark Burnett.

Nigella Lawson is set to host her first British TV show since her court case with her former assistants. The 55-year-old chef - who last appeared on UK screens with 'Nigellissima' in 2012 - will present 'Simply Nigella' on BBC Two, a series focusing on 'a new pared-down approach to cooking and eating', rather than her usual decadent take on dishes. Nigella said: ''It's about food that makes our life easier, that makes us feel better, more alive and less stressed.'' The cook appeared as a judge on 'The Taste' on Channel 4 in 2014, but this new show will mark Nigella's first...

Nigella Lawson has signed up to return to BBC Two with a new cooking show.

Lawson, who was last seen on UK television as a judge on Channel 4's competition The Taste, will front the new series Simply Nigella.

The show, which promises to focus on both meals for special occasions and simple everyday meals, will feature a few recipes in each episode.

Lawson will talk about what the recipes mean to her, give tips on the simplest ways to make them, and show us how to cook everything from brunches to bowl food.

"It's about food that makes our life easier, that makes us feel better, more alive, and less stressed," she said.

BBC Two has not yet set an air date for Simply Nigella.

If you’ve been out to a bar recently, and you’re a geek, you’re probably familiar with Geeks Who Drink. It’s a pub quiz, but on steroids, and with a lot of great elements a traditional pub quiz doesn’t have.

Well, Syfy has decided that the craze is big enough to warrant a show of its own, and with Zachary Levi on board, they’re probably right.

Think of it as a heads-up team battle super pub quiz… on television.

Check out the info below, and get ready to get you’re geek on.

Syfy Greenlights Geeks Who Drink With Zachary Levi As Executive Producer And Host

Wildly Popular Pub Quiz to Become Weekly Game Show

Syfy announced today that Zachary Levi, star of NBC’s Chuck and upcoming Heroes Reborn, will executive produce and host the game show Geeks Who Drink through one of his production arms,...

This cooking competition didn't do that well in the ratings in its first season and then the numbers dropped a lot lower in season two. ABC still renewed The Taste for a third round. Will the ratings go up in season three or will they drop lower? Cancelled or renewed for season four? Stay tuned.

The Taste is a culinary competition that pits professional and amateur cooks against one another in weekly challenges. The returning judges/mentors are Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre, and Marcus Samuelsson.

The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available -- usually the next day, around 11:30am Est/8:30am Pst. Refresh to see the latest. (more…)...

Et's Kevin Frazier went behind the scenes of The Taste to see what the show has in store for its return Thursday and do his own judging of the chefs' dishes.

News: Get Your First Bite of The Taste

Renowned chefs Nigella Lawson, Marcus Sammuelsson, Ludo Lefebvre and Anthony Bourdain serve as mentors/judges on the ABC show, which averaged 3.7 million viewers last season -- more than double that of Top Chef.

What makes The Taste different from other food competition shows is that the mentors/judges taste the dishes blindly to help determine their teams. Kevin did his own blind taste test, choosing Marco as the winner, which left Ludo a little bitter.

"I'm not sure you have a palette, bro," Ludo blurted.

As one of the most well-traveled chefs on Earth, Anthony gave Kevin a whiff of the worst dish he's ever had -- fermented shark.

"It's like radioactive material," said Anthony...

The cooking competition "The Taste" returns tonight to ABC for its third season. The series introduced blind tasting of food to reality competitions--judges don't know whose food they're eating or even what's in the dish. It also brought Anthony Bourdain to a big, bright, glossy ABC reality show. The star of Travel Channel's Emmy-winning "No Reservations" and now CNN's "Parts Unknown" seems like perhaps the last person to gravitate to a "The Voice"-like competition for food, but when we talked Wednesday, one day before he was heading to Madagascar for "Parts Unknown," he was clearly, unabashedly enthusiastic about the series, which he also executive produces. When I asked about whether skeptical fans have now warmed to "The Taste" and his participation, Bourdain said, "I honestly don't think about. It's always a quality of life issue for me. Am I having fun? Am I working with people I like?...

If you ask The Taste mentor Ludo Lefebvre, there is more pressure on him than fellow mentors Anthony Bourdain, Marcus Samuelsson or Nigella Lawson heading into the ABC cooking competition's third season, which premieres Dec. 4. "Tony, Marcus and Nigella have nothing to lose — they are losers already," Lefebvre, who mentored the winning season-two cook, bluntly told The Hollywood Reporter during a recent set visit. "Me, I win. I need to defend my title." (Season one's winning mentor, Brian Malarkey, is no longer with the show.) Lefebvre added that he has a target on his back this

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Everybody likes good food for the holidays and ABC is hoping viewers will want to tune in to The Taste in December.

The alphabet network has announced that season three of the cooking competition will kick off on Thursday, December 4th. It will air for two hours, helping the network fill the night while their Thursday dramas take a break for the holidays.

All four judges/mentors from season two are returning for season three -- Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre and Marcus Samuelsson.

Here's the press release:

"The Taste" Returns To ABC

Season Three Premieres Thursday, December 4

Season Three of ABC's "The Taste" premieres on Thursday, December 4 (8:00-10:00 p.m., Et) with the search to find America's best undiscovered cook. Each week, in a fast-paced culinary competition, professional chefs and...

TVLine’s annual index of immeasurable relief and crushing disappointment known as the Renewal Scorecard has arrived!

From now until late May, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW will determine which shows are good to return for another season… and which will join Manhattan Love Story over at the Mia Network.

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To help you monitor what’s staying,...

Meanwhile, Hugh Jackman and Neil Patrick Harris are #FeelingNuts.

Wondering why Tom Hiddleston, star of Thor and the Internet’s favorite boyfriend, took this selfie? Besides to gift the world with more adorableness? He did it to help children in need.

Tom is taking part in Unicef’s #WakeUpCall campaign to raise awareness for child refugees in Syria (according to Unicef, there are currently 6.5 million) and raise money for humanitarian aid.

#Wakeupcall Text Syria to 70007 to give £5. http://t.co/Urt3n8y6WE. Nominate @Misskeeleyhawes @EmWatson @josierourke pic.twitter.com/30a8RykcW9

— Tom Hiddleston (@twhiddleston) October 6, 2014

“As irritating as some people find these campaigns, they really work,” Jemima Khan, the Unicef ambassador who thought up the idea, explained. And it did for the Als Ice Bucket Challenge, which raised over $100 million dollars.

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And uhhhhhh, Hugh Grant?

#Wakeupcall I nominate @JohnCleese, @KP24, @JohnBishop. pic.twitter...

Meanwhile, Hugh Jackman and Neil Patrick Harris are #FeelingNuts.

Wondering why Tom Hiddleston, star of Thor and the Internet’s favorite boyfriend, took this selfie? Besides to gift the world with more adorableness? He did it to help children in need.

Tom is taking part in Unicef’s #WakeUpCall campaign to raise awareness for child refugees in Syria (according to Unicef, there are currently 6.5 million) and raise money for humanitarian aid.

#Wakeupcall Text Syria to 70007 to give £5. http://t.co/Urt3n8y6WE. Nominate @Misskeeleyhawes @EmWatson @josierourke pic.twitter.com/30a8RykcW9

— Tom Hiddleston (@twhiddleston) October 6, 2014

“As irritating as some people find these campaigns, they really work,” Jemima Khan, the Unicef ambassador who thought up the idea, explained. And it did for the Als Ice Bucket Challenge, which raised over $100 million dollars.

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#Wakeupcall I nominate @JohnCleese, @KP24, @JohnBishop. pic.twitter...

At the Seth Meyers-hosted 66th Annual Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, the night’s top awards went to Breaking Bad and Modern Family – both of which saw their stars honored as well.

Emmy Awards Recap

In addition to winning for Outstanding Comedy Series, Modern Family saw Ty Burrell win once again in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for playing hapless father and real estate agent Phil Dunphy. Allison Janney won the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series award for Mom. Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory) and Julia Louis Dreyfuss (Veep) won the lead comedic acting awards.

Outstanding Drama winner Breaking Bad saw Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn earn trophies – for Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Supporting Actor in a Drama series and Supporting Actress in a Drama series respectively – for their performances in the critically-acclaimed show’s final season.

The 66th Annual Emmy Awards (airing live at 8 p.m. Et / 5 p.m. Pt on NBC) are finally here, which means that an elite group of stars, shows, mini-series, and TV movies are going to go home winners. And joining those winners on stage will be a slew of A-list presenters, including Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, and Matthew McConaughey, Nbd; and a sure-to-be moving tribute to the late, great Robin Williams, led by Billy Crystal featuring a performance by Sara Bareilles. We can also expect a few surprises from host Seth Meyers & co.

We'll be updating the 2014 Emmy Winners list below all night long, so if you're not in front of a TV we've got you covered.

Full List of 2014 Emmy Winners

Best Drama Series

"Breaking Bad" - Winner

"Downton Abbey"

"Game of Thrones"

"House of Cards"

"Mad Men"

"True Detective"

Outstanding Comedy Series

"The Big Bang Theory"

"Louie"

"Modern Family...

So the big Emmys don't air until next Sunday night and at Moviefone we will have, of course, full coverage. But last night the Creative Arts Emmys were handed out, for the people that are largely responsible for making these shows that you absolutely love -- you know, the behind-the-scenes talent tasked with conceptualizing and realizing your favorite programs. Oh -- and some guest actor and actresses awards were handed out, so there's that too!

In the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series category Uzo Aduba took home the prize for "Orange is the New Black." Since we are, very shamefully, one of a handful of Americans who hasn't seen a single second of "Orange in the New Black," this doesn't mean a whole lot to us, but we are very happy for her! (We promise, we'll watch soon.) For the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, the...

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out in Los Angeles last night (August 16).

HBO scooped the highest number of awards, with Game of Thrones and True Detective among the winners.

Digital Spy presents a full list of all the winners and nominees below:

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black - Winner

Natasha Lyonne, Orange Is the New Black

Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black

Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live

Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live

Joan Cusack, Shameless

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Programme

Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night - Winner

Betty White, Betty White's Off Their Rockers

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With The Stars

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway

Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance

Anthony Bourdain, The Taste

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Programme

Deadliest Catch - Winner

Alaska: The Last Frontier

Flipping Out

Million Dollar...

The first round of 2014 Emmy Awards were handed out at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony on Saturday (August 16) night at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The ceremony, which precedes the Monday, August 25 Primetime Emmy Awards telecast, offered signs of hope for a number of drama and comedy hopefuls. Netflix's "Orange Is The New Black," for example, won Emmys for editing, series casting and for Uzo Aduba, who is considered a guest actress for the purposes of these awards. No other comedy series was able to build any other momentum going into next week's show, with "The Big Bang Bang Theory," "Nurse Jackie," "How I Met Your Mother" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" grabbing isolated tech prizes and Jimmy Fallon winning the Guest Actor in a Comedy Series award for the second time in three years for his "Saturday Night Live" hosting duties. The two guest acting awards on the drama side...

Chicago – Some old TV favorites and some new online upstarts highlight the nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, which takes place on Monday, August 25th, 2014. The Netflix series “Orange is the New Black” competes with stalwart sitcoms “The Big Bang Theory” and “Modern Family” at this year’s ceremony.

The Emmy Awards Will Be Broadcast Live on NBC, August 25th, 2014

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The nominations were revealed by the Television Academy on the morning of July 10th, 2014, and were announced by Mindy Kaling and Carson Daly. Late night host Seth Meyers will host the 2014 edition of the Emmy Awards, to air live on NBC-tv. The complete list of nominations are as followed…

Best Series (Drama)

Breaking Bad (AMC)

Downton Abbey (PBS)

Game of Thrones (HBO)

House of Cards (Netflix)

Mad Men (AMC)

True Detective (HBO)

Best Actor (Drama Series)

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)

Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom)

Jon Hamm...

Television fans, the moment is finally here! Mindy Kaling and Carson Daly woke up at the crack of dawn to announce the contenders for the 2014 Emmy Awards this morning (July 10).

There is plenty of hype surrounding this year's nominees, due to the high caliber performances that spread across both the drama and comedy realms. One of the biggest stories for the upcoming award show is HBO's series "True Detective" choosing to submit as a drama instead of a miniseries. This puts up plenty of competition for fellow dramas including “Breaking Bad,” “Mad Men" and “Game of Thrones."

As for the comedies, newcomers "Orange is the New Black" and "Silicon Valley" are expected to put up a stiff arm towards its competitors like "Veep" and the always-successful "Modern Family."

An especially tough match comes between the Lead Actors in a Drama category with Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”), Jeff Daniels (“The Newsroom...

The 2014 Emmy Nominations were announced today, with Game of Thrones and American Horror Story picking up quite a few nominations in top categories. The Walking Dead also picked up nominations for visual effects and sound editing. The official list is below and the winners will be announced live during the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards on August 25th.

Drama series

“Breaking Bad” (AMC)

“Downton Abbey” (PBS)

“Game of Thrones” (HBO)

“House of Cards” (Netflix)

“Mad Men” (AMC)

“True Detective” (HBO)

Comedy series

“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)

“Louie” (FX)

“Modern Family” (ABC)

“Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)

“Silicon Valley” (HBO)

“Veep” (HBO)

Miniseries

“American Horror Story: Coven” (FX)

“Bonnie and Clyde” (A&E)

“Fargo” (FX)

“Luther” (BBC America)

“Treme” (HBO)

“The White Queen” (BBC America)

TV Movie

“Killing Kennedy” (National Geographic)

“Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” (HBO)

“The Normal Heart” (HBO)

“Sherlock: His Last Vow” (BBC America)

“The Trip to Bountiful...

The 2014 Emmy Nominations were announced this morning, and like always they will please and upset people depending on whom you talk to. The great news is that TV Drama is alive and well; it has to be celebrated and just a nomination for attention makes me happy. If you haven’t been watching or have watched shows like True Detective, Fargo, Louis, and Shameless, maybe it’s time. The quick snub I saw would go the mentioned Shameless and the performance by Emmy Rossum (pictured above). She was perfect this past season and watching her on screen was consistently memorizing; another season is on the way thankfully.

The best new TV shows of the year, Fargo and True Detective share a lot in common. Both shows are doing one and done seasons meaning each season is set to have a new cast and with True Detective a new location. They...

The nominations for the 66th Emmy Awards were released this morning, and I’m surprisingly satisfied with the results. Though there were an overabundance of nominations for the so-so Netflix series House of Cards and not nearly enough (read: any) for BBC America’s criminally-underrated Orphan Black, including for lead actress Tatiana Maslany, the categories shook out in a mostly predictable, if fair way.

Of course, heavyweights Breaking Bad and True Detective will be duking it out in the Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series categories (the latter of which saw both Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson swipe nominations). Other shows which scored big include American Horror Story: Coven, dominating the Miniseries categories, Game of Thrones, which has the most nominations at 19, and Fargo, trailing just behind with 18.

I’m particularly pleased to see Idris Elba squeak into Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie...

The nominees for the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and before we get to the outrage, let’s take a look at the noms.

Outstanding Drama

Breaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

House of Cards

Mad Men

True Detective

Outstanding Actress In A Drama

Lizzie Caplan, Masters Of Sex

Claire Danes, Homeland

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey

Kerry Washington, Scandal

Robin Wright, House of Cards

Julianna Marguiles, Good Wife

Outstanding Actor In A Drama

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Matthew McConaughey, True Detective

Woody Harrelson, True Detective

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama

Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Lena Headey, Game Of Thrones

Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama

Josh Charles, The Good Wife

Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Aaron Paul,...

Below is a list of the major category nominees for the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, including the major categories. A complete list can be found here. The 2014 Primetime Emmys will air live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 25 on NBC. Seth Meyers will host the ceremony. Comedy Series Outstanding Comedy Series "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS) "Louie" (FX) "Modern Family" (ABC) "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix) "Silicon Valley" (HBO) "Veep" (HBO) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS) Ricky Gervais, "Derek" (Netflix) Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes" (Showtime) Don Cheadle, "House of Lies" (Showtime) Louis C.K., "Louie" (FX) William H. Macy, "Shameless" (Showtime) Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lena Dunham, "Girls" (HBO) Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime) Julia Louis Dreyfus, "Veep" (HBO) Melissa McCarthy, "Mike & Molly" (CBS) Amy Poehler, "Parks & Recreation" (NBC) Taylor Schilling,...

Nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday by The Mindy Project‘s Mindy Kaling and The Voice host Carson Daly.

HBO’s Game of Thrones ruled with 19 total nominations, followed closely by FX’s Fargo (18) and American Horror Story: Coven (17), AMC’s Breaking Bad (16) and HBO’s The Normal Heart (16).

Amongst broadcast fare, NBC’s Saturday Night Live did best with 14 total nods, while ABC’s Modern Family and NBC’s The Voice netted 10 each.

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Mindy Kaling and Carson Daly rose before sunrise this morning to bring the entertainment world a very important announcement. The TV stars were on hand to reveal the 2014 Emmy Award nominations. After much speculation and anticipation about this year's competitive race, the moment we've been waiting for finally arrived. Stay tuned for updates as they come in!

Here are the nominations for the 2014 Emmy Awards:

Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"

Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"

Woody Harrelson, "True Detective"

Matthew McConaughey, "True Detective"

Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards''

Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom"

Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Lizzy Caplan, "Masters of Sex"

Claire Danes, "Homeland"

Michelle Dockery, "Downton Abbey"

Juliana Margueles, "The Good Wife"

Kerry Washington, "Scandal"

Robin Wright,"'House of Cards"

Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or Movie

Benedict Cumberbatch, "Sherlock: His Last Vow"

Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Dancing on the Edge"

Idris Alba,...

Game of Thrones leads the pack in the 2014 Emmy Nominations with 19, followed by Fargo, the new series adapted by the 1996 feature film of the same name.

2014 Emmy Nominations

In addition to receiving a best drama series nod, Game of Thrones received nominations in the supporting actor and actress categories for Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey. Fellow HBO show True Detective was also nominated in the drama series category, as were its stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in the best actor category.

Other drama series recognized are Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Mad Men and Netflix’s House of Cards, for which both Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright received nods. Though their shows weren't nominated, Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Claire Danes (Homeland) , Kerry Washington (Scandal), Mandy Patinkin (Homeland) and Jon Voight (Ray Donovan) received drama acting nods.

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Fox won't be the only network with a cooking competition next season. ABC has renewed The Taste for a third season.

The Taste is a culinary competition that pits professional and amateur cooks against one another in weekly challenges. The most recent judges/mentors were Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre, and Marcus Samuelsson. Brian Malarkey, the winning coach from the first season, was replaced by Samuelsson.

The show's first season averaged a 1.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.51 million viewers. It was renewed for a second season which started airing this past January. The sophomore year drew just a 1.1 demo rating (down 32%) with 3.69 million (down 18%).

Despite this very poor performance, the network has decided to bring The Taste back for a third season. It's slated to return mid-season, likely as a timeslot placeholder.

Anthony Bourdain is tweeting mad about his The Taste costar Nigella Lawson being refused entry into the U.S. One day after news broke that Lawson was stopped at Heathrow Airport and banned from boarding a flight to L.A. for unknown reasons, Bourdain is defending her and blasting her travel ban. "I am absolutely mortified with embarrassment over the cruelty and hypocrisy of Us actions re: #Nigella travel. Unbelievable," Bourdain tweeted yesterday. He followed up with, "Toronto mayor, Rob Ford? Welcome to the USA. Nigella Lawson? No. Really? Absolutely appalling misuse of our system. And by whom? How?" It's still unknown why Lawson was prevented from entering the...

Nigella Lawson isn't exactly getting first-class treatment lately. According to reports, the celebrity chef, 54, was stopped from boarding a British Airways flight from London to Los Angeles last Sunday. While a rep for Lawson would not comment on the situation, Britain's Daily Mail reports that one reason for her denied entry could stem from her explosive testimony during a fraud trial against two former personal assistants in December, during which Lawson admitted to having used cocaine and cannabis in the past. Britain never pursued legal action against her over those revelations. But under U.S. law, foreigners can be denied...

London, April 3: Nigella Lawson was banned from flying to the Us after she confessed to using illegal drugs, it has been revealed.

Lawson went to Heathrow on Sunday morning to catch a British Airway flight to Los Angeles, but was told that she wouldn't be allowed into the flight, the Independent reported.

Sources claimed that the TV chef didn't seem to say much, but did not look happy and she had to turn around and leave.

The Us asks people if they have ever been arrested or convicted in relation to illegal drugs and can decide to prevent entry to the country even if the person involved was never charged.

The 54-year-old, who is a judge on cookery show 'The Taste' in the Us, had admitted that she took cocaine.

Nigella Lawson is in a better place than ever before. The brunette beauty is gracing the April cover of British Vogue, has recently completed the second season of the popular reality show The Taste, and she's seemingly put her much-publicized struggles over the past year behind her. Expect, she's still dealing with the emotional aftermath after facing a drama filled divorce from former husband Charles Saatchi and then later losing a high-profile court case against her former assistants, during which her drug use became the focal point. "I have had better times," she admitted during an emotional appearance on Michael McIntryre's chat show, when the celebrity chef was asked how she was feeling now...

America has voted, and the judge you most want to see win an Emmy for his work on "American Idol" is... Keith Urban! And the results of our poll weren't even close. -Break- Last week, we asked you "Which 'American Idol' Season 13 judge deserves an Emmy?" and you voted in droves for Australian country singer Urban, giving him nearly 80% of your vote. Second place went to "Idol" newcomer Harry Connick Jr. with 11%, while three-time judge Jennifer Lopez came in third with only 4%. While there isn't a category at the Emmys for Best Reality Judge, mentor Anthony Bourdain ("The Taste") did squeeze into the Best Reality Host category last year. Ever since that, we awards watchers have wondered if the rules could be about to shift to allow judges to compete. Don't forget to cast your official predictions for which singer will win "American Idol" and who will be voted off next.

Debbie Halls-Evans has been crowned winner of The Taste.

The 43-year-old from Bolton prepared a final three spoons for judges Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre and Anthony Bourdain on tonight's final of the Channel 4 cookery competition (March 11).

After the judges revealed that it was her three dishes that had won them over in the final round, Halls-Evans said that she was "amazed" to have won.

Lefebvre, who mentored her, said: "To see her win today is pretty amazing. She made me very proud. She did it when it really mattered."

Halls-Evans added: "Ludo has taught me so many fundamental elements of cooking. He's a creative genius and a raving nutter - all elements I like.

"I can't thank him enough, he's done a sterling job with me."

Cafe chef Dixie Innes, 25, and professional chef Kelly Sealey, 32, were runners up on the show.

London, March 10: Nigella Lawson's cooking show 'The Taste' is expected to be canned after its initial 10-part series.

According to figures from overnights.tv., nearly half of the 1.8 million first show viewers failed to return for the second programme of the 'culinary version of The Voice', the Mirror reported.

The hour-long culinary contest has garnered just over 850,000 viewers with some episodes drawing over 100,000 less people than the tally, due to which Lawson and co-judges Anthony Bourdain and Ludo Lefebvre have not been signed up for a return.

However, a Channel 4 spokesperson has said that no decision.

Going into the finale of "The Taste" Season 2, Ludo Lefebvre had three team members left -- Marina Chung, Jeff Kawakami and Louise Leonard -- to one cook on Anthony Bourdain's team, Lee Knoeppel. The other two chefs had no contestants remaining.

For the semifinal challenge, international chef Jacques Pépin was there to judge. Each chef prepared a "poor dish" and a "rich dish," which made for quite the contrasting ingredients. Pépin put through Marina, Louise and Lee, leaving Jeff eliminated before the finals.

The final challenge was a "Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner" challenge -- three mouthfuls, one each for each meal of the day. With Chef Pépin helping them in the kitchen!

Marina made English muffin with quail egg, a pork belly and oyster spring roll and short ribs with kale for her three stages. Louise chose a fried quail egg, fried oyster po' boy and steak with red wine sauce and mushrooms.

Vice has teamed up with production company FremantleMedia to launch new food programming.

The companies plan to create a "multi-channel food platform", which will focus on bringing culinary topics to a young audience.

The shows will air online but FremantleMedia will also distribute the content to television channels around the world, with features, articles, recipes and events expected to be included among the plans.

Series focusing on various themes - such as world cuisine and a quirky look at home cooking - are also in the works, with Vice hoping that festivals, tastings and a 'food locator' service will follow in the future.

Vice president Andrew Creighton said: "Today's youth are the driving force behind the food culture explosion, yet they remain totally under-served when it comes to original food programming.

"Partnering with the best in class, FremantleMedia, the new Vice food channel will upend the culinary media landscape, producing...