11th annual Satellite Awards

The 11th Anniversary Satellite awards were held on December 17th.

These awards are judged by the International Press Academy which is composed of accredited domestic and foreign journalists. The awards honor film and television productions in more than 30 different categories.

Dreamgirls – picked up three awards with Jennifer Hudson earning an award for Actress in a supporting role. Dreamgirls Director Bill Condon tied with Flags of Our fathers director Clint Eastwood for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

Here’s a list of the award winners:

Actress in a Supporting Role – Jennifer Hudson
Helen Mirren – Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, for The Queen
Meryl Streep- Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for The Devil Wears Prada
Peter Morgan – Screenplay, Original, for The Queen
Judy Davis – Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for A Little Thing Called Murder
Bill Nighy – Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for Gideon’s Daughter
Kyra Sedgwick – Actress in a Series, Drama, for The Closer
Hugh Laurie – Actor in a Series, Drama, for House

The Departed – Motion Picture, Drama
Volver – Motion Picture, Foreign Language
Miniseries To the Ends of the Earth
Motion Picture Made for Television A Little Thing Called Murder
Television Series, Drama House
Television Series, Comedy or Musical Ugly Betty

For a complete list of Satellite Award winners, visit www.pressacademy.com.





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Rosie Apologizes

Rosie O’Donnels the queen of Nice? I don’t know after seeing her performance on the view last week when she mockingly spoken in broken English with a Chinese accent. This week she addressed her attempt at humor and made a formal on camera apology.

After running the clip of her offensive performance last December 5th, she said “This apparently was very offensive to a lot of Asian people. So I asked Judy, who’s Asian and works here in our hair and makeup department. I said, ‘Was it offensive to you?’ And she said, ‘Well, kinda. When I was a kid people did tease me by saying ching-chong.’

“So apparently ‘ching-chong,’ unbeknownst to me, is a very offensive way to make fun, quote-unquote, or mock, Asian accents. Some people have told me it’s as bad as the n-word. I was like, really? I didn’t know that.”

She went on to say that she never intended to hurt anyone with her remarks and that she was sorry for those people we felt hurt, but went on to warn that there was a good chance she might do something like that again in the future – Not on Purpose of course.

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