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Acceptance Speech Tips for Emmy Winners, by Parker Posey

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If only the Emmy winners this Sunday night would take a cue from Parker Posey, who plays a ridiculously affected and over-the-top acting coach in this parody video about how [...]


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Wieden, TBWA Earn Multiple Emmy Nominations

Creativity

Here they are—your six TV spots nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial of 2011. Multiple nominations went out to Wieden + Kennedy (Old Spice and Chrysler) and TBWA\Chiat\Day [...]

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Jimmy Kimmel Squeezes Into Dress for His Own Melissa Leo Spoof

Creativity

Hold on, Melissa Leo. Emmy campaigners aren't finished poking fun at you. In the process, they're turning typically staid advertising into talk pieces, at least in industry circles. Comedian and [...]

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NBC nixes Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Mad Men’ parody

Creativity

A TV clip starring Jimmy Fallon has finally attracted criticism for reasons other than his talentlessness. Saturday Night Live's most infamous corpser spoofed Don Draper in the Mad Men-themed promo [...]

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TBS: Conan and NBC deserve Emmy Award

Creativity

TBS wants Conan O'Brien to win an Emmy for his work on NBC's Tonight Show. Of course, this isn't as magnanimous as it appears, since O'Brien (a two-time Emmy winner [...]

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Classic stars come out to play in Emmy ads

Creativity

WongDoody has created the ad campaign for the 60th annual Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 21 on ABC. The tagline, "Where TV comes together," is unfortunate, but less so than the [...]