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  • ‘Sex And The City’ triumphs at the Sag Awards

    ‘Sex And The City’ triumphs at the Sag Awards

    MUMBAI: It was a night of fond farewells for the cast of Sex and the City. HBO’s sitcom was recognised for its ensemble acting at this morning’s Screen Actors Guild (Sag) awards. In all the broadcaster took home five trophies.

    In India the event aired on Zee English. The channel will have a repeat telecast tonight at 8 pm. In the US Sex And The City is in its final season. A visibly moved Kristin Davis said, “You guys have been unbelievably generous to us during the course of our show. And it means so much to all of us, and to Sarah Jessica, that you have embraced us, and that so many of you have come to act with us. It’s meant more than I think any of us have found a good way to express. We want to thank HBO for being brave and letting us do some strange things”.

    HBO’s miniseries Angels In America won trophies for its thespians Al Pacino and Meryl Streep. Pacino said, ” I know it means so much to get any part, you know, and especially a great part. One of the things we live for, is that opportunity. And here it is with Roy Cohn, I had this great part. Tony wrote this magnificent character, and it was a privilege to be involved with such an amazing piece of work.” Six Feet Under’s matriarch Frances Conroy won for best actress in a drama series.

  • HBO leads the nomination pack at Golden Globe

    MUMBAI: An HBO presentation, the six-hour mini-series Angels in America, the Mike Nichols adaptation of Tony Kushner’s play about AIDS during the Reagan administration, walked off with seven Golden Globe nominations including one for Al Pacino’s performance as Roy Cohn.
    A record in itself since, last a television project grabbed seven nominations in 1997 for NBC’s ER.
    This year’s spotlight is on lesser-known shows like FX’s new plastic-surgery series Nip/Tuck, nominated for best drama series, BBC America’s mock documentary about an inept office manager- The Office, has nominations for best comedy, creator and star Ricky Gervais, say media reports. 
    Besides, Angels in America, pay-cable channel HBO dominated the proceedings, with nominations for best drama and best comedy series for Six Feet Under (currently aired on Zee English) andSex and the City (on HBO). Sex and the City also shared the spotlight with Will &Grace as the most celebrated regular TV series in this year’s Globe contest with five nominations each.
    After HBO, its NBC emerged as the most nominated broadcast network, which has collected a total of 10 nominations, including a best drama nomination for The West Wing and a best comedy nod for Will & Grace. Both are currently on Zee English, say the reports.
    While showtime’s controversial TV movie, The Reagans, earned acting nominations for its two stars — James Brolin and Judy Davis as former first couple Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
    All the four members of the main cast in Will & Grace Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Megan Mullally, and Sean Hayes, have been nominated for the Globes this year. Ditto for Sex and the City, which garnered nominations for its four principals actors Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon, add the report