The Screen Actors Guild Awards were held tonight, and some definite trends are appearing in this year’s awards shows.

With Golden Globes and SAG Awards for both Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) and Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), it’s looking like we know we’re you can put your money for this year’s Oscars for Best Actress and Best Actor respectively.  Best Supporting Actor at both shows has gone to Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds) and to Mo’Nique (Push) has taken home the Best Supporting Actress at both shows … will there be any suspense at this year’s Oscars?

Be sure to check out the Golden Globe 2010 Winners List for yourself, but the trends are very obvious.

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)
DANIEL BRÜHL / Fredrick Zoller
AUGUST DIEHL / Major Hellstrom
JULIE DREYFUS / Francesca Mondino
MICHAEL FASSBENDER / Lt. Archie Hicox
SYLVESTER GROTH / Joseph Goebbels
JACKY IDO / Marcel
DIANE KRUGER / Bridget Von Hammersmark
MÉLANIE LAURENT / Shosanna
DENIS MENOCHET / Perrier LaPedite
MIKE MYERS / General Ed French
BRAD PITT / Lt. Aldo Raine
ELI ROTH / Sgt. Donny Donowitz
TIL SCHWEIGER / Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz
ROD TAYLOR / Winston Churchill
CHRISTOPH WALTZ / Col. Hans Landa
MARTIN WUTTKE / Hitler

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
SANDRA BULLOCK / Leigh Anne Tuohy – THE BLIND SIDE (Warner Bros)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
JEFF BRIDGES / Bad Blake – CRAZY HEART (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
MO’NIQUE / Mary – PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
CHRISTOPH WALTZ / Col. Hans Landa – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Weinstein/Universal)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for Television
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan – DEXTER (Showtime)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for Television
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick – THE GOOD WIFE (CBS)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Television
MAD MEN (AMC)
ALEXA ALEMANNI / Allison
BRYAN BATT / Salvatore Romano
JARED S. GILMORE / Bobby Draper
MICHAEL GLADIS / Paul Linsey
JON HAMM / Don Draper
JARED HARRIS / Lane Pryce
CHRISTINA HENDRICKS / Joan Holloway (Harris)
JANUARY JONES / Betty Draper
VINCENT KARTHEISER / Peter Campbell
ROBERT MORSE / Bertram Cooper
ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson
KIERNAN SHIPKA / Sally Draper
JOHN SLATTERY / Roger Sterling
RICH SOMMER / Harry Crane
CHRISTOPHER STANLEY / Henry Francis
AARON STATON / Ken Cosgrove

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for Television
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – 30 ROCK (NBC)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for Television
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – 30 ROCK (NBC)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for Television
GLEE (FOX)
DIANA AGRON / Quinn Fabray
CHRIS COLFER / Kurt Hummel
PATRICK GALLAGHER / Ken Tanaka
JESSALYN GILSIG / Terri Schuester
JANE LYNCH / Sue Sylvester
JAYMA MAYS / Emma Pillsbury
KEVIN McHALE / Arty Abrams
LEA MICHELE / Rachel Berry
CORY MONTEITH / Finn Hudson
HEATHER MORRIS / Brittany
MATTHEW MORRISON / Will Schuester
AMBER RILEY / Mercedes
NAYA RIVERA / Santana Lopez
MARK SALLING / Puck
HARRY SHUM JR. / Mike Chang
JOSH SUSSMAN / Jacob Ben Israel
DIJON TALTON / Matt Rutherford
IQBAL THEBA / Principal Figgins
JENNA USHKOWITZ / Tina

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
KEVIN BACON / Lt. Col. Michael R. Strobl – TAKING CHANCE (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
DREW BARRYMORE / Little Edie – GREY GARDENS (HBO)

SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
STAR TREK (Paramount Pictures)
Robert Alonzo
Daniel Arrias
Sala Baker
Steve Blalock
Joey Box
Ben Bray
Mark Chadwick
Ilram Choi
Zack Duhame
Pete Epstein
Jeremy Fitzgerald
Terry Jackson
Craig Jensen
Paul Lacovara
Rob Mars
Mike Massa
Heidi Moneymaker
Mike Mukatis
Courtney Munch
Kimberly Murphy
Chris Palermo
Jim Palmer
Eddie Perez
Dan Plum
Damion Poitier
Susan Purkhiser
Mike Schneider
Dennis Scott
Chris Torres
Webster Winnery, Jr.
Marcus Young

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
24 (FOX)
Jeff Cadiente
Brian Hite
Norman Howell
Chris Leps
Dustin Meier
John Meier
Gary Price
Jimmy Sharp, Jr.
Erik Stabenau
Justin Sundquist

Lifetime Achievement Award
BETTY WHITE

Conan O’Brien’s final Tonight Show could have been an all out attack on NBC, but instead we ended up with possibly one of the classiest final shows that anyone could have put on under these circumstances.

Some folks have said Conan O’Brien’s refusal to move his show to 12:05 am was the decision of a spoiled child.  What I personally see it as is he refused to damage an iconic franchise that has a rich history of six decades.  If he had allowed NBC to move the show instead of giving back to Jay Leno, his name would have been in the history books as The Tonight Show host that had possibly killed the franchise.  Yes, he would have still had the show, he would have been the host, but would it have really been The Tonight Show if it aired 30 minutes later?

To be blunt, no, it wouldn’t have been.

I know I have written a ton about this situation, and to be honest, I’m not even a rabid Conan fan.  I find him amusing, but I can’t say I watched his show with any regularity.  The reason that I found this whole thing immensely fascinating is that this man gave this network 20 years of his life, and because of poor decision after poor decision on the part of the executives, he was thrown under the bus along with a 60-year-old icon of television to appease a man who hasn’t been with the company nearly as long and has an ego matched in size by only his chin.

In short: Conan O’Brien was stabbed repeatedly and then told to smile about it.

I have no clue if I could have handled this situation with the amount of class and professionalism he has displayed.  To those of you who say he has acted the impitent child, I’m sorry, but there is no explaining this to you obviously.  He was robbed.  End of story.

What follows is a transcript of his last speech.  It is heart felt, touching and moving.  And, no, the irony the fact that a member of The Cynical Bastards found this beautiful when he bluntly says how much he hates cynicism is not lost on me.

Before we end this rodeo, a few things need to be said. There has been a lot of speculation in the press about what I legally can and can’t say about NBC. To set the record straight, tonight I am allowed to say anything I want. And what I want to say is this: between my time at Saturday Night Live, The Late Night Show, and my brief run here on The Tonight Show, I have worked with NBC for over twenty years. Yes, we have our differences right now and yes, we’re going to go our separate ways. But this company has been my home for most of my adult life. I am enormously proud of the work we have done together, and I want to thank NBC for making it all possible.

Walking away from The Tonight Show is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. Making this choice has been enormously difficult. This is the best job in the world, I absolutely love doing it, and I have the best staff and crew in the history of the medium. But despite this sense of loss, I really feel this should be a happy moment. Every comedian dreams of hosting The Tonight Show and, for 7 months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second. I’ve had more good fortune than anyone I know and if our next gig is doing a show in a 7-11 parking lot, we’ll find a way to make it fun.

And finally, I have to say something to our fans. The massive outpouring of support and passion from so many people has been overwhelming. The rallies, the signs, all the goofy, outrageous creativity on the internet, and the fact that people have traveled long distances and camped out all night in the pouring rain to be in our audience, made a sad situation joyous and inspirational.

To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I’ll think about it for the rest of my life. All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism- it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen. As proof, let’s make an amazing thing happen right now. Here to close out our show, are a few good friends, led by Mr. Will Ferrell…

All of this was followed up by an amazing all-star musical performance playing the Lynard Skynard classic, “Freebird”. The video is lengthy, but worth every second. And if you’ve never really listened to the lyrics of this song, you need to, there was no more perfect song to end this show with.

(please note that NBC keeps pulling this video everywhere, I will continue to try replacing it)

Come Sept. 1st when he is allowed to host a television show again, count me in as watching.

Not normally a big fan of Jimmy Kimmel, but this was darn amusing.  Ken Burns documentaries seem to be an endless source of comedy.

During Wednesday night’s The Tonight Show, Conan O’Brien made a joke that cost $1.5 million … I’m not kidding.

Mr. O’Brien dressed up a Bugatti Veyron, the most expensive sports car in the world, as a mouse, and played The Rolling Stones song “Satisfaction” in the background. This bit is missing from the official version of the show online … you’ll understand why after you watch it.

It’s official: Conan O’Brien is leaving NBC effective with Friday night’s episode of The Tonight Show.

As I reported mere hours ago, an official announcement was expected some time today about Mr. O’Brien’s future with NBC, and it appears to have come this morning during The Today Show.  (Figures, after days of waiting for this, it happens while I’m asleep!)  While NBC itself is not commenting on the deal, apparently Conan himself will receive a buyout of $32 million, with an additional $12 million in severance going to his staff.  According to The Wrap, announcer Andy Richter and band leader Max Weinberg will negotiate their own payouts, and are not included in that $12 million.  It is also being reported that part of Conan’s money will go to his staff.

Other points of the settlement being reported include:

• Conan can start a new show as of Sept. 1st
• He will not be allowed to discuss NBC or make jokes about them until that Sept. 1st start date
• NBC will keep all intellectual property created during his 17 years with the network (i.e. NBC now owns the Masturbating Bear … good for them … like it will ever be seen again)
• This payout is final, and does not get reduced based on whatever pay he gets from another job
• His last episode will be Friday, Jan. 22nd

Jay Leno will resume hosting duties of The Tonight Show on March 1st.

Where Conan will land now is anyone’s guess.  There are rumors that both Fox and Comedy Central are interested in talking with him, but nothing is certain at this point.  There is also apparently an option for Conan to keep his current studio and offices if he rents them from NBC, but nothing is certain if Mr. O’Brien will even remain in Los Angeles at this point.

There are sure to be more details in the next few days, but for now, Conan O’Brien’s seven months as the head of The Tonight Show, and his 17 years hosting programs for NBC has come to an end.

Every day bring another promise of an announcement of the resolution of Conan O’Brien’s departure from The Tonight Show, and as the day closes, it doesn’t happen.  Wednesday was no exception to this rule.

The good news is that The Hollywood Reporter is stating that it really is down to just the severance pay for his staff that is the hold up, and that is expected to be resolved by some time on Thursday.

In other news, the rumors that the Fox network is ready to talk to Mr. O’Brien about giving him a brand new show in the fall have picked up steam as his ratings have surged this week on The Tonight Show.  While some of the viewing is out of curiosity, some of it also you can tell the host is reveling in his status of “dead man walking.”  His comedy has been laser sharp, quick witted, beautifully delivered and devastatingly cutting.  NBC executives have to be dying to get this man off the air.

So, if Fox does come calling, my gut tells me it is going to be this Conan O’Brien they are looking for, not the one we’ve had for the last seven months.  This version of Conan has huge potential if he can keep it up.

While we all wait for the final news on what is happening to Conan O’Brien, one thing is certain in that NBC will have a programming void where The Jay Leno Show was. It turns out this is good news for some NBC series.

Variety is reporting that NBC has placed orders for additional episodes of some series to fill the 10:00 pm EST void that the network will soon be dealing with.  Trauma, Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU will each be getting two more episodes each, which in the case of Trauma is major news since it was in danger of cancellation.

On the comedy side, Community will get three additional episodes while Parks & Rec has picked up two more.  30 Rock and The Office already had ordered for more than the traditional 22 episodes that make up a season.

Of course the question now is if anyone will even bother tuning into the episodes on a network that is securely in fourth place?

Another day where we were supposed to get a resolution to the NBC vs. Conan O’Brien fight has come and gone with no word.

The big rumor floating around is that the last sticking point is over how much of a severance package is paid to the staff that followed Conan from New York City to Los Anageles.  Sources have told TMZ that Conan is trying to take care of his staff, while NBC execs say he is posturing to make himself look good.

No matter what the real story is (I tend to discredit the “posturing” comment), Mr. O’Brien has dropped hint after hint that this Friday will be his last show.  There is no word yet on what he will go off and do, but considering he is rumored to be getting $34.5 million, does he really need to do much of anything?

So, here we are entering into another day of a possible resolution.  Hopefully it will actually come out today, but we shall see.

Get ready for Fox to screw up yet another British show … and since it is also sci-fi, they have the potential of doubly screwing it up.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox has bought the rights to the Doctor Who spin-off series, Torchwood.  For those unfamiliar with the series, it follows a group of humans who handle alien incursions on Earth: sometimes they just need to help the aliens, sometimes they have to fight them, it varies from week to week.

Created by Russell Davies, the man responsible for the most recent Doctor Who reboot, the series has now been optioned by the Fox network in conjunction with BBC Worldwide.  Mr. Davies has been tapped to write the script for the pilot episode, and producers Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter who worked on the British version are also set to be involved.  The most intriguing piece of the puzzle is the possibility that John Barrowman, who plays team leader Capt. Jack Harkness, could possibly be involved also.

While there are a lot of promising aspects to this announcement … it’s Fox.  Fox has a track record of messing up British imports (where’s that Absolutely Fabulous remake they were so happy about?), but they have an even longer track record of messing up sci-fi shows.  Firefly?  Dollhouse? The list is nearly endless.  If this show comes together, they’ll stick it in the Friday night wasteland and we’ll get a couple of episodes before they give it the kiss off like they always seem to do.

How about you just air the British episodes and leave it alone?  I know, such a radical concept on my part!

Every time it looks like the whole Conan O’Brien war with NBC is about to come to an end, something new drags it out even longer.

On very early Saturday, I reported that it looked like Mr. O’Brien and NBC were within reach of a settlement, and that it might even be reported that day, but here we are two days later and still nothing.  Well, it appears it may be the fault of the Masturbating Bear.

Yes … you read that right.

It seems that NBC has the intellectual property rights to all the characters created by Conan O’Brien and his writers while working at the network.  This means that Mr. O’Brien may not be allowed to take characters such as the Masturbating Bear, Pimpbot 5000 and more with him.  The only character that may not belong to NBC, and probably the most important, is Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog.  He was brought on to the show, and is therefore not part of the deal.

The rumor now is that NBC may be trading Conan all of the characters for his silence in regards to attacking the network after he leaves.  However, considering Mr. O’Brien addressed this rumor in Monday night’s opening monologue of The Tonight Show by singing a song about NBC executives being morons, it seems safe to say that this rumor is not true.

The Hollywood Reporter has now said that we should learn the final settlement on Tuesday, but considering the tone of Mr. O’Brien’s jokes on Monday night, there is no longer any doubt that he is leaving the show, it is only a matter of how much he will be paid.

All that is left at this point is to learn where the comedian will end up next.

The Golden Globe winners for 2010 have been announce.

The Golden Globes is one of the few awards that acknowledges excellence in both television and film, and tends to be more relaxed than the Academy Awards. However, even if the relaxed attitude, the awards are considered a precursor to some of the things we will see from the Oscars.

Here is the full list, in the order they were presented.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
MO’NIQUE PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
TONI COLLETTE UNITED STATES OF TARA

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
JOHN LITHGOW DEXTER

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
UP

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
MICHAEL C. HALL DEXTER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
JULIANNA MARGULIES THE GOOD WIFE

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“THE WEARY KIND (THEME FROM CRAZY HEART)” — CRAZY HEART
Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
MICHAEL GIACCHINO UP

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
GREY GARDENS (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
MERYL STREEP JULIE & JULIA

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
KEVIN BACON TAKING CHANCE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
DREW BARRYMORE GREY GARDENS

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
JASON REITMAN, UP IN THE AIR

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
ALEC BALDWIN 30 ROCK

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE WHITE RIBBON (GERMANY)

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
MAD MEN (AMC)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
CHLOË SEVIGNY BIG LOVE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
CHRISTOPH WALTZ INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

CECIL B. DEMILLE AWARD
Martin Scorsese

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
JAMES CAMERON AVATAR

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
GLEE (FOX)

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
THE HANGOVER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
SANDRA BULLOCK THE BLIND SIDE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. SHERLOCK HOLMES

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
JEFF BRIDGES CRAZY HEART

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
AVATAR

You can still see the full list of Golden Globe Nominations 2010 if you are interested to see who lost.

It looks like the NBC war with Conan O’Brien war is coming to close with a compromise.

Under the original terms of the agreement, Mr. O’Brien should have received $60 million in penalties for losing The Tonight Show, but due to a failure to have a clause in there for a guarantee of the time slot, both parties had each other over a barrel.  NBC wants Conan out so it can restore Jay Leno to The Tonight Show; Conan wants out, but with the ability to work else where without NBC executing its “no compete” clause which would have kept him off TV for the next three and a half years.

According to Nikki Finke, NBC and O’Brien’s team negotiated all day Friday, and should finalize a deal on Saturday.  The current version calls for O’Brien to receive the following:

• Between $25 – $40 million settlement
• They will not execute the no compete clause
• NBC will help the staff that moved from the New York show to the LA show
• Conan’s last show would be Jan. 22nd
• Jay would return to The Tonight Show on March 1st

None of this is official yet, but it is sure looking like it.  The deal is expected to be announced some time on Saturday, with the hopes of NBC being that this will finally end the bad PR the network has been receiving over this.

… seriously, they think this?

What I hate to inform NBC is that if Jan. 22nd really is Conan’s last episode, he will control the media for this week.  He will then control it the following week as he makes talk show visits and everyone speculates over what he will do for work next.

Then, when Jay takes the show back over, Conan’s name will be all over the press again as people put Jay’s return to the show into context of the events that led to this.

NBC has no one but themselves to blame in all of this, and they just need to get used to that idea real quick.  This is not going away any time soon no matter how much them may wish it would.  And some of us won’t ever forget it … believe me.