Emmy Awards Nominations ~ Congratulations

69th Emmys® announce this year's nominees. It is a year filled with a huge expansion in television.  "It’s been a record-breaking year for television, continuing its explosive growth,” said Washington. “The Emmy Awards competition experienced a 15 percent increase in submissions for this year’s initial nomination round of online voting."

This year tthere are a few surprises, snubs, and record-breaking nominations. The streaming channels and originals shows are demonstrating strong talent against traditional televisions. HBO tops the nominations with 111 nominations. Westworld, first season on HBO, has 22 nominations. Netflix has 91 nominations.

Some of the unexpected nominations include Saturday Night Live, receiving 22 nominations, including 9 nominations for acting. Big Little Lies (HBO series after a bidding war with Netflix) with Reese Witherspoon 16 nominations. Best Drama Series 5 of the 7 nominations are first timers: Better Call Saul, The Crown, The Handmaid’s Tale, House of Cards, Stranger Things,  and This Is Us. A few other surprises are:

• Best Drama Actress Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
• Best Drama Supporting Actress Ann Dowd and Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale
• Best Drama Supporting Actor  David Harbour, Stranger Things

The year did have is snubs. Games of Thrones, receiving 38 Emmys® in the past, did not qualify for the nominations this season. Lena Dunham did not receive a nomination for her last year on Girls. 

Congrats to just a few of our favorite shows:


RuPaul Emmys® Creative Arts Red Carpet

RuPaul's Drag Race 8 nominations

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn Emmy's Creative Arts

Project Runway 5 nominations

Carrie Ann Inaba Emmy's Creative Arts

Dancing With The Stars 7 nominations

The Chef's Table 2 nominations

Emmys® Creative Arts 2016 Red Carpet

Archer 1 nomination


Lance Lim School of Rock Nickelodon Emmys®

School of Rock 1 Nomination 

Anthony Bourdain Emmys® Creative Arts 2016 Red Carpet

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown 5 nominations

Rachel Bloom Emmys Red Carpet

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 1 nomination

Lily Tomlin Emmys® Red Carpet

Grace and Frankie 3 nominations


Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson Emmys@ Creative Arts 2016 Red Carpet

Bill Nye 2 nominations

Neil deGrasse Tyson 1 nomination

What are your favorite television shows or binge watching series? Leave your comment here.

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Cannes Film Festival ~ Seventy Years Influencing Film

70th Festival De Cannes® Film Festival 2017 ©Bronx (Paris). Photo: Claudia Cardinale ©Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images

Festival De Cannes seventy years of influencing the film industry. The top film festival worldwide. This festival, held in the beautiful resort town on the French Riviera, is the top publicized event from the films presented to celebrities on the red carpet.

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The Cannes® Film Festival started in 1947 by, Jean Zay, Minister for Education and Fine Arts, who was keen to establish an international cultural event in France to rival the Venice Film Festival." This festival received international recognition for the films and celebrities in the mid 1950s. The first time the festival top award, Palme d’or, went to the film Marty.  Today the film festival recognizes short and medium length films (Caméra d'Or), student films (Cinéfondation),  best first film presentation (Un Certain Regard), and best film (Palme d’or). 

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This year Uma Thurman  is serving as the president of the Un Certain Regard Jury.  Uma Thurman brings her 20 year experience as an actress and director in the film industry. The prize list of films will be presented May 27, 2017. 

Palme d’or film award jury is presided by Pedro Almodóvar, scriptwriter, director, and states,  "'I am very happy to be able to celebrate the Festival de Cannes 70th anniversary from such a privileged position. I am grateful, honoured and a bit overwhelmed. I am aware of the responsibility that entails being the president of the jury and I hope to be up to the job." He is joined by 4 men and 4 women:

• Maren ADE (Director, Screenwriter, Producer - Germany)
• Jessica CHASTAIN (Actress, Producer - United States)
• FAN Bingbing (Actress, Producer - China)
• Agnès JAOUI (Actress, Screenwriter, Director, Singer – France)
• PARK Chan-wook (Director, Screenwriter, Producer - South Korea)
• Will SMITH (Actor, Producer, Musician – United States
• Paolo SORRENTINO (Director, Screenwriter - Italy)
• Gabriel YARED (Composer – France)

Each jury member brings a strong influence with their career backgrounds and talent. This award is announced May 28 at the film festival closing ceremony. 

Jane Campion heading up Cinéfondation. Campion is not new to Cannes. Her film, The Piano, awarded the Palme d'or in 1993. The jury is made up of five eminent film and literature . This jury selects their three prize winners from among the Cinéfondation’s selection of film school entrants.  This film award is presented at the closing ceremonies. 

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Caméra d'O jury presided by Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress. This is awarded to the first film in all categories combined. Kiberlain states, "I am honoured and excited to discover new directors." She will present this award at the closing ceremony

This year's film festival presents many anticipated films. 

Palme d’or Official Selection

• A Gentle Creature (Director Sergei Loznitsa)
• (BPM) Beats Per Minute (Director Robin Campillo)
• Good Time (Directors Benny & Josh Safdie)
• Happy End (Director Michael Haneke)
• In the Fade (Director Fatih Akin)
• Jupiter’s Moon (Director Kornél Mundruczó)
• Loveless (Director Andrey Zvyagintsev)
• Okja (DirectorBong Joon-ho)
• Radiance (DirectorNaomi Kawase)
• Redoubtable (Director Michel Hazanavicius)
• The Beguiled (Director Sofia Coppola)
• The Day After (Director Hong Sang-soo)
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer (dir: Yorgos Lanthimos)
• The Meyerowitz Stories (Director Noah Baumbach)
• The Square (Director Ruben Ostlund)
• Wonderstruck (Director Todd Haynes)
• You Were Never Really Here (Director Lynne Ramsay)

Un Certain Regard Official Selection

• April’s Daughter (Director Michel Franco)
• Barbara (Director Mathieu Amalric)
• Beauty and the Dogs (Director Kaouther Ben Hania)
• Before We Vanish (Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
• Closeness (Director Kantemir Balagov)
• Directions (Director Stephan Komandarev)
• Dregs (Director Mohammad Rasoulof)
• Jeune Femme (Director Léonor Serraille)
• L’Atelier (Director Laurent Cantet)
• La Cordillera (Director Santiago Mitre)
• Lucky (DirectorSergio Castellitto)
• Out (DirectorGyörgy Kristóf)
• The Desert Bride (Directors Cecilia Atan and Valeria Pivato)
• The Nature of Time (Director Karim Moussaoui)
• Walking Past the Future (Director Li Ruijun)
• Western (Director Valeska Grisebach)
• Wind River (Director Taylor Sheridan)

Palme d’or Official Selection

• A Drowning Man (Director Mahdi Fleifel)
• Across My Land (Director Fiona Godivier) 
• Damana (Director Andrés Ramirez Pulido) 
• Katto (The Ceiling) (Director Teppo Airaksinen)
• Koniec Widzenia (Time To Go) (Director Grzegorz Molda) 
• Lunch Time (Director Alireza Ghasemi)
• Pépé Le Morse animation (Grandpa Walrus) (Director Lucrèce Andreae)
• Push It (Director Julia Thelin)
• Xiao Cheng Er Yue (A Gentle Night) (Director Qiu Yang)

Cinéfondation Official Selection

• Afternoon Clouds (Director Payal Kapadia)
• A Perdre Haleine (Director Léa Krawczyk)
• Atlantîda, 2003 (Atlantis, 2003) (Director Michal Blasko)
• Ben Mamshich (Heritage) (Director Yuval Aharoni)
• Camouflage (Director Imge Özbilge)
• Deux Égarés Sont Morts (Director Tommaso Usberti)
• Give Up The Ghost (Director Marian Mathias)
• Heyvan (Animal) (Director Bahman Ark)
• Láthatatlanul (Invisibility) (Director Áron Szentéteri) 
• Lejla (Director Stijn Bouma)
• Paul Est Lá (Paul Is Here) (Director Valentina Maurel)
• Pequeno Manifiesto En Contra Del Cine Solemne (Little Manifesto Against Solemn Cinema) (Director Roberto Porta)
• Tokeru (Director Aya Igashi)
• Vazio Do Lado De Fora (Empty On The Outside) (Director Eduardo Brandao Pinto)
• Wild Horses (Director Rory Stewart)
• Yin Shian Bien Jlan Gon Lu (Towards The Sun) (Director Wang Yi-Ling)

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This film festival is May 17-28, 2017 in Cannes, France. This year will continue to evolve film worldwide. Stay tune here for coverage of events from fashion, red carpet, actresses/actors, and films. 

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Host A Glamorous Oscar Party

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Sunday actors, actress, directors, and more will gather to celebrate the best in film at the Oscars. This tradition stated in 1927 during dinner, "M-G-M studio chief Louis B. Mayer and his guests talked about creating an organized group to benefit the film industry."(Academy StoryAcademy Story). Food, entertainment, and awards is the center of the event. Hosting a party for the night that is a magical transformation.

The Governors Ball is the it party after the glamour of the red carpet and award ceremony. This year the colors are red and gold. Recreating you own flair on the night is simple and inexpensive. 

Invite many of your friends, neighbors, and co-workers to join in this award winning night. There are free Oscar invites to email your friends. These invites will set the stage for your party's theme. 

You can recreate your own red carpet with the purchase of a backdrop and red carpet. Party City has a great selection of themed backdrops and red carpet rolls for your event. You can include a few fun selfie items to make it a little more fun. Don't forget the #4ChionStyle and #Oscars. 

You can present awards for the best dressed, best use of selfie accessories, the guest who selects the most nominees that take home the Oscar, and winner of the Oscars Trivia Game. This is a great Oscar game, but cell phones must be stashed away for fair playing. 

Music for the event is easily created with a playlist of the winners of Best Music and Best Picture scores for the last 88 Academy Awards. Here you can search for the winners and get your playlist ready.

The Governors Ball is all set and ready for Sundays hungry award winning party. The celebrities will be enjoying the creations of the top chefs, pastry chefs, event planners and more. You can create the same elegance at your party with variations on the menu for your taste. 

The Governors Ball will be serving up truffle popcorn dusted with gold. A great savory popcorn to enjoy. Recreating this is as simple as a popcorn bar with various items each of your guest can add to their liking. This can include:

• Sweet 
• Candy
• Nerds
• M&Ms
• Skittles
• ChocolateChips
• Candy Bars
• Reese Peanut Butter Cups
• Fruit and NutsCoconut
• Dried Fruit
• Peanuts
• Walnuts
• Cashews
• Other choicesVanilla
• Toffee
• Carmel
• SavoryCheeseWhite Cheddar
• Cheddar
• Nacho Cheese
• SeasoningsGarlic
• Ranch
• Dill Pickle
• Jalapeno

There are many great food items that are included on the menu for the celebrities after a long day of preparing and attending the evening. They are sure to be hungry guests. Your guest can enjoy some of your favorite simple favorites made bite size or small appetizers. A tradition at the event is Truffle Mac and Cheese by Chef Wolfgang Puck. There is a simple way to create this for your guests in small appetizers with a variety of choices. 

• 8 ounces elbow macaroni

In large pot of boiling salted water, cook the macaroni to al dente (approximately 7 minutes). Strain and place in large bowl mixing bowl.

While the noodles are cooking. In a separate pot, melt the butter and whisk in the flour. Continue to cook over low heat for 4 minutes stirring constantly. Add the milk, onion and bay leaf. Simmer for 10 minutes. Remove onion and bay leaf. 

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3-1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 medium white onion
• 1 bay leaf

You are welcome to change up the cheese choice to your top three favorites. 

• 10 ounces grated sharp aged white Cheddar cheese 
• 3 ounces grated Gruyere cheese 
• 1 ounce grated Parmesan cheese 

Remove from heat source add 3/4 of the aged cheddar and all of the other cheeses. Season with cayenne, salt and black pepper and fold in macaroni. This recipe creates 8 Crème Brûlée Dishes or 4 ramekins.

• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• pinch cayenne (does not add a lot of heat. You can adjust to your liking)
• 1 tsp. nutmeg (if you desire)
• 1 teaspoon sea salt

Here you can now decide to change up the selections for your guests. You can create some plain mac and cheese with bread crumbs on the top, Truffle Mac and Cheese, or Lobster Mac and Cheese.

Bread Crumbs

• Section off some of the macaroni and cheese into another mixing bowl
• Toast up bread slices to make 1 cup of crumbs
• you can use plain white bread, sour dough, or brioche. 
• Blend until crumbs 
• Toss with
• 3 tablespoons butter melted
• 1 tsp. dried or finely chopped parsly 

 Place macaroni and cheese in lightly buttered Crème Brûlée Dishes or ramekins. Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove let stand 5 minutes. 

You can create Truffle Macaroni and Cheese with or without the bread crumb topping. Section off some of the macaroni and cheese add 3 tablespoons finely chopped black truffles mix lightly. 

Place macaroni and cheese in lightly buttered Crème Brûlée Dishes or ramekins. Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees.

After waiting the 5 minute rest period you 

• Finish with a few drops of black truffle oil
• Place sliced fresh black truffles on top

Lobster Macaroni and Cheese 

Section off some of the macaroni and cheese into another mixing bowl. You can create this with or without the bread crumb topping.

• 1/2 pound cooked lobster meat
• Toss lightly 

Place macaroni and cheese in lightly buttered Crème Brûlée Dishes or ramekins. Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees.

Francis Ford Coppola, film director and maker, is the wine of the evening. Get your decanters and wine glasses ready for a night of celebration. The celebrities will enjoy this label poured from Oscar® themed Magnums.

Dessert is always must for a party. A great local baker can create various desserts for your elegant event. One great item is mini desserts. This allows for great tasting experiences and little clean up.

Great decor for your party is some simple floral arrangements on the serving table and one or two other locations. This will brighten the room and bring a nice scent. Red and white carnations with baby's breath in gold vases perfect for the color scheme. 

The evening is perfect with a little glitz and glam for your friends. You can enjoy a night of entertainment, games, and exceptional food. Post your Oscars' Party photos here #4ChionStyle. 

The 89th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 26, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7:00 p.m. EST/4:00 p.m. PST.

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