After Letterman announced his show's comeback with new episodes, writers' strike or no writers' strike, the leaders of late night all followed suit. Conan O'Brien, who has been growing a "strike beard" and paying his non-writer employees out of pocket, will return on January 2nd -- and his West Coast network-mate, Jay Leno, will do the same. Yesterday the WGA released the following statement regarding this move.“The AMPTP walked away from the bargaining table on......

Early this morning Hayden Panettiere and other Hollywood elite looked ready to hit the town for a night out even though it was 5:30am. They were announcing this year's Golden Globe nominees, often a good sign for who will be nominated for that other gold statue. All in all New York-based shows and movies fared well as the envelopes were opened sheets of paper were read from. 30 Rock (Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical......

Yes, yes, last night was the Golden Globes. And boy, that Warren Beatty NEVER SHUTS UP. People looked pretty (but Jennifer Love Hewitt, what the hell were you wearing?), and it was nice to see Helen Mirren rack up the awards, even though it got a little boring and we think more people saw Prime Suspect than Elizabeth I. Sure, Dreamgirls won big (Jennifer Hudson is a star - here's more and more confirmation......

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association voting pool for the Golden Globes only consists of 83 members, but every year their mainstream tastes become one of the potential early prognosticators for the Emmys and the Oscars. Over in Beverly Hills today, the stylists are putting the finishing touches on the stars' couture, that long red carpet is being laid and some assistant is double checking the seals on the envelopes. Here in New York of course,......

A look at some noteworthy programs this week: 60 Minutes (Sunday, 7:00 p.m. WCBS 2) George W. Bush is interviewed days after his announcement of the Iraq War escalation . 24 (Sunday, 7:00 p.m. WNYW 5) Yet another season of 24 starts with the first two hours of its new season tonight. Jack's back, but does anyone still care? Nature - The Best of Nature: 25 Years (Sunday, 7:00 p.m. WNET 13) A 90 minute......

Gothamist was a bit underwhelmed by this year's Golden Globe nominees, and we were thinking of not liveblogging. But, gosh darn it as we watched the E! preshow and saw the starlets sparkle their way down the red carpet, we realize it was hopeless, so here we are. Let it be known that: - Keira Knightley looks gorgeous in her white Valentino - and there's something surprisingly youthful about the dress, even though there's that......

It's all about Brokeback these days: This morning, Kate Beckinsale, Mark Wahlberg, and Steve Carrell announced the 63rd Annual Golden Globe nominations, and Brokeback Mountain walked away with 7 nominations, including Best Picture (Drama), Director, Actor, Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams). Match Point, the unreleased Woody Allen movie, also got nods in Picture and Director, plus Supporting Actress Scarlett Johnanssen. As for the TV nominations, the ladies of Wisteria Lane took four leading actress nominations, giving......

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards their 62nd annual Golden Globes this Sunday, a sure sign that the season of gowns, the buzz and the surprise upset is upon us. Unlike the Oscars though, the Golden Globes covers television and film, so we get to see the disjointed mingling of the stars on the red carpet from both genres. Speaking of the red carpet, this year look out for the gossip and designer name dropping......

Ah, along with the impending cold front, holiday sales, and smell of pine (from the tree sellers on the corner), Gothamist is enjoying the rites of winter with today's announcement of the Golden Globe nominations. The Golden Globes, best known as the boozy, somewhat suspect, but first awards ceremony of the year, picking rollicking wine-n-buddy movie, Sideways to lead the film contenders, with 7 nominations in the Best Comedy/Musical category; Closer and Million Dollar Baby......

Taking shilling to a new level (low is to be debated), Havery Weinstein and Jim Sheridan have phoned members of the Golden Globe voting Hollywood Foreign Press Association to tell them about their films. The Times says that when Miramax head Weinstein called a member ("This is Harvey Weinstein"), the member said, "I loved the movie," then Weinstein replied, "Oh," and hung up the phone. Miramax says Weinstein was checking to make sure members got......

If it's movies awards season, it's time for Gothamist to be both excited and angry (basically an average day, just amped up a bit). The Golden Globe Nominations for 2004 were announced and there were the expected nominees ("Lord of the Rings," "Cold Mountain," for film; "Sex and the City" for TV) as well as happy news (Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannssen nominated for "Lost in Translation"; we'd like to see Murray win, but he......

Another year, another Golden Globes ceremony. People are mainly yammering about how the Oscar race is between The Hours and Chicago, but let's face it, the 87-93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press can't really be predictive of the thousands of members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has different branches like Editing and Writing which nominate the categories. What the Golden Globe winners can enjoy is more press, attention, and......

Yay! Curb Your Enthusiasm won Best Television Comedy at the Golden Globes. Here is part of Larry David's speech: "This is a sad day for the Golden Globes. It is, however, quite a good day for Larry David. I suspect the wife will be a little forthcoming tonight. This is what I have to do for sex. Thank you Hollywood Foreign Press for what I hope will be a memorable evening...And my parents, who taught......

The FOX Network has renewed The Simpsons until 2005, which will make it the longest-runing sitcom in TV History. It's also time to give props to the wacky Hollywood Foreign Press Association for nominating The Simpsons and recognizing its brilliance as a Best Comedy contender, rather than what the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (aka the people behing the Emmys) do, which is put The Simpsons in the animated cartoon category.......