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Dish of the Day #1175: DILF Week

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In honor of Father's Day this Sunday, I'm featuring a few mature men as Dishes. Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.


Dish of the Day #1176: DILF Week

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In honor of Father's Day on Sunday, this week I'm featuring a few mature men as Dishes. Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured. Click here to vote for your three favorite Dishes in this week's Deep Dish Pool Party poll.

Today's Dish is Tom Judson.

Deep Dish Pool Party #23

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The rules are quite simple - each week I feature 10 Dishes of the Day and you get to invite your three favorites over for some wet and wild fun at the Deep Dish Pool Party. The five hunks who receive the most votes get to stay, and the following week five new Dishes are added to the guest list. So enjoy the party - and please feel free to leave a comment and share your selections.

1) Dish #1104: Chris Bailey
Last Week #1, Week 15, 45 invites out of 277



2) Dish #1094: Arnaud Dehaynin
LW #3, W17, 42 invites



3) Dish #1167: Joshua Michael Brickman
W2, 33 invites



4) Dish #1171: Jim Newman
W2, 30 invites



5) Dish #1157: Roman Dawidoff
LW #1, W4, 29 invites



6) Dish #1172: Jim Key



7) Dish #1173



8) Dish #1174: Tony Horton



9) Dish #1175



10) Dish #1176: Tom Judson




Show Tune Showdown #41: 1996-2004 Broadway Seasons

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In the 40th Show Tune Showdown, Company won the most showdowns - and the following songs will be moving on to Round 3:

Company's "Being Alive", "Getting Married Today", "Company", "The Ladies Who Lunch", "Another Hundred People", "Side by Side by Side/What Would We Do Without You?", "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" and "Someone Is Waiting"

Grease's "There Are Worse Things I Could Do", "Summer Nights", "Beauty School Dropout" and "We Go Together"

Dear World's“I Don't Want to Know”, "And I Was Beautiful" and "Kiss Her Now"

Hair's "Good Morning Starshine" and "Where Do I Go?"

Promises, Promises' "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" and "Wanting Things"

Follies' "The Road You Didn't Take"

Jesus Christ Superstar's "Everything's Alright"

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown's "Happiness"

Zorba's "Life Is"

PLEASE NOTE: The next Show Tune Showdown will be on Friday, June 28.

Now on to our 41st Show Tune Showdown, which takes us back to the 1996-2004 Broadway seasons when the following 20 musicals opened:

Titanic
April 23, 1997 - March 21, 1999 (804 performances)

The Life
April 26, 1997 - June 7, 1998 (466 performances)

Jekyll & Hyde
April 28, 1997 - January 7, 2001 (1,543 performances)
Revival: April 18, 2013 - May 12, 2013 (30 performances)

Side Show
October 16, 1997 - January 4, 1998 (91 performances)

Triumph of Love
October 23, 1997 - January 4, 1998 (85 performances)

Ragtime
January 18, 1998 - January 16, 2000 (834 performances)
Revival: November 15, 2009 - January 10, 2010 (65 performances)

Parade
December 17, 1998 - February 28, 1999 (85 performances)

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Revival: February 4, 1999 - June 13, 1999 (149 performances)

Aida
March 23, 2000 - September 5, 2004 (1,852 performances)

The Wild Party
April 13, 2000 - June 11, 2000 (68 performances)

The Full Monty
October 26, 2000 - September 1, 2002 (770 performances)

Seussical
November 30, 2000 - May 20, 2001 (198 performances)

The Producers
April 19, 2001 - April 22, 2007 (2,502 performances)

Urinetown
September 20, 2001 - January 18, 2004 (965 performances)

Thoroughly Modern Millie
April 18, 2002 - June 20, 2004 (903 performances)

Hairspray
August 15, 2002 - January 4, 2009 (2,642 performances)

Little Shop of Horrors
Off-Broadway: July 27, 1982 - November 1, 1987 (2,209 performances)
October 2, 2003 - August 22, 2004 (372 performances)

Wicked
October 30, 2003 - Present (3,991 performances so far)

Assassins
Off-Broadway: December 18, 1990 - February 16, 1991 (73 performances)
April 22, 2004 - July 18, 2004 (101 performances)

Caroline, or Change
May 2, 2004 - August 29, 2004 (136 performances)

Now here are the competing show tunes - and if you're wondering how to judge each showdown, just ask yourself, "Which song do I enjoy listening to more?"

"Ragtime" (the original Broadway cast perform on the 52nd Annual Tony Awards on June 7, 1998)

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Hairspray's "Good Morning Baltimore" (Marissa Jaret Winokur performs on the original Broadway cast recording)





Wicked's "Defying Gravity" (Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth perform on the 58th Annual Tony Awards on June 6, 2004)

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Hairspray's "You Can't Stop the Beat" (the original Broadway cast perform on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on January 1, 2003)





The Life's "Use What You Got" (Sam Harris perform on the original Broadway cast recording)

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Wicked's "Popular" (Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel perform on the Today Show on November 12, 2003)





Side Show's "I Will Never Leave You" (Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley perform on the 52nd Annual Tony Awards on June 7, 1998)

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Hairspray's "It Takes Two" (Matthew Morrison performs on the original Broadway cast recording)





The Life's "Mr. Greed" (Sam Harris performs)

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Thoroughly Modern Millie's "Gimme Gimme" (Sutton Foster performs on The Rosie O'Donnell Show on April 25, 2002)





Little Shop's "Suddenly Seymour" (Hunter Foster and Kerry Butler perform on the 2003 Broadway cast recording)

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Thoroughly Modern Millie's "Forget About the Boy" (Sutton Foster and the original Broadway cast perform on the 56th Annual Tony Awards on June 2, 2002)





The Life's "The Oldest Profession" (Lillias White performs)

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Hairspray's "Without Love" (Matthew Morrison, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Corey Reynolds and Kerry Butler perform on the original Broadway cast recording)





Jekyll & Hyde's "Someone Like You" (Linda Eder performs in the original Broadway production)

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Little Shop's "Somewhere That's Green" (Ellen Greene performs in the original 1982 Off-Broadway production)





The Full Monty's "Breeze Off the River" (Patrick Wilson performs on the original Broadway cast recording)

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The Producers' "Keep It Gay" (Gary Beach and Roger Bart perform on the original Broadway cast recording)





The Life's "My Body" (the original Broadway cast performs on the 51st Annual Tony Awards on June 1, 1997)

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The Wild Party's "Welcome to My Party" (Toni Collette performs on the original Broadway cast recording and on the 54th Annual Tony Awards on June 4, 2000, beginning at 1:26)





Urinetown's "Run, Freedom, Run!" (Hunter Foster and the original Broadway cast perform on the 56th Annual Tony Awards on June 2, 2002)

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Aida's "A Step Too Far" (Sherie Rene Scott, Adam Pascal and Heather Headley perform on the original Broadway cast recording)





Triumph of Love's "Serenity" (Betty Buckley performs on The Rosie O'Donnell Show in October 1997)

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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown's "My New Philosophy" (Kristin Chenoweth performs on the 53rd Annual Tony Awards on June 6, 1999)





Side Show's "Who Will Love Me as I Am?" (Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner perform on The Rosie O'Donnell Show on October 27, 1997)

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Wicked's "What Is This Feeling?" (Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel and the cast perform on the original Broadway cast recording)





Ragtime's "Journey On" (Mark Jacoby, Marin Mazzie and Peter Friedman perform on the original Broadway cast recording)

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Titanic's "There She Is" (Michael Cerveris and the original Broadway cast perform on the 51st Annual Tony Awards on June 1, 1997 - they also perform "I Must Get On That Ship" and "Godspeed Titanic")





Aida's "Elaborate Lives" (Adam Pascal and Heather Headley perform during the concert, My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, on October 16, 2000)

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Seussical's "Alone in the Universe" (Kevin Chamberlin and Anthony Blair Hall perform on the original Broadway cast recording)





Jekyll & Hyde's "This Is the Moment" (Robert Cuccioli performs in the original Broadway production)

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Parade's "All the Wasted Time" (Brent Carver and Carolee Carmello perform on The Rosie O'Donnell Show on January 25, 1999)





Ragtime's "New Music" (from the original Broadway cast recording)

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"Little Shop of Horrors" (Tichina Arnold, Michelle Weeks and Tisha Campbell perform in the 1986 film)





Ragtime's "Your Daddy's Son" (Audra McDonald performs on the original Broadway cast recording)

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Caroline, or Change's "Lot's Wife" (Tonya Pinkins performs on the 58th Annual Tony Awards on June 6, 2004)





Assassin's "The Ballad of Booth" (Patrick Cassidy and Victor Garber perform during the 1992 concert, Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall)

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Parade's "This Is Not Over Yet" (Brent Carver and Carolee Carmello perform on the 53rd Annual Tony Awards on June 6, 1999 - the original Broadway cast also perform "The Old Red Hills of Home")





Wicked's "For Good" (Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel perform on the original Broadway cast recording)

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Parade's "It's Hard to Speak My Heart" (Bertie Carvel performs on the 2007 London cast recording)



TV Flashback: Celebrating 39 Years of the Daytime Emmy Awards

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In honor of the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards, which will be broadcast tomorrow on HLN, I thought it would be fun to look back at some past awards ceremonies:

The 1st Daytime Emmy Awards were held on May 28, 1974, at NYC's Rockefeller Plaza with co-hosts Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares) and Barbara Walters, who interviewed Mary Stuart (Search for Tomorrow) and Mary Fickett (All My Children).




At the 8th Daytime Emmy Awards in 1981, winners included One Life to Live's Judith Light (Outstanding Actress), Another World's Douglass Watson (Outstanding Actor), David Letterman (Outstanding Host in a Variety Series), Search for Tomorrow's Larry Haines (Outstanding Supporting Actor) and General Hospital's Jane Elliot (Outstanding Supporting Actress).





The 9th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on June 8, 1982, and winners included General Hospital's Anthony Geary (Outstanding Actor) and One Life to Live's Robin Strasser (Outstanding Actress).




The 12th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Wednesday, July 31, 1985, and winners included The Young and the Restless' Beth Maitland (Outstanding Supporting Actress), The Young and the Restless' Tracey E. Bregman (Outstanding Ingenue), All My Children's Darnell Williams (Outstanding Actor) and Guiding Light's Kim Zimmer (Outstanding Actress).






The 13th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on July 17, 1986, and Another World's Ellen Wheeler won Outstanding Ingenue.



The 14th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1987, and presenter Susan Lucci surprised Oprah Winfrey with a clip of her appearance on All My Children.



The 15th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on June 19, 1988, and winners included All My Children's Ellen Wheeler (Outstanding Supporting Actress), Santa Barbara's Justin Deas (Outstanding Supporting Actor), Days of our Lives' Billy Warlock (Outstanding Young Man), As the World Turns' Julianne Moore (Outstanding Ingenue), All My Children's David Canary (Outstanding Actor) and Ryan's Hope's Helen Gallagher (Outstanding Actress).



The 16th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on June 29, 1989, and winners included All My Children's Debbi Morgan and Santa Barbara's Nancy Lee Grahn (a tie for Outstanding Supporting Actress), Santa Barbara's Justin Gocke (Outstanding Young Man), General Hospital's Kimberly McCullough (Outstanding Ingenue), All My Children's David Canary (Outstanding Actor) and Santa Barbara's Marcy Walker (Outstanding Actress). Also, Another World's Victoria Wyndham paid tribute to her co-star, Douglass Watson, who died on May 1, 1989.



At the 17th Daytime Emmy Awards in 1990, All My Children's Julia Barr won for Outstanding Supporting Actress, All My Children's Cady McClain won for Outstanding Younger Actress, and Santa Barbara's A Martinez won for Outstanding Lead Actor.




At the 18th Daytime Emmy Awards in 1991, Guiding Light's Rick Hearst won for Outstanding Younger Actor.



At the 19th Daytime Emmy Awards in 1992, The Young and the Restless' Tricia Cast won for Outstanding Younger Actress, The Young and the Restless' Kristoff St. John won for Outstanding Younger Actor, and The Young and the Restless' Peter Bergman won for Outstanding Lead Actor. Also, The Young and the Restless' Jeanne Cooper presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to William J. Bell, the co-creator of Another World, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful.






The 20th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on May 26, 1993, and winners included General Hospital's Gerald Anthony (Outstanding Supporting Actor), Guiding Light's Ellen Parker (Outstanding Supporting Actress), Guiding Light's Monti Sharp (Outstanding Younger Actor), The Young and the Restless' Heather Tom (Outstanding Younger Actress), All My Children's David Canary (Outstanding Lead Actor) and Another World's Linda Dano (Outstanding Lead Actress).




At the 21st Daytime Emmy Awards in 1994, One Life to Live's Susan Haskell won for Outstanding Supporting Actress, One Life to Live's Roger Howarth won for Outstanding Younger Actor, One Life to Live's Hillary B. Smith won for Outstanding Lead Actress, and Guiding Light's Michael Zaslow won for Outstanding Lead Actor.






The 22nd Daytime Emmy Awards were held on May 19, 1995, and winners included General Hospital's Rena Sofer (Outstanding Supporting Actress), Guiding Light's Jerry verDorn (Outstanding Supporting Actor), General Hospital's Jonathan Jackson (Outstanding Younger Actor) and One Life to Live's Erika Slezak (Outstanding Lead Actress).





The 23rd Daytime Emmy Awards were held on May 22, 1996, and winners included Guiding Light's Jerry verDorn (Outstanding Supporting Actor), Another World's Anna Holbrook (Outstanding Supporting Actress), Guiding Light's Kevin Mambo (Outstanding Younger Actor), Another World's Charles Keating (Outstanding Lead Actor) and One Life to Live's Erika Slezak (Outstanding Lead Actress).







The 24th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in May 16, 1997, and winners included The Young and the Restless' Michelle Stafford (Outstanding Supporting Actress), The Bold and the Beautiful's Ian Buchanan (Outstanding Supporting Actor) and The Young and the Restless' Jess Walton (Outstanding Lead Actress).






At the 25th Daytime Emmy Awards in 1998, Days of our Lives' Deidre Hall introduced a montage highlighting special moments during the first 24 years of the Daytime Emmys. Winners included Guiding Light's Cynthia Watros (Outstanding Lead Actress) and All My Children's Julia Barr (Outstanding Supporting Actress).





The 26th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on May 21, 1999, with host Oprah Winfrey, and winners included General Hospital's Jonathan Jackson (Outstanding Younger Actor), The Young and the Restless' Heather Tom (Outstanding Younger Actress), The Young and the Restless' Sharon Case (Outstanding Supporting Actress), General Hospital's Stuart Damon (Outstanding Supporting Actor), General Hospital's Anthony Geary (Outstanding Lead Actor), and All My Children's Susan Lucci, who finally won Outstanding Lead Actress after losing 18 times.



The 27th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on May 19, 2000, and The Bold and the Beautiful's Susan Flannery won for Outstanding Lead Actress.



The 28th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on May 18, 2001, and As the World Turns' Martha Byrne won for Outstanding Actress.



The 35th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on June 20, 2008, and The Young and the Restless' Jeanne Cooper won for Outstanding Lead Actress.

Web Series Worth Watching: The Bears Are Back in Town

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Web Series of the Week: Where the Bears Are
This groovy gay comedy is back for a second hilarious season - and I'm happy to report that the Bears are better than ever. The series has been described as "The Golden Girls meets Murder, She Wrote with big, hairy, gay men", but Wood comes up with a better description this season: "It's like an episode of CSI - only a really hot gay porn version." Okay, so there's no "porn" in Bears - but there are still a lot of hot, gay men baring their bodies and making out.

The second season opens with the guys attending a political fundraiser pool party for Reggie's friend, Elliot, who is running for City Council. And both Nelson and Wood meet some hunky new men, including Hot Toddy's ex-boyfriend Ivan (played by Howie Skora). Of course, someone ends up shot to death, which sets up the main question of the season - whodunnit? However, I have a more important question - when will Detective Winters (Chad Sanders) show up and remove his shirt (like in the above pic)?

Below you can watch the first two episodes of Season 2. To catch up on the first season, go to wherethebearsare.tv. You can also become a fan on Facebook and Twitter.




Other web series worth watching this week are:

Conversations W/ My Ex
This LGBT web series about three ex-couples (one gay, one straight and one lesbian) continues as Michael's hunky friend Roger (Jonathan D. Lovitz) decides it's time for him to have some fun. To catch up on the series, go to Gwist TV on YouTube. You can also become a fan on Facebook and Twitter.



Hustling
Creator and star Sebastian La Cause has created a Kickstarter campaign to help fund a third season of his sexy and addictive drama, and below you can check out two new fundraising videos with Hustling actors Andrew Glaszek, Facundo Rodriguez and Marc Sinoway. Click here to make a donation - and if you need to catch up on the first two seasons of Hustling, go to www.hustling.tv.




THE INN
Season 2 of this horror story continues as a new guest (Mark Gantt) at The Inn doesn't receive a warm welcome. To catch up on The Inn, go to www.theinnseries.com. You can also follow the series on Facebook.



Steam Room Stories
In the latest episode, Chad and Ben take the Make-Out Test after they learn that working out can make you gay. For more hot hunks, go to www.SteamRoomStories.com. You can also become a fan on Facebook and Twitter.



Steve Hayes: Tired Old Queen at the Movies
The fabulous film critic reviews Humoresque (1946) starring Joan Crawford and John Garfield. For more TOQ, subscribe to his YouTube Channel. You can also become a fan on Facebook or follow Steve on Twitter.

Dish of the Day #1177: Hot Fun in the Summertime

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This week's Dishes are celebrating the first day of summer. Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.

I watched the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards so you wouldn't have to

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Remember when the Daytime Emmy Awards were broadcast on CBS and ABC with hosts Oprah Winfrey and Susan Lucci? Well, those good old days are long gone - and now they are on HLN (Headline News) with three hosts - HLN's Robin Meade and A.J. Hammer and Good Morning America's weatherman Sam Champion. Yes, that's right, a weatherman - and all of them should definitely stick to their day jobs. It was quite depressing to see how far the Daytime Emmys have fallen - they can't go much lower than last night's disappointing show. The talented actors, writers, directors, hosts and other creative folks of daytime television deserve so much better than what they got - especially on the 40th anniversary of the awards. Fortunately, there were some good moments during the telecast, which I've included in my review below:

The five-minute opening segment introducing the three hosts was incredibly painful to watch. I immediately knew that we were not in capable hands.

It's a terrible shame that no actual clips featuring any of the nominated performances or shows were seen. Instead we had to sit through awkward "interviews" (if you can call them that) with a few of the winners, who looked like they wanted to be anywhere but sitting on that bright red couch.

I was happy for Doug Davidson, who won his first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as Paul Williams on The Young and the Restless - a role he has been playing since 1978.

The cutest producers of the night were from The Price Is Right (which won for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show) and Trisha's Southern Kitchen (which tied for Outstanding Culinary Program). I don't know their names, but they were certainly easy on the eyes.

Watching Jeopardy host Alex Trebek push a waiter into a pool isn't that funny.

Best Presenter: Aisha Tyler, one of the hosts of The Talk, who was funny when she was given the wrong envelope for the category she was presenting (I don't think I've ever seen this happen before during an awards ceremony).



Outstanding Talk Show/Informative:The Dr. Oz Show

It was a nice moment when actor Don Diamont got to present an award to his TV son Scott Clifton, who won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance on The Bold and the Beautiful (The Young and the Restless' Billy Miller also won in this category).

I wish comedian Kathy Griffin had been the host (she presented the award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team to The Bold and the Beautiful).

It was unforgivable that the video tribute for Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Monty Hall (the 91-year-old longtime host of Let's Make a Deal) was not shown because presenter Wayne Brady brought him out too early (the tribute was narrated by Hall's daughter, the Tony Award-winning actress Joanna Gleason).

I will not be buying Robin Meade's new album after being forced to listen to her sing three times.

Hottest Husband: Julie Marie Berman, who won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama for her performance on General Hospital, has a handsome husband, commercial real estate broker Michael Grady.

Talk Shows I Will Not Be Watching: Those featuring reality TV stars Bethenny Frankel and Kris Jenner.

Susan Flannery was robbed! Her Bold and the Beautiful co-star Heather Tom won for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Best Line of the Night: "At least I made the fucking list!" - actor Corbin Bernsen, who was not bleeped while paying tribute to his mother Jeanne Cooper (The Young and the Restless actress died on May 8).

Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment: The Ellen Degeneres Show won for the seventh time.

Outstanding Drama Series Directing: The Bold and the Beautiful

Most Amusing Presenter: Actress Carrie Fisher, who presented the award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program to director George Lucas for Star Wars: The Clone Wars (he directed her in the 1977 film, Star Wars).

Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series: The adorable Chandler Massey won his second consecutive award for his performance as the gay character, Will Horton, on Days of our Lives.



Everybody loves Betty White, who received a standing ovation when she presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to the late Bob Stewart (he created the game shows, Password, The Price Is Right, The $20,000 Pyramid and many others).

I was pleased to see CBS Sunday Morning receive its first Emmy for Outstanding Morning Program, beating out The Today Show and Good Morning America.

Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series: Kristen Alderson won her first Emmy for her performance as Starr Manning on General Hospital.

Anderson Cooper was robbed! Ricki Lake won instead for Outstanding Talk Show Host - but neither of them attended the awards.

Best Surprise of the Night: Days of our Lives won Outstanding Drama Series for only the second time (it previously won way back in 1978). I thought for sure The Bold and the Beautiful would complete its triumvirate of awards.

And that, my friends, was the end of the evening. Let's hope that HLN - or better yet, some other network - gets their act together by next year and awards the Daytime Emmys with a telecast more worthy of its talented nominees.


Dish of the Day #1178: Hot Fun in the Summertime

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This week's Dishes are celebrating the first day of summer. Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.

Top 10 Tuesday of Groovy Tunes: Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer

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Each week I feature 10 groovy tunes that have appeared on Billboard's Hot 100 chart during the last 50+ years. You can vote for your three favorites, and the five with the most votes move on to the following week when five new songs will be added to the list.

Last week the Mamas & the Papas remained at the top with "California Dreamin'", which received 29 votes out of the 190 cast. And this week they will be challenged by Katrina and the Waves, Olivia Newton-John and Nat King Cole.

1) "California Dreamin'"/The Mamas & the Papas (Last Week #1, Week 11) - 17 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1966



2) "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All"/The 5th Dimension (LW #1, W3) - #8 the week of June 24, 1972



3) "You Belong to Me"/Carly Simon (W2) - #6 the week of June 24, 1978



4) "Here Comes the Rain Again"/Eurythmics (LW #1, W13) - 20 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1984



5) "Borderline"/Madonna (W2) - #11 the week of June 23, 1984



6) "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer"/Nat King Cole (DEBUT) - #7 the week of June 22, 1963



7) "Grazing in the Grass"/The Friends of Distinction (DEBUT) - #8 the week of June 21, 1969



8) "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"/Olivia Newton-John (DEBUT) - #7 the week of June 22, 1974



9) "Always Something There to Remind Me"/Naked Eyes (DEBUT) - #8 the week of June 18, 1983



10) "Walking on Sunshine"/Katrina and the Waves (DEBUT) - #9 the week of June 22, 1985




Groovy Giveaway: Los Angeles Movie Passes for Twenty Feet From Stardom

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Courtesy of The Karpel Group and Radius-TWC, this week's Groovy Giveaway is five pairs of run-of-engagement passes to see the new documentary, Twenty Feet From Stardom, featuring Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder and Bette Midler. Passes are valid Monday-Thursday (excluding holidays) during the film's engagement at the Landmark Theater in Los Angeles.

Meet The Unsung Heroes Behind The Greatest Music of our Time.

Millions know their voices, but no one knows their names. In his compelling new film, Twenty Feet From Stardom, award-winning director Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. Triumphant and heartbreaking in equal measure, the film is both a tribute to the unsung voices who brought shape and style to popular music and a reflection on the conflicts, sacrifices and rewards of a career spent harmonizing with others.

These gifted artists span a range of styles, genres and eras of popular music, but each has a uniquely fascinating and personal story to share of life spent in the shadows of superstardom. Along with rare archival footage and a peerless soundtrack, Twenty Feet From Stardom boasts intimate interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger and Sting to name just a few. However, these world-famous figures take a backseat to the diverse array of backup singers whose lives and stories take center stage in the film.

For more information about Twenty Feet From Stardom, which is in select theaters now, go to twentyfeetfromstardom.com. You can also follow the film on Facebook and Twitter.

To enter to win this Groovy Giveaway, please email your name and address to deepdishdrama@aol.com. Entries close at midnight on Thursday, June 20 (CST).

Dish of the Day #1179: Hot Fun in the Summertime

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This week's Dishes are celebrating the first day of summer. Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.

Remembering James Gandolfini 1961 - 2013

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Actor James Gandolfini, who died today at age 51, will always be remembered for his brilliant performance as mob boss Tony Soprano in the 1999-07 HBO drama, The Sopranos. The role earned him three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

His film credits include True Romance (1993), Angie (1994), Terminal Velocity (1994), Get Shorty (1995), She's So Lovely (1997), 12 Angry Men (1997), The Mexican (2001), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Surviving Christmas (2004), Romance & Cigarettes (2005), All the King's Men (2006), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), Cinema Verite (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Not Fade Away (2012). He also appeared on Broadway in A Streetcar Named Desire (1992), On the Waterfront (1995) and God of Carnage (2009), for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play.

Below you can watch Mr. Gandolfini in a scene from the pilot episode of The Sopranos, at the 2000 Emmy Awards, and in the 2005 film, Romance & Cigarettes.



Dish of the Day #1180: Hot Fun in the Summertime

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This week's Dishes are celebrating the first day of summer. Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.

Dish of the Day #1181: Hot Fun in the Summertime

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This week's Dishes are celebrating the first day of summer. Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured. Click here to vote for your three favorite Dishes in this week's Deep Dish Pool Party poll.


Deep Dish Pool Party #24

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The rules are quite simple - each week I feature 10 Dishes of the Day and you get to invite your three favorites over for some wet and wild fun at the Deep Dish Pool Party. The five hunks who receive the most votes get to stay, and the following week five new Dishes are added to the guest list. So enjoy the party - and please feel free to leave a comment and share your selections.

1) Dish #1157: Roman Dawidoff
Last Week #5, Week 5, 49 invites out of 328



2) Dish #1104: Chris Bailey
LW #1, W16, 48 invites



3) Dish #1172: Jim Key
W2, 46 invites



4) Dish #1094: Arnaud Dehaynin
LW #2, W18, 41 invites



5) Dish #1175
W2, 38 invites



6) Dish #1177



7) Dish #1178



8) Dish #1179



9) Dish #1180



10) Dish #1181




Dish of the Day #1184: 2-for-1 Pride Special

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In honor of this Sunday's 44th Annual Chicago Pride Parade, this week I'm featuring a 2-for-1 special on Dishes. Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.

Today's Dish is Ryan Daharsh (who is sitting in the chair).

20 Songs to Celebrate Marriage Equality

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With the Supreme Court's rulings this morning that both DOMA and Prop 8 are unconstitutional, many of my Facebook friends have been posting their favorite songs to celebrate this historic day. So here are 20 groovy (and diverse) tunes in honor of marriage equality:

"Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" from The Wizard of Oz (1939)



"God Bless America" by Kate Smith (1943)



"Get Happy" by Judy Garland from Summer Stock (1950)



"Happy Days Are Here Again"/"Get Happy" by Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland (1963)



"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Judy Garland (1963)



"Chapel of Love" by The Dixie Cups (1964)



"L-O-V-E" by Nat King Cole (1964)



"The Times They Are a-Changin'" by Peter, Paul and Mary (1964)



"Sadie, Sadie" by Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl (1968)



"Let's Get Married" by Al Green (1974)



"Love Is in the Air" by John Paul Young (1977)



"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen (1979)



"Everybody Rejoice (A Brand New Day)" from The Wiz (1978)



"Somebody's Getting Married" from The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)



"Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" by Tracy Chapman (1988)



"Finally" by CeCe Peniston (1991)



"Bye Bye Baby" by Madonna (1993)



"Get the Party Started" by Pink (2001)



"I Can Hear the Bells" from Hairspray (2007)



"Marry Me a Little" by Neil Patrick Harris from Company (2011)

Dish of the Day #1185: 2-for-1 Pride Special

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In honor of this Sunday's 44th Annual Chicago Pride Parade, this week I'm featuring a 2-for-1 special on Dishes. Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.

Today's Dishes are Seth Fornea and Jared Bradford LeBlanc by photographer Denis Dean.

Dish of the Day #1186: 2-for-1 Pride Special

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In honor of the 44th Annual Chicago Pride Parade on Sunday, this week I'm featuring a 2-for-1 special on Dishes. Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured. Click here to vote for your three favorite Dishes in this week's Deep Dish Pool Party poll.

Today's Dishes are Brandon Brown and Colby Melvin by photographer Gabriel Gastelum.

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