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Classes just had to go and ruin this great week of TV premieres by starting, but we'll ignore that for now in favor of the awesomeness that began last night.
Before I go into the TV, though, I just have to say how thrilled I am that adorable Abigail Breslin got an Oscar nom for Little Miss Sunshine. She is just such a genuinely cute kid and held her own in a movie full of great actors, and I, for one, was so freakin' excited for her when I heard that she's nominated. I was kinda sad that Borat didn't get more recognition (and the nod it did get seemed odd, considering the movie - "Best Adapted Screenplay"? Hmm.), but Abigail's nomination totally made me happy.
Now, back to TV:
Prison Break and Heroes both came back last night, with some pretty kickass results. The odd triangle of Linc, Michael and Kellerman is making for pretty good times (except for that whole part where their plan shot himself in the head), and considering Mahone's rogue actions I wouldn't be surprised to see him on their side at some point, too. Or maybe he'll just continue to be a genius psychopath against them, which will probably be equally as fun.
Also worth mentioning on Prison Break: T-Bag just gets creepier and creepier. His attempts to be a "family" with the woman he'd been hunting were just downright disturbing, and it doesn't look like things are going to get any better for his poor hostages. Eep. Also, something happened with C-Note, and Bellick is soooo in trouble at Fox River.
Heroes brought us in two weeks after the last episode, with Peter still in a confusing dream-riddled coma and Hiro, Ando and Isaac back in New York. Best part of the night? When Hiro recognized Nathan Petrelli at Isaac's apartment excitedly as "Flying man!!!" Hiro = awesome, constantly. Even when he's stealing ancient swords that turn out to be fakes.
There was so much going on in this episode, and all of it was good. Mohinder is starting to push forward with trying to find the people on his father's list, and that can only lead to very good TV. Claire, feeling very alone, decided to repeat history (aka remake her "suicide" tape) to win back her memory-erased friend. And Niki/Jessica, in a very awesome performance by Ali Larter, fought for control in a series of weird "talking to my other personality" moments. Plus, she broke a guard's stick in half. Seemingly as Niki and not Jessica. Superstrength, perhaps?
Tonight: Veronica Mars returns from hiatus! Superyay!
Last night's Golden Globes offered a nice start to the 2007 awards season, with enough back and forth between funny and moving (with the usual dull bathroom-break times mixed in) to actually keep my attention all (okay, most) of its three-hour run.
Some of the highlights:
- Hugh Laurie's hilarious acceptance speech. It's always a little jarring to hear Dr. House with a British accent, but the man is funny: "I'd like to thank Robert Sean Leonard. I can't remember why." And discussing how great the crew of House is: "Somebody, somewhere is working with a crew of drunken thieves... [ours] smell of newly mown grass."
- Justin Timberlake having to cover for Prince not getting there in time to accept his award. You could see a flicker of panic on Justin's face, but he stepped up and made it into a joke. You just know someone got fired over that one.
- Sacha Baron Cohen, as himself for once, accepting his Globe with what basically became an ode to a rancid air bubble from between his costar's asscheeks.
- America Ferrera and Jennifer Hudson's genuinely moved acceptance speeches. Awwww. Combine that with Forest Whitaker's baffled speechlessness when he won, and I almost needed some tissues.
- Tim Allen referring to 30 Rock as "Third Rock," right before presenting Alec Baldwin the award for the same show.
- Schwarzenegger's inability to pronounce "Babel" and "Bobby" differently. Luckily, he managed to clear it up enough to get across that Babel was the winner.
-Beyonce's lack of wins in the face of Jennifer Hudson's triumph. I'm not sure why that's so satisfying, but oh, it is.
Three hours almost wasn't enough. Well, okay, it was plenty, but at least 30 minutes of that was pure entertainment.
