Declan Cashin

Writing: the art of applying the ass to the seat

Seven years later and it’s still cringe-inducing to watch.

Battle of the child stars! Which one is cuter?

Paquin?

or Tatum?

I’m going with Paquin.

Introducing the WTF blanket….

Funny.

A genuinely surprising – and surprised – winner. Always makes for good watching. He’s also strangely hot, no?

Sure, this guy was a deserving winner, but it’s a travesty that Stewie Griffin didn’t win anything for his role in the musical version.

Tina Fey slyly addresses the ongoing dispute within the Screen Actors Guild while accepting her SAG award for 30Rock.

“And I want to thank [my daughter] Alice for her patience. Someday, she’ll be old enough to watch 30 Rock reruns on the internet and understand where mommy was going at 6 a.m. every day for all that time. And she’ll look up at me and say, ‘What do you mean, you don’t get residuals for this?’ I love you, Alice. Take care of me when I’m old and broke!”

Winners of last night’s Screen Actors Guild awards. These gongs add a few twists. Best Actor is tightening up, with Penn edging out Rourke to win his first SAG award. Similarly, Streep’s victory as Best Actress, and Winslet’s in Supp Actress both complicates the Lead Actress category at the Oscars, and leaves the Supp Oscar race completely open. Regarding the latter, the BAFTA result will probably hold a lot of sway, but as for Supp Actor, the other four might as well not turn up on the night: it’s Ledger’s.

Film
Ensemble Cast: Slumdog Millionaire
Lead Actress: Meryl Streep, Doubt
Lead Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Lifetime Achievement Award: James Earl Jones

Television
Lead Actress, Comedy Series: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Lead Actor, Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ensemble Cast, Comedy Series: 30 Rock
Lead Acress, Drama Series: Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Lead Actor, Drama Series: Hugh Laurie, House
Ensemble Cast, Drama Series: Mad Men
Lead Actress, Miniseries: Laura Linney, John Adams
Lead Actor, Miniseries: Paul Giamatti, John Adams

The prize winners at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. I particularly like the sound of Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire (above), starring rapper Mo’Nique in what’s meant to be a brilliant performance.

There’s a good interview with Mad Men’s Peggy Olson, actress Elisabeth Moss, in today’s Observer. She’s up for a Best Actress prize in the TV category at the Screen Actors Guild awards tonight. Despite all her recent success, she’ll always be The West Wing’s Zoey Bartlet to me.