Basket of Kisses

We have video! Following is the whole description, but scroll for links if you’re impatient. We were contacted a couple of weeks ago by VH1 about the Critic’s Choice Television Awards. Roberta and I were both excited to participate, even though it was my first day back from a week’s vacation, and it was difficult [...]

That’s all I can write because I’m literally waiting to talk to the VH1 people live. YES!!!

So it’s today (yeah, not yesterday) at 4pm eastern–the Critics’ Choice Television Awards. Tune in, watch it streeeeeeam, and catch me and/or Deborah asking Jon Hamm and/or Christina Hendricks some red carpety questions. Put any questions you want asked in comments. No idea what our time with them will be, but you never know.

Christina Hendricks was literally on fire at a Tony Awards afterparty.  She talked to NY mag’s Vulture about Mad Men, her performance at Sunday’s Tony Awards, her upcoming film projects, and her love of Gossip Girl. [CH was not the only reminder of MM at the Tonys. -K]  Christina was honored at the Step Up Women’s Network’s [...]

A quick rundown of what is so, so hot about this. A) Critics Choice Awards have never done television before B) Mad Men was nominated in every category for which it is eligible C) Mad Men received more nominations than any other TV show D) We really want Mad Men to win (duh.) and E) [...]

So, the Critics Choice Awards have never done television before. And because it’s the Critics Choice, it’s all prestige television that critics really, really love. Which doesn’t stop people from bitching (“where’s Treme?”). Blah blah blah. We’re happy because Mad Men was nominated in every category for which it is eligible (rundown below the fold). [...]

The L.A. Times reports on its Mad Men Emmys-related Q&A session featuring show creator Matthew Weiner and cast members Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks and Kiernan Shipka. There’s also seven-plus minutes of video. Christina Hendricks appeared on The View and talked about the show, with headline being that no one has been fired [Video at the [...]

Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks and Kiernan Shipka will join Mad Men creator and executive producer Matt Weiner for a pre-Emmys, L.A. Times-hosted screening and Q&A on June 1. Jon Hamm will step behind the camera to direct the fifth season premiere of Mad Men.  Jon was among those at the Celebrity Poker Tournament held at the [...]

 New York magazine asks: “Can AMC survive its own success?” [It's a meaty piece opening with photos of a makeup test for Elisabeth Moss. -K]  The channel just rejected the six pilot scripts it had been developing. /Film can hook you up with the trailers for the MM-inspired Pan Am and Playboy Club pilots.  Matthew [...]

John Slattery takes the cover of NYO magazine, talking stalkers, Sterling, Matt Weiner and hoarders. [Not the most web-friendly format, but a terrific read. -K] Jon Hamm talked to Conan O’Brien about Mad Men fans in London, odd paparazzi photos, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and Bridesmaids (which opens today). Jared Harris talks to Simon Reynolds [...]

Rich Sommer gives a wonderful interview to Entertainment Weekly. [Teaser: He often invited Elisabeth Moss and Michael Gladis to his house to watch Season 4. -K] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Gail Pennington suggests Mad Men will return next March… or July 2012.  But she may have misheard.  Jon Hamm says filming starts this July and is [...]

As reported last night, January Jones is pregnant. Guyism collected new photoshoots JJ did for The Times of London and M2 magazine. Jon Hamm is headed to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (a/k/a Nerdprom), as a guest of The New Yorker.  He also co-stars with a blue Yeti in Herman Dune’s video for “Tell Me [...]

Matthew Weiner is essayed by Elisabeth Moss for the 2011 TIME 100. Elisabeth Moss and January Jones are now poised to go head to head in the lead actress category at the Emmys.  Jennifer Getzinger, nominated for drama series directing (“The Suitcase”) will face off against the likes of Martin Scorsese and Frank Darabont. Christina Hendricks [...]