List of Emmy Winners In Key Categories

Following is a list of the winners in key categories for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, U.S. television's highest honors.

The awards were presented at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles during a three-hour ceremony broadcast live on ABC.

BEST DRAMA SERIES

"Mad Men" AMC

BEST LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA

Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad" AMC

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA

Glenn Close, "Damages" FX

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA

Zeljko Ivanek, "Damages"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA

Dianne Wiest, "In Treatment" HBO

BEST COMEDY SERIES

"30 Rock" NBC

BEST LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY

Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY

Tina Fey, "30 Rock"

BEST SUPPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY

Jeremy Piven, "Entourage" HBO

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY

Jean Smart, "Samantha Who?" ABC

BEST MINISERIES

"John Adams" HBO

BEST MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE

"Recount" HBO

BEST LEAD ACTOR, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE

Paul Giamatti "John Adams"

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE

Laura Linney, "John Adams"

BEST VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES

"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" Comedy Central

BEST VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL

"Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project" HBO

BEST REALITY PROGRAM

"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" Bravo

BEST REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM

"The Amazing Race" CBS

BEST REALITY COMPETITION HOST

Jeff Probst "Survivor" CBS

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Today's Celebrity Birthdays, September 22

Spiral Journal sends out very Happy Birthday wishes to the following celebrities:

• "Harry Potter" nemesis Tom Felton (1987)
• British pop singer Billie Piper (1982)
• Taking Back Sunday singer Adam Lazzara (1981)
• Brazilian supermodel Fernanda Tavares (1980)
• rapper Mystikal (1975)
• British one-hit-wonder Chesney Hawkes (1971)
• "Match Point" actor Rupert Penry-Jones (1970)
• Weezer bassist Matt Sharp (1969)
• "Cheaper By The Dozen" actress Bonnie Hunt (1961)
• "Charles In Charge" actor Scott Baio (1961)
• rocker Joan Jett (1958)
• Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli (1958)
• Australian singer Nick Cave (1957)
• singer Debby Boone (1956)
• singer/actress Shari Belafonte (1954)
• Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale (1951)
• Nigerian singer King Sunny Ade (1946)
• Mickey singer Toni Basil (1943)

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Rejaw Rawks

I have posted about my recent involvement in social media at my other blogs, and I thought it might be nice to post a little something about it here too. I have joined just about every microblogging service out there, including Twitter, Identi.ca, Jaiku, Plurk and so many others. And I'll probably join many others in the future. But, at this point in time, the one that I find is most interactive - at least in my own experience - is Rejaw. I know...it's a very strange name, but I don't think it's any weirder than Plurk or Kwippy. Rejaw has become my microblogging headquarters. It's the first place I go when I wake up in the morning and it is usually the last place I check in before bedtime.

Why are there so many micro/nanoblogging sites? I don't know the answer, but I can tell you that each and every one of them are different in their own right. What I like about Rejaw is the 1000 character limit, whereas most of the others only allow 140 characters. The 140-character limit is perfect for those communicating via mobile phone, but there are still some of us out there that don't even own a cell phone! Ha! Imagine that! And I am one of them! I love the 1000 character limit at Rejaw, because sometimes I have more to say than just 140 characters.

Another great thing about Rejaw is that you can share media such as video and photos. All you have to do is post the link to the source, and it will automatically embed. This is great, because I love sharing media to get others opinions and ideas, or just to make them smile. It's really a great way to meet new friends.

Rejaw's user interface is excellent. It uses AJAX, and the pages refresh automatically, so you can chat in real time. I think that's just awesome!

I have met some very cool people at Rejaw that I can now proudly call friends. We have had some very interesting conversations, and quite a bit of just chit-chat and getting to know each other. We share tons of cool stuff we find on the internet and discuss and help each other with technical issues we may be having with our website, tools, software, etc. (I'm really beginning to think we may all be internet junkies. Hmmm....) At any rate, I know I have learned so much in the last month, that I feel like I'm in information overload. Ah, but knowledge is power, no?

If you do decide to visit Rejaw and think you may want to try it, sign up, and go to the "Everyone" page and find some people to follow. It's been my experience that most people you follow, will follow you back. Also, if you do some looking around, you can find an app called Rejaw Radar for your Mac or iPhone, and a Firefox 3 add-on called RejawFox, (which is still in development and not quite in the final stages, but still works well for me). Unfortunately, there is no Rejaw Radar app for Windows...yet. But Rejaw is still very new, so I'm sure it will be coming along soon, so stay tuned. When you get there, look me up, and above all, have fun!

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Ann and Nancy Wilson Angered By the Use of "Barracuda"

Thursday evening, after Senator McCain had delivered his speech, I noticed they were playing Heart's "Barracuda." Apparently, "Barracuda" was Sarah Palin's nickname when she played basketball in high school, and it has been resurrected since she was chosen as John McCain's running mate.

Sometimes, random and meaningless thoughts run through my head when I'm watching TV, and I wondered at the time if Heart singers, Ann and Nancy Wilson had given their permission for them to play their song. I also had a fleeting thought that maybe they didn't need permission, but then, it was televised, so I thought they probably would.

When I opened my Google Reader this morning, I was not surprised to find out that, according to Reuters, not only did they not give their permission, but they were also pretty pissed off, and sent a "cease and desist" letter to the Republicans.

For some reason, I find this amusing. No matter where I stand when it comes to this crazy election, I always love to see politicians being put in their place. Hahahahahaaaaaa!

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