The Annual Oscar Luncheon...

A Schmoozing Affair!

147 of the 191 nominated individuals attended...here is the 2011 cast photo!

DAYTIME EMMY SHOCKERS!!!

It will be a whole new EMMY race this season!

The official ballot of pre-nominations won't be released until February 25th, but here is a look at some early talk about who submitted and didn't!

Robin Strasser stunned the soap industry when she revealed she would be  submitting herself in the supporting race this year. So who’s confirmed on the pre, pre-nom ballot?

Supporting Actresses are collective Emmy winners Julie Marie Berman, Kimberly McCullough and Jane Elliott. Carolyn Hennesy, a nominee last year, is out!

Supporting Actors: Dominic Zamprogna, Jason Thompson and a lock for the win, three-time Emmy winner Jonathan Jackson. Perennial nominee, Bradford Anderson, who was thrown on the backburner this past year, isn’t competing despite his affecting performance when Spinelli grappled with hints of depression after Jason offered himself as prison bait.

As for Lead Actress, all I know is Laura Wright was chosen as one of three women to rep GH.

No, the Emmy pre-nom ballot hasn't gone out to the whole industry. Once again, GH is breaking the rules by "bloc voting" (they really mean cheating!) top three favorites by the show’s brass. Like last year, the entire industry is supposed to vote on a list of anyone who wants to compete with the top three pre-noms per category moving on to compete for the final round with one episode of their work as a submission.

Tracey Bregman is submitting herself in Supporting Actress, Michael Muhney is throwing his name in Supporting Actor, report sources.

Crystal Chappell in Lead Actress, Nadia Bjorlin will compete under supporting, as she did last year, and, as expected, James Scott under lead actor from a recent interview he gave me

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Two stars are surprisingly submitting themselves under the Lead Actress category – and no, none of these actresses are Maura West. One is already an Emmy winner, and another is a multiple Emmy-nominated thespian.

For those who are unaware, the daytime shows and their backstage teams DO NOT participate in the pre-nom round and go directly to the judging reel process. Keep you eyes peeled for continuing coverage!

WGA: 'Inception' & 'Social Network' Crowned!

Another win...another step closer to OSCAR gold!

"Inception" was named best original screenplay, while "The Social Network" took honors for best adapted screenplay.

“Inception,” written by Christopher Nolan, beat out the scripts for:

“Black Swan” 

“The Fighter”

“The Kids Are All Right” 

“Please Give” 

Oscar favorite “The King’s Speech” and Oscar nominee “Another Year” were ineligible under guild rules for the best screenplay prize. 

In the adapted screenplay category, "The Social Network," written by Aaron Sorkin, bested the scripts for:

“127 Hours” 

“I Love You Philip Morris” 

“The Town”

“True Grit” 

Oscar nominees such as “Toy Story 3” and “Winter’s Bone” were ineligible in the category because the films didn’t qualify under guild rules.

OSCAR PREDICTION

Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network

Original Screenplay: The King's Speech

Writer's Guild Awards: ATWT takes top honor!

After 54 groundbreaking years; 13,858 episodes, and great EMMY recognition, the canceled soap took home top honors for 'drama series'.

ATWT is no newcomer to the award frenzy! Still winning awards and no long airing on television, does the soap have a chance at securing 'EMMY' gold?!

As the World Turns premiered on April 2, 1956. It was the first television daytime drama with a 30-minute running time; all daytime dramas until then had had 15-minute running times. The series was also CBS' first to expand to a 60-minute running time, doing so in 1975. By 1958, the program was the number one daytime drama in the United States. As the World Turns , has won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series four times (in 1987, 1991, 2001, and 2003.)

Pre-nominations will be revealed on February 25th. 

'Born This Way'

Lady Gaga hasn't yet launched her first single off what is to be an exceptionally crafted album; but fans have already flooded youtube with covers of 'Born This Way'...

I gotta say, I am loving what this young man has done to the song (tender voice)...check it out below...

GRAMMY UPDATE...

The Latest In Who Will Be Performing!!!

Is Gaga opening for a second year in a row?!

Rihanna and Drake perform together?!

Will Katy Perry be able to sing respectably live?!

Performers update
Arcade Fire
Eminem
Lady GaGa
CeeLo Green
Katy Perry
Miranda Lambert
Bruno Mars
B.o.B
Janelle Monae
Usher
Justin Bieber
Jaden Smith
Muse
Rihanna
Drake
Gwyneth Paltrow
Jim Hinson Company
Mick Jagger
Raphael Saadiq

Presenters
LL COOL J
Selena Gomez
Nicki Minaj
Norah Jones
Dierks Bentley
Blake Shelton

GRAMMY 'Rumor Mill'

Is Lady Gaga GRAMMY's opening act two years straight?! 

This poster speaks for itself!

Lady Gaga goes into this years GRAMMY ceremony with 6 nominations, including a bid for top honors in 'Album of the Year'.

Experts expect the current 'queen' of music to walk away with at least 2 pieces of hardware for 'Best Female Pop Vocal' & 'Best Pop Album'...

My friends know I LOVE 'mama monster', so you best believe I will carefully handicap each category she is nominated in! My GRAMMY prediction rundown will be posted next week!