10 Things That Should Be Banned from Awards Shows

Everyone is talking about whether or not host Ricky Gervais has been banned from future Golden Globe broadcasts, or if he should. Who cares? Here are 10 things that really should never appear on any awards show again.
Golden Globes: Ricky Gervais's Jokes 'Totally Unacceptable'
Though elusive about whether or not he'd be asked back next year, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association says that Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais "crossed the line" last night, saying several jokes were "totally unacceptable." Touchy touchy!
You Know That Dream, Where You're in Front of a Crowd, Only Wearing a Ham?
[Actress Eva Longoria Parker, wearing a ham costume, hosts the MTV European Music Awards in Spain. Photo via AP.]
Golden Globes Canceled!
The Golden Globes have been canceled due to the ongoing writers strike. "[T]he Hollywood Foreign Press Association instead will merely make an announcement of the winners," according to Nikki Finke. Exciting! We've learned to live without writers, but can we live without... awards shows? Do we want to live in that…
Meet Ryan Seacrest, Your Last-Minute Emmy Host
Panicked that the Emmys were rapidly approaching and they hadn't yet named a host for the awards telecast, Fox has convinced American Idol master of karaoke ceremonies Ryan Seacrest to borrow one of Ellen DeGeneres' tuxedos and assume emceeing duties for Hollywood's Third- Or Fourth-Biggest Night, Depending On How…
Red Carpet Not Big Enough For Two Housewives
Fresh tales of Desperate Housewives-related bitchery threaten to reopen the thousand paper-cuts of boredom inflicted on us by Sunday's Emmys. The folks at Open All Night expose a new round of red carpet shenanigans:
Emmy Hangover: Fingering Hugh Jackman's Friend
Several readers have written in to inquire about the identity of Hugh Jackman's friend "John," whom the actor thanked in his Emmy acceptance speech, pictured above at left (we hope) with Jackman's wife Deb. (At right, we hope.) Very cursory research reveals that this individual is probably John Palermo, Jackman's…
The Emmys: Separating The Stars From The Not-So-Stars
Blogger Paul Davidson recaps his Emmy weekend, from pre-party to the Big Night, observing herds of B-listers in their natural habitat: wandering around the NBC/Vanity Fair Spago bash and hoovering up free food from the buffet:
Trade Round-Up: Emmy Postmortem
· Variety reminds you about the Emmy moments you may have slept through: Lost takes best drama, Raymond best comedy, Felicity Huffman beats out her fellow Housewives, HBO nabs the most awards overall, and as best comedy writing award winner Mitch Hurwitz would like to remind you, Arrested Development plunges…
Defamer's Emmy Moments
Yes, we know that we said that we were going to liveblog the Emmys telecast, but when the show opened with John Travolta recounting what it was like to accept an award on behalf of deceased The Boy in the the Plastic Bubble co-star Diana Hylund in 1977, we realized that no amount of alcohol would allow us to track…
