Posts Tagged ‘John Hodgman’

★ Knight and Day (formerly Wichita) film crew sets up on Dayton St. in Danvers, MA (above).

★ They always come home again; Matt Damon and family are spotted around Boston.

★ English actor Matthew Lewis tours the Museum of Science’s Harry Potter exhibit.

★ Playtime in the park; Jennifer Garner brings daughters Violet and Seraphina out in Cambridge.

★ Being PC; actor John Hodgman appears at the Boston Book Festival.

★ The Boston Bike Film Fest rode through the weekend.

★ Connecticut’s Quinnipiac University reconsiders its placement of interns at the “Late Show with David Letterman“.

★ Alex McCord of “The Real Housewives of New York City” stops by Burlington, MA.

On Sunday, September 20, the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards aired on CBS, hosted with much aplomb by Neil Patrick Harris. Some of the more notable winners that evening include Glen Close for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and Michael J. Fox for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. In addition to the winners, gowns, after-parties, and critiques of Harris’s hosting job, yet another interesting aspect of the show was the numerous New England connections to those that attended.

Though they say its an honor just to be nominated, many of the humorously entertaining north-easterners did not get to take home their own awards. Seth MacFarlane’s “Family Guy” was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Though the Connecticut funnyman’s series lost to “30 Rock”, its ability as an animated series to stand alone in a category against live-action sitcoms speaks for itself. New Hampshire’s funny honey, Sarah Silverman, also lost in her category for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, but took it in stride while sporting a fake mustache on camera.

Concord, MA born Steve Carell lost out to Alec Baldwin for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy, so be nice if you see him at the general store he bought in Marshfield. One comedy winner for the evening did include Beverly, MA native, and writer for “30 Rock”, Matthew Hubbard, who won an Emmy that evening in both the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series category and Best Comedy, for his additional role on the show as a producer.

Though he was neither nominated nor presenting, Brookline, MA’s John Hodgman, better known as “The PC Guy” on the now iconic Mac vs. PC commercials, played sidekick yet again, this time helping announce the show between Harris’s appearances as host on stage and in pre-taped skits.