Emmy Nominations

The Emmy Nominations was announced this morning.

For drama series, AMC's Mad Men, Fox's House, ABC's Boston Legal, FX's Damages, and ABC's Lost received nominations.

CBS' Two and Half Men, NBC's The Office and 30 Rock, HBO's Entourage and Curb Your Enthusiasm are nominated for comedy.

Here's the quick list of Emmy nominees:

Nominees for Actor Drama Series are:
Gabriel Byrne, "In Treatment"
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie, "House"
James Spader, "Boston Legal"

Nominees for Actress, Drama Series are:
Glenn Close, "Damages"
Sally Field, "Brothers and Sisters"
Mariska Hargitay, "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit"
Holly Hunter, "Saving Grace"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"

Nominees for Actress Comedy Series are:
Christina Applegate, "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "New Adventures of Old Christine"
Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds"

Nominees for Actor Comedy Series are:
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Lee Pace, "Pushing Daisies"
Tony Shalhoub, "Monk"
Charlie Sheen, "Two and a Half Men"

Nominees for Supporting Actor, Comedy Series are:
Jason Cryer, "Two and a Half Men"
Kevin Dillon, "Entourage"
Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother"
Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"
Rainn Wilson, "The Office"

Nominees for Supporting Actor, Drama Series are:
Ted Danson, "Damages"
Michael Emerson, "Lost"
Zeljko Ivanek, "Damages"
William Shatner, "Boston Legal"
John Slattery, "Mad Men"

Nominees for Supporting Actress, Drama Series are:
Candice Bergen, "Boston Legal"
Rachel Griffiths, "Brothers and Sisters"
Sandra Oh, "Grey's Anatomy"
Dianne Wiest, "In Treatment"
Chandra Wilson, "Grey's Anatomy"

Nominees for Supporting Actress, Comedy Series are:
Kristin Chenoweth, "Pushing Daisies"
Amy Poehler, "Saturday Night Live"
Jean Smart, "Samantha Who?
Holland Taylor, "Two and a Half Men"
Vanessa Williams, "Ugly Betty"

Nominees for Reality Host are:
Tom Bergeron, 'Dancing With The Stars'
Heidi Klum, 'Project Runway'
Howie Mandel, 'Deal Or No Deal'
Jeff Probst, 'Survivor'
Ryan Seacrest, 'American Idol'

Reality-Competition Program:
"The Amazing Race," CBS
"American Idol," FOX
"Dancing With The Stars," ABC
"Project Runway," Bravo
"Top Chef," Bravo

Reality Program:
"Antiques Roadshow," PBS
"Dirty Jobs," Discovery Channel
"Extreme Makeover Home Edition," ABC
"Intervention," A&E
"Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List," Bravo

Miniseries:
"The Andromeda Strain," A&E
"Cranford," (Masterpiece Theatre), PBS
"John Adams," HBO
"Tin Man," Sci Fi Channel

Actor, Miniseries or a Movie:
Ralph Fiennes, "Bernard And Doris"
Ricky Gervais, "Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale"
Paul Giamatti, "John Adams"
Kevin Spacey, "Recount"
Tom Wilkinson, "Recount"

Actress, Miniseries or a Movie:
Catherine Keener, "An American Crime"
Susan Sarandon, "Bernard And Doris"
Dame Judi Dench, "Cranford"
Laura Linney, "John Adams"
Phylicia Rashad, "A Raisin in the Sun"

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or a Movie:
Eileen Atkins, "Cranford"
Ashley Jensen, "Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale"
Alfre Woodard, "Pictures Of Hollis Woods"
Audra McDonald, "A Raisin In The Sun"
Laura Dern, "Recount"

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or a Movie:
David Morse, "John Adams"
Stephen Dillane, "John Adams"
Tom Wilkinson, "John Adams"
Denis Leary, "Recount"
Bob Balaban, "Recount"

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:
Shelley Berman, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Rip Torn, "30 Rock"
Will Arnett, "30 Rock"
Steve Buscemi, "30 Rock"
Tim Conway, "30 Rock"

Guest Actor in a Drama Series:
Charles Durning, "Rescue Me"
Robert Morse, "Mad Men"
Oliver Platt, "Nip-Tuck"
Stanley Tucci, "E.R."
Glynn Turman, "In Treatment"
Robin Williams, "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

Guest Actress in Comedy Series:
Polly Bergen, "Desperate Housewives"
Edie Falco, "30 Rock"
Kathryn Joosten, "Desperate Housewives"
Carrie Fisher, "30 Rock"
Sarah Silverman, "Monk"
Elaine Stritch, "30 Rock"

Guest Actress in Drama Series:
Ellen Burstyn, "Big Love"
Diahann Carroll, "Grey's Anatomy"
Cynthia Nixon, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Anjelica Huston, "Medium"
Sharon Gless, "Nip/Tuck"

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special:
Hugh Costello, "Bernard And Doris"
Heidi Thomas, "Cranford"
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, "Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale"
Kirk Ellis, "John Adams"
Danny Strong, "Recount"

Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special:
Bob Balaban, "Bernard And Doris"
Mikael Salomon, "The Company"
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, "Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale"
Tom Hooper, "John Adams"
Jay Roach, "Recount"

Made-for-TV- Movie:
"Bernard And Doris," HBO
"Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale," HBO
"The Memory Keeper's Daughter," Lifetime
"A Raisin In The Sun," ABC
"Recount," HBO

Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program:
"The Colbert Report"
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart"
"Late Night With Conan O'Brien"
"Late Show With David Letterman"
"Saturday Night Live"

Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program:
Louis J. Horvitz, "80th Annual Academy Awards"
Jim Hoskinson, "The Colbert Report"
Lonny Price, "Company (Great Performances)"
Chuck O'Neil, "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart"
Don Roy King, "Saturday Night Live"

Writing for a Drama Series:
Michael Angeli, "Battlestar Galactica"
Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, Daniel Zelman, "Damages"
Matthew Weiner, "Mad Men"
Matthew Weiner, Robin Veith, "Mad Men"
David Simon, Ed Burns, "The Wire"

Directing for a Darama Series:
Arlene Sanford, "Boston Legal"
Vince Gilligan, "Breaking Bad"
Allen Coulter, "Damages"
Greg Yaitanes, "House"
Alan Taylor, "Mad Men"

Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program:
Jon Stewart, Host, "80th Annual Academy Awards"
Stephen Colbert, Host, "The Colbert Report"
David Letterman, Host, "Late Show With David Letterman"
Don Rickles, Performer, "Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project"
Tina Fey, Host/Performer, "Saturday Night Live"

Writing fo a Comedy Series:
James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, "Flight of the Conchords"
Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, "The Office"
Bryan Fuller, "Pushing Daisies"
Jack Burditt, "30 Rock"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"

Directing for a Comedy Series:
Dan Attias, "Entourage"
James Bobin, "Flight of the Conchords"
Paul Lieberstein, "The Office"
Paul Feig, "The Office"
Barry Sonnenfeld, "Pushing Daisies"
Michael Engler, "30 Rock"

Variety, Music or Comedy Series:
"The Colbert Report," Comedy Central
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, " Comedy Central
"Late Show With David Letterman," CBS
"Real Time With Bill Maher," HBO
"Saturday Night Live," NBC

Variety, Music or Comedy Special:
"Bill Maher: The Decider," HBO
"George Carlin: It's Bad For Ya!," HBO
"James Taylor: One Man Band (Great Performances),
" PBS"Kathy Griffin: Straight To Hell," Bravo
The Kennedy Center Honors," CBS
"Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project," HBO

Animated Program (for programming less than one hour):
"Creature Comforts America," CBS
"King Of The Hill," FOX
"Robot Chicken," Cartoon Network
"The Simpsons," FOX
"SpongeBob SquarePants," Nickelodeon

Animated Program (for programming one hour or more):
"Family Guy," FOX
"South Park," Comedy Central
"Justice League: The New Frontier," Warner Bros

Obama and McCain Horserace

US Presidential candidates are pushing up with their fundraising.

Democrat Barack Obama raised $52 million this June. Republican John McCain raised $62.3 million for the second quarter of 2008.

Wow! That's a lot of money to spend just for their campaign.

Half a billion dollars can go along way to feed the hungry kids in Africa. It can eradicate the short supply of rice in Asia too.