The Envelope - LA Times - Richard Rushfield: The Kudos Crasher

Winners dine and losers whine at the Emmys Governors Ball

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Enjoying bone marrow flan with Mr. Ron Jeremy.

"We all have our demons. We all have our shadows. And we dance between both of them."

A rush, a crush and ... a par-tay?

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Random notes and quotes from a looong night inside the Kodak.

As many awards shows as a hardened Kudos Crasher like myself has been through, there is still a rush of adrenaline each time I approach the carpet. And no show knows how to generate that rush better than the Papa Bear of them all, the Academy Awards, year 79.

Around the Globes

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Listening, watching and schmoozing with the players and the pretenders inside the Beverly Hilton.

With every New Year, the scent of trophies fills the West Los Angeles air. And so once again, I pick up my tux from the dry cleaners and head back onto the awards trail.

The write stuff

Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Black velvet tuxes, fainting spells and punchlines — flying without a keyboard at the WGA Awards.

If it is possible for two words to exist at opposite ends of the Hollywood lexicon, those words would be "glamour" and "writer."

Lite show

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800

There s plenty of power, but not much electricity, at the Producers Guild Awards.

If producers are the ultimate Hollywood heavyweights, the biggest hitters in a town filled with power players, it's a little ironic that their Producers Guild Awards show is an often-forgotten stepchild of the awards season.

Hoi polloi Hollywood

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800

George Lucas drowned out, Ray Romano snubbed — moments light and dark from the People s Choice Awards.

In the jungle of awards season, The People's Choice lurks by itself in a lonely yet unmissable glade.