And sure enough, the Emmys have nominated the Tonys, the Oscars, and the Golden Globes, all of which will probably end up competing for a Pulitzer!

It's all so creepily incestual it's like a cult in the Bahamas.

But not everyone expected Ricky Gervais to get nominated for an Emmy for his pseudo-controversial Globes hosting job, including Gervais himself.

Nah.

Those entitled phonies are sitting there lapping up the glory--and free drinks--and they could certainly deal with a few potshots, especially on a dignity-free night when The Tourist is up for Best Picture and Dame Judi Dench is nominated opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt!

At least that's the point of view I espoused on Lawrence O'Donnell's show on MSNBC last night.

No, but with both ladies' Golden Globes wins, that exactly what it's shaping up as.

Mind you, I've always trumpeted my girl Sandy as a real contender and wish to God she'd been nominated for Crash, in which she acted with a capital A.

I happened to find The Blind Side conventional and a bit dull and feel it's weird that this is the film being seized on as her golden chance for immortality.

Alas, though I'm desperate for their golden competition to turn into the most bitter battle royale since Olivia deHavilland and Joan Fontaine, there seems to be a frightening amount of good will brewing here. In fact, Cameron and Bigelow are friends (Their split was way back in 1991) and he's even the one who advised her to direct The Hurt Locker when she was focusing on some other project!

These are the best performances that I feel are sadly being pushed under a truck in favor of bigger and/or more publicized names: