SPOILER WARNING! Just a tiny little spoiler-like tidbit …
MySpace chats with Jenna Fischer as part of its Celebrity channel debut.
Link: Q&A with Jenna Fischer
Tipster: Rana
Nominate Office blogs for the Bloggies!
REMINDER! The deadline to add OfficeTally to the ballot is TONIGHT at 10pm ET. Please help nominate OT!
I was chatting with some of The Office folks and we thought it would be cool to nominate a block of blogs for the 2008 Weblog Awards (also known as the Bloggies).
Will you help? Then click over to the gigantic Bloggies nomination form and fill it out thusly:
- Best Entertainment Weblog:
OfficeTally, https://www.officetally.com - Best Humorous Weblog:
Creed Thoughts, http://blog.nbc.com/CreedThoughts - Best Humorous Weblog:
Schrute-Space, http://blog.nbc.com/DwightsBlog - Best New Weblog:
Creed Thoughts, http://blog.nbc.com/CreedThoughts - Best Topical Weblog:
Things I’ve Bought That I Love (Mindy Kaling’s blog), http://mindyephron.blogspot.com
With each Tallyhead submitting this nomination ballot, we’ll be UNSTOPPABLE. And if you don’t believe me, Tallyheads helped OfficeTally win the 2007 Bloggers’ Choice Award for Best Entertainment Blog!
The deadline to submit nominations is next Friday, January 11 at 10pm ET, so we don’t have much time. Let’s fill up some categories with our show!
P.S. If you are concerned about supporting the character blogs, don’t be. My sources on the show have told me “The blogs aren’t violating any WGA rules, so please nominate away. Support from TallyHeads is highly encouraged because, as we all know, if you don’t support the blogs, then the terrorists win.”
Rainn Wilson: My Life During the Strike
Entertainment Weekly talks to Rainn Wilson about what he’s been up to lately:
The Office’s assistant to the regional manager Rainn Wilson is finally getting a promotion to big boss man as this year’s host of Film Independent’s Spirit Awards (airing Feb. 23 on AMC and IFC channels). In the, er, spirit of things, Wilson spoke with EW last week about the new gig, his role opposite Ellen Page in Juno, and what he and his Dunder Mifflinites are up to during the strike.
‘The Office’ picks up two NAACP Image Award noms
‘The Office’ has been nominated for two 2008 NAACP Image Awards:
- Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:
Mindy Kaling, The Office, ‘Branch Wars’ - Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series:
Ken Whittingham, The Office, ‘Phyllis’ Wedding’
Congratulations, Mindy and Ken!
The awards presentation is scheduled for February 14th on FOX.
What kind of taxpayer are you?
Amazon.com’s tax software page features some of our favorite characters from The Office. It’s actually pretty well written — when you click each character’s profile, don’t forget to scroll all the way down to the “How You’ll Want to Spend Your Refund” section — it’s hilarious!
Links: Amazon.com’s Tax Center
Tipster: Donna
Melora Hardin’s ‘At the Watercooler’
Tallyhead K files this report on Melora Hardin’s show ‘At the Watercooler’ this past weekend.
The writers’ strike better end soon, otherwise Broadway will steal Melora Hardin for good. I went to see Melora Hardin tonight in her one woman cabaret ‘At the Watercooler.’ She was sensational.
The Weekend Tally
- Article: more details on Year One — a film co-written by The Office writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky.
- Article: Charity’s work aligns with Rainn Wilson’s faith.
- Photo: Steve Carell, Master of All Media.
- Photo: John Krasinski parties in Vegas.
- Video:
Angela hangs with Ed and Creed.Man, I miss this show. - Video: The Office strike, speedpaint version.
- Merchandise: for the ultra-geeky Office fan.
- Vote: JAM needs your help.
- Upcoming event: B.J. Novak appears in ‘See You Next Tuesday’ at the UCB Theatre on Tuesday, January 8. This is a FREE event!
- Upcoming event: Tallyhead Secondrink reports that “Mindy [Kaling] and Craig [Robinson] will be performing stand-up at Ohio State University on Feb. 17. Unfortunately, it’s only for staff and students. I will try to send you a report when it happens, as there is supposed to be a Q & A after the show.”
Tipsters: Secondrink, Sue, Red, liezl, Michael, Jessica
Mindy Kaling at the UCB Theatre
Tallyhead K files this report on Mindy Kaling’s visit to Jimmy Pardo’s show at the UCB Theatre Thursday night.
I went to see Mindy Kaling at UCBLA tonight. The show ran like a regular live talk show but in a theater. The host was Jimmy Pardo, a classic stand-up veteran, whose quick and sharp humor kept the audience on their toes the whole night. He opened with holiday-oriented stories, bantered with his iPod DJ Pat Francis, and teased an Australian guy in the front row who sat two seats away from me.
When they introduced Mindy, they cued ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ during her entrance. She wore a long pink and black patterned dress, a brown hoodie, and a cute pair of gold flats. She complimented the choice of song which led into a story about her appearance on Conan and how they used ‘Eye of the Tiger’ for her entrance. She had expected something like ‘Pretty Woman,’ though her pick for an entrance song would have been ‘Ghostbusters.’