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The "Grey Gardens" Emmy Showdown Begins

Posted by Lindy Parker

 

Okay, so here's how it went down...

HBO wanted to maximize their odds to take home as many Emmys as possible for their TV movie version of the acclaimed documentary Grey Gardens starring Jessica Lange and Remote Island darling Drew Barrymore.  They figured the best plan for all involved was to split the difference and push Drew for the best actress category, and Jessica Lange for best supporting actress to try and ensure that both actors took home a shiny statuette, and HBO got to rack up a higher count of Emmys.  Everybody wins!  Apparently, HBO didn't count on Jessica Lange going all Norma Desmond on them...

But we're told Lange wouldn't go for it. "Her immediate reaction was that she's won two Oscars, and that she has equal screen time to Barrymore," says our insider. "She felt she wasn't a supporting character in the film, and that it'd be dishonest and a manipulation of votes. She didn't want a part of it."

After weeks of back and forth, HBO finally decided to allow Barrymore and Lange to go head-to-head in the lead category. "Now we have a scenario where either Lange will go home empty-handed, or neither will win," says our source. "It's unfortunate." (New York Post)

We like how the HBO source just assumes that it's Lange that will be left out in the cold.  No wonder she got huffy.  

Previously:

How Grey Gardens Cured Drew Barrymore of Weird Facial Ticks

Grey Gardens Trailer: Whimsical or Weird [VIDEO]

Golden Globes: Letter To The Stars 

Our Continued Love Affair With Drew Barrymore

 


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Lindy Parker has worked as a ghostwriter, editor, dance instructor and a purveyor of dreams, one beer at a time. She now writes for nerve.com's TV blog, "The Remote Island." She loves Charles Dickens and Gabriel Garcia Marquez and also, straight-to-video releases with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. It's possible she reads more teen fiction than she should. She hails from Los Angeles, her hometown and soul mate, but she lives in Brooklyn, the fling she'll never forget.

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