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The Fox show "24," which turns one day into a season, has picked up three Emmys, including best drama series and best actor for star Kiefer Sutherland. "The Office" wins for best comedy. One Emmy front-runner, sexy medical drama "Grey's Anatomy," was shut out in the awards. Mariska Hargitay of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" and Julia Louis-Dreyfus of the first-year comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine" won Emmy gold with lead actress awards in the drama and comedy categories...

Born in July 25, 1967, Matt LeBlanc is very well known for his character Joey Tribbiani, in the series Friends and Joey. Matt was born to an Italian mother and a father who is a mix of Irish, Dutch, English and French. That's why, his last name, LeBlanc, is French, and means, "The White", while his character Joey, has an Italian last name. When he was a kid, he was interested in motorcycling, more than in acting. At the age of 8 he got his first motorcycle, and stated to participate in co...

Born in 1960 as one of the six children in his family, Neil grew up only acting in a few school plays. But the idea of act for a living wasn't a thought that stroke him before he was almost ready to graduate from college. First of he did a lot of theater acting, and he has been awarded with two Jefferson Awards for excellence in Chicago Theatre, but later on he has become involved in both big screen projects and small screen. Movies and TV. Many will know him as a transit cop from The ...

Jared attended Madison High School in San Antonio, Texas. He was a Presidential Scholars Program candidate in 2000, his senior year. Padalecki began taking acting classes in Texas when he was twelve. He was one of two 1999 "Claim to Fame" contest winners at the Teen Choice Awards on FOX. At the awards show he met his current manager, who is also Freddie Prinze, Jr.'s manager. Before joining Gilmore Girls, Padalecki filmed a pilot for NBC that was never picked up. He planned to attend the ...

Annette O'Toole played Lana Lang, the girl Clark Kent left behind in his youth, in the big-screen feature Superman III. Now she takes her new place in the Superman saga playing a teenage Clark Kent's mother, Martha, in the new action-adventure series Smallville. Born in Houston, Texas, O'Toole started dancing at the early age of 3. At 13, her family moved to Los Angeles and she began taking acting lessons. Her first big break came when she starred in the 1975 feature film Smile a...

The Emmy Awards are administered by three sister organizations; the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Emmy Awards recognize excellence within various areas of the television industry. The awards are a symbol of peer recognition from over 12,000 members of the Academy. Each member casts a ballot for the category of competition in their field of expertise. The Top Contend...

Born in July 25, 1967, Matt LeBlanc is very well known for his character Joey Tribbiani, in the series Friends and Joey. Matt was born to an Italian mother and a father who is a mix of Irish, Dutch, English and French. That's why, his last name, LeBlanc, is French, and means, "The White", while his character Joey, has an Italian last name. When he was a kid, he was interested in motorcycling, more than in acting. At the age of 8 he got his first motorcycle, and stated to participate in co...