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Emmy Spotlight: Is Mad Men, Breaking Bad, or Lost the Best Drama Series?

We’re at the final award in our Emmy oddsmaking : Is Mad Men going to win its third Best Drama Series Emmy in a row? Will Breaking Bad take over? What about Lost ? The Good Wife ? True Blood ? Dexter ? We count down their chances after the jump.

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Emmy Spotlight: Is Mad Men, Breaking Bad, or Lost the Best Drama Series?

REVIEW: Last Exorcism Starts Strong But Can’t Close the Pseudo-Doc Deal

Don’t be fooled: despite the fact that producer Eli Roth has stacked his name above the title on posters and advertisements, The Last Exorcism has absolutely nothing in common with Roth’s adolescent torture-porn Hostel franchise. And despite a titular invocation of the original The Exorcist (with an implied promise to put a tourniquet on any more sequels), Daniel Stamm’s film bears little resemblance to William Friedkin’s moody, head-spinning freak-out. Instead it’s something more curious, and quite welcome: a deft, intelligent, pseudo-documentary thriller disguised as a horror movie. Until it concedes to standard slash-and-rush tactics in the final act, The Last Exorcism manages to be scary without resorting to cheap special effects or gore. It’s not as good as it could have been, but it’s so much better than expected.

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Buzz Break: Wesley Snipes Could Have Donned the Visor on Star Trek: The Next Generation

Ari Graynor Will Torment Jonah Hill’s Sitter

We’re well-documented fans of Ari Graynor here at Movieline, so we were heartened when out sister site Deadline told us that the actress would be joining Jonah Hill in David Gordon Green’s The Sitter , where she’ll play a manipulative girlfriend who wrecks Hill’s night of responsible babysitting. Please, Hollywood: more roles for blond comic bombshells. [ Deadline ]

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Be Sure to Drop In For Movieline’s Emmy Liveblog!

I know it’s almost the weekend, but before dashing off to happy hour/out of town/the last 16 hours of your community-service sentence/whatever, know that Movieline will once again be the place for the world’s finest real-time Emmycast commentary. Kyle and Louis are even attending this year, and will file their keen-eyed (and hopefully not too Champagne saturated) observations from the press room. The rest of us will be madly tweeting away, and you’ll be invited to join in with your comments as well. Movieline: Putting the “mm” in Emmy since 2009. See you Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT!

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Emmy Spotlight: Is Lost Due for Another Supporting Actor Win?

Michael Emerson’s coming off a victory at the 2009 Emmys with a chance of snagging a second trophy. Will the resilient supporting gents of Breaking Bad and Mad Men have something to say about that? Join me as I tally the dramatic supporting actor nominees’ odds.

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Emmy Spotlight: Is Lost Due for Another Supporting Actor Win?

Modern Family Now Ransoming the Future of its Child Actors for an Emmy

How far will Modern Family’s producers go for an Emmy? They’ve already run an ad promising that Sofia Vergara will run naked down Sunset if the show wins the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy (still a less salacious ad than the one for Yogi Bear ), and now they’ve upped the ante.

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What’s On: The Night the Lights Went Out in Austin

Friday Night Lights ‘s fourth season comes to a close tonight, just a few weeks ahead of the Emmys when its stars Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton may win some much-deserved adulation. In the meantime, prepare for a snack for some gut-wrenching drama tonight. If you’re a little lamer, Wife Swap is on too.

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George Clooney to Get the E in EGOT

George Clooney will receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmys on Aug. 29 for his work to aide the victims of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the Asian Tsunami, the genocide in Darfur and the Haiti earthquake. (What have you done lately?) The Oscar-winner is now halfway to acquiring the rare EGOT . Can a Broadway revival of My Fair Lady — with Clooney as Henry Higgins, natch — be far behind? [ E! ]

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Zoe Saldana and Kate Bosworth are Your New Idiots