Will's Saving Grace

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Sometimes good things happen to good people and in these parts there was much jubilation for Bobby Cannavale’s Emmy. He is obviously a person who knows how to make lemonade. He has risen to the occasion more than once and perhaps this award also included his turns on OZ and Six Feet Under. People do notice and Mr. Cannavale is worthy of notice.

He is doubly blessed in having both Italiano and Puerto Riqueno heritage. It has been said that the gods have a sense of humour. This time it looks like they just have good sense.


Honourable mentions to James Spader, Felicity Huffman, S. Epatha Merkerson, Doris Roberts and Patricia Arquette, not only because she is the mother of Thomas Jane’s baby, but also because she mentioned Katrina’s victims and the soldiers that need to get back home. It had nothing to do with a television show about which little is known.

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Patricia Arquette slipped in another Katrina jab at the President after she picked up her Emmy Sunday. Recalling his vow to help Sen. Trent Lott rebuild, she said, "All the poor, all the working poor who live from paycheck to paycheck. … I know Trent Lott's gonna get a new house. But a lot of people aren't."

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