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Glee girls Amber Riley, Lea Michele and Naya Rivera |
The TCA Awards are a low key stop on the Hollywood trophy circuit, but the community shows up every year. Guys like Tom Hanks, who has been to four or five of these things, set the tone. He even puts on a tie, although he did declare, after being derisively introduced as the “star of Bachelor Party” by Minneapolis Star Tribune presenter Neal Justin (below with Hanks) that “this is the last time I’m fucking dressing up for you people!”
Hanks may not have been aware, at the time, that Modern Family youngster Rico Rodriguez (Manny) was in attendance. He made up for it later by leading the room in a spirited rendition of “Happy Birthday (Rodriguez turned 12 Saturday night).
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Hanks accepts cheap plastic thingy |
Hanks, who was there to accept the award for outstanding achievement in movies, miniseries and specials for HBO’s The Pacific, stayed late and helped close the joint, even posing for pictures with the costumed stars of the best children’s show, Yo Gabba Gabba. The man is a mensch.
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He had the crowd in stitches as he read actual twitter posts from fans who hated the final episode of the series. “Hey douche bag,” began one of them, “instead of backpacking in Europe or whatever the fuck you’re doing, how about you give me six years of my life back.”
Several members of the Modern Family cast made the party, including Emmy-nominee Ty Burrell.
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M*A*S*H Men: Christopher, Matcalfe, Farrell and Reynolds |
*A*S*H, which ran 11 seasons, was saluted with the TCA heritage award, with original executive producer Gene Reynolds accepting. He was joined on stage by Burt Metcalfe, who produced the series the final six seasons, and actors William Christopher (Father Mulchahy) and Mike Farrell (B.J. Hunnicutt). Farrell joked that he “came to the show late thanks to the unerring business sense of Wayne Rogers” (who left after three seasons).
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