My head is aching a little bit and my eyes are still a bit puffy. If you watched CNN Heroes several hours ago like I did I bet you know exactly why I still have severe side effects from that awards show.

Last year when I saw CNN Heroes it wasn’t planned and just happened to tune in to CNN exactly at the middle of the show during a replay. Needless to say I was hooked. So hooked that one year later I was one of the avid viewers who clicked repeatedly on my hero hoping for a win. My hero didn’t win but I am not at all bitter because Efren Penaflorida, the hero from the Philippines who taught children Saturdays from a pushcart classroom, deserved the win just as much as any of the 10 nominees did.

If you didn’t see CNN Heroes or don’t even know what it is, it is the best awards show right now. What CNN does is it asks people to nominate ordinary people doing extraordinarily heroic things every single day. This year CNN got over 9,000 nominations out of which their blue ribbon panel selected the 10 CNN Heroes of 2009. Each of the 10 I believe deserved the to be Hero of the Year but since there can only be one I can only be happy for Mr Penaflorida and all the children his pushcart classroom will reach because of the $100,000 grant.

There are no words for the emotions and the inspiration one will feel seeing people strive to make a difference get recognition, so just make sure you see the rerun of CNN Heroes.

And the 61st Emmy Award Winners are….

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, as Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Toni Collette, as Tara Gregson (United States Of Tara)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, as Walter White (Breaking Bad)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Glenn Close, as Patty Hewes (Damages)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a MiniSeries or Movie
Brendan Gleeson, as Winston Churchill (Into The Storm)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a MiniSeries or Movie
Jessica Lange, as Big Edie (Grey Gardens)

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock – NBC

Outstanding Drama Series
Mad Men – AMC

Outstanding MiniSeries
Little Dorrit – PBS

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race – CBS

Outstanding Reality Program
Intervention – A&E

Outstanding Made for TV Movie
Grey Gardens – HBO

Outstanding Nonfiction Series
American Masters – PBS

Outstanding Nonfiction Special
102 Minutes That Changed America – HISTORY

Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than 1 hour)
South Park – Margaritaville
Comedy Central

Outstanding Animated Program (for programming 1 hour or more)
Destination Imagination (Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends)
Cartoon Network

Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
The Memory Loss Tapes – HBO

Outstanding Children’s Nonfiction Program
Nick News With Linda Ellerbee Coming Home: When Parents Return from War – Nickelodeon

Outstanding Children’s Program
Wizards Of Waverly Place – Disney Channel

For the complete list of winners go to http://www.emmys.com/

Presenting this year’s Emmy nominees… *Drumroll*

Outstanding Comedy

Entourage – HBO
Weeds – Showtime
How I Met Your Mother – CBS
Flight Of The Conchords – HBO
30 Rock – NBC
The Office – NBC
Family Guy – FOX

Outstanding Drama Series

Big Love – HBO
Dexter – Showtime
House – FOX
Damages – FX Networks
Mad Men – AMC
Breaking Bad – AMC
Lost – ABC

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Steve Carell, as Michael Scott (The Office)
Tony Shalhoub, as Adrian Monk (Monk)
Jemaine Clement, as Jemaine (Flight Of The Conchords)
Jim Parsons, as Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
Alec Baldwin, as Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)
Charlie Sheen, as Charlie Harper (Two And A Half Men)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Hugh Laurie, as Dr. Gregory House (House)
Michael C. Hall, as Dexter Morgan (Dexter)
Simon Baker, as Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)
Gabriel Byrne, as Paul (In Treatment)
Bryan Cranston, as Walter White (Breaking Bad)
Jon Hamm, as Don Draper (Mad Men)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Kevin Bacon, as LtCol Mike Strobl (Taking Chance)
Brendan Gleeson, as Winston Churchill (Into The Storm)
Kenneth Branagh, as Kurt Wallander (Wallander: One Step Behind)
Kevin Kline, as Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Sir Ian McKellen, as King Lear (King Lear)
Kiefer Sutherland, as Jack Bauer (24: Redemption)

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Sarah Silverman, as Sarah Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program)
Mary-Louise Parker, as Nancy Botwin (Weeds)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as Christine (The New Adventures Of Old Christine)
Toni Collette, as Tara Gregson (United States Of Tara)
Christina Applegate, as Samantha Newly (Samantha Who?)
Tina Fey, as Liz Lemon (30 Rock)

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Mariska Hargitay, as Detective Olivia Benson (Law & Order: SVU)
Kyra Sedgwick, as Brenda Leigh Johnson (The Closer)
Holly Hunter, as Grace Hanadarko (Saving Grace)
Sally Field, as Nora Walker (Brothers & Sisters)
Elisabeth Moss, as Peggy Olson (Mad Men)
Glenn Close, as Patty Hewes (Damages)

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Drew Barrymore, as Little Edie (Grey Gardens)
Jessica Lange, as Big Edie (Grey Gardens)
Sigourney Weaver, as Mary Griffith (Prayers For Bobby)
Shirley MacLaine, as Coco Chanel (Coco Chanel)
Chandra Wilson, as Yvonne (Accidental Friendship)

Outstanding Made For Television Movie

Taking Chance – HBO
Grey Gardens – HBO
Into The Storm – HBO
Prayers For Bobby – Lifetime
Coco Chanel – Lifetime

Outstanding Miniseries

Generation Kill – HBO
Little Dorrit – PBS

Outstanding Reality – Competition Program

Top Chef – Bravo
Project Runway – Bravo
The Amazing Race – CBS
Dancing with the Stars – ABC
American Idol – FOX

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart – Comedy Central
Real Time With Bill Maher – HBO
The Colbert Report – Comedy Central
Late Show With David Letterman – CBS
Saturday Night Live – NBC

The Saturn Awards were given away last week and we all know that the “Dark Knight” dominated the awards show, at least for the movie awards categories. When it comes to the TV awards “Battlestar Galactica” still rules, managing to get back its title of being the Best Cable TV Series, which it has won 2005 but was snatched away by “Dexter” last year.

Below’s a list of this TV winners of the 35th Annual Saturn Awards. For a full list of winners you can download this Microsoft word document provided by the by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.

Best Television Series: LOST

Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

Best Presentation on Television: THE LIBRARIAN: THE CURSE OF THE JUDAS CHALICE

Best Actor on Television: EDWARD JAMES OLMOS (Battlestar Galactica)

Best Actress on Television: MARY MCDONNELL (Battlestar Galactica)

Best Supporting Actor on Television: ADRIAN PASDAR (Heroes)

Best Supporting Actress on Televison: JENNIFER CARPENTER (Dexter)

Guest Starring Role on Television: JIMMY SMITS (Dexter)

My reaction to the winners? Being a Battlestar Galactica fan I’m glad they got the title back. I also really like Dexter though so it’s good that they at least got awards. As for Lost, I lost my interest in the series a few seasons ago so I couldn’t care less. The twists and turns are also too much to follow and I am not in the mood for a Lost marathon just so I can finally figure out what’s been happening.

Jeremy Piven was one of the first people to complain about the Emmy’s slow opening.

“I thought we were being punk’d as an audience,” Piven told reporters, even comparing the segment to The Producers’ “Springtime for Hitler.”

Sometimes Awards shows are less about who won, but what they wore. Check out the Emmys best dressed. Leading the pack is America Ferrera, who was definitely no Ugly Betty that night.

Congratulations to Jeff Probst, who took home the first Emmy for the category of Reality Show Host. Probst has been the host of the highly popular show, Survivor.

Be in the know! Here’s the full list of Emmy nominees and awardees.

Do you agree with the results? Let us know who you would’ve picked!

Congratulations to Kathy Griffin, who took home the trophy at the Creative Emmys.. “I would make love to this thing if I could,” she joked.

Britney Spears was at the Video Music Awards. Aside from taking home three trophies — first time she ever won — she actually opened the show without any humiliation. She’s done really well since her 2007 disaster. Click here for more details on the show.