1-6 NEW ORLEANSREUNION

WEDDING NEWS 7

8-9 DANNY JOE MILLER

PRESIDENT’S 10MESSAGE

11-14 ATLANTA PHOTOS

MEMBERSHIP 16

16-17 DIGITALDARKROOM

EMMYS REPORT 18-19

20 MINI REUNIONS

INSIDE

classes of1967-1971

Winter 2009

A publication of theFrankfurt American High SchoolAlumni Association

www.Frankfurthigh.com

WELCOME TO NEW ORLEANS,THE CITY THAT CARE FORGOT,FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARYOF THE CLASS OF 1970

You cannot believe how exciting it is to announce that the 2010 FAHSreunion will be in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz and Louis Armstrong,the “city that care forgot”, and home to some of the best food in the world!

Mark your calendars now for the reunion dates of June 23 – 27, 2010 (Wed.thru Sun.) It is probably true that some of you have already visited NewOrleans at least once, but what better way to spend time there again thanwith your spouse or significant other AND your favorite high school friends.New Orleans is a “party city,” and in New Orleans, you don’t have to ventureout very far to have a great time. Accommodations for the reunion are at thebeautiful historical Hotel Monteleone in the heart of the French Quarter.

There are so many attractions and things to do within walking distance ofthe hotel: the Audubon Insectarium, the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas,a variety of shops (antiques, jewelry, Oriental rugs) and two shopping malls,fabulous restaurants, museums (World War II Museum, Ogden Museum ofSouthern Art, American Italian Museum, New Orleans African AmericanMuseum, N.O. Historic Voodoo Museum, Southern Food and BeverageMuseum are just a few), and of course, music, including jazz (e.g.,Preservation Hall) and Cajun music (e.g., Mulate’s Restaurant) . There is alsothe New Orleans School of Cooking, where cooking demonstrations aretaught by well-known local chefs skilled in the arts and traditions of Cajun

and Creole cuisine. There are “new” red-and-yellow streetcars that travel throughthe historic Garden District (uptown) and past the gracious mansions that line St.Charles Avenue. In addition, the hotel is only four blocks from the MightyMississippi River, where pedestrians can ride the ferry from New Orleans to Algiers– FREE. Believe me, in the French Quarter alone, you will never be bored.

And New Orleans has lots more to offer outside the French Quarter! Interested ina walking tour of New Orleans’ unique above-ground cemeteries? How about aone-hour ride on an old-fashioned paddlewheel boat on the Mississippi River?Also, the Natchez Steamboat offers daytime, 2-hour tours with a casual buffet andDixieland music, as well as nighttime dinner tours.

And then there are the countless wonderful restaurants! You’ll have a difficult timedeciding which restaurants to dine at in so few days. And no visit to New Orleanswould be complete without eating those square powdered sugar-covered beignets(pronounced bay-NYAYS) and drinking coffee au lait (half coffee and half milk)served at the Café du Monde Coffee Shop! No need to worry though, becauseCafé du Monde is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (except Christmas Day andwhen an occasional hurricane passes too close to New Orleans).

There are so many more attractions in New Orleans (such as Blaine Kern’s MardiGras World, French Quarter Walking Tours, Garden District Walking Tours) and inthe immediate area (such as plantation home tours and swamp tours).

So, come on down to New Orleans, cher, and pass a good time in our charmingcity. That famous Cajun saying is true in New Orleans: Laissez les bon tempsrouler (Let the good times roll!) Hope to see you next June !!!!! Make your hotelreservations. You won’t regret it !!!

Sheryl Buccola Austin ’69

Kym Mingus Denmark ‘68

Mary Nagel Ilseng ‘67

Mina “Mickie” Mathies ‘67

Gail Graham Chastain ‘68

OFFICERSPresident:Steve Deandeansco@yahoo.com

Vice-President:Grant Caugheygjcaughey@sbcglobal.net

Founder/Secretary:Gayle (Spear) Crattygayle.cratty@gmail.com

Treasurer:Erik Thammethamm@logsec.com

Past President:Bobbie Thackerb4bobbie@aol.com

1967 Class Representatives:Kathryn Cooneylookpc440@aol.comMary (Nagel) Ilsengmaryilseng@yahoo.comMike McCreadymikemccready@earthlink.net

1968 Class Representatives:Kym Mingus-Denmarkkymdsteved@aol.comSteve Denmarkkymdsteved@aol.com

1969 Class Representatives:Krys Wageskwages@charter.netKen Flaudingken2tou@aol.comJohn Zodyjzody@fhsu.edu

1970 Class Representatives:Pat (Collins) Millerfahs70grad@aol.comDutch Meekermeekerhouston@att.net

1971 Class Representative:Jimmy Torrespjmetorres@charter.net

Volunteer Staff:

Newsletter Editors:Rick Bullenrickbullen@hotmail.comLillian (Bennett) Dealisoutput@pacbell.net

Directory/Database:Bobbie Thackerb4bobbie@aol.com

Historian/Archivist:Bruce Garnerba_garner@msn.com

Web Master:Carl Fieldsfahswebbie@yahoo.com

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ANOTHER FRANKFURT HIGH COUPLE TIE THE KNOTby Peggy Rowland-Sanchez ’71

Susan Warren ’71 reconnected with her high schoolboyfriend, James Agattas ’70 in the Summer of 2008and the flame ignited in their hearts. Susan and Jimexchanged vows on November 1, 2008 at the Self-Realization Fellowship Mahatma Gandhi World PeaceMemorial at Pacific Palisades, California. This beautifulceremony was held in the peaceful and tranquil settingin front of the Gandhi memorial overlooking the lakeamidst lush landscaping.

The Frankfurt group attending was Peggy Rowland-Sanchez ’71, Lillian Bennett-Deal ’71, Harry Moody (FIS)and Karin Hazlekorn ’72.

For their honeymoon they chose to drive to SanFrancisco where another Frankfurt alumni, Pierre Jones,the youngest brother of Kirby, Oran, and Andre Joneswas dying of pancreatic cancer. He passed on Feb 4,2009, and exactly 3 months later his oldest brother Kirbysuddenly passed.

Congratulations Jim and Susan their marriage. Jim andSusan have made their home in Tucson, Arizona.

THEN NOW

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In Memory Ceremony, Vietnam Memorial,Washington, DC April 20, 2009The weather had been really nice...until the day of theceremony. It began raining before daybreak. A hard andenough mud to suck at your shoes when you took asteady rain. The Mall had rivulets of water everywherestep. The folding chairs were soaked and when you satdown, you sunk into the ground. We had no rain gearexcept my son had a coat in his suitcase he had notunpacked since his Spring Break trip to Seattle in March!My daughter put a big trash bag on like a poncho.Someone from the VVMF took pity on us and gave us anumbrella but it was too late. I was soaked! It was in the low40's and once in a while the wind picked up. Just enoughso the flags would start blowing in the breeze.

I was quickly reminded how much of my husband's time inVietnam he was wet and uncomfortable. When he wentinto the A Shau Valley in April, 1968, they even got snowedon! No cold weather gear...just a poncho and poncho liner.Hiking long hours through the steamy jungle with leechesor in the mud and muck of the monsoons. Sitting andsleeping on the ground, sometimes in the rain and mud.Looking for those choppers to come through regardless ofthe weather bringing potable water, supplies, ammo, mailand maybe a hot meal in those merimite containersinstead of C rations cooked over a can of sterno in thatsteel pot. Assessing the conditions, making adjustmentsand going forward to complete the mission. I guess it wasa good day to be reminded of what our loved ones wentthrough and why we were there to honor them.

Due to the weather, the ceremony started early and theagenda changed frequently but I did not hear anycomplaints and no one left. The families, many of usWarrior Widows, are used to that, having dealt with redtape and bureaucracies over the years. We lined up andproudly said our family members’ name aloud....

"SGT Danny Joe Miller, US Army,beloved husband and father"

Somehow, saying his name aloud in that special place wasimportant. We were adjacent to The Wall itself, in sight ofthe Vietnam Woman's Memorial where the nurses, namedFaith, Hope and Charity are taking care of those sufferingfrom their combat service (my daughter said it remindedher of Michelangelo's Pieta) and the statue of the ThreeSoldiers are standing watch over their fallen comrades.

The Three Soldiers also stand over the latest addition tothe Vietnam Memorial...a plaque authorized by Congressto recognize those Vietnam veterans who, like myhusband, died as a result of non-combat illness. (In hiscase it was exposure to Agent Orange and complicationsof diabetes.) The plaque is inscribed..."In memory of themen and women who served in the Vietnam War and laterdied as a result of their service. We honor and remembertheir sacrifice."

After the reading of names, we took tributes to The Wall.The tributes contained all of the documents and photo wehad submitted to the VVMF as well as anything else thefamilies brought. The VVMF determined the panel where

SGT DANNY JOE MILLER,COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION (AIRBORNE), 8TH CAVALRY,

1ST CAVALRY DIVISION (AIRMOBILE),RVN 1967-1968

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we would place the tributes. Danny's tributes were placedat Panel 31E. I did some research and found out that thenames of several from his Charlie CO comrades who werekilled in December, 1967, are listed on that panel. The onlyphoto of Danny in Vietnam that I have ever seen is of thememorial service for the PLT SGT whose name is on thatpanel. I felt like Danny was in good company.

In addition to the tribute package from VVMF, I left a smallflag I had previously received from Soldiers Angels. I alsoleft a frame with 4 photos: Danny and the kids with hispirate paraphernalia on...a family joke since he had anartificial leg and legally blind in one eye; Danny and hislifelong friend--they went into the Army in 1965 on thebuddy system. They are at the racetrack, one of theirfavorite activities. Danny is wearing his Iraq ball cap thatone of our OKNG friends sent him from Iraq; Danny and Ireading Halloween cards sent from fellow Angels during acard swap; and Danny as a young soldier with his dad, stillon active duty at the time, and his mom. He was very closeto his mom and they are buried near each other in thesame section at the Ft. Sill National Cemetery.

Of course, it continued to rain until after the ceremony wasover and we got back to the hotel. We were honored tohave been a part of this ceremony.

Special thanks to James Laray, NPS, (younger brother ofBill Laray '70) for taking photos for me; to Gabi BrownBond '69 for coming to the ceremony in the rain and hercompany at dinner; to Erik and Jackie Thamm forproviding me mini transportation and the pleasure of theircompany on the highways of northern VA; to Betty HouseWeller '70, Dawn Simpson Thompson '69, Skip '68 andRoberta Pettit and Karen '72 for their fellowship at the miniand to SGM Mike Calloway '71 for hosting the mini,coming to the ceremony, lending me his coat and hailingus a cab cause we were done!

Pat Collins Miller. '70

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President’s Message

Greetings fromNashville,fellowFrankfurtEagles!!

These are tumultuous times, but Ihope you are finding things in yourlife to appreciate as we approachanother holiday season. Many of

you have been directly affected by the financial crisis, butit appears that at least some areas of our employment,retirement and savings are recovering. Let’s keep ourfocus on the future and our thoughts and hearts toremembering those who are truly in need.

Wow! Has it been 6 months since our hot, hot, Hot-lantablast? What a town to party in and what a party we had.Becky and Ralph Blessing, our hosts in Atlanta for the2009 Eagles reunion, arranged the perfect setting for ourgroup, with a spacious and practical hospitality suite andan excellent bill of fare. My favorite was the trip to Helen,Georgia, for an afternoon of shopping, eating andnostalgia. This was a wonderful idea, which appealed toour common German history.

After an exhaustive search, and hours of work by ourreunion committed led by Bobbie Thacker, Gaye Crosbyand Rick Bullen, the site has been chosen for the nextreunion. For our reunion in 2010, which will take place onJune 24 – 27, the committee chose the Hotel Monteleonein Louisiana’s Big Easy: New Orleans. The Monteleone isthe recipient of the hospitality industry’s coveted GoldenKey Award in 2008, and is a “4 DIAMOND” award winninghotel. Here is the website for your investigation of thisclassic, famous, and elegant hotel. You wouldn’t know itwith the $99 nightly rate, but half-a-dozen movies andmany documentaries and reviews have been filmed at thishotel, among them, Double Jeopardy (1999; Ashley Juddand Tommy Lee Jones); Glory Road (2004; Josh Lucas,John Voight); and 12 Rounds (2008; John Cena, AshleyScott). The close proximity to the world famous FrenchQuarter and Bourbon Street promises nightly excitementand a constant atmosphere of party, party, party. Theregistration fee will be $170. The small increase over lastyear is more than balanced by the low room rate.

Most of you know that I am very partial to our ownFrankfurthigh.com website. We owe much thanks to ourWebmaster, Carl Fields (68), for the many hours spentdesigning and developing a world-class site that will serveus far into the future. But, in addition to having a singleplace for announcements, information, and reunionphotos, there is a feature that has been under-announcedand under-utilized at our web address. Bruce Garner (70)has collaborated, communicated and collected an entire

history of Frankfurt American High School, and has placedmuch of it under the history pages section on the web sitefront page. Believe me, you will spend hours siftingthrough the many videos, pictures, announcements andcollections offered on these pages.

Carl Fields, our resident web guru, has incorporatedPayPal payment system onto our home page atwww.frankfurthigh.com. Now our members can pay theirdues online, pay their reunion registration, and shop at ouronline store without the hassle of sending a check. Thisinnovation provides extra value since the Association willpick up the fees PayPal charges for their services. Get onboard the electric payment train and send in your duesand fees early. Look for more retail items to be offered inthe very near future.

In closing, I want to wish everyone a wonderful holidayseason. Most of us are busy with family and festivitiesduring the last two months of the year so I want toencourage you to get caught up on dues and send in yourreunion registration early. Having this money in hand helpsthe hard workers who put together the entire memberbenefits to have a little breathing room. Our volunteerswork very hard for you, our members. Won’t you offer alittle assistance by sending in your money early?

Thanks to all our volunteer staff for all they do, and thanksto you, the membership, for helping to make FrankfurtAmerican High School Alumni Association, a stand outgroup. You are all that’a left of our Frankfurt legacy. Helpus to bring all our family together.

Steve Dean, President

Frankfurt American High School Alumni Association

(1967 – 1971)

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Joining the FAHS 67-71 Alumni Association allows us to continue ourendeavor to keep you up to date. Newsletters, web site, mailings, and ouryearly reunion rely heavily on your generosity. We hope that you willcontinue your support and take this time to mail in your membership duesor donation.

With your paid membership you will receive newsletters, voting privileges,alumni directory and reunion discounts. Items offered for sale may also besold at a "members only" price.

We encourage those of you who graduated with a different class or attended FAHS to make a donation. Our website offers you the opportunity to locate, without fee, your friends and classmates. You do not have to join ourassociation however, a small donation to maintain this service is greatly appreciated.

See www.frankfurthigh.com for online form.

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So far we’ve discussed the mechanics of taking a properly exposed photo using varioussensitivity (ISO), shutter (TV) and aperture (AV) settings, and when to change them to getwhat you want in a photo. They form the exposure triangle. This time I’d like to discusshow to compose your photos so that they will be more interesting and of higher quality.Although I’ve discussed this subject before (Fall 1998) I believe it bears repeating.

Composition is how you place the various elements of your subject within the frame. Theframe is what you see through the viewfinder or on the viewing screen of your camera.Which one you use is up to you, provided you have the choice. Many pocket digitalcameras offer you the choice between viewing your subject through the viewfinder (thatlittle window you look through to see what you’re taking a photo of) or a viewing screenon the back of the camera. Most DSLR’s do not. If they do, they often call it “live view.”I’m not a fan of using the viewing screen since I believe it takes longer to compose your

shot on the screen than it does through the viewfinder. That translates into lost opportunity on moving subjects.

At some point in your photographic experience you’ve taken shots of family and friends. I’d be willing to bet thatyou put the heads of your subjects squarely in the middle of the frame. It’s a natural tendency and everyone hasdone it. It’s called the “bullseye effect.” The most common error photographers make when framing (composing)a shot of people is to place the head of the subject in the dead center of the frame. This occurs because thephotographer is concentrating so hard on his/her subject’s face that the rest of the frame is not even seen orconsidered. This tends to make the shot appear static, less interesting, sometimes too busy with unwantedconsequences, and wastes a lot of area around the subject. There are a couple of ways to avoid this “trap.” Whencomposing your shot consider where your main point of interest will be placed in the frame. This is where therule of thirds can help. The rule of thirds simply states that you should place your main point of interest alongone of four imaginary lines which divide the frame into thirds (similar to a tic-tac-toe board) or at the intersectionbetween two of the lines.

In the photos below, the one on the left illustrates two common errors. The first error is the bullseye effect, wheremy head is squarely in the middle of the frame. The good thing about this photograph is that the photographer(my wife) recognized that I was a vertical subject and turned the camera 90 degrees so that the frame had avertical orientation. Place your main subject in the frame according to the rule of thirds and you’ll end up withmore interesting photos. If your subject is people who are standing don’t be afraid to turn your camera to makebetter use of the rectangular frame. The second error is being too far from the subject. In this case both errorsare correctable by cropping (getting rid of the stuff that doesn’t belong with a photo editing program), as seen inthe photo on the right with the rule of thirds lines superimposed. The photo in the center shows the croppingmarks. Composition is a matter of personal choice and is dependant upon the goal of the final product. Here, thegoal is to illustrate the rule of thirds, and to illustrate cropping possibilities. The better option is to consider

From the (Digital) DarkroomBy John Neumyer ‘69

Photo by Cindy Neumyer

composition before you take the photo because cropping after the factusually results in a lower quality image because the pixels are enlarged asthe cropped image is enlarged.

This leads me to the second point I want to talk about, which is “fill theframe.” If your subject is a person or group of people that usually meansgetting as close as you can so that about 80% of the frame is filled with yoursubject. That automatically gets the head of your subject out of the centerof the frame. And you end up with less wasted space to boot. Use the zoomfeature of your camera or physically get closer to your subject if you canand fill the frame.

The last point I want to mention is being aware of the entire scene,especially being aware of the background, and not just your subject. In thephotos above the cars are a bit of a distraction. How could she haveimproved the end result? She could have moved to the right or the left toget the cars out of the frame. If she had moved to her right too far shewould’ve been looking into the afternoon sun (not good because I wouldhave become a silhouette). You usually want the sun behind you. If she hadmoved to her left her shadow would have been in the photo (also not good).Had she a ladder, she could have gotten up on it to shoot down at me. Thatwould’ve worked, but she didn’t have a ladder. She didn’t know what younow know about controlling the depth of field. So, she did pretty much theonly thing she could do. She told me to smile as she pressed the shutterrelease on her pocket digital camera.

But, I like the shot. I tightly cropped it, and darkened and blurred thebackground in Photoshop to make the background less of a distraction. Thefinal result is shown on the right.

The photos on the left are good examples of paying attention to thebackground and what can happen if you don’t.

When I took a photography class in college our instructor told us that hewould be giving us some rules to live by, but that those rules could bebroken at any time–as long as we had a good reason to break them. Thesame applies here. Good luck and good shooting.

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Attention Amateur Photographers

In our next edition of the FAHSAA newsletter we would like to start featuring the photographyartists among us. So … if you have some photos that you may be particularly proud of, ormaybe even just a lucky shot, send them in so that we can share them with the rest of theassociation. If there is a story that goes along with the photograph, send that along too. Afterall, we can’t rely on John to do all the work! Send your photos to the editor atrickbullen@hotmail.com.

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The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards were held onSeptember 20th, 2009, at the Nokia Theater in downtownLos Angeles. In 92 degree heat I stood there on the redcarpet, doing what I do, greeting the stars as they arrivedin their limousines, and welcoming a small breeze of coolair as the doors of the air conditioned car opens. Thehoopla is the same as the Oscars, cameras and TVstations everywhere, hoping to catch an interview with oneof the stars.

Certainly the fashion world took advantage of the hotweather and many attendees chose to go short and someoh so short to show off their spray tans and fancy heelsthat makes you wonder how they can even walk one step.The sun had no mercy on me as I stood there with jacketon, black pants and did I forget to mention white gloves?!It’s amazing how everybody, including the guys, lookedsun kissed and isn’t the phenomena of the spray tan sucha wonderful thing?! Some I might add got carried awaywith the “sun magic” and looked rather over done, like anIndian on the war path.

Definitely the high heel sandals were the big hit, some whohad straps made out of real diamonds, others elaboratelydesigned in other jewels. Its comical to me as there is nolady like way to get out of a limousine. So out come thefeet first, so needless to say, I really got a good close up ofall the wonderful shoes! As for the men, well, most of themwear black shoes to go along with the black Tux butoccasionally somebody will want to stand out and wearcolorful sneakers.

One of my favoritepeople is DrewBarrymore, who hasturned out to be such awonderful and beautifulperson. She looked soelegant and all grown upas she smiled at all thecameras and took timeout to tell me thank youas I helped her out of thecar and straightened herdress out.

Not so charming wasKarina Smirnoff, one ofthe dancers from“Dancing With TheStars”. I think she thought she was getting out at theWaldorf Astoria, as she told me to go open the trunk andtake out her luggage and dress. I told her that she neededto go to another entrance to take in luggage as due tosecurity reasons she could not take her suitcase down thered carpet. She would have no part of that. “I amperforming tonight. she told me and I need my change ofclothes”. “Right, but you need to go to another entrance”,I kept telling her. I was getting nowhere real quick with herand luckily Secret Service and LAPD escorted her behindthe scenes before she could have a total melt down!

I found it amusing when Ihelped Jon Cryer (playsAlan Harper in “Two & AHalf Men”) out of the carand he was wearing astripped sweaterunderneath his jacket. Heeven proudly announcedto me it was wool when Imade a comment abouthow hot he might get.The women on the otherhand wore less thanmore and took fulladvantage of the heat.Definitely the color purplewas in and I noticedmany wearing all sorts of

different purple hues, whether long or short. My friendHeidi Klum and Seal, I almost feel like I know them now asI see them all the time at these events, looked so adorablein her black gown showing off her pregnant belly. I love toget in a few German words to her as I welcome her in hernative tongue.

REPORT FROM THE EMMY AWARDSby Peggy Rowland-Sanchez ‘71

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By 4:30 p.m. the sun had changed positions and my hotsunburned face finally got some relief. Most of the peoplewere inside now and only a few late stragglers ran downthe red carpet to make it to their seats before the “Livefrom LA Live” was heard promptly at 5:00 o’clock. Roundone was over and round two was soon to begin, becausejust like the Oscars, people come to be seen, stroll downthe red carpet and then many turn around to leave againto get an early start at the many after parties in the LAarea.

The Governor’s Ball, held in the LA Convention Center, isby invitation and for special ticket holders only and that isheld right after the Emmys and a short walk from the Nokiatheater. The ladies with their spiked heels now carry themin their hands as they strut to the ball. More heels arecarried after the ball when suddenly comfort overpowersthe fashion look and besides, there are no cameras orinterviews at departure. Those with Emmy statuettes thatare 15 ½ inches high and weighing 7.5 pounds, proudlyshow off there prize possession and chit chat with me untilthey are whisked away in their limo to celebrate at one ofthe parties. The last person finally leaves at 12:30 a.m.and after 800 limousines that were processed, I too cancelebrate for another show has come to an end.

Congratulations ToThis Year’s Winners

Best Series, Drama........................Mad Men

Best Series, Comedy .......................30 Rock

Best Actor, Drama....................Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)

Best Actress, Drama................................Glenn Close (Damages)

Best Supporting Actor, Drama................................Michael Emerson (Lost)

Best Supporting Actress, Drama.........................................Cherry Jones (24)

Best Actor, Comedy.................................Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)

Best Actress, Comedy.............Toni Collette (United States of Tara)

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy...................Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men)

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy............Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies)

Best Reality-Competition....................................... The Amazing Race

Best Host for Reality-Competition....................................Jeff Probst (Survivor)

Best Variety.................The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Best Miniseries ............................Little Dorrit

Best Actor, Miniseries or Movie................Brendan Gleeson (Into the Storm)

Best Actress, Miniseries or Movie.....................Jessica Lange (Grey Gardens)

Best Guest Actor, Drama..........................Michael J Fox (Rescue Me)

Best Guest Actress, Drama .....Ellen Burstyn(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

Best Guest Actor, Comedy.......Justin Timberlake (Saturday Night Live)

Best Guest Actress, Comedy......................Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live)

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