1996 Vintage: Best Country Song
Why did Vince Gill’s “Go Rest High on That Mountain” win? Because it made even the toughest guys in Nashville cry into their cowboy hats.… Read More »1996 Vintage: Best Country Song
1996 Legacy: The Juror Tie
Why did Demi Moore win for two movies? Because her “bumbling and grinding” in Striptease was so bad it retroactively ruined her performance in The… Read More »1996 Legacy: The Juror Tie
1996 Vintage: The $12 Million Joke
Why was Demi Moore a target? Because that’s a lot of money to spend on someone who spent half the movie trying to find her… Read More »1996 Vintage: The $12 Million Joke
1996 Vintage: Outstanding Lead Actor (Drama)
Why Dennis Franz? Because he’s the only man who can win an Emmy while looking like he just finished a 12-hour shift at a construction… Read More »1996 Vintage: Outstanding Lead Actor (Drama)
1996 Legacy: The HBO Rise
Why “The Late Shift”? For proving that the war between Letterman and Leno was more dramatic than most actual wars. Part of the 39 Emmy… Read More »1996 Legacy: The HBO Rise
1996 Classic: The Rock’s Intensity
Why did Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage team up? To prove that the only thing more explosive than a chemical weapon was Al Pacino’s acting… Read More »1996 Classic: The Rock’s Intensity
1996 Vintage: The Sleepers Grimness
Why the heavy cast? For a movie so depressing it made Se7en look like a Saturday morning cartoon. Part of the 38 Hollywood & Acting… Read More »1996 Vintage: The Sleepers Grimness
1996 Vintage: The Oasis “Knebworth” Peak
Why were 250,000 people standing in a field? Because the Gallagher brothers were so confident that if they’d told fans to bring their life savings… Read More »1996 Vintage: The Oasis “Knebworth” Peak
1996 Legacy: The Pearl Jam “No Code”
Why the weirdness? Because Eddie Vedder hated being famous so much he recorded an album that sounded like a deliberate attempt to stop people from… Read More »1996 Legacy: The Pearl Jam “No Code”
1996 Archive: The Red Hot Chili Peppers “Love Rollercoaster”
Why Beavis and Butt-head? For a cover that proved the Peppers were at their best in an animated world where funk meets cartoon violence. Part… Read More »1996 Archive: The Red Hot Chili Peppers “Love Rollercoaster”