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Theatre Award Season Drama Desk Awards —Winners of the 59th Annual Drama Desk Awards, hosted by Laura Benanti, were announced and feted on Sunday night.As they should have, Twelfth Night and Hedwig and the Angry Inch won their respective revival categories. Neil Patrick Harris ( Hedwig ), Jessie Mueller ( Beautiful ), Reed Birney ( Casa Valentina ), Celia Keenan-Bolger ( The Glass Menagerie ), James Monroe Iglehart ( Aladdin ) and Anika Larsen ( Beautiful ) all took home performance awards. And because the Drama Desk splits the score into two awards, one for Outstanding Music and one for Outstanding Lyrics, Jason Robert Brown won for Outstanding Music for The Bridges of Madison County , while Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak won for Outstanding Lyrics for A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder . (This is ridiculous—obviously JRB should have won both; he did win for Outstanding Orchestrations, though.) Visit Theater Mania for the full list of winners and visit ...

(Scroll down for news about Bradley Cooper 's return to Broadway!) Awards Season Updates Well, there's been a lot going on on the award show circuit. Saturday night was the first of the major guild awards: the Screen Actors Guild Awards  were presented. For full coverage, check out my wrap up , which includes a fashion review and the full list of winners. On Sunday, the Producers Guild  handed out its awards, and, for the first time, honored two films, 12 Years a Slave  and Gravity , with its top honor. ( The Hollywood Reporter 's Scott Feinberg weighs in regarding what the PGA Awards mean for Oscar hopefuls. And his colleague, Ben Zauzmer, crunches the numbers to find out the odds of such a tie at the Oscars.) Of course, last week, the Oscar nominations  were announced, and, on the same day, the Critics' Choice Movie Awards  were presented. Feinberg once again analyzed the goings on, and in his latest Feinberg Forecast , has the Academy Award no...

(Scroll down for the official trailer for House of Cards , season 2.) Award Season Round Up Golden Globes —The Golden Globe awards will be handed out this Sunday night. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are back to host the starry gala. The Wrap reports that Jennifer Lawrence ( American Hustle ); Jimmy Fallon ; Mila Kunis ( Ted , Black Swan ); Reese Witherspoon ( How Do You Know? ); Modern Family 's Julie Bowen ; Colin Farrell and more will present awards. Later in the week it was announced that Tom Hanks , Seth Meyers , Margot Robbie ( The Wolf of Wall Street ) and Mark Ruffalo ( The Kids Are All Right ), among others, will also present. Check out the list of nominees , then head to Vulture and The Hollywood Reporter for their "who should win" picks. Tune into NBC this Sunday at 8pm EST to find out whom the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has decided to honor. (Late-breaking news: Globe nominee Leonardo DiCaprio will present at the Globes!!! (So wi...