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In response to overwhelming industry demand, the TV academy and CBS have reversed their decision to 'time-shift' several of the awards during this year's Emmy Awards ceremony. All 28 awards will now be presented live during the September 20 broadcast.

Theatre favorite Neil Patrick Harris has spoken out about the controversy over CBS' decision to 'time-shift' several of the awards during this year's Emmy Awards ceremony, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Writers Guild of America, West President Patric M. Verrone has issued the following statement regarding the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' decision to remove the live presentation of two writing awards from the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards telecast.

The Board of Governors for the Television Academy on Wednesday night overwhelmingly voted in favor of a new production proposal for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards. Posed with a telecast that could run over due to expanding the number of nominees in 10 key awards categories, and the desire of broadcast partner CBS, show producer Don Mischer and the Television Academy to up the entertainment quotient in this year's program, the board voted to begin this year's Awards ceremony early, presenting a group of awards categories prior to the 5 PM telecast start time.

Variety reports that Emmy winning director Glenn Weiss has been chosen to helm the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. This will be Weiss' debut guiding the TV awards show.

While Barbra Streisand was at the top of the list of celebrity artists asked to appear at the Obama Inaugration Celebration, her art is sadly keeping her away from the starry and historic event. Liz Smith reports in today's New York Post that thought she was requested, her recording sessions for her upcoming new album will notallow her to attend, but, reveals Smith, she and Diana Krall will watch the ceremonies from a recording studio in LA, where they're working 'feverishly' on the new project. Streisand says she is happy that she was able to perform her LA fund-raiser for the president-to-be, and while she won't be in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, 'he knows her heart is there along with 300 million other Americans'.

Variety is reporting that the inaugural team for Barack Obama has announced a huge and starry lineup of talent that will perform at an opening celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, in a kickoff heavy in its mix of history and leading performance artists.

Leading the pack with 21 nominations was Angels In America. Elaine Stritch: At Liberty picked up 3. Check out some of the nominations inside!