`FRIENDS' HONCHO RESIGNED TO LOSING EMMY RACE AGAIN.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith ``Friends'' co-creator/co-executive producer Marta Kauffman Marta Kauffman (born September 21, 1956) is an American TV producer and writer and the creator of the TV series Friends with David Crane. Both Crane and Kauffman were also executive producer of the show, along with Kevin S. Bright. isn't holding out hope that America's favorite sitcom will break its Emmy jinx jinx n. 1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing. tr.v. this year. ``I think we're destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to be the Susan Lucci Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress. Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide. Early life Lucci was born to Jeanette and Victor Lucci. of sitcoms,'' she declares. She points out that, ``In general, the Emmys have ignored the show - and to a great extent the cast.'' (Lisa Kudrow Lisa Marie Diane Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an Emmy Award- and SAG-winning American actress best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the hugely popular sitcom Friends. , the only ``Friends'' star ever to win an Emmy, is in the running again. If the show doesn't cop a trophy for best comedy on Sept. 12, it will be a three-time loser.) Kauffman notes that ``childish as it may seem, the reception we've received from the TV academy - and the knocking we got from the press at first - has hurt my feelings. But we have had to look beyond all that and focus on the fact we have the important things: a great cast and writing staff and a popular show.'' In the running with ``Friends'' this year are ``Ally McBeal For the character, see . Ally McBeal is an award-winning American television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia. ,'' ``Sex and the City,'' ``Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. It is one of the most critically acclaimed American sitcoms of its time. ,'' and five-time winner ``Frasier.'' She has a hunch that ``Raymond'' will win its first Emmy. But if she's wrong, and ``Friends'' is announced as Best Comedy? ``We'll stay frozen in our seats - convinced it must be `Frasier' again. They start with the same letters.'' The Billy Bob beat Billy Bob Thornton's white-trash tale ``Daddy and Them'' - in which he's part of an ensemble that includes Laura Dern, Ben Affleck, Kelly Preston Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis Preston-Travolta (born October 13, 1962) is an American model and occasional actress best known for being the wife of actor John Travolta since 1991. Early life Preston was born Kelly Kamalelehua Smith in Honolulu, Hawaii. , Andy Griffith and Diane Ladd - has been accorded a prime Dec. 23 release date by Miramax. The busy Billy Bob is now in post-production on the Columbia/Miramax adaptation of ``All the Pretty Horses All the Pretty Horses is a novel by U.S. author Cormac McCarthy published in 1992. Its romanticism (in contrast to the apocalyptic bleakness of McCarthy's earlier work) brought the writer much public attention, spending some time on bestseller charts, earning the U.S. ,'' in which he directed Matt Damon. That's due out in February, by which time Thornton will likely be directing and starring in the adaptation of Annie L. Proulx's Pulitzer Prize-winning ``The Shipping News.'' `Miracles' stumbles Filmmaker Jerry Zucker is no longer involved with ``A Course in Miracles'' (``We couldn't work out the budget, the actors,'' he says). However, Caravan Pictures is proceeding with the drama about a young priest undergoing a crisis of faith, who's assigned by the Vatican to verify or discount claims of miracles. A script has been completed, and production - originally planned for June '98 - is now being targeted for early next year. A chip off the old block a child who resembles either of his parents. See also: Chip Quincy Jones III, an Emmy nominee for the theme music on Eddie Murphy's animated ``The PJs'' show, considers his legendary musician/composer dad, Quincy Jones, ``still the hardest working man I know on the planet.'' The younger Jones, known as QDIII, is doing his best to take up the mantle. Also a musician/composer (who's scored such TV series as ``Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' and ``In the House,'' and such films as ``Menace II Society,'' ``Panther'' and ``Gang Related''), he's juggling several music projects. They include: doing the music for UPN's new ``Grown Ups'' sitcom with Jaleel White; producing a couple of songs with TLC's T-Boz for the upcoming ``Rugrats'' movie soundtrack; and helming the release of the late rapper Tupac Shakur's next CD. Jones says the prolific Shakur left enough songs in the can for ``at least five or six albums. The new disc is called ``Tupac and the Outlaws,'' and should be out in a few weeks.'' The Peter principle Peter Frampton is providing his unique expertise to DreamWorks' untitled Cameron Crowe movie project as music consultant. Crowe's flick centers on a fictional up-and-coming '70s band - and stars Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Anna Paquin and Kate Hudson. Frampton and Crowe go back to the early '70s, when Frampton was a chart-topping music phenom, and ``Jerry Maguire''-maker Crowe was a precocious teen-age rock writer - who penned the liner notes for the record-smashing ``Frampton Comes Alive.'' Lately, Frampton's been educating the cast of Crowe's movie about the ways of '70s rock stars, even giving a ``rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. school'' to help them capture the spirit. On the lookout Ricky Martin's been looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. , well, quite a few good women - to join him in the video for his ``Shake Your Bon Bon.'' Martin's casting forces put out the call for ``beautiful girls of all types and ethnicities'' for the video production, which takes place Sunday and Monday. With reports by Stephanie DuBois. 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