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So who the heck are these Emmy geniuses 'Boomer' and Rob?

May 12, 2008 |  4:14 pm

Over the years Chris "Boomer" Beachum has emerged as a superstar at this showbiz website. He started out as one of our most trusted and beloved forum moderators, whose views and leadership we came to respect as much as we value him personally. But he was always more than just forums cop and pal. Especially when it came to the Emmys, one of the most difficult and confounding showbiz awards because of its complicated voting process that relies on contenders picking a savvy sample of their best TV work to be weighed by judges. As Susan Lucci demonstrated 18 times at the Daytime Emmys, some stars are terrible at picking samples (yes, that was the real reason she kept on losing — no, there was no conspiracy against her). But Boomer's brilliant at it. Boomer_rob_licuria Ask Cynthia Nixon. She owes her only "Sex and the City" win to him. HBO switched her Emmy episodes after reading what Boomer had to say in our forums about her best bets — and she won. And she knew why when I ran into her backstage immediately afterward. Nixon gasped, "Oh, would you please thank Boomer for me?!"

Since then Boomer has emerged as Hollywood's best Emmy coach with scores of stars, producers and other contenders turning to him directly for episode advice, including some very famous people this year.

So who the heck is this guy, really? He was just profiled in his hometown newspaper, the Tupelo, Miss., Daily Journal. Read the full scoop HERE!

Frequently, you see me quote Chris about the Emmys, in addition to our other forums moderator Robert "Rob L" Licuria, a lawyer who lives with his charming wife Paula in Australia and just happens to have a side obsession over Emmys. Rob is a busy attorney and father-to-be who somehow manages to find the time to keep up simply the best website in the whole cyber-universe about who's up for Emmys — and who'll probably win. CLICK HERE to ascend to Awards Heaven.

KEEP READING - CLICK HERE!

And check out Boomer's and Rob's latest Emmy predix. I've pitted them against me and two notable Emmy reporters, Ray Richmond of Hollywood Reporter and Marc Berman of MediaWeek, to forecast who'll make the Emmy top 10 runoffs. CLICK HERE and keep the link to refer to in a month or so when we know the actual results.

I feel good about this Emmy prediction: I betcha Boomer and Rob cream the three of us journo "experts" — again. The only real cliffhanger: Will Boomer beat Rob or Rob beat Boomer this time? In recent match-ups, Rob's had the best score, but, beware: Boomer's poised for awful revenge this year.

(Photos: LA Times/ Rob and Paula Licuria)

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