The first interview is with ‘Office’ writer Michael Shur. Here’s a little snippet…

VF Daily: Can you tell me a little about how the writing process on The Office works?

Michael Schur: We all come in in the morning, and we just toss stuff out. If we hit a wall or something, and it doesn’t seem to be progressing, we’ll switch to some other idea. But it’s really just all the writers sitting around on some pretty uncomfortable fake leather couches for hours and hours and hours, just tossing out ideas about whatever story we’re talking about.

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Here’s another interview with ‘Office’ writer Paul Feig…

Does the documentary style of The Office make it easier for the director?

Totally. You don’t have to shoot in the standard style that you usually use for movies and TV shows. That is, let’s say two people are at a dinner table talking to each other. You would generally shoot one person from one direction, kind of over the shoulder of the other person; then you’d flip the cameras around, relight, and go the other way. But since the conceit of The Office is that it’s a documentary, you’d never set up shots where one camera can see the other camera. So it allows you to go very quickly, because you don’t have to reset the lighting within a scene.

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Regis Philbin has lost the “Best Regis” award yet again. And this time, it’s personal: The winner is Philbin’s infant grandson, William Xavier.

The 7-month-old bested Philbin for the honor at the announcement Thursday of the sixth annual Relly Awards — Philbin’s version of the Emmys.

“He is cute, but does he REALLY deserve the Relly?” spouted the 77-year-old talk-show host, a loser for the fifth straight year, on “Live With Regis and Kelly.” The “Best Regis” category was introduced in 2004.

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The Office” scribe Michael Schur has sealed one of the year’s bigger comedy overall deals, inking a pact with Universal Media Studios.

Seven-figure pact calls for Schur to create, develop and exec produce comedy series for the studio — which he’s already been busy doing for months.

The deal includes Schur’s work with ‘Office’ exec producer Greg Daniels on a new NBC companion half-hour starring Amy Poehler. Schur will take exec producer and co-creator credit.

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Details are finally starting to emerge on NBC’s highly anticipated “The Office” spinoff — including the show’s first cast hire, Aziz Ansari of MTV’s sketch comedy “Human Giant.”
Producers are mum on Ansari’s role, but he’ll be part of a larger ensemble that executive producers Greg Daniels and Michael Schur are putting together.

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This list has been updated.

Comedy Series
The Office – “Local Ad” and “Branch Wars”

Comedy Lead Actor
Steve Carell – “Branch Wars”

Comedy Supporting Actor
Leslie David Baker
Brian Buamgartner – “Chair Model”
Creed Batton _ Dunder Mifflin Infinity”
Ed Helms – “Launch Party”
John Krasinski – “Branch Wars”
Paul Liebersein - “Branch Wars”
Rainn Wilson – “Money”
B.J. Novak – “Night Out”

Comedy Supporting Actress
Jenna Fischer – “Fun Run”
Mindy Kaling – “The Deposition”
Kate Flannery – “Fun Run”
Angela Kinsey – “Fun Run”
Melora Hardin – “Dinner Party”
Phyllis Smith – “Launch Party”

Comedy Guest Actress
Amy Ryan – “Goodbye, Toby”
Rashida Jones – “Branch Wars”

Comedy Directing
Jeff Blitz – “Chair Model”
Greg Daniels – “Fun Run”
Randall Einhorn – “Did I Stutter?”
Julian Farino – “The Deposition”
Paul Feig – “Goodbye, Toby”
Tucker Gates – “Job Fair”
Paul Lieberstein – “Money”
Jason Reitman – “Local Ad”
Joss Whedon – “Branch Wars”
Keb Whittingham – “Launch Party”
Craig Zisk – “Dunder Mifflin Infinity”

Comedy Writing
Steve Carell – “Survivior Man”
Greg Daniels – “Fun Run”
Brent Forrester,Justin Spitzer – “Did I Stutter?”
Mindy Kaling – “Branch Wars”
Lester Lewis – “The Deposition”
Paul Lieberstein – “Money”
Paul Lieberstein, Jen Celotta – “Goodbye, Toby”
B.J. Novak – “Local Ad”
Michael Shur – “Dunder Mifflin Infinity”
Gene Stupntisky, Lee Eisenberg – “Dinner Party”

Hairstyling
‘The Office’ hairstyling staff – “Fun Run”

Makeup
‘The Office’ makeup staff – “Fun Run”

This has all been reported by The Envelope Forums. Also originally posted at Office Tally.

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