Posts Tagged ‘Award’
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

George Takei was one of the recipients of a Shorty Award, handed out Monday at the 5th Annual Shorty Awards Ceremony.
The Shorty Awards “honor the best in social media; recognizing the people and organizations producing real-time short content across Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Foursquare and the rest of the social web.”
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Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Sir Patrick Stewart has been chosen to receive an award from PFLAG National, a national organization for families, friends, and straight allies of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
Other honorees will include NFL players Brendon Ayanbadejo and Chris Kluwe, author John Irving, and the Whirlpool Corporation.
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Friday, March 15th, 2013

Star Trek into Darkness actor Chris Pine will be receiving the CinemaCon Male Star of the Year Award at this year’s CinemaCon.
CinemaCon attracts five thousand industry members to its yearly convention, which will be held this year April 15-18 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.
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Monday, September 17th, 2012

Star Trek‘s Zoe Saldana walked away with an award at last week’s 2012 NCLR ALMA Awards.
The ALMA awards highlight the best American Latino contributions to film, music and television.
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Friday, January 27th, 2012

Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s LeVar Burton is to be honored by Tufts University with an award on February 3.
The award to be bestowed upon Burton is the Eliot-Pearson Award for Excellence in Children’s Media.
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Yesterday, the 67th Annual Theatre World Awards ceremony was held at the August Wilson Theatre in New York, and amongst the list of winners was Star Trek XI‘s Zachary Quinto.
Quinto was honored for his work in Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Star Trek XI‘s Simon Pegg has picked up an award today at the UK National Movie Awards (NMA).
The award was in the Comedy category for Paul, which starred Pegg and Nick Frost.
Other winners included:
- Drama: The King’s Speech
- Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
- Animation: Tangled
- Performance of the Year: Colin Firth
- Must See Movie of the Summer: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
- One to Watch Brits Going Global: Jamie Campbell Bower
- Special Recognition: The King’s Speech
- Screen Icon: Johnny Depp
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Last night, the NAACP’s 20th Annual Theater Awards ceremony was held and Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s LeVar Burton walked away with an award for his work in The Caterer.
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
William Shatner, at the Banff World Television Festival to receive a lifetime achievement award, showed a more serious side of himself.
Usually Shatner pokes fun at himself, or wisecracks when asked questions, but there is a more serious side to the actor and the Banff audience heard of his sometimes difficult journey through life.
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
Dennis McCarthy, known to Star Trek fans for his musical composition work on Star Trek dating back to 1987, will be honored with the ASCAP Golden Note Award this summer.
McCarthy, whose association with Star Trek began with Star Trek: The Next Generation, also composed music for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise, for a total of almost two hundred and sixty episodes. McCarthy also composed music for 1994′s Star Trek: Generations.
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Chris Hemsworth, best known to Star Trek fans for his role in Star Trek XI as George Kirk, the father of James T. Kirk, is one of two Australian actors to win a Breakthrough Award.
The Breakthrough Awards, organized by the Australians In Film association, are designed to recognize the achievements of stars from Australia who are carving out careers in the American entertainment industry.
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers has announced the selection of their Grandmaster Award, their highest honor, and Keith R.A. DeCandido is this year’s recipient of the award.
As reported by IAMTW, DeCandido was recognized for his extensive and exceptional work in the tie-in field. He has written over thirty novels, most of which are either original tie-ins or novelizations, including stories set in the worlds of Star Trek, CSI:NY and Supernatural.
The Third Annual Scribes Awards ceremony will be held at Comic-Con in San Diego, which runs from July 23-29. The exact date and time of the award ceremony will be announced later.
To read more, including the 2009 Scribe Award nominees, head to the article located here.
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