May 20, 2009 (Los Angeles)- America voted and gave budding superstar Adam Lambert a major Kiss-off, while the laid-back crooner Kris Allen was crowned as the newest American Idol.
More many, including Allen, the result was jarring.
“It feels good, but Adam deserves this,’’ Allen said sheepishly. “I’m sorry. I don’t even know what to feel right now. This is crazy.”
Lambert shared the stage with Kiss and held his own, while Allen sang with Keith Urban.
Lambert took the loss in stride.
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May 17, 2009 (New York City)- Billy Elliott The Musical blew away the competition at the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards, winning 10 awards, including Best Musical, Best Director, Outstanding Featured Actor and Actress and Outstanding Music (Elton John).
Shrek The Musical was a distant second with three awards, including one for Brian d’Arcy James, who took home the honors as Outstanding Actor in a Musical. Other big winners included Lynn Nottage, who took Best Play honors for Ruined, The Nor... Read Full Story
NEW YORK, NY (April 30, 2009)— Familiar names topped the honorees at the 44th Annual National Magazine Awards.
Reader’s Digest, Field & Stream, Wired and Texas Monthly took the highest honors for General Excellence at the National Magazine Awards.
In the individual categories, Esquire took home awards for Feature Writing, Personal Service and Leisure Writing, while The New Yorker won for Reviews and Criticism, Fiction and Photo Portfolio.
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New York, NY (May 5, 2009) – The 13th annual Webby Award winners were announced today with big winners including Jimmy Fallon (Webby Person of the Year), Trent Reznor (Webby Artist of the Year) and Twitter (Webby Breakout of the Year).
Other special achievement honorees included Sarah Silverman, Lisa Kudrow and Seth MacFarlane.
Multiple winners were led by NPR (7 Webbys), NYTimes.com (6 Webbys), NBC.com (6 Webbys), Next New Networks (5 Webbys) ... Read Full Story
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New York (May 5, 2009)- “Billy Elliott” nailed down 15 Tony Nominations, tying “The Producers” for the most Tony nominations in history.
Besides Best Musical, “Billy Elliott” is also nominated for: Best Direction, Best Orchestrations, Best Lighting, Best Sound Design, Best Costume Design, Best Scenic Design, Choreography, Best Original Score and Best Book.
“Next to Normal,” with 11 nominations, will be going head-to-head with “Billy Elliott” in... Read Full Story
Jon Gelberg, CEO of AwardsandHonors.com is attending Werb 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. The conference, with over 8,000 attendees, featueres presentations from the biggest names in social media, including a Keynote address from Will Wright, the creatoer of The Sims. We will kweep you updated on the happenings at the Expo– which runs through Friday. In the meantime, enjoy the latest news from www.awardsandhonors.com. Read Full Story
After a frustrating year of coming up short against Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer again had to settle for second fiddle at this week’s Association of Tennis Professionals Awards.
Federer was awarded the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the fifth straight year (a record), while his on-court nemisis Nadal was named the ATP’s Player of the Year. Nadal enjoyed epic victories over Federer in the Wimbledon and Austalian Open finals.
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How big have Nickelodeon’s Kid Choice Awards become? Back in November, 67 million people made Barack Obama their choice for President of the United States. That’s not too shoddy. But it pales in comparison to the 90 million (plus) votes tabulated for the 2009 Kid’s Choice Awards.The biggest winner in the 22nd annual Kid’s Choice Awards was High School Musical 3: Senior Year, which beat out The Dark Knight for Favorite Movie. HSM3 also earned Best Actress honors for Vanessa Hudgens.There were ... Read Full Story
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AwardsandHonors.com gives you the chance to brag a little and to honor your most outstanding employees and executives. For a limited tim]e, this service will be provided for free.
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