Showing posts with label emmy award. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Tony Award - Award for Excellence in Theatre

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The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more usually known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live American theatre. The awards are offered by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an yearly ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway making and performance, and an award is given for regional theatre. Several discretionary non competitive awards are also given, with a Special Tony Award, the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award. The prize are name after Antoinette Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.

The rules for the Tony Awards are set forth in the official certificate "Rules and Regulations of The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards", which relate for that season only. It measured the highest U.S. theatre honor, the U.S. theatre industry's equal to the Academy Awards (Oscars) for motion pictures, the Grammy Awards for music and the Emmy Awards for television. In British theatre, the equal of the Tony Award is the Laurence Olivier Award. Since 1997, the Tony Awards ceremony has regularly been held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in June and transmit live on CBS television. The 64th Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 13, 2010, at Radio City Music Hall, with a three-hour televise on CBS television.


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Awarded for

Excellence in Broadway theatre

Presented by

American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League

Country

United States

First awarded

1947

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Grammy Award - AMPAS, Achievement in the music industry

A Grammy Award or Grammy is an award by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to identify outstanding achievement in the music industry. The yearly awards ceremony features performance by prominent artists, and some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a extensively viewed televised ceremony. It is the music equal to the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for stage, and the Academy Awards for film. The awards were start in 1958. Prior to the first live Grammys broadcast in 1971 on American Broadcasting Company (ABC), a series of taped annual specials in the 1960s called The Best on proof were broadcast on National Broadcasting Company (NBC).

The first Grammy Award broadcast took place on the night of November 29, 1959, as an episode of the NBC anthology series Sunday Showcase, which was usually devoted to plays, original TV dramas, and variety shows. Until 1971, awards ceremonies were held in both New York and Los Angeles, with winners accept at one of the two. Pierre Cossette bought the civil rights to broadcast the ceremony from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and planned the first live telecast. CBS Broadcasting bought the rights in 1973 after moving the ceremony to Nashville, Tennessee; the American Music Awards were formed for ABC as a result. The 53rd Grammy Awards will get place on 13 February 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It will be show on CBS.


Awarded for

Outstanding achievements in the music industry

Presented by

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

Country

United States

First awarded

1958

Academy Award -American Award

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The Academy Award is an accolade by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to know excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are accessible is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world and is televised live in more than 200 countries annually. It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media; its equivalents, the Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards (for television), and Tony Awards are model following the Academy.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences itself was visualize by Metro Goldwyn Mayer studio boss Louis B. Mayer. The first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor exceptional film success of the 1927/1928 film season. It was hosted by performer Douglas Fairbanks and director William C. deMille. Opting for a younger face for the 83rd Academy Awards planned for February 27, 2011, younger actors Anne Hathaway and James Franco were name as hosts in November 2010 by producer Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer.

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Awarded for

Excellence in cinematic achievements

Presented by

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Country

United States

First awarded

May 16, 1929

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Gillian Anderson - American Actress

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Gillian Anderson is famous American actress. After start her career in theatre, Anderson attain international identification for her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on the American television series The X-Files. During the show's nine period, Anderson won an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards. Her film work contain The House of Mirth (2000), The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), and two X Files films, The X-Files (1998) and The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008). She was selected for BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her character as Lady Dedlock in the BBC television adaptation Bleak House (2005).

In 2000, Piper had a small role in her mother's movie The House of Mirth. Anderson have two sons, Oscar and Felix. In 1996, Anderson was selected the "Sexiest Woman in the World" for FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll. In 2008, she also positioned 21st in FHM's All Time 100 Sexiest Hall of Fame. Anderson had a recommendation for Best Actress in the Lawrence Olivier Awards 2010, for production which open in the 2009 calendar year for her portrayal of Nora. Anderson will be show as MI7 Secret Agent Pamela Head in Johnny English Reborn, the film is now under production.

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Birth Name

Gillian Leigh Anderson

Date Of Birth

August 9, 1968

Place Of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Occupation

Actress

Spouse

Clyde Klotz, Julian Ozanne