ABC Receives 48 Emmy Nominations
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ABC received 48 nominations for the 64th Primetime Emmy® Awards, covering the eligibility period of June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012. The nominations were announced today by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in the NoHo Arts District, California. Television Academy Chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum presided over the nominations along with Kerry Washington from the ABC drama “Scandal” and Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC’s late night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
Among ABC’s nominations were 14 for “Modern Family,” which received nods for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Supporting Actress for Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara, and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Ed O’Neill, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ty Burrell and Eric Stonestreet. “Dancing with the Stars” received two nominations, for Outstanding Reality – Competition Program and Tom Bergeron for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. “Jimmy Kimmel Live” received a nod for Outstanding Variety Series, Ashley Judd received a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for “Missing,” and “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” and “Shark Tank” were both nominated for Outstanding Reality Program.
Jimmy Kimmel, will host the 64th Primetime Emmy® Awards, broadcast live coast to coast, Sunday, September 23, 2012 exclusively on ABC. The festivities begin with “Emmy’s Red Carpet Live” from 7:00-8:00 p.m., ET/4:00-5:00 p.m., PT, immediately followed by the award ceremonies, live from 8:00-11:00 p.m., ET/5:00-8:00 p.m., PT. This will be Kimmel’s first time hosting the Primetime Emmy telecast. Renowned director/producer Don Mischer will serve as executive producer for a record 12th time.
Following are ABC’s 48 Emmy Award nominations:
84th Annual Academy Awards
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION FOR VARIETY OR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR SHORT-FORM SEGMENTS AND VARIETY SPECIALS
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAMS
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A MINISERIES,
MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Dancing With the Stars
OUTSTANDING REALITY – COMPETITION PROGRAM
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM – Tom Bergeron
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL (NON-PROSTHETIC)
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES
Desperate Housewives
OUTSTANDING VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE – Brenda Strong
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES – The late Kathryn Joosten
Disney Prep & Landing: Naughty Vs. Nice
OUTSTANDING VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE – Rob Riggle
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL (ORIGINAL
DRAMATIC SCORE)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – Rise And Honor A Veterans Day Special
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR SHORT-FORM SEGMENTS AND VARIETY SPECIALS
Grey’s Anatomy
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES – Loretta Devine
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
Jimmy Kimmel Live
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SERIES
The Middle
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (NON-PROSTHETIC)
Missing
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL (ORIGINAL
DRAMATIC SCORE)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE – Ashley Judd
Modern Family
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES – Julie Bowen
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES – Sofia Vergara
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES – Ed O’Neill
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES – Jesse Tyler Ferguson
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES – Ty Burrell
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES – Eric Stonestreet
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES – Greg Kinnear
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION
Once Upon A Time
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A SERIES
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
Pan Am
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
The River
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
Shark Tank
OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
Categories: Television Tags: ABC, Awards, DATG, Emmy, Nominations
Disney and ABC to Present Academy Awards Program Worldwide Through 2020
Disney Media Distribution and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have extended their agreement for DMD to distribute the annual Academy Awards® telecast internationally through 2020, Tom Sherak, Academy president and Anne Sweeney, president of the Disney/ABC Television Group, announced today. The previous agreement had been set to expire in 2014.
“Disney Media Distribution has been successful in securing distribution around the world for the Academy Awards and we’re thrilled to extend this partnership,” said Sherak. “The Oscars are an international event beloved by a global audience. It’s a testament to the magic of Hollywood.”
“We are excited to be able to extend our agreement to deliver the world’s biggest celebration of entertainment to audiences around the globe,” said Sweeney. “We look forward to building on the foundation of our relationship with the Academy, and working together to reach new audiences on new platforms in the years ahead.”
This past February, a worldwide audience of hundreds of millions experienced the Academy Awards in more than 225 international territories via a variety of both traditional broadcast outlets and new emerging video-on-demand and online streaming platforms.
In 2011, the Academy and the ABC Television Network signed a domestic rights agreement which also extended their contract through 2020.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network.
Categories: Television Tags: Academy Awards, AMPAS, Awards, Oscars, television
Disney/ABC Television Garners 68 Daytime Emmy Nominations
The Disney/ABC Television Group received 68 nominations for the 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards announced today in New York City. “General Hospital” is the most honored show with 23 nominations, including a nod for Outstanding Drama Series. Executive producer of “The View” and “The Barbara Walters Specials” Bill Geddie will receive the 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions as writer, producer and director over his more than 30-year television career. “The View” received its 13th nomination for Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment. ABC News’ “Good Morning America” received its sixth consecutive nomination for Outstanding Morning Program; “GMA” has won the award in three out of five years since the category was created.
The 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Bill Geddie, executive producer of “The View.” Mr. Geddie, along with Barbara Walters, serves as executive producer of “The View,” ABC’s critically acclaimed live talk and entertainment program produced by ABC and Ms. Walters’ Barwall Productions. Mr. Geddie has also partnered with Ms. Walters for the past 25 years as executive producer of “The Barbara Walters Specials” and “The 10 Most Fascinating People,” which he also co-writes and directs. He and Ms. Walters joined creative forces over 15 years ago for “The View” and have watched their original idea of women of different ages, experiences and backgrounds discussing the most exciting events of the day evolve into one of Daytime’s most popular and talked-about programs.
Disney-ABC Domestic Television receives a total of four nominations. “LIVE! with Regis and Kelly” is honored with two nods, including in the Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment category, as well as Outstanding Talk Show Host for Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, which marks the 21th nomination for both the show and its hosts. “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” receives two nominations, including Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show and Outstanding Game Show Host for Meredith Vieira, who has won in this category twice before, in 2005 and 2009.
Joining “General Hospital” with a nod for Outstanding Drama Series is “All My Children” with its final nomination in the category. The Lead Actress and Actor categories comprise a distinguished list of previous winners. Emmy winner Debbi Morgan (Angie Hubbard on “All My Children”), six-time winner Erika Slezak (Viki Lord on “One Life to Live”) and last year’s winner, Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos on “General Hospital”), are each honored with nominations in the Lead Actress category. Emmy winner Maurice Benard (Michael ‘Sonny” Corinthos, Jr. on “General Hospital”), six-time winner Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer on “General Hospital”), two-time winner Darnell Williams (Jesse Hubbard on “All My Children”) and Emmy winner Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan on “One Life to Live”) each receive nominations in the Lead Actor category.
Emmy winner Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis on “General Hospital”) receives a nod in the Outstanding Supporting Actress category, along with previous nominees Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth Webber on “General Hospital”) and Melissa Claire Egan for her role as Annie Chandler on “All My Children.” Four-time Emmy winner Jonathan Jackson (Lucky Spencer on “General Hospital”) receives a nomination in the Supporting Actor category, along with third-time nominee Bradford Anderson (Damien Spinelli on “General Hospital”), Sean Blakemore (Shawn Butler, “General Hospital”) and second-time nominee Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake on “General Hospital”).
Chad Duell (Michael Corinthos on “General Hospital”) receives his second consecutive nomination in the Outstanding Younger Actor category, along with first-time nominees Nathan Parsons (Ethan Lovett on “General Hospital”) and Eddie Alderson (Matthew Buchanan on “One Life to Live”).
ABC receives three nominations for the “Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade” for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – Live Action, Outstanding Special Class Directing and Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control.
Disney Channel receives six nominations, including four for its Disney Junior programming: “3rd & Bird!” – Outstanding Pre-school Children’s Series and Outstanding Writing in a Children’s Series; “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” – Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series or Special; and “A Poem Is…” – Outstanding Special Class Short Format Daytime Program. Also nominated in the Outstanding Special Class Short Format Daytime Program category is Disney Channel’s “The Time I…(Dyslexia)” and “The Time I…(Shoes).”
Disney XD is honored with two nominations in the Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Episodic category for “I’m in the Band Flipbook” and “Pair of Kings Flipbook.”
The complete list of Disney/ABC Television Group nominees includes:
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
ALL MY CHILDREN – ABC
GENERAL HOSPITAL — ABC
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S SERIES
BORN TO EXPLORE – ABC
OUTSTANDING GAME/AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION SHOW
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE — SYN
OUTSTANDING MORNING PROGRAM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA – ABC
OUTSTANDING PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN’S SERIES
3RD & BIRD! – DISNEY CHANNEL
OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT – EPISODIC
DISNEY XD: I’M IN THE BAND FLIPBOOK – DISNEY XD
DISNEY XD: PAIR OF KINGS FLIPBOOK – DISNEY XD
GENERAL HOSPITAL: “BRENDA WEDDING & KIDNAPPING” – ABC
OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW/ENTERTAINMENT
LIVE! WITH REGIS AND KELLY – SYN
THE VIEW — ABC
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
DEBBI MORGAN, AS ANGIE HUBBARD ON ALL MY CHILDREN – ABC
ERIKA SLEZAK, AS VIKI LORD ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE — ABC
LAURA WRIGHT, AS CARLY CORINTHOS JACKS ON GENERAL HOSPITAL — ABC
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
MAURICE BENARD, AS MICHAEL “SONNY “CORINTHOS, JR. ON GENERAL HOSPITAL – ABC
ANTHONY GEARY, AS LUKE SPENCER ON GENERAL HOSPITAL – ABC
DARNELL WILLIAMS, AS JESSE HUBBARD ON ALL MY CHILDREN – ABC
ROBERT S. WOODS, AS BO BUCHANAN ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE – ABC
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
MELISSA CLAIRE EGAN, AS ANNIE CHANDLER ON ALL MY CHILDREN – ABC
NANCY LEE GRAHN, AS ALEXIS DAVIS ON GENERAL HOSITAL — ABC
REBECCA HERBST, AS ELIZABETH WEBBER ON GENERAL HOSPITAL — ABC
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
BRADFORD ANDERSON, AS DAMIEN SPINELLI ON GENERAL HOSPITAL – ABC
SEAN BLAKEMORE, AS SHAWN BUTLER ON GENERAL HOSPITAL — ABC
JONATHAN JACKSON, AS LUCKY SPENCER ON GENERAL HOSPITAL — ABC
JASON THOMPSON, AS PATRICK DRAKE ON GENERAL HOSPITAL — ABC
OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
EDDIE ALDERSON, AS MATTHEW BUCHANAN ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE — ABC
CHAD DUELL, AS MICHAEL CORINTHOS ON GENERAL HOSPITAL – ABC
NATHAN PARSONS, AS ETHAN LOVETT ON GENERAL HOSPITAL — ABC
OUTSTANDING GAME SHOW HOST
MEREDITH VIEIRA, WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE – SYN
OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW HOST
REGIS PHILBIN AND KELLY RIPA, LIVE! WITH REGIS AND KELLY — SYN
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN FOR A DRAMA SERIES
ALL MY CHILDREN — ABC
GENERAL HOSPITAL – ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT FOR A CASTING DIRECTOR FOR A DRAMA SERIES
GENERAL HOSPITAL – ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN FOR A DRAMA SERIES
ALL MY CHILDREN — ABC
GENERAL HOSPITAL – ABC
ONE LIFE TO LIVE — ABC
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES DIRECTING TEAM
GENERAL HOSPITAL – ABC
ONE LIFE TO LIVE – ABC
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES WRITING TEAM
ALL MY CHILDREN — ABC
GENERAL HOSPITAL – ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN HAIRSTYLING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
GENERAL HOSPITAL – ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A DRAMA SERIES
ONE LIFE TO LIVE — ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIVE & DIRECT-TO-TAPE SOUND MIXING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
ALL MY CHILDREN — ABC
ONE LIFE TO LIVE — ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP FOR A DRAMA SERIES
GENERAL HOSPITAL – ABC
ONE LIFE TO LIVE — ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MULTIPLE CAMERA EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
ALL MY CHILDREN — ABC
ONE LIFE TO LIVE — ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION FOR A
DRAMA SERIES
ALL MY CHILDREN — ABC
ONE LIFE TO LIVE — ABC
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR A DRAMA SERIES
GENERAL HOSPITAL “DUST” — ABC
ONE LIFE TO LIVE “ONE LIFE”– ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN TECHNICAL DIRECTION/ELECTRONIC CAMERA/VIDEO CONTROL FOR A DRAMA SERIES
ALL MY CHILDREN — ABC
GENERAL HOSPITAL — ABC
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A TALK SHOW/MORNING
THE VIEW — ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION
THE VIEW — ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIVE & DIRECT TO TAPE SOUND MIXING
THE VIEW — ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
THE VIEW – ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING – LIVE ACTION
DISNEY PARKS CHRISTMAS DAY PARADE — ABC
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS DIRECTING
DISNEY PARKS CHRISTMAS DAY PARADE — ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN TECHNICAL DIRECTION/ELECTRONIC CAMERA/VIDEO CONTROL
DISNEY PARKS CHRISTMAS DAY PARADE — ABC
THE VIEW – ABC
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A CHILDREN’S SERIES
3RD & BIRD! – DISNEY CHANNEL
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS SHORT FORMAT DAYTIME
A POEM IS… – DISNEY CHANNEL
THE TIME I…(DYSLEXIA) – DISNEY CHANNEL
THE TIME I…(SHOES) – DISNEY CHANNEL
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION
GENERAL HOSPITAL — ABC
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR AN ANIMATED SERIES OR SPECIAL
JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND PIRATES – DISNEY CHANNEL
The Daytime Emmy Awards presentation will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Beverly Hills, CA. The Daytime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards presentation will return to the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Nominations were announced by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).
Categories: Television Tags: ABC, Awards, DATG, DC, Disney Channel, Emmys
‘Newsies,’ ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ Make Headlines Catching 17 Tony Nominations
Disney’s limited Broadway run of its new musical ‘Newsies’ (based on the film) racked up an impressive eight Tony Award nominations including ‘Best Musical.’ The announcement was made earlier today by Kristin Chenoweth and Jim Parsons during the annual nominations ceremony.
For the coveted title of ‘Best Musical,’ ‘Newsies’ will be competing against ‘Nice Work If You Can Get It,’ ‘Once’ and ‘Leap of Faith,’ with the latter two also having been based on films. ‘Leap’ and ‘Newsies’ also share the music composition talents of Alan Menken.
Other categories for which ‘Newsies’ received a Tony nod are: Best Book of a Musical (Harvey Fierstein), Best Original Score (Alan Menken, Jack Feldman), Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Jeremy Jordan), Best Direction of a Musical (Jeff Calhoun), Best Choreography (Christopher Gattelli), Best Orchestrations (Danny Troob) and Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel).
Although not a Disney Theatrical production, ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ was developed by the company and based on the popular series of Peter Pan prequels by authors Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, also published by Disney. The play bested ‘Newsies’ by just one nomination including ‘Best Play,’ where it competes with ‘Clybourne Park,’ ‘Other Desert Cities’ and ‘Venus in Fur.’ Other nominations for the play include: Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) (Wayne Barker and Rick Elice), Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Christian Borle), Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Celia Keenan-Bolger), Best Direction of a Play (Roger Rees and Alex Timbers), Best Scenic Design of a Play (Donyale Werle), Best Costume Design of a Play (Paloma Young), Best Lighting Design of a Play (Jeff Croiter), Best Sound Design of a Play
(Darron L. West).
The Tony Awards will air live June 10 at 8 pm ET on the CBS Network.
Photo via ‘Newsies’ on Facebook
Categories: Theatre Tags: Awards, Disney Theatrical, Newsies, Nominations, Tony
Disney World Chef Named as James Beard Nominee for Sixth Consecutive Year
For the sixth year in a row, The James Beard Foundation has named Chef Scott Hunnel of Victoria & Albert’s at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa as a finalist on its annual list of top chefs in the country.
Nominated for the prestigious “Best Chef: South” award, Chef Hunnel is familiar with earning recognition as one of the nation’s best. He also received nominations from the Foundation in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
“The amazing creativity of Chef Scott Hunnel helps make Victoria & Albert’s restaurant in Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa an unparalleled experience for our Guests,” said Norm Noble, general manager of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. “For 12 consecutive years, Victoria & Albert’s has been the recipient of the prestigious AAA Five Diamond Award, celebrated the world over thanks to Chef Hunnel’s exquisite culinary creations. Scott’s nomination in the prestigious James Beard Awards for ‘Best Chef: South’ is well deserved.”
Chef Hunnel finds great joy in delivering a ”wow” factor with his culinary creations. He enjoys taking gastronomic journeys around the world for inspiration and ideas. In recent years, his search has taken him to the kitchen of George V in Paris, truffle hunting in Italy, and to markets and restaurants in Hong Kong, Bangkok and London.
“To me, the James Beard recognition is such an honor because the nomination comes from your peers,” said Hunnel. “There are so many talented chefs out there and to be nominated by them is very special.”
Chef Hunnel takes a refreshingly contemporary approach in the kitchen, with a straightforward cooking philosophy: fresh, seasonal ingredients from around the globe with a focus on local markets including seaports in Florida and area farms.
The James Beard Foundation Awards recognize culinary professionals for excellence and achievement in their fields and emphasize the Foundation’s mission – celebrate, preserve, and nurture America’s culinary heritage and diversity. Each year, the Foundation holds an online open call for entries beginning in mid-October.
This year, more than 57,000 entries were received. Semifinalists in 19 awards categories are determined by a governing committee and placed on a nominating ballot sent to more than 550 judges across the country.
Winners will be announced in May during a gala in New York City.
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Awards, Dining, GF, Grand Floridian, V&A, Victoria & Albert's
Oscars: Pixar Down but Not Out, ‘Muppets’ Strike a (Con)Chord; DreamWorks Disney’s Savior
Nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards were announced earlier today by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence in Hollywood, California. In regards to Disney films’ performances in the main category, there were, unfortunately, little surprises, but it’s unfortunate to report that even in the technical categories, Disney failed to shine. DreamWorks — whom Disney markets and distributes films for, much as they once did for Pixar Animation Studios — shines across the board, however, in particular for the Steven Spielberg epic War Horse.
It should come as no surprise that Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2 failed to make the cut, despite that two of the nominees (both from DreamWorks Animation — no relation) are essentially sequels as well: Kung Fu Panda 2 and the Shrek-spinoff, Puss in Boots. There is hope for the animation house, however, as the gem of a short film, La Luna from Enrico Casarosa has been nominated in the Short Film (Animated) category. While the short has some stiff competition, a win would certainly be a boon for both Pixar and Disney who can use the win to help promote Brave, for which La Luna serves as the opener (not that being Oscar nominated is a bad runner-up prize itself).
Perhaps the biggest surprise is not who was nominated for the Original Song category, but that only two nominees were selected. Bret McKenzie’s ‘Man or Muppet’ Disney’s The Muppets shares that distinction with another animated film, ‘Real in Rio’ from Rio.
For DreamWorks, the acclaimed film The Help received a nod for Best Picture as well as Actress in a Leading Role (Viola Davis) and Actress in a Supporting Role (Octavia Spencer).
War Horse led the battle with several nominations including Best Picture along with Original Score (John Williams), Art Direction (Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil), Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), Sound Editing (Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom) and Sound Mixing (Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson).
Even Real Steel picked up a nomination in the Visual Effects category (Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg), which Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides had been shortlisted, but didn’t make the cut.
The 84th annual Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Photos: Disneyland Honors 55-Year Park Veteran Martinez with First-of-its-Kind Award
Yesterday, Oscar Martinez celebrated 55 years as a cast member at the Disneyland Resort. Martinez started his career at the park in 1956 as a bus boy and today serves as a cook at the Carnation Cafe on Main Street, USA. Throughout his service at the resort, Martinez has trained thousands of cast members and has become a favorite of many guests who visit him year after year.
Martinez is the first Walt Disney Parks & Resorts cast member to achieve this 55-year milestone and, as such, he became the first to receive the newly created 55-year Snow White-themed service award which was bestowed upon him in a ceremony held earlier at the resort.
Photos courtesy of Disneyland Resort.
Categories: Disneyland Resort, Theme Parks Tags: Awards, Human Interest
‘Muppets,’ ‘Gnomeo,’ ‘Pooh’ Among Films Shortlisted for Original Song Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 39 songs from eligible motion pictures have been shortlisted to be considered for nominees as Original Song fr the 84th Annual Academy Awards. Nine of the selected songs, which represents about 25% of the total list, come directly from Disney films. The number becomes even more impressive if you consider that two of the other shortlisted songs are affiliated with The Walt Disney Company: Star Spangled Man’ from Captain America: The First Avenger, which of course is a property of Disney’s own Marvel, and ‘The Living Proof’ from The Help, a DreamWorks film which was marketed and distributed by Disney’s Touchstone Pictures.
Disney’s potential nominees are: ‘The World I Knew’ (Disneynature’s African Cats); ‘Collision of Worlds’ (Disney/Pixar’s Cars); ‘Hello Hello’ and ‘Love Builds a Garden’ (Touchstone Pictures’ Gnomeo & Juliet); ‘Life’s a Happy Song,’ ‘Man or Muppet’ and ‘Pictures in My Head’ (Disney’s The Muppets); ‘The Backson Song’ and ‘So Long’ (Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Winnie the Pooh).
On Thursday, January 5, the Academy will screen clips featuring each song, in random order, for voting members of the Music Branch in Los Angeles. Following the screenings, members will determine the nominees by an averaged point system of voting. If no song receives an average score of 8.25 or more, there will be no nominees in the category. If only one song achieves that score, it and the song receiving the next highest score shall be the two nominees. If two or more songs (up to five) achieve that score, they shall be the nominees. A DVD copy of the song clips will be made available to those branch members who are unable to attend the screening and who request it for home viewing. A mail-in ballot will be provided.
Under Academy rules, a maximum of two songs may be nominated from any one film. If more than two songs from a film achieve a score of 8.25 or more, the two songs with the highest scores will be the nominees.
To be eligible, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film. A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits.
The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 am PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar® presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Disney Pushes Five Films, One Short for Award Consideration in 2011
Although only a handful of ‘For Your Consideration’ ads have popped up from Walt Disney Studios in the industry trades — and those namely for Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2 and Winnie the Pooh — the studio has updated its awards consideration site to invite organizations to take a closer look at five of its feature-length films released this past year, along with one of its shorts.
Most of the attention seems to be focused on Cars 2 in which the Studios is suggesting the following considerations: Best Animated Feature (John Lasseter), Best Director (John Lasseter), Best Adapted Screenplay (Story by John Lasseter, Brad Lewis, Dan Fogelman; Screenplay by Ben Queen), Best Film Editing (Stephen Schaffer, A.C.E.), Best Art Direction (Harley Jessup), Best Cinematography (Sharon Calahan, Jeremy Lasky), Best Visual Effects (Apurva Shah, Gary Bruins), Best Sound Mixing (Michael Semanick, Tom Myers, Vince Caro), Best Sound Editing (Tom Myers, Michael Silvers), Best Original Song (‘Collision of Worlds’ by Brad Paisley and Robbie Williams) and Best Original Score (Michael Giacchino).
The site also makes several downloads available from the film including concept art, behind-the-scenes images, ‘Collision of Worlds’ and the Cars 2 screenplay in PDF format.
For Gnomeo & Juliet from Touchstone Pictures, the Studios is pushing for Best Animated Feature (Kelly Asbury) and Best Original Song for both ‘Hello Hello’ by Elton John and Bernie Taupin as performed by Elton John and Lada Gaga and ‘Love Builds a Garden’ by Elton John and Bernie Taupin as performed by Elton John. Both songs are available to listen to online in their entirety.
For its newest release, The Muppets, Disney is pushing for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Best Original Song for the following: ‘Life’s A Happy Song’ and ‘Man Or Muppet’ by Bret McKenzie and ‘Pictures In My Head’ by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman. All three songs are available online in their entirety.
For Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides, the Studio would like to see nominations for the following categories: Best Picture (Jerry Bruckheimer), Best Director (Rob Marshall), Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio), Best Actor (Johnny Depp), Best Actress (Penelope Cruz), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane), Best Cinematography (Dariusz Wolski, A.S.C.), Best Art Direction (John Myhre, Gordon Sim), Best Film Editing (David Brenner, A.C.E., Wyatt Smith), Best Sound Mixing (Lee Orloff, Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes), Best Sound Editing (George Watters II, Shannon Mills), Best Costume Design (Penny Rose), Best Makeup (Joel Harlow, Peter Swords King) and Best Visual Effects (Charles Gibson, Ben Snow, Gary Brozenich, Mark Hawker).
For Winnie the Pooh, suggested categories include Best Animated Feature (Stephen Anderson, Don Hall), Best Original Score (Henry Jackman) and Best Original Song for ‘The Backson Song’ written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez as performed by Craig Ferguson et al and ‘So Long’ written by Zooey Deschanel as performed by Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward.
Finally, for Best Animated Short (Enrico Casarosa) comes La Luna from Pixar Animation Studios. The film’s section features quite a few stills as well as concept art and behind-the-scenes images.
Disney, Pixar, ‘Star Tours’ Among Nominees for 2011 Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, today announced its nominations for the 39th Annual Annie Awards, recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation.
Pixar Animation Studios finds itself competing for the top honors in the categories for Best Animated Feature, with Cars 2 and La Luna for Best Animated Short Subject. Interestingly enough, although La Luna won’t be formally released until it opens with Brave in 2012, it has been screened enough to satisfy requirements for many awards including the Annie and the Oscar (for which it has been shortlisted for a nod). This means that it’s also competing against The Ballad of Nessie from Walt Disney Animation Studios, which played before Winnie the Pooh (which does not find itself nominated).
Other films competing for Best Animated Feature are: A Cat in Paris (Folimage); Arrugas (Wrinkles) (Perro Verde Films, S.L.); Arthur Christmas (Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations); Chico & Rita (Chico & Rita Distribution Limited); Kung Fu Panda 2 (DreamWorks Animation); Puss In Boots (DreamWorks Animation); Rango (Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production); Rio (Blue Sky Studios); and Tintin (Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall).
Walt Disney Animation Studios picked up another nomination in the category of Best General Audience Animated TV Production with its ‘Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice’ special. Disney Television Animation is nominated for Best Animated Television Production (Preschool) for ‘Jake and the Neverland Pirates’ and ‘Mickey Mouse Clubhouse’ which are competing against Disney Junior colleague ‘Chuggington’ from Ludorum Pictures.
Industrial Light and Magic also finds themselves nominated for the ‘Star Tours: The Adventures Continue’ attraction at the Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts (as well as Tokyo Disneyland in the near future) in the category of Best Animated Special Production.
For the individual achievement categories: Dan Lund (Winnie the Pooh), Eric Froemling (Cars 2) and Jon Reisch (Cars 2) for Animated Effects in an Animated Production; Branko Grujcic of Industial Light & Magic (Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides) for Animated Effects in a Live Action Production; Chad Sellers (‘Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice’), Rebecca Wilson Bresee (‘Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice’) and Tony Smeed (‘Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice’) for Character Animation in a Television Production; Andreas Deja (Winnie the Pooh), Mark Henn (Winnie the Pooh) for Character Animation in a Feature Production; Bill Schwab (‘Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice’) and Carl Raggio (‘Kick Buttowski’) for Character Design in a Television Production; Jay Shuster (Cars 2) for Character Design in a Feature Production; Chris Savino & Clay Morrow (‘Kick Buttowski’) and Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton (‘Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice’) for Directing in a Television Production; Don Hall & Stephen Anderson (Winnie the Pooh) and Kelly Asbury (Gnomeo & Juliet) for Directing in a Feature Production; Grace Potter & Michael Giacchino (‘Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice’) and Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda (‘Pixie Hollow Games’) for Music in a Television Production; Zooey Deschannel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman and Robert Lopez (Winnie the Pooh) for Music in a Feature Production; Harley Jessup (Cars 2), Paul Felix (Winnie the Pooh) for Production Design in a Feature Film; Barry W. Johnson (‘Prep & Landing: Naughty vs Nice’), Brian Kesinger (‘Prep & Landing: Naughty vs Nice’) and Joe Mateo (‘Prep & Landing: Naughty vs Nice’) for Storyboarding in a Television Production; Nelson Yokota (Gnomeo and Juliet) and Scott Morse (Cars 2) for Storyboarding in a Feature Production; Jim Cummings (Gnomeo and Juliet) for Voice Acting in a Feature Production; Blake Lemons, William Reiss, C.H. Greenblatt, Derek Evanick, Diana Lafyatis, Neil Graf (‘Disney Fish Hooks – Fish School Musical’) and Steve Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters (‘Prep & Landing: Naughty vs Nice’) for Writing in a Television Production; Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Mark Burton, Kathy Greenburg, Emily Cook, Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith, Kelly Asbury, Steve Hamilton (Gnomeo and Juliet) and Brian Kesinger, Kendelle Hoyer, Don Dougherty, Clio Chang, Don Hall, Stephen Anderson (Winnie The Pooh) for Writing in a Feature Animation; and Stephen Schaffer, A.C.E. (Cars 2) for Editing in a Feature Presentation.
The Walt Disney Company returns its support for the Annies this year after calling for a boycott last year in which they refused to sponsor or submit any films because of a dispute over the voting process. Disney claimed the voting body (for which the only requirement is membership, available to virtually anyone) was heavily biased towards DreamWorks Animation which makes it a practice to purchase memberships for each of its employees. In response, the International Animated Film Society nominated Disney films anyway and realized Disney’s likely fear that How To Train Your Dragon would take best picture over Toy Story 3, which it did. After some promised changes by the industry group, Disney has returned to support the awards this year with Disney Toon Studios, Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios all listed individually as Silver Sponsors.
The 2011 Annie Award winners will be announced at the 39th Annual Annie Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 4, 2012, at UCLA’s Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, CA. For a complete list of Annie Award nominations, ticket and event information, visit www.annieawards.org.
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