Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Awards Watch: GLAAD Tidings 2008

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced the nominees for their 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards today.

The film nominations are led by the Academy Award nominated Milk, obviously the front-runner to win here (and a far cry from last year, when they had to give it to a gay pirate). Brideshead Revisited, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, RocknRolla and Vicky Cristina Barcelona round out the "Wide Release" nominees, while the indie faves The Edge of Heaven, Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom, Save Me, Shelter and XXY are competing in the "Limited Release" category. Documentaries in the running include Chris & Don: A Love Story, A Jihad for Love, Saving Marriage, the WE tv series Sex Change Hospital and last year's Oscar winning short Freeheld.

On the television front, Brothers & Sisters and Ugly Betty are looking for their third straight win in a row in the drama and comedy series races, respectively. Meanwhile, both Donald Strachey Mysteries, On the Other Hand, Death and Ice Blues, are up for made-for-TV movie. Legit theater nominees include Broadway's Billy Elliot and Los Angeles' The Little Dog Laughed.

The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held in New York on March 28, in Los Angeles on April 18 and in San Francisco on May 9. See the comments section below for a quick look at all the movie, TV and theater nominees.

UPDATE: Visit our sister site, The QuOD - The Queer Online Database, for a full list of all the GLBT nominees. PLUS: Here's a video look at the major nominees.

3 comments:

Kirby Holt said...

OUTSTANDING FILM – WIDE RELEASE:
Brideshead Revisited
Milk
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
RocknRolla
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

OUTSTANDING FILM – LIMITED RELEASE:
The Edge of Heaven
Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom
Save Me
Shelter
XXY

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES:
Brothers & Sisters
The L Word
South of Nowhere
Torchwood
True Blood

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES:
Desperate Housewives
Greek
Reaper
Skins
Ugly Betty

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE (in a series without a regular LGBT character):
"Ghostfacers" Supernatural
"My Maharishi is Bigger than Your Maharishi" Life on Mars
"Slam" Ghost Whisperer
"Tandem Repeats" ER
"Unidentified Funk" The New Adventures of Old Christine

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE:
Affinity
East Side Story
Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery
Oh Happy Day
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY:
Chris & Don: A Love Story
Freeheld
A Jihad for Love
Saving Marriage
Sex Change Hospital

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM:
America's Next Top Model
I Want to Work for Diddy
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Shirts & Skins
TransAmerican Love Story

OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA:
All My Children
As the World Turns

OUTSTANDING LOS ANGELES THEATER:
As Much As You Can
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
He Asked for It
The Little Dog Laughed
Secrets of the Trade

OUTSTANDING NEW YORK THEATER: BROADWAY & OFF–BROADWAY:
Billy Elliot: The Musical
Body Awareness
Prayer for My Enemy
Road Show
Wig Out!

OUTSTANDING NEW YORK THEATER: OFF–OFF BROADWAY:
Arias with a Twist
The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac
Dina Martina: Off the Charts!
Lustre, a Midwinter Trans-Fest
Play it Cool

Anonymous said...

What movie or show is the pic of the hot surfer dude from? I don't see Matthew McConaughey among the nominees. ;) Also, I'm very glad Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom is being recognized not only by GLAAD but the NAACP Image Awards too.

Kirby Holt said...

The surf stud is Ross Thomas from "Shelter". Hottie.