Thursday, January 21, 2010

Awards Watch: The 1st Annual Dorian Awards!

Recently, I and my fellow Movie Dearest Men on Film Chris Carpenter and Neil Cohen were pleased to be invited to join the Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association.  The newly formed group wasted no time in giving out its own annual kudos, christened the Dorian Awards, to the best in GLBT-themed film and television.

A Single Man was named both Film of the Year and GLBT-Themed Film of the Year, as well as star Colin Firth for Film Performance.  Glee also won three Dorians, for both TV Musical or Comedy and Campy TV Show of the Year, plus Jane Lynch for TV Musical or Comedy Performance.  On the drama side, Grey Gardens won for TV Drama and TV Drama Performance of the Year for Drew Barrymore.



Other winners include Precious' Gabourey Sidibe for the More Please! Breakout Award, Prayers for Bobby for GLBT-Themed TV Show and BeyoncĂ©'s Obsessed for Campy Film of the Year.  And, taking a cue from its namesake Dorian Gray, the Dorian "Forever Ageless" Awards were given to the film classic All About Eve and gay fave actress Cloris Leachman.

For a full list of all the Dorian Award winners and nominees, see the comments section below.

1 comment:

Kirby Holt said...

DORIAN AWARDS 2009 NOMINEES and WINNERS:

FILM OF THE YEAR:
A Single Man (winner)
Bright Star
(500) Days of Summer
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Up

FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR:
Colin Firth, A Single Man (winner)
Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Catalina Saavedra, The Maid
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

LGBT - THEMED FILM OF THE YEAR:
A Single Man (winner)
Outrage
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

CAMPY — INTENTIONAL OR NOT — FILM OF THE YEAR:
Obsessed (winner)
Drag Me to Hell
Julie & Julia
Orphan
Whip It

TV DRAMA OF THE YEAR:
Grey Gardens (winner)
Dexter
Lost
Mad Men
True Blood

TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY OF THE YEAR:
Glee (winner)
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
30 Rock
Ugly Betty

TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR: DRAMA:
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens (winner)
Glenn Close, Damages
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby

TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR: MUSICAL OR COMEDY:
Jane Lynch, Glee (winner)
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Adam Lambert, American Music Awards
Lea Michele, Glee
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live

LGBT - THEMED TV SHOW OF THE YEAR:
Prayers for Bobby (winner)
An Englishman in New York
Glee
Modern Family
True Blood

CAMPY — INTENTIONAL OR NOT — TV SHOW OF THE YEAR:
Glee (winner)
The Colbert Report
Grey Gardens
Jersey Shore
The Real Housewives of New Jersey

THE MORE, PLEASE! BREAKOUT AWARD:
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (winner)
Ed Helms (The Hangover)
Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood)

SAVAGE WIT OF THE YEAR:
Rachel Maddow (winner)
Stephen Colbert and the writers of The Colbert Report
Kirby Dick, director of Outrage
Tina Fey and the writers of 30 Rock
Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show

THE FOREVER AGELESS AWARD:
(Each year, an iconic film and/or television star AS WELL AS an indelible film or TV program is honored)

PERFORMER:
Cloris Leachman

FILM OR TV PROGRAM:
All About Eve

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!