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2001 Hugo Award Winners
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 09-04-2001)
This Labor Day weekend saw the Hugo Award ceremony taking place at the World Science Fiction Convention that was held in Phadelphia. Here are the winners for works from 2000:Best NovelHARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE by J.K. RowlingBest Novella"The Ult... Book Buzz: Hugo Winners Announced
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 08-11-2008)
...e list of Hugo Award winners:
Best Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate)
Best Novella: “All Seated on the Ground” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s Dec. 2007; S... 2002 Hugo Awards Announced
by Chris Wyatt (Mon 09-02-2002)
Sunday, September 1st the 2002 World Con, called Con Jose, hosted the 49th annual Hugo awards. The Hugo, named after famed SF editor Hugo Gernsback, is considered the top honor in genre entertainment, especially with regards to literature. This year's awa... 
Sony Pictures Imageworks joins 'Watchmen' (Tue 07-01-2008)
...estigious Hugo Award and to be named among TIME Magazine’s “100 Best English Language Novels from 1923 to the Present.” The UNTITLED RIDLEY SCOTT FILM based on Washington Post columnist David Ignatius’ 2007 novel about a CIA ...The “Potterverse” Defined
by Pat Ferarra (Tue 04-03-2007)
... two-time Hugo Award-winning author of the Coyote Trilogy. June 1, 2288: Europe's first starship, the EASS Galileo, launches on its maiden voyage to investigate an unidentified object, code-named Spindrift, which is traveling outside our solar syst... Running the Property Dispute Gauntlet
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 03-31-2008)
...lling and Hugo Award-winning author. Expelled from the Union Astronautica space fleet and facing charges of grand theft, Jules Truffant agrees to sign up as shuttle pilot aboard the freighter Pride of Cucamonga in exchange for amnesty. After botching P... Illuminati Watches Over Comic Creators
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 12-17-2002)
... for a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award. He created the influential American
Flagg! and redefined mainstream characters like The Shadow
and Blackhawk; he is currently working on a new hardcover
graphic novel for DC Comics entitled Mighty... Saturn Award celebration, memorable acceptance speeches
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 06-11-2002)
Last night the motto of CINESCAPE magazine as "The crossroads of genre entertainment" and the work we do and celebrate coalesced for a few hours into something every fan of the movies and shows we all love can glory in. With the sponsorship of this magazi... Book Buzz: Incandescence
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-14-2008)
...ovel from Hugo Award-winning writer Greg Egan! The Amalgam spans nearly the entire galaxy, and is composed of innumerable beings from a wild variety of races, some human, some near-human, and some entirely other. The one place that they cannot go is th... Battle of the ‘Star’ Series: Star Wars, Star Trek, & Starship Troopers
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 01-30-2007)
...hewbacca. Hugo Award winner author and old Star Wars hand Timothy Zahn manages to capture this transitional period while serving up an appetizing plot about a quintet of idealistic storm troopers who just can't take it any more. Storm troopers with ... Beware THE MIST
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 10-01-2007)
...ebula and Hugo Award-winner Greg Bear returns to the Earth of his acclaimed novel Eon—a world devastated by nuclear war. The crew of the asteroid-starship Thistledown has thwarted an attack by the Jarts by severing their link to the Way, an endle... Women of Sci Fi
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 01-09-2007)
... earn the Hugo Award for Best Short Story with Bloodchild (1983), the Nebula Award for Best Novel with Parable of the Talents (1998), and become the very first science fiction writer to be awarded the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant... Nautical Fantasy, SC: Ghost, Jordan & More
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 11-28-2006)
...Two-time Hugo Award-winning author Allen M. Steele returns to the Coyote Rising (2004) world with Coyote Frontier and Robert Jordan’s 11th tome of The Wheel of Time series, Knife of Dreams, debuts on paperback today.
Although there&rs... Book Buzz: SPIN to the Big Screen
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 06-02-2008)
... the 2006 Hugo Award and has now garnered the attention of Olympus Pictures and Bits & Pieces Production Company. This week Robert Charles Wilson’s Axis, the sequel to Spin, hits the shelves in softcover amidst the recent news that this secon... Popular author R.A. Lafferty dies at age 88
by Chris Wyatt (Mon 03-25-2002)
... esteemed HUGO award for his short story "Eurema's Dam" and in 1990 he was honored with the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award. To fans everywhere, he will be sorely missed. Walk the Dinosaurs
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 06-03-2002)
...ed on the Hugo Award-winning DINOTOPIA books by James Gurney, the Hallmark miniseries is being helmed by DEMOLITION MAN director Marco Brambilla, who wanted to preserve the spirit of the books while crafting a unique storyline of his own."When I read t... WATCHMEN MOTION COMICS Chapter 3 online now
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 10-24-2008)
...omics and Hugo award-winning graphic novel by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. Set in 1985 at the height of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union, costumed avengers have been banned with the exception of two &ndas... Top SF Awards
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 03-24-2008)
...he week.
HUGO AWARD FINALISTS: BEST NOVEL
Brasyl, Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Halting State, Charles Stross (Ace)
The Last Colony, John Scalzi (Tor)
Rollback, Robert J. Sawyer (Analog Oct 2006 - Jan/Feb 2007; Tor)
The Yiddish Policemen's Uni... Williams Thanks World Con
by Chris Wyatt (Tue 09-03-2002)
Concerning his roles as the 2002 World Con writer guest-of-honor, Toastmaster, and Hugo Award host, Tad Williams gave the following humble remarks: "In our business [i.e. entertainment] there's a standard phrase that says 'it's a honor just to be nominate... Top 5 Top 5 Lists of 2007
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 12-31-2007)
...e won the Hugo Award for “Best All-Time Series” in 1965. If you haven’t read this yet get to it!
The year 2007 undeniably belongs to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter. The release of Deathly Hallows not only completed the ast... Book Buzz: Starship Troopers Nostalgia
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 05-26-2008)
...s of this Hugo Award-winning novel are the blueprints for a smart, crowd-pleasing military SF epic. As topical and controversial now as it was during its initial publication in 1959, Heinlein took a polarizing stance on the necessity of militarism, the... Drizzt Do’Urden Is Back?
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 09-24-2007)
Since his conception in the Icewind Dale Trilogy back in 1988, R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt has grown from an initial side character to the most well-renowned persona of the Forgotten Realms universe.
Hello Maniac readers and welcome to this, th... Dave Gibbons Shares His Thoughts on “Watching the Watchmen”
by Tim Janson (Mon 11-03-2008)
...ven won a Hugo award in 1988.
With writer Alan Moore’s densely plotted deconstruction of the superhero theme and Dave Gibbons’ distinctive visuals and page layouts, the story remains as vital and enthralling today as it was over twenty yea... Star Trek and the Singularity
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 02-04-2008)
After a weekend highlighted by crappy weather and lousy Super Bowl adverts, I found something last night that turned my whole sub-par Sunday around: the news that Star Trek Books is finally releasing their very own “Guide to Women.”
It’... WATCHMEN: THE MOTION COMIC - Chapter 2
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 10-06-2008)
...omics and Hugo award-winning graphic novel by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. Set in 1985 at the height of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union, costumed avengers have been banned with the exception of two &ndas... Official Comic Con Schedule
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-09-2007)
...estigious Hugo Award or to be named among Time magazine’s “100 Best English Language Novels from 1923 to the Present.” Director Zack Snyder will appear in-person to discuss the upcoming film and answer questions. Hall H11:00-12:00 Rea... Sci Fi and Futurists
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 02-20-2007)
...fiction's Hugo Award, astronauts land on Mars and prepare for meteor showers and subzero temperatures… but not for everything they encounter. Told in a grand, sweeping style, it recounts the epic story of the first manned mission to Mars: man... Ultimate Guides!
by Pat Ferarra (Tue 03-20-2007)
...ree-time Hugo Award winner Gordon R. Dickson returns from the grave (via his assistant David Wixon) to propel his famous Childe Cycle series. The twelfth novel, Antagonist, was constructed from Dickson’s extensive notes on the epic concerning... Zach Snyder to helm WATCHMEN
by Karl Schneider (Sat 06-24-2006)
...ave won a Hugo Award and to appear on Time magazine's list of 100 best novels from 1923 to present.Alex Tse will write a script for the adaptation. Return to Lovecraftian Horror
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 01-07-2008)
...five-time Hugo Award winner! A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest village, declares himself king and makes young Will his lieutenant. Nightly, he crawls inside ... WB Grabs Simmons' HYPERION
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 04-03-2008)
A new award winning sci-fi franchise may be hitting a theater near you soon. Dan Simmons' Hugo Award winning novel Hyperion has just been picked up by producer Graham King and Warner Bros. Trevor Sands is already on board to adapt the first two books as ... Martian Child, The
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 08-27-2004)
...d and the Hugo Award in 1994.Meyjes will perform a rewrite of the script before filming begins, which is now expected to happen sometime in the late fall. [The Hollywood Reporter.] Earthbound
by M. Steven Felty (Mon 12-05-2005)
If you don't know who Richard Matheson is, then I pity you. Matheson is a writer who has won the Hugo Award, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Writers Guild Award and numerous life achievement awards. But wait, that's not all. He has also written many screen... Killing the Imposter God
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 09-17-2007)
...5’s Hugo Award-winning sci-fi epic Spin, Robert Charles Wilson is back with the direct follow-up novel, Axis, on hardcover to divulge more of the secrets of the Hypotheticals and their Arch bridge spanning from Earth to a mysteriously new and eng... The Dresden Files Returns to its Roots
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 02-06-2007)
...of Stars, Hugo award-nominated author Robert Reed has written a stunning sequel to his acclaimed novel Marrow (2000). The Great Ship, so vast that it contains within its depths a planet that lay undiscovered for generations, has cruised through the... To Read or Not to Read: The Rise of the Audio Book
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 01-23-2007)
Greg Cox gives Ghost Rider its film tie-in book treatment, Kage Baker releases a collection of never-before-published The Company stories, and a handful of Anne McCaffrey classics move to the audio book realm in this week’s Book Buzz.
Hap... Star Trek and Fantasy Anthologies, Douglass, Erikson, and More
by Pat Ferrara (Wed 08-23-2006)
...s won the Hugo Award for Best Editor, the World Fantasy Award seven times, and the International Horror Guild Award for The Dark anthology. Strange New Worlds 9 takes the cool factor to another level by offering Star Trek fiction from the fans themsel... BABYLON 5: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON
by Tony Whitt (Fri 09-26-2003)
...uding the Hugo Award-winning "Severed Dreams," the two-part "War Without End" (which answers all the unanswered questions from the first season episode "Babylon Squared" and which brings the Sinclair story arc to completion), and the chilling "Messages... GRR Martin, Koji Suzuki, Chris Golden & More
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 09-26-2006)
...e coveted Hugo Award for Best Fantasy Novel in this past month's Worldcon, it's still a great read worth checking out. Christopher Golden, literary veteran of ANGEL, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER books, and comics such as HELLBOY, BATMAN, and X-MEN, is back... Arthur C. Clarke Passes Away at 90
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 03-19-2008)
...1979; the Hugo Award of the World Science Fiction Convention in 1974 and 1980, and in 1986 became Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He was awarded the CBE in 1989. Born in Minehead, western England, on Dec. 16, 1917, the son of a... Chat with Andrew Foley, 'Jeremiah' comics scribe
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 06-11-2004)
...ision by
Hugo award-winning writer/producer J. Michael Straczynski (creator of
"Babylon 5," "Crusade") and based on the award-winning
graphic novel series by Belgian comics creator Hermann Huppen.
"Jeremiah-The Last Empire&... Meyjes films MARTIAN CHILD
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 08-25-2004)
...d and the Hugo Award in 1994.Meyjes will perform a rewrite of the script before filming begins, which is now expected to happen sometime in the late fall.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us! Book Buzz: Piers Anthony Returns to Xanth
by Tim Janson (Mon 10-13-2008)
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Hugo Award finalist and Robert A. Heinlein Award–winning SF writer Michael Flynn now turns to space opera with stunningly successful results. Full of rich echoes of space opera classics from Doc Smith to Cordwainer Smith, The January Da... Comicscape - January 5, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-05-2005)
Welcome to a brand new year and what better way to start off that brand new year with a shiny spanking new controversy brewing in the world of comics? A little while ago, Marvel announced that Orson Scott Card, Hugo Award-winning writer of such works as ... Transformers…Novelized
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 05-29-2007)
...hared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction. Frank Herbert’s death in 1986 was a tragic loss, yet the astounding legacy of his visionary fiction will live forever. This first part of the ... IBooks, Inc. to the Rescue!
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 11-19-2007)
...ebula and Hugo Award-winning novella Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones, and more.
Black Thorn, White Rose, Ed. by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Wildside Press)
From the compilers of Snow White, Blood Red,... The Next Batch of Film Adaptations
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 01-14-2008)
With the start of 2008 comes news of the next round of book-to-screen translations, and if you’re like me this news is usually met with equal doses of boyish hope and fearful skepticism. Because as all of us readers know the translation of a book in... Marc Shaiman receives the Henry Mancini Award for Career Achievement at the 22nd Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
by Randall Larson (Tue 04-24-2007)
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) presented its Henry Mancini Award to Marc Shaiman at the 22nd Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards held last Tuesday night (April 17) at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Califo... Invasion’s Back…In Pog Form!
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-02-2007)
Nearly 52 years after the book’s initial release, Jack Finney’s SF classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers makes its way onto audio format just in time for the summer holidays.
Happy belated Canada Day all you Maniac readers and welcom... Peter Straub Wins Stoker Award for MR. X
by Denise Dumars (Wed 05-17-2000)
At the Horror Writers Association meeting and World Horror Convention in Denver, CO, on Saturday, May 13, 2000, Guest of Honor Peter Straub was awarded the Bram Stoker Award for his 1999 novel, MR. X, at the Stoker Awards banquet. `I went to the World Hor... Awards in SF Literature
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 09-04-2002)
While best known for handing out the Hugo awards, the World Science Fiction Convention (called World Con) also gives out other prizes related to SF literature and fan culture. Here's a breakdown of some of the various non-Hugo awards given at this year's ... Book Buzz: Year of the Spaceship
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 08-04-2008)
From Star Trek’s FTL warp drive to Carl Sagan’s concentric-ringed, space-tearing Machine, spaceships have been as much a staple of science fiction as aliens or any other concept that has helped define the genre. Within the fictional SF univers... Gaiman's Endless Inspiration
by Cindy White (Mon 05-27-2002)
Most writers spend their entire careers honing their talents in just one medium, be it novels or screenplays or comic books. Neil Gaiman is not like most writers. After achieving rare critical and commercial success with his DC comic book series SANDMAN,... FUNimation President Receives Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award from Purdue University (Thu 09-25-2003)
Award given to elite alumni from Purdue FT. WORTH, TX -- September 25, 2003 -- Gen Fukunaga, president of FUNimation Productions, Ltd., has been awarded the Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineers award from Purdue University. He is one of seven re..."Neuromancer"
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 04-23-2007)
To those familiar with William Gibson’s work, Neuromancer is one of SF’s most definitive masterpieces and a foundational stone of the cyperpunk subgenre. To those who’ve never even heard of the triple crown award-winning author (Hugo,... Hugo Fulfills Gaiman's Childhood Dream
by Chris Wyatt (Mon 09-02-2002)
Neil Gaiman, who took home the Best Novel Hugo last night for his book AMERICAN GODS, was beaming with joy while accepting the honor. "When I was 14 there were three things that I wanted," explained Gaiman. "I wanted heat vision. I wanted to work up the n... Scorsese gets lifetime award from DGA
by Mike Whybark (Fri 01-17-2003)
VARIETY notes director Martin Scorsese's life time achievement award from the Directors Guild of America, the organization's highest honor. Scorsese joins the likes of Hitchcock, Kubrick, Coppola and Welles in being selected.The award announcement highlig... Star Trek Voyager DOOMSDAY Comic
by Michelle Erica Green (Thu 01-18-2001)
`They say there`s no devil, Jim, but there is, right out of hell -- I saw it,` Commodore Matt Decker told Captain James T. Kirk in the classic episode `The Doomsday Machine.` The titular devil, a massive weapon that powered itself by destroying planets, w... The winners of the 2004 Hugo Awards
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 09-09-2004)
On Saturday, September 4 the 2004 Hugo Awards were presented at Noreascon Four held in Boston, Massachusetts, honoring the best genre writing, artwork and entertainment released in 2003. The Best Novel Hugo went to Lois McMaster Bujold's PALADIN OF SOULS ... 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groft (Mon 02-14-2005)
The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on Saturday, February 5th at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and aired the same night on TNT. The words on the red carpet that kept radiating were... "It's a thrill and an honor to be nominated by ... Saturn Award nominees announced
by Eric Moro (Fri 03-15-2002)
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films has announced its nominations for the 28TH annual Saturn Awards to be held this summer in Los Angeles. The ceremony honors the best in genre entertainment from 2001.What follows is a complete list of ... Mark Isham to receive ASCAP Lifetime Achievement Award
by Randall Larson (Wed 03-01-2006)
Hollywood composer Mark Isham will be honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers with a lifetime achievement award. ASCAP's "Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime Achievement" is given in recognition of a person's outstanding achievem... Tekkonkinkreet by Taiyo Matsumoto Wins 2008 Eisner Award
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 08-01-2008)
Ed gy Series About Two Miscreant Boys' Adventures In A Surreal Metropolis Is The Only Japanese Manga Title To Win This Year
San Francisco, CA, August 1, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehens... Eastern Spectaculars
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-02-2006)
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS THE MYTH is Jackie Chan's latest Hong Kong film, and an unusual departure as he plays a Qin Dynasty General in a film that mingles the epic spectacle of films like HERO with the kind of humorous kung-fu action that Chan is know... John Williams to receive Henry Mancini Award
by RANDALL LARSON (Fri 06-02-2006)
John Williams will receive the Hank Award handed out by the Henry Mancini Institute at its 10th Anniversary Concert and Gala Celebration on June 17. The institute was founded in 1997 by composer Jack Elliott, dedicated to the legacy of Henry Mancini, the ... National Book Award goes to SF entry
by Chris Wyatt (Fri 11-22-2002)
This year's esteemed National Book Award in the category of Young People's Fiction went to SF author Nancy Farmer for her futuristic novel THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION. The National Book Award is one of the most distinguished honors in literature. The award,... Rodriguez to Receive Visionary Award
by News Editor (Thu 06-07-2007)
On June 15th, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez will receive the first-ever Visionary Award during The Hollywood Reporter's 36th annual Key Art Awards.
Kilcullen, publisher of The Hollywood Reporter said, "Robert Rodriguez is a creative genius and the... NARNIA Composer Harry Gregson-Williams Honored at BMI Award Dinner for Outstanding Career Achievement
by RANDALL LARSON (Mon 05-22-2006)
BMI, the leading U.S. performing right organization, honored the composers and songwriters of the music from the past year's top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and highest-ranking cable network programs at its annual Film &... Mark Snow nominated for a French Cesar Award
by Randall Larson (Tue 02-06-2007)
Film composer Mark Snow has been nominated for a César Award, the main national film award in France, for Best Music Written for a Film for Coeurs (International Title: Private Fears in Public Places).
Snow is the only American composer... Photos from the 2004 Saturn Awards!
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groff (Fri 05-07-2004)
The 30th Annual Saturn Awards, 'Celebration of the Fantastic,' were held at the Sheraton Universal Hotel on Wednesday, May 5th. As the excitement built on the red carpet the key phrases from everyone about The Academy and Science Fiction in general seemed... Kong is koming
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 09-02-2004)
Universal Pictures has announced a definitive start to filming for Peter Jackson's remake of KING KONG. The film will start shooting this month in New Zealand for a worldwide theatrical release on December 14, 2005.The movie studio issued a press release ... Kong of Kongs, Lord of Rings
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-15-2005)
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS This is definitely a week of must-haves in soundtrack new releases. Despite having had only five weeks to conceptualize, compose, orchestrate, record and mix the score after stepping in to replace Howard Shore as composer, Jame... Newman Finds NEMO, Shearmur Scores ENGLISH, and Get Ready for the Big Green Dude
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-29-2003)
This Week's RecommendationSOn July 15th, [IMG3R]Decca will release the soundtrack to the James Bond spoof, JOHNNY ENGLISH, with music by Edward Shearmur (CHARLIES ANGELS, REIGN OF FIRE). The film stars Roan Atkinson (everyone's favorite BEAN), John Malkov... Lone Wolf and CD
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-15-2004)
THIS WEEKS RECOMMENDATIONSOriginal music from the legendary 1970's Japanese Samurai films series, LONE WOLF AND CUB (a.k.a. THE BABY CART SERIES) is now available from LaLaLand Records. I had the extreme pleasure to write the notes for this significant s... Altered Lives, Altered Loves: Tiptree Award Winner Suzy McKee Charnas
by Denise Dumars (Fri 09-22-2000)
Winning the Tiptree Award for feminist science fiction caps a fascinating chapter in the writing life of Suzy McKee Charnas. Thirty years after the writing of the first book in the dystopian Holdfast Chronicles, Charnas finishes the series with THE CONQUE... 14th Annual Gemini Award Winners
by Frank Garcia (Tue 11-09-1999)
With eight Canadian Gemini award nominations racked up, the recently cancelled Showtime series TOTAL RECALL 2070, starring Michael Easton, has won three technical awards in a ceremony in Toronto, Ontario, over the weekend. The Gemini awards are the Canadi... Sci-fi Author Butler Passes
by News Editor (Fri 03-03-2006)
Last week sci-fi author Octavia Butler passed away. She was one of very few African-American women in the field.Butler was born in Pasadena, California. Her father, a shoeshiner, died when she was young; her mother, also named Octavia, raised her in a str... Rosenthal to receive 'Life in Music Award'
by Randall Larson (Thu 03-09-2006)
Laurence Rosenthal will be honored with the ASCAP Foundation's Life in Music Award, to be presented to the 79-year old composer during the annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards on April 11 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Marilyn Bergma... .hack//ENEMY TCG Wins Origins Award (Wed 07-07-2004)
(Norfolk, VA?June 29, 2004) - During a ceremony at the 2004 Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH, Decipher's .hack//ENEMY Trading Card Game received the Origins Award For Best Trading Card Game of 2003. "Decipher is thrilled by and appreciative of this indus...NOVA SWING wins Clarke Award
by News Editor (Thu 05-03-2007)
Nova Swing by M. John Harrison and published by Gollancz is the winner of this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award, the UK’s premier prize for science fiction literature.
The announcement was made last night at the award’s offici... Blalock thanks CINESCAPE readers for award
by Christopher Allan Smith and Chris Wyatt (Tue 06-11-2002)
ENTERPRISE's T'Pol, Jolene Blalock, is thanking fans for the latest highpoint in this, her first year on the air as STAR TREK's most arresting Vulcan. Blalock won best supporting actress in a TV show at the 28th annual Saturn Awards, as well as the female... AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER AND VOCALIST WINIFRED PHILLIPS SCORES The Da Vinci Code VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACK
by RANDALL LARSON (Tue 05-23-2006)
Winifred Phillips, a multiple award winning composer for video games, radio, television and film, has created the theatrical score for The Da Vinci Code video game, developed by The Collective for 2K Games. The video game is based on the highly-anticipate... John Williams wins Saturn Award for SITH
by Randall Larson (Mon 05-08-2006)
John Williams' score for STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH was honored by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films at the 32nd Annual Saturn Awards on May 2. Williams received the Saturn Award for "Best Music," and the film itsel... Grammy Award Winners for Soundtracks
by Randall Larson (Tue 02-14-2006)
The winners of the Grammy Awards were announced last week. RAY won Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (Craig Armstrong) and Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Medi... Best DVD Release Award (Fri 11-02-2007)
The July voting has finished out and it\'s really little surprise to see that Kadokawa Pictures USA has picked up another award with their release of Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Vol. #2 as distributed by Bandai Entertainment.Spider-Man Gets More Award Nominations
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 02-14-2003)
Spider-Man
picked up three more award nominations this week, according to today's Variety.
This time the
comic book movie smash picked up nominations in the prestigious Nickelodeon Kids
Choice awards. The article does not give specifics about the ... Oscar Ani Award Is Go
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 12-13-2001)
Nine films were declared to be eligible for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' new animated feature film category, thus establishing that it will be a part of the 2002 Oscar Award Show.The nine films that made it in before the deadline wer... Best DVD Release Award (Sat 10-15-2005)
Congratulations go out this morning to FUNimation who picked up the August 2005 award with their release of Samurai 7 Vol. #1. That was closely followed in the rankings by Kodocha Vol. #1 as well as Chrono Crusade.Danish composer wins Screamfest Award
by Randall Larson (Mon 10-30-2006)
Danish composer Anthony Lledo won the “Best Score” award for his orchestral score for the Swedish vampire horror hit Frostbite at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles, the largest horror film festival in the USA. The large go... UK vfx company nominated for award for work on 'Batman Begins' (Wed 02-01-2006)
Double Negative's work on Batman Begins Nominated for Visual Effects Society Award."Zoom Suit" Wins Grand Festival Award at Berkeley Festival (Thu 11-17-2005)
Zoom Suit, the animated short film written and directed by former Marvel Entertainment Brand Manager, John Taddeo, has won the Grand Festival Award at this year's Berkeley Video & Film Festival. Apparently, the short may also lead to a live-action featur...SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF JAPANESE ANIMATION ANNOUNCES SPJA INDUSTRY AWARD FINALISTS AT TOKYO INTERNATIONAL ANIME FAIR (Thu 03-27-2008)
Bandai Entertainment Leads with Most Nominations Followed by Viz Media, Geneon Entertainment, Bandai Visual and FUNimation Entertainment Anaheim, California (March 27, 2008) The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), the overseeing bo...Krueger's Award-Winning Dragons (and More)
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 11-27-2002)
Comic creator
and filmmaker Jim Krueger told Comics2Film that his short movie They
Might Be Dragons has been making the rounds and garnering some acclaim.
The seven minute
short took the award in the "Best Short Film: Thriller" at last
September's ... Avi Arad collects Selig Award
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 03-23-2004)
Avi Arad will recieve the Robert W. Selig Showmanship Award for achievement in filmmaking today.
More... Hugo Weaving to Voice Megatron in Bay's Transformers? (Sun 03-25-2007)
There's a new email available on the SectorSeven.org website which can be accessed with the password NBETWO. The message alludes to actor Hugo Weaving (Lord of the Rings, The Matrix) being cast as the voice of the evil Decepticon leader Megatron in this s...Smallville Wins Make-Up Award (Mon 05-30-2005)
The Leo Awards, honoring "the best in British Columbia-based film and television," gave 'Smallville's Natalie Cosco the award for Best Make-Up In A Dramatic Series for the fourth season episode "Scare."Stardust wins Empire Award (Mon 03-10-2008)
'Stardust', the movie based on the work by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, won the Empire Award 2008 for best sci-fi/fantasy movie of the year.Smallville to Receive a Jules Verne Award in France (Wed 03-09-2005)
Smallville will be receiving a Jules Verne Award at the Jules Verne Film Festival. The week long festival will be devoting one of their Night Specials to Smallville snd John Glover, executive producers Al Gough and Miles Millar are scheduled to appear. Cl...Exclusive Video Interview: Interview with Award Winning Creature Makeup Art (Mon 05-09-2005)
Last week Mike along with Jake Garber and Matt Rose were given a Saturn award for their work on Hellboy. Mike's work is recoginzed as some of todays best and because of that his company has been able to get involved on some of next years summer blockbuste...Smallville nominated for visual effects award (Tue 01-09-2007)
The special effects of Smallville's season 6 premiere, "Zod," have been nominated for an award from the Visual Effects Society. Click for more details.Hugo Weaving on "V for Vendetta" (Mon 12-26-2005)
In this long interview Hugo Weaving talks about "V for Vendetta", how he came on board of the movie and how he approached a role where he can't show any part of his face.Superman presents Batman with MTV award (Wed 06-07-2006)
When the cast of Superman Returns presented the Best Hero Award to Batman Begins star Christian Bale, he turned to Routh and said, "Sorry Superman, but Batman's the badass." Bale also promised fans there will be more Batman films and called his wife, ...Hugo Weaving to voice Megatron!
by Karl Schneider (Mon 03-26-2007)
According to IESB, Hugo Weaving has signed on to voice the leader of the decepticons, Megatron, in the upcoming Michael Bay film, Transformers.In the film, dueling alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, bring their battle to Earth, leaving the fut... 'X3' set for film fest award
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 08-15-2006)
The Hollywood Film Festival has tapped a quartet of features -- the Weinstein Co.'s "Bobby," Fox's "X-Men: The Last Stand" and Disney's "Cars" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" -- for kudos at this year's event.
"X-Men" will receive the ... Smallville star Mack wins Teen Choice award (Tue 08-22-2006)
Actress Allison Mack ("Chloe Sullivan") was the only cast member of 'Smallville' to walk away with a "Teen Choice" award at last night's ceremonies that aired on FOX (surprised?). She won for "Best Sidekick".V for Vendetta: talking with Hugo Weaving (Fri 02-17-2006)
"To me he's a human being under the mask, but you never see his face and you don't ever find out exactly who he is and that's importan," says actor Hugo Weaving about the protagonist of 'V for Vendetta'. "He is the idea, yet you need to feel that he's a r...'Iron Man', 'Smallville' scoop up Teen Choice Award nominations
by Jim Harvey (Thu 06-19-2008)
Comic-based fare scored well in the latest Teen Choice Award nominations, which were released earlier this week.
'Iron Man' and 'Speed Racer' both garnered nods iin the "Choice Movie: Action Adventure" category.
'30 Days of Night' makes a show... 'Superman Returns' star Routh to receive Saturn Award (Sun 04-02-2006)
Brandon Routh will be receiving The Rising Star Award from The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Routh is starring as Superman in this summer's highly anticipated Warner Bros. film release, 'Superman Returns'...'Invincible Iron Man' wins DVD Award, Blu-Ray Release In September
by Jim Harvey (Thu 06-19-2008)
The 2007 direct-to-video The Invincible Iron Man animated movie has won a prestigious award, and will also finally arrive on Blu-Ray in September 2008. 'Persepolis' up for Cesar Award
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 01-28-2008)
Variety reports that Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parannaud’s comic based 'Persepolis' has picked up a couple of nominations in France's major film award, the Cesars.
The film scored both a "Best Picture" nomination as well as a "Bes... 'Dr.Justice' awarded 2002-2003 Golden Web Award winner
by Rob M. Worley (Thu 11-13-2003)
Galfo Films and independant writer/producer,Frederic Galfo, has announced that the website promoting his humanitarian superhero, 'Dr. Justice' has won The Golden Web Award 2003-04.
Galfo, has announced plans to develop the best-selling French comic str... Another Award for 'American Splendor'
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 09-05-2003)
Harvey Pekar writes in his blog, "While I was in Edinburgh, 'American Splendor' picked up another award. That makes four it's gotten at festivals this year, including ones at Sundance, Cannes and Montreal...I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop." Cinequest Award Marvel Studios CEO (Fri 03-03-2006)
Cinequest announced that Avi Arad, chairman/ceo of Marvel Studios, will receive Cinequest's Maverick Spirit Award and participate in a conversation with venture capitalist William R. Hearst III on the art of technology an event culminating Cinequest's e...Tucci Talks About Trouble Award
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 07-29-2002)
Although we gave
you the early word on it last week, comic creator Billy Tucci issued an official
statement announcing the recent award won by his short film. Here's the press
release:
Some
Trouble of A SeRRious Nature, the directorial debut of com... British Academy Award nominees announced
by Randall Larson (Thu 01-26-2006)
Soundtrack.net reports that the nominations for the British Academy Awards have come out. In the category of Best Score, the nominees for the "Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music" (the UK equivalent of Hollywood's Oscars) are: BROKEBACK ... LOST - Everybody Hates Hugo
by Jason Davis (Mon 10-17-2005)
It seems that the quality of a LOST episode is oftentimes tied to the uniqueness of the character whose backstory appears in that installment. While TV audiences have had any number of Jack Shepards over the years, John Locke and Hugo Reyes are the sorts ... "Spin Control" wins Philip K. Dick Award
by Karl Schneider (Mon 04-09-2007)
The sci fi novel, Spin Control, was crowned the winner of this year's Philip K. Dick Award.The award recognizes distinguished science fiction in the United States published originally in paperback.The annual award, named for legendary SF author Philip K. ... Broken Saints Takes Audience Award At Sundance Online Fest
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 02-03-2003)
American
Splendor wasn't the only comic based fare getting attention at Sundance.
Brooke Burgess' online animated comic Broken
Saints claimed "Audience Award for Animation" as part of
the 2003 Sundance Online Film Festival.
Broken
Saints, directed... ShoWest slates Marvel's Arad for Selig award (Fri 03-12-2004)
Marvel Studios CEO and chairman Avi Arad will be honored with a new award, the Robert W. Selig Showmanship Award, at ShoWest 2004, which gets under way March 22 in Las Vegas. The festival will open with a screening of "The Punisher".Batman Begins & Sin City Nominated for Yahoo Movie of the Year award (Fri 10-07-2005)
Yahoo! Movies is hosting a Hottest Movie of the Year award, the movie with the most votes will win the award. I think it would be cool to provide a link and urge people to vote for their favorite comic book adaptation of this past year. Batman Begins and ...Buscemi Gets Award for Ghost World
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 12-17-2001)
Actor Steve
Buscemi (Domestic Disturbance) has picked up an award for his work
in this year's Ghost World movie. Buscemi grabbed the Best
Supporting Actor award from the New
York Film Critics Circle. Buscemi plays Seymour a hapless loser who strikes... NARUTO Vol. 7 has been nominated for a QUILLS AWARD! (Tue 09-12-2006)
Yes - Your favorite spunky little ninja, Naruto, has done very well! Not only is Volume 7 of the NARUTO manga a finalist at this year's Quills Awards, but this is also the very first year that a manga has been nominated for this prestigious award! So be ...In Memory of Poul Anderson
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 08-02-2001)
Poul Anderson, who authored more than 100 books, died earlier this week as a result of prostate cancer.Anderson's career spanned over 50 years earning him three Nebula Awards and seven Hugo Awards, and his recent GENESIS recieving the John W. Campbell Mem... 58th Emmy Award Winners
by Karl Schneider (Mon 08-28-2006)
58th Emmy Award Winners:OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIESMEGAN MULLALLY as Kare, "Will & Grace" (NBC)OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIESALAN ALDA as Arnold Vinick, "The West Wing" (NBC)OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA S... Award-Winning Image
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Tue 07-31-2001)
Citing it as "unprecedented," Image Comics proudly touted their 10 nominations at this year's Eisner Awards, held as usual at the San Diego Comic-Con. Amongst the nominees were two in the category of "Russ Manning Most Promising New Talent:" Tone Rodrigue... The 29th Annual Saturn Awards Nominations - Special Award Recipients
by Eric Moro (Wed 03-05-2003)
CINESCAPE and The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announced today the nominees for the 2003 Saturn Awards ceremony. What follows is a complete list of the Special Award recipients:THE DR. DONALD A. REED AWARDFILMMAKER JAMES CAMERONThe... Brave Story Wins Award (Wed 01-16-2008)
The Viz Media release of Brave Story has nabbed them a new award with the 2008 Mildred L. Batchelder Award. This particular award is an interesting one as, according to the official information, \"[it is] awarded to an American publisher for a children\'s...Hugo names HOMINIDS best novel of the year
by Chris Wyatt (Mon 09-01-2003)
This weekend The World Science Fiction Convention (popularly known as WorldCon) awarded the Hugo for best novel to SF luminary Robert J Sawyer for his book HOMINIDS. The novel, which centers on a the discovery of a living Neanderthal, is Sawyer's 13th nov... 'X2' collects Saturn Award (Fri 05-07-2004)
While 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' was the big winner at the 30th annual Saturn Awards, 'X2: X-Men United' won the award for best SF film. 'Hulk' Producer Gale Anne Hurd accepted this year's Reed Award.Derleth Award Given to TRIFFIDS
by Chris Wyatt (Mon 10-07-2002)
The 2002 British Fantasy Convention (FantasyCon) awarded its yearly "Derleth Fantasy Award" to UK writer Simon Clark's novel NIGHT OF THE TRIFFIDS. The book is a literary extension of the classic 1951 SF novel DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS by John Wyndham, which wa... The Wire: End of an Era
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 03-10-2008)
After five seasons of heart-wrenching, cathartic drama, THE WIRE has finally come to an end. “-30-,“ the 93-minute finale, rounded out the HBO original series last night in true Dickensian style and, for one last time, proved that a television... Punktown and Good Omens are Back to Mix Things UP
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 12-05-2006)
A slew of paperback releases this Tuesday offers everything from cheeky science fiction to dark, genre-crossing fantasy and dragon-riding mayhem (told by both man and mythical beast perspective).
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s powerhous... Horrors & Hauntings
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-25-2006)
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION A new soundtrack record label named Nicabella had made its debut with John Frizzell's excellent score for STAY ALIVE, William Brent Ball's eerie thriller about a group of teens who stumble upon a new video game called Sta... THE 2002 PHILIP K DICK AWARD NOMINEES
by Chris Wyatt (Sat 02-23-2002)
The influential Philadelphia Science Fiction Society recently announced this year's nominees for one of SF biggest honors, the Philip K Dick awards.Philip K Dick's mind-blowingly revolutionary science fiction has been adapted to the screen many times. Fil... Saturn Award winners
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 06-11-2002)
Last night in Century City, Calif., not all that far from the Twentieth Century Fox lot, home of THE X-FILES, DARK ANGEL, the STAR WARS films and more, the 28th Annual Saturn Awards were handed out at the St. Regis hotel, honoring the best and most shinin... SUPERMAN's Ottman to receive Career Achievement Award
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 08-09-2006)
Composer John Ottman will be honored at the Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival on a black-tie gala on September 17. He will receive the Outstanding Career Achievement Award for his work on films such as THE USUAL SUSPECTS, KISS KISS BANG ... "Smallville" to be Presented with Jules Verne Award
by Jim Harvey (Wed 03-23-2005)
Thursday, April 7th is set down as "The Smallville Night Special" in France, as the TV series is set to receive a Jules Verne Film Festival award at the Grand Rex Theater in Paris. "Smallville" will be receiving a Jules Verne Award, being named as one of ... Where’s My Dance with Dragons?
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 10-29-2007)
Reading and enjoying epic genre literature requires, unfortunately, a great deal of patience. Though we love our favorite authors for their mind-expanding work, their creation of new worlds and imaginative storytelling ability, we can be the first to bran... Prime Time Emmys: 24 takes Writing Award
by Mike Whybark (Mon 09-23-2002)
Last night's Prime Time Emmy Awards provided little kudos for genre entertainment. 24's win, "Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series," may be construed as evidence that genre entertainment may yet have a march before it's truly considered mainstream.Domin... Morricone's Faceless Nightmare from Beyond the Tomb
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-11-2006)
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION Ennio Morricone's hauntingly lovely score for the 1965 Italian horror film, AMANTI D'OLTRETOMBA (Lovers Beyond the Tomb, but best known under its USA release title, NIGHTMARE CASTLE; although also known as NIGHT OF THE DOOMED, T... '300' & 'Transformers' snag an MTV Movie Award (Mon 06-04-2007)
Zack Snyder movie '300' won an MTV Movie award for Best Fight for the Gerald Butler (King Leonidas) vs. "The Uber Immortal" scene and Michael Bay movie 'Transformers' won the Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet Award as the most anticipated movie for t...THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-07-2004)
Even for one of the biggest hits of 1999, the plan was revolutionary. After all, film projects don't get much more ambitious than this: filming two sequels back-to-back, putting cast and crew to work for years on an epic story using techniques that h... THE MATRIX REVISITED Part One
by Eric Moro (Tue 12-04-2001)
Its no secret that when THE MATRIX hit theaters back in 1999, it revolutionized the way sci-fi action films were made and boggled the minds of many a moviegoer. In the process, however, it managed to become one of the most successful genre films ever, ta... Book Buzz: Latest Star Wars Novel Hits Shelves This Week
by Tim Janson (Mon 10-20-2008)
The biggest star this week isn’t an alien, or wizard, or vampire but a space ship! Specifically it’s the Millennium Falcon and Star Wars’ most famous ship is the subject of the latest novel in the SW universe from Del Rey Bo... SDCC: Highlights of Universal's WOLFMAN Panel
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 07-29-2008)
Academy Award winner Rick Baker entered Hall H to thunderous applause. These are, after all, his people. They know that Rick Baker is not only a master of his craft (monster movie makeup for those of you that don’t know) but Baker working on any fil... And the 2008 MTV Movie Award Nominations are...
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 05-06-2008)
MTV has alerted the media to their upcoming 2008 MTV Movie Awards. The press release and nominations can be seen below.Nerds, pirates and robots take over as MTV: Music Television today announced the nominees for the "2008 MTV Movie Awards." Dom... And the SAG Award Winners are...
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 01-27-2008)
The Screen Actors Guild Awards just went off the air a few minutes ago and the winners are...
Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role George Clooney, Michael Clayton Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Gir... .hack//ENEMY TCG Wins Origins Award (Wed 07-07-2004)
Read all about it in this press release.GOTHAM KNIGHT DVD Details Online
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 02-25-2008)
DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Animation have collaborated to create a unique Batman experience in Batman: Gotham Knight. The all-new, original movie will arrive July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Order due date is June ... Best DVD Award Winner for July 2005 (Fri 09-16-2005)
Congratulations this morning goes out to Manga Entertainment with their long needed win in July 2005 for their release of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Vol. #7. Coming into second place was Genshiken Vol. #1 from Media Blasters and Gungrave Vol....World Soundtrack Award nominations announced
by Randall Larson (Tue 08-22-2006)
The nominees to the 2006 World Soundtrack Awards, to be handed out during the Flanders International Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium, on October 14, were revealed today. Dario Marianelli, Alberto Iglesias, James Newton Howard and Gustavo Santaolalla all r... Best DVD Award: December 2005 (Tue 01-31-2006)
The voting period for this ended this morning and taking the prize for December 2005 of the best DVD release is Genshiken Vol. #3 from Media Blasters.Best DVD Award - January (Mon 02-14-2005)
The polling has completed for the Best DVD Release of January and Geneon Entertainment has added another notch onto their belt as readers here have chosen Samurai Champloo Vol. #1 as their release of choice for the month. You can check out how your favori...A Brief History of Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy at the Oscars
by Steve Biodrowski (Sat 03-25-2000)
Writing a history of science fiction, horror and fantasy film winners at the Academy Awards is much simpler than it should be. Quite simply, there just arent that many winners. Comedic actors like Bob Hope used to complain about being overlooked in favor... Best Anime DVD Release Award for March 2008
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 11-05-2008)
March was a very difficult month for voting because of the delayed releases by ADV Films that hit from late January and into February. That caused a split to occur among the fan favorite releases of Kanon, which in the end lost because of it. The win... SPOILER ALERT-Scream 2008 Awards Honor the Best in Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy
by Liana Aghajanian (Tue 10-21-2008)
SPOILER ALERT, DON'T READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE WINNERS
Leaving behind the glitz and glamour of typical tinsel town award ceremonies, it was a screamtastic Saturday night at Spike TV’s third annual Scream Awards. Fans dr... Best DVD Release Award (Mon 12-24-2007)
In what is probably going to be their last win, Geneon Entertainment picked up the nod in our October 2007 Best DVD Release Award for the title Hellsing Ultimate Vol. #3. We\'ll be running the voting period for November and December starting after New Yea...RING: Award-Winning Horror From Japan
by Norman England (Fri 01-14-2000)
What do you do? Youve been handed a videotape by a friend who, for their sake, begs you to watch it. Only thing is, if you do, you will die exactly one week later unless you in turn pass it on for someone else to watch. It is this simple premise of RING,... Spidey Trailer Gets Award
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 03-20-2002)
Last Monday's Variety
reports that the trailer for Spider-Man picked up a trophy at the
third annual Golden Trailer Awards. According to the write-up Giaroncomo Prods.
won "voiceover honors" for it's work on the movie ad.
Photos from the Primetime Creative Arts Emmys!
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groft (Wed 09-17-2003)
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the 2002-2003 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards, for programs and individual achievements, at the 55th Annual Emmy Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Saturday, September 13. Highlights of the pr... A Brief History of Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy at the Oscars
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 03-27-2000)
Writing a history of science fiction, horror and fantasy film winners at the Academy Awards is much simpler than it should be. Quite simply, there just arent that many winners. Comedic actors like Bob Hope used to complain about being overlooked in favor... The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Award Nominees for Outstanding Writing are Honored
by Sue Schneider (Sun 09-04-2005)
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Writers Peer Group honored the nominees for Outstanding Writing for The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards August 31st at the Hyatt West Hollywood Hotel. Taking place in the Rooftop Ballroom and Pool Deck you cou... 300 Wins Golden Trailer Award (Fri 06-01-2007)
Zack Snyder's adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel '300' gathered up the prize for Best Action at the 8th Annual Golden Trailer Awards. Click for a complete list of winners...'The Hulk' Wins Award for Online Ad (Thu 11-06-2003)
At Tuesday's 3rd Annual Eyeblaster Awards, Tribal DDB LA was honored by industry voters for their creative efforts on Universal Pictures' theatrical release of 'The Hulk.' The mean, green ad was selected as the Best Rich Media Ad of the Year by members of...American Splendor Takes Grand Jury Award
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 01-27-2003)
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A Reuters wire article reports that the movie version of Harvey Pekar's American
Splendor took best film honors at the Sundance Film Festival.
The movie, a
blend of fictional film footage, a... Road Up For Movie Of The Year Award
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 09-16-2002)
The nominees for the
sixth annual Hollywood Film Fest's Hollywood Movie of the Year Awards have been
announced. With 2002 being a great year for comic book movies, it's no surprise
that one of them has landed on the best picture list.
Road To Perdit... 'Nocturnals' up for gaming award
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 08-06-2004)
OK...It's not comic book movie news, but 'Nocturnals' is our favorite indie comic that SHOULD be a movie. So...the hardcover role-playing book for 'Nocturnals' is nominated for three ENnie awards. Visit Nocturnals.com for info about Brereton's cool comic,... "Smallville" Nominated For Emmy Award (Fri 07-07-2006)
"Smallville" has been nominated for "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series" for the fifth season premiere episode: "Arrival".Best DVD Award (Mon 04-16-2007)
The winner for February 2007 has been decided and while it was a close race, ADV Films release of Le Chevalier D\'Eon Vol. #1 has taken the title of best of the month.Persepolis wins award at Cannes (Mon 05-28-2007)
"Persepolis," the black-and-white animated adaptation of the popular graphic novels about growing up during the Iranian Revolution, won the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.'Spider-Man 2' publicists up for award
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 01-14-2005)
Nominees were announced Thursday for the 42nd annual ICG Publicists Awards for best movie and television publicity campaign. Winners will be announced Feb. 22 at an awards luncheon at the Beverly Hilton. Publicists who worked on Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man...