Tuesday, January 27, 2009

GLAAD Nominations


The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation have listed its nominations in pretty much every category including TV, Film, Music, Theatre, Journalism, and more. Here are the nominations:



FILM - WIDE RELEASE
"Brideshead Revisited"
"Milk"
"Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist"
"RocknRolla"
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

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

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

COMEDY SERIES
"Desperate Housewives
"Greek
"Reaper
"Skins
"Ugly Betty"

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"

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

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

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"

DAILY DRAMA
"All My Children"
"As the World Turns"

TALK SHOW EPISODE
"Don't Ruin My Gay Wedding" - "The Tyra Banks Show"
"Ellen & Portia's Wedding Day" - "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"
"Gays in the Ghetto" - "The Tyra Banks Show"
"The Pregnant Man" - "The Oprah Winfrey Show"
"Transgender Triumphs" - "The Tyra Banks Show"

TV JOURNALISM – NEWSMAGAZINE
"Becoming" (multi-part series) Channel 3 News
"Born in the Wrong Body: All in the Family"
"Funding the Marriage War" - "In the Life"
"George Takei and Brad Altman" (multi-part series) The Early Show
"The Whispers" Outside the Lines

TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT
"Bishop in the Eye of the Storm" - "Today"
"Gay in Cuba" - "The Situation Room"
"Special Comment: Prop 8" - "Countdown with Keith Olbermann"
"Rick Warren: Change to Believe In?" - "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"Taking to the Streets" - "Good Morning America Weekend"

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
"Gay Marriage Ruling Ended Long Journey Of Soul" by Alaine Griffin
"Morehouse College Faces its Own Bias – Against Gays" by Richard Fausset
"A New Wave of Gay Seminarians Prepares to Take the Pulpit" by Bradley Campbell
"Owning His Gay Identity – at 15 Years Old" by Theresa Vargas
"Special Report: In Transition" by Karen Lovett and Ashley Smith

NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST
Alfred Doblin (The Record [Bergen, N.J.])
Michael Mayo (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Leonard Pitts, Jr. (The Miami Herald)
Deb Price (The Detroit News)
Rebecca Walsh (Salt Lake Tribune)

NEWSPAPER OVERALL COVERAGE
The Denver Post
The Des Moines Register
Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
The Washington Post

MAGAZINE ARTICLE
"Becoming a Black Man" by Daisy Hernández (ColorLines)
"Death on Terminal Island" by Ben Ehrenreich (Los Angeles)
"Let God Love Gene Robinson" by Andrew Corsello (GQ)
"Our Mutual Joy" by Lisa Miller (Newsweek)
"Second Nature" by Maximillian Potter (5280)

MAGAZINE OVERALL COVERAGE
The Advocate
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Entertainment Weekly
Newsweek
People

DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Do Kill" by Lennox Samuels (Newsweek.com)
"Gay Athletes are Making Their Mark" by LZ Granderson (ESPN.com)
"Gay in Wasilla" by Julie Bolcer (Advocate.com)
"Gays in Primetime" by James Hillis (AfterElton.com)
"Invisible and Overlooked" by Jessica Bennett (Newsweek.com)

DIGITAL JOURNALISM – MULTIMEDIA
"Excluded Gay Bishop Reacts" by Mary Jordan (WashingtonPost.com)
"Gay Seniors" (multi-part series) by Jessica Bennet, Jennifer Molina and Carl Sullivan (Newsweek.com)
"Is Gay the New Black?" by Jessica Bennet and Jennifer Molina (Newsweek.com)

MUSIC ARTIST
Jay Brannan, "goddamed"
Hercules & Love Affair, "Hercules & Love Affair"
k.d. lang, "Watershed"
The Magnetic Fields, "Distortion"
Sam Sparro, "Sam Sparro"

COMIC BOOK
"The Alcoholic" by Jonathan Ames
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" by Drew Goddard, Jeph Loeb and Joss Whedon
"Final Crisis: Revelations" by Greg Rucka
"Secret Six" by Gail Simone
"Young Avengers" Presents by Ed Brubaker, Brian Reed, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Paul Cornell, Kevin
"Grevioux and Matt Fraction"

ADVERTISING - ELECTRONIC
"I Don't Judge" IKEA
"Logo Unbuttoned" Levi's
"Market" Chemistry.com
"We All Walk In Different Shoes – Nina Poon" Kenneth Cole
"Rugby Drinking Party" Jawbone

ADVERTISING - PRINT
"First Comes Love. Then Comes Marriage." Macy's
"Home for the Holidays" Swanson
"Rings" Paris Las Vegas
"We All Walk In Different Shoes – Nina Poon & Robert Jason" Kenneth Cole
"Will You Marry Me?" Absolut Vodka

LOS ANGELES THEATER
"As Much As You Can" by Paul Oakley Stovall
"Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead" by Bert V. Royal
"He Asked for It" by Erik Patterson
"The Little Dog Laughed" by Douglas Carter Beane
"Secrets of the Trade" by Jonathan Tolins

NEW YORK THEATER: BROADWAY & OFF-BROADWAY
"Billy Elliot: The Musical" book and lyrics by Lee Hall, music by Elton John
"Body Awareness" by Annie Baker
"Prayer for My Enemy" by Craig Lucas
"Road Show" book by John Weidman, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
"Wig Out!" by Tarell Alvin McCraney

NEW YORK THEATER: OFF-OFF BROADWAY
"Arias with a Twist" by Joey Arias and Basil Twist
"The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac" by Taylor Mac
"Dina Martina: Off the Charts!" by Grady West
"Lustre, a Midwinter Trans-Fest" by Justin Bond
"Play it Cool" book by Martin Casella and Larry Dean Harris, music by Phillip Swann, lyrics by Mark Winkler

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
"The Laramie Project, 10 Years Later - The Lasting Legacy of Matthew Shepard" (Sirius XM Radio)

EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA AWARD
Tyra Banks

VITO RUSSO AWARD
Suze Orman

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