GLEE, Lansbury, et al. Win 2011 Dorian Awards
By: Nicole Rosky Jan. 18, 2011
The Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association today announced winners for the group's second annual Dorian Awards, which honor their picks for the best in film and television of all kinds.
Notable wins include I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) for Film of the Year, Annette Bening for Film Performance of the Year (for The Kids Are All Right), I Love You Phillip Morris for LGBT-Themed Film of the Year and Easy A for Unsung Film of the Year. The CBS drama The Good Wife, Fox's Glee and HBO's Hung took top TV categories, while Michael C. Hall of Dexter and Glee's Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer earned wins in TV performance categories.
GALECA's Dorian Award winners and nominees across 17 categories are noted below. ...
FILM OF THE YEAR
I Am Love (WINNER)
The Kids Are All Right
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right (WINNER)
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
James Franco - 127 Hours and Howl
Lesley Manville - Another Year
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR (Film, DVD or TV)
Catfish
Client 9: the Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (WINNER)
Restrepo
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waiting for Superman
LGBT-THEMED FILM OF THE YEAR
A Marine Story
Howl
I Love You Phillip Morris (WINNER)
La Mission
The Kids Are All Right
Undertow
LGBT-THEMED DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
8: The Mormon Proposition (WINNER)
Prodigal Sons
Stonewall Uprising
Strange Powers: Stephen Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
Leslie Jordan: My Trip Down the Pink Carpet
CAMPY - INTENTIONAL OR NOT - FILM OF THE YEAR
Burlesque (UM, WINNER)
Charlie St. Cloud
I'm Still Here
Piranha 3-D
Sex and the City 2
TV DRAMA OF THE YEAR
Boardwalk Empire
Damages
Dexter
Mad Men
The Good Wife (WINNER)
The Walking Dead
True Blood
TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY OF THE YEAR
Glee (WINNER)
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
The Big Bang Theory
30 Rock
TV DRAMA PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Claire Danes - Temple Grandin
Michael C. Hall - Dexter (WINNER)
Juliana Margulies - The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
EdgaR Ramirez - Carlos
TV COMEDY PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
(TIE)
Louis C.K. - Louis
Chris Colfer - Glee (WINNER)
Laura Linney - The Big C
Jane Lynch - Glee (WINNER)
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory
LGBT-THEMED TV SHOW OF THE YEAR7
Glee (WINNER)
Modern Family
Nip/Tuck
RuPaul's Drag Race
Ugly Betty
CAMPY - INTENTIONAL OR NOT - TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
Hot in Cleveland (WINNER)
Sarah Palin's Alaska
The A List
The Colbert Report
The Real Housewives franchise
THE WE'RE WILDE ABOUT YOU RISING STAR AWARD
Darren Criss - Glee (WINNER)
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network and Never Let Me Go
Chloe Grace Moretz - Kick Ass, etc.
Sarah Steele - Please Give
UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
Easy A (WINNER)
Mother and Child
Please Give
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World
The Dissappearance of Alice Creed
UNSUNG TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
Archer
Bored to Death
Hung (WINNER)
Lone Star
Louie
Ugly Betty
WILDE WIT OF THE YEAR
Stephen Colbert and the writers of The Colbert Report
Tina Fey and the writers of 30 Rock
Rachel Maddow (WINNER)
Joel McHale
Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show
TIMELESS AWARD
Given to a living actor or performer with an exemplary career of marked by smarts, character and wit. This year's recipient is:
ABOUT GALECA and the DORIAN AWARDS The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) is comprised of esteemed critics, entertainment journalists and pop culture critics who work for noteworthy newspapers, magazines, websites and TV and radio outlets nationwide. The group's collective experience continues to offer society a unique and cherished perspective on popular culture. GALECA members nominate movies, TV programs and performances from a variety of categories, not just LGBT-centric.
Among the many Dorian Award winners in its inaugural year: Colin Firth for Film Performance of the Year, Drew Barrymore for TV Drama Performance of the Year, Jane Lynch for TV Musical or Comedy Performance of the Year, Gabourey Sidibe for Rising Star and Glee for Musical or Comedy of the Year.
As GALECA and the Dorian Awards grow, its unified members hope to help advance a stronger and healthy gay community by supporting programs for at-risk youth, HIV prevention, recovery and equal rights. For more information, see our Facebook page under Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association or go to http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=193495674011&v=info
Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos
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