Disney/Pixar COCO Star Anthony Gonzalez to be Honored at Young Entertainer Awards April 15

Disney/Pixar's newest star, 13-year-old Anthony Gonzalez, who voiced the role of Miguel in the 2017 smash hit, Coco, will be honored with the first-ever "Breakout Young Entertainer of the Year Award" at the third annual Young Entertainer Awards on Sunday, April 15, 2018.

The Young Entertainer Awards ceremony will take place at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 15 in the Globe Theatre at Universal Studios, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA. Nominees will walk the Red Carpet beginning at 9:30 a.m. Hosting the 2018 awards will be Emmy-winning KTLA-TV evening news anchor Courtney Friel.

Honoring a bevy of super-talented rising stars ages 5 - 21, the Young Entertainer Awards has all the trappings and show-biz pizzazz of the Oscars, Emmys, or Golden Globes. There are award categories for performance in film, TV, voice-over, web, and theatre, as well as for directing. A Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year.

In addition to receiving the Breakout Young Entertainer of the Year Award, Anthony Gonzalez will perform with his older siblings in their family mariachi band. Also performing at this year's ceremony will be 15-year-old Aliyah Moulden, a top 3 finalist from NBC's THE VOICE 2017 who has been compared to such legends as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, and Adele. Among this year's presenters will be broadcast journalist Naibe Reynoso, well known to Los Angeles audiences for her news and entertainment segments on Fox News Latino and CNN Español.

More than 500 young entertainers and directors vie for Young Entertainer Awards each year. The 2018 finalists will be announced soon. Studios and production companies represented include Disney, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Paramount, Amazon Studios, Hallmark, Nickelodeon, PBS, ABC, NBC, CBS, MTV, Netflix, Telemundo, Family Channel, Lifetime, Cartoon Network, Discovery Kids, Dreamworks TV, Lionsgate, and more.

The 2018 Young Entertainer Awards show will stream live on the Young Entertainer Awards Youtube channel. The Red Carpet event preceding the awards ceremony will stream live on the Young Entertainer Awards Facebook page.

The Young Entertainer Awards Foundation scholarship program seeks to assist and encourage physically or financially disadvantaged young performers. A central component of each Young Entertainer Awards ceremony is the presentation of a scholarship in support of arts education. This year's scholarship recipient will be Silverlake Conservatory, a non-profit music school in Los Angeles founded by Michael "Flea" Balzay of the Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Young Entertainer Awards were established in late 2015 by Amparo and Michael Wiener to honor youthful performance achievements in film, television, music, and stage. The Young Entertainer Awards Foundation is a non-profit organization created by members of the entertainment industry who want to provide a positive incentive for young entertainers to perfect their skills and build a strong foundation of confidence that will benefit them not only in their present careers but also in whatever paths they wish to follow in the future.

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