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BOULDER, Colo. – Director Oliver Stone has been awarded a "Master of Cinema" award by the Boulder International Film Festival. The Boulder Daily Camera reports the award was presented on Sunday, the last night of the festival. Stone's films have been nominated for 31 Academy Awards, and he has...

NEW YORK – The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is honoring Ricky Martin and Kristin Chenoweth (CHEN'-oh-wuhth). The organization announced Wednesday that Martin will receive the Vito Russo Award at GLAAD's 22nd annual Media Awards on March 19 in New York City. The award is presented...

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2011/01/08/ottawa-soldier-honoured.html A Canadian soldier who amazed doctors by walking again after losing both legs and the proper use of one of his arms in Afghanistan was honoured in Ottawa Saturday. Master Cpl. Mike (Megatron) Trauner, of Sudbury...

'Fighter,' 'Kids' earns SAG Award nods LOS ANGELES, -- The casts of "Black Swan," "The Fighter" and "The Kids Are All Right" were nominated Thursday for Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild Award for best ensemble. Also mentioned in the ensemble category are "The King's Speech" and "The Social...

Helen Thomas covered every presidential administration since John F. Kennedy's in the early 1960s. The alma mater of journalist Helen Thomas will not bestow an award that had been given in her name, making the decision after the 90-year-old scribe made more controversial comments about Jewish...

Pujols, Cabrera win Silver Slugger Award NEW YORK, -- First basemen Albert Pujols of St. Louis and Miguel Cabrera of Detroit were honored with the Silver Slugger Award Thursday. The award is handed out to the top offensive performer at each position in each league. Pujols, in his 10th year in...

Stars line up to be Britannia presenters LOS ANGELES, -- Cillian Murphy, Kevin Spacey and Olivia Wilde are to be presenters at the Britannia Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, organizers said Tuesday. Also to take part in Thursday's 2010 British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los...

'Glee' honored by TV critics LOS ANGELES, Fox TV's hit series "Glee" has been named program of the year and outstanding new program by the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles. "Glee" star Jane Lynch was cited for individual achievement in comedy while Julianna Margulies won the award...

'Make Believe' top doc at LA Film Festival LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- J. Clay Tweel's "Make Believe" was picked the best documentary at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. Tweel's film follows six young magicians from Japan, South African and the United States as they prepare to compete in the...

Stars line up for BET Awards show NEW YORK, June 17 (UPI) -- Eminem, Alicia Keys, Usher and T Pain have agreed to perform at the upcoming BET Awards show in Los Angeles, organizers said Thursday. The event is to take place June 27 at the Shrine Auditorium, with Queen Latifah serving as host...

Jimmy Jean-Louis to get humanitarian award LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UPI) -- Haitian-born actor Jimmy Jean-Louis is to be honored with a humanitarian award at the Cannes film festival, his representatives said Wednesday. Jean-Louis is one of the stars of NBC's action-drama "Heroes" and the founder...

Punk rock pioneer Patti Smith will receive a lifetime achievement award from the music industry next month in honor of her genre-bending 40-year career as singer, poet, political activist and painter. Smith, 63, will be presented with the Founders Award during performing rights group ASCAP´s...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—The Los Angeles Angels set up an award in memory of pitcher Nick Adenhart(notes), who died on April 9 after he was killed in a traffic collision by a suspected drunken driver. Named the Nick Adenhart “Pitcher of the Year” award, the accolade will be given to the Angels’...