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GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award
The GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. It is named in honor of the Los Angeles casting director Stephen F. Kolzak, who devoted the last part of his life to fighting homophobia and AIDS-phobia within the entertainment industry. The award is given to an openly LGBT member of the entertainment or media community for his or her work toward eliminating homophobia. It has been awarded since 1991, with Kolzak being the posthumous inaugural recipient. List of recipients * 1991 – Stephen F. Kolzak (posthumous) * 1992 – Paul Monette and Lillian Faderman * 1993 – Sir Ian McKellen * 1994 – none * 1995 – Pedro Zamora * 1996 – none * 1997 – Bruce Vilanch * 1998 – Ellen DeGeneres * 1999 – Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher * 2000 – Anne Heche * 2001 – Paris Barclay * 2002 – Alan Ball * 2003 – Todd Haynes * 2004 – Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GLAAD Media Award
The GLAAD Media Award is a US accolade bestowed by GLAAD to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding portrayals of LGBTQ people and the issues that affect their lives. In addition to film and television, the Awards also recognize achievements in other branches of the media and arts, including theatre, music, journalism and advertising. Honorees are selected by a process involving over 700 GLAAD Media Award voters and volunteers and are evaluated using four criteria: "Fair, Accurate and Inclusive Representations" of the LGBT community, "Boldness and Originality" of the project, significant "Cultural Impact" on mainstream culture, and "Overall Quality" of the project. Results are then certified by a "Review Panel" who determine the final list of recipients based on voting results and their own "expert opinions". The 1st GLAAD Media Awards ceremony honoring the 1989 season was held in 1990, and recognized 34 nominees in 7 competitive categories. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Condon
William Condon (born October 22, 1955) is an American director and screenwriter. Condon is known for writing and/or directing numerous successful and acclaimed films including ''Gods and Monsters (film), Gods and Monsters'', ''Chicago (2002 film), Chicago'', ''Kinsey (film), Kinsey'', ''Dreamgirls (film), Dreamgirls'', ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1'', ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2'', and ''Beauty and the Beast (2017 film), Beauty and the Beast''. He has received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, ''Gods and Monsters'' and ''Chicago'', winning for the former. Early life Condon was born in New York City on October 22, 1955, the son of a police detective, and was raised in an Irish Catholic family. He attended Regis High School (New York City), Regis High School and Columbia College of Columbia University, graduating in 1976 with a degree in philosophy. Two films had a significant impact of Condon's early life. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Hayes (actor)
Sean Patrick Hayes (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he gained acclaim for his role as Jack McFarland on the NBC sitcom '' Will & Grace'', for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also received nominations for six Golden Globe Awards and two Tony Awards, winning one of the latter. He also runs a television production company called Hazy Mills Productions, which produces shows such as '' Grimm'', '' Hot in Cleveland'', '' The Soul Man'', and '' Hollywood Game Night''. He portrayed Jerry Lewis in the CBS film '' Martin and Lewis'' (2002). He is known for his appearances in films such as '' Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss'' (1998), '' Cats & Dogs'' (2001), '' Pieces of April'' (2003), ''The Cat in the Hat'' (2003), ''Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!'' (2004), '' The Bucket List'' (2007), '' Igor'' (2008), ''The Three Stooges'' (2012), ''Monsters University'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Parsons
James Joseph Parsons (born March 24, 1973) is an American actor. From 2007 to 2019, Parsons played Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory''. He has received various awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy. From 2015 to 2018, ''Forbes'' named him the world's highest-paid television actor. Parsons made his Broadway debut portraying Tommy Boatwright in the Larry Kramer play '' The Normal Heart'' (2011). He has since acted in the Broadway plays '' Harvey'' (2012), '' An Act of God'' (2015), '' The Boys in the Band'' (2018), '' Mother Play'' (2024), and '' Our Town'' (2024). In film, Parsons has voiced the lead character in ''Home'' (2015) and played supporting roles in '' Hidden Figures'' (2016), '' A Kid Like Jake'' (2018), '' Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile'' (2019), '' The Boys in the Band'' (2020), and '' Spoiler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan Mellet ( ; born 5 June 1995) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actor. After gaining popularity as a singer on YouTube and in Australian talent competitions, Sivan signed with Universal Music Australia, EMI Australia in 2013 and released his third EP, ''TRXYE'' (2014), which peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. Its lead single, "Happy Little Pill", reached the top 10 on Australian music charts. In 2015, he released his fourth extended play, ''Wild (Troye Sivan EP), Wild'', followed by his debut studio album, ''Blue Neighbourhood.'' The album's lead single, "Youth (Troye Sivan song), Youth", became Sivan's first single to enter the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 23. His second studio album, ''Bloom (Troye Sivan album), Bloom'' (2018), reached the top five in Australia and the US. Its lead single, "My My My! (Troye Sivan song), My My My!", became Sivan's second number-one single on the ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Rose
Ruby Rose Langenheim (born 20 March 1986) is an Australian actress, television presenter, and model. She gained prominence for her role in Orange Is the New Black season 3, season three of the Netflix series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2015–2016) and for portraying Batwoman, Kate Kane / Batwoman in the Arrowverse television franchise, including Batwoman (season 1), season one of the series ''Batwoman (TV series), Batwoman'' (2019–2020). As a presenter, Rose hosted MTV Australia (2007–2011), before taking on several high-profile modeling gigs, including working with Maybelline New York in Australia. She also co-hosted various television shows, such as ''Australia's Next Top Model'' (2009) and ''The Project (Australian TV program), The Project'' (2009–2011). She made her film debut with a small role in ''Around the Block (film), Around the Block'' (2013). She later appeared in action films such as ''Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'' (2016), ''XXX: Return of Xander Cage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Emmerich
Roland Emmerich (; born 10 November 1955) is a German-American filmmaker. Emmerich is widely known for his science fiction and disaster films and has been called a "master of disaster" within the movie industry. His films, most of which are English-language Cinema of the United States, Hollywood productions, have made more than $3 billion worldwide, including just over $1 billion in the United States, making him the List of highest-grossing directors, 17th-highest-grossing Hollywood director of all time. Emmerich began his work in the film industry by directing the film ''The Noah's Ark Principle'' (1984) as part of his university thesis and also co-founded Centropolis Entertainment in 1985 with his sister. He has subsequently directed the films ''Universal Soldier (1992 film), Universal Soldier'' (1992), ''Stargate (film), Stargate'' (1994), ''Independence Day (1996 film), Independence Day'' (1996), ''Godzilla (1998 film), Godzilla'' (1998), ''The Patriot (2000 film), The Patri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBTQ advocate. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series '' Orange Is the New Black'', becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she won a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer for ''Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word'', making her the first trans woman to win the award. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on U.S. broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on CBSs '' Doubt''. Cox appeared as a contestant on the first season of VH1's reality show '' I Want to Work for Diddy'', and co-produced and co-hosted the VH1 makeover television series '' TRANSform Me''. In April 2014, Cox was honored by GLAAD with its Stephen F. Kolzak Award for her work as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GLAAD
GLAAD () is an American non-governmental media monitoring organization. Originally founded as a protest against defamatory coverage of gay and lesbian demographics and their portrayals in the media and entertainment industries, it has since expanded to queer, bisexual, and transgender people. History Formed in New York City as Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in 1985 to protest against what it saw as the ''New York Post''s defamatory and sensationalized AIDS coverage, GLAAD put pressure on media organizations to end what it saw as homophobic reporting. Initial meetings were held in the homes of several New York City activists as well as after-hours at the New York State Council on the Arts. This core founding group included film scholar Vito Russo; translator Gregory Kolovakos, then on the staff of the NYS Arts Council and who later became the organization's first executive director; Jewelle Gomez, the organization's first treasurer; writers Darrell Yates Ris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaz Bono
Chaz Salvatore Bono (born Chastity Sun Bono; March 4, 1969) is an American writer, musician and actor. His parents are entertainers Sonny Bono and Cher, and he became widely known in appearances as a child on their television show, ''The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour''. Chaz Bono is a trans man. In 1995, while then presenting as a woman, and several years after being Outing, outed as lesbian by the tabloid press, Chaz publicly self-identified as a lesbian in a cover story in a leading American gay monthly magazine, ''The Advocate (magazine), The Advocate''. Bono eventually went on to discuss the process of coming out to oneself and others in two books: ''Family Outing: A Guide to the Coming Out Process for Gays, Lesbians, and Their Families'' (1998) includes his coming-out account. The memoir ''The End of Innocence'' (2003) discusses his outing, music career, and partner Joan's death from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Between 2008 and 2010, Bono sought out gender-affirming care, commonl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Greenblatt
Robert Greenblatt (born 1959/1960) is an American television executive, former chairman of NBC Entertainment and former chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment. He has since launched his production company, The Green Room. Early life and education Greenblatt was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, USA. He was raised Catholic and attended Boylan Catholic High School. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre management from the University of Illinois and a Master of Arts in arts administration from the University of Wisconsin's Madison School of Business. He also earned a Master of Fine Arts from the USC School of Cinema-Television's Peter Stark Producing Program. Career Greenblatt began his television career at the Fox Broadcasting Company, where he ran prime-time programming and developed such shows as the original '' Beverly Hills, 90210'' and '' Melrose Place'', ''The X-Files'', and '' Party of Five''. From 1997 to 2003, Greenblatt was a producer (along with David Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanda Sykes
Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on ''The Chris Rock Show'', for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. In 2004, ''Entertainment Weekly'' named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America. She is also known for her recurring roles on CBS' ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' (2006–10), and HBO's ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' (2001–2011). She received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nominations for her roles in American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''Black-ish'' (2015–2022), and Amazon Prime Video, Amazon's ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (2020). She currently stars in the Netflix original series ''The Upshaws'' (2021–), the Max (streaming service), HBO Max comedy series The Other Two (TV series), ''The Other Two'' (2019–2023), and ''The Good Fight'' (2021). Aside from her television appearances, Sykes has also had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
