Sunday, March 24, 2013

2013 Genesis Awards – winners


The Humane Society of the United States held its 27th Annual Genesis Awards last night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The awards are given in honour of news and entertainment media “for their role in raising awareness of animal issues.”

Big Miracle by Ken Kwapis was named winner for the Feature Film award. The drama starring John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore is about a reporter who gets help from his ex-girlfriend to save a family of trapped whales. It won against competition from Darling Companion, Delhi Safari and To the Arctic.

Television winners included the series Harry's Law, Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, and the Discovery Channel's Ivory Wars.

Nominations for the 27th Annual Genesis Awards


Complete list of winners for the 27th Annual Genesis Awards

SCREEN

FEATURE FILM
Big Miracle - Universal Pictures

DRAMATIC SERIES
Harry's Law - "Gorilla My Dreams" - NBC

SID CAESAR COMEDY AWARD
The Colbert Report - Representative Steve King on dogfighting - Comedy Central

TV DOCUMENTARY
Ivory Wars - Discovery Channel

REALITY
Wild Justice - Nat Geo Channel

TV NEWSMAGAZINE
Nightline - "The Ugly Truth Behind High Stepping Horses" - ABC
Rock Center with Brian Williams - "At What Cost?", "Ken and Rosie," "Last Stand" - NBC

NATIONAL NEWS
ABC World News With Diane Sawyer - downer cow video

MORNING SHOW
CBS This Morning - "Shark Tagging"

LOCAL TV NEWS
KNBC 4 News - "Bunny Trafficking"

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee - "Animals? Show Me the Money!" - Nickelodeon

BRIGITTE BARDOT INTERNATIONAL TV
60 Minutes - "Jungle Warfare" - Nine Network Australia

PRINT

MAGAZINE
National Geographic - "Cheetah's on the Edge" by Roff Smith, "Ivory Worship" by Bryan Christy, "Rhino Wars" by Peter Gwin

COLUMNIST
The Chattanoogan - Roy Exum - multiple part series on Tennessee Walking Horse soring

NEWSPAPER SERIES
Sacramento Bee - 3-part series on wildlife services by Tom Knudson

BRIGITTE BARDOT INTERNATIONAL PRINT
South Asia Magazine (Pakistan) - "Animal Welfare in Islam" by Aiman Reyaz and "Law of the Land" by Anees Jillani with commentary by Syed Rizvi

THE WYLER AWARD
Ke$ha

THE GENESIS CORPORATE AWARD
LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics

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