Wednesday, January 12, 2011

2nd Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) Dorian Awards - nominations


The Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association has announced the nominees for its 2nd annual GALECA Dorian Awards. The Dorian Awards are named in honour of Oscar, but in this case it's Oscar Wilde. The Kids Are All Right and Black Swan led with three nominations each including Film of the Year. The Kids Are All Right also picked up nominations for Film Performance of the Year (Annette Bening) and LGBT-Themed Film of the Year, while Black Swan also received recognition for Film Performance of the Year (Natalie Portman) in addition to a We're Wilde About You Rising Star Award nomination for Mila Kunis.

The other nominations for Film of the Year were for I Am Love, The Social Network and Toy Story 3. Other nominees for LGBT-Themed Film of the Year were A Marine Story, Howl, I Love You, Phillip Morris, La Mission and Undertow.

On the television side, Glee picked up five nominations, for TV Musical or Comedy of the Year, LGBT-Themed TV Show of the year, TV COmedy Performance of the Year (Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch) and a We're Wilde About You Rising Star Award nomination for Darren Criss.

GALECA also recognizes campy film and television, whether intended or not. The Campy Film nominees were Burlesque, Charlie St. Cloud, I'm Still Here, Piranha 3-D and Sex and the City 2. On the television side, the nominations went to Hot in Cleveland, Sarah Palin's Alaska, The A List, The Colbert Report and The Real Housewives franchise.

The winners in the 17 categories will be announced next week on Jan. 18, 2011.
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Complete list of nominations for the Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association Dorian Awards

FILM OF THE YEAR
Black Swan
I Am Love
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
Colin Firth -- The King's Speech
James Franco -- 127 Hours and Howl
Lesley Manville -- Animal Kingdom
Natalie Portman -- Black Swan

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
Restrepo
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waiting for Superman


LGBT-THEMED FILM OF THE YEAR
A Marine Story
Howl
I Love You, Phillip Morris
La Mission
The Kids Are All Right
Undertow


LGBT-THEMED DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
8: The Mormon Proposition
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
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
The Walking Dead
True Blood


TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY OF THE YEAR
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
The Big Bang Theory
30 Rock


TV DRAMA PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Claire Danes -- Temple Grandin
Michael C. Hall -- Dexter
Juliana Margulies -- The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss -- Mad Men
Edgar Ramirez -- Carlos

TV COMEDY PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Louis C.K. -- Louis
Chris Colfer -- Glee
Laura Linney -- The Big C
Jane Lynch -- Glee
Jim Parsons -- The Big Bang Theory

LGBT-THEMED TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
Glee
Modern Family
Nip/Tuck
RuPaul's Drag Race
Ugly Betty


CAMPY -- INTENTIONAL OR NOT -- TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
Hot in Cleveland
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
Andrew Garfield -- The Social Network and Never Let Me Go
Mila Kunis -- Black Swan
Chloe Grace Moretz -- Kick-Ass, etc.
Sarah Steele -- Please Give

UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
Easy A
Mother and Child
Please Give
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Disappearance of Alice Creed


UNSUNG TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
Archer
Bored to Death
Hung
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
Joel McHale
Aaron Sorkin
Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show

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