(Oscars 2015): Red carpet arrivals – the Couples!

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(Oscars 2015): Red carpet arrivals – the ladies!

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Melanie in BLACK, Dakota in RED

(OSCARS 2015) FULL Winners List!

"Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" won Best Picture at the 87th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, besting "American Sniper," "Boyhood," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "The Imitation Game," "Selma," "The Theory of Everything" and "Whiplash" for the honor.

"Birdman" won three other Oscars: Best Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki (his second Oscars win in a row after last year's "Gravity") and Best Original Screenplay.

It wasn't a total rout for "Birdman": star Michael Keaton lost Best Actor to Eddie Redmayne for "The Theory of Everything."

The other acting awards went to Julianne Moore (Best Actress for "Still Alice"), J.K. Simmons (Best Supporting Actor for "Whiplash") and Patricia Arquette (Best Supporting Actress for "Boyhood").

"Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" tied for the most nominations going into the night with nine, and each film won four awards. Anderson's drama took home Best Original Score for Alexandre Desplat, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

"Whiplash" was another big winner, with three Oscars: Simmons' award, Best Editing and Best Sound Mixing.

Poland's "Ida" won Best Foreign Language Film, the first film from Poland to ever win the Oscar in the category. "Big Hero 6" won Best Animated Film. Laura Poitras' "Citizenfour" won Best Documentary.

Common and John Legend won Best Original Song for "Glory" from "Selma."

(OSCARS 2015) Top 6 Moments!

•  Neil Patrick Harris Opens Oscars With Spectacular Ode To 'Moving Pictures'!

• Graham Moore Gives The Oscars' Most Moving Acceptance Speech!

• Lady Gaga Performs 'Sound Of Music' Tribute At The Oscars!!

• John Legend Uses 'Glory' Best Original Song Win To Discuss America's Prison Problem!

• Joan Rivers Notably Left Out Of The Oscars' In-Memoriam Segment! 

 (For being  the Pioneer of the modern Red Carpet, Shame on you! However, Joan was only in a few films, and Oscars is for film industry only, Sorry) 

•  Patricia Arquette Makes Impassioned Plea For Wage Equality After Winning Best Supporting Actress!

(GLAAD 2015) And the Nominees are......!

The 2015 GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.Click Here to see the Nominees.

(LIST) GALECA Names Boyhood Film of the Year!

HOLLYWOOD, CA / Tuesday, January 20, 2015 — In perhaps the latest boost to stars and studios seeking the ultimate golden statuette this awards season, the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA), comprised of over 110 movie and TV critics nationwide, today officially announced their choices for 2014’s finest in film and television. The wins come across 25 categories, from mainstream to LGBTQ-centric, from Rising Star to Music Video of the Year.

At the top of the list: GALECA deemed Boyhood, director Richard Linklater’s visceral, literally decades-spanning look at familial love, worthy of its Dorian Award for Film of the Year.

Julianne Moore in Still Alice was the group’s pick for Film Performance of the Year — Actress, while Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) took Film Performance of the Year — Actor. Ava DuVernay, who helmed the Civil Rights-era drama Selma, was named Film Director of the Year.

Pride, the true-life story of how a group of gays and lesbians championed striking blue-collar miners in Thatcher-era England, earned LGBTQ Film of the Year as well as Unsung Film of the Year honors. The Case Against 8 was chosen as Documentary of the Year over titles as varied as CitizenFour and Regarding Susan Sontag. GALECA’s Visually Striking Film of the Year is Wes Anderson’s gorgeous period romp The Grand Budapest Hotel. Into the Woods took Campy Film of the Year semi-honors.

One of the few critics associations awarding the year’s best in both film and TV, GALECA chose Amazon’s freshman breakout Transparent as TV Comedy of the Year. The life-inspired tale, starring Jeffrey Tambor as a biological man who comes out to his family as a woman, took four awards in all, including wins for Tambor and creator/director Jill Soloway. In addition, Soloway was also dubbed GALECA’s latest Wilde Artist of the Year, following in the bold footsteps of last year’s winner, James Franco.

In other categories, Lisa Kudrow took TV Performance of the Year — Actress for her return as fame-craving actress Valerie Cherish in The Comeback.

John Oliver (Wilde Wit of the Year), Neil Patrick Harris (for a certain, dazzling Tony Awards rock performance from Hedwig and the Angry Inch), pop star Sia (her stunningly choreographed filmic interpretation of “Chandelier” was Video of the Year) and TV upstart Gina Rodriguez ("We're Wilde About You!" Rising Star) were other triumphant names in the mix.

As previously announced, the group chose George Takei as the recipient of its special Timeless star tribute, given to “an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit.”

The complete list of Dorian Award winners, noted in bold among nominees, is below. GALECA's annual, private Winners Toast will be held Sunday, March 1, in Hollywood.

For more information, visit galeca.com. Also, follow GALECA on Twitter at twitter.com/DorianAwards and become a fan at facebook.com/dorianawards.

(AMA 2014) PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes!

No, OUT on the RED Carpet was not Granted Access to the AMAs this year, but we were THISCLOSE, so look for us Next Year. Getty did send us some  Behind the Scenes and Highlight Photos, so Enjoy!

American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 23, 2014 in Los Angeles, California Photos by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for DCP.

Iggy and J.Lo in 'Booty'    Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for DCP

(AMA 2014) PHOTOS: On the RED CARPET!

No, OUT on the RED Carpet was not Granted Access to the AMAs this year, but we were THISCLOSE, so look for us Next Year. Getty did send us some Photos, so Enjoy!

American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 23, 2014 in Los Angeles, California Photos by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Diva Diana Ross hits the Red Carpet w/ Daughter Tracie

(EMMYS 2014) Video Highlights!

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From the Funny to the heartbreaking, here our favorite moments of the EMMYS! What was your Favorite?

(Tony 2014): List of Winners!

Sunday night marked theater's biggest night, with the exception of every night at the actual theater, as the 68th annual Tony Awards aired on CBS.

The biggest winner of all last night? And ever, for acting Tonys?

Broadway record-breaker Audra McDonald, winner of best dramatic actress for Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, took home her SIXTH Tony.

McDonald, 43, bested Angela Lansbury and Julie Harris' previous records of five acting Tony Awards each, and gave an emotional speech to the crowd.

The Radio City Music Hall audience acknowledged the significance of the achievement with a prolonged standing ovation, bringing her to tears.

McDonald cried openly, and acknowledged Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Maya Angelou and Billie Holiday, whom she plays in the drama.

(GLAAD 2014) Winners and Highlights from LA!

Los Angeles, Saturday, April 12, 2014 - GLAAD Media Award recipients were announced in 12 of this year's 29 media categories at the 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, presented nationally by Ketel One Vodka, Wells Fargo, and Hilton Worldwide, and locally by Delta Air Lines and Bud Light, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday night.

Following is a complete list of GLAAD Media Awards presented on stage, and the individuals that accepted the awards.

(OSCARS) Full Winner List!

The space adventure Gravity won seven Academy Awards on Sunday but was denied the top prize when the drama 12 Years a Slave won the Oscar for best picture.

Pitt is one of the producers of best picture winner 12 Years a Slave and also had a supporting role in the film.

Prior to the best picture award, Matthew McConaughey won the best actor Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club for his performance as a homophobic man battling AIDS who goes outside the medical establishment to find a way to survive.

He mentioned a lot of things during his speech but not once said the word AIDS.

McConaughey ended his speech by saying: ‘Amen’ and ‘Alright, Alright, Alright’ and ‘Keep on Livin.’

His co-star Jared Leto had won best supporting actor earlier in the night for his performance as a transgender woman with AIDS and given a heartfelt and thoughtful speech and paid tribute to those who have died from AIDS or been mistreated for being different.

McConaughey and Leto had been heavily favored to win as had best actress winner Cate Blanchett who won for her performance in Blue Jasmine.

‘As random and subjective as this award is, it means a great deal in a year of, yet again, extraordinary performances by women,’ Blanchett said in her acceptance speech.

She also added that there are people in the movie business ‘who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences. They are not. Audiences want to see them, and in fact, they earn money.’

Newcomer Lupita Nyong’o won best supporting actress for what was her first film role and gave the night’s best speech.

‘It doesn’t escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is because of so much pain in someone else’s,’ Nyong’o said in a tribute to her character, a slave in 1840s Louisiana.

(OUTscene NW) 2013 SIFF COMPETITION & Golden Space needle audience awards!

The Golden Space needle, Artist: Piper O'Neill

 3 Gay Films Win (C.O.G., Big Joy and Spooners)

 SEATTLE (JUNE 9, 2013) - The 39th Seattle International Film Festival, the largest and most highly attended festival in the United States announced the winners of the SIFF 2013 Competition and Golden Space Needle Audience Awards; the awards were presented at a ceremony held at the Seattle Space Needle. The 25-day festival, which began May 16, featured over 447 films representing 85 countries, including 49 World (18 Features, 31 Shorts), 48 North American (38 Features, 10 Shorts), 17 US Premieres (6 Features, 11 Shorts), and over 700 screenings. Additionally, SIFF brought in more than 400 filmmakers, actors and industry professionals.


"Our most successful festival in the history of SIFF is ending on a high note and setting an exciting precedent for the future with Fanie Fourie's Lobola from our inaugural African Pictures programming taking home the top audience prize for best film with a Golden Space Needle Award," said SIFF Artistic and Co-Director Carl Spence. "With once-in-a-lifetime experiences including country western rock band The Maldives performing a haunting score to Victor Sjöström's 1928 classic film The Wind and the opportunity for audiences to meet more than 200 directors with their films across 25 days with massive attendance illustrated once again that Seattle has the most engaged, lively and active audiences of any city in the US."

(LIST) Logo NewNowNext Awards 2013 Winners Announced!

Some of today's hottest emerging and seasoned talent in film, television, fashion and music came together at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, CA on April 13 for the "Logo NewNowNext Awards 2013."

Now in its sixth year, the "Logo NewNowNext Awards" have earned a reputation for breaking new ground in pop culture. The highly praised and always unpredictable telecast is one big party that grants the gay stamp of approval to pop culture icons and trendsetters as well as stars-on-the-rise and celebrates what's hot in TV, music, film and fashion for 2013 and beyond.

(LIST) GLAAD Media Awards!

The GLAAD Media Awards took place in New York City Saturday night. I’ve posted video of Madonna and Anderson Cooper and will post photos as they become available.
In the meantime, here is a full list of award recipients:

(LIST) Top Grammy Wins!

It's the Grammy Awards, which, as we all know, are more about performances than actual awards—so the show opened, not at all surprisingly, with a performance by Taylor Swift. The music world's darling gave what appeared to be a circus/carnival/Alice in Wonderland-themed performance of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," and only after that could the host appear. Once again, it's LL Cool J. A rundown of the highlights:

(LIST) 2013 SAG Awards Winners!

The Screen Actors Guild awards were handed out last night and Ben Affleck's Argo continues to pick up top honor after honor as the Oscars approach, winning Best Ensemble Cast.

Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence picked up the lead actor roles. Dick Van Dyke won a Lifetime Achievement Award.

(LIST) GLAAD Media Award Nominations!

The GLAAD Media Awards celebrate outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and our allies on TV, in film, and in the news. Below is a complete list of nominees for the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, which will be presented at three ceremonies in three different cities this spring.

(LIST) Golden Globe Awards WINNERS!

Best drama

WINNER: Argo
Life of Pi
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Best comedy or musical

WINNER: Les Miserables
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

(OUTscene AMERICA) Dorian Award nominees announced by the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association!

The nominations announced earlier yesterday for the Dorian Awards which are voted on by the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association.

The group was founded in 2008 and consists of 80 film and TV critics and entertainment journalists and have singled out five titles as LGBT Film of the Year: Any Day Now, Cloud Atlas, Gayby, Keep the Lights On and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

On the TV side, the nominees for LGBT Show of the Year are American Horror Story, Happy Endings, Modern Family, The New Normal and Smash.

For Wilde Artist of the Year, we nominated TV creators Lena Dunham, Louis C.K. and Ryan Murphy, Lincoln screenwriter Tony Kushner and writer/director Tig Notaro.

Ian McKellan will be honored with our Timeless Award for an “exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit.”

Winners of the Dorian Awards will be announced Jan. 16.