LOGO’S MULTI-PLATFORM FIRST-OF-ITS KIND
NEWNOWNEXT AWARDS TO AIR JUNE 7
Awards show hosted by Candis Cayne
recognizes talent of tomorrow according to LGBT audience; Janet Jackson
to be honored.
NEW YORK, NY – May
1, 2008 – Logo , a division of
Viacom Inc.’s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks, today announced that
it will air the first-ever
NewNowNext
Awards on Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 9:00 PM ET/PT on Logo and
LOGOonline.com. The event will be hosted by Candis Cayne (Dirty Sexy
Money) and will feature a number of special guests and performers
including Janet Jackson, who will accept the Always Next, Forever Now
award. The awards will draw attention to what is new and next in the
best of LGBT
pop culture across a wide array of mediums including the internet,
film, television and music. The event will put a first-ever spotlight on
openly gay artists as well as all performers beloved by the LGBT
community.
“The NewNowNext Awards provides a
first-ever original stage to recognize a new generation of artists
living their careers out and proud from the beginning,” said Brian
Graden, President, Entertainment, MTV Networks Music Group, and
President, Logo.
The groundbreaking NewNowNext Awards
will be the first truly multi-platform awards show. Viewers will be
able to experience different aspects of the event across a number of
platforms, including on-air, online at the event’s principal website and
on mobile devices. The tentpole event will air on Logo, and stream
simultaneously on LOGOonline.com and its sister websites AfterElton.com,
AfterEllen.com and Downelink.com. Special online components include
running commentary on the awards and a special online only post-show.
An academy of voters made up of editors from national gay weeklies
and newspapers, artistic directors of gay film festivals, musicians and
bloggers will vote on the winners for many of the categories. Visitors
to NewNowNextAwards.com
will have the ability to review the nominees and vote for their
favorites, which may be different than those chosen by the awards
academy. Additional categories will be hosted on third-party blogs and
sites including AfterEllen.com, Downelink.com and Towleroad.com.
The NewNowNext Awards offers the LGBT perspective on what’s hot
and hip in popular culture by honoring emerging and established artists
with such awards as the Best
Future Feature , Totally
Most Rad Sickest Blog Ever and
Brink of Fame: Music Artist awards. Unlike other awards shows,
the NewNowNext Awards will not look at the year past, but will
instead focus on what is up-and-coming in popular culture in 2008 and
beyond. The 90-minute telecast will feature musical performances by
The Cliks, Lady GaGa and Dangerous Muse and presenters will
include filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell (Short Bus), actress
Heather Matarazzo (Exes & Ohs), designer Christian Siriano (Project
Runway) and musician Cyndi Lauper.
The awards build on Logo’s acclaimed NewNowNext franchise, which
includes a music show identifying
emerging musicians popular with the LGBT audience and a
pop culture blog .
A full list of nominees for the categories awarded on-air, online and on
affiliated websites and blogs is below. For more info, visit
www.LOGOonline.com
<http://www.LOGOonline.com> or NewNowNextAwards.com. The on-air
event is being produced by Line By Line Productions and executive
producer Frank Garritano.
BRINK OF FAME: ACTOR
- Candis Cayne
- Cheyenne Jackson
- Ellen Page
- John Barrowman
- Michelle Paradise
OMFG INTERNET AWARD
- The Fail Blog
- I’m F***ing Ben Affleck, The Jimmy
Kimmel Show, ABC
- Planet Unicorn
BEST SHOW YOU'RE NOT WATCHING
- Bad Girls,
Logo
- Greek,
ABC Family
- Mad Men,
AMC
- The Sarah Silverman
Program, Comedy Central
-
Torchwood, BBC America
MOST GUILTIEST PLEASURE
- 3Way,
AfterEllen.com
- A Shot at Love with Tila
Tequila, MTV
- Dante’s Cove,
HERE!
- Janice Dickinson’s
Modeling Agency, Oxygen
- Xanadu,
(theatrical musical)
MOST ADDICTIVE REALITY STAR
- Christian Siriano, Project
Runway
- Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt,
The Hills
- Jackie Warner, Work Out
- New York, I Love New York
- Ronnie Kroell, Make Me a
Supermodel
TOTALLY MOST RAD SICKEST BLOG EVER
- DListed.com
- Dorothy Surrenders
- Queerty.com
- Towleroad.com
GAUSE YOU'RE HOT
- Candis Cayne
- Cheyenne Jackson
- Jensen Atwood
- Jill Bennett
- Tina Fey
BRINK
OF FAME: COMIC
- Billy Eichner
- Bridget McManus
- Julie Goldman
- Scott Ryan
- Vidur Kapur
ALWAYS NEXT, FOREVER NOW AWARD
BRINK
OF FAME: MUSIC ARTIST
- Chris Garneau
- Eric Himan
- God-des & She
- Missy Higgins
- The Cliks
BEST
FUTURE FEATURE
- Another Gay Sequel
- Breakfast with Scot
- Finn’s Girl
- Milk
- Out at the Wedding
- The Gymnast
BRINK
OF FAME: FILMMAKER
- Ash Christian
- Carter Smith
- Dee Rees
- Jamie Babbitt
- Maurice Jamal
- Soman Chainani
THE
KYLIE AWARD: NEXT INTERNATIONAL CROSSOVER
- Leona Lewis
- Robyn
- Sia
- Duffy
BREAKOUT
DESTINATION
- Bahia, Brazil
- Granada, Nicaragua
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Reykjavík, Iceland
- Nuuk, Greenland
BRINK
OF FAME: AUTHOR
- T. Cooper
- Perry Moore
- Robert Leleux
- Christopher Barzak
- Tom Dolby
BECAUSE
YOU DESERVE AN AWARD
- Ari Gold
- Luke MacFarlane
- Margaret Cho
- Gossip Girl
- Andre J.
GAYGAMER.NET : BEST UPCOMING
GAY GAMING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL
- Jeb Havens
- Kyle Gabler
- Brian Sharp
ARJANWRITES.COM : BRINK OF FAME: SONG
- Heloise and the Savoir Faire,
“Illusions”
- Hercules and the Love Affair,
“Blind”
- Semi Precious Weapons, “Magnetic
Baby”
- Chester French, “She Loves
Everybody”
- Janelle Monae, “Violet Stars”
- Lady GaGa, “Just Dance”
TOWLEROAD.COM : MOST IMPACTFUL NEWS MOMENT OF THE YEAR
- Al Gore speaks out about same-sex
marriage
- Ellen DeGeneres speaks out about
the Lawrence King murder
- San Diego mayor says daughter is
gay, reverses gay marriage position
- Larry Craig declares he is not gay
- Sally Kern’s taped video: gays
worse than terrorists
AFTERELLEN.COM : BEST.LESBIAN.VLOG.EVER
- We’re Getting Nowhere
- Brunch with Bridget
- What’s Your Problem
- She Made Me Watch This
- Come With Me If You Want to Live
AFTERELTON.COM : BEST GAY KISS
- Captain Jack (John Barrowman) and
Captain John (James Marsters), Torchwood
- Captain Jack (John Barrowman) and
Ianto (Gareth David-Lloyd), Torchwood
- Kevin Walker (Matthew Rhys) and
Scotty Wandell (Luke MacFarlane), Brothers & Sisters
- Shaun (Brad Rowe) and Zach (Travis
Wright), Shelter
- Jonah Hill and Andy Samberg’s dad,
Saturday Night Live
- Luke Snyder (Van Hansis) and Noah
Mayer (Jake Silbermann), As The World Turns
OUTSPORTS
HALL OF FAME: BEST COLLEGIATE COACH
- Kyle Hawkins, lacrosse coach;
Hamburg, Germany, formerly of University of Missouri
- Jenny Allard, softball coach,
Harvard University
- Kirk Waller, softball coach, Oregon
State University
- Shannon Miller, hockey coach,
University of Minnesota at Duluth
DOWNELINK.COM : HOTTEST DOWN & OUT CHARACTER ON TV
- Rose Rollins (Tasha, The L Word,
Showtime)
- Paul James (Calvin, Greek,
ABC Family)
- Michael Silas (Step It Up &
Dance, Bravo)
- Brad Virata (Survivor, CBS)
- Tila Tequila (A Shot At Love
with Tila Tequila, MTV)
ABOUT LOGO
Logo is the ad-supported network targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) viewers, launched by MTV Networks. The network
launched June 30, 2005 with more than one thousand hours of content and
has approximately 30 million subscribers across the United States. Logo
provides LGBT audiences with a place where they can see themselves
through a mix of original and acquired entertainment programming that is
authentic, smart and inclusive. Logo joins Viacom’s roster of popular
and highly targeted cable networks which include MTV, Comedy Central,
BET, and Spike TV.
ABOUT MTV
NETWORKS
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA,
VIA.B), is one of the world’s leading creators of programming and
content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 120
channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television
programming services – MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU,
NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT,
NOGGIN, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL, and THE DIGITAL SUITE
FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, with all of these
networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its
audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more
than 100 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband,
wireless, and interactive television services can be seen worldwide.
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