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NBC has scheduled next year's Emmy Awards for August, instead of September when they're usually aired.
The 60th annual National Book Awards was a night to celebrate literature and to wonder about its future.
"Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday.
Venezuelan outfielder Alex Ramirez was named MVP of Japan's Central League for the second straight year on Wednesday while pitcher Yu Darvish took the Pacific League honors.
Without the burden of a live worldwide broadcast, members of the film academy threw themselves a lively yet relaxed dinner party to honor the first Oscar winners of the season.
Winners at Wednesday's 43rd annual Country Music Association Awards:
Taylor Swift made history at the Country Music Awards, becoming the youngest person to win entertainer of the year and the first solo female to win it in a decade.
Taylor Swift started what could be an interesting week with her second straight song of the year award at the BMI Country Awards Tuesday, when Kris Kristofferson was honored as an icon.
Even for a venue as grand as New York's Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine's Women of the Year awards.
All four of the guys who lost to Taylor Swift for entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards made a tactical error: They asked the crossover sensation to open for them in their concerts.
Winners of the 16th annual MTV Europe Music Awards, presented Thursday:
Irish rockers U2 returned to Berlin for a free mini-concert Thursday in front of the Brandenburg Gate, playing its classic singles and a duet with Jay-Z even as the show was obscured from public view by a nearly 6-1/2-foot (two-meter) high metal barrier.
Four-legged screen stars are vying for the Fido Film Awards, billed as the canine equivalent of the Oscars.
Organizers say French director Luc Besson and American actress Susan Sarandon will be honored at the Stockholm film festival.
The subjects of this year's National Book Award nominees were better known than the authors.
T.I. didn't need to attend the BET Hip-Hop Awards to win two trophies on Saturday.
The Soul Train Awards plan to return to the air after a two-year hiatus to recognize those who helped shape R&B music.
A critical work on black intellectuals and an anthology of the late Chicano poet Jose Antonio Burciaga are among this year's winners of American Book Awards.
The 43rd annual Country Music Association awards will offer fans one of the last chances to see Brooks & Dunn before they split next year.
Major winners Thursday night at the 20th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards.
Dan Tyminski won two top awards at the 20th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards, including male vocalist of the year for the fourth time.
EURweb.com - HALLE BERRY TO RECEIVE LEADERSHIP AWARD: The Hollywood Reporter to honor actress at its annual Women in Entertainment breakfast.It's interesting that Lifetime is giving this award to Halle Berry considering that not very many actresses of color are featured in their movies.
Queen honours Australian trooperThe Queen has awarded an Australian soldier the Victoria Cross for his bravery in Afghanistan.
Big Ass Fans are awarded for going greenBig Ass Fans of Lexington, the world's leading manufacturer of high volume, low speed fans have gone green! The testing facility uses 35% less energy and 60% less water than a standard commercial building. In case you think some of this is made up.... here is their website H2
Pilger awarded Sydney Peace PrizeThe winner of this year's Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger, has labelled the Federal Government's asylum-seeker policy "illegal and immoral".
Award Winning Holiday Lodges In Porthtowan, Rosehill LodgesRosehill Lodges scoop top prize for sustainability at glittering event at the Headland Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall. Presented by Visit Britain, the Cornwall Tourism Awards celebrate the best of the Cornish Tourism industry.
Gossimer Became Reseller of the Month for OctoberOctober brings another piece of good news for Gossimer. The fastest growing web hosting and domain name registration company has been chosen as the Reseller of the month for October by ResellerClub.
SNAFU-ed .... Situation Normal: Gingrich Awarded "Family Values Porn Fan of the Year, 2009" by Porn CompanyStunned by the loss of a free meal with Gingrich, Allison Vivas of Pink Visual decided to hold a grudge. Here's how she took her revenge, as she told the Washington City Paper:
Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace PrizeIn a stunning surprise, the Nobel Committee announced Friday that it had awarded its annual peace prize to President Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace PrizeOSLO -- The Norwegian Nobel Committee says U.S. President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
Dalai Lama urges U.S. to address rich-poor issue -Huge gap, rich to poor. This is unhealthy," he said. "You have to think seriously about those less-privileged people.
Australian-born scientist wins Nobel prizeAustralian-born Elizabeth Blackburn, along with British-born Jack Szostak and American Carol Greider, have won the Nobel prize for medicine or physiology.
Johnson and Gambhir scoop top awards | Cricket News | Cricinfo ICC Site | Cricinfo.comCricketer of the Year Award - Mitchell Johnson (Aus) Test Player of the Year Award - Gautam Gambhir (Ind) ODI Player of the Year - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind) Women's Cricketer of the Year - Claire Taylor (Eng) Emerging Player of the Year - Peter Siddle (Aus)
The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize WinnersThe 2009 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded on Thursday night, October 1, at the 19th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, at Harvard's Sanders Theatre. Later, on Saturday afternoon, October 3, the new winners will explain their work, at the Ig Informal Lectures at MIT.
Bush Officials Objected To Awarding Medal To J.K. Rowling Because Harry Potter Books Promote WitchcraftThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civil award, and is given to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or national interests of the United States, 2) world peace, or 3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
Stolen Olympic medals found in shoe boxAfter 24 years, Australian swimming legend John Konrads believed he would never see his stolen Olympic medals again - until they turned up in a shoe box in Geelong.
Bouje Publishing was awarded the 2009 Emerging Program Award which recognizes an employee volunteer program that is less than 2 years old and has achieved significant results.
Anger over West's disruption at MTV awards The reaction to Kanye West's hijacking of the microphone from Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards came quickly and unequivocally.Celebrities and fans alike expressed their disapproval of West interrupting Swift's win for Best Female Music …
Stars Flock To MTV Video Music Awards (Slideshow)Music royalty graced the MTV Video Music Awards amid chaos and controversy
Lauren Bacall to get honorary OscarLauren Bacall, whose sultry roles in film noir movies To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep and Dark Passage earned her Hollywood immortality, is to get an honorary Oscar.
"Let it out!" Let out your creativity: Dubai is once again inviting talents across the world to submit a piece of work they think deserve recognition.
Peter Mackler Award given to Sri Lankan JournalistJ. S. Tissainayagam, a respected Tamil journalist and editor for the North Eastern Monthly magazine, and contributor to the local Sunday Times newspaper, is the recipient of the 2009 Peter Mackler Award for courageous and ethical journalism.
UK team breaks steam car recordA team of British engineers has broken the longest-standing world land speed record in California.
Special Bafta honour for PythonsThe team behind Monty Python's Flying Circus are to receive a special Bafta honouring their outstanding contribution to film and television.
First Elizabeth Cross presentation marks nation's gratitude to soldier's familyTHE first Elizabeth Cross was presented yesterday to the widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.
UK team attempts steam car recordA team of British engineers are to begin four days of attempts to break the longest-standing land speed record.
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