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California Film Awards

The California Film Awards (CFA) is a film awards ceremony that offers awards in the categories of Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Cinematography, Directing, First-Time Directors, Editing, Screenplay, Animation, Art Design, Music Videos, Short Films, Experimental Films, Student Films, California Films, Foreign Films, Documentaries, and Feature Narratives.


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Alan Splet

He did not attend the Academy Award ceremony, and became the butt of a series of jokes by Johnny Carson.

Alastair Fothergill

He was awarded the "Clean Energy Award" by BMW during the Cinema for Peace award ceremony on 11 February 2008.

American Swedish Historical Museum

The Spirit of Raoul Wallenberg Award consists of a cash prize and a specially designed bowl from Orrefors, Sweden which is presented to the award recipient at the award ceremony.

Australian Sailing magazine

He wasn't able to attend the award ceremony because he was covering yachting at the Olympic Games at the time.

Bountiful Blessings

Results would be announced on 29 April 2012 at Resorts World Sentosa during which the award ceremony will be televised 'LIVE' on MediaCorp TV Channel 8.

Centre for Social Justice Awards

The 2006 award ceremony will be held on the 28 June 2006 at Central Hall in Westminster, London.

Gold Coast Film Festival

The Gold Coast Film Festival also supported Australia's first online video maker award ceremony, the Australian Webstream Awards in 2013.

James Carter and the Prisoners

Carter flew to Los Angeles to attend the Grammy Award ceremony and to Tennessee for the benefit concert held in Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, which featured repeat performances by the performers of other numbers on the soundtrack (although Carter himself did not perform).

Let's Make Love

Norman Krasna was inspired to write the script after seeing Burt Lancaster do a dance at a Writers Guild award ceremony and receiving a loud applause.

Mannargudi Raju Sastri

In commemoration of the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1887, Raju Sastrigal was selected from the south for the title Mahamahopadhyaya and was invited to Delhi for the award ceremony.

Natalie du Toit

During the award ceremony Western Cape Premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk said she had gone "beyond gold and swam her way into the hearts of not only South Africans but the whole world".

Nelofer Pazira

Her radio documentary Of Paradise and Failure, about the fate of a young suicide bomber and his family, was the winner of the Silver Medal at New York’s media award ceremony.

Nikki Laoye

On the 26th of December 2013, Nikki Laoye was unveiled as the winner of the category for the Best Vocal Performance (Female) for her soulful ballad 'Only You' in a strong field that included singers Waje, Niyola, Sheyi Shay and Zaina, at The Headies 2013 Award ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria.

Philadelphia Jobs with Justice

In March, 2011, JwJ activists disrupted the Paradigm Award Ceremony granting Sunoco CEO Lynn Elsenhans an award for being a strong female business leader.

Roger Parker

He received the "Premio Giuseppe Verdi" in 1985 (award ceremony 1986), was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1986-87, and in 1991 was awarded the Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association.

Stockholm Federation of Student Unions

In cooperation with the Nobel Foundation, the organisation is responsible for arranging the students' participation during the annual Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December.

Susanna Andersson

In 2004 Susanna was chosen as the soloist for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, where she performed with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

Sveriges Riksbank

Following its third centennial in 1968, the Bank instituted the annual Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, which is awarded with the Nobel Prizes at the Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm, on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death.

Tariq Rahman

In the award ceremony on June 20, 2012, Professor Dr. Helmut Schwarz, president of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung said: 'I am delighted to welcome our first research award winner from Pakistan, Professor Tariq Rahman.'

Tim Hayward

In 2011 at the Guild of Food Writers Award ceremony held in the Fishmonger's Hall, Hayward emphatically denied that he was Marina O'Loughlin, the anonymous restaurant critic on whose behalf he accepted the award for Best Restaurant Critic.

Tony Leblanc

After nearly 15 years of retirement, he was seen by Santiago Segura on television in the Premio Isbert de Teatro award ceremony.

Urban Music Awards

The US version of the award ceremony, the Urban Music Awards USA was launched on 7 July 2007 at Hammerstein Ballroom hosted by Foxy Brown and Spragga Benz with award winners including Danity Kane, Jay-Z, Grandmaster Flash, Sean Paul, Beyoncé, Bobby V, Enrique Iglesias, Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, Mary Mary, Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis and more.

Young Hollywood Awards

The award ceremony usually features a high number of celebrities and musical performers such as Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Nick Jonas.

Zheng Lianjie

The Korean Association of Artists held an award ceremony in Zheng’s honor at the Tianlun Dynasty Hotel, which was widely covered in the local media, including Xinhua News Agency, CCTV, China Daily and China Youth Daily Newspaper.