LOS ANGELES, CA - How I Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy, Breaking Bad, Law &
Order: Special Victims Unit, and the films Crazy Heart and The Soloist
are among the productions receiving nods for the 14th Annual PRISM
Awards. The PRISM Awards,
which is produced by the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) in
collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) and FX, honor actors, movies, music, media and
television's top shows that accurately depict and bring attention to substance
abuse and mental health issues. This year's ceremony, which is set for April 22,
2010, will take place at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
"All one has to do is watch the evening news to see how
tough times are affecting the American psyche," said EIC President and CEO Brian
Dyak. "Increased risk of substance abuse
and mental health concerns is a reality which dictates that we as an industry
must rise to the call to be an industry of character and respect for our
viewers. PRISM faces those realities
and puts forth hope - the exact optimism we all need right now."
John Landgraf, President & General Manager of FX and
Chairman of the PRISM Awards Honorary
Committee, said "This year's nominees are a remarkable mix of popular
entertainment that also have a message. Our industry is to be commended for
making accurate portrayals a vital part of the creative process."
NBC earned 10 nominations - the most among the networks -
followed by HBO, Fox, A&E, TNT, ABC, Lifetime, CBS, Showtime, TeenNick, USA,
AMC, VH1, PBS, and CNN, with multiple nods. Among studios, Sony led with 11,
then 20th Century Fox Television/Fox Searchlight/FTVS, ABC Studios, CBS
Television Studios, Universal Media Studios, DreamWorks, Warner Bros., Lionsgate,
Paramount Pictures, and Magnolia Pictures.
Among the top feature films nominated in various categories
are Crazy Heart, Brothers, Julia, Answer Man, A Single Man, and The Soloist. Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart), Robert Downey, Jr. and
Jamie Foxx (The Soloist), and Tobey
Maguire (Brothers) are all competing
for "Performance in a Feature Film."
Past PRISM winner The Simpsons is nominated for "Comedy
Series Episode," along with Glee, How I Met Your Mother, Monk, and United States of Tara. Dan
Castellanetta (The Simpsons), Toni
Collette (United States of Tara), Hector
Elizondo and Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your
Mother) are nominees for the "Performance in a Comedy Series" honor.
In the "Drama Series Episode - Substance Use" category,
nominees include hard-hitting episodes from The
Cleaner, ER, HawthoRNe, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and
Leverage. The "Drama Series Episode
- Mental Health" category saw nominated episodes of CSI: Miami, House, Law & Order, Lie to Me, and Mental. Dann
Florek (Law & Order: SVU), Timothy
Hutton (Leverage), Hugh Laurie (House), Jada Pinkett Smith (HawthoRNe), and John Stamos (ER) are up for "Performance in a Drama
Series Episode".
Breaking Bad, Grey's Anatomy, In Treatment, Nurse Jackie,
and Private Practice are competing in
the "Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline" category. Actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), John Mahoney (In Treatment) and Kevin McKidd (Grey's Anatomy) are vying for
"Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline."
For "TV Movie or Miniseries," nominees are America,
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Grey Gardens,
Natalee Holloway, and Prayers for Bobby. Performance nominees
are Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange (Grey
Gardens), Kimberly Elise (Gifted
Hands: The Ben Carson Story), Rosie O'Donnell (America),
and Sigourney Weaver (Prayers for Bobby).
The PRISM Awards
also honors daytime TV, teen and children's programming, talk shows, news
programming, documentaries, biographical shows, unscripted non-fiction,
original DVDs, music and music videos, comic book storylines, and public
service projects. A complete list of
nominees can be found below and at www.eiconline.org.
Honorees are selected by an 80-person committee of
entertainment industry professionals and technical experts from the fields of
medicine, mental health, and addiction.
In addition to the ceremony, a magazine format show will be telecast on
FX and other networks, and will be featured at a special Capitol Hill Showcase
in Washington, DC in September in celebration of National
Treatment and Recovery Month.
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About the PRISM Awards
The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.
(EIC) annually presents, in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), FX Network, and News
Corporation, the PRISM Awards™, a nationally-televised awards show
recognizing the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and
addiction in film, television, interactive, music, DVD, and comic book
entertainment. Established in 1997, the PRISM Awards honor productions
that are not only powerfully entertaining, but realistically show
substance abuse and addiction, as well as mental health issues.
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The flagship general entertainment basic cable network
from Fox. Launched in June of 1994, FX is carried in more than 94 million
homes. The diverse schedule includes an award-winning roster of distinctive
original series, an established film library with box-office hits from 20th
Century Fox and other major studios and an impressive roster of acquired hit
series.
FX Network
A public health agency within the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for
improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation's
substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services
delivery systems.
SAMHSA
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About
EIC, a non-profit organization, was founded in 1983 by
leaders of the entertainment industry to bring the power of the industry to
bear on health and social issues. The organization is considered to be the
chief pioneer of entertainment advocacy outreach and one of the premiere
success stories in the field of entertainment education and information
resources for entertainment creators, through innovative and time-proven
services and methods of "encouraging the art of making a difference" from within the entertainment industry. EIC also produces the
simulcast national television special PRISM
Awards Showcase which addresses issues such as drug, alcohol, and tobacco
use and addiction; mental health and mental illness, including bipolar disorder,
depression and suicide.
EIC also addresses issues such as; firearm safety and injury
prevention; sun safety and skin cancer prevention; human trafficking; terrorism
and homeland security; eating disorders, obesity and diabetes; seat belt use
and traffic safety; foster care; women's health; and HIV/AIDS prevention. It
has also launched an initiative to increase the public profile and interest in
science, engineering and technology.
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