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Prism Winners Announced
Ted Demme's Blow takes home the award for feature films.
Tuesday, May 14, 2002
By Liz Jeffries
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Prism awards have been announced, and Blow, starring Johnny Depp and
Penelope Cruz, received the award in the Theatrical Feature Film category at
the 6th Annual Prism Awards ceremony held at CBS Television City.
The Prism Awards honor the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco
use and addiction in television, feature film, music and comic book entertainment.
The awards are presented by the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC)
in partnership with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the National
Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health.
Other Prisms were awarded to ABC's My Wife and Kids and All My Children,
Lifetime's The Division, NBC's Third Watch and ABC's Life With
Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.
A Prism award also went to Ozzy Osbourne for his song "Junkie" in the Music
Recording or Music Video category, one of two new categories to receive a Prism
this year. Independent films Acts of Worship and Smoke and Mirrors:
A History of Denial were the recipients of the other new category, the Prism
Film Festival Award, which is presented to films that have not yet been released
but are playing the festival circuit. In total, 14 winners were selected out
of 56 nominees and 236 submissions.
Penelope Cruz presented a special tribute to director Ted Demme as part of
the Blow feature film nod. Demme's wife Amanda accepted on behalf of
the late filmmaker. Radio legend Casey Kasem, the voice of the Prism Awards,
introduced the new music category, and Meredith Brooks performed the song "Shine"
from her upcoming album.
Additional presenters included Thora Birch, David Carradine, Erika Christensen,
Barbara Eden, Donald Faison, Dennis Leary, Kelly Lynch, Christopher McDonald,
Lou Diamond Phillips, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Danny Trejo, Jim Turner and Julie Warner.
The ceremony was taped for national syndication by Tribune Entertainment and
will air in August.
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