Jon Hamm (right) presented an honorary award to Frank W. Ockenfels 3, who has photographed several "Mad Men" print campaigns.
THR’s Key Art Awards | Hollywood, Oct. 17: “So many nerds,” deadpanned Jon Hamm at the Cinerama Dome during the 41st Annual THR Key Art Awards, a celebration of the artwork and promotional materials that help market entertainment. Host Greg Proops presided over a lively ceremony honoring the art form’s past, with a tribute to graphic designer Saul Bass, and its future, glimpsed in the award-winning campaigns for Fox’s Prometheus and Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight Rises. Universal Pictures’ Ted took the Grand Key Art Award for its theatrical release campaign, Dawn Baillie won the first Saul Bass Award, and photographer Frank W. Ockenfels 3 accepted the Honorary Key Art Award from Hamm, whom Ockenfels called “one of my favorite muses.” Call it revenge of the key art nerds. — Seth Abramovitch
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