Golden Collar Awards Bubble - H 2012
The Hollywood Reporter has been hot on the tail — er — trail of Dog News Daily’s inaugural Golden Collar Awards, the first awards show to honor canine actors in films and on television.
THR exclusively reported the nominations on January 18, when Uggie, the adorable Jack Russell actor famous for his role in the Oscar-nominated silent film, The Artist, was on hand, er, paw to announce the nominations at the Egyptian Theatre.
Since then THR has tracked the Golden Collar awards race closely as rival films Hugo and The Artist, vied for top dog position. After Oscar-nominated Hugo director Martin Scorsese openly complained about the omission of his Doberman dog star Blackie in the Golden Collar Awards, THR reported exclusively about the Dog News Daily Facebook page write-in ballot. THR also broke the story about Uggie’s imminent retirement from feature films, the negative PR campaign rumors of Blackie’s performance being CGIed and was also first to break the news of a tie in a top dog category. Another exclusive: the news that Uggie has been rehearsing an Oscar skit with host Billy Crystal.
The Hollywood Reporter was also on hand last week for the unveiling of the award, a spectacular gold and Swarovski crystal collar on a stunning paw-shaped Plexiglass holder. And we got the poop scoop on that 20-minute anchovy paste-fueled kissing scene between Blackie and his Hugo costar Emily Mortimer that ended up on the cutting room floor.
The 1st Annual Golden Collar Awards ceremony takes place on Monday (Feb. 13) at 7:00 p.m. PST at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Charlize Theron will receive the Golden Collar’s Humanitarian Award and Director Michael Vance has earned The Legends Honorary award.
THR.com will be exclusively live streaming the event Monday night starting at 5:30 p.m. PST. THR.com editor Joseph Kapsch will serve as the red carpet’s co-host along with Dog News Daily‘s Brie Strohmeyer and FilmFreak‘s Leo Quinones and THR contributing editor Elizabeth Snead will be on paw — er –hand to report on the red carpet action and talk with the winners – and the losers – after the dog show.
Snead is also one of the Golden Collar Award judges, along with other dog-loving film critics, entertainment journalists and entertainment industry execs including:
Linda Bell Blue, Executive Producer, Entertainment Tonight
Pete Hammond, Awards Columnist, Deadline Hollywood
Neil Stiles, President, Variety
Steve Pond, Awards Columnist, The Wrap
Ramin Setoodeh, Senior Writer, Newsweek/The Daily Beast
Claudia Puig, Film Critic, USA Today
Lynn Hirschberg, Editor-at-Large, W
Suzanne Marques, Entertainment Reporter, KCBS2 & KCAL9
George Pennacchio, Entertainment Reporter, ABC7 Eyewitness News
Wendy Burch, Weekend Anchor, KTLA Morning News
Leo Quinones, Host, KFWB’s Film Freak Movie Talk Show.
Here are the canine nominees in the Golden Collar Award’s categories:
BEST DOG IN A THEATRICAL FILM
Cosmo as Arthur – Beginners (Focus Features)
Uggie as Queenie – Water for Elephants (Fox)
Denver as Skeletor – 50/50 (Summit Entertainment/ Mandate Pictures)
Hummer as Dolce – Young Adult (Paramount/Mandate)
Uggie as Jack – The Artist (The Weinstein Company)
Blackie as the law-enforcing Dobby in Hugo.
BEST DOG IN A FOREIGN FILM
Koko as Red Dog – Red Dog (Roadshow Films, Australia)
Laika as Herself – Le Harve (Janus Films, France)
Biina as Alf – The Day The Dogs Disappeared (Nippon Television, Japan)
Ichico as Tao – The Day The Dogs Disappeared (Nippon Television, Japan)
BEST DOG IN A TELEVISION SERIES
Rocy as Arnold – Entourage (HBO)
Chunk as himself – Chelsea Lately (E! Entertainment Television)
Bridgitte as Stella – Modern Family (ABC)
Dart as Chance – Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)
Jason Gann as Wilfred – Wilfred (FX)
Lambchop as Yakult – Suburbatory (ABC)
BEST DOG IN A REALITY TELEVISION SERIES
Giggy – The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills / Lisa Vanderpump (Bravo)
Millou – The Real Housewives of New York City / Sonja Morgan (Bravo)
Jack Pot – The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills / Adrienne Maloof (Bravo)
Spartacus – Ice Loves Coco / Coco (E! Entertainment)
Hercules – Pit Boss / Shorty Rossi (Animal Planet)
BEST DOG IN A DIRECT-TO-DVD FILM
Fred as B Dawg – Spooky Buddies (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
Gaston as Beethoven – Beethoven’s Christmas Advenure (Universal Home Entertainment)
Angel as Chloe – Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
Rowdy as Marley – Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment)
Rusco as Papi – Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
