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Uggie will have to sit this one out.
Despite the canine’s scene-stealing, The Artist was not among the films nominated by the Humane Society of the United States for its 26th annual Genesis Awards.
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The kudos, handed out to news and entertainment media that push animal-friendly themes, announced potential 2012 recipients on Tuesday morning. War Horse, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Rio and Dolphin Tale were the four feature films receiving nominations.
On television, comedies up for a Genesis are The Cleveland Show, The Colbert Report and Melissa & Joey. Dramas receiving nominations are The Glades and Hawaii Five-0.
Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba will host the Mar. 24 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The proceedings will be broadcast as a one-hour special on Animal Planet later in May.
“It was an outstanding year for major feature films with strong animal protection content and, most significantly, a combined domestic box office gross of $468 million — $1.17 billion worldwide,” said HSUS senior director and event EP Beverly Kaskey. “Animal welfare concerns, such as chimpanzees being used in research which is addressed in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, are reaching huge audiences, thanks to the quality and engaging storylines of these films.”
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The full list of nominees, including documentary efforts, are below:
Feature Film
Dolphin Tale, Alcon Entertainment
Rio, Twentieth Century Fox/Blue Sky Studios
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Twentieth Century Fox/Chernin Entertainment
War Horse, DreamWorks SKG
Feature Documentary
Born to be Wild 3D, Warner Bros. Pictures, IMAX Corporation
Buck, Sundance Selects, Cedar Creek Productions
One Lucky Elephant, Crossover Productions, Sandbar Pictures
Sid Caesar Comedy Award
The Cleveland Show, Ain’t Nothin’ But Mutton Bustin’, FOX
The Colbert Report, multiple issues, Comedy Central
Melissa & Joey, Toledo’s Next Top Model, ABC Family
Dramatic Series
The Glades, Swamp Thing, A&E
Hawaii Five-0, Lapa’au, CBS
Children’s Programming
Nick News With Linda Ellerbee, Dangerous Crossroads: Human Animal vs. Wild Animal, Nickelodeon
Sid the Science Kid, Save the Stump!, PBS Kids
TV Newsmagazine
20/20, egg farm cruelty, ABC
Anderson Cooper 360, multiple issues, CNN
E:60, cockfighting, ESPN
Issues With Jane Velez-Mitchell, multiple issues, HLN
National News
ABC World News With Diane Sawyer, egg farm cruelty
CBS Evening News With Katie Couric, multiple issues
NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams, multiple issues
Local News Feature
KHOU-TV (Houston), multiple issues
KPHO-TV (Phoenix), CBS 5 Investigates Canned Hunts
KTLA NEWS AT 10 (Los Angeles), multiple issues
WPMI-TV (Mobile), Alabama’s Blood Sport and Training to Fight
Local News Series
KTNV-TV (Las Vegas), LOLAA Kennel
WOIO-TV 19 ACTION NEWS (Cleveland), Torture at the E6 Cattle Ranch
Morning News Show
Sunday Morning, Bats! from Barry Petersen, CBS
Today, multiple issues from Jill Rappaport, NBC
Today, Online Puppy Sales from Lisa Myers, NBC
Talk Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, multiple issues
The Martha Stewart Show, vegan cooking
The Oprah Winfrey Show, vegan challenge
TV Documentary/Special
Gordon Ramsay, Shark Bait, BBC America
Madonna of the Mills, HBO2
Nature, Broken Tail: A Tiger’s Last Journey, PBS
Reality Series
Animal Planet Investigates: Captive Hunting Exposed
Crimes Against Nature, Blood Ivory and Making a Killing, Nat Geo Wild
It’s Me or the Dog, Bone Of Contention, Animal Planet
Vanguard, Tiger Farms, Current TV
Brigitte Bardot International
Kopi Luwak/Ethical Consumerism, Carte Blanche M-Net South Africa
The Medan Connection, Carte Blanche M-Net South Africa
Magazine
Mother Jones, The Cruelest Show on Earth by Deborah Nelson
National Geographic, multiple articles, Editor in Chief, Chris Johns
O, The Oprah Magazine, multiple articles, Editor in Chief, Susan Casey
Vanity Fair, Agony and Ivory by Alex Shoumatoff
Series of Newspaper Articles
Lexington Herald-Leader, Janet Patton
McClatchy Newspapers, Chris Adams
The Virginian-Pilot, Philip Walzer
Online Award
TheAtlantic.com, multiple articles on wild horses by Andrew Cohen
LATimes.com, multiple issues by Dean Kuipers
NYTimes.com, multiple issues by Mark Bittman
Time.com, multiple issues by Krista Mahr, Alexandra Silver and Bryan Walsh
Brigitte Bardot International
The Independent (UK), multiple articles by Martin Hickman
South Asia magazine (Pakistan), Importance of Animals in Islam by Nilofar Ahmed,
Social Justice And Ethics by Anees Jillani and a commentary by Syed Rizvi
The Sunday Times (UK), multiple articles by Daniel Foggo, Simon Parry and Hannah Ashwell
William Wilberforce Award
Prism, A Call to Compassion from Our Brothers the Animals by Kendra Langdon Juskus
St. Anthony Messenger, Finding Faith in God’s Creatures by B.G. Kelley
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