CKNW's Bill Good has been named the winner of the RTDNA "Lifetime Achievement" award. The award is handed out by Canadian radio, television, and digitial news directors. Good's career started back in 1965, fresh out of high school, covering local news and sports in Prince Rupert. Other stints included CFAX radio in Victoria, hosting Hockey Night in … [Read more...]
“Argo” & “Skyfall” Win Award Honors
February 11, 2013 by
While "Les Miserables" scored the most awards, it was Ben Affleck's political thriller "Argo" which took top honors at this year's British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs). "Argo" scored Best Film, Best Director and Best Editing, while recent James Bond entry "Skyfall" won Best British Film and Best Film Score. "Amour" took Best Foreign Language Film … [Read more...]
“Argo” Wins The Top SAG Award
January 27, 2013 by
The ball continues rolling the way of "Argo" as the Ben Affleck-directed drama scored the top honor at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards just a few minutes ago. "Argo" scored Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, beating out "Lincoln," "Les Miserables," "Silver Linings Playbook" and "The Best Exotic Marigold … [Read more...]
“Argo” Wins The Producers Guild Award
January 27, 2013 by
Since Ben Affleck was shut out of a Best Director nomination at the Oscars, the awards tide has seemed to turn away from "Lincoln" and back towards the earliest front runner "Argo" with both Affleck and the film itself picking up numerous awards since. This weekend though it nabbed one of the biggest - the top feature film honor, the Darryl F. … [Read more...]
2013 Producers Guild Award Nominations
January 4, 2013 by
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) have announced the nominations for their annual Producers Guild Awards. The nominees in the six key categories are: Theatrical Motion Picture Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Les Misérables, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty Animated … [Read more...]
The Mathematics of Cause and Effect: Turing Award Winner Judea Pearl
November 5, 2012 by
Turing Award winner Judea Pearl (UCLA) looks at how math can demystify data-intensive research in the social sciences, economics, medicine, population health, and beyond. Pearl, widely credited with creating the computational foundation for processing information under uncertainty, will discuss sample-selection bias, external validity, generalizing … [Read more...]
Oscar Animation & European Film Award Noms
November 5, 2012 by
Twenty-one films have been officially submitted for consideration for the Best Animated Feature award at the Oscars in February. This list will be whittled down to five finalists which will all compete for the award. In alphabetical order, the list includes: "Adventures in Zambezia," "Brave," "Delhi Safari," "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax," … [Read more...]
The 2012 Emmy Award Winners
September 24, 2012 by
The most predictable of awards ceremonies, The Emmys are famous for picking a favourite show or star and sticking with them for years. "Frasier" won Best Comedy five years in a row, "The West Wing" and "Hill Street Blues" best drama for four years in a row each, and of course "The Daily Show" which has won the Best Variety show award every year … [Read more...]
The Engadget Show is nominated for a Webby Award!
April 11, 2012 by
Dearest readers, we'd like to take this opportunity to share a bit of good news -- we've been nominated for a Webby Award for The Engadget Show! It's the third year running that our in-house video project has been nominated, and we couldn't be more humbled or happy to be chosen. Dozens upon dozens of people work tirelessly to make this operation … [Read more...]
