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That '70s Show and Queer As Folk Among Winners at 20th SHINE Awards
HBO Films Picks up Special Honors; Laura Innes, Michael Beach, Debi Mazar, Callum Blue and Lupe Ontiveros among presenters at fun-filled event; Hosted by Writer/Comedienne Julie Brown.
(LOS ANGELES, CA) Whether highlighting classic scenarios of parents having “the talk” or a young person's “coming out” or the more contemporary challenges of Internet predators or the consequences of the "down low," this year’s SHINE Awards rocked House of Blues, Sunset Strip, with positive and accurate portrayals on these important sexual health topics.
Recognizing national and internationally televised films and programming for honest depiction of adolescent sexual health issues on TV, The Media Project celebrated two decades of the industry’s only award show devoted to this critical issue with a luncheon fete, uniting a committed group of Hollywood’s finest in the creative community.
CBS topped the list of this year's winners, bringing home platinum awards for outstanding Comedy, Still Standing, “Still The Bad Parents;” Daytime Drama, The Young and The Restless, “Lily and Kevin: The Danger Within;” and for Informational Documentary, 48 Hours Investigates, “Searching For Angela Shelton.”
FOX earned the Scene Stealer of the day with That ‘70s Show, “Happy Jack.” It was temporarily pulled by the network due to worry about indecency action by the FCC (since the episode dealt with masturbation), but is now airing in reruns, according to award winning Writer/Producer, Kristen Newman.
Noggin/The N dominated the Youth categories with the Episodic award going to Degrassi: The Next Generation, “Pride,” dealing with coming out; and Informational Documentary going to A Walk in Your Shoes, “Living with HIV/AIDS,” showing an HIV-negative teen becoming enlightened when he befriends an HIV-positive teen.
Queer as Folk secured its third consecutive win this year for best Series Storyline; its second for Hunter’s (Harris Allan) storyline of an HIV-positive former male-to-male teen prostitute contemplating sex with a girl. Law and Order: Special Victims Unit took the honors in the Drama category for the second consecutive year for an episode dealing with the down low. Lifetime’s movie “She’s Too Young,” which looks at the consequences of teen promiscuity, won Entertainment Special.
Special Achievement Awards were given to Sexto Sentido, produced by Puntos de Encuentro-Canal 2 Nicaragua for its body of work on HIV, teen pregnancy, puberty and homophobia and also to HBO Films for award winning movies, such as “Angels in America” and “If These Walls Could Talk.”
Colin Callender, President of HBO Films, says "As filmmakers, we feel that it is our responsibility not only to entertain, but to inform and educate as well. We have always welcomed the opportunity to bring daring, honest and accurate depictions of social and sexual issues that concern our viewers as a whole."
Winners in the Latino categories included Latino Broadcast Talk/Variety winner La Conexión, playing it safe with sex ; Latino Broadcast Series went to Al Filo de la Ley for the legal and social ramifications of teen pregnancy; and Latino Broadcast Novela went to El Autentico Rodrigo Leal portraying homophobia turning to acceptance.
The Media Project—a part of Advocates for Youth—offers entertainment professionals the latest facts, research assistance, and script consultation on all of today’s sexual and reproductive health issues. Last year alone, the Project was directly responsible for helping the entertainment industry provide accurate sexual health content and relevant story lines to more than 30 million Americans.
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