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“Distinguished event sells out at Walt Disney Concert Hall with special awards for Disney-ABC Television Group, America Ferrera, Walter Ulloa and Cynthia Cidre
Winners in 19 Categories for film and television announced
Los Angeles, CA–(HISPANIC PR WIRE - BUSINESS WIRE)–July 30, 2007–More than 2,000 actors, entertainment industry executives, film and television studios and supporters including actors America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama, Jimmy Smits, Carlos Mencia, Kelly Monaco, Hector Elizondo, Tony Plana, Judy Reyes, Constance Marie, Jesse Garcia attended the 22nd Annual Imagen Awards Gala debut tonight at the sold out Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Nineteen awards were presented in categories including film and television, plus The Imagen Foundation presented four additional awards including the President’s Award to Disney-ABC Television Group with an acceptance by Anne Sweeney, Co-chairman, Disney Media Networks, President, Disney-ABC Television Group; the Lifetime Achievement Award to Walter Ulloa, Chairman & CEO, Entravision; the Creative Achievement Award to America Ferrera, star of ABC’s Ugly Betty; and the Norman Lear Writer’s Award to Cynthia Cidre, writer of Cane, an upcoming CBS Latino-cast series.
The Imagen Awards were established in 1985 to encourage and recognize the positive portrayal of Latinos in all media and to increase Latino representation at all levels of the entertainment industry.
Talent at the 22nd Annual Imagen Awards (In Alphabetical Order):
Jake T. Austin, Nominee, (Best Actor, TV, Go, Diego, GO!) Kuno Becker, Nominee, (Best Actor, Film, GOAL) Hector Luis Bustamante, Presenter, (THE SHIELD) Nestor Carbonell, Presenter, (CANE) Ricardo Antonio Chivira, Presenter, (DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) Maria Costa, Presenter Kat De Luna, Performer Yasmin Deliz, Presenter, (VIVO) Laura Diaz, Presenter, (CBS 2 NEWS) Sandra Echeverria, Presenter, (MARINA) Hector Elizondo, Presenter, (CANE) America Ferrera, Honoree, (UGLY BETTY) Aimee Garcia, Nominee, (Supporting Actress, TV, THE GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW) Jesse Garcia, Nominee, (Best Actor, Film, QUINCEANERA) Chalo Gonzalez, Nominee, (Best Supporting Actor, Film, QUINCEANERA) Kathleen Herles, Nominee, (Best Actress, TV, DORA THE EXPLORER) Dalia Hernandez, Nominee, (Best Supporting Actress, Film, APOCALYPTO) Eva La Rue, Nominee, (Supporting Actress, TV, CSI: MIAMI) T. Lopez, Presenter, (THE DROP) Constance Marie, Nominee, (Best Actress, TV, THE GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW) Erika Martin, Presenter, (STYLE NETWORK) Eddie Matos, Presenter (CANE) Carlos Mencia, Nominee, (Best Actor, TV, MIND OF MENCIA) Eva Menez, Nominee, (Best Actress, Film, GHOST RIDER) Kelly Monaco, Presenter, (GENERAL HOSPITAL) Amaury Nolasco, Presenter, (PRISON BREAK) Lupe Ontiveros, Presenter Ana Ortiz, Nominee, (Best Supporting Actress, TV, UGLY BETTY) Valerie Ortiz, Guest, (South of Nowhere) J.D. Pardo, Nominee, (Best Actor, TV, A GIRL LIKE ME, THE GWEN ARUJO STORY) Tony Plana, Nominee, (Best Supporting Actor, Film, GOAL) Victoria Recano, Presenter, (THE INSIDER) Judy Reyes, Nominee, (Best Actress, TV, SCRUBS) Emily Rios, Nominee, (Best Actress, Film, QUINCEANERA) Diana Maria Riva, Presenter, (LIFETIME) Jelynn Rodriguez, Presenter, (THE DROP) Romeo, Presenter, (THE DROP) Jimmy Smits, Presenter, (CANE) Paola Turbay, Presenter, (CANE) Wilmer Valderrama, Nominee, (Best Actor, Film, FAST FOOD NATION) Jose Yenque, Nominee, (Best Supporting Actor, TV, BETWEEN) David Zayas, Nominee, (Best Supporting Actor, TV, DEXTER)
Sponsors of the 22nd Annual Imagen Awards include:
Premiere: Disney-ABC Television Group
Diamond: Hoy, L.A. Times Media Group, www.hoyinternet.com, National Graphics and Printing
Platinum: Variety, Lear Family Foundation
Gold: The Hollywood Reporter, CBS, ipressroom, Entravision Communications Corporation, Fox TelevisionStation Inc., LATV Networks, NBC Universal, T52 Telemundo, Paramount Vantage, Sony Pictures, Universal Money, KXLA Television-44, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Hennesy, Privilege, V.S.O.P.
Additional information regarding the Imagen Foundation and its awards program is available on its Web site: www.imagen.org, or by calling 626-836-6100.
22nd ANNUAL IMAGEN AWARDS WINNERS July 28, 2007:
– Film Best Picture: Pan’s Labyrinth
– Film Best Actor: Kuno Becker – Goal
– Film Best Actress: Ivana Baquero — Pan’s Labyrinth
– Film Best Supporting Actress: Dalia Hernandez — Apocalypto
– Film Best Supporting Actor: Gerardo Teracena — Apocalypto
– Film Best Director: Guillermo Del Toro — Pan’s Labyrinth
– Film Best Theatrical Short or Student Film: La Primavera Communion
– Film Best Theatrical Production: Macho Men & The Women Who Love Them
– TV and Film Best Documentary: Lalo Guerrero — The Original Chicano
– TV Best Primetime Program: Ugly Betty
– TV Best Actor: Miguel Ferrer — Crossing Jordan
– TV Best Actress: America Ferrera — Ugly Betty
– TV Best Supporting Actor: Jose Yenque — Between
– TV Best Supporting Actress: Ana Ortiz — Ugly Betty
– TV Best Variety or Reality Show: Dancing With The Stars
– TV Best Children’s Programming: Dora The Explorer
– TV Best Local Informational Programming: Life and Times
– TV Best National Informational Programming: Voces
– TV Best On Air Advertising: Splenda - Mama Yo Quiero New “
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