Recent updates from Carl Binder's
Twitter site include:
Leo awards tonight. Loooooong ceremony. But congrats to Brad and Rob... and Atlantis for winning best series (among several other wins).
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Sanctuary - Ryan Robbins Wins Best Guest Performance for 'Edward'From the Ryan Robbins
Live Journal site:
Leo Awards 2009
I received a text message from Ryan to say that he won a Leo Award for Sanctuary.
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Stargate Atlantis received 16 nominations, Stargate: Continuum 11 nominations and Sanctuary 10 nominations from the 2009 Leo Awards. More updates as they become available.
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EDIT: Update at 2:41am:
At the
Province (Vancouver, BC, Canada):
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Sci-fi projects roar at Leo AwardsBy Glen Schaefer, The Province
May 10, 2009
B.C.'s sci-fi productions were big winners at this weekend's annual Leo Awards for B.C.-made film and television.
Named best TV series was
Stargate: Atlantis, which won a total of nine awards for its fifth and final season.
In addition to the prizes handed out Friday and Saturday night at the Bayshore Hotel,
Stargate producers
Brad Wright and
Robert Cooper were earlier named winners of the lifetime achievement award, as was veteran stuntman
Jacob Rupp.
As well, the made-for-TV movie
Stargate: Continuum, based on the original
Stargate: SG-1 TV series, won three prizes in the feature film category.
Also among sci-fi winners was the new TV series
Sanctuary, a gothic-themed show starring former
Stargate: SG-1 lead
Amanda Tapping as an immortal from Victorian England doing battle with modern-day monsters. The show won acting awards for
Tapping as well as guest stars
Ryan Robbins and
Gabrielle Rose. Sanctuary also won the prize for best makeup.
... Lead acting awards went to
Michael Shanks of
Stargate: Continuum and
Babz Chula of the low-budget relationship comedy Mothers&Daughters (currently in theatres -- a refreshing thing to be able to say about any B.C.-made feature)....
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A
live journal account backstage at the Leo Awards, complete with photos of Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Christopher Heyerdahl, Ryan Robbins, Dan Payne, Lexa Doig, Damian Kindler and Robin Dunne.
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At the
Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, BC, Canada):
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Leo roars for Stargate empireBy Peter Birnie
VANCOUVER SUN
May 10, 2009
... On the television side,
Stargate Atlantis swept the top honours. In addition to capturing Best Program, the popular series also took Leos for best direction (
Robert Cooper for the episode titled
Vegas), best screenwriting (
Alan McCullough for
The Queen) and cinematography (
Michael Blundell for
Vegas).
“We did pretty good, we’re pretty happy with our showing,” said producer Brad Wright. “Our cast and our crew for Atlantis is among the best I’ve ever had an opportunity to work with. We were too flummoxed to say that on stage last night. We were shocked. We’re used to going to award shows and hearing other shows names being called. I guess last night was our night.”
Not only did
Stargate Atlantis also win a slew of the technical awards, presented on Friday evening, but producers
Brad Wright and
Robert Cooper were honoured with an outstanding achievement award for the entire
Stargate franchise.
Vancouver’s film and TV community has enjoyed tremendous benefits from this sci-fi monolith, which started (after the initial movie) with
Stargate SG-1, includes two direct-to-DVD movies (
Stargate SG-1: The Arc of Truth and
Stargate Continuum) and carries on after
Stargate Atlantis with the latest offshoot, a TV series titled
Stargate Universe, which debuts in the autumn.
The icing on the cake for the
Stargate team came in the feature-length category, as
Stargate Continuum also captured Leos for
Michael Shanks (lead actor) and
Brad Wright (screenwriting).
... The Leo Awards were first presented in 1999.
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At
Georgia Straight (Vancouver, BC, Canada):
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Corner Gas, Stargate, Babz Chula win at B.C.'s Leo AwardsBy Craig Takeuchi
B.C.’s celebrities and talent turned out in droves to converge at the Westin Bayshore this weekend for the Leo Awards, a two-day award ceremony for B.C.’s film and television industry.
While technical awards were given out on Friday (May 8) at the Celebration Awards, acting and directing awards were bestowed on Saturday (May 9) at the Gala Awards.
...
Gabrielle Rose (Mothers&Daughters) won best guest performance by a female for her appearance on
Sanctuary...
Rose’s Mothers&Daughters costar
Babz Chula won the best lead performance by a female, and later presented the best director award for feature length drama. The competitors for this award—which included
David Wu (
Iron Road),
Gary Harvey (
Playing For Keeps),
Martin Wood (
Stargate Continuum), and
Charles Martin Smith (
Stone of Destiny)—drew some of the loudest cheers of the night.
Ultimately, it went to
Anne Wheeler for
Living Out Loud, about a woman diagnosed with breast cancer (
Chula also starred in the film). [
Michael Shanks also co-starred in this movie with
Gail O'Grady.]
Being Erica star
Erin Karpluk presented the best lead in a dramatic series awards. Best male went to
Tyler Labine for
Reaper (VIFF–goers may have seen his performance in the computer sex comedy
Control Alt Delete, which may have a theatrical run later this year) while best female went to
Amanda Tapping for
Sanctuary.
Michael Shanks won best lead performance by a male in a feature length drama for
Stargate Continuum (which had 11 nominations) and
Stargate Altantis (16 nominations) won best dramatic series (beating
Reaper and
Smallville). The
Stargate creators
Robert C. Cooper and
Brad Wright received outstanding achievement awards for their work on the
Stargate franchise...
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Courtesy of Debgirl's
Twitter Site:
http://twitpic.com/4yqx6 -
Stargate Continuum &
Stargate Atlantis swept the Leo Awards!
Brad [Wright] &
Amanda [Tapping] were all smiles.
