Tuesday 10 May 2011

The Leo nominations & new Caprica story

The nominations for the Canadian Leo Awards have been announced today and several Caprica and BSG actors scored nods in different categories, for different projects. The Leos are presented by the Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia.

Genevieve Buechner has been nominated for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series, for her work in Caprica 1x05, "There Is Another Sky." Huge congratulations to Genevieve and everyone else who has been nominated.

Here is the list:
  • Carmen Moore - Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series - Blackstone ("White Bread, Red Class")
  • Ryan Robbins - Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series - Sanctuary ("Animus")
  • Brian Markinson - Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series - Shattered ("Out of Sorrow")
  • Richard Harmon - Best Performance in a Youth or Children’s Program or Series - The Haunting Hour ("Nightmare Inn")
  • Callum Keith Rennie - Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series - Shattered ("Out of Sorrow")
  • Michael Eklund - Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series - Fringe ("The Plateau")

Additionally, several films and TV shows also earned a nomination or two or seven.

Transparency, with Kendall Cross, Aleks Paunovic and Anna Galvin scored five, including Best Feature Length Film.

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, with Alex Arsenault and Philip Granger, got six nominations, also including Best Feature.

A Night for Dying Tigers, with Leah Gibson and John Pyper-Ferguson, scored seven, including Best Direction, Screenwriting, Cinematography, and Production Design.

Amazon Falls, with Zak Santiago and William B. Davis, earned two nominations, for Best Lead & Best Supporting Performance by a Female (April Telek and Anna Mae Routledge).

Two Indians Talking, starring Carmen Moore, who is also credited as associate producer, is also up for a couple of Leos (Best Screenwriting, Best Lead Performance by a Male).

The Hostage, with Aleks Paunovic and Tahmoh Penikett, has received nominations for Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama (Chelah Horsdal), Best Makeup and Best Overall Sound.

And on the TV front, Blackstone, Sanctuary and Smallville are all up for Best Dramatic Series.

The awards will be presented in June. For the complete list of nominations, go here.

And outside Canada:

A new Caprica story has been posted at Beginning of Line. It's the second part of last week's installment, written by Dóra Kecskés. You can read it here: Gara Singh: Cloak of Deceit, Part 2 of 2.

Final reminder: Eric Stoltz directed tonight's Glee (8 pm, Fox) and Magda Apanowicz guest stars on Hellcats (9 pm, the CW).

And here is the new episode of Mortal Kombat: Legacy, with Aleks Paunovic:

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