
Tomorrow, April 23rd, the 13th Annual Prism Awards will take place in Beverly Hills, CA. For those unfamiliar with the Prism Awards, they are the equivalency of the Oscars and the Grammys but for outstanding achievement in the “accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction, as well as mental health issues, in film, television, interactive, comic book, music, and DVD entertainment,” according to the awards website.
This year’s event is a joint effort by The Entertainment Industries Council (EIC) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), along with FX Network and News Corporation. Similar to other esteemed entertainment awards, finalists for Prism Awards are chosen by a committee of both entertainment specialist and scientific experts. According to the Prism Awards website: “They are selected for their entertainment value, accessibility of their message, and scientific accuracy. The production in each category that best exemplifies these three objectives is presented with an award.”
Some of this year’s nominees in film include, Rachel Getting Married for “Featured Film,” whose lead actress Anne Hathaway was nominated for an Oscar, as well as Mickey Rourke in the “Performance in a Feature Film” category for his role in The Wrestler. In TV, A & E’s Intervention: Season 4 is nominated for “Unscripted Non-Fictional Program.” Finally, for “Music Recording,” Richie Supa is nominated for his single, “In the Rooms.” For those who are unaware, the track was especially written by Richie Supa for the new social networking website for recovering addicts, In the Rooms.
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