Television Stars From Around the World Attend the 36th International Emmy Awards Gala
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Cognac and SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ms. Camille Bidermann-Roizen pose for photo-op – Photo by Mauro Botero
Cognac and John Waters pose for a photo-op
On November 24th I had the pleasure of attending the 36th International Emmy Awards Event Gala at the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan. Fifty fourth street had more celebrities, television stars and movie stars than Hollywood. Directly across from the Hilton Hotel’s red carpet for the stars attending the International Emmy’s was the movie premiere at the legendary Ziegfield Theatre for the much anticipated “Australia” starring Nicole Kidman so there was much excitement on the scene with paparazzi flashing their cameras trying to get that million dollar photo!
Cognac Interview the stars at the 36th International Emmy Awards Video by Mauro Botero
Cognac Interview the stars at the 36th International Emmy Awards Video by Mauro Botero
Cognac Interviews Actress Judith Light and Film Director John Waters at the 36th International Emmy Awards – Video by Mauro Botero
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences included celebrity presenters that joined Host Roger Bart, currently starring in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein on Broadway, on stage at The 36th International Emmy Awards Gala, in New York City, on November 24th, 2008.
Additions to the all-star lineup of guest presenters were Dann Florek (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Judith Light (Ugly Betty), Michaela McManus (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Lance Reddick (Fringe, Lost), Linus Roache (Law & Order), Kelly Rutherford (Gossip Girl) and Tamara Tunie (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit).
They joined previously-announced presenters Paul Blackthorne (Lipstick Jungle), Willie Garson (Sex & The City), Kerry O’Malley (Brotherhood), Andrea Roth (Rescue Me), model Marcus Schenkenberg, Cecilia Suarez (Capadocia), Heather Tom (The Bold & The Beautiful), director John Waters (Hairspray) and Sam Waterston (Law & Order). The International Emmy Awards recognize excellence in television programming produced outside of the United States. Over 1,000 international entertainment decision-makers attend the International Emmy Awards Gala in New York every year. This year’s partners include: Phoenix TV, Globo TV, Microsoft, Ascent Media, Reed Midem, Sofitel Luxury Hotels and Variety. Chip Quigley, Kingdom Entertainment, will produce the show for the 8th year in a row.
Here is a rundown of Roger Bart who has been hosting the event for a couple of years and the presentors that I had the pleasure of interviewing:
Roger Bart, Host
A gifted actor, Roger Bart’s tremendous presence
extends to both the small and big screens, as well as
to the stage. Bart can currently be seen on Broadway
in the musical Young Frankenstein as the title
character, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein. Based on the
smash hit 1974 film, Young Frankenstein is the
wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley
classic from the comic genius of Mel Brooks.
Recently, Bart appeared in American Gangster
alongside Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe and
directed by Ridley Scott, as well as Harold & Kumar
Escape from Guantanamo Bay, the follow up to the
cult comedy hit. Previous film roles include Carmen
Ghia for Universal’s film version of The Producers
directed by Susan Stroman. Bart also starred in
Paramount Pictures’ The Stepford Wives as the gay
Stepford wife. The role was created for Bart based on
his flamboyant role in the Broadway production of The
Producers. Additional films include Hostel 2, the
sequel to the hit horror film, Jeff Garlin’s independent
comedy I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With, The
Insider, starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe,
Disney’s Hercules (singing voice of Young Hercules),
and The Lady and the Tramp II (singing voice of
Scamp). On Broadway, Bart originated the role of
Carmen Ghia in The Producers, the smash hit
musical by Mel Brooks and Director Susan Stroman.
Bart received Tony and Drama Desk nominations for
the role. In 1999, Bart received Tony and Drama Desk
Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as
‘Snoopy’ in the revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie
Brown, directed by Michael Mayer. Other Broadway
credits include The Frogs, starring opposite Nathan
Lane, and Triumph of Love. On television, Bart
starred in the critically acclaimed Sci-Fi miniseries
Marcus Schenkenberg
Model, actor, singer, writer and TV personality,
Schenkenberg was the first male model ever to grace
a magazine cover: Harper’s Bazaar. Since then he
has been featured on more covers and appeared in
more magazines and been shot by more lensmen
than any other male fashion model in the history of
the industry.
He is the highest paid per-year male supermodel in
the world, most known for his Calvin Klein
advertisements, he has also modeled for vodka,
Versace, and Iceberg. He is signed to Storm Model
Management in London, Wilhelmina Models, Ford
Models in New York City, and Success Models in
Paris, France.
Schenkenberg has appeared as “Tiny” in the movie
Prince Valiant (1997), in Modern Talking (1999),
Hostage (1999) (lead character), Dinner Rush (2000),
and Meatballs and Macaroni. He has also appeared in
TV programs and series: V.I.P. (1998), As the World
Turns, The Corlucci Cald Show (on Italian TV), La
Grande Notte del Lunedì Sera (Italy), and Never Mind
The Buzzcocks (2002) as well as La Talpa, the Italian
version of Celebrity Mole (2004).
Schenkenberg is the guest host of a soccer TV
program in Italy. He also appeared on VH1’s fourth
season of The Surreal Life.
Andrea Roth
Ms. Roth stars as Janet Gavin, Tommy Gavin’s
estranged wife, in Rescue Me, the critically -cclaimed,
one-hour drama from Sony Pictures Television for FX.
Born to Dutch/Scottish parents, Roth grew up as a
first generation Canadian. While attending college
and interning at a Toronto-based advertising agency,
Roth was approached by a top-modeling scout to
pursue a career as a print and runway model. From
there she quickly segued into acting, rapidly
becoming one of Canada’s most prominent female
actresses.
Roth has portrayed characters opposite such
outstanding actors as Tobey Maguire, Woody
Harrelson, John Corbett and Jim Caviezel. She
recently completed two feature films. In Rogue, an
action film starring Jet Li, she plays the wife of Jason
Statham. In The Skeptic, an independent thriller, she
stars opposite Tom Arnold and Tim Daly.
Among Roth’s many television credits, she played a
recurring character, Officer Kerry Ray, on the hit
show, CSI. She recently appeared in the television
movies Crazy for Christmas, Chasing Christmas and
The Last Exit.
Kelly Rutherford
Currently starring as Lily van der Woodsen in the
CW’s acclaimed hit TV series, Gossip Girl, Kelly
Rutherford is an American actress, also well-known
for her long-running role in Melrose Place. Her more
recent projects included recurring roles on The District
and The Fugitive, as well as a regular role on Threat
Matrix and E-Ring. Rutherford’s other television
credits include regular roles on a trio of series,
including the vampire drama The Kindred, the comic
western series The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.,
and the legal drama, The Great Defender. In 1993,
she made a strong impression on the World War II
drama series Homefront, followed by the legal series
Courthouse.
Rutherford has made guest appearances on the
series Davis Rules, Private Sector, Homicide: Life on
the Street, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Get
Real.
Heather Tom
Two-time Emmy Award-winning actress Heather Tom
plays the role of Katie Logan, younger sister of
Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Donna (Jennifer
Gareis) on The Bold and The Beautiful. Heather
played Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live and is
probably best known as Victoria on The Young and
The Restless. Heather made her Broadway debut in
the Mark Medoff play, Prymate in 2004. Heather
played the role of Allison, the attractive interpreter
with a secret. The play was staged at the Longacre
Theatre and also starred Phyllis Freilich, James
Naughton and Andre DeShields. Heather was also
seen in the out of town try out The Secret Letter of
Jackie and Marilyn, in the role of Marilyn Monroe.
Heather’s Lifetime movie, The Rivals, aired in 2006.
Sam Waterston
Most recently famous for his role as Detective Jack
McCoy in the long-running NBC television series Law
& Order, Sam Waterston is an Academy Award
nominee who got an early break in the TV industry
Menagerie. Since then, Waterston has appeared in
numerous feature films including The Great Gatsby,
The Killing Fields and Le Divorce. Waterston is a sixtime
Emmy Award nominee and 1993 Golden Globe
winner for Best Actor in the television series I’ll Fly
Away.
Willie Garson
Garson has appeared in over 50 movies, usually
playing minor roles. He is best known for playing
Stanford Blatch on the HBO series Sex and the City.
He won his round of Texas Hold ‘Em on Celebrity
Poker Showdown (2003) and had a recurring role as
Henry Coffield on NYPD Blue. His other TV
appearances include Ally McBeal, Party of Five,
Friends, The X-Files and CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation. His film credits include The Rock, Being
John Malkovich and Freaky Friday. He co-starred in
the 2007 HBO series John from Cincinnati. He also
makes a cameo in the end credits of Jackass Number
Two, with the full context of the cameo being
explained in Jackass.
Judith Light
Judith Light has captivated audiences worldwide
since her portrayal of Angela Bower on the hit
comedy series Who’s the Boss?. Her award-winning
career has spanned across a diversity of roles in
television, theater and film.
Judith’s television career began with her two-time
Best Actress Emmy award-winning turn as Karen
Wolek on One Life to Live. She can currently be seen
on the highly-acclaimed ABC hit Ugly Betty in the role
of Claire Meade, and on NBC’s long-running drama
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit in the recurring
role of Supreme Court Judge Elizabeth Donnelly.
Judith has also starred in Phenom, The Stones and
over 15 television movies, including her role as
Ryan’s mother, Jeanne, in The Ryan White Story.
Lance Reddick
Lance Reddick has found his place as one of the
most well-respected actors on TV today, currently
portraying Agent Phillip Broyles in Fringe and
Matthew Abaddon on Lost. He has also played
memorable characters in major television series on
both NBC’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law &
Order: Special Victim’s Unit as well as in HBO’s hit
series Oz and The Wire. Reddick’s film credits include
Great Expectations, The Siege and Don’t Say a Word
John Waters
Waters’ 1970s and early ’80s films feature his regular
troupe of actors known as Dreamlanders often
committing cinematic crimes. Starting with Desperate
Living (1977), Waters began casting real-life
convicted criminals. He skirted mainstream
filmmaking with Hairspray (1988), earning a modest
gross of $8 million domestically. In 2002, Hairspray
was adapted to a Broadway musical and in 2007 to a
movie version. Waters films have become less
controversial and more mainstream, while in 2004,
the NC-17-rated A Dirty Shame was a return to his
earlier, more controversial work of the 1970s. He is
currently Professor of cinema at the European
Graduate School. In 2007, he also became the host of
‘Til Death Do Us Part, a program featuring
dramatizations of real-life marriages that ended in
murder. Fruitcake is Waters’ next film and it is due to
begin in the fall of 2008.
Winners are below:
36th INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARD NOMINEES * WINNERS
ARTS PROGRAMMING
Inheriting a Kabuki Legacy – Ichikawa Ebizo: His Fate and Anguish
Fuji Television Network, Inc. / Tokyo Video Center, Inc.
Japan
Nara Leão: All My Life
TV Globo
Brazil
Richard Serra – To See is to Think
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) / Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) for 3sat
Germany
Strictly Bolshoi- WINNER
Ballet Boyz Productions for Channel 4
United Kingdom
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Pedro Cardoso
The Big Family
TV Globo
Brazil
Karl Markovics
Franz Fuchs – A Patriot
epo-film / ORF with the support of Fernsehfonds Austria / Filmfonds Wien /
Land Steiermark-Kultur
Austria
David Suchet – WINNER
Maxwell
BBC
United Kingdom
Wang Chengyang
The I-go King and His Son
China Movie Channel
PR China
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Lucy Cohu – WINNER
Forgiven
Betty TV for Channel 4 and More4
United Kingdom
Sofie Gråbøl
The Killing
DR-Danish Broadcasting Corporation in association with ZDFE / NRK / SVT
Denmark
Irene Ravache
Eternal Magic
TV Globo
Brazil
Yuan Zhibo
Wait for the Birth of the Husband
China Movie Channel
PR China
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
I Feel the Words
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan
Patito Feo, la historia más linda (Ugly Duckling)
Ideas Del Sur Producciones / Televisa
Argentina
Ping-Pong
Nordisk Film in association with NRK / SVT / DR / YLE / KRO
Norway
Shaun the Sheep- WINNER
Aardman Animations / CBBC
United Kingdom
COMEDY
Geile Zeit
Sony Pictures Film und Fernseh Produktions GmbH
Germany
The I.T. Crowd- WINNER
A Talkback Thames Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom
Mi Problema con las Mujeres (My Problem with Women)
JC Entertainment S.A.C. (JC Films) / Frecuencia Latina International
Peru
NEO-Office Chuckles
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan
DOCUMENTARY
Asian Corridor in Heaven (Tea-Horse Old Road)
KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)
South Korea
The Beckoning Silence- WINNER
Darlow Smithson Productions / C4 / C4i
United Kingdom
Collision over the Amazon
Discovery Networks Latin America/US Hispanic
Brazil
Please Vote for Me
Steps International
Denmark
DRAMA SERIES
Home Affairs
Penguin Films
South Africa
The Killing
DR/Danish Broadcasting Corporation in association with ZDFE / NRK / SVT
Denmark
Life on Mars- WINNER
Kudos Film & Television Ltd for BBC Wales
United Kingdom
Mandrake
HBO Ole Originals / Conspiraçâo Filmes
Brazil
NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT
The Big Donor Show- WINNER
Endemol for BNN
The Netherlands
Caiga Quien Caiga (CQC) – Argentina
Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas
Argentina
Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister
CBC Television / Magna International
Canada
Doors
Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.
Japan
TELENOVELA
The Invasion Igtiyah- WINNER
Arab Telemedia Productions
Jordan
Lalola
Dori Media International / Dori Media Contenidos for Underground Contenidos
Argentina
One Night of Love
AMEDIA / Sony Pictures Television International
Russia
Tropical Paradise
TV Globo
Brazil
TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Britz
A Daybreak Pictures Film for Channel Four Television
United Kingdom
The Miracle of Berlin
teamWorx on behalf of ZDF and ZDF Enterprises
Germany
Television por la identidad- WINNER
Telefe Contenidos
Argentina
Wait for the Birth of the Husband
China Movie Channel
PR China
Until my next celebrity event darlings,
Pink Champagne Kisses
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