01.22.07
GLAAD gay media group announces media awards
“Grey’s Anatomy” has made headlines over an anti-gay slur used by an actor, led nominees for this year’s awards from the country’s leading gay organization that monitors the media.
The show itself has gotten unwanted attention since actor Isaiah Washington used the term “faggot” about castmate T.R. Knight in an on-set dustup in October with co-star Patrick Dempsey, then used the slur again at this month’s Golden Globes as he denied ever uttering it.
Washington apologized Thursday after being admonished by the network.
Nominees for feature film in wide release include “Little Miss Sunshine,” “The Night Listener,” “Running with Scissor,” “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” and “V for Vendetta.”
Special prizes will go to singer Patti LaBelle, fashion designer Tom Ford and tennis great Martina Navratilova.
The 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards - consisting of 42 categories - are split into four individual ceremonies, held in Los Angeles, New York, Miami and San Francisco in March, April and May.
The awards “recognize and honor mainstream media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender … community and the issues that affect their lives.”