Vice-depiction Prism noms announced
Awards fete accurate portrayals of drug, alcohol use

Variety -  March 9, 2004

By ADDIE MORFOOT

"City of God," "Thirteen," "21 Grams," "Wonderland" and "Love and Diane" will compete for the Entertainment Industries Council's top Prism prize for theatrical feature film at the eighth annual Prism Awards on April 29.

The list of 100 nominees for the kudocast, to be held at the Hollywood Palladium, were announced Tuesday. Show will be televised May 16 on the FX Network.

Prisms fete the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction in movies, television, video, music, interactive and comicbook entertainment.

Benicio Del Toro ("21 Grams"), Holly Hunter ("Thirteen") and Dylan McDermott ("Wonderland") are among those nominated in the thesp pool.

As for the studio/production shingle count, 20th Century Fox leads the way with 11 nominations. Others nominated include Paramount (nine), Universal (eight), Warner Bros. (six) plus David E. Kelley Prods. and Steven Bochco Prods. (three each).

Nommed for two each are Lions Gate, Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, Wolf Films, Greenblatt-Janollari, John Wells Prods., Hallmark Entertainment, LMNO Prods., Acme Prods. and Tannenbaum; Miramax has one nom.

Lifetime led the networks with 11 nominations, followed by ABC (nine); NBC (eight); CBS and E! Entertainment (six each); Discovery (four); HBO, MTV and Showtime (three each); UPNUPN (two); and Fox, MSNBC, AMC and ESPN (one each).

And the nominees are...

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Peter Krause, "Six Feet Under"
Scott Lowell, "Queer as Folk"
Nancy McKeon, "The Division"
Molly Price, "Third Watch"
Kevin Rahm, "Judging Amy"

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