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The 22nd Annual Korean Music Awards in 2025 has officially declared the winners across the various music categories. The award ceremony took place on February 27, 2025, at 8 p.m. Kst. From Aespa to Bibi to G-Dragon, many other Korean artists were nominated for this event. Unlike many other Korean music award shows, they typically use sales figures as a major criteria to choose their winners. However, the Korean Music Awards focuses on musical achievements more than anything.

This award ceremony also puts greater importance on albums and songs in and of themselves. For the unversed, Aespa took the maximum number of trophies among their five nominations. The girl gang won three titles.

On the other hand, Lee Seung-Yoon also snagged three trophies and even got named as the Artist of the Year. Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble, the most nominated indie group, earned the title of Album of the Year.

Here are all the big names on the 22nd Annual Korean Music Awards (Photo Credit – Instagram)

It is an absolute joy for K-pop lovers, as the Korean Music Awards has announced the nomination list for this year’s ceremony. Unlike the other South Korean music awards, this one doesn’t use the typical ‘sales figure’ criterion to choose their artists or albums. Korean Music Awards focuses on musical achievement as the primary deal. It also centers around albums and songs of great importance.

Big band names like Blackpink and Aespa have been nominated. On the other hand, artists like Bibi, Iu, and Lee Sung-Hyun have also earned recognition in the list. Check out the nomination list of the 22nd Annual Korean Music Awards 2025 below:

Album of the Year Aespa – “Armageddon” Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble – “Hail to the Music” Hyukoh, Sunset Rollercoaster – “Aaa” Silica Gel – “Power Andre 99” Sumin, Slom – “Miniseries...

Writer and producer Neal Baer, P.J. Palmer, filmmaker/producer behind the critically-acclaimed Lgbtq drama series Anyone But Me, and La-based writer Michael J. Wolfe are teaming to develop The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Wedding Photos as a docuseries. The series is being produced by Endemol Shine North America-owned studio Authentic Entertainment, which is working closely with the teams at One Archives Foundation in Los Angeles & John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives at the William Way Lgbt Community Center in Philadelphia.

The collection of photos, which are among the first to document a gay wedding, were printed circa 1957 at a neighborhood drugstore in North Philadelphia. The images, which are currently housed with One National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California Libraries and the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, capture special moments between two men tying the knot, including an exchange of rings in front of witnesses,...

The Writers Guild of America is asking screenwriters in all categories -- including new media -- to send in their work for awards consideration. The bicoastal labor organization has sent out an official call for submissions for the 2019 edition of its annual Writers Guild Awards.

In addition to honoring exemplary scripts across categories like film, TV, and video games, the Writers Guild Awards has recognized new media projects each year since 2011. Past winners have included Susan Miller and Tina Cesa Ward’s Anyone But Me (2011), Michael Cyril Creighton’s Jack in a Box (2013), and Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld’s High Maintenance (2015).

According to the criteria available on the Writers Guild Awards website, projects are eligible for consideration in the new media categories so long as they feature "episodes that are 15 minutes or less in length" and were "first exhibited on a new media platform."

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Aymar Jean Christian is part of the inaugural class of Peabody Fellows, distinguished media scholars who provide fresh perspectives and commentary on behalf of the Peabody Media Center, the outreach and media production arm of the prestigious awards program based at the University of Georgia. He is an assistant professor of communication studies at Northwestern University.

You know you’re a TV nerd when your most anticipated awards announcements are the Writers Guild Awards. TV is a writer’s medium. Every TV fan awaits the Emmys, and some even bother to care about the Golden Globes, but most don’t know the major Guilds give out statues to television producers.

Nerdier still, I’m most interested in the nominees almost nobody writes about: web original short form comedies and dramas.

So while you probably could not imagine my disappointment when the WGA released their nominees for original short-form new media this year,...

An awards show with a category dedicated entirely to new media recently set the date for its next ceremony. Submissions are now open for the 2017 Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards, which will be presented on February 19, 2017.

The WGA Awards honor exemplary scripts across film, TV, new media, video games, and several other media. Nominees in the new media category have typically included a majority of independently-produced web series. Past winners have included Susan Miller and Tina Cesa Ward’s Anyone But Me in 2011, Michael Cyril Creighton’s Jack in a Box in 2013, and Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld’s High Maintenance in 2015.

The WGA Awards will accept new media submissions until October 14th, and the process the WGA refers to as “Preliminary Series online voting” will begin 11 days later on the 25th. The final nominees will be announced on December 4th ahead of the February 2017 awards presentation.

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The Writers Guild of America has just announced the nominations for their annual awards for Best Screenplays (by writers who are guild signatories). That’s right, before you get nervous thinking that your favorite may have been left off the list, you must remember that the WGA is the group that is not all-inclusive and leaves out several of the top contenders each year due to them not being part of the guild or not following their very specific rules. For this reason, you won’t see Inside Out, The Hateful Eight, and Ex Machina in the Original Screenplay category or Room, Brooklyn, or Anomalisa in the Adapted screenplay category.

Taking a look at what’s left over for the nominations, we find many that were expected to make a showing, including Spotlight and Bridge of Spies for Original Screenplay, though they apparently had to sink to really low depths...

The Writers Guild of America announced some of its nominees for its 2015 awards on Thursday, including television, new media, and radio, and among the TV nominees are series both new and old, and all beloved.

In the comedy series category, freshman Netflix show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" scored a nomination for best series, as well as an overall best new series nod. "The Last Man on Earth" also landed in that latter category, and was singled out for its pilot episode writing, too.

On the drama side of the equation, lauded "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" also got best series and best new series nominations, in addition to a an episode writing nod. Newly-minted Emmy winner "Game of Thrones" also scored a best drama citation, as well as an episodic writing nomination.

The full list of nominees released this week are below. Nominations in the theatrical and documentary categories will...

Anyone But Me superfans can now sink their teeth into a new batch of clips. The cult favorite web series has added several Lost Scenes to its run, and they are available on Hulu.

The Lost Scenes, which Anyone But Me creators Susan Miller and Tina Cesa Ward revealed to us back in July, fill in gaps among the show’s 26 episodes. As Miller previously explained, The Lost Scenes serve as a game of sorts for fans. “When we air, at the end of each new one we’ll put up a link to a particular episode for the fans to watch and see for themselves if they agree with where we thought a scene might belong,” she said. “Meanwhile, we hope they’ll watch every season so they can enjoy playing detective when the new scenes launch.”

The first of these scenes is now available on Hulu. Anyone But Me’s two stars,...

Anyone But Me, which gained a cult following across three web seasons, remains popular with its fans despite airing its final episode more than three years ago. In order to thank those fans for their loyalty, series creators Susan Miller and Tina Cesa Ward have planned a little gift: They will share ten additional scenes, which they will release one at a time under the title Anyone But Me: The Lost Scenes.

The Lost Scenes will be designed to fit into Anyone But Me’s story arc, which follows the lives of a pair of young, lesbian protagonists. The series’ two primary actresses, Rachael Hip-Flores and Nicole Pacent, will both reprise their roles for The Lost Scenes. As Miller explained in an e-mail to Tubefilter, the goal is to create new material that can relate to previous episodes without depending entirely on them:

“The new scenes can truly stand...

No less than Superman may bust up a nascent romance on the new Fox comedy Enlisted (premiering Friday at 9:30/8:30c).

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Sources confirm for TVLine that Brandon Routh is set to appear in at least two episodes on the military-themed comedy as Sgt. Brandon Stone, a soldier who until very recently was serving overseas and now will serve as an adversary for Private Practice alum Chris Lowell’s character, Corporal Derrick Hill — having once been wed to his love interest (played by Jessy Hodges of the...

Any doubts I had about Coach and/or Damon Wayans Jr. reassimilating into the show’s ecosystem? Gone. “Menus” was classic New Girl: Stupid, silly, glorious. If for nothing other than the “Work Bitch” workout montage (see below), this week’s episode wasn’t just a return to form. It was an elevation. It was also proof that this show is always, always better when it’s about the ensemble. Every person — even Winston! — had a specific, discrete part in the action, and I loved every second of it. So before I get to work (bitch), You get to work,...

Tina Cesa Ward's latest series combines he trademark romantic edge with a unique method of transmedia storytelling. The Anyone But Me co-creator has released Producing Juliet, a drama centered around a budding theater production, on both YouTube and Blip. Anyone But Me still stands as one of the heartfelt drama web series, and Producing Juliet continues Ward's work with both romance-driven storytelling and Anyone But Me's talented lead actress, Rachel Hip-Flores. This time, Flores plays Juliet, an aspiring playwright who strikes up a partnership with a producer named Rebecca (Alisha Spielmann). "At the heart of it, it’s a series about the trials of relationships and emotions," Ward told Tubefilter. After debuting the series at Raindance's WebFest, Ward has now placed the first episode online for our on demand consumption. Producing Juliet is much more than just a simple web production. As Hamlet would say, the play's the thing.

WikiLeaks founder to judge films at the 21st Raindance Film Festival; 2013 line-up unveiled.Scroll down for full line-up of films

Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.

The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.

It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.

Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...

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Happy birthday to Carey Mulligan, Christa Miller and Kylie Minogue!

Speaking of Minogue, the super gay ally and never-aging songstress has released a new track called “Skirt.” Take a listen. (It sounds like this song was remixed by Megatron.)

Actress Ginnifer Goodwin has signed on to star in the National Geographic telepic Killing Kennedy. Goodwin will play the late first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Parks & Recreation’s Rob Lowe will play her husband, the doomed President John F. Kennedy.

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E! nabbed a photo of Glee’s Dianna Agron at her high school homecoming. What a cutie!

In 1981 tennis star Billie Jean King was outed and ended up losing all her endorsements within 24 hours. King sat down with USA Today Sports and discussed being forced out of the closet, how the world has...

HBO's "Girls" and broadcast sitcoms like "The Mindy Project" and "The New Girl" push the envelope on female representations on television, but they aren't the only ones in the game of bringing complicated depictions of women to your screen. Online stories about women are quite rich as well and have been for years. A year after "lonelygirl15" rose to fame by giving geek boys their ultimate cam girl, Felicia Day's "The Guild" delivered a counter-punch: a serious awkward, geek girl, a trend that persists today. Major networks put women at the center of genre stories, as NBC did with "Gemini Division" and MTV did with "Valemont." Indie creators build out niches: "Anyone But Me"'s told the story of serious teen girls who were very seriously in love. "Awkward Black Girl" gave black women a complicated lead before "Scandal," and with natural hair to boot. And now that we...

The nominees for the 3rd Streamy Awards have been announced, and offerings from YouTube's slate of Original Channels lead the way. Benny and Rafi Fine's MyMusic show scored the most nominations with nine, while Machinima Prime's Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn was close behind with eight. The race at the top will be hotly contested, with a strong class of nominees in the major categories. The five nominees for best drama series are Forward Unto Dawn, Wigs' Lauren, AwesomenessTV's Runaways, Vuguru and Hulu's The Booth at The End, and the cult hit Anyone But Me. For comedy series, the nominees are MyMusic, Yahoo's Burning Love, breakout hit The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, indie series PrisonPals, and Smosh. Beyond the top two, several other series also scored big. Lizzie Bennet Diaries scored six nominations, Burning Love and Maker Studios' Epic Rap Battles of History each claimed five, H+, Cyberbergeddon, and Husbands each snagged four,...

For the last few years, YouTube has attempted to play tastemaker with its monthly On The Rise feature, which highlights channels with fewer than 100,000 subscribers that, if YouTube's Creator Support team is to be believed, could become big-time YouTube stars. For the November On The Rise feature, fans are asked to choose between four channels competing to win the chance to be featured. The On the Rise channel features a four channel playlist every month, with the winner earning a feature on YouTube's social media networks. The Creator Support team has done well in the past to diversify its selections, shining light on many dark corners of YouTube. This month's nominees are no different, with a fashionista, green scientist, Gfx animator, and musical duo providing a wide range of choices. Personally, my vote goes to the animator, polcan99. I found his Angry Birds video to be whimsical and fun, and...

Here is last week's caption pic winner. This week's caption pic is at the bottom of the page.

Thanks to everyone for participating! The winner is ...

"Anyone but me using the phrase "tickled pink" will pay dearly."

Thanks to David for this week's winning caption!

Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). Matthew MConaughey (above) is 43, k.d. lang is 51, Anna Wintour is 63, Dolph Lundgren is 55, and the faboo one herself, Kathy Griffin is 52. In disappointing but not unexpected news, USA has decided not to renew Political Animals. Unpublished Truman Capote Story Discovered. Understanding Sandy: A Letter to Our Son Chris Kluwe's Game Changer.

Below you can see the AP look at gay candidates looking to gain ground in Congress.

Real women vote for Obama

Below you can see a teaser for A Liar's Autobiography,...

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Everyone everywhere is wearing purple in the name of Lgbt pride and acceptance. So if you see someone on the street today wearing a shade of violet, I advocate going up and giving them a hug. Here's Sara Gilbert over at The Talk on why she'll be wearing a purple tie today on the show.

For the record, I'm wearing purple pants today.

In the web series Squaresville's season finale, Zelda comes out to her friend Esther and things get weird.

If you like this episode, check out the rest of the season at youtube.com/SquaresvilleSeries.

Amber Heard was all smiles at the Guess Girl Fragrance Launch recently. I bet she smells like loveliness.

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Michelle Tea talked with The Rumpus about starting her own Sister Spit Press. She's a Renaissance...

Anyone But Me, the dramatic romance web series by creators Susan Miller and Tina Cesa Ward, won a huge following with its heartfelt examination of young love. The show picked up tens of millions of viewers and won an award from the WGA. Though the series aired its final episode earlier this year, Miller and Ward have prepared one last gift for their fans in the form of DVD releases for Seasons Two and Three of Anyone But Me. The show will be released today, October 16th, on Amazon. Miller and Ward previously released a Season One DVD, and that item's success helped inform the decision to create a DVD for the show's other two seasons. "The success of Season 1 had pretty much everything to do with it," explained Miller. "I've always been surprised by the demand considering that you can watch everything online. Although we do have some special features that aren't available online.

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Happy birthday to Michelle Trachtenberg, Emily Deschanel, Joan Cusack and Jane Krakowski!

Emily Deschanel in Los Angeles

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Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right) is teaming up with Liam Neeson for the thriller Non-Stop.

Jennifer Lawrence is Vogue UK's November covergirl.

Meanwhile, Glee's Lea Michele is gracing the cover of Marie Claire UK. Apparently metallic dresses are in this season.

EW singled out Angelina Jolie's accent in the epic Alexander for their horrible dialects list. Did you hate Jolie's Olympias accent too?

Did you catch the lesbians on Modern Family last night? Here's a clip:

Notoriously private Guiding Light veteran Maureen Garrett recently came out in an interview with Out magazine, discussing her 20-year relationship with her partner, Janet Morgan.

Olivia Wilde gave a shout out to beauty-counterpart Emma Stone on Twitter.

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Transmedia isn’t just a buzzword, but an engaging and cost effective tactic employed by content creators to entice fans and keep them entertained and engaged between regularly scheduled programming. Or that’s at least one of the things transmedia can be if it’s done well. And Tina Cesa Ward hopes to do it well. The co-creator of the hit web series Anyone But Me (which she made with Susan Miller and recently aired its series finale after three seasons, 25 episodes and tens of millions of views) is launching a new unsettling character drama with a touch of humor. It’s called Guards of Dagmar, and is set in the supernatural and mysterious world of “a residency for the developmentally and intellectually disabled. The show’s creator plans to do her best to recreate components of that world in ours using various social media tools and internet tricks (as...

On February 25 through 27, while a mythologically reported one billion people across the globe (or 15% of the world’s population) were prepping to tune into, tuning into, and/or complaining about the audio issues of the 84th Annual Academy Awards and all its accompanying Hollywood hullabaloo, a pair of indie filmmakers and their cast and crew traversed New York City and other undisclosed locations to film the final installment of their much watched (with an accurately reported 10+ million-some-odd views as of late 2011) and much adored web series. Tina Cesa Ward and Susan Miller bittersweetly announced last September Anyone But Me - the online original drama they created, wrote, and produced about a girl who likes girls in post-911 New York that has won a number of accolades and garnered a healthy fan base - would film one last episode. Last weekend they shot that episode and on Tuesday, March 20 they plan to release it.

The 64th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards were handed out by Hollywood notables to very deserving WGA members in concurrent ceremonies on both coasts last weekend. Zooey Deschanel and Joel McHale tag teamed the Los Angeles-based kudosfest while Saturday Night Live alum Rachel Dratch hosted the East Coast version in New York City. The emcees had help in distributing trophies reminiscent of whale tails (because a good writer knows how to spin one whale of a tale) and entertaining the self-deprecating and boozed up crowd (at least that’s how you could describe the audience at the B.B. King House of Blues in Times Square) from household celebrities like Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Kristin Wiig, and Mandy Patinkin. Those individuals and more handed out and/or accepted honors on behalf of winners like Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris, Vince Gilligan for Breaking Bad, Henry Bromell for Homeland, and...

The Writers Guild of America East and West announced in October 2010 that for the first time in its then 62 years of honoring excellence in film, television, and radio, its WGA Awards would also recognizing outstanding writing in new media. The writers of Anyone But Me and 30 Rock’s Frank vs. Lutz online series were the honored recipients of two new awards added to the WGA’s 63rd annual ceremony. Susan Miller and Tina Cesa Ward took home a trophy evocative of a dorsal fin for Oustanding Acheivement in Writing Original New Media (an award online originals) and Jon Haller received the Oustanding Achievement in Writing Derivative New Media (an award for the online companions to preexisting television shows). The WGA just recently announced the individuals and shows with the potential to follow in the aforementioned winners' footsteps. The nominees in the new media category for the 64th annual WGA Awards...

A new series from Streamy Award-Nominee Tina Cesa Ward (who, along with Susan Miller, brought you the hit independent drama web series Anyone But Me) explores the concept of commitment and marriage on the day New York passed the Equal Marriage Bill. Good People in Love focuses on two couples, one heterosexual and one homosexual, to explore the challenges and fears of being in a committed relationship. Two characters, Sarah (Streamy Award Winner Rachael Hip-Flores) and Scott (Jesse Wakeman), use the two couples and the idiosyncrasies of their relationships to prove their different points of view during a small engagement party. “I think with six very distinct characters that all have their own fears, ambitions and ideas about love and marriage the audience should find someone to connect with and recognize the situations these couples face on a personal level,” said Tina Cesa Ward over email. To say the series...

With three seasons, 25 episodes, 11+ million views, a number of accolades (including a few Streamy Awards), and a helluva lot of ardent fans, Anyone But Me just may be the most successful (in terms of both audience and acclaim) independently funded and produced piece of online original dramatic programming. That’s why its creators want to make sure its sendoff is something special. Susan Miller and Tina Cesa Ward are wrapping up the hit New York City and State -based web series about a girl who likes girls in a post-9/11 world, but they’re bringing back all the original cast for one last installment. The pair are securing funding for the series finale as we read, in hopes to raise enough cash to begin shooting in January or February. It’s kinda bittersweet, right? It’ll be sad to see a seemingly perennial programming staple of the online video world cease production,...

Susan Miller and Tina Cesa Ward launched Anyone But Me in 2008 under the umbrella of Strike.TV, the new media distribution company conceived in the Writers Guild of America picket lines. Since then, Strike.TV has found a new partner in MetaCafe and Miller and Ward’s original web series about the experiences of Vivian McMillan (played by Rachael Hip-Flores) - a postpubescent girl who likes girls living in a post-9/11 New York State and City world - has thrived. In three years, the show has uploaded 25 installments across three seasons (the last of which was partially supported by fans), which all together across all the show's distribution outlets have accumulated nearly 11 milion views. Not bad for an independent web drama! Now that Anyone But Me crossed is now a member of the eight figure viewcount club, I thought it might be a good time to dive a little deeper...

The hosts of web series "Anyone But Me," "The Bannen Way," and "Robert Townsend's Diary of a Single Mom" talk about the challenges facing online shows that aren't all about laughs and LOLCats.

You can’t swing a cat these days without hitting a comedy series on Vimeo, Daily Motion, or YouTube. But if you’re looking for drama, you’ll mostly still find it on the boob tube.

In 2009, 50% of adults watched comedy online compared to 31% in 2007, according to a 2010 Pew Research report. Even mainstream stars are taking their act to the smaller screen, like former Friend Lisa Kudrow’s Web Therapy, the winner of this year’s Webby Award for Best Comedy: Long Form or Series. “For whatever reason, someone has put out to the web world that comedy is what works online,” Tina Cesa Ward, executive producer, writer and director of the widely-acclaimed web drama Anyone But Me [above, below], tells Fast Company.

Speaking of nerd culture, Jeff Koenig and the crew at Omf Geek recently put the call out for contestants for their “upcoming reality game show” Geek Vs. Geek. The program poses the question, “Are you geek enough?” and then seeks out answers through a series of head to head competitions hosted by Anyone But Me’s Rachael Hip-Flores and shot by The Hayley Project’s Andy Park. Participants debate age-old topics like Han Solo or Indiana Jones, Metachlorine counts versus angels incarnate, and Frodo or Willow. Judging from the trailer, it looks a player vs. player version of Beat the Geeks for the online generation. Geek vs. Geek is slated to start shooting in November, but not before announcing its final eight contestants during New York Comic Con on October 16. If you think you’ve lived in your parent’s basement long enough, been ridiculed in school for a sufficient amount of time,...

On this week's brand new episode of smash web series hit Anyone But Me, Indie Soap Award winner Liza Weil reprises her role as everyone's favorite shrink, Dr. Glass.

Weil, mostwidely recognized for her series regular role as Paris Geller on Gilmore Girls, will be soon be seen in Scandal, the new Shonda Rhimes ABC drama, with a recurring role on the series.

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WGA New Media winners & Webby Nominees Susan Miller & Tina Cesa Ward present"Make It Happen! Creating a Successful Web Series” June 7, 4 p.m.

Come rock it out on the AOL Stage (or watch live stream) and let Susan & Tina tell you what they've learned and are still learning in three seasons of producing the award winning drama, Anyone But Me.

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On episode 2.59 of We Love Soaps TV, 2.59 Beth Chamberlin, Rachael Hip-Flores & Adam Sank are interviewed during the Love Out Loud VI event at Prohibition in New York City.

Emmy-nominated Chamberlin starred on Guiding Light for many years and currently receiving recognition for her roles in indie web series Steamboat and Cell.

Indie Soap Award winner Hip-Flores stars on the popular web drama Anyone But Me.

Sank is a New York city comedian who hosted the event.

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It’s a big week in the Big Apple for the web series world. At least two New York City-based independent productions debuted their sophomore or junior seasons in the past two days. Here’s a look at the premieres and what fans can expect from the next chapters in a teenage “coming of age story in a post 9/11 world” and a “dramedy about the extremes people go to when faced with an economic crash.” Anyone But Me returned for its third season by way of an exclusive online premiere on Monday, thanks to a more than successful web-a-thon and a helluva lot of fans with cash to give and a wishes for creators Susan Miller and Tina Cesa Ward to continue the storyline. Rachael Hip-Flores (aka Vivian) and Nicole Pacent (aka Ester) womanned live chats on both coasts before and after the episode debuted, interacting and answering questions with...

Here's a rundown of some of the latest web series news:

We Love Soaps TV attended the second season premiere party for Downsized on Tuesday night at Copia in New York City. The crowd, which included All's Faire creator Thom Woodley, and Then We Got Help's Julie Ann Emery and Kevin Earley, loved it. Look for additional coverage of this event later today.

Southside, the new movie from The Bay creator Gregori J. Martin starring Kristos Andrews, begins shooting today in New York. Emmy winner and Indie Soap Award nominee Martha Byrne will be playing an NYPD cop in the film.

Speaking of Byrne, the actress has revealed she will be appearing in the web series Pretty (another successful Indie Soap Awards connection!) and is working with Empire writers Greg Turner and Brian Hewson on a new comedy web series. Stay tuned!

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Rachael Hip-Flores has perhaps the coolest name in web series. Try it, it’s fun to say. The star of indie drama Anyone But Me has won over critics and those of us that write about these things. She even won a Streamy Award last year as Vivian for Best Female Actor in a Drama. That wasn’t the only award for the New York-based web series which even scored a Writer’s Guild award last month that left co-cretor Susan Miller virtually speechless with joy when our own Josh Cohen caught up with her after the Abm win. “Oh boy oh boy oh girl oh girl oh girl!!! We made something happen without waiting for anyone else to say yes or no to it – and it has turned out to be one of the most important and fulfilling things in my life,” said Miller. “Anyone But Me has a lot of friends,...

Anyone But Me, the original critically acclaimed award-winning modern teen drama, has announced that season three will premiere on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 on www.anyonebutmeseries.com. Audiences can see a new episode of this five-episode season every other week. New season extras, including exclusive behind-the-scenes video interviews and photos will be rolled out every week throughout the season. Viewers have continued to discover Anyone But Me over the past two seasons, helping it reach a milestone of over seven million global views across the show’s online distribution networks. With season three, the total number of series episodes will grow to 25.

Online Premiere Fan Events

Anyone But Me's “Sneak Peak & Live Chat” events will be hosted by Rachael Hip-Flores (Vivian) at 8:00 p.m. on the East Coast and Nicole Pacent (Aster) at 8:00 p.m. on the West Coast. Fans will watch the premiere with each actor and discuss the episode together online.

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Follow Monday night's inspirational 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards ceremony, the casts and crew of numerous web series mingled at The Ailey Studios before moving on to the after party. What was so fulfilling about putting on this event was seeing the networking happening before and after the show. You will see in many of the photos below actors from different indie soaps posed together, exchanged business cards and offered their support. "Is there anything I can do to help your show?" was a phrase heard multiple times. There were also a number of crossovers being plotted so stay tuned.

Check out some of the post-show photos below.

We Love Soaps TV's Roger Newcomb and Damon L. Jacobs are joined by cast members from In Between Men, Anacostia and The Bay.

When presenting the Supporting Actress award, Anacostia's Anthony Anderson threatened to pass out if Kim Zimmer won.

Photos by Gustavo Monroy 

Editor's Award: Song Of The Year

Presented by: We Love Soaps' Damon L. Jacobs & Roger Newcomb

Winner: Pretty, "Gumdrop the Unicorn"

Performance by: Bret Silverman

Outstanding Use Of Music

Presented by: Julie Ann Emery, Then We Got Help!

Nominees: Anacostia; Gotham; In Between Men; Miss Behave; Out With Dad; Venice

Winner: Out With Dad (accepted by Jason Leaver)

Outstanding Directing

Presented by: Afton Boggiano & Toby Levin, Empire

Nominees: Tina Cesa Ward, Anyone But Me; Scott Brown, Asylum; Mark Gardner, Cell; Robert Townsend, Diary Of A Single Mom; Jason Leaver, Out With Dad; Steve Silverman, Pretty; Gregori J. Martin, The Bay

Winner: Gregori J. Martin, The Bay

Outstanding Lead Actress

Presented by: Michael O'Leary, Steamboat

Nominees: Tamieka Chavis, Anacostia; Rachael Hip-Flores, Anyone But Me; Jourdan Gibson, Cell; Monica Calhoun, Diary Of A Single Mom; Tina Sloan, Empire; Martha Byrne, Gotham; Jillian Clare, Miss Behave; Cwennen Corral, The Cavanaughs; Crystal Chappell,...

The 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards presented by We Love Soaps were held at The Ailey Studios in New York City on Monday, February 21, hosted by the hilarious Martha Byrne, creator and star of Gotham. Video from the event is coming soon but in the meanwhile, you can check out our exclusive pictures from photographer Gustavo Monroy below.

Byrne opened the show with a hilarious monologue which covered a variety of topics from producing shows on low budgets, merchandising (she took not one, but two drinks from a Gotham mug), the impact of secret weapon Nadia Bjorlin, confusing sexuality, and so much more. Byrne introduced the presenters and cracked jokes throughout.

Here's a rundown of the show:

Breakthrough Performance

Presented by: Nick Mathews, In Between Men

Nominees: Pasha Diallo, Anacostia; Jessy Hodges, Anyone But Me; Leon, Diary Of A Single Mom; Afton Boggiano, Empire; Bianca Magick, Miss Behave; Kate Conway,...

In Part 1 of our exclusive five part photo spread from the 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards, we covered Breakthrough Performance, Supporting Actress, Guest Appearance and Editing. Some very "Pretty" people continued the show. The ceremony pictorial continues below.

Photos by Gustavo Monroy

Fan's Choice Award

Presented by: Steve Silverman & Terri Simmons, Pretty

Nominees: Anacostia; Anyone But Me; As The Corn Grows; Desire & Deceit; Diary Of A Single Mom; Empire; Gotham; Luck And The Virgin; Miss Behave; Montreal Hearts; The Bay; The Cavanaughs; The Like Us Show; Venice; Venus Spa

Winner: The Bay

Outstanding Writing

Presented by: Hillary B. Smith, Venice/Fumbling Thru The Pieces

Nominees: Susan Miller & Tina Cesa Ward, Anyone But Me; Anthony Anderson, Anacostia; Sonya Steele, Celeste Bright; Mark Gardner, Cell; Cheryl L. West, Diary Of A Single Mom; Greg Turner & Brian Hewson, Empire; Susan Bernhardt, Miss Behave; Jason Leaver, Out With Dad; Steve Silverman, Pretty

Winner: Susan Miller & Tina Cesa Ward,...

The 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards were held on Monday night at The Ailey Studios in New York City hosted by the hilarious Martha Byrne and presented by We Love Soaps.  Diary Of A Single Mom captured the Indie Soap of the Year award.  The show also took home the prize for Outstanding Lead Actress with Monica Calhoun winning her first Indie Soap Award.  Anthony Anderson from Anacostia was named Outstanding Lead Actor giving perhaps the most poignant speech of the night.  The mostly industry crowd praised the new frontier of storytelling on the web in a number of speeches from winners that consisted of former daytime soap favorites and new indie pioneers. 

The complete list of winners are below:

Indie Soap Of The Year

Diary Of A Single Mom

Outstanding Lead Actor

Anthony Anderson, Anacostia

Outstanding Lead Actress

Monica Calhoun, Diary Of A Single Mom

Outstanding Supporting Actor

Jordan Clarke,...

The nominees in the Outstanding Lead Actress category at Monday's 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards all brought their "A" games in 2010.

Outstanding Lead Actress

Tamieka Chavis, Anacostia

Rachael Hip-Flores, Anyone But Me

Jourdan Gibson, Cell

Monica Calhoun, Diary Of A Single Mom

Tina Sloan, Empire

Martha Byrne, Gotham

Jillian Clare, Miss Behave

Cwennen Corral, The Cavanaughs

Crystal Chappell, VENICETake a look at a sample of work by these talented women in the episodes below.

The 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards will be held at The Ailey Studios in New York City on Monday night. The first presenters have been announced and will include Nick Mathews (In Between Men), Anthony Anderson (Anacostia), Hillary B. Smith (Venice/Fumbling Through The Pieces), Gregori J. Martin (The Bay), Cwennen Corral (The Cavanaughs), Pat Rulon (Trailer Made), Will Conlon (Out With Dad), Terri Simmons (Pretty), Rachael Hip-Flores (Anyone But Me), Michael O'Leary (Steamboat) and Tina Sloan (Empire/Venice).

Gotham's Martha Byrne will be hosting the ceremony which will feature a performance of "Gumdrop the Unicorn" by Bret Silverman.

Diary Of A Single Mom leads all shows with 13 nominations.

Limited tickets are available and can be purchased here.

The 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards will be held on Monday, February 21, at The Ailey Studios in New York City. Seating is limited so be sure to purchase your tickets here. The show is honoring the best in indie soaps in 2010 and is sure to be a lot of fun. The indie web series community is an incredible group of talented, hard working, creative geniuses who know how to party!

If you haven't seen the list of nominees, you can read them below.

Indie Soap Of The YEAR8.13

Anyone But Meceleste Bright

Celldiary Of A Single Mommiss Behave

Prettythe Best Friend

Oustanding Lead ACTORAnthony Anderson, ANACOSTIADanny Cameron, CELLMichael Park, GOTHAMNick Mathews, In Between MENWill Conlon, Out With DADTrevor Nelson, Miss BEHAVESam Pancake, PRETTYCamden Toy, The Bay

Outstanding Lead Actress

Tamieka Chavis, ANACOSTIARachael Hip-Flores, Anyone But Me Monica Calhoun, Diary Of A Single Mom

Tina Sloan, EMPIREMartha Byrne, GOTHAMJillian Clare, Miss BEHAVECrystal Chappell,...

The Writers Guild of America hosted its 63rd Annual Writers Guild Awards (or, as Kristen Schaal called them, ‘The Introverted Emmys’) on Saturday night at simultaneous ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles. Schaal played the role of gracious, accommodating, well-timed, and hysterical host to the WGA East East event, introducing presenters like Judah Friedlander, Kathleen Turner, and John Larroquette to dispense Whale Tail statuettes (this kind of whatle’s tail, not that kind) to the writing teams behind Boardwalk Empire, 30Rock, and The Colbert Report. Band of Brothers and Gossip Girl star Matthew Settle had the honor of announcing the winners of the WGA’s newly introduced new media categories. In his intro, Settle likened the burgeoning entertainment medium to many of the young characters on Gossip Girl - hot, exciting, and without any discernible form of income. A great line, even if we know it’s not necessarily accurate.

As soon as we thought we could predict the outcome of the Oscars, here comes another surprise! This one's brought to you by the Writers Guild of America. Picked for Best Original Screenplay was Christopher Nolan's "Inception." The director, famously dissed for not getting a Best Director Oscar nomination, may just win the Best Original Screenplay come Oscar night. Oscar front-runner, "The King's Speech" was not nominated because it didn't quality under union rules which prompted Nolan to say during his WGA acceptance award that he looked forward to a time when he could accept the award "without qualification."

That could be the beginning of a great script Mr. Nolan, go write it :happy

For adapted screenplay, I'm happy to report that Aaron Sorkin's fantastic script won! Based on "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich, "The Social Network" was the only film last year that I predicted to win this very category.

The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) tonight announced the winners of the 2011 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing at simultaneous ceremonies at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the Axa Equitable Center in New York City.

Screen Winners

Original Screenplay

Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan; Warner Bros.

Black Swan, Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin; Story by Andres Heinz; Fox Searchlight

The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Paramount Pictures

The Kids Are All Right, Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg; Focus Features

Please Give, Written by Nicole Holofcener; Sony Pictures Classics

Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires...

On Saturday, the Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) announced the winners of the 2011 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing at simultaneous ceremonies at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the Axa Equitable Center in New York City.

Here are the soap-related winners:

Daytime Drama

As The World Turns, Written by Susan Dansby, Lucky Gold, Janet Iacobuzio, Penelope Koechl, David Kreizman, Leah Laiman, David A. Levinson, Leslie Nipkow, Jean Passanante, Gordon Rayfield, David Smilow; CBS

Drama Series

Mad Men, Written by Jonathan Abrahams, Lisa Albert, Keith Huff, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Tracy McMillan, Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner; AMC

New Series

Boardwalk Empire, Written by Meg Jackson, Lawrence Konner, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Margaret Nagle, Tim Van Patten, Paul Simms,...