Celebrating the Art of Making a Difference

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Celebrating the Art of Making a Difference
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After 8 years, what’s an awards show to do? How about turn over the notion of an awards show format
as a stodgy, staged event and breathe new life into it?
That’s what the 8th Annual PRISM Awards have done. The PRISM Awards has always stood on its own
alongside other awards shows, recognizing television, feature films, music and music videos and comic
books for challenging their audiences with important health messages while maintaining the highest level
of entertainment value. This year the show went a step further to stand out, yielding more time to the
winners, who spoke about their influences and motivations for creating gripping, groundbreaking
characterizations of people who struggle with addiction.
EIC West
10635 Santa Monica Boulevard
Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90025-8300
(310) 446-7818
Fax (310) 446-7819
[email protected]
A Special PROFILE Infoletter of the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.
Vol. 8, Issue 3
For that, we have to thank the show’s presenters, the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc., The Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Thanks also go to FX, a
network known for its willingness to shake up old Hollywood formulas for the sake of producing quality
entertainment.
The 8th Annual PRISM Awards also introduced a list of 10 Best movies highlighting the effects of drug,
alcohol and tobacco use on relationships.
Brian Dyak (left), EIC President
and CEO and PRISM Awards
Executive Producer, at the 8th
Annual PRISM Awards with
Dennis Weaver
In this issue of PROFILE, you will find photos and quotes of PRISM nominated and winning people and
their creations, from the 8th Annual PRISM Awards television special, and from the show’s Premiere on
Capitol Hill. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and nominees!
For more information on the PRISM Awards, including a complete list of winners, log onto
www.prismawards.com.
PRISM Honorary Committee
Committee Chairman
JOHN F. COOKE
BRUCE JOHANSEN
KELLY LYNCH
HILARY ROSEN
SANDY GRUSHOW
Entertainment Executive
Television Executive
Actor
Entertainment Executive
SUZANNE dePASSE
THOMAS KARSCH
LARRY LYTTLE
PETER ROTH
Chairman & CEO, dePasse Entertainment
Exec. VP & General Manager,
Turner Movie Classics
Television Executive
President, Warner Bros. Television
MERYL MARSHALL-DANIELS
HERMAN RUSH
President, Two Oceans Entertainment Group
Chairman of the Board,
Ecapital Financial Corp.
Chairman, Fox Entertainment Television
Group
JOHN AGOGLIA
President, Creative Media Management
CHRIS ALBRECHT
Chairman & CEO, HBO, Inc.
DR. DREW
Television Personality/Producer
BRIAN DYAK
DICK ASKIN
President & CEO,
Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.
President & CEO, Tribune Entertainment Co.
BARBARA EDEN
CASEY KASEM
Radio & TV Personality
DAVID E. KELLEY
Executive Producer,
David E. Kelley Productions
RICK MATER
Sr. VP, Broadcast Standards,
The WB Television Network
SCOTT SASSA
DAN MCDERMOTT
TERRY SEMEL
Television Executive
JOHN BADHAM
Actor
DAVID KISSINGER
Screenwriter
Chairman & CEO, Yahoo! Inc.
Director/Producer, The Badham Co.
PETER ENGEL
CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD
ANGELA SHAPIRO
CAROLE BLACK
Television Producer
President, Universal
Television Production Group
Actor
Television Executive
President & CEO, Lifetime Television
AHMET ERTEGUN
GERALD MCRANEY
JACK SHEA
DEBORAH BLACKWELL
Co-Chairman/Co-CEO, Atlantic Records
Sr. VP & General Manager, SoapNet
CHARLES W. FRIES
JAY BOBERG
Chairman/President/CEO,
Chuck Fries Productions, Inc.
President, MCA Records
TONY KRANTZ
CEO & Executive Producer,
Flame Television
JOHN LANDGRAF
President, Entertainment, FX Networks, LLC
Actor/Producer, Spanish Trail Productions
Director
IRENA MEDAVOY
AARON SPELLING
MIKE MEDAVOY
Chairman & CEO, Spelling Television, Inc.
DAWN TAUBIN
“Anytime we can talk about a subject such as
drugs, anything that happens in real life. . .
when a family is watching a television show
and we’re talking about drugs. . . it can be
an easier way to bring up the subject. Thank
you for the PRISM Award. . . I’ll cherish it.”
—Reba McEntire
THE PRISM AWARDS RECOGNIZE
THOSE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
WHO USE THEIR TALENTS, INFLUENCE AND
MICHELE LEE
Chairman & CEO, Phoenix Pictures
Sr. VP, Network Standards &
Practices, MTV Networks
CEO/Executive Producer,
Leeza Gibbons Enterprises
Actor & President, Michele Lee Productions
IRWIN MEYER
STAN LEE
President, POW Entertainment
President, Marketing, Fox Searchlight Pictures
LLOYD BRAUN
BRIAN GRADEN
CEO, The Producers
Entertainment Group, Ltd.
Chairman,
ABC Entertainment Television Group
President, Entertainment, MTV & VH1
JORDAN LEVIN
GARY NEWMAN
RENEE VALENTE
DAVID GRANT
Co-CEO, The WB Television Network
SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ADDICTION
JIM CAPARRO
Co-President,
20th Century Fox Television
Producer, Renee Valente Productions
President, Fox Television Studios
PAUL LEVITZ
MONTEL WILLIAMS
BONNIE HAMMER
President & Publisher, DC Comics
TOM NUNAN
Executive Producer, Letnom Productions
AND TREATMENT.
The Entertainment Distribution Co.
JANET BORELLI
LEEZA GIBBONS
DANA WALDEN
SPENCER PROFFER
Co-President, 20th Century Fox Television
President, The Sci-Fi Channel
PETER LIGUORI
GARRY HART
President & CEO, FX Networks, LLP
HANK COHEN
President, TV Production,
Paramount Television Group
DICK LIPPIN
President, MGM Television Entertainment
Chief Executive, The Lippin Group
TIM CONWAY
MARIETTE HARTLEY
KEVIN REILLY
MARGARET LOESCH
Principal, The Hatchery
President, Primetime Development,
NBC Entertainment
LORNA LUFT
FREDRIC ROSEN
Actor
MINDY HERMAN
President & CEO, E! Networks
Actor/Entertainer/Producer
NANCY UTLEY
President, Bull’s Eye Entertainment
JIM CHABIN
President & CEO, PROMAX&BDA
Actor/Producer, Conway Enterprises
President, Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures
President & CEO, Morling
Manor Music & Media
Entertainment Executive
HENRY WINKLER
Actor/Producer/Director,
FairDinkum Productions, Inc.
DICK WOLF
Chairman & CEO, Wolf Films, Inc.
CREATIVITY TO ACCURATELY DEPICT
Clockwise from top left: Dennis Franz; Victoria Rowell with Angela McGlowan (NewsCorp);
Jeff Probst, 8th Annual PRISM Awards host; Reba McEntire; Donal Logue with son;
Mackenzie Phillips; and Thora Birch.
8th Annual PRISM Awards Ceremony
Capitol Hill Premiere
Alicia Leigh Willis (General Hospital) with Patrika Darbo (Days of Our Lives)
EIC Board of
Directors Gerald
McRaney, Michele
Lee and EIC
President & CEO
Brian Dyak
Nominations
American Dreams’ Will Estes
“There was just something very charming about
the character [I played]. It was like a life of not
fulfilled potential, and he knew it. That’s what’s
interesting. A lot of times people don’t know it. It’s
one of the main driving focuses that fuels [the
character] into becoming the alcoholic that he is.
Especially in our industry that kind of behavior is
secretly applauded, you come out of prison after
doing time for possession
and you’re on the cover
of a magazine the next
day after. It’s hard to
imagine you’re doing
something [unhealthy].”
—Anthony LaPaglia,
commenting on his
PRISM Award-winning
role in Happy Hour
“I’m very honored and proud to receive
the PRISM Award. Beneath the prevalent
addiction and drug use in our country are
some pretty significant problems that we
need to take a closer look at. If my
performance in ‘Six Feet Under’ has done
anything towards people looking more
closely at their lives, that’s very
meaningful to me.”
—Peter Krause
Anthony LaPaglia accepting his PRISM Award
“We try and reward what we consider the
positive use (in your medium) in order to get
good messages across about drug abuse,
alcohol abuse and tobacco addiction. I don’t
think you can underestimate the influence that
the media has on people’s lives.”
—Gerald McRaney
Lori Petty was nominated for her guest
starring role on NYPD Blue, in which
she played a drug addicted mother
whose baby died of neglect.
PRISM Awards Producer Hank Saroyan
with Thora Birch. Thora won a PRISM
trophy for her harrowing role in
“Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray
Story.” Hank was surprised with a
PRISM trohy of his own, given for his
commitment to the accurate portrayal
of drug abuse on screen.
PRISM Award presenter and honoree Kelly Lynch
Mindy Herman received the
Larry Stewart Leadership &
Inspiration Award for her role
as E! Networks President.
Addiction expert and television &
radio personality, Dr. Drew Pinsky
Dr. Dwayne Proctor, Senior Communications Officer,
from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation pictured
with Persia White (Girlfriends).
“It’s important to put out the right
message about substance abuse
and addiction in the media,
because I think we do have an
affect on people’s lives out there.
To show things irresponsibly
doesn’t do anybody a service. To
reward those who do things
responsibly, I think, is great. . . it’s
very important. And it encourages
people within the media, within
the film and television community,
and the music industry as well to
get the proper message out there
and let people know how
dangerous these drugs are.”
—Scott Lowell
Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for
Border and Transportation Security, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, has
participated in the PRISM Awards
Capitol Hill Premiere since his days as
former Director of the DEA.
U.S. Senator Jon Corzine
of New Jersey, founding
PRISM Awards Capitol
Hill Premiere
Congressional Honorary
Co-Chair.
PRISM Awards Executive Producer Brian Dyak with
Columba Bush and Dr. Nora Volkow, NIDA Director.
Florida First Lady Columba Bush
with The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation’s Interim Group
Director, Health, Dr. Robin
Mockinhaupt, Dr. Nora Volkow,
and NJ Senator Jon Corzine.
NIDA’s Deputy Director, and Director of the Office
of Science Policy and Communications, Dr. Timothy
P. Condon with Scott Lowell (nominated for his role
on Showtime’s Queer As Folk).
Michael Regan, Sr. VP,
NewsCorp, spoke at the
Capitol Hill Premiere on
behalf of FX Network’s
parent company. The 8th
Annual PRISM Awards
aired on FX on May 16.
U.S. Representative Mark Foley from Florida
states, “We’ll never win the war on drugs if we
don’t more fully fund the treatment of those
suffering from substance abuse.”
U.S. Representative Diane Watson from
California spoke about the valuable role
of the entertainment industry.
8th Annual PRISM Awards Ceremony
Capitol Hill Premiere
Alicia Leigh Willis (General Hospital) with Patrika Darbo (Days of Our Lives)
EIC Board of
Directors Gerald
McRaney, Michele
Lee and EIC
President & CEO
Brian Dyak
Nominations
American Dreams’ Will Estes
“There was just something very charming about
the character [I played]. It was like a life of not
fulfilled potential, and he knew it. That’s what’s
interesting. A lot of times people don’t know it. It’s
one of the main driving focuses that fuels [the
character] into becoming the alcoholic that he is.
Especially in our industry that kind of behavior is
secretly applauded, you come out of prison after
doing time for possession
and you’re on the cover
of a magazine the next
day after. It’s hard to
imagine you’re doing
something [unhealthy].”
—Anthony LaPaglia,
commenting on his
PRISM Award-winning
role in Happy Hour
“I’m very honored and proud to receive
the PRISM Award. Beneath the prevalent
addiction and drug use in our country are
some pretty significant problems that we
need to take a closer look at. If my
performance in ‘Six Feet Under’ has done
anything towards people looking more
closely at their lives, that’s very
meaningful to me.”
—Peter Krause
Anthony LaPaglia accepting his PRISM Award
“We try and reward what we consider the
positive use (in your medium) in order to get
good messages across about drug abuse,
alcohol abuse and tobacco addiction. I don’t
think you can underestimate the influence that
the media has on people’s lives.”
—Gerald McRaney
Lori Petty was nominated for her guest
starring role on NYPD Blue, in which
she played a drug addicted mother
whose baby died of neglect.
PRISM Awards Producer Hank Saroyan
with Thora Birch. Thora won a PRISM
trophy for her harrowing role in
“Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray
Story.” Hank was surprised with a
PRISM trohy of his own, given for his
commitment to the accurate portrayal
of drug abuse on screen.
PRISM Award presenter and honoree Kelly Lynch
Mindy Herman received the
Larry Stewart Leadership &
Inspiration Award for her role
as E! Networks President.
Addiction expert and television &
radio personality, Dr. Drew Pinsky
Dr. Dwayne Proctor, Senior Communications Officer,
from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation pictured
with Persia White (Girlfriends).
“It’s important to put out the right
message about substance abuse
and addiction in the media,
because I think we do have an
affect on people’s lives out there.
To show things irresponsibly
doesn’t do anybody a service. To
reward those who do things
responsibly, I think, is great. . . it’s
very important. And it encourages
people within the media, within
the film and television community,
and the music industry as well to
get the proper message out there
and let people know how
dangerous these drugs are.”
—Scott Lowell
Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for
Border and Transportation Security, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, has
participated in the PRISM Awards
Capitol Hill Premiere since his days as
former Director of the DEA.
U.S. Senator Jon Corzine
of New Jersey, founding
PRISM Awards Capitol
Hill Premiere
Congressional Honorary
Co-Chair.
PRISM Awards Executive Producer Brian Dyak with
Columba Bush and Dr. Nora Volkow, NIDA Director.
Florida First Lady Columba Bush
with The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation’s Interim Group
Director, Health, Dr. Robin
Mockinhaupt, Dr. Nora Volkow,
and NJ Senator Jon Corzine.
NIDA’s Deputy Director, and Director of the Office
of Science Policy and Communications, Dr. Timothy
P. Condon with Scott Lowell (nominated for his role
on Showtime’s Queer As Folk).
Michael Regan, Sr. VP,
NewsCorp, spoke at the
Capitol Hill Premiere on
behalf of FX Network’s
parent company. The 8th
Annual PRISM Awards
aired on FX on May 16.
U.S. Representative Mark Foley from Florida
states, “We’ll never win the war on drugs if we
don’t more fully fund the treatment of those
suffering from substance abuse.”
U.S. Representative Diane Watson from
California spoke about the valuable role
of the entertainment industry.
8th Annual PRISM Awards Ceremony
Capitol Hill Premiere
Alicia Leigh Willis (General Hospital) with Patrika Darbo (Days of Our Lives)
EIC Board of
Directors Gerald
McRaney, Michele
Lee and EIC
President & CEO
Brian Dyak
Nominations
American Dreams’ Will Estes
“There was just something very charming about
the character [I played]. It was like a life of not
fulfilled potential, and he knew it. That’s what’s
interesting. A lot of times people don’t know it. It’s
one of the main driving focuses that fuels [the
character] into becoming the alcoholic that he is.
Especially in our industry that kind of behavior is
secretly applauded, you come out of prison after
doing time for possession
and you’re on the cover
of a magazine the next
day after. It’s hard to
imagine you’re doing
something [unhealthy].”
—Anthony LaPaglia,
commenting on his
PRISM Award-winning
role in Happy Hour
“I’m very honored and proud to receive
the PRISM Award. Beneath the prevalent
addiction and drug use in our country are
some pretty significant problems that we
need to take a closer look at. If my
performance in ‘Six Feet Under’ has done
anything towards people looking more
closely at their lives, that’s very
meaningful to me.”
—Peter Krause
Anthony LaPaglia accepting his PRISM Award
“We try and reward what we consider the
positive use (in your medium) in order to get
good messages across about drug abuse,
alcohol abuse and tobacco addiction. I don’t
think you can underestimate the influence that
the media has on people’s lives.”
—Gerald McRaney
Lori Petty was nominated for her guest
starring role on NYPD Blue, in which
she played a drug addicted mother
whose baby died of neglect.
PRISM Awards Producer Hank Saroyan
with Thora Birch. Thora won a PRISM
trophy for her harrowing role in
“Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray
Story.” Hank was surprised with a
PRISM trohy of his own, given for his
commitment to the accurate portrayal
of drug abuse on screen.
PRISM Award presenter and honoree Kelly Lynch
Mindy Herman received the
Larry Stewart Leadership &
Inspiration Award for her role
as E! Networks President.
Addiction expert and television &
radio personality, Dr. Drew Pinsky
Dr. Dwayne Proctor, Senior Communications Officer,
from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation pictured
with Persia White (Girlfriends).
“It’s important to put out the right
message about substance abuse
and addiction in the media,
because I think we do have an
affect on people’s lives out there.
To show things irresponsibly
doesn’t do anybody a service. To
reward those who do things
responsibly, I think, is great. . . it’s
very important. And it encourages
people within the media, within
the film and television community,
and the music industry as well to
get the proper message out there
and let people know how
dangerous these drugs are.”
—Scott Lowell
Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for
Border and Transportation Security, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, has
participated in the PRISM Awards
Capitol Hill Premiere since his days as
former Director of the DEA.
U.S. Senator Jon Corzine
of New Jersey, founding
PRISM Awards Capitol
Hill Premiere
Congressional Honorary
Co-Chair.
PRISM Awards Executive Producer Brian Dyak with
Columba Bush and Dr. Nora Volkow, NIDA Director.
Florida First Lady Columba Bush
with The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation’s Interim Group
Director, Health, Dr. Robin
Mockinhaupt, Dr. Nora Volkow,
and NJ Senator Jon Corzine.
NIDA’s Deputy Director, and Director of the Office
of Science Policy and Communications, Dr. Timothy
P. Condon with Scott Lowell (nominated for his role
on Showtime’s Queer As Folk).
Michael Regan, Sr. VP,
NewsCorp, spoke at the
Capitol Hill Premiere on
behalf of FX Network’s
parent company. The 8th
Annual PRISM Awards
aired on FX on May 16.
U.S. Representative Mark Foley from Florida
states, “We’ll never win the war on drugs if we
don’t more fully fund the treatment of those
suffering from substance abuse.”
U.S. Representative Diane Watson from
California spoke about the valuable role
of the entertainment industry.
EIC EAST
Message from the President
1760 Reston Parkway
Suite 415
Reston, VA 20190-3303
(703) 481-1414
Fax (703) 481-1418
[email protected]
PRISM Shines On
First Class
U.S. Postage
PAID Reston, VA
20190
Celebrating the Art of Making a Difference
Permit #859
After 8 years, what’s an awards show to do? How about turn over the notion of an awards show format
as a stodgy, staged event and breathe new life into it?
That’s what the 8th Annual PRISM Awards have done. The PRISM Awards has always stood on its own
alongside other awards shows, recognizing television, feature films, music and music videos and comic
books for challenging their audiences with important health messages while maintaining the highest level
of entertainment value. This year the show went a step further to stand out, yielding more time to the
winners, who spoke about their influences and motivations for creating gripping, groundbreaking
characterizations of people who struggle with addiction.
EIC West
10635 Santa Monica Boulevard
Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90025-8300
(310) 446-7818
Fax (310) 446-7819
[email protected]
A Special PROFILE Infoletter of the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.
Vol. 8, Issue 3
For that, we have to thank the show’s presenters, the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc., The Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Thanks also go to FX, a
network known for its willingness to shake up old Hollywood formulas for the sake of producing quality
entertainment.
The 8th Annual PRISM Awards also introduced a list of 10 Best movies highlighting the effects of drug,
alcohol and tobacco use on relationships.
Brian Dyak (left), EIC President
and CEO and PRISM Awards
Executive Producer, at the 8th
Annual PRISM Awards with
Dennis Weaver
In this issue of PROFILE, you will find photos and quotes of PRISM nominated and winning people and
their creations, from the 8th Annual PRISM Awards television special, and from the show’s Premiere on
Capitol Hill. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and nominees!
For more information on the PRISM Awards, including a complete list of winners, log onto
www.prismawards.com.
PRISM Honorary Committee
Committee Chairman
JOHN F. COOKE
BRUCE JOHANSEN
KELLY LYNCH
HILARY ROSEN
SANDY GRUSHOW
Entertainment Executive
Television Executive
Actor
Entertainment Executive
SUZANNE dePASSE
THOMAS KARSCH
LARRY LYTTLE
PETER ROTH
Chairman & CEO, dePasse Entertainment
Exec. VP & General Manager,
Turner Movie Classics
Television Executive
President, Warner Bros. Television
MERYL MARSHALL-DANIELS
HERMAN RUSH
President, Two Oceans Entertainment Group
Chairman of the Board,
Ecapital Financial Corp.
Chairman, Fox Entertainment Television
Group
JOHN AGOGLIA
President, Creative Media Management
CHRIS ALBRECHT
Chairman & CEO, HBO, Inc.
DR. DREW
Television Personality/Producer
BRIAN DYAK
DICK ASKIN
President & CEO,
Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.
President & CEO, Tribune Entertainment Co.
BARBARA EDEN
CASEY KASEM
Radio & TV Personality
DAVID E. KELLEY
Executive Producer,
David E. Kelley Productions
RICK MATER
Sr. VP, Broadcast Standards,
The WB Television Network
SCOTT SASSA
DAN MCDERMOTT
TERRY SEMEL
Television Executive
JOHN BADHAM
Actor
DAVID KISSINGER
Screenwriter
Chairman & CEO, Yahoo! Inc.
Director/Producer, The Badham Co.
PETER ENGEL
CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD
ANGELA SHAPIRO
CAROLE BLACK
Television Producer
President, Universal
Television Production Group
Actor
Television Executive
President & CEO, Lifetime Television
AHMET ERTEGUN
GERALD MCRANEY
JACK SHEA
DEBORAH BLACKWELL
Co-Chairman/Co-CEO, Atlantic Records
Sr. VP & General Manager, SoapNet
CHARLES W. FRIES
JAY BOBERG
Chairman/President/CEO,
Chuck Fries Productions, Inc.
President, MCA Records
TONY KRANTZ
CEO & Executive Producer,
Flame Television
JOHN LANDGRAF
President, Entertainment, FX Networks, LLC
Actor/Producer, Spanish Trail Productions
Director
IRENA MEDAVOY
AARON SPELLING
MIKE MEDAVOY
Chairman & CEO, Spelling Television, Inc.
DAWN TAUBIN
“Anytime we can talk about a subject such as
drugs, anything that happens in real life. . .
when a family is watching a television show
and we’re talking about drugs. . . it can be
an easier way to bring up the subject. Thank
you for the PRISM Award. . . I’ll cherish it.”
—Reba McEntire
THE PRISM AWARDS RECOGNIZE
THOSE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
WHO USE THEIR TALENTS, INFLUENCE AND
MICHELE LEE
Chairman & CEO, Phoenix Pictures
Sr. VP, Network Standards &
Practices, MTV Networks
CEO/Executive Producer,
Leeza Gibbons Enterprises
Actor & President, Michele Lee Productions
IRWIN MEYER
STAN LEE
President, POW Entertainment
President, Marketing, Fox Searchlight Pictures
LLOYD BRAUN
BRIAN GRADEN
CEO, The Producers
Entertainment Group, Ltd.
Chairman,
ABC Entertainment Television Group
President, Entertainment, MTV & VH1
JORDAN LEVIN
GARY NEWMAN
RENEE VALENTE
DAVID GRANT
Co-CEO, The WB Television Network
SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ADDICTION
JIM CAPARRO
Co-President,
20th Century Fox Television
Producer, Renee Valente Productions
President, Fox Television Studios
PAUL LEVITZ
MONTEL WILLIAMS
BONNIE HAMMER
President & Publisher, DC Comics
TOM NUNAN
Executive Producer, Letnom Productions
AND TREATMENT.
The Entertainment Distribution Co.
JANET BORELLI
LEEZA GIBBONS
DANA WALDEN
SPENCER PROFFER
Co-President, 20th Century Fox Television
President, The Sci-Fi Channel
PETER LIGUORI
GARRY HART
President & CEO, FX Networks, LLP
HANK COHEN
President, TV Production,
Paramount Television Group
DICK LIPPIN
President, MGM Television Entertainment
Chief Executive, The Lippin Group
TIM CONWAY
MARIETTE HARTLEY
KEVIN REILLY
MARGARET LOESCH
Principal, The Hatchery
President, Primetime Development,
NBC Entertainment
LORNA LUFT
FREDRIC ROSEN
Actor
MINDY HERMAN
President & CEO, E! Networks
Actor/Entertainer/Producer
NANCY UTLEY
President, Bull’s Eye Entertainment
JIM CHABIN
President & CEO, PROMAX&BDA
Actor/Producer, Conway Enterprises
President, Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures
President & CEO, Morling
Manor Music & Media
Entertainment Executive
HENRY WINKLER
Actor/Producer/Director,
FairDinkum Productions, Inc.
DICK WOLF
Chairman & CEO, Wolf Films, Inc.
CREATIVITY TO ACCURATELY DEPICT
Clockwise from top left: Dennis Franz; Victoria Rowell with Angela McGlowan (NewsCorp);
Jeff Probst, 8th Annual PRISM Awards host; Reba McEntire; Donal Logue with son;
Mackenzie Phillips; and Thora Birch.
EIC EAST
Message from the President
1760 Reston Parkway
Suite 415
Reston, VA 20190-3303
(703) 481-1414
Fax (703) 481-1418
[email protected]
PRISM Shines On
First Class
U.S. Postage
PAID Reston, VA
20190
Celebrating the Art of Making a Difference
Permit #859
After 8 years, what’s an awards show to do? How about turn over the notion of an awards show format
as a stodgy, staged event and breathe new life into it?
That’s what the 8th Annual PRISM Awards have done. The PRISM Awards has always stood on its own
alongside other awards shows, recognizing television, feature films, music and music videos and comic
books for challenging their audiences with important health messages while maintaining the highest level
of entertainment value. This year the show went a step further to stand out, yielding more time to the
winners, who spoke about their influences and motivations for creating gripping, groundbreaking
characterizations of people who struggle with addiction.
EIC West
10635 Santa Monica Boulevard
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A Special PROFILE Infoletter of the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.
Vol. 8, Issue 3
For that, we have to thank the show’s presenters, the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc., The Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Thanks also go to FX, a
network known for its willingness to shake up old Hollywood formulas for the sake of producing quality
entertainment.
The 8th Annual PRISM Awards also introduced a list of 10 Best movies highlighting the effects of drug,
alcohol and tobacco use on relationships.
Brian Dyak (left), EIC President
and CEO and PRISM Awards
Executive Producer, at the 8th
Annual PRISM Awards with
Dennis Weaver
In this issue of PROFILE, you will find photos and quotes of PRISM nominated and winning people and
their creations, from the 8th Annual PRISM Awards television special, and from the show’s Premiere on
Capitol Hill. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and nominees!
For more information on the PRISM Awards, including a complete list of winners, log onto
www.prismawards.com.
PRISM Honorary Committee
Committee Chairman
JOHN F. COOKE
BRUCE JOHANSEN
KELLY LYNCH
HILARY ROSEN
SANDY GRUSHOW
Entertainment Executive
Television Executive
Actor
Entertainment Executive
SUZANNE dePASSE
THOMAS KARSCH
LARRY LYTTLE
PETER ROTH
Chairman & CEO, dePasse Entertainment
Exec. VP & General Manager,
Turner Movie Classics
Television Executive
President, Warner Bros. Television
MERYL MARSHALL-DANIELS
HERMAN RUSH
President, Two Oceans Entertainment Group
Chairman of the Board,
Ecapital Financial Corp.
Chairman, Fox Entertainment Television
Group
JOHN AGOGLIA
President, Creative Media Management
CHRIS ALBRECHT
Chairman & CEO, HBO, Inc.
DR. DREW
Television Personality/Producer
BRIAN DYAK
DICK ASKIN
President & CEO,
Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.
President & CEO, Tribune Entertainment Co.
BARBARA EDEN
CASEY KASEM
Radio & TV Personality
DAVID E. KELLEY
Executive Producer,
David E. Kelley Productions
RICK MATER
Sr. VP, Broadcast Standards,
The WB Television Network
SCOTT SASSA
DAN MCDERMOTT
TERRY SEMEL
Television Executive
JOHN BADHAM
Actor
DAVID KISSINGER
Screenwriter
Chairman & CEO, Yahoo! Inc.
Director/Producer, The Badham Co.
PETER ENGEL
CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD
ANGELA SHAPIRO
CAROLE BLACK
Television Producer
President, Universal
Television Production Group
Actor
Television Executive
President & CEO, Lifetime Television
AHMET ERTEGUN
GERALD MCRANEY
JACK SHEA
DEBORAH BLACKWELL
Co-Chairman/Co-CEO, Atlantic Records
Sr. VP & General Manager, SoapNet
CHARLES W. FRIES
JAY BOBERG
Chairman/President/CEO,
Chuck Fries Productions, Inc.
President, MCA Records
TONY KRANTZ
CEO & Executive Producer,
Flame Television
JOHN LANDGRAF
President, Entertainment, FX Networks, LLC
Actor/Producer, Spanish Trail Productions
Director
IRENA MEDAVOY
AARON SPELLING
MIKE MEDAVOY
Chairman & CEO, Spelling Television, Inc.
DAWN TAUBIN
“Anytime we can talk about a subject such as
drugs, anything that happens in real life. . .
when a family is watching a television show
and we’re talking about drugs. . . it can be
an easier way to bring up the subject. Thank
you for the PRISM Award. . . I’ll cherish it.”
—Reba McEntire
THE PRISM AWARDS RECOGNIZE
THOSE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
WHO USE THEIR TALENTS, INFLUENCE AND
MICHELE LEE
Chairman & CEO, Phoenix Pictures
Sr. VP, Network Standards &
Practices, MTV Networks
CEO/Executive Producer,
Leeza Gibbons Enterprises
Actor & President, Michele Lee Productions
IRWIN MEYER
STAN LEE
President, POW Entertainment
President, Marketing, Fox Searchlight Pictures
LLOYD BRAUN
BRIAN GRADEN
CEO, The Producers
Entertainment Group, Ltd.
Chairman,
ABC Entertainment Television Group
President, Entertainment, MTV & VH1
JORDAN LEVIN
GARY NEWMAN
RENEE VALENTE
DAVID GRANT
Co-CEO, The WB Television Network
SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ADDICTION
JIM CAPARRO
Co-President,
20th Century Fox Television
Producer, Renee Valente Productions
President, Fox Television Studios
PAUL LEVITZ
MONTEL WILLIAMS
BONNIE HAMMER
President & Publisher, DC Comics
TOM NUNAN
Executive Producer, Letnom Productions
AND TREATMENT.
The Entertainment Distribution Co.
JANET BORELLI
LEEZA GIBBONS
DANA WALDEN
SPENCER PROFFER
Co-President, 20th Century Fox Television
President, The Sci-Fi Channel
PETER LIGUORI
GARRY HART
President & CEO, FX Networks, LLP
HANK COHEN
President, TV Production,
Paramount Television Group
DICK LIPPIN
President, MGM Television Entertainment
Chief Executive, The Lippin Group
TIM CONWAY
MARIETTE HARTLEY
KEVIN REILLY
MARGARET LOESCH
Principal, The Hatchery
President, Primetime Development,
NBC Entertainment
LORNA LUFT
FREDRIC ROSEN
Actor
MINDY HERMAN
President & CEO, E! Networks
Actor/Entertainer/Producer
NANCY UTLEY
President, Bull’s Eye Entertainment
JIM CHABIN
President & CEO, PROMAX&BDA
Actor/Producer, Conway Enterprises
President, Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures
President & CEO, Morling
Manor Music & Media
Entertainment Executive
HENRY WINKLER
Actor/Producer/Director,
FairDinkum Productions, Inc.
DICK WOLF
Chairman & CEO, Wolf Films, Inc.
CREATIVITY TO ACCURATELY DEPICT
Clockwise from top left: Dennis Franz; Victoria Rowell with Angela McGlowan (NewsCorp);
Jeff Probst, 8th Annual PRISM Awards host; Reba McEntire; Donal Logue with son;
Mackenzie Phillips; and Thora Birch.