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2012 Kennedy Center Honorees
Seven artists set to receive the annual Kennedy Center honor on December 2, 2012.
Dustin Hoffman, actor
 George "Buddy" Guy, musicisn
 David Letterman, late-night TV host
Natalia Makarova, ballerina
 and John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, all from the rock band Led Zepellin.


Awards and Prizes Schedule

Stage and Screen

Kennedy Center Honors 
(Awards announced each December)

National Board of Review Awards
January (?), 2013. Not televised.

Golden Globe Awards 
Sunday, January 13, 2013  NBC

Screen Actors Guild Awards 
Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 L.A. Shrine Auditorium, TNT and TBS

BAFTA Awards
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 
London's Royal Opera House. 

Grammy Awards
Sunday, Feb.10, 2013 Staples Center, 
Los Angeles, CA   CBS

Academy Awards
Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 Dolby Theatre, 
Los Angeles, CA   ABC

Laurence Olivier Awards 
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Royal Opera House, London

Emmy Awards 
Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 
Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles   FOX

American Music Awards 
Sunday, November 21, 2012 
Nokia Theatre, 
Los Angeles   ABC

Tony Awards
Date to be determined, Beacon Theatre, 
New York  CBS 

Spirit Awards  
Date, Location and Broadcaster to be determined

MTV Video Music Awards  
Date, time, location and performers  will be announced Summer 2012.

Chefs and Restaurants

James Beard Awards  
(Awards announced in May)

Top 50 Restaurants in World 
(Awards announced in April)


Books

Pulitzer Prize 
Website    
(Prizes are announced in April)

National Book Award 
(Awards announced in March)

Nobel Prize
Website   
(Prizes are announced in October)   

Man Booker International Prize
 
(Prizes announced every two years. 
The first award was in 2005.)

Man Booker Prize 
Website     
(Prizes announced every year.)

American Book Award
 
Website     
(Awards announced in October)

National Book Critics Circle Award
 
Website   
(Awards announced in March)

John Newbery Medal
 
(Awards announced in January)

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 
(Awards announced in March)
Dancing with the Stars
Season 16



Oscar results and reviews


National Society of Film Critics
Awards Announced

Golden Globes
nominations and winners for
awards announced
HERE

Screen Actors Guild nominations and winners for
awards announced










Nobel Prizes 2012

For outstanding contributions in Chemistry,  Economics, LiteraturePeace, Physics, and 
Physiology or Medicine

Physiology or Medicine
Sir John B. Gurdon of Britain and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan for work that revolutionized the understanding of how cells and organisms develop.

Physics 
Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the United States for work 
in the field of quantum optics, approaching the same principles from opposite directions. The American uses light particles to measure the properties of matter, whereas his French colleague focuses on tracking light particles by using atoms.

Peace
The European Union (EU), which for "over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe"

Chemistry
Jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz (U.S.) and Brian K. Kobilka (U.S.) for "studies of G-protein-coupled receptors"

Literature
Mo Yan (China) "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"

Economics
Jointly to Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley (both U.S.) for "the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design"



A Quick Look at What's Here

The Patient Arts (Taking time to create and enjoy)
    Books
    Painters and Paintings
    Star Chefs & Food Mavens 
    Star Restaurants
    Lost and Found
    More Art Forms
    All-Time Best Movies

The Big Six (The six major entertainment awards)
    Oscars
    Emmys (Primetime Shows)
    Emmys (Daytime Shows)
    Golden Globes
    Grammys
    Oliviers
    Tonys  (Production)
    Tonys  (Actors)
 
The Next Five
     Cannes
     National Board of Review
     Screen Actors Guild
     BAFTA Awards (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) 
     Kennedy Center Honors
    
Personal Bests
    Stellas
    General Art Awards
    Gypsy Robes


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Here

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Here

The 29 Best Actors
Here

The 57 Most Important Painters All Time
Here

The 47 Most Important Paintings of All Time
Here






 

 


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