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June 20, 2005
'West Wing' Scores TV Imagen Honors
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LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) NBC's "The West Wing" was the big winner at Friday (June 17) night's 20th Annual Imagen Awards, honoring Latino achievement in film and television.
The political drama was named best primetime series at the ceremony, held at the Beverly Hilton. In addition to the series win, new "West Wing" cast addition Jimmy Smits was named best television actor.
Madeline Stowe was best actress for the CBS telefilm "Saving Milly." For the third consecutive year, Freddy Rodriguez of HBO's "Six Feet Under" won for best supporting actor, while Mia Maestro of ABC's "Alias" took home her first best supporting actress prize.
CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler received a special creative achievement award as the first Latina to head a major television network and George Lopez brought the house down receiving the Hennessy Privilege Award for his outstanding contributions to the Latino community.
The Imagen Awards honored individuals and organizations for their extraordinary contributions to the entertainment industry this past year, while also reflecting upon and celebrating the advancements of Latinos over the past two decades.
"We created the Imagen Awards 20 years ago, because at the time, there was no other formal awards show to recognize top Latino entertainment talent," says Helen Hernandez, president and founder of the Imagen Foundation. "As I looked around the room on Friday evening, I saw the faces of accomplished actors, directors, producers and entertainment industry executives who have and continue to tirelessly work to advance Latinos contributions to the entertainment industry. While only a handful received awards at the ceremony, I truly believe that the accomplishments within our community make everyone that attended our affair true winners."
Posted by Jo at June 20, 2005 06:44 PM